Fight the Giants

  Chapter 64 Tips

  The next day, when Huo Xi woke up, only her family's boat was present in the entire Taoyedu.

  Looking at the sky, it was just dawn.

   "Mother, they closed the net so early?"

Mrs. Yang twisted the veil to wipe her face, and said softly: "Not many fell asleep. This early in the morning, they all went to inquire about the news. Some are going to resettle their families, and some are going back to their hometowns. Tell the family."

  Huo Xi nodded, packed herself up, and prepared to help Mrs. Yang prepare breakfast.

   "I don't need you, mother can just come." Yang's subordinates quickly put a few fresh shrimps into the rice porridge, pulled out some sprouts and threw them into the porridge.

Smiling, he said to Huo Xi: "We have these pots of bean sprouts to eat every day, and they can also give everyone a taste. Everyone praises you. Several families also planted onions, garlic sprouts and bean sprouts on the bow of their boats. "

  Huo Xi smiled, and squatted on the bow of the boat to water some pots of onion and garlic.

   Yang looked at Mimi with a smile, and only felt that since she raised Xi'er and Nian'er, it became more and more like a home.

   "Xi'er, why don't you change with your uncle? You sleep on the bow of the boat. Every day when mother wakes up early and makes breakfast, it disturbs you." But the stern of the boat is not good either, there is a fish box, and the smell is strong. How about changing Xi'er to the middle cabin?

   "It's okay, mother. I slept well. The bow of the boat is fine. Mother didn't bother me in the morning."

  Children are sensible, what else can Yang do. "Okay. If mother quarrels with you, tell mother."

  Huo Xi nodded.

  Since she came, their family wakes up much later than others. In order to let her sleep more, Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai adjusted their work and rest time.

   After a while, Yang Fu and Huo Erhuai also got up. After the family had breakfast and discussed what to do today, they rowed the boat to the city.

Today, the fishing basket was not full and there were not many fish, so Huo Xi asked Huo Erhuai to go to the fish market to sell fish by himself, Yang stayed on the boat with Huo Nianhe to make chicken and duck meat, and she took Yang Fu outside City Wharf to inquire about news.

  She thought about it all night last night. This trip to Huai'an must not be done in vain. Always find a way to earn back the expenses along the way.

  She is not familiar with the wharves along the canal today, nor does she know the situation in Huai'an. Gotta go find out.

  At the wharf in the outer city, Huo Zhong was instructing the fellows below to unload and load the goods, and he was so busy that he couldn't move around.

   It wasn't until all the goods were shipped and the ship sailed away that he took a few sips of the water bottle handed over by his subordinates and slowed down.

   Wiping the water from the corner of his mouth, he saw the two boys Zhuo Zhuo looking at him.

   Smiled, handed the water bottle to the guy beside him, and waved to Huo Xi and Yang Fu.

  Huo Xi hurriedly pulled Yang Fu over and ran over, raised his head and smiled at him: "Guan Huo."

  Huo Zhong also laughed: "Why are you two here again? There are people with bank notes, and you are still here to move the goods?"

  Yang Fu is a little embarrassed, there is no one in his family who has a bank note.

  Huo Xi smiled at him and said, "Last time I said I would bring my home-made shrimp to Guanshi Huo. Today I brought three kinds. Guanshi Huo will help us taste it."

   As he spoke, he took three cans of shrimp out of the basket carried by Yang Fu, choked shrimp, grilled shrimp, and dried shrimp, all in one-jin jars.

   "Can I taste it? No charge?" Huo Zhong looked at Huo Xi jokingly.

   "No charge."

  Huo Zhong smiled and nodded her with his hand. This shrewd boy must have something else to inquire about.

   "The bald butter tasted good last time. Our boss thought it was delicious and wanted to buy some for our family."

  Huo Xi was overjoyed: "That's really great. After Guanshi Huo has tried the taste of shrimp, if you want it, I'll bring it with you after a while."

"after a while?"

  Huo Xi nodded: "Our ship will be taxed and shipped to the Huaian warehouse. It will take a while before we can make more shrimps and crabs."

   "Oh? What's going on?" To recruit ships from fishermen?

  Huo Xi told him the situation.

  Huo Zhong was silent after listening. After a while, he asked, "You want to ask me about Huai'an?"

Huo Xi nodded: "We usually only fish in the waters near the capital, and have never been to other places. This way north, what is the situation in the waters, what is the situation along the way, what is the situation in Huai'an, I don't know at all. Thinking about Huo Guanshi often I'm walking around with the ship, so I want to ask you something."

  Huo Zhong took a look at Huo Xi, and felt that this child was really smart and knew how to plan ahead.

   took them to find a cool place and sat down.

  I didn’t treat them as ordinary children, but I talked about the situation of the canal along the way from the capital to Huai’an.

   What cities are there, and what are the situations. Going north again, we talked about the situation at the Huaian warehouse to Tianjin Port and Tongzhou warehouse.

"Huai'an, together with Yangzhou, Jiangsu and Hangzhou, are known as the "Four Great Cities" along the South Canal. It is the place where the north-south traffic converges, and it is the "throat of the seven provinces". The location is extremely important. It has always been an important town for water transportation and salt transportation. North-South cargo distribution center."

   Sure enough, the current Huai'an is still the same Huai'an, and the location is still so important. Huo Xi listened quietly.

   "Vessels traveling from south to north gathered in Huai'an, and merchants gathered. In the previous dynasty, Huai'an was the transit point for grain from the north to the south."

  Huo Xi nodded, asking a few questions from time to time.

   "Guan Huo..."

   "Call it Uncle Huo." Huo Zhong really likes this smart kid. The older one is also simple and honest.

   "Uncle Huo." "Huo, big brother."

  Huo Zhong smiled and nodded to them: "You can ask anything."

Huo Xi then asked: "I thought this trip would take several days, not to mention the delay in fishing, and we haven't paid for it yet. When we arrived in Huai'an, we unloaded the food and had to return empty, so I thought, can we buy some from over there?" I don’t know if this will break the rules? Is there anyone collecting business taxes along the way?”

  Yang Fu froze for a moment, then looked at Huo Xi blankly. Can you bring back goods from the north to sell? Isn't the ship requisitioned?

  Huo Zhong admired the child more and more in his heart. The child walked and watched three steps.

Wen Sheng said: "During the previous dynasty, the boats transporting grain were not subsidized. Farmers, fishermen, and Cao soldiers would secretly carry some southern miscellaneous goods on board to sell in the north. After unloading the goods, they would buy some from the north. The native products of the country are sold back to the south. In this way, through bartering between the north and the south, we can get some subsidies.”

  Hearing this, Huo Xi's eyes lit up, and he exchanged a glance with Yang Fu, feeling excited.

   "Then will there be inspectors on board to check? Collect business tax?"

  Huo Zhong laughed, chuckled, and signaled them to look at the pier.

"Have you seen the boatmen and crewmen on those big boats? They go out for a few days or ten days, or half a year or a year. There will be any situation on the water, and they are all risking their lives to make money. Except for the share Salary, many people will carry some goods and do some north-south barter business. Generally, as long as they don't delay things, the ship owners will turn a blind eye."

"During the previous dynasty, the Cao army would also take advantage of the convenience of transporting grain to secretly carry out commodity transportation and trading along the way. The imperial court allowed the water transport personnel to carry a certain amount of goods and exempted from taxation to subsidize the Cao army's livelihood and the cost of transporting grain on the way. insufficient."

   After Huo Zhong finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the amazingly bright eyes of the two of them.

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