Fight the Giants

  Chapter 79 I want you to look good

  Kan Er helped Huo Erhuai and Yang Shi push the cart into Qionghua Lane, put the things back in the courtyard, and then left, the couple thanked them all the way.

  The couple returned the cart and took them back to the ferry.

  Worried about all the way, he asked earnestly.

   "I'll take this money for you to spend on the road."

   "I still have it. Save it for you and Nian'er."

   "How can we spend so much money. You take it with you, in case Xier wants to buy some northern goods in Huai'an and bring it back."

  Huo Erhuai took it and put it into his arms: "You wait for us at home with Nian'er, stay at home if you have nothing to do, and yell when you have trouble."

   "Understood, you look after Xi'er and Fu'er."

"I will."

   "Father, be careful on the road."

   "I know. You should be more alert at night when you are alone."

   Arriving at the ferry, Mrs. Yang pulled Huo Xi and Yang Fu over to give them instructions. Then he stood on the shore with his mind in his arms, watching the three of them sailing away in the boat.

  On the other side, Kan Er returned to Mu Mansion with a basket of bald butter and various shrimps.

To Mu Yan, who was about to go out to the Imperial College, asked for a reward: "Master, look, this time there are not only bald butter, but also six bottles of shrimp, three flavors! I heard it is very fragrant. There are six bottles of bald butter. Huo The little lady said that she thanked the young master for helping her promote the bald butter in the Imperial College last time, and this time there will be no price increase, and it will still be a bottle of three or two."

  Li Yi glanced at him speechlessly, then went to look at the young master.

   Sure enough, I saw the young master gnashing his molars.

   "She caught my fat sheep and squeezed it hard, are you still happy?" Mu Yan squinted at him.

  Kan Er was puzzled: "Huh? Mrs. Huo said that the weather is cold and crabs can't be caught, so she won't increase the price for us."

  Li stroke the forehead. You can stop talking.

  Kan Er scratched his head, he did not make a mistake.

   Seeing that the young master had stepped into the carriage on the wooden stool, Li Yi also sat on the shaft, and hurriedly stuffed the basket into the arms of the boy at the door: "Master, wait for me!"

   hurriedly jumped on the other side of the shaft.

  In the carriage, Mu Yan was lucky, a little liar, who treated his father like a fat sheep, and said something to thank him. I want you to look good next time!

  On the Huo family's boat, Huo Xi sat in the middle of the boat, looking up, he saw the clear sky washed by clear water, without any shelter, feeling a sense of loss.

   Bare, I'm not used to it.

  Yang Fu sat next to her, looked left and right, and sighed. His family's houseboat suddenly became a cargo ship. Fortunately, Xi'er's cabin was still left at the bow.

   Otherwise, the three of them would probably sleep on the open-air grain pile for the next few nights.

   "Xi'er, go sit in the cabin, it's humid outside. The sun should come out later." Although Huo Erhuai felt sorry, but after watching it all night, he got used to it.

   "It's okay, Dad. It's a good view."

  Huo Erhuai smiled. The child is comforting him.

   "Father, do we have enough tarpaulins on board? If it rains these days and the food goes missing, we have to pay for it."

  Whoever transports the grain is responsible for it. If it is stolen, lost, caught in the rain, or damaged, it is the responsibility of the ship owner. If you can't pay according to the amount, you have to pay money.

   "Don't worry. Dad is well prepared, and he is not afraid of rain."

   Said and looked up at the sky, "There should be no rain these days. It will probably be sunny."

  Since the heavy storm passed that day, Huo Erhuai seemed to have lighted up the skill of listening to the wind and distinguishing the rain. After that, he judged the weather very accurately and seldom made mistakes.

  Huo Xi followed him to look at the clouds for many days, and smelled the water vapor, so that the water vapor was sloshing in his nose and mind, and he was still confused.

  Since Huo Erhuai said that there will be no rain, she is relieved.

  Falling back on the boat, with hands behind the head, looking up at the clear autumn sky, leaning on the boat wood, listening to the sound of the scull board, feeling drowsy.

  Yang Fu followed her example and lay down on the boat, his eyes quickly closed.

   "Father, have you told Tao Yedu and others? Can they install our cloth? Do you want to set off together tomorrow?"

  Yang Fu opened his eyes again, looking at his brother-in-law.

  Huo Erhuai nodded: "It can be installed. They are well hidden in the bottom cabins of each house. Don't worry. Everyone will go to the Jiangning County Government to load food in the afternoon, and we will leave together tomorrow."

"That's good."

   This road is more than 400 miles to Huai'an, and it can be reached in two days by light boat. They are full of food, and it is estimated that it will take more time.

   Along the way, everyone was together, so it was good to have a support.

  Huo Xi looked at the ship whose cabin had been removed. Originally, there were a few pots of bean sprouts, green onions and garlic in Yang Fu's cabin at the stern, but they were also moved to the small courtyard.

   "Father, it's still early, let's go to the village along the river to buy some vegetables to bring with us."

   "Also."

   After talking about the vegetables, Huo Xi counted the things they brought on the boat to see if there was anything missing, and called Yang Fu to check.

   For food, there are rice noodles, dried fish, bacon and salted eggs, bald butter, shrimp, charcoal, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar on board. The personal clothes, bedding, oilcloth felt, and cooking pots are still on board.

   There are still some baskets of clean water.

  The others are the silk and cotton cloth for the bilge. Wine and snacks to accompany the wine.

   This trip was well prepared, Huo Xi was relieved.

  Just as he closed his eyes, he thought of something and sat up again.

   Entered his own cabin, opened the bottom of the cabin, took out the other banknotes and jade pendants, wrapped them in oilcloth, and hid them next to his body.

   At noon, Huo Erhuai rowed the boat to Jiangning County Wharf.

  At the pier, ships waiting to transport food have arrived one after another. Docked on the pier one by one, you can't see the end. On the shore, grains waiting to be shipped were piled up on the wharf into mountains of rice.

  The tax grains from previous years were also transported to the county government by the farmers themselves.

  After being collected by the county government, part of it is kept in the local area, which is used for the expenditure of local officials' salaries, the expenditure of rice for the clan enfeoffed in the local area, the expenditure of rice for the living, and the care of the orphans, widows, sick, and the elderly.

   This part of the retention is about 30% of the tax and food.

  The remaining 70% will be shipped to the official warehouse of the imperial court. It is used for royal family expenses, court officials' salaries and military expenses.

  Like the former Wu Dynasty, Dadu in the north of Dingdu, after the local government collects taxes and grains, the Cao army is used to transport grains to the five major granaries every year. Once there is a need in Dadu, the grain will be adjusted from granaries in various places to Tongzhou, and then transported from Tongzhou to Dadu.

  However, when the dynasty was established, the capital was Jinling, and Jiangning County was originally in the suburbs of Beijing. Jiangning County didn't need to go to war so much. They only needed to transport the grain to the county government, and then the county government shipped it to the capital.

   Cao Jun is not needed at all.

   This year is good, and we are going to transport grain to the north. There are not enough tank boats, so the fishermen's boats have been mobilized.

  Huo Xi looked at the piles of grain bags piled up like a mountain, and felt that Jiangnan was indeed a land of fish and rice. There is enough water and food, and the farmers can have enough food.

   "Yang Fu, Huo Xi!" Qian Xiaoxia's voice interrupted her thoughts.

  Huo Xi and Yang Fu heard the sound and saw Qian Xiaoxia and Qian Xiaoxia were rowing behind and waiting in line to enter the pier to load grain.

   then waved to them.

  Qian Xiaoxia pointed at the Huo family's boat and laughed: "Hahaha, Yang Fu, your cabin has been dismantled. It's bare."

   Now it’s all right, don’t envy them anymore.

   In the past few days, my face has been allergic, and I can't sleep because of itching at night. I am often allergic to ultraviolet rays. I am prone to allergies when the seasons change, or when the sun is exposed. Now I am blocked and can’t buy anything. Do you have any friends who know medicine, or friends who use anti-allergic cosmetics or facial masks? Let me tell Basho that I have been tortured to death, and my face is red, swollen and itchy. I will update another chapter at two o'clock.

  (end of this chapter)