Fight the Giants

  Chapter 80 Shipment

  Yang Fu saw Qian Xiaoxia laughing at him, so he looked towards his boat.

  I saw that the cabin in the middle of his family's boat was also dismantled, leaving only a bare hull, which was worse than himself. How dare you laugh at him!

  But that boat is the boat that my family has lived in for many years.

   I had no choice but to give him a blank look, poked my neck, and pointed to the unremoved cabin on the bow of my ship: "We still have one left, don't be jealous, there is no place for you to sleep here."

  Qian Xiaoxia was furious and shook his fist at him.

  Everyone has to transport food, and even the only bamboo canopy on Yujiang's boat has been removed, so how come there is only one cabin left on Huo's boat?

  Many fishing boats have been dismantled to look like cargo ships. Some still have the oil awning frame on the bow. There was a canopy that covered the stove at the bow, but they didn’t let them dismantle it.

  I'm afraid I have to sleep in the open air now. Many fishermen turned their attention to the Huo family's boat.

  Huo Erhuai was a little uncomfortable with the scrutiny of his peers.

  Huo Xi was very calm. Use your eyes to search for the boats of Taoyedu.

  This time, all boats, large and small, were included in the recruitment of the river berth. Yujiang's boat was small, and it was barely enough to transport five stones of grain. She even packed eight bolts of cotton cloth for her home.

  Huo Xi was a little worried that his boat was too heavy.

  Standing on tiptoes to search among the boats, I saw Yu Jiang rowing a boat and crashed far behind the boats. Seeing her coming, he stood on the stern of the boat and waved to her.

  Huo Xi smiled at him, then waved to him.

  Yu Jiang understood. Soon, he found a gap and rowed his family's boat over.

  His family's boat was not big, so he quickly rowed to the side of Huo's boat.

  Huo Xi grabbed the side of the boat and asked him, "Uncle Yu, how many stones do you want to load?"

   "Five stones."

  Yang Fu and Huo Erhuai also ran over: "Five Stones? Can it work?"

  Yu Jiang nodded: "It can be done. When you go, you don't need to spend too much effort."

  Huo Xi then went to look at the things on his boat. He was alone and usually lived on the boat. The pots, pans, pans and bedding were still there, and eight pieces of cloth from her family were hidden in the bilge.

   "Uncle Yu, you will follow behind my boat. If you can't row, we will drag you away." At that time, we will help him reduce some burdens.

  Yu Jiang nodded happily: "Xingle, I'll follow behind you."

   "I'll follow you too." Qian Xiaoxia called out from a distance, and asked his brother to pull the boat over.

   "Then you are behind Uncle Yu."

  Everyone in Taoyedu saw this scene and lined up one after another. Spontaneously let the Huo family's boat take the lead.

   In this way, they can take care of each other. Everyone's hearts are settled.

   This is the first time that everyone has recruited. Many people have never been out of the land near the capital. I don't know which direction Huai'an is in. When traveling far away, people who are acquainted with each other can walk together, which can also strengthen their courage.

   Soon, the officers of the river berthing station came to register all the ships that were recruited.

  According to the ten days and twelve earthly branches, the first batch of grain transport ships were divided into sixty numbers, ten ships for each number, and one **** officer for each number.

  Huo Xi found Zhao Sui, who was in the semicolon, and asked him if he could put Taoyedu's boats in consecutive numbers, so that everyone could take care of them.

   Zhao Sui thought for a while and nodded in agreement. That's good, they are familiar with each other, and it is convenient for the **** officer to manage.

  Taoyedu has a total of 27 boats. This led to three numbers.

   Zhao Sui asked Huo Xi to follow him to identify Taoyedu's ship. They were given Bingzi, Bingyin, and Bingchen. The Huo family's ship was Bingzi No. 1, Yu Jiang was Bingzi No. 2, and Qian Xiaoxia was Bingzi No. 3, in this order.

  Zhao Sui found three more single boats from a group of boat houses, incorporated them into the fleet of Taoyedu, and issued Cao flags to all the boats, asking everyone to put the flags on the bows of the boats.

  Huo Xi looked at the triangular flag with a red border and a white background, and asked Yang Fu to insert the flag with Bingzi No. 1 on the place where his family had originally placed the banner, and it fluttered in the wind, making it very conspicuous.

   "Brother Zhao Sui, do you know who our **** is?"

  Zhao Sui shook his head: "It's someone in the army. I don't know who it is."

   "Thank you brother Zhao Sui. When we come back, I will bring you good things from the north."

   "Then I'm here to thank Xiao Huo Xi. Be careful on the road, follow the **** officer's instructions, and don't quarrel with them."

   "Thank you brother Zhao Sui for your suggestion."

   Seeing that the Huo family were very familiar with the guards of the Hebo Office, everyone in Taoyedu finally let go of their anxiety.

  After assigning the ship number, it is time to start loading food.

  Everyone pricked up their ears to listen to the call of the yamen servants on the shore. The whole pier was buzzing and noisy, and they were afraid of missing it.

  From Jiazi No. 1, the boatman who called the number rowed the boat, and the porter moved the grain to the boat. The boats loaded with grain left the pier and lined up in the nearby waters according to the number, waiting for shipment tomorrow.

   "Bingzi No. 1!"

   "Bingzi No. 1!"

"I'm coming!"

  Hearing his boat number called, Huo Erhuai hastily rowed the boat over. Huo Xi and Yang Fu also got up from the boat and stood at the stern.

The guard on the shore looked at the flag on the bow of the Huo family's boat, checked the bamboo piece in Huo Erhuai's hand, looked at his boat again, ticked the book, and said loudly: "Bingzi No. 1, eighty shi !"

   "Bingzi No. 1, eighty stones!" The voice passed down.

  The porter who carried the food started to move when he heard it.

  Walk to the front of the grain mountain, with your back to the grain bag, bow your body, put your hands back and put them on your shoulders. And the husband who unloaded the grain on the grain mountain put the grain bag on the bearer's back.

  The porter sank down, grasped both ends of the grain bag tightly from his shoulders with both hands, and bent over to load the grain bag onto the boat.

  Watching his family's boat sinking little by little, Huo Xi gave Huo Erhuai a worried look.

  Huo Erhuai held her hand, stood on the shore, bent slightly, and said to her: "Don't worry, Dad can row."

   "My brother-in-law and I changed paddles." Yang Fu looked up at him and said.

   "Okay." The child is sensible, Huo Erhuai pressed it in his heart.

   Half an hour later, the eighty shi grains were loaded onto the ship.

   "Bingzi No. 1, loading is complete. Leave!"

   "Bingzi No.1, drive away!"

  Hearing this, Huo Erhuai hurriedly pulled the two children onto the boat, shook the sculls, and quickly sailed the boat away from the pier.

   "Bingzi No. 2!" The number was called again on the pier.

   "Here we come!" Yu Jiang's voice rose.

  Huo Xi glanced at him, and saw that Qian Xiaoxia's boat was still following behind him, and Taoyedu's boat was also waiting nearby, waiting to be loaded.

  The three ships Bingzi, Bingyin, Bingchen, and Taoyedu were all loaded on board before sunset.

  And the first batch of ships to be shipped tomorrow has not yet been fully loaded. Rows of torches were lit on the pier, illuminating the entire pier.

   And through a late afternoon shipment, the piled up grain bags are slowly decreasing.

  Huo Xi stood at the stern of his boat, looking towards the day-bright dock. The servants of the county government on the wharf, the officials of the river berth, porters, unloaders, boatmen, street vendors, and other people of all kinds, were full of people and voices.

   "Xi'er, are you hungry? What shall we have for dinner?"

   Friends, see you tomorrow~

  (end of this chapter)