Talk about the world of mortals in detail

In Mo Mansion, Hui Mian, who was happily eating something, suddenly stopped, and Yi Shuyuan's voice came to his ears.

"You still want to eat? Why don't you stay in Mingzhou? Mo Mansion will definitely not treat you badly, and the two juniors will take good care of you."

gentlemen!

Hui Mian raised his head and realized something. The husband didn't seem to like saying goodbye in person.

Mo Shisheng, who had been standing on the chair and leaning on the table to watch the little marten eat, looked at it and said doubtfully.

"What's wrong, little Marten?"

Hui Mian rolled his eyes at Shi Sheng, the little guy was neither big nor small.

"Call Senior Hui!"

"Oh, Senior Hui, are you finally full?"

Hui Mian put down the food in his hand, licked his paws with his tongue to clean them, and looked at Qi Zhongbin who closed his eyes to feel the vitality of heaven and earth.

"Boy Qi."

"Here you are, Senior Hui!"

Qi Zhongbin opened his eyes.

"Boy Qi, take good care of boy Mo, and you, before cultivating immortality, make sure you don't wet the bed first!"

"I, how could I wet the bed?"

"The sheets are still drying, you're so shy!"

Hearing Hui Mian's words, Mo Shisheng puffed up his mouth, while Qi Zhongbin realized something and approached the table and asked with concern.

"Senior Hui, is Master leaving?"

Hui Mian clapped his hands and jumped from the table to the ground.

"Sir, it doesn't matter what you say. In fact, he is also a sentimental person. He doesn't like to say goodbye. Anyway, you guys, practice well!"

"Senior Gray!"

Qi Zhongbin called out, and Hui Mian, who had already reached the door, turned to look and saw the latter bowing.

"Please say goodbye to Master on behalf of me and my senior brother!"

"Well, I'm leaving!"

After saying that, Hui Mian jumped out and disappeared.

After hesitating on the spot, Qi Zhongbin looked at Mo Shisheng.

"Senior brother, let's go see Master off!"

With that said, Qi Zhongbin picked up Mo Shisheng, walked outside the door and greeted the servants of Mo Mansion, and then used Qinggong to jump out of Mo Mansion.

After entering the Immortal Path, although he has not yet formed an Immortal Foundation, Qi Zhongbin also found that his original martial arts inner energy gradually transformed into innate true energy, which made even his Qinggong skills far better than before.

Where will it be, in which direction?

Qi Zhongbin rushed out of Mo Mansion, and when he landed on the street, he suddenly felt a little confused, because he didn't know which direction Master and Senior Gray were going, let alone find them accurately.

"Junior brother, west!"

Shi Sheng suddenly had a vague feeling in his heart, and he immediately spoke out.

Qi Zhongbin didn't hesitate and started moving forward quickly using Qinggong.

He directly avoided the crowd and climbed over the wall, and after chasing after him, he finally reached the west side of the city. Qi Zhongbin kept on chasing until he reached the outskirts of the city.

But apart from some pedestrians, carriages and horses, and sparse buildings, there is only one ancient bluestone road that extends far outside the city, connecting it with the ancient official road.

"Master, you have already left."

Qi Zhongbin put Mo Shisheng down, then knelt directly at the end of the bluestone road, kowtowing towards the distance.

Master didn't allow it before, but this time Qi Zhongbin did it anyway.

"Master, this disciple respectfully sends Master——"

Mo Shisheng seemed to be influenced by Qi Zhongbin at this moment. He also knelt down on the side, kowtowed like his junior brother, and then stood up with his forehead covered.

"Master, Shi Sheng would also like to send you a respectful gift——"

An old man and a young man shouted into the distance. Only a few passers-by looked at them in surprise, but no one on the carriages and horses passed by stopped. At most, they talked after they were a little far away.

Yi Shuyuan, who was on the official road outside the city, turned back to look in the direction of Mingzhou City, and could vaguely hear two distant calls coming in the wind.

"It feels good to have a disciple!"

With a whisper, Yi Shuyuan stood towards Mingzhou City for a while, and then left again.

"Sir, do you want to find that guy Chu Hang?"

"There's no rush."

Yi Shuyuan answered, his steps became faster and his figure became more ethereal.

Spring is coming soon, and Chu Hang will definitely take part in the imperial examination this year. Yi Shuyuan is not in a hurry to find him, and just walks in the direction of Chengtian Mansion.

——

Near Mingzhou City is the Kaiyang Grand Canal, which runs from north to south. The river transportation on the river is extremely busy. From outside the west gate of the city, a few miles northwest is the Mingzhou Wharf.

Mingzhou's land transportation is no longer busy, but water transportation is very developed.

Although Yi Shuyuan has been in Mingzhou City for two years, he has never been to the dock outside the city. When he got close today, he felt that the dock was so busy that it was beyond imagination.

"Oh, it's more lively than Mingzhou City!"

Compared with the wharf in Yuanjiang County, the scale of Mingzhou's canal wharf is quite astonishing, and it not only has berths for ships, but also is full of buildings, including restaurants, inns, warehouses, etc.

Yi Shuyuan entered the dock as if he had entered a small town.

The pier was filled with shouts and shouts. Just outside the tavern that Yi Shuyuan passed by, someone even set up a table and openly rolled dice for gambling.

"Big, big—" "Little, little, little—"

"One, two, three, little one!"

"Oops——" "Hahahahaha"

The crowd around us was shouting excitedly. Some people were even shirtless despite the cold weather, and they were slapping the table and their legs.

Yi Shuyuan glanced at it and saw that the person who had lost the money was already worried about losing money. At this moment, he was touching all over his body, as if he wanted to find the last copper.

Yi Shuyuan stood outside the gambling crowd and stared at the one who lost the most.

What's interesting is that originally the person's complexion was pretty good, but as his eyes became anxious, the top of his head began to darken, showing a cloud of bad luck.

Gambling is not a contamination.

"Stop gambling, don't gamble, I've already lost all my wages for several months." "Yeah, we can't beat them."

At this moment, an acquaintance nearby was trying to persuade the person to stop, but instead of receiving a kind word, he offended the other person. The person stared at the other person fiercely.

"Why have you lost all your money? Will I care about these two small coins?"

"Do you still want to gamble? If you run out of money, just leave. I'm going to take over the bank now."

"Bet, you are not allowed to leave. If the loser doesn't speak, the winner is not allowed to leave -"

Looking at the red-faced and thick-necked person, Yi Shuyuan shook his head and turned around and left. This kind of person could no longer listen to advice.

There are many boats on the dock. What Yi Shuyuan is looking for is a boat to Chengtian Mansion, and the price must be suitable.

In the end, Yi Shuyuan took a fancy to a ship that was used for both passenger and cargo purposes.

This is a ship more than ten feet long, mainly carrying cargo, but there is a sign on the bow that it can carry passengers to Chengtian Mansion, and it will set sail early tomorrow morning, which is relatively fast.

Some people asked the price at the gangplank, some left and some got on the boat.

Yi Shuyuan walked over, and the steward over there happened to be talking to a scholar-looking man in front of him.

The scholar wore a Confucian scarf and a Taoist robe, and was carrying a book box. He looked like a candidate coming to Beijing to take the exam.

"Shipman, these five taels of silver are too expensive. Can you make it cheaper?"

The boatman on the dock sat behind a small table with a small scale on it.

"Hey, it's too expensive? Then you can take the land route. You can travel on two legs and sleep in the open air. That's cheaper!"

The scholar suddenly looked unhappy.

"Don't be sarcastic. Explain why it's so expensive. You don't provide meals, but you only charge five taels for water for ten days. This, this is too treacherous."

"Sir, five taels!"

Hui Mian also whispered in Yi Shuyuan's ear that the money seemed too expensive to Yi Shuyuan.

The man on the bow smiled.

"Then I really want to tell you, our ship can load cargo as well as people. You, a scholar, plus the book box, must weigh hundreds or dozens of kilograms, right? If I don't carry you, the shipowner will change it to hundreds of kilograms." Isn't a few taels of profit from a kilogram of tea, even if it's of poor quality, more than enough to go to Chengtian Mansion?"

"Then let me ask you, is it appropriate not to charge you five taels?"

At this moment, the scholar was speechless. It seemed that this was true. If the shipping fee for his 100-pound man was not as good as the cargo, why carry people?

"Okay, you're right, five taels is five taels!"

Yi Shuyuan laughed from behind.

What the boatman said seems to make sense, but in fact it is a change of concept. Not to mention the space occupied by the goods and the people, let’s just talk about the tea it refers to.

Good tea is not something you can just pick up, and how many merchants are keeping an eye on it. Even if you can pick up bad tea, it may not be easy to sell, and the so-called profit is a castle in the air.

Carrying passengers is a last resort to make up for the lack of profits.

The scholar walked onto the gangplank and boarded the boat. The boatman looked at Yi Shuyuan behind him.

"You also want to take a boat to Chengtian Mansion?"

"Exactly, but I won't get off the boat at the pier at the foot of Yanshan Mountain until I get to Chengtianfu Pier."

"Same, five taels!"

After hearing what the boatman said, Yi Shuyuan looked at the hungry scholar on the boat and replied.

"He carries a bookcase that weighs more than 100 pounds, and the books in it are not light. I am alone and have no luggage. It weighs 20 to 30 pounds less than him, so I have four taels!"

The boatman was also happy and looked Yi Shuyuandao up and down.

"It doesn't look like you're short of that one tael of silver!"

If you don’t even bring a suitcase, you must be someone who buys various things at the docks along the way, or even buys food on the boat.

Yi Shuyuan replied with a smile.

"I see that your ship won't be able to accommodate enough guests by tomorrow morning. There will definitely be a lot of empty seats. Instead of leaving them empty, why don't you let me get on the ship for four taels of silver?"

With that said, Yi Shuyuan had already taken out some broken silver and put it on the scale.

Seeing Yi Shuyuan's relaxed and unhurried look, the boatman thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, okay, go up."

Yi Shuyuan cupped his hands, stepped on the gangplank and boarded the ship in a few steps.

Except for not going to some specific cabins on the ship, you can basically wander around at will, and there are no restrictions on where you live. You can just find a place to sleep in the cabin or make a bed on the floor.

In the cabin where the goods were piled, Yi Shuyuan saw the scholar just now, setting up book boxes and bedding in a corner. After seeing Yi Shuyuan enter the warehouse, the scholar stood up.

"This brother, Yang Bencai, lives in Donglu. I don't know your surname, but he also wants to go to Beijing to take the exam?"

Yi Shuyuan returned the greeting.

"I, Yi Shuyuan, am not a candidate."

"oh"

Yang Bencai nodded, thinking that he was also a scholar rushing to take the exam, and he wanted to be close so that he could be taken care of, but it turned out not to be the case.

Yi Shuyuan said nothing more and walked into the cabin.

There were not many passengers on the ship, except for the scholar and Yi Shuyuan who had just boarded the ship, there were only seven or eight here and there.

There was a lot of empty space in the warehouse, and it was obvious that the shipowner was not going too smoothly this time to receive the goods.

In the evening, some people ate dry food, some people got off the boat to eat, and some people went to the dock to buy some things to avoid running out of food during the voyage. On this boat, the boatman did not care about anything except providing water, and you could buy food if you wanted to.

Yi Shuyuan stood on the bow deck and looked at the bright lights on the dock, which seemed very lively.

On the other side of the gangplank, some new passengers boarded the ship, some old and some young. There was also a couple with two children. One child was only six or seven years old, and the other one still needed to be held by the hand.

The price of getting on the boat obviously decreased with time. Although Yi Shuyuan was far away, he could hear clearly. Although few people went directly to Chengtian Mansion and most of them got off the boat halfway, everyone who got on the boat afterward didn't even get a tael. arrive.

"Damn profiteer!"

Yi Shuyuan cursed secretly, he had known he would have boarded the ship later.

A little further away, someone was approaching the boat, cursing and forgetting about it.

"Damn, you're so unlucky!" "Tell me, are those people a prankster?"

"Then I won't hold you back."

When a few people reached the bow of the ship, the voices became quieter.

The middle-aged man who collected the boat fare stood up.

"Why did you come back just now? You are the last to carry the table onto the ship and get ready to set sail tomorrow morning."

"Yes, yes!" "I was delayed because I was playing at the pier."

"snort!"

The steward got on the boat with a bag of money, and several boatmen below the boat cursed a few times and moved aboard with tables and stools.

In the darkness of the evening, Yi Shuyuan was thoughtful on the deck. That bad gambler turned out to be the boatman on this ship.