Chapter 52: The King of Hell is smiling in his ears

The first family in Linshui, the boat merchants were still in the room where they had dinner the day before yesterday. This was not because they had money. No matter how rich they were, they had to queue up to get the rooms on the four corners, on the third floor.

It is the recent water cloud that has attracted too many people, making some people here unable to bear the housing prices on the third floor and four corners.

Although the merchants in the boat shop seemed to be rich and generous, they never relaxed in some small amounts of money, and even reached an outrageous level. They used this room to pinch the time, and eating here was calculated based on the price of the meal and the price of the time.

When they were having a meal, they must have been stuck for the last half-quarter of the hour. As long as they finished eating, they would not continue to take care of a room. Other rich people came here to pay the money for one day, or even half a month, and walked according to the 500-cent monthly amount every half hour. Even if people didn't come, the place had to be kept for others.

The boaters take advantage of it if they have it. Even if they don’t have it, they will never pay the money when they don’t have it.

At this time, they were very lucky to have another encounter with the time when they were not willing to spend money and had a meal in this room.

"Brother Wei, are we waiting to finish the talk with them and block the waterway from Jingshui to Luoshui River? Xiao Luoshui also walks the Luoshui line. Dingping is fine. They are also thinking about doing things with us, so that we can park the big ship there and hand it over to the small ship for ship shipping.

He also said that we would discuss with the people of Luochuan County and join forces with Dingping to build a wharf. Are they stupid? Let’s block the Jingshui River in Dingping, what can they do?”

Guo Ren seemed to have drunk some wine before he got here. When he spoke, his tongue couldn't be straightened. He could not hear it any more. Fortunately, he was still quite sober.

Mi Fan's face was gloomy. He naturally knew where Guo Ren went. The only brothel behind the entire Xiao Luoshui Wharf was opened by a man in Beijing. The most common woman also costs five cents of money a night. Some of them are not selling their own works, so they can't get much money and cover their veils.

It is said that the rent of this brothel is twenty times higher than that of other places. All food and drink must be made by the first store in Linshui, and the price is twenty times higher. Otherwise, you can just chat with the veiled woman there without eating, or listen to the song.

No one can do that, he doesn't eat anything himself, he puts a bunch of things in front of the girl, eat something when he is resting, and only gives you a cup of boiled water, so he can't afford to throw away that person.

It seems that Guo Ren spent a lot of money today. He listened to a new song for dozens of words. He talked to the beauty for a few words and listened to the sound of the piano, but it was not too much.

"Brother Wei, if you say something, let's go block the place immediately. If the sand and stones of sixty ships sink, I don't believe that I can't block the waterway."

Guo Ren was still thinking about good things. After Mi Fan received the letter the night before yesterday, he said the content, that is, the Zhang family, together with Luochuan County, Dingping County, and the people who were traveling on their boats, built a dock in Dingping to facilitate the transportation of large ships and small ships.

At the beginning, no one could have thought that this matter could be transferred. At that time, both sides would make money. When transferring, there would be no need for the same merchant or the same cargo. The big ship would take the goods all the way, and when it arrived at Dingping County, it would start to be distributed to the small boats.

This journey is short, and you don’t have to go to Beijing to wait for freight to come to make money. You can make a fortune by just traveling from Sichuan and Sichuan. After all, the return journey is countercurrent, and it is too difficult to walk on a big ship. If you don’t load the goods in Beijing and only run one way, it would be a loss of money.

With a small boat that has a flat cargo, not only will it not pay off, but you can also make a little more money and divide the route into sections without suppressing the cargo.

But this idea was sent by the Zhang family. Now the people who are on the boat want to suppress the Zhang family. Therefore, no matter how good the idea is, it can only be used to deal with the Zhang family. Xiaohe can make money because it connects the capital city and Sichuan. As long as it is blocked in the diversion area of ​​Dingping County, the goods from the capital can only be transported to Luochuan County.

That is, the place where Xiao Luoshui is called Da Luoshui. If they are cut off, everything will be resolved and cooperation will be turned into a conspiracy. These people are also more excited.

After hearing Guo Ren's words, they also thought it was feasible. Mi Fan proposed the matter of breaking the trade route, but Mi Fan never expected that they were going to break like this.

Looking at Guo Ren's excited gaze in front of him, Mi Fan finally couldn't help it and said loudly: "I thought it well. I used dozens of large ships to sank Luoshui. If we use it for a few days, our heads would have to cut off the sank Luoshui. Is Jingshui River our family? If you want to sank it, just block it?

It would be better to gather our ships together, make a hundred large ships, fill them with sand and stones, and go to the canal and sink to block the waterway to the capital. The canal transportation will be scrapped and the grain cannot enter the capital. The emperor will be afraid of us, don’t you think so?"

When everyone heard this, they stopped talking. Then they realized how the two counties and prefectures would react when blocked that place. A few of them were not enough to cut their heads. For the sake of the Zhang family, they would harm the people in the Zhang family. Many people would take action. A note was handed over. The emperor read it. With just one casual word, the prince in the prefecture could confiscate their homes.

Although Guo Ren's body was not easy to control and his head was still clear, he asked: "Brother Wei, didn't you say that you would block the waterway the night before yesterday? What else would you do if you don't sink the ship?"

The other businessmen also looked at Mi Fan.

Mi Fan felt a little sad and actually worked with a group of fools. But these people did listen to him and had to say, "Those who came from Sichuan and Shu do not dare to go to the steep places. Only when they are not at the distance from Sichuan and Shu can there be a small boat that can pass through.

There is a lot of water flow in Dingping County. Don’t you know how urgent the water flows? If you use oars, a wave will be used in vain. If you support it with a bamboo pole, you will not reach the bottom of the water at all. Aren’t the boats they come and go all the way to pull them by the boatman coming out of the corner?

I sent three big ships over, as long as I broke down there, and said that the ship was broken and could not move, their small boat could not be pulled by the boatman. They needed to bypass our big ship. It was originally a rapids, but was blocked by the three ships. Which small boat do you think can pass?"

"Yes, as long as there is a small boat that wants to pass, it happens to encounter the inclined surface of the water flow blocked by three large ships. One can be overturned. We didn't mean it. It was because the big ship had a problem. After some of the boats were overturned, a few large ships were sent to leave three there, and they even told the problem that they had to stand up even if they didn't want to.

Unless the kind of person who has been rowing a boat for decades, it is impossible for others to do so. How many such people can they find? There is no such thing as a whole, a good idea."

After hearing Mi Fan's words, a businessman also thought of this and flattered him there.

After the businessman explained this, the other people also understood the truth and agreed.

Mi Fan was really helpless. Why didn’t anyone think of such a simple thing? He was preparing to go to the shipwreck to block the entrance. He sighed secretly and said, “Don’t worry about this matter first, wait and ask them for details about their journey.”

The merchants once again united and talked about how to cheat one by one. The more Mi Fan heard, the stronger the fear. Even when he mentioned using a boat to make the boat go around it, he felt this way.

This plan was perfect. He didn't know where something went wrong. Could it be that Hou Ye's dock could create a small boat that was not afraid of such things? Unless it was a draft, it would be impossible to walk through the river.

As long as he thought of this, he was a little upset and couldn't help but say, "Actually, the big ship that the Zhang family mentioned was turning into a small boat, and we can make more money from both rivers than before, so you shouldn't think about it carefully."

"What else do you think? It's either his family is destroyed or we are destroyed. How many pairs of eyes are looking at us? I really lose this face. Will I still do business in the future? Brother, you overestimate his Zhang family. This is a matter on the water. If they don't understand, they will also be able to raise chickens. How can they know the dangers on the water?"

Guo Ren poured wine for himself and drank it there again. His eyes were confused, but his words were recognized by other merchants. They were indeed afraid of Zhangjiazhuang, but they were on the land, and they did not dare to interfere.

But when you get on the water, it is not as simple as you imagined. No matter how powerful the Zhang family is, can you be born to understand the things in the water? That would not be like managing a small river.

Mi Fan looked at the merchants who were looking at each other and finally compromised. Even when he was compromising, he felt that his heart seemed to be tightly grasped.

He had never had such a situation before. Even if he was in danger, he felt uncomfortable. This time, he found that it was difficult to breathe.

‘What exactly is it? What kind of methods does the Zhang family have? Why is this happening? It feels more uncomfortable than death. Is it an extermination of the clan? The Zhang family really has this ability. He just has a top scholar and a master Hou, but why does his chest hurt?’

Mi Fan pressed his hands on his chest, and he attached great importance to his body's reaction. He had encountered problems before, but he was a little uncomfortable. Whenever he made a decision to avoid it, he would get good news when he went to the temple or Taoist temple.

But this time it was different. He felt as if he was about to die soon.

Those businessmen didn't know how uncomfortable Mi Fan was now. They were still fantasizing about forcing the Zhang family to take the initiative to beg for mercy like them and behave like a dog.
Chapter completed!