Chapter 29 An old friend on the Fengling ferry
Fang let out a low moan and his body trembled violently. Ye Chang was also sad at this time, so he did not hear anything unusual from Fang's words.
"Shiyilang... You are still young, don't go to Chang'an, please send someone to the Zongchang." After a moment, Fang squatted on the ground and said again.
"It's okay, my own brother, if I don't go, who can go?"
"Shiyilang, you don't know, Chang'an... Chang'an, that's not a good place!"
This time Ye Chang finally realized that Chang'an should be a sad place for Fang, and it was not just because of Ye Shu's affairs.
Ye Chang didn't want to ask at this time, but insisted: "Sister-in-law, if something happened to my brother, it's inconvenient to say in the letter. I always get to ask myself. I am the brother's younger brother and can't change this anyway, so I have to go there. I have told the Zong Chief that when I am not here, the Zong Chief will often come here. If his sister-in-law has any difficulties, just tell him. In addition, I also asked Xiang'er and Chunming to go to her sister-in-law. If her sister-in-law has any problems, she needs help. Although they are young, they are smart."
"Chunming, you're still with you. You're alone outside, and someone needs to take care of you."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I have a friend to take care of this trip, and it's the shopkeeper Qin, who is in Chang'an. And I won't do anything randomly. I'm going to inquire about the news and welcome back... In addition, if there is anything, Chunming is too young and can't help, he will drag him down."
Fang heard Ye Chang say clearly, and she finally raised her eyes and looked at Ye Chang, and found that her uncle looked extremely cold.
Indeed, it is a kind of coldness, as if the ice and snow on the mountains in winter look ordinary, but in fact it exudes a chill.
Ye Chang didn't say the rest of the comforting words. He felt that no matter how much comforting he was, it was not as effective as the action. The next day, he handed over all the things here to Ye Dan, and walked alone to Xiuwu County to meet Lin Xisha.
"Mr. Ye, when you go to Chang'an, you must be careful in your words and actions, and do not delay on the way." Lin Xizhai contacted a caravan for him, and he followed the caravan to Chang'an. Before leaving, Lin Xizhai explained again.
He was always rough, but at this time he made such a meticulous order. Ye Chang understood that even such rough people could see that he was in a bad mood. He forced a smile, nodded to express his gratitude, and urged his horse to follow the caravan.
The slow horse that Qin Qinshou gave him became his transportation for this trip.
From Xiuwu to Chang'an, there are two roads to walk. One is to cross the Yellow River in Mengjin to Luoyang, and then pass Hangu Pass to Tongguan. The other is to walk the official road on the north bank of the river and cross the Yellow River to Tongguan. In addition, there are also people who take the Yellow River waterway to Sanmenxia, Shaanxi Province to get on the shore. Ye Chang was eager to catch Chang'an, but the caravan still had to go to Luoyang. Therefore, he separated from the caravan and walked on the official road on the north bank of the river by himself. He walked day and night along the way, and the road was difficult.
Fortunately, although Emperor Li Sanlang of the Tang Dynasty was already addicted to drinking, and the entire Tang Dynasty was lurking with huge crises, the world was generally peaceful. In addition, Ye Chang was extremely cautious all the way, so he never encountered any problems for ten days.
"This is Fenglingdu!"
When the rushing Yellow River finally appeared in front of Ye Chang, he had already arrived in front of Fengling Ferry. Fengling Ferry was one of the largest ferries on the Yellow River at this time, so-called "a rooster crowing sounded and listened to three sentences". However, in Ye Chang's opinion, it was ordinary, and there was nothing surprising except for the scene of sails competing for ferrying.
There are no spectacular bridges in later generations here. Although there are many ships coming and going, Ye Chang is not in the mood to appreciate these stupid and small ships.
After all, China's shipbuilding skills only took a big leap in the Song Dynasty. Today's ships are not only small, but also very unchanged.
The government set up checkpoints at the ferry to manage river crossing affairs, but now it is just a matter of collecting money. People like Ye Chang paid the money and had to go to the ferry to find the ferry by themselves.
"My husband is going to make a transition?" Seeing him patrolling the ferry, someone came forward and asked.
"I am going to pass Fenglingjin. I wonder what my husband can teach me?" Ye Chang saw that the man looked thin and looked like he was not a villain, so he bowed and asked.
"Are you a gentleman who wanders around the world?" The man smiled and said, "The villain dare not be a gentleman. The villain is a humble surname, and Xingjiu, who is a shuigu who seeks life in Fenglingjin. If the husband trusts the villain, he will follow the villain."
“Huh?”
"Don't worry, gentleman, there are so many villains like gentleman. A few days ago, there was a happy and enthusiastic person who went west, shouting, "We are not a slinger."
Ye Chang felt aroused when he heard this: "Some speakers must be the surname Li, right?"
"Huh, how did you know?"
"Is this person's name Bai and his name is Taibai?"
"That's right, this person claims to be Li Taibai." The man smiled and said, "The villain walked with him across the river. He heard him roaring and singing all the way. He was full of confidence. He thought he wanted to go to the capital to make a big use."
"Haha, this is a coincidence. I never thought that he had entered Beijing before me, and maybe he could see him in the capital this time."
Ye Chang felt a little happy.
Because he loves classical culture, he is still quite familiar with Li Bai, who has left the famous poet in history. At this time, Li Bai was over 40 years old, but he was still unsuccessful and lived in seclusion with Taoist Wu. After receiving the recommendation of this Taoist priest, he received the invitation from Li Longji and Li Sanlang and began to enter Beijing.
But Ye Chang didn't know that Li Bai's entry into Beijing this time was three months earlier than in history.
"My husband knows this Mr. Taibai?" asked the water husband.
"I've been famous for a long time, but I haven't seen each other."
"This Mr. Taibai said that he would stay in Mount Li for a longer period of time. Chang'an will be extremely hot, but Mount Li will be cool."
"oh……"
While chatting, Ye Chang followed the water husband to the riverside. The water husband shouted, and a boat suddenly came from several small boats parked by the river. The boatman was naked, revealing his bronze muscles, sweating like pearls, and then he propped the boat to Ye Chang.
"Mr. Just get on the boat. Mr. Wang crosses the river with one horse. The man is three-money and the horse is five-money. It costs eight cents in total." The water man who was a guest said: "We are all doing serious business here, and we will never cheat Mr. Wang!"
Ye Chang looked at the small boat, then looked at himself and the horse, and his scalp suddenly became numb."
The ship seemed to be unable to hold a few people, and there was water at the bottom of the ship, which made Ye Chang wonder if he would sink the ship after he took the ship with his own people. He looked at the other people's ships, and they were all like this.
It seems that there is no choice... However, the current shipbuilding technology is so poor, and the role of rivers and sea routes must be limited. If you can innovate in shipbuilding, it will be a good road.
Although he had collected eight cents, it was impossible for the ferry to carry him only. He had to gather a boat to make a transfer. Fortunately, Fengling Ferry is one of the largest ferries, and people from all walks of life, gathered here, whether it was businessmen or tourists. After a while, the water hustler who attracted guests brought several more people, and nearly ten people were squeezed out on the small boat.
"Enough is enough, you can leave." Someone urged.
"Mr. Please wait again, and then leave if you go with another person."
"This ship is both human and horse, which is enough for you to make a lot of money. Why bother to care about one person or one person less?"
"Mr. It's rare that the weather is sunny recently. The Yellow River is ferrying. We all have to rely on picking up and dropping off some guests in the past few days to support the whole family..."
The water husband laughed with him, but he just didn't drive the boat. They said that life was difficult and that they could only take a ferry for a few months in a year. Moreover, even in these months, the wind and waves on the Yellow River were also their fatal threat. Many water husbands always overturned and died every year.
"It's noon this day. If it doesn't work, it won't be enough for the rest of the world. If you want to eat, we won't want to eat?"
Ye Chang heard a loud shout from the ferryman. Ye Chang also felt hungry in his stomach. But at this moment, a small boat floated over, and various Yellow River fishes were accumulated on the boat. When Ye Chang saw it, he moved his heart and took the horse and got off the boat again.
"Langjun, why did you get off the boat again?" The boatman was a little panicked.
"I was hungry in my stomach and wanted to eat a full meal and cross the river again." Ye Chang laughed and said, "I saw that you had a pot and firewood on your boat, and there were two cents here. I was considered to borrow pot and firewood from you - the gentleman just now, I heard that you were a candy seller, but did you have frosted sugar?"
He called a businessman who was carrying a load and asked for sugar when he heard that he wanted it, so he immediately quoted a high price. At this time, the price of frosted sugar was extremely expensive, and his small businessman had no such thing as brown sugar. Ye Chang didn't care. In addition to buying candy, he also sought out some vinegar, ginger, green onions and dogwood, and then bought a large Yellow River carp. He washed the pot and cut the fish. He began to raise the fire.
Work has just started here, and someone there suddenly shouted: "Donor Ye?"
Ye Chang heard the sound familiar, and stood up and looked at him, and saw Shi Shanzhi appearing in front of him in a embarrassed manner.
"It's a coincidence that we never meet in life, and we actually met the believer again here."
Shi Shanzhi also smiled happily: "Okay, it's great. Finally, I met someone who can manage food... Donor Ye, I'm hungry!"
"It's better to drive it by chance. Since you are here, a fish is probably insufficient... Hey, fisherman, give me another Yellow River carp!"
Ye Chang bought another big carp, weighing two pounds. After disposing of it, he started cooking on the shore. What he wanted to make was a sweet and sour carp. Although there were many shortcomings in the ingredients, especially the sugar was brown sugar, under his skillful hands, the fish fragrance was still everywhere. Most people who came and went to and ate were swallowing.
"Master Shanzhi, why did you get here?" Ye Chang asked while cooking fish.
"I am so surprised, why did you get here?" Shi Shanzhi also asked.
The two spoke at the same time, and then they both laughed. Although Shanzhi was a rampant monk, he was not stupid. From Ye Chang's eyebrows, he could see that he was worried and did not ask questions. He just talked about his own affairs: "I hang up the order in Shifang Temple for two days. The old monk was so stingy that he asked me to go to get my hair cut, and then sent me to pick me up. I was angry and beaten Dao Ning, and then left..."
"The monk is a good person, he will leave if he has a disagreement." Ye Chang was absolutely a good person to him, and Shanzhi is indeed a person who can do such things.
"You don't know that there are stupid bald donkeys in the Shifang Temple. After staying with them for a long time, I am afraid that I will become a turbid object with only incense in my eyes."
"Is it because Master Shanzhi is not a turbid thing now?" Ye Chang was familiar with him, so he joked: "I think Master Shanzhi drinks and eats meat, picks up a bowl to eat and drink, puts down his chopsticks to curse, not only is it a turbid thing, but also a villain."
"No, I am the pure white lotus and the Shanzhi." When Monk Mang said this, he touched his bald head with his hand and laughed.
At this moment, a carriage appeared on the banks of the river.
The smell of fish came into the carriage, and a corner of the carriage curtain was lifted up, and a face stretched out from it.
"It smells so fragrant, aunt, do you want to eat fish?" He asked inside, a beautiful woman who looked like she was twenty-five or six years old.
"If it's not in a way, you can ask for food." The female voice inside replied.
"Don't worry, aunt."
The beautiful woman was about to jump out, and this action immediately attracted everyone's attention. Ye Chang focused on observing the fish's heat without paying attention to this side, but Shi Shanzhi saw it at a glance and suddenly frowned: "This woman is good at it."
Ye Chang raised his face when he heard this, and felt the fragrance blowing on his face. A beautiful woman walked up to him: "Fishermen, can this fisherman sell?"
"My lady is so rude. This fish is used by me for the belly of a monk. How can I sell it?" Shi Shanzhi said angrily: "Don't come and make noise, come back quickly, come back quickly!"
"Can monks eat fish?" The beautiful woman raised her eyebrows.
"A'e, come back, this master is a Shaolin Stick Monk." Another voice sounded from the carriage behind her.
Immediately afterwards, another woman was left on the carriage. The woman was already middle-aged. Although she was well maintained, she could not hide the fish patterns on the corners of her eyebrows. She had extremely bright eyes, but what made Ye Chang pay more attention to was the pair of short swords hanging around her waist.
"Auntie..."
"It is neither a thing for sale nor a requirement. We will find a place to eat after crossing the river." The middle-aged woman said.
"If you don't dislike me, you can buy two more fish and I'll cook them for them." Ye Chang had an idea when he saw the pair of daggers.
"I'm afraid it's a waste of my husband's time." said the middle-aged beautiful woman.
"There are always rushing around, but it's half an hour late or half an hour earlier." Ye Chang said.
At this time, the first two sweet and sour carp were already cooked, and Ye Chang and Shanzhi feasted, making the monk's mouth full of oil. At the same time, Ye Chang began to cook fish for the two women and their coachman. When the fish was half-cooked, suddenly there was a sound of horse galloping behind him, and someone said happily: "Here, here!"
The middle-aged beautiful woman frowned and looked up at the man. The man smiled and bowed: "How quickly is the aunt?"
"I have something to do." The middle-aged beautiful woman said coldly: "Mr. Geng's love for sending her to a hundred miles is already accepted by me, so I'll ask her to go back."
Chapter completed!