The Life Through Books of the Salted Fish Family

Yan Laoer went in several times before he managed to park in the gap between the two boats.

The people on the shore motioned for him to throw the reins over.

Wait for the man to skillfully tie it to the boat pile.

Only then did he take a closer look at the raft in front of him.

"Okay, brother, enough materials are used. A raft is loaded with two layers of rolling logs, and the baffles on both sides...don't say, it's quite useful."

I live by the water all the year round, and when I look at the wooden boards on both sides, I know what it is for. If I glance behind it, I know whether the water splashed in or not.

"We are the bow of the inner wharf. If you see that boat, identify it. If we are not here in the future, you can send the copper plate there directly to our wife."

Yan Laoer looked stingy: "I didn't bring any goods, so let's count as empty. I heard that rafts can pay less than boats..."

The bow of the boat was not bothered, the country man was probably coming back to Changping for the first time, and the letters he inquired about were all about the regulations several years ago.

"If you inquire about that person, I'm afraid he hasn't come to Changping for many years. What he said is the old calendar. Now it doesn't matter whether you are a raft or a boat, but the size and how much you can carry. Look at you. The raft you built is as wide as it is, and it is no different from the boat next to you.

Also, don't fool me, we have been living in this inner pier since we were young, we can tell what you are here for at a glance. "

Yan Laoer pointed at himself, and asked in a daze, "What am I here for?"

The bow of the boat has a look that sees through you: "Sell the cow! Why did you pull it? Or maybe the grass in Changping is more fragrant, so you brought it to graze?"

Yan Lao Er was speechless.

He simply admitted it.

"Boat head, raise your hand, I really don't want to sell this cow, let me count it as empty." He begged in a low voice.

The man looked around and saw that they were all acquainted with each other, so he also lowered his voice: "It's for your own good, I handed over the copper coin here, and I will give you a lottery. You don't need the cow money when you enter the city." Pay it again, just take care of your grandfather.

Otherwise, the officials guarding the city are not as easy to talk to as we are. "

"If you have a lottery, you don't have to pay to enter the city?" Yan Er Er asked.

"Cows don't pay, people have to pay." The bow decided that he was here to sell cattle, but he couldn't let the cattle money go away.

He is in charge of the inner wharf and has to pay the account to the higher authorities on a monthly basis.

The boats on the side pay more, and those boats that make a living at the inner dock pay less.

It's a pity that something happened to Gu Feng, and there was no ship for a long time.

"Oh, by the way, where did you come from?" The bow of the boat thought of something, looked vigilant, and stepped back.

Yan Laoer knew what he was worried about, and hurriedly said: "Our father and I came over here."

"Hu Jucheng?" The bow of the boat was a little surprised: "That's not close. You were fine when you came, but it takes a lot of effort to go back."

"I can't help it. I originally went to Gufeng. It's not that it's not easy to go there... I didn't stop in the middle, and came directly to Changping."

The bow nodded knowingly.

"Brother, let me tell you that you won't lose money when you come to Changping to sell cattle. Although the journey is far and hard, the price of our cattle here must be higher than that of you going to Gufeng." He whispered: "except Necessary items, don’t buy anything else, we are also high.”

Second Yan: ...

Why do you think I'm here to sell cattle!

He felt that it was almost the same, so he pretended to be in pain, gave the copper plate, and returned with a stick.

One side of the bamboo stick is engraved with a character for sacrifice, and the other side has a smaller character, which is an internal character.

Yan Laoer repeatedly begged the bow to help him keep a good watch on his raft.

The bow of the boat thinks who cares about you, a broken raft.

But since he took the copper coins from others, he also promised in a good voice, no problem, it will be wrapped on him.

The father and daughter lead the cows off the pier.

Yan Yu took the bamboo stick, looked at it for a while, and said, "This stick must have been used for a long time, and the color doesn't look like Hsinchu."

The ink stains on it are also a little smudged, of course, it may also be due to the proximity of the river, and it is possible to accidentally get wet.

"It seems that there will be a long time, at least one or two years will not be like this." Yan Lao Er estimated.

"Then in Changping City, are there any bamboo sellers?" Yan Yu was interested in this bamboo stick because of this.

Bei Rong's entry into the village taught them a lesson.

There are loopholes in the border defense of Huju City, and the opening is in the mountains behind them.

The archery tower and the high wall surrounding the village cannot be built in a day or two.

Before that, they need something to protect themselves.

The first thing that comes to mind must be the bamboo crossbow.

Bows are difficult to practice, but bamboo crossbows are easier to learn. Almost everyone in their village can use them from old to young.

It's too dangerous to fight Beirong head-on, and those barbarians shoot good arrows, they don't have crossbows in their hands, it's too bad for them.

"We have to inquire seriously about this." Yan Laoer said: "Your uncle also said that we can do it again after avoiding the limelight. It's too dangerous to be found in the village. Let's use it carefully. I guess he will do it again." No objection."

"We can do everything and practice, usually use a bow, and use a bamboo crossbow when necessary." Yan Yu said.

Yan Laoer shook his head and said, "I hope we won't need it, but it's okay to prepare it in advance."

The father and daughter reached a consensus.

Also walked outside Changping City.

Changping has two towns facing the sea and two natural harbors.

There is a river in the west and south directions.

Crossing the river to the west of the city is Yongning.

The river in the south of the city is just a strip of water from Gufeng.

It is also the river crossed by Yan's father and daughter.

The two entered the city from the south gate, and there were not many people entering and leaving the city gate.

Queue them soon.

The official who guarded the city saw the bamboo stick, and as expected, he only wanted the head money.

It's just that the head money is a bit expensive.

Yan Yu, a child, is also counted as an adult, and needs three copper coins.

Two people are Liuwen.

"When you have time, you have to calculate whether it is better to go by water or land." Yan Laoer said: "Count the raft, count the three treasures, count ours..."

"Father! Didn't we do all the calculations at home? It must be better to take the waterway. You can carry a lot of things. If you take the official road, even if you save the money for staying in the post station, you will have to pay it at the gate of the city."

Yan Yu said: "The bow of the boat has already said, if you don't pay it with him, you have to pay it here. If we don't bring the three treasures, we have to hire another car to drive us to the pier when we buy it... It's the same father."

Yan Laoer sighed: "When you go out, you have to spend money everywhere."

He touched half of the ginseng in his arms, "Go, go to the pharmacy first."

I have had experience in finding pharmacies several times.

Yan Laoer quickly locked down several pharmacies and went in and out of them.

The shopkeeper of the pharmacy saw that the country man had returned with his child.

They were all happy: "I said fellow countryman, the price I gave is reasonable. Your ginseng is missing a piece. The big family collects the whole ginseng. They specify that they don't want it. They have to give it to our pharmacy, cut it into slices and sell it slowly. "

"It's just a little less, you guys are too hard." Yan Lao Er complained with a sad face.

The shopkeeper didn't wait to see him.

What kind of family!

The mud legs in the country, digging up ginseng, don't hurry to sell it, hide it as a treasure, and keep it properly, okay, as a big radish in the field, and cut a piece of it yourself...

What a waste!

But seeing him going in and out of the house, asking and bargaining back and forth, with a tangled and melancholy expression on his face, for some reason, he felt funny watching it.

When you are in a good mood, people are more tolerant.

"Then how can you fix it? The whole stick is easy to sell. We don't hold down money. I'll charge you for the half stick. I'll sell it piece by piece. You think it's a big radish. It's weighed by the catty, and I'll give you as much as the catty. , can anyone afford this ginseng?"

"Let me show you." The shopkeeper turned around and found the ginseng slices from the medicine cabinet, pulled out the wooden box, and opened the tightly wrapped ginseng slices.

Through the cloth, twist it with your hands, and let it be seen from a long distance.

"Look carefully, with such a thin tablet, two tablets in a pack of medicine are enough, and it can't be used in ordinary prescriptions.

You say yourself, how many slices can be cut out of your half of the ginseng, and when will I have to sell it. "

Yan Yu thought that what the shopkeeper said was reasonable.

This is the time cost of cargo settlement.

She looked at her father.

Yan Lao Er is a businessman himself, can you not understand this?

Ahem, a small business is also a business.

"Shopkeeper, you can add some more." He still didn't give up.

The shopkeeper laughed even more, his eyes narrowed.

I don't know, I thought I was going to cut flesh from this person, it hurts to see this.

"Okay, I'll give you another bite, don't go back and forth between this house and that house, I see you're exhausted, five dollars, thirty-five twenty-five dollars!"

Yan Laoer's expression changed for a long time.

Hold back a sentence: "Okay, I want silver, not copper."

Yan Yu forced himself not to laugh.

This is what I learned from the little guy who sells sheep.

It is more cost-effective to exchange silver against copper plate.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Okay!"

I didn't even want to take advantage of it.

It's just a pity.

This is a good gin for the top seven.

Including the piece that was cut off, even if it didn't reach eight taels, it was not bad.

If it's the whole branch, he can accept fifty taels, and it's not impossible to talk about adding a few more taels.

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper asked one more sentence: "If you have such a good ginseng, don't waste it. This ginseng has been aged, and a single whisker is worth a lot of money. If you really want to use ginseng, just buy ginseng slices and go back. You can do it yourself." Forget it, how much is the difference between inside and outside.”

Yan Laoer could no longer agree, and nodded repeatedly.

He asked the price of the slices again.

The shopkeeper quoted him a real price in his mouth.

Second Yan: ...

Judging by your prices in Changping, what you said should be quite true, but compared with Yongning, the prefecture city, your things are really selling for heaven.

Everything is expensive!

This is the conclusion that the father and father came to after walking several streets after leaving the pharmacy.

"Medicine is expensive, food is expensive, salt is expensive, paper is expensive, cloth is expensive... none of them are not expensive." Yan Laoer complained: "It is more expensive to sell things, but it is spent on buying things, and it may cost more , after all the calculations, it was still taken advantage of.”

"It is said that the high tax is set by the elders of Changping." Yan Yu looked in the direction of the government office.

I heard that the old man is not in the government office now, but has gone to the harbor in Pinglang Town.

The people in the city were all gossiping, as if they had picked up someone who was also a relative of the King of England.

Relatives of the King of England...

Not the royal family, but the mother's and wives' families.

Only these can be called relatives of the prince's family.

But these small people of Dousheng just gossip, and they don't know which great god is here, and what kind of relationship they have with the King of England.

For them, it doesn't matter whether they come or not.

"Do you think Linhai will be lower or about the same?" Yan Er Er asked his daughter.

Yan Yu: "It depends on whether Linhai has the wind and flood disasters that uncle mentioned this year. If not, it must be lower than Changping. The prices here are higher than Yongning, which is outrageous."

As the capital city of Guanzhou, Yongning should be the highest standard of political economy in Guanzhou.

So what if Changping is near the river and the sea is well-developed.

This is Guanzhou, not the south.

The consumption level of the common people is not up to the mark at all.

The things they sell are so expensive, and the shops are deserted.

The rarer the business, the more they have to sell at a higher price, earning one is one, this is not increasing taxes, but exhausting resources.

"If we go to Linhai and find that the price is still high, if we come back, we will have to spend another time to enter the city." Yan Lao Er didn't want to waste money.

"It's simple. Let's ask someone to find out what the weather is like in Linhai this year. If the weather is good, we'll go there."

In fact, Yan Yu didn't want to bother, as long as he was in a calm state of mind when sailing on the water, everything would be fine, but they had too many things on their minds, and it was okay at first, but after a long time, they felt that the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait became the same.

I want to go home.

The father and son found a restaurant.

This place not only sells wine, but also has food, stir-fried appetizers, stewed meat, noodles, and pancakes.

The reason why I chose this place is also a helpless move.

Where news circulates, there must be people, and there must be idlers.

Those who are serious and have something to do, are busy working to make money every day, who has time for idle talk.

Another one, there are many people going around in this kind of place.

If you can't afford to go to a good restaurant, this kind of small restaurant is the best choice.

Drink one or two ounces of wine, come to two plates of appetizers, take a sip, take a bite of the food, take another sip, and say a few words to someone, feeling comfortable and happy.

Few of them brought their children here, and when Yan Laoer came in, he was a little eye-catching.

He didn't care about the many, he found the middle seat and took Yan Yu to sit there.

The two ordered a pancake, a bowl of noodles, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of roast chicken...

Good guy, when the buddy sang the names of the dishes, all the old and young men in the restaurant were stunned.

What kind of wealth, this is, I ordered roast chicken!

These people looked at the two men.

Could it be that people are not good at appearances, and they deliberately dress so poorly?

People who like to come to the wine shop like to drink two sips. There are two kinds of people who can drink, one kind of drink with one's head, one who drinks with gusto, and one who likes to chat with others, and can talk before and after drinking.

This latter kind also has the general advantage - self-cooking.

"Brother, did you forget something? Why didn't you order wine? Is it because you are used to the good ones, but you can't drink the bad ones?"

This person wanted to say, if you order such a solid dish, the whole pot of wine is too high or low, otherwise the chicken would be wasted.

"That's not true. I have to support the pole in the afternoon. I'm worried that if I drink it, my forehead will hurt." Yan Laoer spoke the standard Guanzhou dialect.

Coupled with this real home-cooked nibbling.

All of a sudden, it was very kind to the big guys.

2 in 1~

The title of the chapter is the current state of Zhai Zhai. I went out today, and it was a bit windy, and my forehead hurts ~ quack ~