Chapter 107: The Real Sukiyaki Ferry

At this point, Zhu Di’s mind was dumbfounded.

Isn’t this place …… within the jurisdiction of Suttons Ferry?

Or is it Upper Won County?

But on second thought, it makes sense, Zhu Di only let Zhang Anshi town Qixia ferry, the jurisdiction, in fact, is the ferry plus Shen Jiazhuang near the land just.

This place looks like it is separated from Qixia Ferry by a small stream, but in reality …… they are a thousand miles apart.

Zhu didn’t know whether to cry or laugh well for a moment.

Immediately afterward, he became furious and turned around, saying, “Who was it who said that this place was the Qixia Ferry?”

That body has moved a foot away from the guard, scared body shaking, but at this time was asked, since I do not dare to hide again, rushed forward, said: “Pei …… inferior …… million death, this … …Here once upon a time indeed also called Qixia Ferry, is humble improper, pleading …… pleading ……”

Zhu didn’t have much to say for a while.

If this guy was at his feet, he just had to kick him in the ass.

But at this point, all that could be done was to curse at him, “Into your mother!”

After saying that, he no longer paid any attention to the half-dead Huang Renyi on the ground, nor did he bother to pay attention to those servants who were still begging for mercy, and the dead dog on the ground.

Then he simply called for a horse to be brought in, and directly turning on his horse, he said, “Cross the stream!”

With a command, the crowd hurriedly mounted their horses and galloped away with Zhu.

After crossing the stream, the scene, at a glance, seemed a little different from the village that had preceded it.

Of course, Zhu couldn’t tell exactly where the difference was for a moment.

His face was red with cold, and he didn’t drink the porridge just now, but his belly was hungry, and he saw that the market of the ferry was in front of him, and then he took people in.

It had long been lined with stores, and what had been a palm-sized bazaar was now even more crowded, with many new stores that also seemed to be camping nearby.

The slushy road was covered with snow, but it was soon slushy again.

Shiploads of stone were pulled from that dock, and many laborers dug ditches or laid stone along the street.

Zhu frowned slightly when he saw that the place was dirty and noisy.

On the contrary, Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “There that inn, poor monks are familiar with, the taste of fasting food is good, the taste of roast duck is also excellent, it may be worth asking …… the family head to go there to sit idly for a few moments and fill up your stomach first.”

Hearing this, Zhu Di dismounted, handed his horse over to the forbidden guards at the back, and then he dragon-walked towards that one store.

But see because it is midday, this place is extraordinarily lively, in and out of the extremely large number of people, and even many diners had to stand on the side, waiting for others to finish eating before they can go to the table.

Seeing this, Zhu Di was greatly surprised, and looking back at Yao Guangxiao, he couldn’t help but say, “The business here is even better than in Nanjing!”

Yao Guangxiao smiled, “Yes, poor monk is also puzzled.”

Enough to wait for a lot of time, which has an empty seat, but the empty is the seat, the opposite side also sits a man, although it is a cold day, but this man seems to feel hot, even the lapel will be unlocked some of the shirt, exposing the dark half of the chest.

The man was eating a very simple, but a dish, plus three bowls of rice only, this person has a huge appetite, puffing and puffing will eat a bowl of rice.

So much so that Zhu Di couldn’t help but be amazed as he sat across from him and watched.

The man ate three bowls in a row, and the dishes were empty, there was a bit of residual soup on the dish, and he couldn’t be bothered to leave it, so he just picked it up and dripped it into his mouth.

After eating, there also seemed to be a few partners with him at the nearby table, all standing up together, shouting under their breath, “Zhao San, let’s go, go to work.”

The man called Zhao San, touched his belly, but said gruffly, “Go go go, heck, I always feel like I haven’t eaten enough, I can’t work hard later.”

The others laughed at him, “Don’t be lazy, if we don’t finish cutting the stone today, we won’t be able to pay the Zhang family’s wages.”

With that, the group left at a brisk pace.

That empty seat did not take long, but was again occupied by a Hanzi, this Hanzi mouth also shouted: “Called me to wait, later I am afraid to miss the work, Xiao Er, Xiao Er, serving food, hurry.”

That junior went through the store like a gyroscope.

Seeing this, Zhu Di’s appetite was so great that he also felt hungry.

When the junior came, the junior actually remembered Yao Guangxiao and revealed a big smile, “Is the monk still eating fasting food today?”

Yao Guangxiao laughed, “Feel free to come up, as for me …… shishi, you need to serve good food.”

Xiao Er surveyed Zhu, “Aiya, this is also an honored guest, what would honored guest like to eat.”

“Take all of them.” Zhu said with bravado.

Xiao Er responded, then smiled bitterly to Yao Guangxiao and said, “Aiya, this time of the year is the busiest. If there is any negligence, I apologize first.”

With that, he left in a huff.

Zhu was more and more amazed as he realized that the diners here were completely different from the ones he had found in the folklore when he was in Beiping.

Most of the diners …… here are actually some rough hans, these hans may not be able to afford to order too many dishes, if it is a group of three or five people, then three or five people point two or three dishes that is good, but the rice point of view, and occasionally …… will call a yellow wine to, if it is a person, but also only points A dish.

The most important thing is that they eat, never the kind of banquet guests sit for a long time, chewing slowly.

These people tend to come in a hurry, eat extremely fast, and wind up in a few moments’ time.

Occasionally, I have seen a few men dressed as farmers, timidly coming with their sons and daughters, who would be slower, but would not dare to stay long.

Zhu’s drinks were quickly served.

Yao Guangxiao happily ate his fasting food.

But Zhu’s dishes are many, all big fish and meat, like him such an extravagant order a table of dishes is very rare.

The man across the street apparently felt constrained, ate hastily and left.

So much so that although some people on the opposite side are still waiting for a place, they don’t dare to sit opposite Zhu.

Zhu Di is really hungry, not to mention see the surrounding people eat well, so also eat a lot.

After a hearty meal, the time seemed to have reached the unspecified hour, and the people in the finally bustling inn gradually cleared out.

A little later, only Zhu Di and his entourage were left in this inn.

Xiao Er was busy is over to clean up, carefully glanced at Zhu, can in this one person alone order so many dishes, indeed rare.

Xiao Er first said to Yao Guangxiao, “Zen Master, today’s flavor is alright.”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “Not bad.”

Xiao Er then said to Zhu again, “So many dishes, I’m afraid your guest can’t eat, or else, I’ll wrap it up in lotus leaves for you later and eat it at home?”

Zhu faintly said, “It’s not necessary.”

Junior smiled sarcastically, “It’s Junior who is nosy.”

Zhu Di suddenly said: “you here business, how so good?”

Xiao Er is now also free, there is nothing to do around, so he said, “Not only this inn, but all the places to eat in this bazaar are now like this, but all the ones that are not black-hearted are full of customers for three meals a day.”

Zhu was surprised and couldn’t help but say, “There are so many people coming to eat?”

Xiao Er smiled and said: “Guest you do not know, nowadays, this Qixia ferry, talking about the sale, who is not as good as here. Last year, here only three inns, now …… there are eight, but still full of customers day after day, you see forty feet outside the building of a few stores? Are many people purchased the land, eager to come here to open for business.”

Zhu Di was instantly curious, so he said, “What is the reason for this?”

Xiao Er became interested, while wiping the oil stains on the table, one side laughed and said: “What else can be the reason? I say to you, do you know this ferry all the Zhuang family, are free of tenant rents, households get dozens of acres of land? This year, but also only collected the field tax, but the ground crops …… are not required to collect sharecropping rent.”

“Think about it, no more sharecropping, that’s really different ah! A few small brothers are the Zhuang family, the usual time, down the year, planted food, four or five of the ten, have to be collected to go! In addition, but also to pay the tax, this tax, in the Shen family in the time, the head of the bailiff must also be their family designated, say how much to collect how much, say how much loss needs to be added to add how much loss, in this way, at the end of the year, the seven or eight percent of the grain …… will be gone.”

Xiao Er is a person who has seen the world, smooth-talking, at this time is to say the flavor: “The remaining two or three percent of the food, to feed a family, can not starve to death is good, if it is because of the time of the drought, but also the Shen family borrowed food, the next year, but also to take a large amount of food to pay back the loan, nine out of thirteen back, you know it? This is still a good heart.”

“That’s why on weekdays, people are lucky if they don’t starve to death. But today is different.” Speaking here, Xiao Er’s face was red: “Now there is no more sharecropping rent, even if it’s taxes, they come as they are, and the money and grain that used to be on credit are all written off! Let’s say a brother of my family, this year after harvesting the crops in the ground, take away the family’s rations, as well as the next year’s grain seed, and even found that the family has more than four hundred pounds of surplus grain, this person has surplus grain, is not the bottom of the barrel?”

Zhu Di listened more and more surprised, at this time also do not interrupt the second, only continue to listen carefully.

Only to hear the second went on to say: “With the bottom line, January down to always come to the bazaar once or twice, with the children to pull a few feet of cloth back, or take the surplus food to feed some chickens and ducks, brought to the bazaar to sell, to the mother-in-law to buy a hairpin, or …… to buy some agricultural tools, you see … … our inn now has a lot of such people to taste, do not look at them only a month or two trips, but the accumulation of fewer ah, this more diners, the proprietor earns a lot. …Our inn, now there are a lot of such people to taste, do not look at them a month only to one or two trips, but the accumulation of fewer into more ah, this more customers, the proprietor of the money, will also be willing to hire one or two more fellows and cooks.”

Zhu seemed to have understood, he nodded his head busily, “That’s the truth, and what are those hans?”

“Those hans?” Xiao Er froze for a moment, then realized what kind of people Zhu was asking about and said, “Oh, those are the ones who serve in the corv茅e.”

“Serving in the corv茅e?”

“Isn’t it farming time now? So a large number of strong men have been recruited to build bridges and pave roads, as well as repair the docks, and on top of that, there’s talk of digging some kind of ditch to divert water, which is actually similar to repairing a riverbank.” Xiao Er said, “But this year is different from previous years again.”

Zhu was surprised, “What’s the difference?”

“In other places, you have to bring your own food, but here it’s different. Here you don’t get fed, but you’re paid according to the type of work. If you’re skilled, you’ll get a hundred and fifty Wen a day, and even ordinary laborers will get a hundred Wen!”

“You think about it, everyone has a surplus of food at home, this heart has a bottom line, nowadays when the farm is idle to work, but also get money, this money is not much, but after all, the sale of dead energy, consume the energy is not small, so in the past two meals a day, on the job, always have to eat three meals a day to have the energy, we are energetic, and willing to come to the inn at noon to eat a meal, in fact, calculated, it is not expensive. .”

Zhu listened and came to a realization.

Just think carefully, and feel that this cost can not be small, the court requisitioned civil power, in fact, as a matter of principle, generally will give some money and food, but I did not expect …… this policy to the local, the official press is to let you completely bring their own dry food.

And here …… if the money is given …… it seems …… that the government may not be able to supply it, but it is this Qixia ferry, which is a precedent.

A see Zhu Di pondering, as if the heart of this suspicion, the second but cheerfully said: “Guest must be thinking, this makes so much money, spend not small it, in fact, I heard ……”

When he said this, he lowered his voice, “And actually made ……”

Zhu was even more surprised, “Earned it?”

Xiao Er said, “You don’t know, sir, people are starving, two meals a day, and still eating chaff, honestly, how many have the energy to work? At this point, you may not know what it’s like to be hungry, but if you eat and drink enough, you’re full of energy, it’s different!”

“Many merchants have been talking about this, saying that the men here at our ferry can be as good as three men elsewhere, and that if the work is more detailed, the autoworkers elsewhere can’t do it, but here at our ferry, they can really do it, and there’s no way to stop them from eating, and their brains work better, and they learn everything faster.”

Zhu Di heard this, only then snapped out of it, he just realized that the trick here actually lies in this.

In this era, there is no concept of the so-called labor productivity, but Zhu Di also knows that this is actually the same as leading an army.

Unusual a group of malnourished soldiers, even if more people, but also no combat power, those well-fed and well-fed elite soldiers, weekdays drilling also in the real, even if only a district of hundreds of thousands of people, in the battlefield can play a huge role, become an important force to break down the other side of the line.

Zhu Di nodded and laughed, “Good good good, I really didn t think that the people of this ferry …… were still living in such a comfortable way.”

Xiao Er said: “Not only that, the trade here is also good to do, many merchants also heard the wind, you think about it, not to mention the goods in and out of here, let alone here so many people want to come to the market to eat a good meal, to buy a pair of new shoes, willing to pull a few pieces of cloth to go back, this is something that accumulates into a large number of business is good to do!”

“Not to mention the others, let’s say that Zhang Butcher, who sells meat in the bazaar, last year, only killed a mouthful of pigs a month, and this year, if he doesn’t slaughter seven or eight, he can’t even supply them.”

When Zhu Di heard this, he suddenly remembered something, and then said, “But I have heard outside that there are people here who kill innocents indiscriminately?”

“Killing people? That really killed several.” Xiao Er heard this, more and more vigor, said: “The first to kill, is a called Zhentianhu, this person once opened a gambling house, in this ferry that is really horizontal walking people, he is the back of many murders, but he is familiar with the head of the Shangyuan County, no one dares to care about him. But wait until the Cheng En Bo came, the first is to tie him up, beat a half dead, directly to cure death. Later …… arrested a few more ……”

Xiao Er eagerly continued: “One of them, is a wife, this person abducted women and dolls, specializing in luring people to Nanking City to sell! That abduction of human dolls, was held on the spot, Cheng Enbo know, rushed over overnight, immediately taught people to beat, born to be killed.”

Zhu Di heard it and understood everything at once.

“In that case, what is that Seung-un-bo, but a green sky?”

Xiao Er heard Cheng En Bo, voice also raised: “This is not only the Qingtian, the Qingtian also do not pay people ah, this is the Qingtian plus the God of Wealth, we are all thanks to his shelter, here in the mixed meal it.”

Zhu Di haha laughed, his waist also straightened, mouth said, “haha …… actually he is not so powerful, are some side ways.”

Actually, Zhu was just being modest.

The little two heard, but the face said: “What is this word, what is called the left-hand path, I see those what the masters, only is the left-hand path, mouth and what to save life, and what the people for the sake of the idea, but which is not a confused thing to do, I have not read a lot of books, may not be able to understand than the customer you know what the big theory, but I only know that the days of everyone better than before, that is the great reason. But I only know that everyone is better off than before, and that is a great reason. Other than that, it’s useless to talk about it all the time.”

Zhu Di laughed again, his heart …… suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, “What you say is reasonable, or you are reasonable, I see that you can be a doctor of the State Council.”

“May not dare, may not dare.” Xiao Er followed suit and scratched his head in joy.

Just then, all of a sudden ……

The ground shook with a rumbling sound. Zhu Di immediately changed his face ……

Yao Guangxiao also had his Buddha’s heart shaken.

That small two actually still calm and composed, and even smiled and said: “Customer, no harm, no harm, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, this is a common thing, our ferry here …… is like this, get used to it.”

Chu: “……”

“Is the guest leaving? Sincerely, three hundred and seventy dollars ……”

Zhu smiled and gave a wink to Yiluoha at the other table.

Also losing a dry laugh, he seemed to realize that all the silver he was carrying had been given to the crone, and looked nonchalantly at the forbidden guards.

The crowd of forbidden guards looked at me and I looked at you.

“……”

Chu: “……”

Yao Guangxiao seemed to be enlightened and proclaimed a high Buddhist cry, “Amitabha Buddha, good and good!”

………………

Shen Jiazhuang ……

After that roar, a ball of flame rose up, and the remaining half of the Shen Family Residence was immediately plunged into rolling smoke.

Qiu Song is slightly raising his head, crossing his arms, a flick of his nose, but joyfully looking at the ball of fireworks, his clear eyes, bright.

The deafening roar passed.

Unlike Chuson.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking, however, have been conditioned reflex, directly set up Zhang Anshi dragged and ran.

Zhu Yong wailed, “Big brother, the wind is tight and pulling, run!”

Zhang Anshi was dragged along by them and cursed under his breath, “Damn, pull your balls and run for what, this is your own land.”

Zhu Yong seems to be a sudden realization, yes, this is not to blow up the pit, nor is it to throw gunpowder packets to other people’s homes, this is to blow up our own.

So, he was busy putting Zhang Anshi down again.

Zhang Anshi panting, busy on the ground as hot pot ants generally looking for their shoes after being dragged off, mouth also cursed: “No future, I knew you have no future, I am lazy to take care of you. Look at a look at you this set of virtues, aiya, I am blind …….”

Finally, I found my shoes, slipped my shoes, and looked up to see the last remnants of the Shen family farm, which was caught in the fire.

The fire was so great that it burned beyond all recognition, only countless ashes and smoke filled the sky.

Only then did Zhang Anshi straighten his clothes.

Not far away, hundreds of organized laborers and craftsmen were on standby.

Zhang Anshi walked over and waved his hand, “On my command, clean up!”

“Here!”

The crowd of laborers were all in high spirits, and when they heard the order, they let out a mountain of cries: ‘Here!”

With that, the crowd rushed forward with shovels, trowels, or hammers.

This Shen s manor …… is indeed ruined.

Chuson in particular had been thinking about the remaining half of the building that hadn’t been blown up.

Zhang Anshi weighed again and again, have come to this point, it is better to blow up the rest of it as well, directly razed to the ground, his new prison, ah no, his new school, naturally, also want to pull up on this piece of scorched earth.

Although he had made up his mind, Zhang Anshi’s heart was still bleeding when he finally let Qiu Song have his way.

I’m too hard.

Blew himself up twice.

And both times I, Zhang Anshi, did it willingly.

Zhang Anshi felt as if his child had been aborted in a cloud of smoke and fire.

And fucking died young twice.

Taking a breath, he turned back and cursed at Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking.

Zhu Yong and Zhang yoked their heads and didn’t dare to talk back, only mumbling softly under their breath.

Turned back again, found Qiu Song disappeared, a closer look, but found that Qiu Song first rushed into the scene, in all likelihood, again want to see his masterpiece, as well as check the power of the explosion.

Just then, a man sprinted over and shouted, “Uncle, Uncle, it’s too bad, it’s too bad, something big has happened.”

Zhang Anshi said calmly, “What is it again.”

Han said, “Lai Fu Inn there, today someone eating not pay, oops …… several people it, also with a knife, fierce.”

Zhang Anshi then cursed: “Damn, since I came here, I have not seen someone dare to be so arrogant, usually even thieves and small touch are not seen, now there are people who dare to eat without paying, who does he think he is?”

“Go.” Zhang Anshi waved his big hand and thought of something violently, “They still carry swords?”

“Yes.”

Zhang Anshi was furious: “Gather people, gather me a hundred and eighty people, bring the guys, no matter if they are hoes or shovels, bring them all, everyone protect me, follow me.”

Zhang Anshi is really on a roll here at the ferry.

At the command, there are many men with guys to follow, the team is getting bigger and bigger, the pressure is very appalling.

When we arrived at the inn, the place was already surrounded.

Inside, I heard the man say, “Who says he won’t pay, he just doesn’t have it with him, I’ll ask someone to go get it.”

“Guest, you eat for free then eat for free, but still here to deny what, I initially thought you were a valued guest, and see this monk with you, no wonder you order so many dishes, the original does not intend to pay. I don’t care, no matter what I say, none of you can leave, I have already taught someone to inform our uncle Zhang, when uncle Zhang comes, let’s see how to punish you.”

“You call him.”

“Ya, you still dare to say such hard words, I think you are not seeing the coffin.”

“How dare you!”

There was a lot of cursing going on in there.

Zhang Anshi first waited for a head beater in the front to go in, and that head beater turned around and said, “Haven’t moved the sword yet, haven’t moved the sword yet.”

Zhang Anshi was suddenly filled with bravado and shouted under his breath, “Make way, make way, I, Zhang Anshi, am here.”

Saying that, rowing out of the crowd, Zhang Anshi appeared with a six-parent step.

As soon as he entered the inn, it was as if his eyes were stabbed blind, and his first reaction was to want to wipe his feet.

However, when he saw Zhu glaring in the direction of the door in full view of all the people, Zhang Anshi and Zhu’s eyes slightly locked, he knew that he could not run away.

Zhang Anshi’s legs went from a big stride, then turned into a small mincing step, just now he was still holding his head high and crossing his waist, but in the twinkling of an eye his hands were hanging down and his back was slightly bowed.

With a bowed head and ears look, he went up and opened his mouth and said, “I’m sorry, I had eyes but didn’t recognize Mt. Tai, I was wrong.”

When Zhu Di saw Zhang Anshi, his eyes had already lit up, surrounded by so many people, it is really embarrassing, he is more afraid that someone knows his identity, if it is spread out what happened here today, I am afraid that it is really not much different from the rumor that he ate X in Bei Ping in the first place.

When Zhang Anshi meekly arrived in front of him, Zhu Di then squinted at Zhang Anshi, so he said toward the junior, “Look, this Zhang Anshi is here, what else do you want to say?”

Junior froze, and everyone else’s jaws dropped.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking originally repeated up their sleeves to follow Zhang Anshi to rush in, a look inside, the two instantly ran away without a trace.

Zhang Anshi then said to Xiao Er, “This is my big brother, you know? He has always not paid for his meals, everywhere, he has this rule.”

When Zhu Di heard it, he didn’t know whether Zhang Anshi’s words were good or bad. It sounded as if it was toward himself, but how did it seem to be sarcastic?

Xiao Er fell overwhelmed, panicked: “Zhang …… Zhang uncle master, small ……… small …… ”

Zhang Anshi is very embarrassed, so many people watching it, busy is from the pocket randomly pull out silver, do not go to count, directly into the hands of the second: “Take, take, all the people dispersed, all give me dispersed. Motherfucker, are you all eating idle rice? I’m calling you all to work!”

When the people heard this, they did not dare to stay and dispersed.

Zhang Anshi was so embarrassed that he instantly wanted to find a crack in the ground, but he could only stand upright.

In fact, Zhu was also very embarrassed, being caught paying by the shopkeeper and being surrounded by so many people, this is definitely something that has never happened in his life.

“Ah …… ah …… big brother, you came?” Zhang Anshi stumbled in front of Junior.

Zhu Di will eyes don’t to other places, afraid of revealing the phase, only lightly said, “Well …… yes, come, come to see you.”

In order to cover up the embarrassment, Zhang Anshi had no words to say, “Eat …… Have you eaten?”

This was an unusual greeting, but when this came out, Zhu broke his defenses and resumed his nature, “Damn you. I didn’t eat as far as this?”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

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P.S. The next chapter will be updated on August 12th at 0:00 a.m. This book was first published on the Starting Point Chinese website, and you are welcome to read it on the Starting Point APP.

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