A sudden heavy rainstorm in the middle of the night and bright white lightning from outside woke Xia Zhaoyi from his dream. Not long after, a thunderous thunder crashed from the sky and struck the world, shaking everything.
Xia Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows, but she didn't have any pajamas. She sat up from the bed and leaned against the bedside.
At dusk, a severe thunderstorm was expected, and there would be many hidden dangers if they continued to stay on the ship, so she specially asked people to dock at Youzizhuang Ferry, which was the largest on the left, and find an inn to stay.
Going left is a large city in the Central Plains that extends in all directions. Several villages near the shore have clusters of inns. When their boat docked, it was almost submerged in the dense sea of boats on the river.
Another bolt of lightning opened up the sky and the earth, and a flash of dazzling white light made Xia Zhaoyi slightly dazed.
She lifted the quilt and got out of bed, put on her clothes and went to the table. The candle light was on, illuminating the few books she had not finished reading before going to bed.
Just as I opened the book, a very urgent knock on the door suddenly came from outside.
The visitor yelled for a while, but the innkeeper didn't respond.
The banging on the door became louder and louder, turned into banging on the door, and finally kicked the door down.
The shopkeeper had been awakened by the thunderstorm, but he didn't want to go out in the middle of the night, and the clerks were also the same. Now they heard the other party kicking the door, and the doors to the backyard were opened one after another. The shopkeeper and several clerks came out with their clothes on, and they also came out from upstairs.
Got a lot of looking heads.
The person who kicked the door was a big man, tall and burly, and extremely rude. When the shopkeeper rushed away with his people, he was alone in the empty lobby downstairs, kicking away a long bench that was upside down on an Eight Immortals table.
When the shopkeeper saw him, he was a boss who was not easy to mess with. He looked up and saw three people standing at the door, an old man with good energy and extraordinary bearing, a young man, and a beautiful young woman with hair in a bun.
At first glance, it seems that he is either rich or noble.
There was anger in the shopkeeper's heart, but the other party's appearance made him understand that he couldn't afford to offend him. Zuo Xing had been in constant trouble for years. He had never seen any kind of scene with the shopkeeper, and he had never been a bitch. Now, he can only
I endured it.
With a gentle expression on his face, the shopkeeper stepped forward to greet him. After saying "Where are the guests coming from," the big man grabbed his collar and lifted him up.
"What are you doing!"
"Put down our shopkeeper!"
The guys behind him hurriedly stepped forward.
Zhili was wearing clothes and was at the escalator upstairs with a few people watching the fun.
"So fierce."
"I don't know who he is."
"No one dares to do this without confidence."
Someone else whispered.
Fortunately, the dispute in the lobby did not last long. The shopkeeper kept things quiet and did not want to cause trouble. The other party was tired from the journey and wanted to rest early, so he did not really take action.
Zhili went back upstairs and saw that the lights in Xia Zhaoyi's room were still on, so he went over and knocked on the door.
"Little senior sister." Zhili said softly.
After waiting for a while, the door was opened. Xia Zhaoyi saw his appearance and said, "Go downstairs to watch the fun?"
"It's really too fierce," Zhili said, looking towards the desk in the room, "Did you stay awake all this time, or were you awakened by the thunder?"
"I woke up with a start," Xia Zhaoyi replied, "Do you want to come in and sit down, or go back to sleep?"
After thinking about it for a while, I thought it would be better to chat for a while.
When he entered the house, Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand to close the door. He happened to meet a group of people coming up from the stairs. Xia Zhaoyi saw the woman walking in front and raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling surprised.
Lin Qingfeng has lost a lot of weight in the past few years. She is slender and graceful. She wears her hair in a bun and does not walk straight. She is carefree and casual, but has a swaying appearance.
She knew that many eyes were looking at her overtly and secretly, and she was too lazy to pay attention to them. Therefore, she didn't notice the eyes looking at her from behind, and followed the guy leading the way to the vacant room on the third floor.
Xia Zhaoyi didn't pay much attention, closed the door and came back.
"Senior sister, you are still reading these books." Zhili said while standing at the table.
The heavy rain pounded on the window lattice, and thunder rumbled across the sky outside.
Xia Zhaoyi sat down and said, "The thunder is too loud, so I won't be able to sleep well. Read some books to calm down."
"You won't get tired of watching it either?"
"If you keep thinking, you won't get bored." Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "Have you noticed that walking on the left is particularly strange."
"Strange?" Zhili looked at the furniture around him, "What's weird?"
"Jiao Jinhu didn't care about this place anymore. It was passed by the troops of Tian Dayao and Yun Bozhong several times. But after I arrived, I found that it was not as desolate and desolate as I imagined. Instead, it was full of people and prosperous."
"That's true," Zhili nodded in agreement, "I also feel the same way. Although the people here live a servile life, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, they actually live quite well."
"First, it's because of the transportation here," Xia Zhaoyi said. "It's accessible in all directions, including land and water. Youzizhuang is the third largest ferry in the Central Plains. No matter how wars are raging in the world, many people traveling from north to south still have to pass through here.
.There are also overland roads, which are also developed. Many official roads on the left were the first to be built."
"Yes, Master said that building roads is the most important thing in the world."
"Building roads can open up horizons and open up business patterns," Xia Zhaoyi said. "It can also open up business."
"Business trading?" Zheli said thoughtfully, "That's true. Many people here are doing business."
"Jiao Jinhu doesn't care about this place, and others don't bother to care about it. There is no one to control the left lane. At the same time, because the military is suppressed on all sides, he is cautious and cautious. There will be no random elements running rampant. In fact, it has promoted the prosperity of this place."
"But I don't really like business transactions..." Zhili said in a low voice, "Businessmen value fame and fortune, buy low and sell high, and mix in fake goods to sell. I always feel that they are not good people."
"These are two different things," Xia Zhaoyi said seriously, "One is the plan, and the other is the management within the plan."
Distraught: "I don't understand."
"I haven't finished thinking about it yet," Xia Zhaoyi looked away, looked at the words in the book, and said, "It always feels like it's right, but it also always feels like it's wrong."
Zhili nodded and said: "Senior Sister, you mentioned building roads, no wonder you want to bring Old Man Qi back."
Xia Zhaoyi looked at him and smiled.
Actually no, I just wanted to bring the old man back to give him a quiet environment so that he could compile what he has learned throughout his life into a book. Otherwise, his ability to control water would disappear, which would be a pity.
But when it comes to road construction, he seems to be very good at it.
"Also," Zhili said again, "Senior Sister came to Zuoxing this time. I thought she was here to see Mr. Shen... But you stayed up here in the middle of the night, talking to me about road construction and business..."
"..."
Xia Zhaoyi laughed again: "Where, I stayed up in the middle of the night, wasn't it because of the thunderstorm?"
He sighed, raised his cheeks, and looked at the candlelight on the table.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at him, paused, and turned to look out the window.
