The next day, when Huo Xi woke up, her family's boat was the only one in Taoye Ferry.
I looked at the sky, it was just dawn.
"Mom, did they close the net so early?"
Mrs. Yang twisted the handkerchief and wiped her face, saying softly: "There are only a few who are asleep. This early in the morning, everyone went to inquire about the news. Some wanted to settle down their families, and some wanted to return to their hometowns."
Tell your family."
Huo Xi nodded, packed herself up, and prepared to help Yang prepare breakfast.
"You don't need to be there, just mother." Yang quickly put a few shrimps into the rice porridge, pulled out some sprouts and threw them into the porridge.
He smiled and said to Huo Xi: "We can eat these pots of bean sprouts every day, and we can give them to everyone as a side dish. Everyone praises you. Several families have also planted onions, garlic and bean sprouts on the bows of their boats.
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Huo Xi smiled and squatted on the bow of the boat to water several pots of onions and garlic.
Yang looked at it with a smile, feeling that since she raised Xi'er and Nian'er, this place has become more and more like a family.
"Xi'er, why don't you change with your uncle? You sleep in the front of the boat. Every day my mother wakes up early to make breakfast and wakes you up." But the stern of the boat is not good either. There are fish boxes and the smell is strong. Why don't you change with Xi'er?
To the middle cabin?
"It's okay, Mom. I slept well. The bow of the boat was fine. Mom didn't bother me in the morning."
The child is sensible, what can Mrs. Yang do? "Okay. If your mother quarrels with you, just tell her."
Huo Xi nodded.
Since she arrived, their family has gotten up much later than others. Yang and Huo Erhuai have adjusted their schedules in order to allow her to sleep more.
After a while, Yang Fu and Huo Erhuai also got up. The family had breakfast, discussed what they had to do today, and then rowed toward the city.
Today, the fishing basket was not full and there were not many fish, so Huo Xi asked Huo Erhuai to go to the fish market to sell fish alone. Yang stayed on the boat to take Huo Nianhe to cook chicken and duck meat, while she took Yang Fu outside.
Go to the city dock to inquire about the news.
She thought about it all night last night. This trip to Huai'an must not be in vain. She must find a way to make back the expenses she spent along the way.
She was not familiar with the docks along the canal today, nor did she know the situation in Huai'an. She had to go and find out.
At the outer city dock, Huo Zhong was directing the workers below to unload and load the goods. He was too busy to do anything else.
It wasn't until all the goods were shipped and the ship sailed away that he took the kettle handed to him by his subordinates and drank a few sips before he recovered.
Wiping the water from the corner of his mouth, he saw the two boys looking at him intensely.
He smiled, handed the kettle to the waiter on the side, and waved to Huo Xi and Yang Fu.
Huo Xi hurriedly pulled Yang Fu and ran over, looking up and smiling at him: "Manager Huo."
Huo Zhong also laughed: "Why are you two here again? You already have people with banknotes, and you are here to move goods?"
Yang Fu was a little embarrassed. No one in his family had any money.
Huo Xi smiled at him and said, "Last time I said I would bring my homemade shrimps to Manager Huo. Today I brought three kinds. Manager Huo will help us taste them."
As he said this, he took out three cans of shrimp from the basket on Yang Fu's back. Choked shrimp, grilled shrimp, and dried shrimp were all in one-pound cans.
"Please let me taste it? No charge?" Huo Zhong looked at Huo Xi jokingly.
"No charge."
Huo Zhong smiled and tapped her with his hand. This shrewd boy must have something to inquire about again.
"The bald butter tasted good last time. Our boss thought it was delicious and wanted to buy some for our family."
Huo Xiyixi said: "That's great. Once Manager Huo tastes the shrimp, if you want it, I'll bring it over with you later."
"after a while?"
Huo Xi nodded: "Our ship is about to be used to transport tax grains, and it has to be transported to Huai'an warehouse. It will take some time before we can make more shrimps and crabs."
"Oh? What's going on?" Recruiting boats from fishermen?
Huo Xi told him the situation.
Huo Zhong was silent after hearing this. After a while, he asked: "You want to ask me for news about Huai'an?"
Huo Xi nodded: "We usually only fish in the waters near the capital, and have never been to other places. On this way north, we don't know what the water conditions are like, what the conditions are along the way, and what the conditions are in Huai'an. I think about Manager Huo often
I'm traveling around with the ship, so I want to ask you about some information."
Huo Zhong glanced at Huo Xi and felt that this child was really smart and knew how to prepare for rainy days.
He took them to a shady place and sat down.
Instead of treating them as ordinary children, they talked about the situation along the canal from the capital to Huai'an.
What cities there are and what their conditions are. Further north, the conditions from Huaian Cang to Tianjin Port and to Tongzhou Cang are all explained.
"Huai'an, together with Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, is known as the "Four Major Cities" along the South Canal. It is the place where north-south transportation converges and strangles the "throat of seven provinces". Its position is extremely important. It has always been an important town for water transportation and salt transportation. It can be said that it is
North-South cargo distribution center.”
Sure enough, Huai'an today is still the same Huai'an, and the position is still as important. Huo Xi listened quietly.
"Ships traveling from the south to the north gathered in Huai'an, and merchants gathered there. In the previous dynasty, Huai'an was the transit point for grain from the north and the south."
Huo Xi nodded and asked a question or two from time to time.
"Manager Huo..."
"Call me Uncle Huo." Huo Zhong really liked this smart kid. The older one was also honest and honest.
"Uncle Huo." "Huo, brother."
Huo Zhong smiled and nodded towards them: "You can ask me anything."
Huo Xi then asked: "I thought this trip would take a few days. Not to mention the delay in fishing, there is no subsidy yet. When we arrived in Huai'an, we unloaded the grain and had to return with an empty boat, so I was wondering if I could buy some over there.
I want to sell my stuff back. I just wonder if this will break the rules? Is there anyone collecting business taxes along the way?"
Yang Fu was stunned and looked at Huo Xi blankly. Can he bring goods from the north back to sell? Wasn't the ship requisitioned?
Huo Zhong admired the child more and more. He looked at the child three steps along the way.
Wen Sheng said: "In the previous dynasty, the ships that transported grain were not subsidized. Farmers, fishermen, and Cajun soldiers would secretly carry some groceries from the south on the ship and transport them to the north for sale. After unloading the goods, they would buy some from the north.
The local specialties are sold back to the south. In this way, through barter between the north and the south, we can get some subsidies."
Huo Xi's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she looked at Yang Fu, feeling excited.
"Will there be inspectors on board to check and collect business taxes?"
Huo Zhong laughed, smacked his lips, and motioned for them to look towards the dock.
"Have you seen the boatmen and sailors on those big ships? They go out for a few days or ten days, or half a year for a long time. There will be any situation on the water, and they are all making money with their lives. In addition to receiving the share
For salary, many people would bring some goods with them and do some bartering between the north and the south. Generally, as long as they didn't delay things, the shipowners would turn a blind eye."
“During the previous dynasty, the Cao Army would also use the convenience of transporting grain to secretly transport and trade goods along the way. The imperial court allowed the canal transport personnel to carry a certain amount of goods without tax, in order to subsidize the Cao Army’s livelihood on the way and the price of transporting grain.
insufficient."
After Huo Zhong finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw their eyes were so bright.
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