Chapter 79 The giant beast at the bottom of the river turns over again
Three days later, outside Yuzhou City, at the Qinghe Ferry.
The cold water flowed slowly, and ships docked beside the ferry.
"Hurry, the young master said, these goods will be delivered to the designated store for me tonight." A burly man shouted loudly.
There are also many merchant ships at the ferry outside the city. Most of these goods are prohibited items in Dayan. Yuzhou's waterways extend in all directions, which also makes water customs inspections strict. The Su family has no relationship with the Yuzhou water transport envoy due to the relationship with the Cao Gang.
Well, this means that most prohibited items can only travel by land.
Even so, the Su family's cargo ships were occasionally lost and robbed.
But don't think that the four major aristocratic families in Jiangnan Road can sit back and relax. On this waterway that crisscrosses all directions, even they are afraid of those ghosts and snakes that will suddenly pop up and search for masters who will disappear after just one vote.
Especially recently, the positions of the Sanhu Gang and the Cao Gang have begun to intersect, and friction has begun to occur between the two forces. Even though they have been very restrained, there is still a smell of gunpowder smoke permeating the waterway.
Once the situation becomes complicated, it is inevitable that some people will want to fish in troubled waters, stir up disputes, and seek benefits. This is an eternal truth.
It's already a bit cold in early autumn, and the Caoding people carrying goods are arranged as neatly as ants, and the smell of sweat is still exuding.
"If anyone has difficulty with their hands and feet, be careful with your skin."
A guest from the Su family who was holding a long whip said in a stern voice.
The Caoding people were all frightened when they heard this, and they kept their heads buried and did not dare to speak out.
Last month, a Cao Ding destroyed a specialty vase in Qingyuanfang and was beaten to death by the furious Su family guest. This was something they saw with their own eyes.
These Cao Dings worked tirelessly for seven hours a day and only had eighty to one hundred coins.
At the current market, a pound of pork costs twenty-six cents, a jar of vinegar costs five cents, and a piece of brocade costs one hundred and fifty cents...
Caoding people work hard all day, but they can only survive as a family of three.
"Aping, how is Sanniang doing?"
He Ping was carrying the goods, and Cao Ding asked next to him.
He has been taking care of his wife at home these two days. He originally wanted to take care of her for a few more days, but the money at home is running low, so he has to work.
He Ping wiped his sweat with the cloth hanging around his neck and replied: "Let Dr. Xiao An take a look and prescribe some medicine. It should be no big deal."
"Dr. Xiao'an? Doctor Xiao'an from Jishitang by the Yuzhou River? You've found the right person by looking for him. His herbal medicines are cheaper than other pharmacies."
"Yes, Dr. Xiaoan is not only superb in medical skills, but also kind-hearted. He didn't charge me for the medicine this time."
He Ping then sighed and said: "He is right. If you are sick, you must seek medical advice in time. If you search on this, you will suffer big losses in the future."
"What are you guys saying over there? Hurry up!"
At this moment, the Su family guest in the distance shouted loudly.
When He Ping and others heard this, they all did not dare to say anything and started working honestly.
The river water is already freezing cold and flows slowly from north to south.
The gap deep in the river bottom is more than thirty feet deep.
There is no bottom, no sound, darkness and dead silence.
A thousand-year-old black anaconda is sleeping. Its body is huge. If you look closely, it is ten feet long. The huge snake head has two cattail sarcoids hanging on it, like the wings of a giant bird.
Just lying there makes people feel suffocating fear. How terrible will it be once this thousand-year-old black anaconda wakes up?
"Gudong!" "Gudong!"
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the thousand-year-old mouth, and the surrounding river water rushed towards its mouth crazily.
At this moment, the large tumors on both sides of its head flapped.
"Crash!"
"Crash!"
The river water on both sides was fanned by the huge sarcoma, and roared back to the far sides, as if forming waves one after another.
After the sarcoma stirred for a while, the body of the thousand-year-old black anaconda began to twist, as if it was about to wake up from its deep sleep.
The entire river bottom rolled, and the huge body hit the bottom of the river, making a huge noise, but it was all covered up by the bottomless water.
I saw the thousand-year-old black anaconda turned over, then lay on the bottom of the river and continued to sleep.
.........
On the ferry, people were coming and going. In addition to the Su family's cargo ships, there were also some passenger ships moored at the dock.
The autumn sunshine is warm and pleasant, shining on the sparkling river.
"Here, the goods are all placed here."
"Brother He, where are you going?"
"Place incense at Faxi Temple. I have long wanted to visit this thousand-year-old temple."
"That's a good place. It is said that it comes from the Western Regions..."
"what happened!?"
"River...river water...ah!"
.........
At this moment, the originally calm river surface began to tremble crazily, as if a huge wave was about to set off.
I saw that the ship docked on the shore began to sway with the waves, and some people standing on the ship lost their feet and fell into the river.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
At the same time, the turbulent river water rushed to the shore, and the people who were standing by the river also suffered unreasonable disasters, and were hit by the waves one after another.
"Quick! Protect the goods!"
The guest of the Su family shouted quickly, his body jumped up, and his internal energy started to run wildly to face the water waves.
The water surged down, and the Cao Dings looked at the crashing waves in shock. After hearing the Su family's words, they reacted and quickly blocked the cargo with their bodies.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
This huge wave came and went away just as quickly.
After a while, the river surface gradually returned to calm, but the Qinghe Ferry was in a mess, just like after a flood.
"Quickly, check if the goods are missing?" the guest of the Su family shouted quickly.
"yes!"
The stewards and stewards hurriedly inspected the goods without any hesitation.
"What...what happened?"
Sujia Keqing looked at the river gradually returning to calm and said with lingering fear.
.........
One leaf falls and the world knows autumn; the cold wind blows and all the trees wither.
Autumn has arrived, and the chill is beginning to set in.
The howling north wind blew down the dead leaves all over the ground.
An Jing held a broom in his hand and swept the fallen leaves in front of Jishi Hall.
Now that his cultivation has reached the peak of human flowers, if he wants to take another step forward, he must condense the earth flowers. Although it is only one step, it seems that it will not be achieved in a short time.
The book on earth reminds that opportunity is that wisp of aura of heaven and earth. Since it is a blue opportunity, it must be a treasure that surpasses the bodhi beads. It is definitely more than enough to get you to the earth flower.
"I, Zhou, am bound to get this spiritual energy from heaven and earth."
An Jing glanced in the direction of Sanmiao Mountain and muttered, then hummed a tune.
"Uncle."
Tan Yun trotted out, with the little black boy following her behind her.
"What's wrong?"
An Jing asked while cleaning.
Tan Yun said with a smile: "Didn't you say that you would accompany the lady to the night market to buy rouge today? I have also run out of rouge."
"When you've finished it, just buy it."
An Jing moved his hands.
Recently, that old man Li Fuzhou went to Goulan to listen to music, which already cost him two taels of silver. Ever since he got married to Zhao Qingmei, he has stopped going out to borrow money, so there is no spare money left.
"Uncle."
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Tan Yun's eyes, "Won't you buy it for me?"
"Tan Yun, how can I help you buy rouge and gouache?" An Jing secretly glanced at Tan Yun's magnificent chest and muttered: "You have grown up, you can buy it yourself."
"I have no money."
"Then why do you think I will?"
"Uncle, I don't care. I've been helping you in the pharmacy for several months, and you haven't given me any money."
Tan Yun snorted lightly and said, "You are exploiting me and squeezing me."
Tan Yun's eyes were big and round, and his eyebrows were slightly furrowed at this moment, but he looked indescribably cute.
An Jing raised his eyebrows and retorted: "Who said that? Didn't you eat them all? Last night you ate three plum cakes in one go, seven in a box. You eat mine and drink mine,
If you sleep with me, I will be poor by you sooner or later. You are clearly exploiting me and squeezing me..."
Old Man Li came to me asking for money. If I can't deal with him, why can't I deal with you, a little girl?
Today, there is no money to say "breaking the sky".
"I don't care, uncle, you have to give me money."
"No."
When Tan Yun heard this, he immediately said with an aggrieved look on his face: "Uncle, you are unreasonable, have I spent all this time working for you in vain?"
Did you do it for nothing...?
An Jing was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "What do you mean you did it for free? I didn't do it. You are making things up out of nothing, talking nonsense, it's all nonsense..."
"And you can eat and drink from me for free?"
"You give me money, I don't care, I want the money. If I don't have the money, I will give it to you in vain." Tan Yun stretched out his little hand.
"Okay, okay, I'll give it, I'll give it, can't I give it to you?"
When An Jing heard this, he was afraid that Tan Yun would say something sarcastic again, so he quickly took out two taels of silver from his purse.
"for you."
"Just two taels of silver!?"
Tan Yun said with some dissatisfaction: "I have been working for you for almost three months..."
"Look, I only have two taels left. This has already taken everything I have."
An Jing shook his wallet helplessly.
"Forget it, let's wait until my uncle has money."
Seeing this, Tan Yun could only reluctantly take the two taels of silver, and then walked towards the backyard.
An Jing sighed heavily. Li Fuzhou, an old boy, was eating himself to death. Unexpectedly, he was defeated by Tan Yun... Maybe the days when he would be rich were far away.