Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan stood on the pier together with two women dressed as maids behind them. They were amazed when they looked at the ten huge blessing boats lined up on the pier.
"Sister, these boats are so big. I have never built such a big boat in my whole life." Looking at the huge lucky boat in front of her, Chen Yuanyuan's delicate and pretty little face was full of curiosity...
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Looking at his friend who was jumping around like a little girl and tugging on his sleeves, Liu Rushi looked at her with half pity and half helplessness and said with a smile: "You, don't be too happy too early, Da Daren may not be willing to do it yet."
Let's get on the boat."
Chen Yuanyuan raised her lips: "Why, we are just taking a ride. If he doesn't want us to disembark as soon as we leave Hangzhou, we will never cause him any trouble."
"It's a pity that people don't think so." Liu Rushi said, with a wry smile on his lips. Over the years, he has traveled all over the country. Although his fame has spread throughout several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, who can understand the pain and loneliness in his heart? Even if
The Chen Yuanyuan next to me, who seems innocent and romantic now, may actually be filled with bitter tears.
After they had waited for about a quarter of an hour, the guard who had gone in earlier came back. He looked at the two women for a while and then said: "Okay, General Pang has an order. You can go in. The general will be waiting for you on the boat.
, now you follow me."
"Thank you, military master." Liu Rushi said a blessing to the guard, and then followed the guard and boarded the huge blessing boat.
The guards took Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan to a room on the third floor of the highest floor of the ship. There were two fully armed soldiers standing in front of the door. When they saw Liu Rushi and others coming, they suddenly
The two soldiers nodded and signaled the guard to leave, and immediately someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!" A voice came from the room.
The guard came in and announced loudly: "General Qi, the guests have arrived!"
"I know, let them in."
"yes!"
After the soldier came out, he made an invitation gesture to Chen Yuanyuan and Liu Rushi, gesturing for them to go in, but stopped the two maids who were about to follow them in.
Liu Rushi opened the door first and walked in. He saw General Pang, who had just killed more than a dozen assassins with his might on the street, sitting behind a table and looking at them with a smile.
Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly stepped forward and poured a blessing to Pang Gang, "A civilian girl Liu Rushi (Chen Yuanyuan) has met General Pang."
"Haha, you two girls don't need to be polite. I didn't expect us to meet again." Pang Gang stood up as he said this, and stretched out his hand to motion for the two famous ladies in Jiangnan to sit down.
After the two sat down, a soldier soon served tea. Pang just asked: "Aren't you two going to perform at the governor's Yamen today? How come you arrived at Pang's boat so quickly?"
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Liu Rushi's pretty face turned red, she glanced at Chen Yuanyuan and said: "We two sisters want to go back to Suzhou, but the road is not peaceful now. I heard that General Pang is going back to Qingzhou, and the daughter of the people wants to go back on the general's ship. I wonder if the general can do it?"
convenient?"
When Liu Rushi said this, she felt a little unsure. As soon as she and Chen Yuanyuan left the governor's mansion, they felt that someone had been following them. They knew without thinking that they must be people from the governor's mansion today. They also knew how beautiful they were.
How attractive is it to men? Usually, it is fashionable in Suzhou, and with certain connections and connections, it can more or less protect the safety of my sisters, but now in Hangzhou, I have no one to rely on, and just a few bad guys can take care of me.
If these frail women like him were kidnapped, their fate could definitely be foreseen. But now the only one in Hangzhou who can protect his sisters is General Pang in front of him.
Pang Gang stared at the two girls with his piercing eyes for a while, only to see that Chen Yuanyuan was too embarrassed to look up. Liu Rushi felt uneasy, and then nodded slowly and said: "Okay, you guys go and be with Xue Zhu first."
Just give it a piece, and I’ll ask someone to make two empty rooms for you right away.”
"Thank you, General Pang!" When Chen Yuanyuan heard that Pang Gang agreed to her sister's request, she quickly bent down and said a blessing to Pang Gang. At the same time, a glimmer of light flashed in her big eyes, and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Her smile and sweet voice combined with her stunning appearance were truly stunning, and even Pang Gang was stunned.
Pang Gang was stunned for a moment before he smiled bitterly and said: "Miss Chen, please don't do this. Pang Gang can't bear it. If the two girls suffered any injustice today because of Pang Gang's refusal, all the literati in the world must
You can’t eat Pang Mou.”
"General Pang is really good at joking. If only half of the world's scholars had the courage of the general, the world would not be like this." Chen Yuanyuan covered her mouth and smiled, and a trace of blush appeared on her fair and white face.
Liu Rushi watched Chen Yuanyuan and Pang Gang chatting happily, but shook his head secretly in his heart, "My sister has a good impression of this General Pang. If this General Pang is willing to put in some effort, I'm afraid it won't be long before she becomes a obedient
Is this the general’s concubine in front of me?”
When Liu Rushi thought of this, she sighed secretly in her heart and stood up to thank Pang Gang: "Thank you, General, for your kindness. Now the civilian girls will not disturb the General."
"Okay, don't thank me anymore. I'm tired even if you don't say you're tired." Pang Gang waved his hand, smiled and sent them out of the door, and then sent someone to take them to the room below.
After sending the two girls out, Pang Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly. How come all this happened together? Even these two famous concubines who moved the Qinhuai River came to seek his asylum. It seemed that his bastard spirit was exuding this morning.
It was too strong.
Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan took two maids and followed a soldier to a room on the second floor of the ship and then left.
Looking at this small but extremely tidy room, with the faint scent of incense coming from the room, Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan both expressed satisfaction that they could live in such a tidy house on the ship.
What else could the two of them be dissatisfied with?
After arranging the two maids to another room, Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan picked up two stools and sat by the window. Looking at the boundless sea outside the window, they felt refreshed and comfortable.
Chen Yuanyuan said happily: "Sister, this is the first time I have seen the sea in my life. The sea is so beautiful!"
Liu Ru smiled faintly, but there was a hint of sadness on her face: "The sea is beautiful, but I don't know how long I can see it."
Chen Yuanyuan pouted: "Sister, you have been worrying about the country all day long, and you are not too tired to panic? That is what men only have to worry about. As women, as long as we can take care of our husbands and raise our children, we will be happy.
That’s all right, why bother thinking so much?”
Liu Rushi sighed, gently stroked the black hair on Chen Yuanyuan's head, and said softly: "Good sister, I am different from you. Now my Ming Dynasty is troubled by internal and external troubles. There are rogues causing chaos inside, and there are Tatars watching covetously outside.
But the officials of the imperial court are still drunk and dissipated. If this continues, my Ming Dynasty will be in danger!"
Chen Yuanyuan looked at Liu Rushi, and after a long time she spat out her pink tongue: "It seems that reading too much of this book is not good. Just like Sister Liu, if she reads too much, she will worry about the country and the people all day long.
That’s so boring, it would be nice to just sing and dance like me.”
After listening to Chen Yuanyuan's innocent words, Liu Rushi just smiled bitterly and said nothing. This girl's temperament and personality were completely different from hers. She hoped in her heart that she could live a peaceful life with her husband and children, which was what she insisted on in her heart.
The ideals are fundamentally different. But such a person whose thoughts are completely different from his own can become a close friend who is more affectionate than gold. This shows the wonder of everything in the world.
"Okay!" Liu Rushi took the little hand of her close friend and said with a smile: "Then sister, I wish you find a good match as soon as possible, and then grow old together happily, so it's all done."
"Hehe! My sister still understands me." Chen Yuanyuan also held Liu Rushi's hand and laughed.
Just as Liu Rushi and Chen Yuanyuan were whispering about their little daughter, it was getting dark quickly. Lin Feng, who had gone to various grain merchants in Hangzhou early in the morning to discuss the purchase of grain, also returned to the ship, and Pang Gang was listening to his report in the living room.
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Pang Gang personally poured a cup of tea for Lin Feng and handed it to him, and asked with a smile: "Governor Lin, how was your harvest today?"
Lin Feng took the tea cup with both hands, but said with a sigh: "Sir, I am humble and incompetent. I have failed to live up to your expectations. Today, I have gained nothing. Those grain merchants either stayed behind closed doors or deliberately shirk their duties. They said in unison that they had no surplus grain in their hands. The humble servants went all over the place.
Almost all grain stores are useless. Even if they are willing to sell us a small amount, the price is indeed extremely expensive. Some unscrupulous grain merchants even sell the grain for seven or eighty taels of silver per stone.
The only way is to come back first."
Pang Gang smiled brightly and said: "It seems that those people are in a group and don't plan to buy food for us."
Lin Feng drank all the tea in his hand in one breath, picked up his sleeve and wiped the corner of his mouth and said angrily: "Some grain merchants even said that it's okay to buy grain if you want, but we have to exchange it for refined salt, and
It's a pound of refined salt for a pound of grain. Don't you think this is bullying?"
"What, such a thing can happen!" Pang Gang smiled instead of getting angry, "It seems that my reputation, Mr. Pang, is not well-known in Hangzhou. Everyone wants to take a bite. One pound of refined salt is exchanged for one pound of grain. They really say
You have to export it!"
In this era without large-scale industrial salt production, the price of refined salt has always been ten times or even dozens of times more than that of grain. Now those grain merchants want to use such a price to exchange refined salt with Pang Gang, which is undoubtedly equivalent to someone
To exchange copper coins for the same weight of gold is not just bullying, but complete contempt.