A fiery red sun rose slowly, reflecting the sea surface like a golden snake dancing wildly. Several seabirds were flying in the sky. This was the first sunny day since the Chinese New Year.
Le Chi walked out of the cabin and stretched. He still hadn't woken up from last night's hangover, and his head hurt as if he had been struck by an axe. However, he still got up. He had been in Qingzhou for several days and the cargo had been unloaded.
, the New Year has passed, and it’s time to go back and pay the bills to the employer. The two children at home are still waiting for me, the grandfather, to bring delicious food back.
Everyone on the ship got up, the deck and rear rudders all performed their duties, and the ship slowly started to move and sailed away from Qingzhou Port.
Suddenly a waiter in the distance exclaimed: "Who are you? Where do you come from?"
Le Chi was shocked. Could it be that the ship had been robbed? But the cargo had been unloaded a long time ago. Now there are only some purchased silks, tea leaves, glutinous rice and other things. The serious gold and silver ingots are still hidden in his cabin. They just left the cabin.
I also observed it myself.
He walked a few steps to the deck and saw a man sitting among the raincloths piled in the corner. His clothes were ragged and slovenly. He wore a cotton hat with a torn brim on his head. It was so dirty that it was shiny. There were also people around him.
There was nothing else, not even a baggage, just a pole hanging across it. It looked like an old thing.
Several guys surrounded him and interrogated him with their eyes wide open: "Tell me, how did you get up here?"
The man had obviously just woken up. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked around blankly. He said with a surprised look on his face: "My dear mother, how did this boat leave? How do we get off here?"
This was an obvious change of topic, and the clerk was furious: "I'm asking you a question, how did you get here?"
The man sneered sheepishly: "The wind was strong last night, so I wanted to find a sheltered place to sleep for the night, but I accidentally slept there."
Now everyone understands that he is just a homeless and idle man, but you can't sleep anywhere and you have to sleep on our boat?
Le Chi coughed and walked over. Those who wanted to curse a few words all stopped.
"Just taking shelter from the wind and taking a nap? Really?" Le Chi stared at Xian Han with bright eyes.
The sneer on the idle man's face froze, and he scratched his head and said: "I... I actually want to find a job. The shopkeeper, please take me in. I'm very strong and can do anything."
"I'm not the shopkeeper." Le Chi waved his hand and looked at the idle guy again. He was quite tall and strong. He probably had strong arms. Although he had a beard on his chin,
But if you look closely at your face, you can tell that you are young. He suddenly started to care about you and asked, "Where are you from? Who else is in the family?"
Xian Han said: "My family was originally in the countryside of Qingzhou. My parents died long ago, so I am a bachelor."
Le Chi nodded: "I do have a job here, but it's quite tiring. I don't know if you are willing to do it."
The idle man bowed hurriedly: "Go ahead, I'll do it, I just need to take care of the food."
"Guan Bao... what's your name?"
"My name is Jin Sanshun."
From then on, there was a helper on the ship, and this helper was none other than Xu Zizhen in disguise. His Shandong dialect was very authentic. There were all golden people on the ship, and no one could hear any flaws.
In addition, he hadn't taken a shower all the way and was so dirty that people didn't even have the courage to look at him, and the safety factor was even higher.
Le Chi walked away with his hands behind his back, and Xu Zizhen started chatting with a few waiters.
"Brothers, where do we have our treasure number?"
A waiter pointed to the flag fluttering in the wind on the bow of the boat and said: "Isn't that written, Hongji."
Xu Zizhen cursed secretly, what was written on the flag was Jurchen script, how could I read it? But why does the word "Hongji" sound familiar? He said with a silly smile: "I can't read...then what kind of business are we doing?
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The clerk straightened his back and said proudly: "What kind of deal? Hongji is the number one lumber yard in the Kingdom of Jin, and our grandma is the niece of the current emperor."
Grandma is the mistress of the family. Xu Zizhen still understands it. He despises it in his heart. All the clerks in the world probably have this problem. They like to show off their boss. Your grandma is the emperor's niece, not your mother...etc.
Wait, why is this passage becoming more and more familiar?
An idea flashed in Xu Zizhen's mind, and he suddenly remembered that Hongji was the largest lumber dealer in the Jin Kingdom. Wasn't his young master Wanyan Tie, the playboy who once pursued Hu Qing in front of him in Taiyuan Prefecture? Back then
He was beaten so hard by Su San that even his own mother could hardly recognize him. Later, Wan Yanang appeared and that boy suddenly became his grandson.
I'll kill you! What a fate!
Xu Zizhen pretended to be surprised on his face, but he was silently making calculations in his heart. He chose this ship to go to the Kingdom of Jin. Going further north from Jinzhou is to Beijing. He was on the way, but now he happened to meet an acquaintance.
If there is a ship, then there will be a chance to study it. Isn't Wan Yan Tie the emperor's niece? There will always be time to enter the palace, right? I am still worried about how to get into the lair of the Emperor of Jin.
All the conversations on the deck were carried by the wind to Le Chi's ears. With a satisfied smile on his lips, he returned to the cabin.
Le Chi came to Qingzhou this time to deliver the goods. After the goods were delivered, he had to go back to pay the bills. He also had another job. There was a lumber yard in the old forest at the northern end of Jinzhou. It provided a one-stop service from logging to processing to transportation. He was the one
The manager of the lumber yard, he was suffering from a headache recently because the lumber yard was short of people. The appearance of Xu Zizhen caught his eye. Although this kid was a little dirty, he was better than his stupidity. He was easy to handle at first glance, so he immediately
I decided to take him back, seeing that he was capable of working because of his stature, and he only had to take care of the food without having to pay him any wages.
The boss gives each of the lumber yard clerks three taels of silver per month, but this silly boy doesn't know what a good thing it is.
The big ship slowly sailed north, and Xu Zizhen was taken in by Le Chi. Naturally, he helped out on the ship these days. He was quick and hard-working, and he also had a sweet mouth. He called everyone he met, and talked with him every time he came and went.
Everyone on the ship got to know each other, and they quickly collected all the information they wanted to know, including where Hongji's boss lived, who was in the family, how often the owner's grandmother usually visited the palace, etc.
Xu Zizhen's mind was not idle when he went to bed at night. This trip to Beijing to rescue Zhao Chang was more dangerous than any previous operation. If he didn't plan carefully, he might lose his life without even seeing Zhao Chang's face.
There was another thing that puzzled him. The so-called Jin Emperor's acceptance of Zhao Chang was probably a lie. It was just to lure Xu Zizhen to Beijing. But that was the problem. The mighty Jin Dynasty wanted to kill him.
A civilian who doesn't even have an official rank doesn't want to play with him? Just send a messenger and ask Zhao Huan to do it. Why make it so complicated? Emperor Wu Qimai of the Jin Kingdom is full of food?
As of today, Xu Zizhen doesn't know the situation in Yingtian Mansion, let alone that Wu Shu has withdrawn his troops.
At this time, Wu Shu had returned to Bianjing. He sat by the window and took a sip of tea. He looked at the blue sky outside the window and murmured with a smile: "Xu Zizhen, that uncle of mine is not a fool. You