Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, facing the sea.
This is the scene that literary and artistic young people most yearn for, but now Xu Zizhen has no intention of enjoying it because he is seasick.
It was sunny for one day, that is, the day Xu Zizhen boarded the ship, and then encountered strong winds and heavy rain for three consecutive days. The ships of the Song Dynasty had not yet reached the level of being able to go to sea. Most of the hulls were made of wooden tenons. Hongji's ship was also
It was no exception, swaying and fluttering in the strong wind like a dead leaf in the autumn wind. Fortunately, we were just walking along the coast, and when the wind was at its strongest, we could anchor ashore and rest for a while.
Xu Zizhen didn't get seasick in the first place, but that was because he used to ride a giant steel ship. Even if the waves were a few meters high, it was nothing. But it was different now. The wooden ship was blown to pieces by the wind and seemed to fall apart at any time. He hid in the cabin.
It was no use, I vomited and even my face turned green.
After finally enduring the wind and rain, his feet were so weak that he could not walk. The crew on the ship were all used to it. They all acted as if nothing had happened and laughed at him. In desperation, Le Chi sent him to the hospital.
He settled in the cabin to recuperate, and assigned a waiter to take care of him.
Xu Zizhen cursed secretly in his heart. He didn't grow up by the sea, and he didn't know the habits of the sea at all. Who knew there would be such a strong wind on such a cold day. If he hadn't been strong and healthy, he might have given his life to him.
On board.
This seasickness was the most severe one Xu Zizhen had ever experienced in his life. He couldn't regain his strength for three days in a row. He even stopped vomiting. His feet were still weak and he couldn't get off the ground at all. But that day, a waiter...
Come and tell him to pack up, it's time to dock.
Xu Zizhen suddenly became energetic. After suffering for so many days, he finally had hope. But as soon as he turned over and wanted to get out of bed, he fell again. The sequelae of seasickness had not recovered yet. It seemed that he had to rest. Now he let
He was very depressed. He originally planned to find an opportunity to run away as soon as he got off the boat, but now it seemed that he couldn't leave. Could he really go to work as a woodcutter in that damn forest with old man Le Chi?
Le Chi was still very kind and assigned two men to lift him out. The ship was already slowly approaching Jinzhou Port. Xu Zizhen leaned on the side of the ship and looked around, not because he was new and curious, but because he would see him sooner or later in the future.
Come here again.
To his surprise, Jinzhou Port turned out to be very lively. The pier was very large, and passengers and cargo were separated. The shore road at the passenger end was wide and flat, and the strong and thick plank road was built to penetrate far into the sea. Xu Zizhen took a visual inspection, and quickly
It is longer than the Qingdao trestle he has been to. In the past few years, the Kingdom of Jin has developed rapidly, opening up territories everywhere, developing land routes, and sea routes have not fallen behind. However, the scale of the dock has increased, but there is not a single warship on the sea. After all, the Jurchen
The tribe is still good at conquering the world on horseback, and the concept of building a navy has not yet been born.
The ground on the freight side is not bad, but the people are all noisy. The New Year has passed, and the freight has started to move again. Cargo ships are carrying goods up and down, and the air is filled with the fragrance of wood and the voices of the people.
The smell of sweat mixed into a weird smell.
Xu Zizhen was looking at it carefully, but he found that his ship was not docked at the cargo terminal, but a passenger ship. Two guys used a pair of simple sliding poles to lift him off the ship. Xu Zizhen was very surprised, this is not a cargo ship, why not?
Take the cargo side? And although there is no wood on the ship, there is still a lot of stuff on the ship, so it needs to be unloaded, right?
The things Le Chi bought from Shandong Road were all kinds of things, including silks and satins, tea and porcelain, miscellaneous, but they were all high-end goods. It was dazzling to see. Xu Zizhen hadn't recovered yet, so he couldn't help, so he could only lie down and wait.
After unloading all the things, a line of carriages had already parked on the pier. It looked like the mark on the carriage was Hongji's.
After half an hour, the things were finally moved, but Le Chi did not leave. Xu Zizhen was just wondering when he saw another carriage coming from the distance. He came to a stop and a woman got out of the carriage.
Xu Zizhen took a look and saw that this woman was not good-looking. She had long and thin eyes and was not tall. She didn't seem to have anything extraordinary about her. She was a popular face that could not be found in a crowd. It was just her eyes.
A hint of shrewdness will be revealed inadvertently.
He was still looking at it when he suddenly heard Le Chi call out respectfully: "Miss."
Xu Zizhen was stunned. He knew it when he was chatting with the waiter on the boat. The boss had a son and a daughter. The son was Wanyan Tie, who had been beaten by Su San. There was also a daughter named A Qing, who was not much older than Wan Yan Tie.
She has been smart and capable since she was a child. She started helping the family with the accounting at the age of fifteen. No need to ask, she was the one.
Wan Yanqing smiled slightly: "Thank you for your hard work." After saying that, he looked at the goods on the carriage and asked, "Have you got everything I want?"
Le Chi said: "Go back to Miss. They are all here. They are all made according to your instructions and are of the highest quality."
Wan Yanqing nodded with satisfaction. When he saw Xu Zizhen sitting there, he couldn't help but frown slightly: "Who is this?"
Le Chi quickly replied: "This is the guy the villain has found. He is a very down-to-earth guy. He plans to send him to work in the lumber yard. He just fainted at sea for a few days and is still pretending."
Wan Yanqing suddenly realized, and said: "Then let him lie down in the car, and arrange for someone to take care of him. Let's go, it's time to go back." After saying that, he turned around and returned to the car, without looking at Xu Zizhen again.
"Yes." Le Chi agreed, and asked the waiter to put Xu Zizhen into the car. With a shout, the convoy began to move northward.
Xu Zizhen was greatly surprised. Wanyan was arrogant and domineering, but his sister was so kind. The two siblings were as different as heaven and earth. No wonder the crew on the ship, including old man Le Chi, worked so hard. It turned out that they had such a good owner.
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The motorcade moved forward slowly. Xu Zizhen lay in the car and looked at the scenery outside in boredom. He had been to this place before crossing over and at least knew some of its geographical location. To the left is Qinhuangdao, but it is still called Qinzhou. To the right is Qinhuangdao.
Anshan, and going up to the Daxinganling Mountains.
Xu Zizhen started to yearn for it. When he first came to Northeast China, he didn't have the chance to go to the mountains. He heard that there were a lot of tigers and bears there. There must be more tigers and bears these days. He didn't know if he would have the opportunity to see with his own eyes the ones that were not locked in cages.
He looked forward and looked forward every day, and finally on the third day, a continuous mountain range came into view. However, spring had just begun, and the snow in the mountains and forests had not yet melted. From a distance, everything was white, and the sky and the earth seemed to be covered with a blanket of white.
Silvery white layer.
It was the first time for Xu Zizhen to see such a spectacular snow scene, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited, but slowly he became bored. No matter where he looked, it was all white. If the wheels weren't spinning, he would have almost doubted whether he was
He stayed in place and didn't move.
He didn't know how long he would have to walk on this snowy road. Xu Zizhen couldn't help but yawned and lay down again. He decided to take a nap first, as he might get snow blindness if he continued reading.
Suddenly he heard a sharp whistle outside the carriage. Xu Zizhen opened his eyes suddenly and saw the driver in front of him fell off his horse. There was an arrow stuck in his neck, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling rapidly.