Chapter 2232 The meeting of the brothers and sisters
On the other side, the next day, the first day of September.
(There are three hundred and sixty days in a year, January 30th.)
The large ferry boat Yamazaki took traveled all night, drifting along the river for more than two hundred miles, and arrived at Yuncheng, the important river transportation city.
Yuncheng is located in an important waterway, leading to the southeast, northwest and northwest.
The river here has overflowed and flooded the roads, and the land route has been temporarily abandoned. However, water transportation is busy non-stop, and the water is full of boats.
Those coming from the south and those going north carry all kinds of things.
The ferry stopped for a while, and Yamazaki disembarked and wandered around.
I didn't see many refugees, but I saw a lot of beggars. I don't know if they were transferred from refugees to other jobs.
It can only be said that this place is close to three waterways, and there will be floods every year. Those who farm here should take precautions.
Of course, the flooding seems to be particularly severe this year, and it must have affected many people. This can be seen from the crowding of the market.
Yamazaki walked around, bought some fruits and got on the boat.
He and Shan Dai had already spent 43 million taels of silver, and they had a clear conscience about the world.
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The third day of September.
The ferry arrived at Hancheng in the evening and anchored at the ferry port.
This is a place connecting the river and the sea. The river east of the city is wide and is a natural harbor.
The river flows east and south through here, and after a few hundred miles, it enters the sea. Ships from the sea can also come upstream and drop off or transfer their goods here.
But for Yamazaki, he chose Hancheng because his adoptive mother Tian Xin's Tian family was nearby.
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Yamazaki mingled with the crowd and stood on the top floor of the ferry to join in the fun and look out.
There are bright lights both inside and outside the city, especially in the harbor, where large ships lie like monsters.
At this time, the sailor shouted, "The ship has stopped, we can go ashore."
Yamazaki didn't look much and got off the boat and entered the city.
The ferry was really busy, with people soliciting customers everywhere.
Yamazaki didn't plan to stay in an inn, so he asked a dental shop to rent one.
I rented a small private house with twenty steps in length and width for ten taels of silver a day.
It includes a kitchen, a woodshed, a hut, and a well.
There is also a two-story stilt house on the other side, with eight rooms on the top and livestock and sundries below.
(It occupies an area of about 230 square meters, with a construction area of more than 250 square meters, of which the lower floor of the stilt building is about 100 square meters.)
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The fourth day, the fourth day of September.
After Yamazaki got up and did his morning classes, he figured that Shandai was still on the way, so he didn't go to meet her.
First, I went to the end of the alley to eat a bowl of tofu pudding and stuffed two scallion pancakes to fill my stomach. Then I went to wander around to familiarize myself with the topography of the city and get a feel for the situation.
I had a pot of tea and four baskets of thirty-two soup dumplings for lunch.
It was unbelievable to hear and shocking to see.
Because there was obviously a flood and it had spread to the city, but the officials, in order to protect their political performance, pretended to be peaceful.
With just a stroke of his pen, merchants and farmers had to continue to pay taxes on hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.
Although the official reduced the amount due to heavy rain, the rest was just blood and meat.
For businessmen and ordinary farmers, life is simply impossible.
It's not yet time for autumn grain harvest, so everyone is trying to find ways to raise money.
Some families even gave up their old houses in Susukian and secretly fled Hancheng.
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night.
Yamazaki cut a large piece of pig head meat, a pig ear, wrapped a portion of boiled peanuts, and a portion of spiced beans.
I bought another can of soju (300 ml), went back to the courtyard, and sat on the roof to drink alone.
Looking at the bustling city with infinite darkness, and listening to the faint sound of silk and bamboo, I felt a little uncomfortable.
After eating for more than an hour, I slurped down a can of soju and finished the food.
Yamazaki burped from wine and felt a little drunk, but he felt much better and his head seemed to be clearing up.
Yamazaki thought about it and suddenly realized that for him, this was the right time to buy property.
Yamazaki couldn't help but smile bitterly. No wonder one of his off-kilter words has become a famous saying.
Others' pain is my happiness!
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The fifth day of September.
Yamazaki went to archways, pawn shops, shopping malls, and dental shops to look for suitable industries and personnel, and left messages asking for prices.
Yamazaki also randomly picked an archway and bet two coins in it, but didn't mention the result.
It fully shows that his luck is still the same as usual.
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The sixth day of September.
Yamazaki guessed that Shandai was coming, so he went to the tea shed in the northwest of the city to wait.
Before evening, Shandai's carriage team arrived outside Hancheng.
Shandai saw Yamazaki outside the inn. He was sitting under the shade of a tree outside the tea shed, eating melon seeds and peanuts.
Shandai went over to buy a bowl of tea, and Yamazaki also sat over.
"Are you okay?"
"Of course, what about you?"
Yamazaki smiled and said: "Take the Feixiang Gang's boat and go straight down the river. It's pretty fast. We'll arrive on the evening of the third day of the lunar new year."
"Ha, that's really interesting." Shandai said happily.
Yamazaki sighed in a low voice, "It's a pity that the imperial court has not responded yet. Apparently the southeast is completely rotten. The world will soon be in chaos, and the people will inevitably experience a lifetime of turmoil."
Shan Dai curled her lips, "Why are you bothering them? Think about whether you can get a wife first."
"Speaking of this," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I went to the market to inquire, and the results will be available in two days."
Shandai was interested, "Real or fake? Who is it?"
Yamazaki smiled and said: "I don't know now, but I am not marrying a wife, but looking for a housekeeper."
Shan Dai curled her lips and said, "It's just your two broken yards, what's the point of taking care of them?"
Yamazaki grinned and said: "I plan to buy a property here to leave a way out for my adoptive mother. The Tian family is not far from here."
"Is that so?" Shan Dai frowned, "The things here aren't cheap, are they?"
Yamazaki sighed, "It doesn't take too much, just to make the adoptive mother have enough food and clothing. She is not a charlatan, and she can't protect her if she has too much money. On the contrary, she will cause trouble."
"I understand, the little rich is at peace." Shan Dai smiled and said, "Speaking of which, although I am in a hurry here, I still go to the archway to play a few tricks every night, and I make a lot of money."
"Haha." Yamazaki had nothing to say except a thumbs up. He couldn't say that he bet twice and lost twice, right?
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Yamazaki took Shandai's carriage into the city and guided her into the small courtyard she rented.
In the evening, I spent fifty taels of silver to cut a pig leg, took the peanuts and broad beans that were given to me, and brought four jars of rice wine (500 ml each jar) to drink together on the roof.
About two hours later, I discovered a problem after eating.
It was so hanging that the roof didn't collapse due to the weight of two people and a pig leg.
The two hugged their bellies and laughed, lying on the roof together.
Although the lights in the city affected the sky, the stars in the sky still looked bright.
I watched it quietly for half an hour before going back to rest.
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The seventh day of September.
Yamazaki and Shandai went to a clothing store to pick out clothes, and each spent dozens of taels of silver to buy a brocade dress with embroidery work.
Except when I was little, this is the first time in my life that I have worn such nice clothes.
The two of them held folding fans and put mustaches on their lips, turning into two young men.
You must have a hairy mouth, otherwise people will bully you because you are young.
When buying property, you naturally have to dress better.
There are many people in this world who judge people based on their clothes and appearance, so you have to take care of them.