The official ship that Chai Yan and his party were on finally arrived and docked at Canngling Ferry.
When the ship docked, Captain Du couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after more than twenty days of sailing, they had finally been safely and smoothly delivered.
While Du Shipguan was arranging the Cangtou's work nervously and orderly, he was thinking about how to ask for leave from his superiors after returning home so that he could go home and spend more time with his wife and children.
At this time, Chai Yan walked over from the side of the ship.
"Lao Du, I have to trouble you with something." Chai Yan said politely.
Captain Du saluted hurriedly and asked, "Master Chai, just give me whatever you need."
Chai Yan raised his hand and pointed behind his shoulder with his thumb, saying, "Please help me find another car. I still have to transport those potatoes back."
"I understand, sir, please wait for a moment, and I will arrange for someone to do it." After saying that, Du Shipguan walked away and called for someone to go.
Then, Chai Yan got off the boat leisurely and stood on the shore basking in the sun while looking at the scene at Canngling Ferry.
The ferry was crowded with people boarding and disembarking. There were many porters and porters carrying goods around. From time to time there were mobile vendors selling food and daily necessities that could be used when taking the boat. In short, everything was lively and busy.
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"It turns out you came down early and made it easier for me to find you."
Suddenly, Hang Baiqiu's voice appeared behind Chai Yan.
Chai Yan turned around and saw Hang Baiqiu coming ashore on the springboard with his luggage on his back.
"Where are they?" Chai Yan asked.
"Still packing up, I'll be down soon." Hang Baiqiu replied as he walked.
Chai Yan nodded and continued to look around.
Hang Baiqiu walked up to Chai Yan, followed his gaze curiously and looked around, and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing, just take a look and bask in the sun." Chai Yan said.
After saying this, Hang Baiqiu suddenly felt that the sun was very comfortable, and he began to enjoy it quietly.
"When is today the beginning of May?" Chai Yan suddenly asked.
Hang Baiqiu said: "It's the fifth day of the Lunar New Year!!"
Chai Yan suddenly remembered a festival in later generations and couldn't help but said: "Suddenly I want to eat rice dumplings..."
"Zongzi?" Hang Baiqiu asked, "What are they?"
Chai Yan was stunned and said: "Zongzi is...a kind of food made by wrapping glutinous rice in rice dumpling leaves and steaming it. You can also put your favorite things in the glutinous rice, such as red dates, pork belly, and mung beans.
, ham, mushrooms, bacon...etc., you can put whatever you like."
Hang Baiqiu nodded and said: "Listening to what you said, it seems to taste pretty good..."
"Speaking of eating rice dumplings, there is a story in it!" Chai Yan said with a smile.
"Really? Then tell me quickly." Hang Baiqiu asked with interest.
So Chai Yan told the story of "Qu Yuan threw himself into the river"...
When Chai Yan finished telling the whole story, he found that Hang Baiqiu's face was already very angry.
"What's wrong with you? How can you get so angry after hearing a story?" Chai Yan looked at her in slight surprise.
Hang Baiqiu said angrily: "Damn it! Those two people who slandered Qu Yuan and instigated a relationship between him and King Huai of Chu are so insidious and despicable. And that King Huai of Chu is simply stupid and incompetent, and can't tell the difference between loyalty and treachery."
, if such a person becomes a king, he will definitely be the king of subjugation!"
Chai Yan laughed when he heard this, nodded and said: "Sir Hang, you are really right! This King Huai of Chu is really the king of subjugation. He single-handedly pushed Chu into the abyss!"
Hang Baiqiu suddenly felt a little proud, and said vaguely arrogantly: "It's obvious!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hang Baiqiu asked: "By the way, where is the Chu country you just mentioned?"
"Oh, ask about Chu State..." Chai Yan thought for a while and excused: "That is a country written in the book, it is fictitious, just listen to it, don't take it seriously...
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Hang Baiqiu didn't think much about it, nodded and felt relieved.
While chatting, Ge Hong and others also got off the boat one after another...
While everyone was waiting for the carriage to arrive to load the potatoes, a man in his thirties suddenly came to Chaiyan and his party.
"Master Chai, I'm finally waiting for you!" The man bowed his hands and greeted him loudly.
Hang Baiqiu and Ge Hong turned around and found that they did not recognize this man, and suddenly looked a little confused.
But Chai Yan knew him, and he immediately shouted with surprise: "It's you, Wang Wangzhou!"
The man in front of him was Wang Wangzhou from the Yamen Wude Division, Yamen. Ever since Chai Yan asked him to return to Beijing secretly to report the letter, he had not returned to Yaozhou.
"Master Chai, I haven't seen you for a few months, you look even more charming!" Wang Wangzhou said with a smile on his face.
"Hey, after staying in the capital for two months, I actually learned how to flatter people!" Chai Yan joked.
"Ha ha ha ha........"
Suddenly, both of them started laughing.
After laughing, Chai Yan formally introduced Wang Wangzhou to everyone.
After hearing Chai Yan's introduction, Hang Baiqiu remembered it and said unexpectedly: "So you are the one who went to the Prince's Mansion to report the news!"
"It's Wang!" Wang Wangzhou said politely.
At that time, Hang Baiqiu had been guarding the Crown Princess, so she had only heard about Wang Wangzhou's arrival, but had not met Wang Wangzhou in person.
Chai Yan asked happily: "Why are you here? Did His Royal Highness ask you to pick us up?"
Wang Wangzhou shook his head and said: "It's not His Royal Highness, it's the Commander! The Commander knows that your ship will be arriving in the next few days, so he specially ordered me to come and greet it."
"It turns out to be Mr. Gu." Chai Yan said with a smile.
Immediately afterwards, Chai Yan said: "So, you are staying in the Wude Division in the capital now?"
"Yes! That's right." Wang Wangzhou nodded.
Chai Yan said happily: "That's great. Staying in the capital has a better future than returning to Yaozhou!"
"It's all relying on you, sir!" Wang Wangzhou said solemnly.
At this time, Du Shipguan ran back, raised his hands and reported to Chai Yan: "Master Chai, according to your instructions, we have found the car. I will go and get the potatoes to be moved down."
"Okay!" Chai Yan nodded happily.
"Ship steward, wait a moment..."
As soon as Du Shipguan was about to leave, he was stopped by Wang Wangzhou.
"What's wrong?" Captain Du looked at Wang Wangzhou in confusion.
Wang Wangzhou said: "Master Chai, I have already prepared the carriage and horses back to Beijing. You don't need to hire a car yourself."
"Yeah..." Chai Yan was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Wang Wangzhou to be prepared before he came here.
Chai Yan hurriedly asked: "Is that car enough? In addition to us, there are seven or eight baskets of potatoes!"
"Potato?" Wang Wangzhou had never heard of this.
Chai Yan smiled, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, you will know what a potato is in a while, you just need to tell me if the car is enough."
Wang Wangzhou said: "Please rest assured, sir, let alone seven or eight baskets, even if there are several times more, the carriage and horses will still be enough!"
Du Shipguan understood as soon as he heard this, and immediately said: "Ah, that little man just pushed them away and didn't want them to come over!"
After saying that, Du Chuanguan trotted away and disappeared.
Wang Wangzhou turned aside and said, "Master Chai, it will take some time for the carriages and horses to arrive. It is sunny and crowded here. Why not go to the teahouse over there to sit and rest for a while..."
Chai Yan nodded in agreement, turned around and left the task of loading the potatoes to Ge Hong and others to keep an eye on, and then he and Hang Baiqiu followed Wang Wangzhou towards the small teahouse not far away.
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