After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1191 Huang the Great Philanthropist
The contract had already been signed, and Madam Zhang had even given them benefits. This deal was a win-win for Ye Family Trading Company.

Boom boom boom!
The drums beat rapidly, and the workers, keeping time with the rhythm, carried bags and baskets of potatoes and other grains onto the boat.

"Dried goods keep well, put them in the hold, they won't rot!" The Ye family steward would call out from time to time, instructing the workers to sort the goods to prevent them from being piled up haphazardly and spoiling the grain.

Bang bang bang!
The crew carried the potatoes into the ship's hold, and it took them three days to finish, which shows how much potato they had received.

On the fourth day, Huang Yanglong, dressed in his official robes, came personally to urge them: "Uncle Ye, this won't do! Let a batch of cargo ships go first! They haven't left in four days. Do you know how many people will starve to death in four days? Aren't you afraid of the wrath of Heaven?!"

Ye Acheng wished he could poison him to make him mute, and hurriedly said, "Heaven, please don't blame us, blame the Huang family."

Huang Yanglong, a rebellious son, chuckled upon hearing this: "Yes, yes, it's the Huang family's fault, but I am the son-in-law of the Chen family, an official appointed by the imperial court!"

Ye Acheng: "..."

No wonder the Huang family elders wanted to get rid of him; this kind of thing that destroys ancestral halls really deserves to be dealt with.

But Huang Yanglong is lucky. He not only turns danger into good fortune every time he encounters it, but he also benefits from it every time. You can't help but believe in his luck.

"Here you go, the official document from the Guang'an Prefecture government authorizing the ships to sail. Get a batch of ships to depart immediately." Huang Yanglong handed a stamped document to Ye Acheng and added, "The Chen and Huang families also have twenty medium-sized ships that will be traveling with you. They are loaded with grain."

After the method for making kudzu root powder for new grain was published, Huang Yanglong wrote a letter back to his hometown, asking people to harvest kudzu roots and make kudzu root powder for new grain.

Dried kudzu root powder has a longer shelf life and will not spoil even when transported to the Northeast.

Ye Acheng took the official document and shouted, "Call Wenxi out; there's an official document I need him to see."

"Hmm!" The Ye family members hurriedly went to call for help.

Not long after, Ye Awen arrived. After carefully examining the official document and the seal, he nodded and said, "Brother, it's true. We have to leave before 7:00 AM tomorrow, otherwise we'll be punished if the time doesn't match the time approved on the document."

Ye Acheng looked at Huang Yanglong and really wanted to strangle him!

Huang Yanglong chuckled: "Uncle Ye, you don't need to look at me like that. There's plenty of time left for you to arrange the departure."

Ye Acheng took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to gang up on Huang Yanglong, and ordered: "Beat the drum and tell the brothers that ships number three through thirty will depart at dawn tomorrow. All crew members on board, if you have anything to do, do it quickly and don't delay the journey."

"Hmm." The Ye family members hurriedly went to relay the order.

Before long, the drums began to beat and shouts rang out.

Seeing this, Huang Yanglong finally felt relieved and said to Ye Acheng, "Uncle Ye, if there are any lost girls in your old home in the mountains, you can send them to the orphanage run by the Chen and Huang families. After they grow up, they will be given priority to be matched with the son of the deceased scuba diver."

"Those who are unwilling to work with others will be given tasks as much as possible."

If they really can't find work, the Chen and Huang families will build a village for them together, so that they can have houses to live in and fields to cultivate, and in short, it won't be more difficult than before.

Huang Yanglong's realization came when he was in the Northeast, after being ridiculed by Qin Xiaomi too much, which led to his breaking down.

Huang Yanglong also has a sense of shame and can't stand being constantly ridiculed.

Ye Acheng was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

It's not uncommon for girls to be abandoned, and many families do so. However, the locals value male offspring, so in order to make it easier for wealthy families to marry, they would also take in female children and raise them to marry off to poor male children from their own clan or surname.

But there still wasn't enough to go around, so there were many widows and widows in small clans and impoverished mountain areas.

During the Ningkang era, taxes were heavy, and in order to survive, people would form bonds to rely on each other, which made it easier for them to live.

"Lord Huang is kind-hearted; he truly deserves to be the son-in-law of the Chen family," Ye Acheng praised Huang Yanglong.

Huang Yanglong said smugly, "That's right, my conscience is greater than the combined consciences of the entire population of some villages."

Ye Acheng: "..."

You madman, you can't be praised, get out of here!

……    咚咚咚！
Boom boom boom!
The next day, before dawn, the sound of drums rose again, and after various rituals, the first batch of grain transport ships set off from the near sea, heading upstream to the south of the Yangtze River.

After two days of sailing, when they passed the dock for female boatmen, Ye Acheng heard crying. It turned out that another family was selling their daughters.

"Waaaaah, don't sell me! Uncle, don't sell me! I won't be a boat girl!"

Slap, slap, the little girl was slapped several times by her father.

The boatwoman hurriedly scolded, "What are you doing? If you ruin her face, I won't buy it anymore."

The girl's father was as thin as a bamboo pole. Hearing this, he was frightened and rubbed his hands together, saying, "Boatwoman, this is the most beautiful girl I have. Please give me more money so I can use it to pay for my eldest son's wedding."

The boatwoman rolled her eyes at him, told the boatman to hold the girl back, pried open her mouth to look at her teeth, and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, her teeth are even, and her nose is high."

Most importantly, she has fair skin.

With fair skin, a high nose bridge, and neat teeth, she's a beautiful girl here.

The skinny old man said, "Hehe, if the boatwoman is satisfied, give her a good price. Next year, when my eldest grandson is born, I'll send her red eggs to eat."

The boatwoman glanced at him sideways: "No need. Eating red eggs from people like you will put you in debt. I wouldn't dare eat them."

"Three taels of silver, take it or leave it."

The boatwoman was very good at bargaining.

The skinny old man looked troubled: "Not enough, how about adding two more ounces? Or fifty catties of grain would also be fine."

The boatwoman spat at him and said, "That's the price. If you're not going to sell, get out!"

This?
The skinny old man had no choice but to sell it in the end.

"Uncle, uncle, I won't be a boatwoman! If you force me, I'll burn the boat, just like ten years ago, and burn down the entire boatwoman dock!"

Upon hearing this, everyone who knew about this old story was furious. The boatwoman said, "Tie her hands and feet, hang her upside down in the water, and let her serve us on the boat again when she's convinced!"

"Hmm!" The boatman tied the girl's hands and feet and hung her upside down into the water.

The girl fainted several times, and each time she woke up, she cried and wanted to burn the boat so she wouldn't be a boat girl anymore.

Ye Acheng and the others lost their mood for fun because of her noise, and they thought about the incident at the boatwoman dock years ago, as well as Huang Yanglong's words...

Ye Acheng went to the boatwoman and threw her three taels of silver: "Then, sister, my Ye family business will buy it and guarantee your boat a year of safety."

Upon hearing this, the boatwoman quickly put on a smiling face: "Since Master Ye has spoken, we will certainly give him face. Alright, she is yours."

The powerful fleet of the big clans is more powerful than the government's navy. With them protecting her, no one will try to extort her ship anymore.

"Here's your indenture." The boatwoman handed the girl's indenture to Ye Acheng.

Ye Acheng took the contract and the unconscious girl back to the Ye family's large ship.

After the girl woke up, he told her what had happened, gave her the indenture, a letter, and sent a small boat to take her ashore. He told her, "After you get ashore, go to the Huang family's branch and show the letter to the manager. They will take you to the orphanage of the Chen and Huang families, where they are taking in a girl."

"Don't go home, or you'll be sold again."

"Waaah, thank you so much, my benefactor." The little girl knelt down and kowtowed to him, "When I grow up, I will definitely earn money to repay my benefactor."

Ye Acheng waved his hand: "Let's get off the boat and go ashore."

"Mmm," the girl replied.

But before the girl was about to disembark, Ye Acheng asked again, "How do you know about the burning of the dock? What did you say? Why are you imitating that wicked woman?"