Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 100: Sad Stars
Xia Lin set out before dawn the next day. His route was to take a boat to Dantu County, Runzhou, Gyeonggi Province, then sail out to sea from Dantu County, go up the ocean, enter Tianjinkou, where Li Jing was stationed, and then go ashore from Tianjin to Zhangjiakou.

What? Not by land? Is it crazy to take fragile goods by land? Besides, the land route is too far. This route is too scary. First, you have to arrive at Hongdu Prefecture, then walk 600 miles to Jiangxia, then walk another 600 miles from Jiangxia to Xiangyang, then walk another 700 miles to Luoyang from Xiangyang, and then go through Taiyuan to Guanai after arriving in Luoyang, 1,600 miles...

If Xia Lin really wanted to take this route, the round trip time would be enough for Miss Tang to give birth to twins on the way.

The sea route is much more convenient. It only takes twelve days to reach Haizhou in September. After unloading and reloading in Haizhou, it takes another six days to reach Tanggu. At that time, the road transportation only takes 400 miles, and there are not many mountain roads there, so it can be reached in four or five days. In total, it takes 20 days to travel.

Sitting on the boat drifting on the Yangtze River, Miss Tang was standing by the side of the boat looking into the distance, while Xia Lin was sitting behind her, eating melon seeds and looking at Miss Tang's butt. To be honest, he actually admitted that his liking for Miss Tang was more out of lust, but there was nothing he could do, she just met his aesthetic standards.

Although Xia Lin knew clearly that in Miss Tang's heart she cared more about the rise and fall of her family, he didn't really care. Only children wanted to win the heart, while adults would definitely choose to lick the body first before talking about anything else.

"Come over in late autumn and let me touch my hands to see if they are cold. It's September after all."

Hearing Xia Lin's words, Tang Wanqiu looked up at the scorching sun. She didn't dare to sit in the cabin. The sultry weather made it extremely difficult for her to breathe. Now someone suddenly asked her if her hands were cold.

"Here you go." Tang Wanqiu turned around and handed him her hand: "See for yourself if you are cold or not."

Xia Lin laughed and dragged the stool to her side. He held her hand and looked at the river: "Is your business so hard every day?"

"It's not that we have to hold the ship down every time, but this time the cargo is so much and so valuable, there's really no other way. I even transferred the most famous fleet of the Luoyang Merchants here." Miss Tang turned her head to glance at Xia Lin and continued, "But after this time, the Tang family should be divided. The uncles at the Luoyang General Store want me to marry Li Yuanji, the third son of the Guanlong General."

At that time, a mouthful of saliva almost came out of his nose: "No, they are sick! Who doesn't know that Li Yuanji is a lunatic?"

Tang Wanqiu chuckled and said helplessly, "So, I don't agree. They will deal with me according to the clan's law."

"Let's see who dares!" Xia Lin spat, "What clan or no clan, it's all stinky shit. Luoyang, right? When we return, we'll kill them."

"No, it's too far. It's not worth it." Miss Tang waved her hand, then smiled at Xia Lin and even tapped him on the forehead: "You don't have to feel angry for me. I have my own way to deal with such trivial matters."

After she finished speaking, she held the railing with both hands and sighed, but she didn't have any emotion. She just continued, "By the way, a few days ago I heard from people passing by that Dantu County is also prosperous now. I heard that they have a lot of good things. Let's go and take a look. If it's suitable, I plan to open another branch in Dantu."

"Okay, it will be there in two days, so just go and take a look."

The Yangtze River is the king of inland shipping. Why is Jiangnan so prosperous? In addition to climatic reasons, another very important point is that Jiangnan occupies the best section of the Yangtze River. The water flows gently and the drop is not large. The river is wide and there are few winds and waves. A journey that originally took a month can be completed in two or three days, and the money saved is not a penny.

In three days and two nights, they had already arrived at Dantu County from Jiujiang, and this place would be called Zhenjiang from now on...

After arriving, Xia Lin took a quick look and seemed to have returned to the early days of Xinping Township. Infrastructure was being built everywhere, and there was a constant stream of people and peddlers everywhere. There were also many people who looked like bastards strolling and shopping on the streets. The most famous bastards in the Asuka period were Prince Shotoku and Ono Imoko, right?

But when Xia Lin thought of these two names, he couldn't help laughing.

After the caravan started to move into the inn to rest, Xia Lin started to walk around with Miss Tang. Since he thought no one knew him here, he generously held the girl's hand and went shopping.

This would not have been possible in Fuliang. Even if Xia Lin didn't mind other people's surprised looks, Miss Tang would have refused. But here, Miss Tang did not resist and let Xia Lin lead her through the bustling streets.

What can I say about this place? Xia Lin felt a strong sense of familiarity with it. The only difference was that the porcelain on the street was replaced by purple clay products, the black tea and green tea were replaced by jasmine tea, and there were also silk products and seafood that were rarely seen in his place.

The workshop in the distance was also emitting smoke, but it was obvious that there were very few industrial products here. Xia Lin saw that many sophisticated tools were marked with the Fuliang logo, and many handicrafts were also shipped from his side.

"It seems like your market has been taken away here." Xia Lin said to Miss Tang with a smile, "They already have a complete industrial chain."

Miss Tang frowned and looked around: "Daosheng, I feel more and more familiar with this place, isn't this my Doufu Lane?"

"Ah."

He reached out and patted the bluestone bricks on the wall. Although the materials were different, blue bricks were used instead of red bricks, the overall layout of this place and even the structure of the houses and the planning of the market were basically a 1:1 replica of the models of Dou Fu Nong and Yanhe Workshop.

It also adapts to local conditions and does not blindly pursue complete replication, highlighting its own characteristics and localized planning. I have to say that the administrator of this place is a talent. When I walked into a restaurant, the waiter inside immediately came up to me and asked, "What do you two want to eat?"

Xia Lin took out two taels of silver and said, "Give me something you are good at, and pay two taels of silver."

"This... two taels of silver is a little too little. Sir, why don't you increase it to five taels? I will definitely arrange it for you with five taels of silver."

"Damn it..." Xia Lin felt around in his pocket and took out a fifty-liang ticket: "Count it as fifty liang! If there's more, I'll give an extra dish to all the brothers present!"

The waiter immediately took the ticket to the shopkeeper to verify its authenticity. After finding out it was real, he immediately trotted after him and said, "Please come upstairs, please!"

At this moment, other people in the restaurant also started to make fun of Xia Lin and the others. Some said thank you to their brothers and some made a lot of noise. It was quite entertaining.

"You're just wasting money like this?" Miss Tang pinched Xia Lin and said, "Every penny is hard-earned."

"It's okay." Xia Lin paused on the stairs, then leaned over to Miss Tang's ear and whispered, "This is the account I put here. Nine out of one million three hundred and fifty thousand back. Just wait."

When Miss Tang heard this, the smile on her face almost collapsed. She thought that this bastard must have come up with some tricks again, nine out of one million and three hundred and fifty thousand back... How did he come up with these little words?

But it should be said that the prices here are indeed high, but the food tastes very good, because Fuliang County is based in the north, where a large number of northerners who followed the Tang family caravan gathered, while this side is mainly populated by southern barbarians, so the food is indeed more sophisticated, and the food from the sea needs no further explanation, right?

Seafood is expensive in any era...

While they were having dinner upstairs, they suddenly heard a commotion downstairs. Xia Lin thought it was a fight, so he immediately opened the small window and looked down.

"Don't just look at all the excitement..." Miss Tang pulled his clothes from behind, "Eat quickly, we are short of time."

"Wait a minute, let me take a look."

Xia Lin looked around and found that there was no fight but a young handsome man standing there chatting with someone. There were a lot of people around him and he looked really popular.

He was like a leader on inspection, holding a fan and asking loud questions like, "Hey, do you think Dantu County is okay?" or "Where do you think needs improvement?"

Xia Lin must say this kind of thing more than eight thousand times a year. He feels sick every time he hears it. It turns out that everyone in the world is really doing the same thing.

It was only until I heard the sentence "Who do you think is better than Fuliang County?"

"Fuliang County!" Xia Lin shouted at the top of his voice from the second floor: "Isn't your place just a small Fuliang? Why do you want to compete with the real one?"

Who was the person downstairs? It was naturally Ye Liangchen. He came here today to do a poll, but who knew that he would be blocked before he could even ask a few questions. He was about to explode, but in order to maintain his demeanor, he still smiled and looked up at Xia Lin on the second floor and said, "Could this friend come down to talk?"

"Wait for me to eat two bites."

Ye Liangchen held the fan so tightly that the fan creaked.

Xia Lin closed the window and started eating. Miss Tang looked at him curiously: "What happened?"

"There's a bastard down there who's actually asking whether Dantu County or Fuliang County is better. Damn it, I'm so angry that I'm going to eat a few bites of food and fight him to the death."

Seeing Xia Lin being so aggressive like a child, Miss Tang actually laughed. She sighed, "My father often said that all men's steadiness is fake. Now it seems to be true."

"Not necessarily. Some idiots are born dark." Xia Lin had already finished his meal in a flash. He stood up and wiped his mouth: "Look, I'm going to kill BYD."

(End of this chapter)