Happy peasant girl

Chapter 167 Taking a boat across the river (2)
In ancient times, unlike modern times, there are advanced high-tech that can check a person's real identity, and it is not easy to be identified by forging a fake identity certificate, especially after three years of severe drought, no one on the record of the county government of Chu State To know whether to be dead or alive, or where to live.

Therefore, Lin Qingxi easily got a few real guides, but they were not her real identity.Externally, she is Bai Hua's servant girl, Bai Hua and Jasmine pretend to be a pair of businessmen going out to do some small business, Bai Yang is the accompanying porter, and Qiangwei is Jasmine's personal maid.

Guanjiang Wharf is the largest passenger and freight wharf in Yancheng. It is the busiest border town that I found along the way along the Linqing River. There are several large ships parked on the river, and many of them specialize in loading and unloading goods at the wharf. Workers are busy on and off the ship.

"Master, I've already inquired specifically. Merchants like us who don't carry a lot of goods can take the official ship. The official ship is half a month. Today there is an official ship going to Nanchui. Let's go!" Bai Yang picked up the cargo , took Bai Hua and Lin Qingxi towards the direction of the official ship.

However, when they got to the official ship, they were told that the official ship was full, and they had to wait half a month to go to the other side by the official ship, and the official ship left soon.

"Brother, I'm leaving for Nanchui today, what can I do if I don't take the official boat?" Beside him was a middle-aged businessman who also didn't board the official boat. , so I asked.

"If there is no official boat to sit on, then spend more money to build a private boat. I don't know what happened recently. Many businessmen are going to Wu country!" The middle-aged businessman finally muttered.

"Excuse me, brother, where can I take a private boat?" Bai Hua asked again.

"It looks like you are going out to do business for the first time. Except for the official boats, the rest of the docks are private boats. You can ask which one is going to Nanchui today, and see if they are willing to take you for a ride. I'll be fine when I go to Nanchui in a few days, but I'm not in a hurry." The middle-aged businessman said with a simple smile.

"Thank you for telling me, brother, I'll go and ask!" Bai Hua also said with a friendly smile.

Lin Qingxi is also a servant boy, she wanted to ask, but was stopped by Bai Hua, so the matter of asking about the boat was left to Bai Yang.

I just asked around. Either they will not leave for two days, or the cargo on the ship is full and they cannot be boarded.

"Isn't there a big boat over there? Did you ask?" Bai Hua saw another big boat docked at the pier at some point, and someone was busy loading boxes on the boat.

"Let's forget about that ship. I heard that it is a ship owned by some son of the Wu State. The ship only loads the goods they bought from the Chu State, and never allows outsiders to board the ship. And I think the guards on the ship are all martial arts. It's extremely high, it's not inferior to the young master and me, let's change to another ship." Bai Yang whispered to several people.

Lin Qingxi went out to do business, and didn't want to provoke anyone, but time was tight, and he didn't know if he could enter Wu country smoothly, so it would be better to go a day earlier.

"Quickly ask your son to come out, and say that my lord is going to take this boat to your country of Wu today, get out of the way, get out of the way!" Several overly ornate carriages suddenly stopped on the pier. There are also six unkempt men and women tied with iron chains behind him.

"My son said that our ship does not entertain foreigners today, I'm sorry, please take another ship!" A strong man walked out of the cabin and said to the group of arrogant people.

"Get lost! My lord thinks highly of you by sitting on your boat. Do you know who my lord is? He is the well-known Guolun lord in Youta Kingdom." Complacent.

"Where is the country of Youta?" Lin Qingxi saw that the figures of the group of people were very similar to those of the barbaric tribes that he had seen in the book before, and it was already summer, and they still had animal skins on their bodies.

"Youta Kingdom is a small country connected to Chu and Wu, but their folk customs are barbaric, they fight fiercely, and their horses are the most powerful, so although the country is small, it should not be underestimated." Bai Yang heard about Youta in the capital. There are some things about Ta Kingdom, but that's all he knows.

"Those people who are chained should be the slaves of Lord Guolun." Bai Hua also has some familiarity with Youta country, but he just doesn't know why these people from Youta country suddenly appeared in the border town of Chu country.

"Slaves? Why are there still slaves?" Lin Qingxi glanced at those people who were tied by iron chains. Their feet and hands were already bloody and bloody. They must have endured tremendous pain to survive.

"I heard that there has always been slave trading in Youta Kingdom. Although their country is small, the lives of the people are actually not easy." Bai Yang saw the Guolun Prince who got off the carriage. Sturdy, and not low in martial arts.

At this moment, another scholar-like person came out of the cabin. He personally disembarked to greet Lord Guolun, and he had a flattering smile on his face and kept apologizing.

"What kind of son, didn't you slap yourself in the face? Just now you said you won't let foreigners board the boat, but now you turn around and invite people to board the boat in such a low voice, it's really hypocritical." Qiangwei said in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the voice from Qiangwei's side fell, the person who looked like a scholar stood at the bow of the boat and said loudly: "My son is in a very good mood to invite distinguished guests today, so who else wants to take the boat?" Those going to Nanchui can get on the boat now, and my boat will leave soon."

He yelled twice, but no one else boarded the boat. It wasn't that there were no people who were in a hurry to go to Nanchui, but those who had been doing business between Wu and Chu for a long time knew the name of the owner of the boat. wonderful.

But Linqingxi is the first time to come to Yancheng, and it is also the first time to go to Wu country. As the saying goes, "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers".
So, when the scholar-like man was about to go back to the cabin, she suddenly raised her arms and shouted: "Wait a minute, my family is going on a boat!"

It's too late for Bai Hua and Bai Yang to stop Lin Qingxi, besides, even if they don't want Lin Qingxi to board this boat, there's nothing they can do, they are not the ones who are really in charge.

"Then come on quickly!" The scholar on the boat smiled brightly, but thought to himself, these people must be going out to Yancheng for the first time to do business.

After getting on the boat, Lin Qingxi found that the boat was bigger than she imagined. The interior of the cabin was simple but full of charm, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

After Bai Hua and Jasmine thanked the scholar, they sat down in a corner of the cabin's hall.There are three floors in the cabin, the lower floor is the warehouse for loading goods, the middle floor is a spacious ship hall with a panoramic view, and the upper floor is supposed to be a place for resting and sleeping.

(End of this chapter)