A hundred feet away from the river in front, an iron cable as thick as an arm stretched across the river. The iron cable was covered with small lanterns, allowing people to see clearly in the night.
Xiong Mengyan said: "We're here."
Everyone looked and saw that the Laohutan Pier had arrived.
On the other side of the Hengjiang Iron Cable, the river suddenly disappeared out of thin air. That area was naturally a dangerous shoal and a cliff, and the river formed a waterfall and fell down the fault.
The fault is the boundary, and the downstream is another section of the Yangtze River channel. Everyone has to get off the boat in advance and take a detour from land to the downstream dock before reboarding.
The building boat that Xiong Mengyan and others were riding finally sailed into the dock.
Because the wharf is built on the inner arc side of a natural curve formed by the impact of the river water, which is similar to a harbor, the water flow is relatively gentle. The river water near the shore is almost as calm as a mirror, and the water surface does not fluctuate at all.
There were densely packed ships of various types moored on the river, docking one after another.
It was even more lively on the shore, with countless coolies carrying goods and countless guests shuttling back and forth.
As people disembarked, naturally others boarded, and many ships had to return to the upper reaches overnight.
The reason why these ship owners work so hard is simply to make more money.
All for survival!
Xiong Mengyan said: "I guess the person they are waiting for has not arrived yet. Even if they arrive, they can only meet downstream. According to common sense, the identity of the other party is naturally of great importance. The meeting between the two parties in the middle of the night is a bit hasty, so it is unlikely. I guess they
It is very likely that we will meet tomorrow morning, so why don't we go to rest separately and recuperate for tomorrow." After saying that, she turned around and left the deck and returned to her room.
Zhang Zilu and others looked at each other and went back to their rooms to rest.
Several attendants cleaned up the scene and left the deck one after another.
There was no one else on the boat at all.
There were a few merchants who wanted to come up, but they were scared away by the vicious look from Duan Muyan's men!
Of course, Miss Xiong has explained that as for the shipping fare, you can only give more, not less!
Don’t let anyone underestimate the Demonic Islands!
On another building ship, in Yuan Zishan's room, candlelight flickered.
At this time, Yuan Zishan was sitting cross-legged, with her hands and fingers crossed on her legs, looking at her nose with her eyes, and her nose at her heart, like an old monk in meditation.
A wisp of cold air is coming from Baihui above your head!
The cold air lingers, rising like a wisp of green smoke, straight to the roof!
A layer of frost on the roof spread like ripples, and within a moment, the entire room's walls were covered with a layer of frost!
If someone walks into the house at this time, they will be shocked! Because the house is extremely cold, as cold as an ice cellar!
Outside the house, Feng Jiuxiao stood quietly, looking up at the moon and enjoying the cold wind on the river that was getting colder.
He knew that Yuan Zishan had started practicing Phantom Yin Finger again!
Although this phantom yin finger has no backlash effect, it has a drawback when practicing, that is, it is easy to expose one's whereabouts!
Usually people practice in retreat. Why retreat? Isn’t it because they are afraid of being disturbed?
Even if Yuan Zishan is practicing in a dark room, she can easily expose herself!
A layer of frost has appeared on the doors and windows of Yuan Zishan's room. From the outside, it is obvious as soon as she puts on the table. It shows how cold it is inside!
Anyone with the slightest curiosity would push open the door and enter, which would undoubtedly interrupt her practice!
After a long time, I heard Yuan Zishan say: "My Great Weekly Movement is over. You should go back and rest. There are still a lot of things to do tomorrow."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Okay." He turned around and went back to his room.
After finishing protecting her, Feng Jiuxiao used her spiritual power to use the "Heaven Listens and Earth Sees" secretly learned from the Demon Lord to search for any movement in the surrounding area. There was nothing unusual within a radius of dozens of feet.
The lights outside are bright, like a sky full of stars, and it is far more prosperous than the docks in cities in the Central Plains.
Feng Jiuxiao thought: Western Shu is rich in products, has a suitable climate, and its geographical location is easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder emperors of all dynasties have coveted this land of abundance!
With such a feng shui treasure land as a logistics support base, there is no suspense in a merger war!
The boat finally docked and stopped.
It was still early and the moon was at its peak. Feng Jiuxiao was not sleepy at all. He came to the door of Pang Shishi's room and was about to knock on the door. The door was already opened and Pang Shishi came out with a smile, "Brother, I knew you were sleeping."
No, what are you doing? Let’s get off the boat and take a walk?”
Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Let's go!"
There is a mobile cargo market that has been established for many years on the pier, and its scale is quite large.
This kind of commodity market is born in response to the trend.
There are many docks along the Yangtze River. Those savvy businessmen will look for opportunities to set up roots on which docks have the most customers traveling from north to south.
Since there are so many people from out of town, the goods sold should of course be mainly local specialties.
The nearest major county here is Yuzhou, so Yuzhou has the most specialties, while the other prefectures and counties in Western Shu have relatively fewer specialties.
Since there was a lot of oil and water here, the nearby local snakes had already taken advantage of it. After dozens of fights, Mr. An finally took over the territory of Laohutan.
They collect a certain "protection fee" from each household on a regular basis, and then randomly set aside a location for everyone to set up stalls. With the participation of the local snake boss An, everyone is in order.
Feng Jiuxiao and Pang Shiwu got off the boat and walked through the crowd towards the goods market area.
There are many lanterns hanging there, almost as bright as day.
There are many stalls.
There was a seller of Zhang Fei beef. After some communication with the stall owner, the two of them realized that Zhang Fei beef is not only the most famous specialty in Langzhong, Sichuan Province, but also a delicacy with Sichuan flavor. It has a very long history and was founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
, has a history of hundreds of years.
It uses high-quality beef as the main raw material, mixes it with salt and spices, and makes it through traditional production techniques. It is finally air-dried and ready to eat. It tastes neither soft nor hard, salty and palatable, and is especially suitable for eating with food and wine.
The two of them took a bite and found that it tasted pretty good. Pang Shiwu took out his money and bought twenty kilograms of beef jerky. The boss grinned, showing a gaping tooth.
At that moment, Feng Jiuxiao suddenly thought of Wei Wuya. Wei Wuya also had no front teeth, and his name was Big Huya since he was a child.
Pang Shishi saw Feng Jiuxiao startled for a moment and said, "Brother, do you think of Da Hua Ya Zi?"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Yeah."
Pang Shishi said: "I just exchanged letters with him a few days ago. Pengcheng is doing a good job. There are fewer and fewer side businesses, but the income has not decreased. This guy has quite a business mind."
Feng Jiuxiao nodded and walked to the next stall, "His experience in Pengcheng is very good. He can promote it. Guangzhou and Caizhou are basically following this path now, supporting justice, suppressing evil, and returning the world to the people.
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Pang Shishi said: "The underworld and green forest forces over there have basically been absorbed by Dahuyazi. It can be said that the world is calm, but some petty officials in Pengcheng have begun to ask for some benefits."
Feng Jiuxiao said: "As long as it doesn't go too far, it doesn't matter. Although Emperor Sejong paid close attention to the administration of officials, after all, Pengcheng Mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. After all, we are people in the world. It is inevitable that there will be some extraordinary things that cannot be done with the local government.
Too stiff.”
Pang Shishi said: "This big gaping tooth has a sense of proportion."
In front of them was Shu Brocade, which is as famous as Jinling Yun Brocade, Suzhou Su Brocade, and Guihai Zhuang Brocade. Pang Shiwu took two pieces directly, and the boss also beamed with joy! The other customers measured their measurements, but this young man directly took two pieces.
Definitely a big customer!
Then he met Shu embroidery, which is one of the four most famous embroideries in the world along with Su embroidery, Hunan embroidery and Guangdong embroidery. Pang Shiwu bought a "Flying Together", a "Song and Crane Prolongs Life", a "Blooming Flowers Wealth", and a "Flowers Before and Under the Moon".
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Feng Jiuxiao asked: "Buy so many?"
Pang Shiwu chuckled and said: "I don't know which pepper I like, so I just buy a few more to make it easier to choose."
Feng Jiuxiao gave a thumbs up!
There were people drinking tea in front, and the Emeishan Bamboo Leaf Green Tea stall was the most crowded. I heard the boss introduce various allusions to this tea. Among them, the "Selected Notes" written by Li Shan of the Tang Dynasty recorded: "Emei has many medicinal herbs, and the tea is especially good.
, different from the rest of the world. Today's Heishui Temple, also known as Wannian Temple, has a special kind of tea behind Heishui Temple. It tastes good and its color is white every two years and green every year. It is unusual intermittently. "
Meng Cheng, the general of Shu, Eunuch Li of the capital, and Chang Ming, the imperial tutor, all publicly praised the benefits of this tea!
Feng Jiuxiao saw that there were three types of tea, and knew it should be three grades, so he asked about the price.
Seeing that the young man was calm and relaxed, the boss said politely: "This tea is divided into three levels: taste, meditation and Taoism. They are one tael for ten coins, one tael for fifty coins, and one tael for three hundred coins."
two!"
Pang Shishi smiled and said: "The quality of this tea sounds like a monk practicing Taoism!"
The boss smiled and said, "This tea has a connection with Buddhism and Taoism!"
Oh? As soon as Feng Jiuxiao heard that Zhifo Tao was destined, she immediately signaled Pang Shiwu to pay.
Pang Shishi didn't ask how much he paid, knowing that his eldest brother had always been casual, and he probably bought as much tea as he could with the amount of money he paid, so he casually took out a small ingot of silver, about thirty taels, and put it on the stall.
Sure enough, Feng Jiuxiao said: "According to these coins, ten taels of silver can be discussed, ten taels of silver can be meditative, and the rest can be savored!"
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