Chapter 1901: Strange Stories on the Road
Chapter 1901: Strange Stories on the Road
When Yinding brought people to the deck, there were already quite a few people there.
It's a last resort at night. Who wants to stay down there during the day? The view up there is much better.
Yinding didn't look into the water, but looked at both sides of the shore.
It is already summer now, the trees on both sides have turned green, and behind the trees should be the grain fields.
But, no.
He squinted his eyes to look at the silver ingot, afraid that he might see it wrongly because of the distance.
At this moment, I heard someone else on the deck say, "Where are you going to get the goods this time?"
"It's still the same place. What else can I do? If I can just farm a little, I won't be a peddler."
"You are not strong enough to pull a rope."
"Who says it's not? Don't even mention my poor health. Even if I were, I can't swim. I get scared when I see it, so I can't do it."
Yinding came over and handed over two snacks: "Where are you two going?"
The peddler's best skill in doing business is talking. When I looked at the silver ingots and saw that he was chubby, smiling, and had a friendly face, I thought he was a good person.
What's more, they even gave us snacks.
The peddler replied with a smile: "I am going to Rongzhou. From what I hear, you are not a local?"
Yinding did it on purpose, he would say things from several places.
At this time, he was surprised and said, "Good hearing! I am indeed not from here. I came from Jiangnan and went to Rongzhou to visit a friend. Since it was my first time here, I was not familiar with the place and got lost. So I had to go back."
"That's fine, we'll go together then," said the peddler.
Yinding nodded and said, "I heard from my friend that his family also had a few acres of land a while ago. I came here this time because I also wanted to do some rice business. However, I just looked at both sides and I couldn't tell what was planted in the fields."
"Excuse me, what are they growing here?"
The peddler sighed, "Don't mention it. Not only you, but I can't even tell what's being planted in the fields."
Seeing Yin Ding's puzzled look, the peddler lowered his voice and said, "Those are just grass."
"There are all kinds of things. The land here has long been abandoned for growing crops. If you were to start a grain business, it would be feasible. Everyone needs grain, but you would have to transport it from Jiangnan."
Yin Ding was surprised. "Growing grass? The land on both sides of the river is blessed by nature and is generally good farmland. What kind of grass is this?"
"What was planted by the people was taken away and left to waste."
Yin Ding was even more curious: "That's strange. I've heard of people robbing land and property. There are also landlords and bullies in our village, but after they took the land, they all cultivated it themselves. How could they just leave it uncultivated after taking it?"
The peddler shook his head: "I don't know about that, but it's true. It's the same in many places in Rongzhou."
The silver ingots became increasingly strange.
At this time, a burst of shouting and cursing came from the front.
Yinding looked up and saw that the river ahead was wide and the water flow was much slower.
The peddler sighed, "It's not easy to navigate here. Large ships like this often run aground and need trackers to pull them through."
The boat slowed down, but the owner didn't get off the boat. He just stood by and greeted the people below.
The boat was very big, and the owner didn't shout out anything. He just held up a colorful flag and waved it down below.
There was a response from below, and soon, twenty or thirty trackers were called out and began to prepare.
Yinding frowned, Fengxiao quietly pulled his sleeve, and he followed to the other side.
"Brother Tuotuo, I just asked a few people, and they all said that the land here has been taken away and no one has taken over to farm it. Also, I saw someone."
"who?"
Feng Shao pulled the silver ingot to the side and walked to the other side of the deck, where several sailors on the ship were gathered.
Feng Shao raised his chin and gestured for Yin Ding to look over there.
Yinding saw at a glance that one of the men had a bandage on his hand. Upon closer inspection, he found that the man was thin and shorter than the others.
"Tell me, was it him who went into the room and touched our bags?"
Yinding narrowed his eyes slightly: "Nine out of ten."
"His hand must have been injured by the clamp I put there."
Bee Whistle said angrily: "He stole something from us, we can't just let him go."
Yinding narrowed his eyes slightly: "The prince and princess instructed us not to cause trouble."
"However, if you are bullied, you can fight back."
"If you are bullied but don't dare to retaliate, that's not the way of our palace."
Bee Whistle nodded in agreement: "Yes, I can't afford to lose that person."
Silver Ingot rubbed his double chin with his chubby hands: "Keep an eye on him, don't scare him, wait until he takes a nap, and then you'll see how I deal with him."
"it is good."
Feng Xiao was an expert at gathering information, and it didn't take him long to find out the man's name and where he lived.
When the silver ingot reached the side of the boat, looking down, the trackers were pulling the boat with all their strength, their backs were rubbed red and tanned black.
They lowered their heads, shouted slogans, and stepped deep into the water.
The silver ingot looked heavy-hearted.
It was not until we had walked more than three miles that the water situation eased and the water began to rush again.
But the trackers did not stop and continued to move forward.
If it was a small boat, it would be fine, but this was a big ship, large in size and heavy in weight. They had to go a little further and wait for the water to get fast before they could retreat.
One of the trackers slipped and was nearly washed away in the water.
Yinding was so nervous that he couldn't help but want to shout out a warning. Fortunately, the person next to the tracker found him and pulled him in time, so he was not washed away.
Yinding was still worried. He had a feeling that the situation in Rongzhou was more serious than he had imagined.
……
Yan Ruyu arrived at the post station before the sun set.
Hu San was indeed frightened, but he dared not sleep outside again.
When the carriage drove in, Hu San was afraid of any complications, so he asked for a secluded room. There were a few rooms in the backyard, but few people came.
Hu San did not untie the ropes for Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu.
He pushed them into the room and warned them, "I'm warning you, don't move or talk nonsense. If you get discovered and make a noise, I guarantee you won't be able to escape, and you'll suffer in Rongzhou. Do you understand?"
Yan Ruyu felt that his words were profound.
"Why can't they escape? Look at those people, they were rescued by the men in black."
Hu San snorted, "Are you sure you want to save him? You don't know where he'll be killed."
"You've also fought against the men in black. Do they look like good people?"
"You're not a good person either," Yan Ruyu said directly.
"You..." Hu San sneered, "I'm not a good person. I said I'd get you some food later, but you guys can just go hungry."
Hu San turned around and went out, calling Wei Liu and others to go downstairs to eat.
As they walked away, Huo Changhe flipped his wrist lightly and untied the rope.
As Yan Ruyu watched him untie her rope, she said, "I'll prepare some food. Your Highness, please send it to Wu Liang and Sun Qing."
"it is good."
There is something ready in the space. The abbot reminded me of it before I left.
There must be food, and there must also be cooked food.
It really came in handy this time.
Wu Liang and Sun Qing were in the next room. They were sitting there when Huo Changhe came in with some food.
"Your Highness," the two men stood up hurriedly, "We dare not."
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