Martial Arts Master Travelled to Ancient Time and Farms

  Chapter 145 Amazing News: Three Counties Revolt

   Cheng Ling brought people ashore, and the first thing to add is fresh fruits and vegetables.

   This kind of thing is difficult to store for a long time, unlike staple foods such as corn, which can be hoarded in large quantities. If you want to go to sea, the vitamins in vegetables and fruits cannot be lacking, otherwise the people on board will easily get scurvy.

  Cheng Ling had inquired about the route when he was in Chixia City earlier, and knew that the Haozhou area was rich in tangerines.

   Now the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the tangerines are also harvested in large quantities. Going down the Shenchuan River, going to the town under Haozhou to collect red oranges, and then going to sea, this is also the most suitable choice.

   There is no problem with this plan, but after going ashore, Cheng Ling found out that there are ten households in the town with nine worries. Occasionally, there are a few who are not so sorrowful, who are also in a hurry and do not like to pay attention to others.

  Cheng Ling took Hong Feng and others through a street, only to find a north-south warehouse that was packing things, and paid the money, and finally caught up with the shopkeeper of the warehouse.

   The shopkeeper glanced at them, and while instructing the staff to count the things, he sighed and said, "Oh, it's not that we don't like to take care of people. Several brothers don't know something. This is the top, the grain collection is very powerful!"

   He raised his hand and pointed to the east, which was the direction of the main city of Haozhou.

   added: "Military service is also coming. Each household has to pay two people. If they can't pay, they will use food to cover the account. Now it's not even easy to use money!"

  Hong Guangyi suddenly felt agitated, and quickly asked: "How is this? Requisition for food and military? Want to fight?"

He was quick-talking, and even said "to fight" without shyness, but the shopkeeper of the warehouse didn't take it seriously, but instead said with signs: "We don't know what's going on above, anyway, there is no news right now. But I heard..."

   This expression seems to have a story.

  Cheng Ling immediately took a step forward, took out a small silver ingot weighing two and two from the bag, and put it in the hand of the warehouse shopkeeper like a handle.

   The shopkeeper took the small ingot hurriedly, and then he gestured to a few people and whispered: "I heard that Yunchuan County, Sishui County, and Guangling County are united to rebel!"

As soon as these words came out, Hong Feng felt a buzzing sound in his ears, and Wu Yun was also stunned.

  Hong Guangyi swallowed his saliva and could not speak, Cheng Ling quickly asked: "Yunchuan, Sishui, Guangling, how many counties are these around the capital?"

The shopkeeper of the warehouse had an expression of "I didn't expect you to have some knowledge", and said in an air voice: "It is said that it is under the banner of the Qingjun side, and the texts have been sent to Haozhou Fucheng, which means that our town is small, and the news is only available. It didn't come..."

   Then he sighed again, with a sad expression on his face: "However, this is a grain requisition, and a military conscription. We here... I can't say for a few days."

After he said that, he looked sideways at Cheng Ling and the others, and then seemed to remember something, and asked, "Hey, no, where did you guys come from? Since you are a businessman, why haven't you seen any signs of this? "

  Cheng Ling hurriedly said: "We came from the south, and we crossed the river from the south bank of Shenchuan. The south side is relatively safe now."

   The shopkeeper of the warehouse said "Oh", but he got a little interested, and he was busy asking about the situation in the south of Cheng Ling.

  Cheng Ling picked up something to talk about, and the two sides chatted for a while, and then the topic was turned to Haozhou Red Orange by Cheng Ling.

The shopkeeper sighed again and said, "Alas, in the past years it was fine. By water and land, many people came to harvest. This year is over, and an accident happened just after the harvest. Now, the oranges in the mountains are all piled up in the mountains. Mildew in the cellar!"

  Isn't this just a sleepy pillow?

  Cheng Ling quickly said that he could collect oranges, and asked the shopkeeper to help.

   The shopkeeper of the warehouse said that there happened to be a lot of oranges piled up in his warehouse. If Cheng Ling could eat them, they would pack them together and sell them to her at a low price.

  Cheng Ling can of course eat it. The number of Chasing the Moon is big enough. The oranges from the shopkeeper in this warehouse are less than 3,000 catties. He bought them all, just enough for the people on board to eat them for a while.

  In this way, Cheng Ling, Hong Guangyi and others used small boats to transport the goods. After several trips, they transported back several thousand catties of oranges to the Chasing Moon. As for other basic materials, they could not be replenished.

   It's not that Cheng Ling is reluctant to pay, but that there is no selling at all.

   Of course, they also inquired about the news from other people in the town later, and confirmed that the storekeeper was not lying.

Hong Feng said a little unfairly: "That old boy didn't lie, and he looks loyal, but he sells our oranges for three cents a pound, so it must not be a cheap sale! I look at it, as usual, this orange is at most this price! "

   How could this Cheng Ling not know, she said: "Brother Hong Feng, we are spending money to buy the time limit. Sometimes, the time limit is greater than everything else, and we don't care about others, do you understand?"

  Hong Feng still had some anger in the market, but Hong Guangyi had followed Cheng Ling for a long time, but he understood it very well.

He immediately said: "This town is now a big sealed oil pan. We go in and out, but no one pays attention to us for a while. That's because they are busy recruiting troops and food, and we don't provoke anyone. But if there is too much entanglement and delays..."

   Who knows the consequences?

  Hong Guangyi added: "In short, although we didn't take advantage of it, we didn't suffer any loss. At this extraordinary moment, it's the biggest benefit that we can get out of the way quickly without losing our money."

After    finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Ling seriously, eager for approval.

  Cheng Ling nodded in agreement, and Hong Guangyi's face immediately showed joy.

   After returning to Chasing the Moon, Mrs. Qiu, the wife of Hong Feng, took people to restore the oranges. Cheng Ling called the main crew of the ship and held a small meeting.

  Yao Shouzhong was at the helm, and Chasing the Moon was still heading east.

Cheng Ling ordered Wu Yun to tell the story of the town. After Wu Yun finished speaking, Bian Bosong immediately said, "No, it's both a military conscription and a grain requisition, so why are there no yamen people stationed by the town's wharf? "

  He worked in the shipping department of the county governor ten years ago, and he still knew a little about these routines in the yamen, so he suggested it was unreasonable at the time.

But the next moment, without waiting for others to say anything, he first thought about it himself, and said in surprise: "I know, it must be a lack of manpower, there are so many ferry crossings by the Shenchuan River, and the Haozhou government can't guard it. It's gone!"

  Hong Feng let out a long sigh and said: "Fortunately, we left early, otherwise, if we still stay in Chixia City..."

  Chixia City is the county seat of Yunchuan County. If it is said that the county governor, Wang Yong, is really wrapping up the whole county to rebel, then Chixia City must be the first place to bear the brunt of the war!

   Ordinary people who want to fight? Homes are broken, life and death are uncertain.

  Hong Feng turned his head and looked to the southwest, which was Chixia City and the direction of his hometown.

  In the cabin, everyone's eyes turned to the southwest involuntarily.

   At this moment, who has not looked at Yunchuan and Chixia?

  Xiao Man's gaze was on Cheng Ling. He actually had more questions than others: Wang Yong rebelled? Haven't really seen it before. The depth of this man's hiding is shocking.

   (end of this chapter)