Great Song Pirate

Chapter 150 Fame and Fortune

A group of people traveled all the way. Although Yiqing couldn't get out of the car casually, he could still look out from the curtain while sitting in the car. It was much happier than being bored in the house every day. Cuiyu was like a bird out of a cage. The two of them Sitting in the car chatting non-stop, as for what they were talking about, Xu Yi and the others could not know!
After all, Yiqing couldn’t stay in the car all the time because he had to eat, drink, and sleep, so whenever he got out of the car, he had to cover his face with a veil. Feng, so it did not attract the attention of Li Mutian and others, and now after some searching, the government has long lost interest in continuing to investigate Yiqing, and they did not encounter any interrogation along the way. A few days later, they arrived safely On the banks of the Yangtze River.

Looking at the turbulent river and the boats passing by on the river, Xu Yi suddenly remembered a story he had heard before, so he asked Li Mutian, Li Bo and the others: "Do you see how the boats and boats passing here are like?" There are so many, I want to ask how many people are there on this river?"

Li Mutian was stunned: "There are so many ships here, how can they be counted and cleared?" Li Bo also nodded.

Yiqing and Cuiyu also got off the boat at this time, and stood behind Xu Yi, Xu Yi pointed at the passing boats on the river and pretended to be unpredictable and smiled: "I think there are only two people here!"

The people around him were stunned, thinking about the meaning of Xu Yi's words, Yiqing finally asked first: "There are so many people and so many boats here, how can there be only two people?"

Xu Yi still looked like an expert in the world, pointing to these ships and said: "I mean, in my eyes, there are only two people, one is fame and the other is profit! What do you think?"

"High! It's really high! What a fame and fortune! It's true, people can't escape such a word for fame and fortune!" Li Mutian clapped his hands and applauded.

On the spur of the moment, Xu Yi continued, "I'll post an upper couplet. Let's see who can match the lower couplet. I'll win a prize! Listen up, everyone, the upper couplet is for the sake of profit. A cup of tea to go!"

Except for Li Mutian who has read books for a few days, the men here don't know a few big characters. Although Li Bo can read, all he can read are some military books, and he doesn't know the second line. At that time, both Cuiyu and Yiqing showed joy, Cuiyu saw that Yiqing was also eager to try, so she asked her to speak first, and Yiqing then said: "I know this second couplet is to work hard and have fun before pouring it out. Two glasses of wine! I've heard of this pair, hee hee! Did I get it right?"

It was only then that Xu Yi knew that the couplet of Ganqing had existed for a long time. He was not in the limelight this time. , It is indeed this second line, haha!"

Several other people also nodded in agreement, and praised Yiqing's intelligence one after another, which made Yiqing very unhappy. When she was happy, Yiqing forgot to show Xu Yi face, and suddenly asked: "The young master thinks that Qian'er is a name Or is it for profit?"

"Huh? This... this... you! It seems that you are neither of them!" Xu Yi was really confused by her, and wanted to name her!Yiqing is willing to take off the title of princess and escape from the palace. There are really not many people in the world with a name bigger than a princess, but what about Li?She enjoyed inexhaustible glory and wealth in the palace, but after she came out, she wandered all the way, not to mention Li, Yiqing's question really made him a little bit embarrassed, and he cursed inwardly, finally showing off his knowledge, To be spoiled by this ghost girl like Yiqing, see if I, Old Xu, don't take care of you when I turn around!snort!
Everyone saw that Xu Yi couldn't explain, so they all smiled, which made Xu Yi even more embarrassed.

Cuiyu pulled Yiqing's cuff quietly from behind, and Yiqing immediately understood what she meant. As Xu Yi's woman, it was inappropriate for her to show him face in front of others, and Yiqing immediately regretted it. I got up, but the words had already been spoken, and it was too late to take them back, so I hurriedly tried to make amends: "Actually, I... I can be regarded as profit! I..."

"You're not doing it for fame or profit. You're different from us. You're a freak! Hmph!" Xu Yi made an angry look, and then asked Li Mutian, "How do we cross the river?"

Yiqing sticks out her sweet tongue behind the veil, and obediently stands behind Xu Yi, not daring to speak. Seeing Xu Yi angry, she really feels a little scared.

"Oh! In front is the wharf. There is a special ferry for people to cross there. Let's go there to get on the boat and cross the river to Yangzhou." Li Mutian hurriedly said, it was rare to see Xu Yi in embarrassment, and he also found it very interesting .

Li Bo pretended not to see Xu Yi's embarrassment with a stern face, but he couldn't help laughing in his heart. On weekdays, he only saw Xu Yi's big principles one after another, but today he would fall into the hands of Miss Xiao. ,Ha ha!interesting!
The ferry here is not big, and there are two ferry boats parked there. Li Mutian asked his servants to go down and charter two ferry boats, loaded everyone and goods on board, and then drove towards the opposite side of the river. As for the carriages and horses, they stayed on the south bank of the river. , someone will come to pick them up.

Before the ferry arrived at Yangzhou Wharf, Xu Yi saw some horizontal and vertical gullies along the river bank, extending into the interior of the river bank, so he pointed to these places and asked Li Mutian, "What are these ditches used for?"

After reading it, Li Mutian explained to Xu Yi: "It seems that brother Xu doesn't know something. Yangzhou is the place where our Song Dynasty produces ships. There are many shipyards here. There are probably hundreds of ships launched from here every year. We The ships of the Li family are basically purchased here. These ditches are dug by the shipyard here, and the shipyard builds ships here, and then introduces the ships into the river through these places. The orders canceled by the merchants have caused a lot of depression here, and their life is not easy during this time!"

Only then did Xu Yi know that Yangzhou was actually a large shipbuilding base since the Song Dynasty, so he looked at these shipyards along the way with great interest, and saw that many of them had indeed stopped working, and some shipyards still had semi-finished ships on display. There, but some shipyards are still busy, many people are busy building ships there, and his heart moved slightly again.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that fireworks will go down to Yangzhou in March. This season is the season when Qionghua is in full bloom. The snow-white Qionghua like a hydrangea is competing to bloom, decorating the whole Yangzhou very delicately. Just after landing, everyone saw the vicinity of the river bank. The Qionghua bloomed all over, no wonder Emperor Sui Yang liked to see Qionghua so much, this Qionghua is really beautiful, after seeing it, people just feel refreshed and happy.

As soon as the ferry docked, many men in ragged clothes rushed over to unload the cargo for them. There was almost no fight during the yelling, and people from the Li family went to pick some strong people to board the boat and transport them with the boat. The goods that came over were unloaded one by one, and those civilian husbands who were not selected had no choice but to go back and squat near the dock to wait for work. Xu Yi casually asked a civilian husband: "Why do you have so many civilian husbands here? Why are you fighting for it?" so powerful?"

The man returned with trepidation: "Sir, this must be the first time you have come to our Yangzhou. There has always been a busy freight here. We are idlers with no land and no property. We rely on moving goods here to earn a little food. Originally, there was no There are so many folks here, but business in some shipyards is not good recently, so some craftsmen who have no work have crowded here to compete with us for business. After them, how can there be enough points! So here, because of fighting for life, people have already lost their lives!"

Xu Yi shook his head secretly. Even Yangzhou has become like this. It is estimated that the shipyards in the Liangzhe area will stop working a lot. It seems that the officials of the Liangzhe Road have made such a random move, and I don’t know how many people have lost their jobs!It's really annoying!

The scale of Yangzhou City is smaller than that of Hangzhou, but the degree of prosperity here is no less than that of Hangzhou. The streets are crowded with people, performing arts, doing small businesses on the streets, and there are also wine shops on the side of the road. Lin Li, there is no shortage of gambling stalls and brothels, and there is a lot of people everywhere. No wonder the Li family wants to set up a semicolon here. A city of this size can be considered a large city in the Song Dynasty, and the Li family's doing so can be regarded as a junior chain business.

Cuiyu came to Yangzhou for the first time, and she looked at everything strangely. From time to time, she lifted the curtain of the car and looked around. Yiqing boarded the boat here at the beginning, so she is not unfamiliar with Yangzhou. I ran away all the way, although I passed by, but I didn’t expect to have a tour, so when I arrived in Yangzhou today, my mood was completely different from before, so I looked around with great interest, and asked Xu Yi who was walking with the car for various gadgets from time to time. It made Xu Yi very busy, and he sent the candied haws, brown candies and other things he encountered along the way into the car where Cuiyu and Yiqing were sitting. Fortunately, a young profiteer Li Mutian was with him, otherwise he would have died in the car. With his understanding of today's prices, he doesn't know how many times he will be taken advantage of.

The semicolon of the Li family is on the busiest street in Yangzhou City. Its scale is smaller than that of Hangzhou, but the business is not much worse. Taking a casual look, Xu Yi unexpectedly found that the soap and soap made by them on Dulong Island are impressively in the market. It is sold in the store, and it is placed in the most prominent position. Only then did I believe what Li Mutian said. It seems that their soap business has indeed established Hangzhou City. In a short time, there are a few servants in green clothes and small hats. People from all over the world came to buy this soap, and when they asked the price, it was even more frightening. It was actually sold for five yuan a piece, which caught up with the price of high-end cosmetics in later generations. Think about it, soap was considered a super fashionable cleaning product in the Song Dynasty, and it is understandable that the price is more expensive. Otherwise, how can Dulong Island make a fortune?Things are not afraid of being expensive, as long as someone buys them, it’s fine, not to mention it’s just started to go on the market, it’s a fool not to take the high-end route, no wonder Li Mutian and the others are so nervous about this thing!Dare to say that their profits are much richer than Xu Yi's!The first-level wholesalers can do their part, but they actually sell all of them to retail at the first level!They eat all the profits, amazing!Xu Yi secretly wondered if he should raise some price for the Li family?

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Chapter 2 arrives.There is another chapter at noon, and another chapter at six in the evening.Of course, if the monthly pass breaks 90.There will be another chapter at [-]pm.

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