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How to transport so much food back to Dingzhou Village made Li Wangyou difficult.

065 Transport Grain Back to the Village

If ox carts are used to transport grain, one ox cart can pull 30 kilograms of grain, and more than [-] ox carts are needed to transport [-] tons of grain.

But the key point is that Datang’s bullock carts are too expensive to transport, with a load of [-] catties, and a fee of [-] Wen for every [-] miles traveled...

Hiring [-] bullock carts to transport the [-] tons of grain back to Dingzhou Village, at least [-] copper coins, Li Wangyou can declare bankruptcy.

Uh, in fact, he has already gone bankrupt, and this kid is still carrying a huge debt of more than 100 million yuan.

Although he still had ten taels of gold on him, Li Wangyou couldn't bear to spend half of it just to transport food.

In the end, it was the Niu brothers who came up with a solution for him, by water!

Outside Dingzhou Village is the Ganhe River, and the Ganhe River is directly connected to the Weishui River. In this way, grain can be directly transported to Dingzhou Village by boat.

Although the journey by water is a bit longer, about 180 miles by water, and sailing against the current, the freight is much cheaper than transporting by ox cart.

Qiu Yuanliang heard that Dingzhou Village, where Li Wangyou lived, could be transported by water, so he even waved his hand and said that he could use the Chou family's grain ship to transport it for free.

Originally, most of the Qiu family's food was transported to Chang'an City from various places by water.This time, it is more convenient to allocate a grain ship directly from the Dongwei Bridge outside Chang'an City to transport it directly.

The Dongwei Bridge in the north of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was the end point of the Weishui River for transporting grain. There are many sails and masts here, and it is a large cargo wharf.

The poem "Evening View of the Dongwei Bridge" wrote: "There is Wuzhou in the Qin Dynasty, and the head of the Qianlong Wei Qu." It can be seen that its water transport is well developed.

Li Wangyou was naturally overjoyed when the food transportation problem was solved.

He asked Niu Wu to go ahead on horseback, and brought back the three horses borrowed from the Huxian county government.Then go back to Dingzhou Village and tell Laocunzheng, asking him to arrange labor in the village to help him carry the grain.

After Niu Wu returned on horseback, Li Wangyou and Niu Yong bid farewell to Qiu Yuanliang and Qiu Kun.Led by the steward of Qiu's house, he went to Dongwei Bridge, boarded the Qiu family's grain ship, and prepared to escort the grain ship all the way back.

The grain transport boats in the Weishui River are all "Xiejiazhi River Boats".

This kind of river boat has a fat and short body, a flat bottom and shallow cabin, and a large loading capacity. Each boat can carry as much as a thousand stones, and it is easy to load and unload.

Because the boat from Dongwei Bridge to Dingzhou Village is sailing against the current, relying entirely on the wind and several boatmen punting with long poles, the speed is very slow.It is roughly equivalent to the walking speed of one person, and it takes about two days to sail from Chang'an to Dingzhou Village.

Li Wangyou and Niu Yong counted the food on the river boat, thanked the steward of Qiu's house repeatedly, and prepared to call the boss of the boat to set off.

But I heard a familiar voice from the pier: "Xiao Lang, wait for me."

Li Wangyou looked up, and it was that fat man Qiu Kun who came riding on horseback.

"Brother Qiu, is there anything else?" Li Wangyou asked curiously.

Qiu Kun rolled down from the horse, and got on the river boat through the steps with a smile: "Xiao Lang, I want to live in your Dingzhou Village for a while, is it convenient?"

Li Wangyou was a little surprised by Qiu Kun's words, but he immediately smiled: "Brother Qiu is willing to visit my house, of course you are welcome."

Li Wangyou didn't know that after he and Niu Yong left from Qiu's house, Qiu Kun immediately told his father everything he saw at Zhang Liang's house today.

Qiu Yuanliang was also taken aback by his son's narration. He didn't expect his son to buy a painting in Pingkangfang casually and get acquainted with such people.

Although Li Wangyou is only sixteen years old, he can't see through his abilities at all.

When he heard that Lu Guogong actually asked Li Wangyou to call him uncle, and beat Li Wangyou's ass as an elder at the banquet, Qiu Yuanliang couldn't help being moved.

What is the identity of this young man?

To be treated like this by the founder of the country really shocked Qiu Yuanliang, who was born in a merchant family.

Qiu Yuanliang immediately made a decision in his heart that would make him proud for the rest of his life, he must find a way to make friends with Xiaolang of the Li family.He asked his son Qiu Kun to take the gold and silver and rush to the pier immediately, and accompany Li Wangyou to Dingzhou Village. He would do his best to help if he could, and he only asked for more love between the two parties.

Li Wangyou didn't dislike Qiu Kun, on the contrary, he felt that he liked him very much.Although Fatty was born in a businessman and has a slightly playful personality, he is not pretentious.

Moreover, although Qiu Kun is a simple and straightforward fat man, he has a sense of loyalty. He was able to tell Cheng Yaojin to let him go in front of Cheng Yaojin that day, which shows that he is a man.

The boss of the boat yelled, and the river boat was slowly pushed away from the pier by several long poles, and slowly sailed towards the upper reaches of the Weishui River.

Two days later, the river boat sailed into the Gan River, and Dingzhou Village was already in sight.

From a long distance away, Li Wangyou saw many people standing on the embankment, waiting for them.

The first stunning beauty is Su Changqing.

Seeing her long skirt fluttering standing on the embankment smiling sweetly at him, Li Wangyou's heart throbbed.It turns out that it feels so good to have someone waiting for you.

Having not seen Su Changqing for a few days, he felt even more missing, and couldn't help rushing to the bow of the boat in a moment of excitement, and yelled at Su Changqing who was on the embankment: "Sister, do you want a date?"

Su Changqing was so teased by him that he leaned forward and back with laughter, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and shouted to Li Wangyou: "I don't date children!"

These words made Li Wangyou stunned for a moment, why don't you make an appointment with... a child?Nima, this kind of naked contempt cannot be tolerated!Believe it or not, I will touch your room tonight?

The people around didn't understand the two people's joke, and Qiu Kun looked puzzled: "Xiao Lang, why not make an appointment?"

Li Wangyou: "..."

There is no wharf along the Gan River where Dingzhou Village is located, and river boats can only lean on the river bank to unload.

There is a drop of several meters between the embankment and the river surface, and it is not easy to carry food.Fortunately, after being notified by Niu Wu, the old village brought almost all the strong labor force of the village and the few old cows.

It took them a long time to finally unload the three hundred shi grains from the river boat.

The old village was asking everyone to help transport food to Li Wangyou's house, but he held back Li Wangyou puzzledly: "Why does Xiaolang bring so much food back?"

Only Li Wangyou and Su Changqing knew about the locust plague in Guanzhong in March.In the eyes of outsiders, it is unreasonable to transport so much grain to the village at one time.

This has to eat the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?

Li Wangyou naturally wouldn't tell the old villager at this time that this was the life-saving food he prepared for the whole village.With these [-] tons of grain, plus some wild vegetables and food stored in the villagers' homes, it should not be a problem to deal with the locust plague in the past.

Moreover, Dingzhou Village is backed by the Qinling Mountains, and there is the Ganhe River in the north. Whether it is fishing or hunting, Li Wangyou feels that the villagers should not suffer from famine.

"Hey, it's nothing, don't panic if you have food in your hand."

"But that's too much."

"Not too much, not too much, I still think it's too little." Li Wangyou said with a smile: "Old villager, the villagers who will be invited to help in a while, each will bring back a bucket of grain as a reward."

"They're all peasants. How do you get paid for helping to move some food? You kid, don't learn from the people in the city!" Old Village Zheng became unhappy when he heard this, and stopped calling Li Wangyou Xiaolang , taught directly.

Li Wangyou was dumbfounded by Lao Cunzheng's lesson.

066 Saline land

A group of farmers around who were helping to transport the grain heard it and nodded, saying that what the old village said was right.