Obviously the dragon girl didn’t know where her father sent Ji Yuan to Shuifu, so the place where he sent Ji Yuan and Ji Yuan to the river was only a dozen miles north of Shuifu.
As Jiyuan rowed, looking at the surrounding mountains with blurred vision, and seeing the snow-covered farmland and snow-capped woods along the river, he gradually realized that he might still need to paddle a long waterway before he could reach the destination. The previous fishing location.
Without knowing the specific length of the road, Ji Yuan also slowly increased the speed of paddling. As the force increased, the boat speed became much faster.
In fact, ordinary old fishermen can also reach Ji Yuan’s current speed, and can continue for a while, but they cannot continue without losing any energy like Ji Yuan.
While boating, Ji Yuan also tried his best to observe the scenery along the coast. Looking at the white, he knew that the “first snow” three days ago must have been falling for a long time.
At this moment, the speed of the boat is about the same as an ordinary person’s trot. Ji Yuan, who has already put on his hat again, is not in a hurry to speed up again. Anyway, after eating so many good things in Shuifu and drinking ambergris, he feels that he can maintain the speed and row to the sky. The end of the river.
And perhaps because of the existence of the chess pieces, Ji Yuan had a feeling that Master Yin would not be able to reach the Zhuangyuan ferry.
We rowed until dusk, and we estimated that we had traveled seventy or eighty miles on the waterway. We still didn’t see the Zhuangyuan Ferry, but we did see a building boat moving slowly in front of us.
It was such a cold day to get out of the boat, and I don’t know if I was out to enjoy the snow along the river.
The huge scull on the stern of the building boat is swinging from side to side. It is estimated that the pedal boatman inside is not pedaling very fast now.
At this time, the sky has not yet completely darkened, and servants have already begun to hang up lanterns on the boat. Through the firelight, Ji Yuan can see that there are words on each lantern, but the writing is blurry and unclear. What it is, I just know that the words are the same.
It seems that this building boat must be the private property of a wealthy family, and the words on the lantern are the last name.
Ji Yuan is boring anyway, so I just row a boat to catch up, while guessing what the last name is, and measuring the difficulty level by distance.
After two hundred paddle strokes, we got a lot closer. At least the font was no longer blurry in our sight, but it was still unclear.
After another two hundred strokes, it started to have some outlines. It looked like there were a lot of strokes in the square shape.
After another three hundred strokes, Ji Yuan finally came up with a guess. The last name was roughly the same. Judging from the dimensions of the radical on the top of the head and the lower middle, it might be the character “Xiao”.
At this moment, the awning boat is not far from the building boat. Even if the cold wind blows as the sky gets darker, you can still clearly hear the melodious music and some conversations on the boat.
Behind the plywood on the top floor of the building, there were several people standing or lying beside the railing. A man wearing a thick cloak and a square crown, a younger man wearing a cloak and a fur hat, and two others A well-dressed servant.
The older man was still holding a glass of wine in his hand. He was looking at the awning boat paddling in the distance. He drank all the wine and a servant immediately poured it for him.
“Zhonglou, some things are not just what you want. You grew up in fine clothes and fine food, under the care of your father and your mother. Although you studied literature and martial arts, the real sufferings are after all. How many times have you not eaten? ”
On the other hand, the young master was a little unhappy after hearing this.
“Dad, you have to endure a lot of hardships when practicing martial arts. Is it appropriate to say this since you have never practiced?”
The old man smiled and pointed at the awning boat on the river behind the boat.
“In the freezing season, on the cold river, fishermen are chasing for their livelihood, or they may not get anything for several days. They are hungry and cold all over their bodies. They dare not rest despite being hungry and cold… Have you ever experienced this kind of suffering? ?”
The young man followed his father’s hand and looked at the boat on the river. The boatman kept rowing hard, as if he was powerlessly chasing the light of the big boat in the gradually darkening river.
I don’t know why I couldn’t say that rebuttal.
This young master had heard from his servants before that there had been no fresh fish in the market for many days. Even if there were fish, they were brought from other places. It was said that there was no catch or catch on the Tongtian River for many days. Although this is very evil, it will not affect high-ranking officials like them, but what about the people who are making a living on the river?
‘This fisherman must have traveled a long way down the river to catch some fish, right? ’
“Zhonglou, you and I feel cold even though we are wrapped in furs. Look at the fisherman, his clothes are thin under the coir raincoat. He can only keep paddling. If he stops, the sweat on his body may kill him… Well , he rows quite fast…”
The gentleman was preaching when he suddenly discovered that the small boat was very close to the big ship, and judging from the speed, it seemed that he was going to overtake the big ship with a small oar.
Ji Yuan looked at the people on the small black-topped boat on the river. There was official aura rising above his head. He should be a family with authority in Gyeonggi Prefecture.
What I hear in my ears are the troubles and gossips that only high-ranking people have.
The young master also took a look at Accounting Yuan’s awning boat, and finally turned around to refute his father.
“But I don’t want Hongxiu to be my wife. Isn’t it okay to just take a concubine?”
The father drank another glass of wine to warm up, and then said with a sneer.
“What is your identity and who is she? A prostitute has entered my Xiao family. How do you ask your mother to arrange a marriage for you? How do you ask the court to treat my Xiao family? Your future career will be inevitable. Affected! ”
“Dad! Which part of my Dazhen law stipulates that an official’s family cannot marry a brothel girl, and Hongxiu is a performer but not a prostitute!”
This young man was obviously a little angry, and his tone was a little higher.
“Huh, it’s just a mere lowly status! Besides, it’s just a rumor that she’s not selling her body. Isn’t she just wearing her skirt open to you?”
“You…Dad, you are simply arrogant!”
The old man just sneered a few times and paused before speaking.
“Let you come out on this cold river and blow in the cold wind to clear your head. If you choose this step, you may not suffer less than the fishermen on this black-topped boat in the future, or you may be more depressed, Dad. Never lie to you!”
When Ji Yuan’s awning boat was rowing by, you could even hear the “creak” sound of the young master clenching his fists, which showed how angry and unwilling he was.
‘Oh, the troubles of rich and powerful people…’
Shaked his head and looked for Shuyuan www. zhaoshuyuan.com Ji Yuan increased his power slightly again, and the black-topped boat was a little faster, and it had already overtaken half the hull of the building boat.
The young man on the boat made shallow finger marks with his palms and fingers on the wooden railing, and his eyes followed the movement of the awning boat. He looked at the small boat as if it was struggling to overtake the big boat, and he seemed to have a sudden realization in his heart. The strength of his fingertips also suddenly weakened.
At this moment, Ji Yuan felt something in his heart. He turned his head diagonally upward and looked at the young man. The latter was staring at the boat. Suddenly he saw the fisherman who had been immersed in rowing the boat turning his head. It seemed that he was Looking at himself, he was slightly stunned.
Ji Yuan nodded slightly towards him, smiled and turned back to continue paddling, muttering to himself:
“It’s interesting, it’s interesting!”
But it’s just a bit interesting. Mr. Xiao’s temporary climate change does not represent a lifetime. Maybe he hopes someone will be interested in knowing the result in the future.
The awning boat seemed to be picking up speed again. Although it was not obvious, it quickly overtook the tall boat and left it behind.
On the Xiao family’s big building boat, the young master frowned and looked at the awning boat for a long time.
“Zhonglou, what do you want to say?”
“Dad, I can’t defeat you, so let’s get the top spot first!”
The old man finally smiled, stroking his beard with his left hand and patting his son on the shoulder with his right hand.
“I will meet your Uncle Liu for tea after I return to Beijing!”