Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 160 Crossing the Yellow River

It was hard to carry the pick and choose, and finally transported the grain to Xi'an.Here, Cheng Ji sold the grain to the local grain merchants at the price of three taels of silver and one stone, which really made Yang Menglong dumbfounded: My dear, the price has doubled after this resale, this business is too easy ?Like the 21st century, profits of a few cents are all fighting for their heads!When the grain merchants bought in, it doubled. How much did they have to increase when they sold?can not imagine!Who can afford such food?
As it turned out, he was still too tender.Shaanxi has experienced years of drought and poor harvests. There is no limit to the demand for food. The common people have to buy it no matter how expensive it is to survive. Grain merchants have never worried that these grains cannot be sold... In the worst case, they will be shipped to Houjin outside the Great Wall, that way earn more!Therefore, Cheng Ji signed the contract without much effort, three taels of silver for one shi, and nine thousand shi of grain were all sold in Xi'an. After taking into account the cost, he earned more than 1 taels of silver in this transaction. Such profits are really scary.

Yang Menglong's goods could not be sold in Xi'an City, and the people of Xi'an did not value his goods, so he had to wait for Cheng Ji to negotiate the price before continuing to Yulin.After walking for more than ten days, the sound of thunderous waves rumbled from the end of the horizon, which was deafening. Xue Siming said excitedly: "It's the Yellow River, it's the Yellow River!"Yang Menglong followed, and within a short distance, he saw a muddy dragon twisting its body, roaring with teeth and claws, sweeping from the sky!This giant dragon seems not to be affected by the dry weather at all, and it is still majestic. Waves rushing past like city walls, one wave higher than the other, slapping the river bank, splashing high water mist , is really scary.Yang Menglong sticks out his tongue when he sees it, my dear.

"It's so spectacular..." Yang Menglong exclaimed.It was not the first time he had seen the Yellow River, but the Yellow River in this era seemed to be more ferocious than in the 21st century, and naturally more spectacular, which made his heart tremble slightly.

Xue Siming pointed to the land on the other side, and said excitedly: "After crossing the Yellow River, it is Yulin! My hometown is there!"

Yang Menglong looked at the enraged giant dragon, his scalp was a little numb: "This...how can this get over?"

Xue Siming said: "It's okay. If there is a ferry to cross the river, follow me!" He led everyone up along the river bank. After walking for more than ten miles, he saw a cute little ferry, and several boats were parked there. , the boatman's face was tanned and wrinkled, and his beard was stubbled with weather-beaten colors. The hardships of life were all written on his face.Seeing so many people rushing over, they showed fear, picked up the pennies and were about to slip away, Xue Siming hurriedly shouted at them in a high-pitched eight G voice, speaking in Shaanxi dialect, the boatmen were no longer so scared, there was a He bravely jumped ashore, bowed his hands to Xue Siming, and said, "Little brother, do you want to cross the river?"

Xue Siming said: "That's right, we are going to cross the river!" Pointing to the long carriage behind, "We are a caravan who came to this area to do business and brought a lot of goods. Can you transport us there? ? As for wages, it’s easy to say!"

The boatman looked at the group of people and was a little embarrassed: "My little brother, it is not difficult to transport you across the river, but it is not easy to cross the river with so many carriages, mules and horses, especially mules and horses. , They will be frightened when they get into the river, and the boat will capsize if they don't pay attention..."

Xue Siming smiled: "Don't do this for me. I grew up on the bank of the Yellow River. Don't I know how capable you are?" He ran to Yang Menglong and Cheng Ji and said, "My lord, Mr. Cheng, you I have also seen that the Yellow River is fast-flowing, and we have a lot of people, horses and goods, so it is not easy to send so many people, horses and goods to the other side, what kind of treatment do you think we should give?"

Yang Menglong looked at Cheng Ji and said, "Boss Cheng, I don't know anything about these things, please make up your mind."

Cheng Ji pondered, tapping his fingers lightly on the saddle.

Yang Menglong added: "The price must be fair!"

Cheng Ji choked, and continued to ponder.

Yang Menglong added again: "Don't cheat people!"

Cheng Ji glared at him.

Yang Menglong added for the third time: "To make them feel that it is a good deal to help us cross the river, I didn't expect that the boat in the middle of the river capsized inexplicably!"

Cheng Ji was a little frustrated: "Then you can decide for yourself!"

Yang Menglong said: "I don't know anything, otherwise it would be so troublesome!"

Cheng Ji said: "Since you know that you know nothing, please shut your mouth!" Taking a deep breath, he said to Xue Siming: "In this way, we have a total of 300 people, and the shipping fee for these 300 people is 60 taels of silver. Alright. As for these goods, a cart is worth half a tael, and as for mules and horses, a horse is half a tael, how about it?"

Xue Siming couldn't make the decision either, so he called all the boatmen over and told them their wages.The boatmen were all happy, but they still complained that the wages were too cheap and demanded a little more.Cheng Ji insisted on the price and refused to make any concessions. The two sides came and went, and they were at a stalemate. At this moment, Yang Menglong intervened: "I think it would be difficult to transport these horses to the other side. Just one tael of silver per horse, Cheng Ji." Boss, we are in a hurry, so we can't be too stingy."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the boatmen burst into laughter, and Cheng Ji was so angry that his nostrils were smoking, and he was speechless as he stared at this bastard.Your grandma, when others hire boatmen, they always keep bargaining, but you keep raising the price, I am really mad at you!But Yang Menglong didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did... Do you still remember what he did before time travel?The precious son of a billionaire, he has no concept of money, and he thinks it is almost enough.With this pig team member, it is simply a dream to keep the price down. The boatmen killed one tael a horse, and would not do anything less than a penny, but they can reduce the freight of the personnel to 30 taels... ...Well, this can be regarded as a consolation prize. Cheng Ji pinched his nose full of helplessness and agreed to the request of these gangsters. One tael for a horse, half a tael for a cart of goods, and 30 taels for all Transported by people, all these miscellaneous shipping costs add up to no less than 400 taels of silver.

In this kind of frontier area, 400 taels of silver is a lot of money.

After negotiating the price, the work started. The old boatman carefully invited Yang Menglong, Cheng Ji, and Xue Siming to his boat, and then picked up the oars. A small boat made him row like a carp, shaking its head and tail in the waves. , Unrestrained and free, the boatmen cheered in unison: "Boss Cheng has a good trick!" Cheng Ji turned pale with fright, closed his eyes and dared not open them, Yang Menglong's heart experienced roller coaster, bungee jumping and other thrills and was both frightened and frightened. Some of them are relatively strong in the test of sports, but when they see the hill-like wave peaks coming towards the boat, they are also frightened and have the urge to jump into the river and escape.The sound of the wind, the sound of the waves, the chant of the boatmen, and the neighing of the mules and horses on the other side, filled the eardrums and merged into a majestic movement, but the momentum of this movement was too scary, which made his heart skip a beat.In a daze, the hull of the boat shook slightly, and the old boatman smiled and said, "Young masters, you can get off the boat!"

It turned out that the boat had already reached the other side.

Cheng Ji just opened his eyes, stood up slowly, and walked ashore, Yang Menglong followed.The moment he stepped on the river bank, Yang Menglong suddenly felt that walking was an incomparably wonderful enjoyment... At least it was compared to crossing the river by boat.Cheng Ji patted his chest and said in a low voice, "It's so scary, so scary! I almost thought I was going to die in the river!"

Yang Menglong smiled and said, "Now you know why I have to give more money, right? The less money they give, they are upset and capsize the boat in the river, and ten of our lives are lost!"

Cheng Ji glared at the bastard, but the original anger was gone, only lingering fear.

Over there, the boatmen had already begun to lead the three of their horses into the boat, ready to cross the river.This is indeed not an easy task, those horses have long been frightened by the turbulent waves, they neighed wildly and retreated vigorously, no matter how hard you tug, there is no way to drag them onto the boat.Fortunately, the boatmen were experienced, blindfolded the horse's eyes, coaxed and threatened them, and finally tricked these stubborn animals into the boat, then sang loudly, swung the oars, and rowed towards the opposite bank go.Although the war horses couldn't see, they could feel the ups and downs of the boat in the river. They were so frightened that they stopped screaming, and they were shaking like chaff all over their bodies.This is not crossing the river, it is simply sightseeing at the ghost gate!

(End of this chapter)