The Daily Life of the Husband and Wife Selling Dog Food Through Time Traveling

Jiang Ning and his convoy had already arrived at the city gate, and when they were about to leave the city gate, a voice from behind shouted loudly: "Stop! Don't let them out of the city!"

All the people who came in and out of the city gate looked back, Zeng Yuanhua panted heavily, squeezed over with the hem of his robe, pointed at Jiang Ning and his party, and said to the soldiers guarding the city: "Don't let them out of the city!"

The soldier glanced at him, and said impatiently: "What kind of onion are you? It's up to you whether you can get out of the city gate or not?"

But Zeng Yuanhua said loudly: "These people just stole the goods from our Zengji Tea Shop. I have already reported it to the government. The government servants are here to arrest people!"

As soon as these words came out, the originally noisy city gate became quiet for a moment, and the crowd all looked at Jiang Ning and his party with a slightly contemptuous look on their faces. The calm Jiang Ning looked at the eager Zeng Yuanhua again, and asked suspiciously, "Is that really the case?"

Zeng Yuanhua acted resolutely: "Naturally, if you don't believe me, look, the arresting yamen servant has already arrived."

As he spoke, he pointed to the direction he came from, and everyone turned their necks to look. Sure enough, a few people dressed as government officials came over and said to Zeng Yuanhua, "Master Zeng, where are the criminals?"

Zeng Yuanhua pointed to Jiang Ning and smiled maliciously: "It's them!"

Several yamen servants looked at each other, and said to each other: "Then you guys, just follow me to the government's mansion." As they said that, they were about to arrest people.

Only then did Jiang Ning say: "Wait a minute, poor men, do you have evidence?"

"evidence?"

Jiang Ning replied: "That's right, there is no physical evidence, so how can you arrest us just by listening to his one-sided words?"

Those yamen servants looked at me and I looked at you, seeing that they couldn't answer, the crowd suddenly started to commotion and booing, and some people shouted, that's the reason, arresting people is fine, but you have to come up with Evidence, even the government can't arrest people for nothing.

Zeng Yuanhua saw that the situation was not good, and immediately shouted: "I am the witness, and the physical evidence is in this car! They stole the tea leaves from my Zengji Tea Shop, and you can tell when you open the box!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ning suddenly smiled, and said to him: "Master Zeng, you have thought about it, what if there is no tea in my box?"

"This—" Zeng Yuanhua was stunned, he suddenly remembered the Chen Chalai he saw at Yu Nian's Grain Shop last time, and he was a little uncertain for a while.

Jiang Ning couldn't let him go, and said directly: "The shopkeeper Zeng made false accusations and accused me of stealing, but I can't admit this crime for nothing."

As he said, he cupped his hands and saluted the audience around the gate of the city, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, although I, Jiang Ning, am just a small merchant, my ancestors have trained us to act righteously, stand upright, and do business with integrity. Anyone who bought grain at the Yu Nian Grain Shop must know about the profit.”

Sure enough, there were people in the crowd who knew Jiang Ning. Hearing this, he raised his voice and shouted: "It is said that shopkeeper Jiang has always been a fair person, and we all know it! He must have framed you!"

For a while, many people responded with their voices. At this time, the herd effect came out. Even if some people who didn't know Jiang Ning heard it, some people thought that Jiang Ning's shopkeeper had a good reputation, and some people thought that Zeng Ji Tea Shop's usual behavior was too much. It was a horrible thing, so out of various psychology, they all spoke out for Jiang Ning.

Zeng Yuanhua didn't expect that even if he brought people from the government, he would not be able to take down this brat. Seeing that things became difficult, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He was busy wiping his sweat, and Jiang Ning calmly said: "Then shopkeeper Zeng, do you still insist that the tea in my box is stolen from your Zengji tea shop?"

Zeng Yuanhua couldn't get off the tiger, and was forced to sweat by Jiang Ning. He wiped it with his hands, and said in disbelief: He said that he just wanted to fool me, and it was the same last time. Could it be that he can do the same trick? Can't play twice?

Thinking of this, Zeng Yuanhua gritted his teeth and said, "This box is indeed filled with the tea leaves we have remembered!"

"In that case," Jiang Ning smiled, shook his head and said, "Then open the box and show it to Shopkeeper Zeng."

As soon as he waved his hand, the young and strong men in the car went to untie the hemp rope that bound the box. When they opened the box, they found that the box was full of small coarse bags. What.

When Zeng Yuanhua saw him, he was overjoyed and exclaimed excitedly, "Sure enough! Those bags must be filled with tea leaves, catch them!"

"Shopkeeper Zeng, wait," Jiang Ning suddenly reached out to pick up one of the small coarse cloth bags, and said with a smile, "Let the big guys see what's inside."

After he finished speaking, he untied the string that tied the bag and poured it slowly. Zeng Yuanhua's complacent eyes were filled with disbelief. The things poured out of the bag were not tea leaves at all, but small Lime grains!

"This, this..." Zeng Yuanhua was stunned, and said in a daze, "Impossible... two hundred stones of tea leaves..."

Immediately afterwards, he threw himself on the box like a madman, tore apart the other small bags, and opened them one by one. Without exception, the contents inside were all lime grains, not tea leaves at all!

Zeng Yuanhua searched for a long time, but to no avail. Soon he came back to his senses and said in a dying struggle, "There are other boxes! You must have hidden the tea in other boxes."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning shook his head helplessly and said, "Since shopkeeper Zeng doesn't believe it, then open it."

So eight big boxes were opened one by one. The boxes were all filled with this small bag of lime. There was no need to untie the bags. You could tell just by feeling it. Zeng Yuanhua struggled to turn several boxes upside down. , I didn't find a single piece of tea, but instead, I was covered in lime, and my face was ashamed.

Jiang Ning looked at his embarrassed appearance, and said with a leisurely smile, "Did shopkeeper Zeng find the tea?"

The onlookers saw it clearly, and immediately booed loudly and hissed everywhere. Zeng Yuanhua's eyes were red with anger, and he yelled viciously: "Shut up!"

He then pointed to Jiang Ning and said, "I don't care what you put in this box today, anyway, you just stole the tea leaves from our Zengji Tea Shop. I won't talk nonsense with you. You'll know when you go to the government!"

As soon as these words came out, the yamen servants suddenly turned fierce, ready to arrest people, but in the midst of this chaos, a loud shout came from the outermost edge of the crowd: "Stop! What are you all doing?!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the crowd separated spontaneously. They saw Shi Gaocen riding a horse all the way. When he arrived in front of Jiangning's gang, he glanced condescendingly and shouted sharply: "What are you doing? A group of people gathered in the city There is noise at the door, is this going to cause trouble?"

Unexpectedly, such a trivial matter would attract this vicious city guard general, and the noisy city gate was so quiet that a needle could be heard. After a while, one of the yamen servants hesitated and said, "General Shi... "

"Shut up!" Shi Gaocen raised his hand and whipped the whip hard, making a loud sound, and the ground paved with bluestone bricks immediately became dusty, leaving a deep whip mark. He stared at the servant with the big eyes of the copper bell, He cursed loudly: "Ben will let you speak?"

Everyone looked at his fierce face, and they all took a step back in unison. This general defending the city is quite famous in Yuezhou City. He is called General Yibian. According to rumors, if his whip hits someone, it will not break his arm. He has short legs, so he has a bad reputation. No one dares to offend him. His name can even stop children crying at night.

Shi Gaocen shook his whip condescendingly, raised his chin to Jiang Ning, and motioned, "Tell me, what are you guys doing here?"

The expression was serious, Jiang Ning suppressed his smile, and replied seriously: "If you go back to the general, we were going to leave the city, but this... the shopkeeper of Zengji Tea Shop insisted that we stole his tea. I was delayed before, but unexpectedly blocked the people's access, please forgive me, General."

After hearing this explanation, Shi Gaocen hummed casually, and asked again: "Then did you ever steal the tea leaves?"

"Back to the general, never steal."

Shi Gaocen nodded, then turned to Zeng Yuanhua: "Do you have evidence?"

Zeng Yuanhua was taken aback, rubbed his hands a little nervously, and replied bravely, "This... this..."

Shi Gaocen whipped his whip at his feet again, and shouted loudly: "Let you answer what I said! Why are you dumb?"

Zeng Yuanhua trembled in fright, and shouted incoherently: "I still need to go, go to the government—"

The soldiers guarding the city turned their faces away in horror, secretly thinking, what an idiot, who in Yuezhou City does not know that the government that General Shi hates the most in his life...

Sure enough, the next moment, Shi Gaocen slammed Zeng Yuanhua with two whips, his face was full of flowers, and he pointed at him and cursed: "Go to your mother's government! This general is here, you mention the government to me?! "

Zeng Yuanhua's teeth from those two whips flew out, and he fled around holding his head in his arms, pissed off, couldn't even speak, just cried loudly for forgiveness.

Shi Gaocen sneered, "Tell me! They really stole your tea?"

Zeng Yuanhua covered his cheeks, shook his head, and said, "No, no, I misread it, please forgive me, General!"

Shi Gaocen snorted, whipped his whip to the ground, pointed at Zeng Yuanhua and said, "You will see clearly next time, if you continue to slander people carelessly, your tricks will be taken away by you! "

Zeng Yuanhua didn't dare to tell, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and ran away scrambling.

Jiang Ning bowed to Shi Gaocen and said with a smile, "Thank you, General, for your help."

Shi Gaocen coughed, waved his hands, and cursed at the onlookers: "They're all scattered, what are you doing at the gate of the city?"

The crowd had just seen his majesty, and after hearing this, they hurriedly scattered like birds and beasts.

Only then did Jiang Ning get out of Yuezhou City smoothly, and the convoy traveled [-] miles all the way, and then took a rest on the spot.

After about an hour, another convoy appeared on the way when they came, and the leader was Han Zhiyuan.

From the beginning, the two estimated that Zeng Ji would not let it go so easily. Zeng Ji even dared to set fire to the shop. Thinking about it, there must be another trick. Their every move should be followed by someone.

So Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan came up with this method to confuse Zeng Ji's vision.

Sure enough, before they got out of the city gate, Zeng Yuanhua rushed over with the government officials. If they were really pretending to be tea, under the watchful eyes of everyone, they might not be able to tell if they had ten more mouths. Fortunately, you have Zhang Liang's plan, and I have a wall ladder. Jiang Ning's plan for a rainy day really came in handy.

After disbanding half of the staff on the spot, they took a short rest and started on the road again.

The closest to here is Mianyang City. As long as you go to Mianyang City smoothly, you can rent a boat and go to Jinzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. The tea merchant introduced by Mr. Zhang is in Jinzhou City.

The group traveled for ten days, not to mention the hard work involved, but fortunately, the weather was beautiful and the sun was shining brightly along the way. It was not until they entered Mianyang City that they had a game. heavy rain.

In the inn, looking at the misty Mianyang City outside the window, Jiang Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, we made it in time. If we are on the way, it will be worse."

Han Zhiyuan responded, and said: "Don't move."

When the convoy entered Mianyang City, it had already started to rain. They were looking for the inn all the way, and hurried slowly, but it was still raining. Han Zhiyuan took a dry cloth towel and dried Jiang Ning's hair, then said: "Next, we will go by water. It shouldn't be so hard."

Jiang Ning frowned: "You are seasick..."

Thinking of this incident, Han Zhiyuan's face darkened, and he said, "I'm not dizzy anymore."

Jiang Ning expressed doubts: "Really?"

Han Zhiyuan didn't want to continue this topic at all, so he leaned over and kissed Jiang Ning, kissed the back of his head for a long time, then bit his lips and said, "This kind of question is like asking if you are a man, Could you please stop asking?"

Jiang Ning suddenly laughed, Mr. Han's thinking is always so weird.

The spring rain pattered all night, and it stopped early the next morning. The next thing was to rent a boat. Jiang Ning asked the inn clerk about the boat rental.

The inn clerk looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "The two guest officers are transporting goods?"

Jiang Ning replied, "Exactly."

The clerk at the inn said: "To transport goods, you must first report to the water transport office, pay the water transport tax, and then take the sign and go to the pier to rent a boat."

The two asked about the location of the water transportation office and the wharf, then thanked them and left.

After searching all the way for a long time, I finally found the Water Transport Office of Zhima University, because it was too inconspicuous, and the facade was a little dilapidated. The two looked up at the plaque. The three big characters of Water Transport Office are already blurred.

After Jiang Ning repeatedly confirmed that the words were indeed Water Transport Office, the two of them entered the yard, only to see a middle-aged man standing under the window, holding a half-fallen window sash in his hand, frowning, trying hard to clear the window. Half of the window was installed, but before anyone could remove it, the other half was also crooked.

Seeing that the window couldn't be installed, the middle-aged man sighed, muttered something to himself, put down the window sash, turned around, saw Jiang Ning and the two, and said in surprise: "You two are... ..."

Jiang Ning smiled and clasped his hands in salute, explaining his future intentions.

The middle-aged man groaned, and said slowly: "So that's it. I'm the manager of the water transportation office. You follow me."

The two followed him into the room. The room was very dark and the light was not very good. When people came in from the outside, they suddenly became blind. It took a while to get used to it. There were a lot of books piled up in the room. There are tables and cabinets all over the place, some are even placed directly on the ground, stacked up to waist height, and piled up against the wall in a row, the scene is very spectacular.

Jiang Ning saw the steward rummaging around in the room, and finally found a fire folder from under the shelf, lit a small oil lamp, and carefully held it to the table.

He turned to see the broken window behind the table, slapped his head, and then simply blew out the oil lamp. This series of actions made Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan puzzled, until he saw that he would leave the rest of the window. The half window was pushed open, and the booklet was found through the faint light that came in...

Jiang Ning stared at the tip of the brush in his hand that was forked like a brush, and the booklet filled with small print, and couldn't help but think, this is really stingy.

The manager of the Water Transport Office squinted his eyes to flip through the booklet under the dim light outside the window. Both the front and back pages of the booklet were filled with densely packed small characters. Tundi asked: "What goods are you transporting?"

Jiang Ning replied: "Tea leaves, a total of two hundred shi.".

"Where are you going?"

"Jinzhou City."

The steward listened, hummed, rubbed the slit calligraphy with his fingers, put it on the booklet and began to write, before writing two words, he slapped his head and stopped: "Look at my memory, Then he looked up at the two of them, raised his chin and said, "Pay the tax money first, a total of two taels of silver."

Jiang Ning didn't talk too much, and paid the money directly. He nodded in satisfaction, put away the money, and continued to write, while complaining nonchalantly: "A businessman should be so neat. There are always people talking to me about these few pennies of tax money, our Qingshui Yamen, how much more money can we extort from you?"

Jiang Ning listened to his muttering complaints, smiled and said nothing, the steward had finished muttering enough, and stretched out his hand, "Bring it for the public inspection."

The two handed in the public inspection, and after the steward registered, he returned the public inspection, took a palm-sized wooden sign and handed it over, and said: "When transporting the goods, give this to the boatman, the east pier and the west pier Everyone recognizes this card."

Jiang Ning took over the wooden sign, probably because it has been used for many years, the edge of the wooden sign has been worn so smooth that the patterns engraved on it can hardly be seen clearly, he accepted the wooden sign, and thanked Han Zhiyuan together, Only then did he say goodbye and leave.

After the two left, the manager of the Water Transport Office slowly collected the brochures, and after a while, a middle-aged man came outside the door, wearing a brown official uniform, standing at the door with his hands behind his back, and he didn't come in. Looking inside the room, he called out, "Is Guanshi Yang here?"

After hearing this, the manager of the Water Transport Office raised his head to look up, immediately smiled all over his face, got up and saluted, and said, "So it's Cui Zhangshi, Cui Zhangshi came early today."

The head officer Cui hummed, and then said: "Guard Yang, Mr. Liu will hold a banquet in the mansion tomorrow, and all the officials in the water transportation station will be present. You just finished your bath, so I'm afraid you don't know about it, so I specially prepared it for you." Came to let you know."

Steward Yang's face froze when he heard this, and he scolded his mother in his heart. He held a banquet again, and it was not enough to scrape the oil and water in the water transportation station.

He scolded his mother desperately in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He respectfully apologized and said with a smile: "This humble job is natural, and I would like to thank Director Cui for reminding me."

Director Cui nodded in satisfaction, and was about to leave with his hands behind his back, when he suddenly remembered something, and said casually: "Since the day before yesterday, the Water Transport Station no longer puts out signs, and the canal is blocked, so no cargo ships can pass through."

Steward Yang was taken aback, and asked, "Why?"

Cui Zhangshi said impatiently: "Who knows, I heard that last year there was a plague in some places in the north, and there was a famine in some places. The official document has been sent to adjust the public grain. You are a little manager. Ask so many what to do, just do it.”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left with his hands behind his back. Guanshi Yang suddenly remembered that the two young men who came just now might not be able to cross the boat if they held the sign, but this thought just flashed through his mind, and in a moment After being left behind, he had more important things to do, so he quickly found out his abacus, and began to calculate how much flesh and blood would be scraped off this time at the banquet.

Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan arrived at the eastern pier. I don't know if it was because of the early morning, but there were not many people at the pier. There were a dozen large boats lined up on the river bank, which looked very spectacular on the water.

On a nearby boat, a man with the appearance of a craftsman was bowing his head to repair the side of the ship. Jiang Ning raised his voice and shouted: "Uncle, can I ask where the owner of the boat is?"

The man looked around, raised his head, pointed to the right side of Jiang Ning, and raised his voice and replied: "Go this way, there is a tea stall at the end, he is probably there."

The two thanked each other, and went to the tea stand again. A big man with a beard was sitting on a stool drinking tea, snoring, and drank more than half a bowl in one breath. Seeing two strange young people coming, His eyes slanted, and he said in a rough voice: "What are you doing?"

Han Zhiyuan said, "We want to rent a cargo ship."

The owner of the boatman put down the tea bowl, picked up the teapot to add tea, and said, "There are no boats these days."

Jiang Ning was startled: "Why?"

The owner of the boatman said without raising his head: "The canal was closed a few days ago, and the Water Transport Office won't allow cargo ships. You are late."

Jiang Ning frowned and said, "The Water Transportation Office just put up a sign for us."

The owner of the boatman snorted: "It's useless to have a sign, the dock notice has been posted, who dares to ship for you?"

Hearing this, Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan looked at each other in surprise. He thought for a while, then smiled and said, "There is no boat? If you want to transport goods now, there is no other way?"

The owner of the boatman replied briefly: "Go by land."

Jiang Ning looked at this humble tea stand, thought for a while, and suddenly sat down in front of him, tapped his fingers on the table, and said with a smile: "Boss, bring us a pot of tea."

The owner of the boatman finally raised his eyes to look at him this time, put down the teapot and got up and said, "Wait."

After a while, the water on the stove started to boil, and the owner of the boatman lifted the lid of the pot and said, "If you want to take the goods, there is no way, I have one here, it depends on you It can't be done."