The most unlucky crossing in history

As Xie Wenyuan guessed, at the end of October and late autumn, the East China Sea really had a strong wind and heavy rain.

Fortunately, Zhong Qiyun had expected it earlier.

Zhong Qiyun was born and grew up by the sea, and his parents were also injured by traveling in the sea. He has seen a lot and knows a lot, so he still has a little life experience, so he won't go to sea in a rainstorm.

Lu Huang and a few others knew that the two of them wanted to go to the sea, although they had said words of dissuasion, they didn't stop them too much, and left Hangzhou two days before the rain.

Zhong Qiyun also took advantage of this time to go around with He Minqing, and bought a medium-sized second-hand boat at the Qiantang River Port from a merchant returning home from Hangzhou, but the price was lower than what he asked at the boathouse that day. It cost ten taels of silver.

Just because the material of this boat is different from the pine wood of the shipyard, the former owner of the ship went to sea. He specially asked the shipyard to build this boat. The hull is full of materials, and the deck and other parts are made of corrosion-resistant teak. The keel is important The ribs are still high-quality wood.

In the words of the owner of the ship, if it wasn't for the fact that his family is worried that he is still floating in the sea at this age, he would not sell it.

Zhong Qiyun felt that it was not a loss.

After the boat was bought, apart from He Minqing and his subordinates, the two hired an experienced pipe belt and three heads through the relationship of the original ship owner, and purchased some food, life-saving supplies, and a series of other things. , the remaining money, Zhong Qiyun was ruthless, and used all of it to buy relatively cheap silk.

No matter how heavy the torrential rain in autumn and winter is, the time will not be too long. It is only five or six days after the rain. When the rain is over and the weather is clear, people, boats, and things are ready, and the goods are loaded. Zhong Qiyun and He Minqing are ready to go.

On the day of sailing, the north wind blew up, the sky was clear, the sails were wide open, and a group of people took advantage of the wind to head south.

Thousands of miles of Jiangling to return in a day.

Perhaps God blesses this sea route, which is a thousand miles long. The boat that has been tempered by the sea has braved the wind and waves, but it arrived in Yuhuan County in two days. On the streets of Yuhuan County, He Minqing didn't even come back to his senses.

"It's only two days..."

Zhong Qiyun was amused to hear this sentence, since he learned that he was about to arrive in Yuhuan County this morning, he has been listening to He Minqing sigh, at least twenty times now.

"The wind is not too strong these days. You can only travel fourteen knots in an hour. If the wind is strong, you can travel more than thirty knots in an hour."

"Enough is enough, that's enough

enough. "He Minqing's eyes lit up, "The words in Jiuxian's poems are indeed not false!It can be seen that if you go from Hangzhou City to Yuhuan County by land, it will take six or seven days at the fastest, so..."

He Minqing was not annoyed when he saw a few pale heads beside him laughing quietly, he just shook his head and sighed: "I'm really short-sighted, I have to force those people to risk their lives to go to sea."

Zhong Qiyun nodded: "Although there are many dangers in the sea, sailing in the sea is extremely dependent on the sky, water, and wind, but if you pay more attention, there is nothing terrible."

He Minqing sighed: "Naturally, one has to be in awe of Sea Dragon King."

Looking at He Minqing's leisurely appearance, Zhong Qiyun opened his mouth but didn't say anything more.

Naturally, one should be in awe of the sea, but even though it is said so, everyone understands the truth, but how can the celestial phenomena be determined casually?What's more, after a long period of smooth sailing, according to human nature, there will be a day when one will take it lightly, as is the case with most maritime business accidents.

In the past, when he was on vacation every year, he would follow his parents to go on a shipping trip. He saw a lot, and he helped to do a lot of things when he was older. This is the first time he has personally controlled the ferry, the ancient wooden boat.

After coming to this Great Dawn Dynasty and having struggled between life and death, he can see clearly that God has never favored him. If he thinks that he is the protagonist after crossing over, and does not think carefully before doing things, then he will take it lightly. , then sooner or later he will be killed by his own stupidity.

Yuhuan County is close to the sea, but it is located on the edge of Taizhou. There are not many people living there, and the official road is blocked. It is not considered rich. Few people can afford the expensive and fine silk, and the cheap silk is less profitable. The transportation cost is too high. Merchants who travel by land There are very few merchants who are unwilling to travel long distances to transport silk to this place, and those very few people will only bring the silk to Taizhou City and will not go south again.

Zhong Qiyun had already understood these things a few days ago.

Sure enough, when he landed with the silk, the two hundred bolts of material he bought in Hangzhou were all sold out.

Excluding the cost of purchasing silk, he also earned 120 five taels.Zhong Qiyun was really amazed at the lucrative profits of the silk industry.

He Minqing bought a lot of goods. Except for the overly expensive silks and satins and ready-made clothes that were not sold, the rest of the middle and low-grade silks were also sold clean, earning a lot of money.

"Brother Zhong, are you planning to return to Quanzhou now?"

"Of course there is no need to go back." Zhong Qiyun is not a fool, he can have such an income here, and the goods are almost sold.

At this time, returning to Quanzhou naturally doesn't make much sense.

He Minqing understands this truth, the left and right are lonely and have nothing to worry about their wives and children, returning to Quanzhou will only waste time and energy for them.

"Where are you planning to go back to Hangzhou this time?"

There are few people in Yuhuan County. After He Minqing's goods are released, the silk market in Yuhuan County will be saturated for a while.If I come here again, I'm afraid I won't be able to make money.

Zhong Qiyun swallowed the wonton in his mouth, thought for a while and said, "Let's see where the wind blows. If it's south wind, then go to Yanwei. If it's north wind, go south to Tuorong County."

He Minqing nodded, "It's possible."

Zhong Qiyun smiled: "May God be beautiful."

The two of them made up their minds at night and planned to go to Taizhou to buy some goods that were not available in Hangzhou. When the south wind came, they set sail for Hangzhou.

In mid-November, as soon as the northwest wind arrived, the temperature in Hangzhou dropped sharply, entering winter.

Zhong Qiyun, who returned to Hangzhou from Yanwei County yesterday, was shivered by the sea breeze in Hangzhou city.In the past, he couldn't bear the damp and cold winter in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and even the padded jacket couldn't stop the bone-chilling chill.

After wandering for many days and returning to the shore, Zhong Qiyun took his silver and left the small courtyard he rented early in the morning to go to a clothing store in Hangzhou.

In ancient times, there were shopping malls and shops selling clothes everywhere. In this era, ready-made clothes were several times more expensive than self-made clothes. In order to save money, women in the family usually bought cloth and cut it themselves.

In addition, Hangzhou city silk embroidery is also famous, and most of the women in the city are pretty good at embroidering. Although the clothes they make are not as exquisite as those in tailor shops, they are still pretty good-looking.

Therefore, the two cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou have a characteristic that is different from other state capitals: women dominate the outside, while men dominate the inside.Many families rely on women's embroidery skills for a living.

Therefore, there are not too many ready-made clothing stores in the city, and those who buy ready-made clothes are those who have spare money and want to look decent.

Looking for a very decent-looking shop with three floors, Zhong Qiyun lifted the thick curtain in front of the door, and a gust of warm wind rushed in.

"Guest officer, do you want cloth?"

"I'm going to buy two sets of winter clothes." Zhong Qiyun looked around, "You also made an earth dragon in your store?"

"Yeah, it's so cold today, the shopkeeper is making people burn." Having said this, the waiter in the shop looked at Zhong Qiyun's clothes up and down, and then smiled casually: "Guest officer, please come here, my friend." measure the size for you."

Zhong Qiyun nodded, and followed the waiter into the room.

Zhong Qiyun looks at the clothes quickly and buys them well

Soon, he chose three sets of cotton jackets with darker colors before the waiter in the store recommended them.

"Why don't you see ready-made silk fabrics here?" Although he didn't like to wear silk and satin very much, Zhong Qiyun decided to buy two suits because he thought that sometimes he would dress decently when he came to discuss business.

"The satins are all upstairs."

I never thought that this shabby man would be so generous. The waiter in the shop who sold three sets of ready-made clothes in a short time rolled his eyes, "Our silk ready-made clothes in Jinxuanzhuang are the best in Hangzhou, and many wealthy families Young masters and dignitaries will come to our shop to buy clothes! A guest officer like this is already handsome, but if he wears it, he will have an extraordinary temperament."

Glancing at the waiter next to him who has become very obsequious, Zhong Qiyun smiled and said, "Oh? If that's the case, let's go upstairs and have a look?"

"Okay! Guest officer, please go upstairs!"

The silk and satin clothes on the second floor are much better in terms of embroidery and color than downstairs, and the price is also much more expensive. A set of clothes costs about ten taels of silver. The three sets of clothes he saw downstairs just now add up. Two or three.

But Zhong Qiyun has never been someone who would treat himself harshly. The two trips to the sea recently made a lot of money, and he still has the money to buy such a set of clothes.

After ordering the clothes and paying the taels of silver, Zhong Qiyun asked, "What do you sell on the third floor here?"

"It's also silk clothes, but they are all embroidered by Jingxiufang in Hangzhou City." Xiaoer packed the clothes for Zhong Qiyun and said, "If the guest officer is interested, I will take you up to have a look. If you meet Hexin Yes, you can also bring two."

"No." Zhong Qiyun shook his head, "Jingxiufang is the largest embroidery workshop in the city?" He had heard of this name before, and it is said that there are hundreds of embroiderers alone in this embroidery workshop.

"That's right, the official uniforms of the court officials are now embroidered in the workshop, and even the dragon robes of today's emperors are embroidered stitch by stitch by the five best embroiderers in Jingxiu Workshop."

"The garments on the third floor must be expensive, right?"

Xiao Er smiled, "I remember that the cheapest one now costs 300 taels of silver."

Zhong Qiyun shook his head and sighed when he heard the words, just as he was about to say something more, a few men dressed as rich young masters came down the stairs.

One of them, Zhong Qiyun, also recognized the young master of the Hu family - Hu Ningxian.

Although this young master may not remember him, Zhong Qiyun still turned his back to avoid trouble.

"Brother Hu, I heard that the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment went to your house the day before yesterday?"

"Where did you hear that?" Hu Ningxian asked after hearing the words.

"Where else can I come from? You don't remember? That day my servant happened to be giving a birthday gift to sister Yun'er, and he saw someone at that time."

Hu Ningxian remembered, "I have been here before."

Another man in azure blue dress smiled and said, "Is it true that, as the rumors say, sister Yun'er is going to marry Mr. Xie?"

Zhong Qiyun was startled when he heard this, and he didn't pay much attention to what the people behind said.

Thank you, Mr. Xie Shangshu...

Xie Wenyuan, have you come to Hangzhou?