Zhui Xu

Chapter 199 Changzhou Wharf

The heavy rain, mixed with the heavy rain, is the electric light that is sometimes crossed, and the thunder bursts, shaking the city in the dark.

Changzhou is a big city on the Jiangnan River route. At the time of the Tang Dynasty, it once had the reputation of the Ten Thousand Governments, but even though it was prosperous because of the route, it was naturally not as big as the big cities like Beijing, Jiangning and Suzhou. In such a heavy rain, only some of the lampposts in the city are faintly flashing, sparse and sparse, and only when the lightning strikes occasionally, the landscape in which the urban buildings overlap and spread out is outlined in the field of vision.

Sudden heavy rain killed the crowd in the afternoon, and at this time, there were still people in the rain near the pier in Changzhou. In fact, the really chaotic situation was over in the heavy rain in the evening. At that time, many ships docked, rushing to load goods, fixing the ship, and still busy in the heavy rain, basically part of the accident Merchants who can't afford the loss, spend a lot of money to hire a boatman who is not afraid of death, where the rain carries the goods.

The wind and the wrath on the entire pier, and occasionally the lightning illuminates, there are still two or three places where there is still activity. The person on the east side of the pier is obviously the most, seeing the bong waves pushing the dense river in the river. There are still many people moving around in the vicinity of a cargo ship. In the sound of wind and rain, these people are like ants, and they are blown up by the wind and shouted. There was a torch in the cargo ship, and the house that was not far from the pier was also lit up. At this time, they were trying to move some things on the cargo ship into the room.

The cargo ship belongs to a large commercial bank in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The owner of the house is a surname. The cargo ship shipped a cargo southward. When the boat arrived near Changzhou, there were some problems with the hull. It happened to be heavy rain and rushed to the beach. Originally thought to stop in the dock to avoid this storm, but found that the problem of the cargo ship was more serious in the night, there are many goods on the ship, in order to avoid bigger problems, I had to hire the workers who died, first grab Next, reduce the weight of the hull.

Of course, although there is not enough light in such heavy winds and heavy rains, workers may be blown down by the wind or fall into the water at any time, but the river is not deep after all. Most of these boatmen are quite watery and summer. If you don't, it will not happen. If it is not, I am afraid that no one will come to spend the big price.

At this time, all over the place are the sound of the whistling in the heavy rain. Close to the pier, you can faintly hear the screaming noise of hundreds of ships shaking on the water. The boatmen carry goods and wobble through the rain. When I went to the dock, the room was lit with fire. The room seemed to be a bit sloppy at the moment. The drenched boatmen moved in and the goods came in. In the middle, there were merchants’ buddies busy counting the records. With.

In front of the window on one side of the room, several people were looking into the darkness outside, watching the hull that was looming in the rain. The head is a woman with bright clothes, her hair is already wet, and the niece at the back handed the towel. She wiped the water on her face with a smooth hand. In fact, there was always rain coming in from the window, but another one The man dressed as a scholar stood on her side and blocked a part of her.

"How is the boat? Can it be repaired? Will it sink?"

The question was the bright woman. After the question, a man who came in from the outside replied while rubbing the water on his face. "If you return to the pier, you have already entered the dock. You should be unable to sink, but These weathers are really too bad, and it’s hard to fix them. The goods on board still have to be moved down.”

"Then keep moving."

"know."

The man nodded. After the words were finished, the woman looked out of the window again, and she was a little yīn. Many of the cargoes in this ship are fragile items such as porcelain. After going through the moment, they will inevitably lose a lot. Her mood is not good. The man who stopped her from the half-length rain turned back and said: "Shu, everyone is moving, you don't have to stand here and watch, let the rain be bad, it's better to go in."

The men and women were probably a couple. The woman glanced at him. His eyes were still a little yīn. Then he suddenly smiled and turned away. The man dressed by the scholar walked over with a smile. The two said some by the wall. What, the man is obviously trying to say something interesting to make the woman laugh, and others - including 丫鬟 - are all knowingly and ridiculously. When the woman spoke a few words with the man, she looked at the window again and apparently still worried about the problem of the cargo ship.

After a while, on the side of the dock, another ship sailed towards the shore during the rainstorm. It was a two-story painting. It seems that some people at the bottom of the family traveled. When they encountered this storm, they came to Changzhou. In the storm, the driving is relatively stable, and the fire in the cabin is shaking. It is the point where the torch is illuminated and the figure is reflected in the darkness.

It’s not a very strange thing to come to the dock at this time. After all, there will be occasional orders. The location where the paintings were docked was not far from here, so it also attracted a little attention. It was not easy to dock the ships in such weather. The folks on the boat took the bamboo poles to the shore and adjusted them for a long time. Difficult to stop the painting. Then the people who came down from above were also extremely laborious. Because the wind and rain were too big, the boards that were stretched down were not stable, and the basics of swaying could only jump. The gangs were covered with robes, and there were women and children. The man held or caught it, and it took a while for dozens of people to finish it. He went under the eaves not far away and lit the torch.

Although the wind and rain are quite large, several of them are still very happy. The strange words of "Dawei Tianlong" in the mouth are screaming under the eaves. There are also probes looking at this side, and then they are called by their parents. Going back, it was probably counting the number of people, and then discussed leaving from the pier.

In this weather, everyone is innocent, and the people in the room are just looking over there. After all, they are concerned about their own cargo ships. The woman named Lou Shuzhen talked with the scholar for a while, then she began to frown and asked about the ship and the goods. It was just a moment when she cast a gaze under the eaves on the other side of the door. She also bowed slightly.

The three torches under the roof were lit in the hands of everyone, and they were inspired by the wind. The light was not much. Some people are laughing and talking, unbuttoning their clothes, and then tightening them up. When the lightning strikes, they can see the smile on them or on their faces. In this weather, I can also talk and laugh, and I can see that I am in a good mood. It is one of the faces, it seems to slightly evoke the memory of the woman here.

"Well? Shu Shu, what are you looking at?"

Lou Shuyu opened his mouth and then turned his eyes to the man next to him, but it became light and intolerant: "Nothing."

This kind of weather, after all, can't be seen clearly. It is not an important memory. She shook her head and turned her mind back to her own business. This delay was really uncomfortable. The **** rainy day, then I felt the man next to me. It’s really awkward, and some don’t like it.

Although the mood was not good, it was useless to worry about things at the moment. Soon after, the goods were almost moved, and the situation of the ships was slightly stable. They left the dock and went back to the inn all the way. The business of the building is mainly in Hangzhou. Changzhou is just passing by. It is one of the best inns in this area. The weather is sudden and there are not many people who stayed in the house. They went out at night, and when they came back, they seemed to be deserted.

He ordered a hot shower and a shower. Lou Shuzhen called an accompanying manager to discuss the problem of the cargo ship. The summer winds and rains are going too fast, it can't last for a few days, but the ship is broken and can't go. Most of the goods above are no problem. Only a small part of them, because they have promised others, can't stand the delay. Then you have to consider the issue of chartering. This matter was slightly deliberated. When the manager left, the scholar who had also been groomed in another room came over. I wanted to know that she was arranging business and had been waiting outside for a while.

There was something in her heart, and the scholar closed the door and laughed a few words, then she hugged her, and y, happily. She was uneasy in her heart, frowning slightly, but she did not refuse to do so. However, before she was taken off her coat, she heard someone knocking at the door below. Then she seemed to have come in a lot of people. She was curious in her heart. She pushed the scholar away and put on her coat. She looked at the window and there were about 20 The man was taking off his coat in the lobby, and the two children ran around, the ones they saw on the dock.

"what happened?"

The scholar came close, and looked through the window. The woman frowned slightly, her eyes patrolling in the lobby, and for a long while, she pushed the scholar away: "You go to sleep, I don't want tonight... I personally recognize it."

“Well?” The scholars were interested, and the probe looked down. “It looks like it’s a bureaucrat’s trip.”

This weather ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Umbrella is useless, although this group of people wearing a coat, but found here, the whole body has actually been soaked. When several women were not good at changing clothes for a time, they found a thin cloak, and from the clothes of several women, the family was quite good.

At this time, the scene in the hall was chaotic. The treasurer and the second child were busy arranging the room. The people who came in were busy ordering to boil water and carry luggage. It was very lively at one time. Of course, the cockroaches and masters in the middle of it are also clearly separated. One of the women has wet hair in their hands and talks to the people around them. It seems that they are also arranging things. God, this woman is tall and looks very beautiful. The scholar looked at a few eyes, and Lou Shuyi pointed to her.

"This woman surnamed Su, I have seen it before, but I know it. Her family is in Jiangning, for several years, I can't think of meeting here."

"Want to go out and meet?"

"It's not anxious..." Lou Shuzhen said, thinking again, "but... she has a boat, it seems to be south, if so..." I thought of it, looking down again, seeing Xiaoji seems to arrange Well, the room, led the people up, she closed the window, sorted out the clothes slightly, then pushed the door out...

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