There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 335 Going south along the river.

Although they don't look very good, these people are also sailors.

Wu Youwei saw that Wantong was picking and choosing inside, and selected 300 people to form a navy team. The 300 people were all young and strong, but they picked another [-] old sailors.

These people don't have a strong body, but they can be like fish in the water, even better than the osprey in the water, and they can go into the water with bare hands to catch fish!

Wu Youwei couldn't understand it, but he went to watch the excitement during the selection.

Zhang Shen made preparations for them, and gave each of them ten taels of silver to settle down on the spot. He passed directly over the top and delivered it to the soldiers. Then he summoned the leaders of the navy here, big and small, to entertain them .

Although it was a meal, people sent the selected sailors home behind their backs to say goodbye to their families, and then gave the money to them.

This is because they are afraid that if they leave, their money will be taken away.

Those who were selected were also thoughtful, and immediately spent the money

Those who buy cattle, those who buy fields, those who buy grain, cloth and salt are all there.

After all, Zhang Shen came from the capital city, and he was called a needle hidden in the cotton when he spoke. He beat the officials in the navy and pointed out Wantong's identity: "It's not our family who scares you. Master Wan's sister is a palace official. The concubine in the palace had two princesses, a prince and the second son.

All the navy officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

"And, besides, he is also the younger brother of Wanxi, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi." Zhang Shen is not afraid to be scared to death, and he revealed his identity to Wantong: "The elder brother of Jinyiwei commander Qianshi."

In fact, the Fusi of Nanzhen can't control the navy, but Zhang Shen didn't talk about Fusi of Nanbei Town, he said "Jinyiwei". Who can provoke the golden signboard of Jinyiwei?

Originally, there were a few plucking geese who planned to wait for them to leave, and go to those people to ask for resettlement expenses, filling their own pockets, but now they dare not.

Jin Yiwei, who knows how they will deal with themselves after they find out?

Ruining their future for a little money, they don't want to do such a loss-making business.

"Come on, let's offer a toast to Master Wan!" The highest-ranking navy general hurriedly picked up the wine glass.

The others followed, Wantong drank some water and wine reservedly, and after a meal, he didn't say much, Wu Youwei followed him, and Quan regarded himself as a foil, and another official who was appointed followed closely behind him. Afterwards, the two of them regarded themselves as transparent people.

Moreover, the two of them are civil servants, so sitting and eating with military generals is already eye-catching. If they get to know the generals well, it will be lively.

So the meal was quite depressing.

After they finished eating, most of those who went home to send money to settle down in the family also came back one after another.

There are no ones from far away, but there are only a dozen or so people, and they can afford to wait.

Everyone was repairing here, and Wantong went to choose a ship.

In order to make it easier for Wu Youwei, he deliberately chose the largest boat as the main boat, and some boats for carrying people. Walking on the water is not like land, so you don’t need to work hard. Paddle will do.Naturally, Zhang Shen was in charge of eating.

Wu Youwei also asked the cook to purchase a lot of things. He chartered eight passenger ships alone, so he couldn't take advantage of the court. He was an official and could share the same boat with Wantong, but he couldn't all take the same boat with Wantong. boat?

Wait until the day of sailing, okay, the mighty ships are running across the river, Wu Youwei is the first time to take an ancient ship, and he still stays in the vast scene of Zheng He's voyages to the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding ability.

He had seen pictures of sea ships, but these were all ships that roamed the river, not huge sea ships, but they were built with great care. The wooden structure of the whole ship made Wu Youwei always feel that he was a nouveau riche.

The wooden furniture in the whole house can be customized, this is the whole ship!

Wu Youwei, like his students, jumped up and down on the boat for a while before finding Wantong on the boat: "This boat is really big!"

"We'll set sail in a while." Wantong looked at him: "If you get seasick, go eat some sour plums."

Before boarding the boat, the experienced boat boss had already prepared things for them to prevent vomiting, which were actually things like candied dried fruits.

Because not everyone is suitable for boating.

What surprised Wu Youwei was that the three hundred guards did not get seasick

On the contrary, among the students who followed, three or five of them vomited in a mess, and Cui Tieniu was busy taking care of them.

Wantong and Wu Youwei are also very used to this kind of boating. In fact, Wu Youwei thinks that ancient ships are not as fast as modern ones. He also took an oil tanker when he traveled to the seaside, but this ancient ship is not as fast as a cruise ship. Stable, dangling, some were wandering on the waterway, but fortunately, they were heading south, and the wind was smooth, and they walked quickly all the way. In one day, they arrived in Yangzhou.

The waterway is getting more and more prosperous, and the ships are all berthed at an official wharf in Yangzhou, and the post there is more like a super luxurious restaurant.

It's just that they are marching, and they don't get off the ship. The post has prepared meals and sent them on board for them to eat. After eating, they just send the tableware down.

Sleeping on the boat, Wu Youwei was excited for half the night. Wantong pressed him to sleep, but he was still not sleepy. He put his arms around Wantong's neck and his big eyes were bright: "This is a building boat, right?"

"Stop making trouble." Wantong patted him: "Don't make trouble until you get to the place.

Wu Youwei was taken aback for a moment, and then his face turned red: "It's been half a month...and you can't help it, can you?"

"During the march, don't toss less." Wantong kissed him: "Although there is spiritual water, you should save some, what if it runs out?"

And once the thing is soaked, there are no traces left, he has no sense of accomplishment!

"Then don't tease me!" Wu Youwei rolled out of his arms from under him: "If I'm gone, I'll settle the score with King Yama!"

Wantong couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, go to sleep, you should be able to arrive in Changzhou tomorrow."

The water route is much faster than the land route, and it is very convenient to travel southward by water power instead of moving slowly with a large army.

Sure enough, they stopped in Changzhou the next day.

When we arrived in Changzhou, the people here only spoke Wu Nong's soft language, and the weather became hotter, and the food they ate was Jiangnan cuisine.

The taste is light, but Wu Youwei's appetite has whetted.

Five-spice tofu, fish balls in clear soup, marinated Duxian and so on.

The staple food has also been changed from the familiar steamed buns to rice. Most of the rice is grown in this place, and there is also wheat, but when they arrive at the place, the postman who is in charge of reception still serves them rice.

Wu Youwei ate deliciously, and then his cook came and told him one thing: "Master, the food here is too bland, and I shared some of the pickled vegetables I pickled for everyone to eat. Would you like to eat them?" Don't want one?"

Wu Youwei thought for a while: "Here comes a plate of salted peanuts, and prepare them for the adults."

"Okay, master." The cook is used to it, and their master and adults have a good relationship, and they are happy to see it. If this causes some civil and military discord, are you tired of intrigue all day long?

When Wantong came back, he frowned when he saw the dinner with clear soup and little water, but then he smiled when he saw the salted peanuts next to him: "Is this for me?"

"Well, I'm afraid you won't be used to it." Wu Youwei said, "Today the cook told me...

The salted eggs brought by the cook have become everyone’s favorite. It’s true that the food here is a bit bland, fresh is fresh, but these men row their boats every day, exhausting a lot of energy. What’s wrong with eating low-salt and low-sugar food? have you?

Wantong was eating, and said to Wu Youwei: "After Suzhou, I went straight to Songjiang Mansion. I heard that people there eat less food."

Many officials in Beijing are from the south, and Wantong has also heard that their taste is very light. In winter, they are the number one consumer group of green vegetables in Beijing.

Because they can eat fresh vegetables in winter, and the capital is too cold, they wrap up like buns every time they go out.

"Of course, in later generations, it will be known as a place with a light taste." Wu Youwei nodded: "I don't know what it looks like there now."

In Wu Youwei's impression, Shanghai, an international metropolis, represents the window of the country, a place commonly known as the "Pearl of the Orient".

At the same time, it is also a scar in modern history.

Shiliyangchang is not a good title, it is a humiliating representative of that era of changing winds and clouds.

"It's definitely not what you imagined." Wan Tong said, "It's just a small county now, surrounded by four fishing villages and a beach, that's all."

If it's a good place, how could Baizhen arrange it for Wu Youwei?

Wantong is a wise man, and Bo Zhen dared to play tricks with him, tricking Wu Youwei into prison, and he was afraid that he would let someone pretend to be a robber to kill Wu Youwei on the way.

Or three or five years after the emperor forgot about Wu Youwei, someone killed Wu Youwei.

That's why he brought 1 horses and followed him.

The 1 horses who have undergone rigorous training are enough to deal with an army of 5 to [-].

He didn't believe it anymore, it could still hurt Wu Youwei.

If there is a force that can wipe out the Zhenwei camp, it is presumably needless to say that the first one who can't sit still is the emperor.

Give Bozhen and the others a hundred courage, and they dare not do this!

The next day, they started to cross the river by boat again, and arrived at Suzhou Prefecture.

As the saying goes, there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The beautiful scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the gentleness and tenderness of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River all make the bumpkins from the north dazzled.

The guarding eunuch of the local garrison specially came to visit Zhang Shen.

The generals came to visit Wantong.

As for Wu Youwei?

Sorry, he is a small county magistrate, and he doesn't have the strength to let people come to see him.

They just stopped here overnight and set sail the next day.

This way passed through Suzhou, went straight to the location of Songjiang Mansion, signed up for a name, and then they could go to Shanghai County to take office.

Songjiang Prefecture is sixty miles away from Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture.

They can go to the place in a day, but they have to recuperate in the post station - after a night and a day, they can go to the government office to do some work and take office by the way.

The second official who had come with them had disembarked early on the way, and diverted to where he was going.

Along the way, although the south of the Yangtze River is a land of fish and rice, there are also barren lands, but overall, life is better than that of the people in the north, at least the winter here is not so cold.

When we arrived at the post station in Songjiang Prefecture, we finally arrived at the place.

The post station in Songjiang Mansion is very large, and because it is close to Haikou, the post station here has two gates, one is the land route, and the other is the wharf.

Their ship is docked at the pier, and because they arrived at a coincident time, May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival will be in a few days, and many people are busy during this time period. In the north, the Dragon Boat Festival is to eat eggs and get some mugwort leaves; while in the south, there are dragon boats and dragon boat races.

Now they are catching up with the good time for the dragon boat race, and there are many dragon boats parked by the river, Wu Youwei watched with great interest: "Dragon boat race!"

In later generations, this is a very grand folk activity.

"Here we have to renovate for five days, and we will take office after the festival." Since Wantong left the capital, this rule has been very flexible.

Obviously three days of recuperation is enough, and he said that if he wants to leave after the festival, then he will leave after the festival.

"Okay!" Wu Youwei said happily, "Take a good rest and go to meet Shangguan with a new look."

The corner of Wantong's mouth curled up: "Yes."

Asked him yesterday, who is Songjiang Governor?

He doesn't even know, he still pays respects to Shangguan, is he going to check the information?

For the arrival of more than 1 people, even though they had greeted them in advance, the post station in Songjiang Mansion was busy for a long time before they settled down. Because there were folk activities, the governor of Songjiang Mansion and his people had already started to prepare , The newly appointed magistrate of a poor county under his command did not take it seriously.

It wasn't until seeing that Wu Youwei was acting with the army that he hurriedly brought people here...to meet Zhang Shen and Wantong.

Maid Wu?Wu Youwei?Who is that?do not know!