That night, Cheng Wanwan barely slept.
When the sky turned white, all the crayfish were finally loaded into the cabin, which took four Cao family merchant ships.
She originally planned to go with the people who were serving her, but Zhao Ergou stubbornly asked to go with her. Cheng Wanwan thought that she should let him experience it, so she nodded and agreed.
Before dawn, the merchant ship set off from the Dahe Town Pier and headed toward Yangzhou along the river bank.
Cheng Wanwan stayed up all night and lay in the private room to catch up on his sleep during the day. However, the ship was ups and downs and his sleep was not very peaceful. He simply took out the medical book and continued to read. When he was tired, he walked outside to see the scenery on the river bank.
There was no river here originally, but a river channel opened between two mountains, so this is the narrowest place in the entire canal.
The boat slowed down and eased through the narrow river.
Standing on the deck, she could clearly see some wooden houses on the top of the mountain. There were actually people living in this deep mountain and old forest.
Some old people put some dry biscuits and snacks on the river bank to sell to passing ships. When a big ship passed by, they would shout loudly.
It just so happens that the boat is traveling very slowly here, so some of the lower-level boatmen on the boat will spend money to buy a few pancakes to fill their stomachs. These pancakes are very big and not expensive. You can buy them for three to five cents. There are also people selling boiled eggs. , selling fresh wild fruits, mushrooms and the like...
Cheng Wanwan really didn't expect that the opening of a canal would actually bring benefits to the people at the bottom of the mountains and forests. Although the benefits were very small, they were still a huge amount of income for poor families. .
As the ship slowly moved away, she could still see the smiles on the faces of the old people.
The waterway to Yangzhou was very smooth, but it took two and a half days to walk. We finally arrived at Yangzhou Pier in the afternoon of the third day.
Standing on the deck, you can see the prosperity and excitement of Yangzhou City. There are people coming and going. It can be seen from the clothes of these people that the living standards of ordinary people in Yangzhou City are at least two or three levels higher than that of Nanyang, Huzhou. .
It’s normal for crayfish to become popular in Yangzhou overnight.
The big ship slowly approached the dock. After it stopped, Mr. He took Cheng Wanwan and others off the ship.
As soon as their front feet landed, a group of people suddenly rushed over.
"Look, Mr. He has returned to Yangzhou!"
"He almost killed so many people, yet he dared to come back!"
"Businessmen will do anything for money. Such people are not worthy of being Yangzhou people. They are a disgrace to our city of Yangzhou!"
A group of common people shouted and cursed at Mr. He.
"The woman next to Mr. He seems to be from Suigong!"
"What Sui Gong people are called Sui Shu people now? They were promoted to the third rank a few days ago and they held a big banquet in Dahe Town!"
"That poisonous crayfish was cultivated by Suigong people, right? In order to make money, to perform meritorious deeds, and to make fun of the lives of our people, what qualifications does she have to be a third-grade Sui Shu lady!"
"Poisoned people are dying in Yangzhou, but Suishu people are feasting on guests. Officials are so careless about human life!"
"People from Suishu, get out of Yangzhou City, we Yangzhou people don't welcome you!"
"..."
I don't know who took the lead, but suddenly someone started throwing rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs, hitting Cheng Wanwan and Mr. He in the face.
Cheng A and Cheng Yi immediately stepped forward and protected Cheng Wanwan behind them. The rotten leaves fell on their heads.
Cheng Wanwan narrowed his eyes.
After all, she was a royal wife. Even if she did something heinous, these people would never dare to treat her like this in public.
Moreover, she has never been to Yangzhou City, and these ordinary people may not have any chance to go to Dahe Town. In other words, no one present should be able to recognize her identity.
This was someone deliberately giving her a blow.
She looked at the crowd gathered in front of her. Standing at the front was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties. He was dressed in coarse clothes. He was considered to be a member of the lower class of Yangzhou City. It was impossible for him to have any spare money to go to a restaurant and eat limited-edition Ao. Shrimp, since I didn’t eat crayfish, why are you so angry?
Moreover, this person has been building momentum and instigating the crowd to become more restless.
She said coldly: "Cheng Jia, arrest him, just arrest him."
To kill a chicken to scare a monkey, one chicken is enough.
Cheng Jia took the order, jumped up, jumped to the front of the crowd, grabbed the middle-aged man by the collar, threw him to the ground, then raised his foot and stepped on the man's back.
"It is a crime of great disrespect to attack the royal wife in public!" Cheng Jia said angrily, "Whoever dares to attack again will be guilty of the same crime as this person!"
He raised his foot harshly and stepped on the back of the man's hand, causing the man to let out a shrill scream.
The crowd of onlookers were so frightened that they all took a step back.
The man loudly said: "Killing people, Suishu people killing people, officials taking people's lives carelessly..."
Cheng Jia bent down and was about to take action again when Cheng Wanwan came over.
She said coldly: "You are so angry. It seems that someone in the family had an accident after eating lobster. Tell me, what day did it happen?"
"My mother ate a crayfish seven or eight days ago and started to have vomiting and diarrhea. Now she is still unconscious in bed." The man shouted loudly, "You Suishu people are doing meritorious service in order to make money, regardless of the lives of the people. I I don’t know if I can save my life..."
Cheng Wanwan took out the booklet coldly: "Seven or eight days ago, a total of twenty-seven people in Yangzhou Crawfish Restaurant showed symptoms of poisoning. Only three of them were women. The oldest woman was less than forty years old. This Isn’t this your wife?”
The man paused suddenly. The moment of pause was enough for people to conclude that what he just said was a lie.
Some people around recognized the man's identity.
"Isn't he that bastard who hangs out in casinos every day? His mother was pissed off by him more than ten years ago, right?"
"Did he have the heart of a bear but the courage of a leopard? He actually dared to fish in troubled waters to blackmail Sui Shuren."
"This time I hit the iron wall!"
Hearing the comments from people around her, Cheng Wanwan became more and more sure of her guess, and her voice became even colder: "You disguised yourself as a victim and attacked the royal wife in public, and sent you to the government. First, you will be beaten thirty times, and then Reincarceration, either imprisonment for more than ten years, or exile..."
The man was so frightened that he turned pale. He turned over and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Sui Shu, I know I was wrong. Please let me go... I don't have much money, so I just want to take the opportunity to make some money." After spending the money, Suishu people have nothing to lose anyway, so just let the villain go..."
He said, secretly retreating, trying to get into the crowd.
Seeing his small movements, Cheng Wanwan did not stop him, but gave Cheng Jia a look.
There must be someone behind this little gangster. Only by letting him go can she find out who he is in contact with. She must know who is behind this as soon as possible.
At first I thought it was a small quarrel between people in the village, but when I got here I realized that it might be a big force...
She allowed the gangster to run away, and then looked up at the crowd of spectators.
Seeing her glance, the crowd who had been clamoring just now continued to retreat in fear.
"I came to Yangzhou this time to give everyone an explanation." She said, "Anyone who has health problems due to crayfish, even if it is just a slight cough and discomfort, can go to the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce to register, and I will deal with them one by one. "
