"The snow fell so early this year. The auspicious snow really heralds a good year!"
Niu Decai came over with wine, stood next to Xu Ling, and extended an invitation to him enthusiastically, "Brother Xu, everyone says that the scenery in Jiangnan is beautiful. If you ask me, the winter scenery in Qiantang is the best." !”
"You don't do business anyway, why don't you go to Qiantang with me?"
Xu Ling raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother Niu is really kind-hearted, but I have a wife and daughter waiting for me at home, so I can't go with Brother Niu."
"Brother Niu, has he married a wife and had children?"
Niu Decai smacked his lips with regret and said disapprovingly: "Marry, I got married when I was sixteen and had a wife when I was seventeen. I have a wife and a concubine at home. They enjoy happiness at home. All I need to do is bring them jewelry when I go back." Jewelry, who cares what I do outside?"
He wanted to persuade Xu Ling again, but two more people took him over to have a drink.
Xu Ling stood on the deck for a while, feeling cold to the bone.
It's only November and it's already snowing. Their area belongs to the south. Based on the weather in previous lives, snowing at this time is too unreasonable.
However, Xu Ling learned that in recent years, it has snowed every winter.
Auspicious snow heralds a good year. Snow is good for crops and can increase the yield per mu to some extent. But sometimes it's still snowing too early or too late, which can have immeasurable consequences.
Xu Ling couldn't drink the wine anymore.
He quietly left the crowd, returned to the cabin, closed the door tightly, and got into the space.
Look at what you have hoarded like a wealthy landlord.
There were a lot of picked green vegetables, and several acres of unripe vegetables. Herbs were planted far away, and the rest of the land was wasteland.
It's not Xu Linglan, he is really tired. He wants to cultivate hundreds of acres of land in one go, but he is powerless!
Xu Ling sometimes felt that he was more like a cow and a horse than in his previous life. He had to sell vegetables every day, go to the market to collect information on goods, and worry about whether the funds could be returned. At night, he had to reclaim wasteland and dig ditches to divert spring water. , planting fields and harvesting vegetables, so busy that I don’t know what time it is.
He calculated mentally that he would sleep no more than six hours a day.
Both feet are covered with calluses.
But if Xu Ling's guess is correct, there are only advantages and no disadvantages to growing food now.
Through inquiring, Xu Ling learned that the weather had been getting colder year by year, and that the government of the Yong Dynasty was, to put it bluntly, dangerous.
Sooner or later it will collapse, but Xu Ling can't say when it will collapse.
To store grain, we must store grain.
Xu Ling had no intention of admiring the snow at all, and continued to open up wasteland with his shovel and hoe.
The heavy snow stopped on the second day, and the ship continued to sail towards Lingbao Town.
When there were still two days left before Lingbao Town, an unexpected incident occurred.
Xu Ling would come out of the cabin every day during meals to avoid anyone looking for him. That day, he was hunching his neck and bragging to people on the deck when he suddenly saw the helmsman put on and running into the cabin in a panic.
After a while, the Wei family's bow hurriedly ran out, stood on the bow and looked into the distance.
At this time, Xu Ling and others noticed something was wrong, and quickly approached the boat to take a look.
Not far away, I saw a large ship with the flag of the Wei family, and seven or eight bamboo-leaf-sized ships in other directions, cooperating with the large ship to continuously move closer to the ship where Xu Ling was.
Others were still muttering that the Wei family was worthy of being the Wei family. Before this ship returned to Lingbao Town, another ship started transporting goods again.
Xu Ling felt something bad in his heart. He remembered that one of the Wei family's ships was hijacked by Jiang bandits!
Could it be that I was unlucky enough to bump into him so soon?
He hurriedly went to warn the boatman, but the boatman was already one step ahead of him. He sounded the gongs and drums to remind the people on the boat to return to the cabin quickly, because the boat was about to speed up.
Opening the small wooden window and looking outside, I saw the distant shore scenery receding continuously. Unfortunately, the big ship carried too much, and no matter how fast it was, it couldn't be as fast as those light boats like bamboo leaves.
In just half a cup of tea, the boats caught up, and Xu Ling heard the strange sounds of river bandits coming from the boats.
They were not in a hurry to board the ship, they just drove the ship away, as if they had some purpose.
Xu Ling felt a little flustered and forced himself to calm down.
I wonder if these Jiang bandits are part of the Burning Man group. If they are with him, I might be able to save a small life, but there are people from the Wei family of Lingbao Town on this boat.
If they found out that they were acquainted with the scalded man and went back to tell the Wei family, Xu Ling would have a difficult life.
In the end, Xu Ling thought about the worst outcome, which was that he would dive into the water to escape. This body was very good at water, and he might still have a chance to survive.
"boom!"
The ship suddenly hit the rocks. Xu Ling was unprepared and was thrown against the door. The ship moved forward for a moment and slowly stopped.
The ships had gathered around the ship, and someone threw up a flying claw hook and climbed onto the ship along the rope.
"Everyone, we are just a small business. I don't know why I have offended you. I have one hundred taels of silver here. If you don't mind, please accept it!"
The sound of the bow of the ship came from the deck, and Xu Ling listened carefully.
"You are a very discerning boatman! I will accept your filial piety!"
"Call everyone on the boat! Come out quickly!"
Someone kicked on the cabin door and pulled out a small businessman from inside. The businessman hurriedly handed over his hands and begged for mercy: "Heroes, spare their lives, heroes, spare their lives! The little one also has money!"
The purpose of these Jiang bandits was money. As long as the passing merchants paid, their lives would not be in danger. Soon, many travelers including Xu Ling were pulled out and stood on the deck.
Xu Ling was carrying his small baggage, and everyone had their valuable property in front of them. If he didn't have money, he could use goods to offset it.
But Xu Ling him...he has no money.
Not only did he have no money, he also had no goods.
There was space in the space, but he got on the boat empty-handed. Everyone who was traveling with him knew that he couldn't bring out a bunch of rabbit fur at this time, right?
Therefore, among the people who paid obediently, Xu Ling was particularly eye-catching.
"You, come out!"
A short and thin man, who was no taller than Xu Ling, pulled Xu Ling out of the crowd, tore off his bundle and threw it to the ground.
The baggage was spread out, and dried melon seeds, steamed buns, and half-eaten braised pork were scattered all over the floor.
Some people couldn't help but laugh.
The tall and thin man seemed to feel provoked and asked angrily: "Where's your money?"
Xu Ling said honestly: "The younger one has no money."
"Are you a businessman? A scholar? If you don't have money, why would you go out?"
"The young man is a businessman. He is a businessman for the first time. He has no skills and was deceived by others." Xu Ling shrank like a quail, hoping that this man would let him go.
"Damn it! You're making me feel free of charge, right?"
The tall and lanky man was about to kick Xu Ling to alert everyone, but Xu Ling's quick eyesight and quick hands dodged, causing him to be kicked in the air, his body was unstable, and he was split on the deck!
"Pfft..." Niu Decai couldn't help laughing, and his face turned red.
The tall and thin man looked at him with a fierce look, and he trembled, but he stood up and begged for Xu Ling's mercy: "Hero, spare your life, this is one of my little brothers, I will pay for his life, give him a way to live." !”
