On the other side, the next day, the first day of September.
(There are three hundred and sixty days in a year, January 30th.)
The large ferry boat Yamazaki took traveled all night and drifted along the river for more than two hundred miles before arriving at Yuncheng, the important city on the river.
Yuncheng is located in an important waterway, leading to the southeast, northwest and northwest.
The river here has flooded and flooded the roads, and the land route has been temporarily disabled. However, water transportation is busy non-stop, and the water is full of boats.
Those coming from the south, those going north, carrying all kinds of things.
The ferry stopped for a while, and Yamazaki got off the boat and wandered around.
The refugees didn't see much, but the beggars saw a lot. I don't know if they were transferred from the refugees.
All we can say is that this place is close to three waterways, and there will be floods every year. Those who farm here should be prepared.
Of course, the flooding seems to be particularly severe this year, and it must have affected many people. This can be seen from the crowding of the market.
Yamazaki walked around, bought some fruits and got on the boat.
He and Shan Dai had already spent 43 million taels of silver and had a clear conscience about the world.
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The third day of September.
The ferry arrived at Hancheng in the evening and anchored at the ferry port.
This is a place connecting the river and the sea. The river east of the city is wide and is a natural harbor.
The river flows east to south through here, and after a few hundred miles, it enters the sea. Ships from the sea can also come in along the current, and drop off or transfer goods here.
But for Yamazaki, he chose Hancheng because his adoptive mother Tian Rui's Tian family was nearby.
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Yamazaki mingled with the crowd and stood on the top floor of the ferry to join in the fun and look out.
There are bright lights both inside and outside the city, especially in the harbor, where large ships lie like monsters.
At this time, the sailor shouted, "The ship has stopped, we can go ashore."
Yamazaki disembarked and entered the city without looking much.
The ferry was really busy, full of people soliciting customers.
Yamazaki didn't plan to stay in an inn, so he asked Yaxing for rent.
I rented a small private house with twenty steps in length and width for ten taels of silver a day.
It includes a kitchen, a woodshed, a hut, and a well.
There is also a two-story stilt house on the other side, with eight rooms on the top and livestock and sundries below.
(It covers an area of about 230 square meters and has a construction area of more than 250 square meters, of which the lower floor of the stilt building is about 100 square meters.)
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The fourth day, the fourth day of September.
After Yamazaki got up and did his morning classes, he figured that Shandai was still on the way, so he didn't go to meet her.
First, I went to the end of the alley to eat a bowl of tofu pudding and stuffed two scallion pancakes to fill my stomach. Then I went to wander around to familiarize myself with the topography of the city and get a feel for the situation.
I had a pot of tea and four baskets of thirty-two soup dumplings for lunch.
It was unbelievable to hear and shocking to see.
Because there is obviously a flood and it has spread to the city. In order to protect his political performance, the official pretends to be peaceful.
With just a stroke of his pen, merchant farmers had to continue to pay taxes on hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.
Although the official exempted some of the money due to heavy rain, the rest was just blood and meat.
For businessmen and ordinary farmers, life is simply impossible.
It's not yet time for autumn grain harvest, so everyone is trying to find ways to raise money.
Some families even gave up their old houses in Botian and secretly fled Hancheng.
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night.
Yamazaki cut a large piece of pig head meat, a pig ear, wrapped a portion of boiled peanuts, and a portion of spiced beans.
I bought another can of soju (300 ml), went back to the courtyard, and sat on the roof to drink alone.
Looking at the bustling city with infinite darkness, and listening to the faint sound of silk and bamboo, I felt a little uncomfortable.
After eating for more than an hour, I slurped down a can of soju and finished the food.
Yamazaki burped from the wine and felt a little drunk, but he was in a much better mood and his head seemed to be clearing up.
Yamazaki thought about it and suddenly realized that for him, this was the right time to buy property.
Yamazaki couldn't help but smile bitterly. No wonder one of his off-kilter words has become a famous saying.
Others' pain is my happiness!
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The fifth day of September.
Yamazaki went to archways, pawn shops, shopping malls, and dental shops to find suitable industries and personnel, and left messages asking for prices.
Yamazaki also randomly picked an archway and placed two bets in it, but did not mention the result.
It fully shows that his luck is still the same as usual.
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The sixth day of September.
Yamazaki guessed that Shandai was coming, so he went to the tea shed in the northwest of the city to wait.
Before evening, Shandai's carriage team arrived outside Hancheng.
Shandai saw Yamazaki outside the inn. He was sitting under the shade of a tree outside the tea shed, eating melon seeds and peanuts.
Shan Dai went over to buy a bowl of tea and Yamazaki also sat over.
"Are you okay?"
"Of course, what about you?"
Yamazaki smiled and said: "Take the Feixiang Gang's boat and go straight down the river. It's pretty fast. We'll arrive on the evening of the third day of the lunar new year."
"Ha, that's really interesting." Shandai said happily.
Yamazaki sighed in a low voice, "It's a pity that the court has not responded yet. Apparently the southeast is completely rotten. The world will soon be in chaos, and the people will inevitably experience a lifetime of turmoil."
Shandai curled her lips, "Why are you bothering with that? Think about whether you can get a wife first."
"Speaking of this," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I went to the market to inquire, and the results will be available in two days."
Shandai was interested, "Real or fake? Who is it?"
Yamazaki smiled and said: "I don't know now, but I am not marrying a wife, but looking for a housekeeper."
Shandai curled her lips and said, "You have two shabby yards, what do you have to do with them?"
Yamazaki grinned and said, "I plan to buy a property here to leave a way out for my adoptive mother. The Tian family is not far from here."
"Is that so?" Shan Dai frowned, "The things here aren't cheap, are they?"
Yamazaki sighed, "It doesn't take too much, just make the adoptive mother have enough food and clothing. She is not a charlatan, and she can't protect her if she has too much money. On the contrary, she will cause trouble."
"I understand, the little rich is at peace." Shan Dai smiled and said, "Speaking of which, although I am in a hurry here, I still go to the archway to play a few tricks every night, and I make a lot of money."
"Haha." Yamazaki had nothing to say except a thumbs up. He couldn't say that he bet twice and lost twice, right?
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Yamazaki took Shandai's carriage into the city and guided her into the small courtyard she rented.
In the evening, I spent fifty taels of silver to cut a pig leg, took the peanuts and broad beans that were given to me, and brought four jars of rice wine (500 ml each jar) to drink together on the roof.
About two hours later, I discovered a problem after eating.
It was so hanging that the two people and the weight of a pig leg did not collapse the roof.
The two hugged their bellies and laughed, lying on the roof together.
Although the lights in the city affected the sky, the stars in the sky still looked bright.
After watching quietly for half an hour, he went back to rest.
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The seventh day of September.
Yamazaki and Shandai went to a clothing store to pick out clothes, and each spent dozens of taels of silver to buy a brocade dress with embroidery work.
Except when I was little, this is the first time in my life that I have worn such good clothes.
The two held folding fans and put mustaches on their lips, turning into two young men.
You must have a hairy mouth, otherwise people will bully you because you are young.
When buying property, you naturally have to dress better.
Most people in this world judge people based on their clothes and appearance, so you have to take care of them.
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