Chapter 65

If you use an ox cart to transport grain, one ox cart can pull 500 kilograms of grain, and more than 30 ox carts are needed to transport 15 tons of grain.

But the key is that the transportation cost of Datang's ox cart is too expensive. It carries a load of 100 kg and charges 100 Wen for every 100 li

Hire 30 ox carts to transport the 15 tons of grain back to Dingzhou village, with at least 30 copper coins. Li forgetful can declare bankruptcy.

Er, in fact, he went bankrupt long ago. The child is still carrying a huge debt of more than one million yuan.

Although he still has twelve taels of gold, Li forgets to worry. He can't bear to spend half of it just transporting grain.

Finally, the cattle brothers came up with a way for him to take water transportation!

Outside Dingzhou village is the Gan River, which is directly connected to the Weihe River. In this way, grain can be directly transported to Dingzhou village by ship.

Although it's a long way by water, about 180 miles by water, and sailing against the current, the freight is much cheaper than transporting by ox cart.

Qiu Yuanliang heard that Dingzhou village where Li forgets worry can be transported by water. He waved his hand and said that he can use his enemy's grain ship to help him transport for free.

Most of the original enemy's grain was also transported to Chang'an City by water. In this case, a grain ship is directly allocated from the Dongwei bridge outside Chang'an city.

The Dongwei bridge in the north of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty is the end point of grain transportation in the Wei River. It is a large cargo wharf with many sailboats and masts.

The poem "evening view of Dongwei bridge" wrote: "there are Wuzhou in Qin, and thousands of masts and Weihe bend their heads". It can be seen that its water transportation is developed.

Having solved the problem of grain transportation, Li forget worry was naturally overjoyed.

He asked Niu Wu to ride first and return the three horses borrowed from Huxian county government. Then go back to Dingzhou village and tell the old village Zheng to ask him to arrange village labor to help him carry grain.

After Niu Wu rode back, Li forgetful and Niu Yong said goodbye to Qiu Yuanliang and Qiu Kun. Led by the housekeeper of Qiu's house, he went to Dongwei bridge, boarded the enemy's grain ship and prepared to escort the grain ship all the way back.

Grain ships in the Weihe River are "Xiezhi river ships".

This kind of river ship is fat and short, has flat bottom and shallow cabin, has large loading capacity, can carry as much as 1000 stones per ship, and is convenient for loading and unloading. It is suitable for navigation in the river with open river surface and stable water flow.

Because the boat from Dongwei bridge to Dingzhou village is sailing against the current. It depends on the wind and several boatmans support the boat with long poles. The speed is very slow. It takes about two days to go from Chang'an to Dingzhou village.

Li forgets sorrow and Niu Yong have counted the grain on the river boat. After thanking the housekeeper of Qiu's house again and again, they are ready to ask the boatman to sail.

But I heard a familiar voice from the wharf: "Xiao Lang, wait for me."

Li forgot to worry and looked up. It was Qiu Kun who came on horseback.

"Brother Qiu, is there anything else?" Li forgetful asked curiously.

Qiu Kun rolled down from his horse's back and smiled and stepped on the river boat through the pedal: "Xiao Lang, I want to go to your Dingzhou village to live for a few days. I don't know if it's convenient?"

Qiu Kun's words surprised Li Qieyou a little, but he immediately smiled: "brother Qiu is willing to be a guest at my house. Naturally, you are welcome."

Li forgets worry and doesn't know that after he and Niu Yong left their enemy's house, Qiu Kun immediately told his father everything he saw in Zhang Liang's house today.

Qiu Yuanliang was also startled by his son's story. Unexpectedly, his son could get to know such people by buying a painting in pingkang square.

Although Li forgets sorrow at the age of 16, he can't see through his skills.

Qiu Yuanliang was moved to hear that Duke Lu actually asked Li forgetful to call his uncle and beat Li forgetful's fart stock as an elder at the party.

What is the identity of this young man?

Qiu Yuanliang, who was born into a merchant family, was shocked to be treated like this by the founding Duke.

Qiu Yuanliang immediately made a decision in his heart that he would be proud of all his life. He must find a way to make friends with Li Xiaolang. He asked his son Qiu Kun to immediately take the gold and silver to the wharf and accompany Li forgetful to go to Dingzhou village. If he could help, he would try his best to help, just asking for more incense and fire from both sides.

Li Qieyou doesn't hate Qiu Kun, but he still feels very appetizing to himself. Although the fat man was born as a merchant with a slightly dandy character, he did not pretend.

Moreover, Qiu Kun, a fat man, although simple and straightforward, is loyal. He was able to speak out in front of Cheng Yaojin that day and let Cheng Yaojin let him down.

With a cry from the boatman, the river boat was slowly pushed away from the wharf by several long poles and drove slowly to the upper reaches of the Weishui river.

Two days later, the river boat sailed into Gan River, and Dingzhou village was in sight.

Far away, Li forgot to worry and saw many people standing on the embankment, waiting for them.

Su Changqing was the first beautiful woman.

Seeing her long skirt floating on the riverbank and smiling at herself, Li forgot to worry and his heart throbbed. It turns out that it feels so wonderful that someone is waiting for him.

After seeing Su Changqing for a few days, he felt even more missing. In a moment of excitement, he couldn't help rushing to the bow of the boat and yelling at Su Changqing on the riverbank: "sister, do you want to make an appointment?"

Su Changqing was so amused by him that he leaned forward and backward, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and shouted to Li forgetful worry, "I don't ask for children!"

This made Li forget his worries and was forced to ask... Children? Nima, this naked contempt can't stand! Believe it or not, I'll touch your room tonight?

The people around them didn't understand their joke. Qiu Kun looked puzzled: "Xiao Lang, why don't you make an appointment?"

Li forget worry: "

There is no wharf along the Ganhe river where Dingzhou village is located, so river ships can only dock on the bank to unload.

There is a drop of several meters between the river embankment and the river, so it is not easy to carry grain. Fortunately, after the old village was informed by Niu Wu, it brought almost all the strong labor and only a few old cattle in the village.

They were busy for a long time before they finally unloaded the 300 stone grain from the river boat.

The old village is asking people to help carry food to Li forgetful worry's house, but he doesn't understand and holds Li forgetful worry: "why did Xiao Lang bring so much food back?"

The locust plague in Guanzhong in March is now known only to Li forgetful and Su Changqing. To outsiders, it is unreasonable to transport so much grain to the village at one time.

It's gonna take years, huh?

At this time, Li forget worry will not tell the old village. This is the life-saving food he prepared for the whole village. With these 15 tons of grain, collecting some wild vegetables and the grain stored in the villagers' homes should not be a problem to cope with the locust plague in the past.

Moreover, Dingzhou village is back to the Qinling Mountains and there is Gan River in the north. Whether it is fishing or hunting, Li forgets worry that the villagers should not suffer from famine.

"Hey, hey, it's nothing. Don't panic if you have food in your hand."

"But there are too many."

"Not much, not much. I'm not enough." Li forgot to worry and said with a smile, "the old village is. The villagers who invite you to help later will take a bucket of grain back. It's a reward."

"It's all farmers' families. What's the reward for helping to move some food? Don't learn bad from the people in the city, you child!" the old village was unhappy when he heard this. He didn't call Li forgetful Xiao Lang and taught him a lesson directly.

Being taught by the old village, Li forgot to worry and was silly.