Chapter 403

Ningshui wharf is located in the south of Jiangbei County, close to the city gate. Minghe river winds and flows. Here, the width has been reduced to only seven or eight feet. On both sides of the river are not farm crops, but bustling markets.

Therefore, the Minghe River directly runs through Jiangbei County and flows into Changshu County before changing the terrain and running in the mountains and fields. Here in Jiangbei County, Minghe river is almost a mother river. Although it is small, the merchant ships and fishermen rowing boats to sell fish decorate the whole Jiangbei County with excitement.

Luo qingluan's freighter was not big. Compared with other freighters, it was inconspicuous. A batch of porcelain has been loaded on the ship in advance. It is not valuable vases to enjoy, but practical dishes and rice bowls at home, which are used to hide people's ears and eyes.

The ship will be landing soon. Luo qingluan looked at Chen Dong. While commanding the accompanying guys to prepare to carry the goods, he said casually: "we'll find a place to sell these goods so as not to be found wrong. Let's find a place to eat and rest first, and then go to Changshu as soon as possible. These guys don't have to follow, so as not to affect our speed."

The guys who followed Luo qingluan and them are all from the shops under the name of the dark night hall. Although there is generally no problem, now is the key time. Luo qingluan doesn't want to make any mistakes.

Besides, since it's camouflage, you have to pretend to be. If a cargo ship doesn't load and unload goods when it comes to shore, won't it be seen through at a glance? Simply, she simply asked these guys to stay and help sell the dishes and rice bowls transported from Dongwan to a merchant. How can she make the best use of everything.

In such a worried situation, Luo qingluan was in a spare mood to deal with hundreds of liang of silver goods. It has to be said that her habit of making money has gone deep into the bone marrow. Nalan night's situation made her anxious and worried, but she knew better that the more it was, the less she could worry and let people notice. It was the most beneficial for her to keep her mind clear and calm.

When the cargo ship hit the bluestone on the wharf, a faint vibration came from the whole ship. Xu Lian also wanted to help Luo qingluan, but she was not so careful and delicate. She pushed away without showing any trace, and jumped up easily in two or three steps.

She's dressed up like a fisherman's girl now. How can she want someone to help her like a charming daughter? I'm afraid that the shippers who are unloading next to me will see this. They will be suspicious again and make some mistakes.

Although this possibility is very small, Luo qingluan doesn't want to make any mistakes.

When the party got ashore, the rest of the guys began to get busy. They moved out the wooden boxes at the bottom of the cabin in twos and threes. Luo qingluan glanced at the lively appearance around. People came and went, and said, "let's go. First find a place to eat. It's hard for everyone to sit on the boat for several days."

The crowd nodded and said nothing. Luo qingluan could see that they already had a lot of blood in their eyes. Obviously, they didn't rest well because of sailing and something in their hearts, but no one showed it. Everyone followed Luo qingluan's lead and didn't speak to comfort her. They were worried that the wall had ears. Seeing that she was so considerate to everyone, although they were worried again, they didn't want to brush Luo qingluan's good intentions.

Jiangbei County naturally has a dark night hall, but at this time, Luo qingluan just wants to eat and rest quickly and set off. She doesn't want to delay time at all. After a few blocks along the wharf, there were more and more shops on both sides. Luo qingluan motioned to a two-story restaurant in front. Naturally, everyone had no opinion.

As soon as he entered the door, a warm man greeted him and asked with a smile whether he was going to stay in the hotel or not. Chen Dong glanced at Luo qingluan and saw that she was nothing. He casually said, "find a quiet elegant room and come to some of your specialties. By the way, if we don't drink, we have to hurry after eating. You serve quickly."

"OK, some guests upstairs, please." The waiter smilingly led the people to an elegant room near the window on the second floor, wiped the table with a white towel on his shoulder, then poured tea, melon seeds, peas and other snacks, and then went down.

After looking at the crowd, Luo qingluan saw that everyone was serious. She frowned and smiled: "look at you, why are you all sad? I don't know who thought he owed you money and couldn't collect the debt?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Lian and other talents smiled uneasily, but it was still far fetched. Xu Lian whispered, "Miss, you can't afford to travel these days. I'm afraid you're tired. It's better to have dinner later. I'll stay here with you for one night and wait for Xu Wei and them to go back and inquire about the news. Hello, Xu Wei, do you think it's ok?"

When Xu Lian asked about herself, Xu Wei was stunned, thought about it and said, "it's good, miss. After all, we don't know where the Lord is now. Even if the Miss wants to go back to help, we have to investigate first."

Knowing that everyone was worried that she would collapse again, Luo qingluan understood everyone's mind. But she can still insist. She just didn't sleep well for a few days. Compared with Nalan night's injury, the situation is unknown. If she doesn't see him safe with her own eyes, she will never rest assured.

However, Xu Wei also said the truth. No matter how anxious she was, she couldn't mess around blindly and meditate a little, Luo qingluan said, "well, we'll have a rest later, or we'll continue on our way. When we get to Changshu, I'll stay with Xu Lian and find a place to rest. Xu Wei, Mr. Chen and chief escort Liu, you'll go to inquire about the news and continue when the results are available. After all, Changshu is closer to the capital, and Jiangbei is still a little far away."

"Since the young lady says so, let's do it." Chen Dong looked at everyone and nodded: "we'll go after dinner later. We still need to rent two carriages. We can go all night and save time, but it's just a hard lady."

"Nothing. It's important." Luo qingluan doesn't mind.

As soon as the itinerary plan was discussed, the waiter came up with a plate of dishes and a full table. As expected, it was full of color, flavor and flavor. The waiter was even more attentive with a smile: "please take your time. These are the specialty dishes in our store. I'm sure you'll be full of praise after eating."

"OK, thank you, little second brother." Luo qingluan replied with a smile. Xu Lian immediately touched out a ingot of broken silver and handed it over.

"Oh, thank you, sir." The man's eyes brightened and his smile couldn't close his mouth. "Several guests look like doing big business. It's really a noble blessing."

Luo qingluan didn't feel it at all. She was trying to have a quiet meal. Unexpectedly, she heard bursts of noise downstairs. The cries were endless, and she immediately frowned.

Chen Dong, sitting opposite, looked downstairs and saw countless carriages escorting goods passing by. Next to them were soldiers with swords hanging from their waist. He shouted to give way and looked arrogant, which attracted countless pedestrians to avoid one after another.

"Get out of the way. Don't have eyes. Can you afford to pay for the damage? Put them in jail one by one." The first man in his 30s, dressed as a rich official manager, almost had his eyes on his head and didn't pay attention to the people all over the street.

Luo qingluan couldn't help sneering: "the escort of goods is so great. It's still a person of the government. The governor of Jiangbei County also colludes with officials and businessmen, and acts openly. It's really lawless?"

As soon as the guy was about to leave, he immediately smiled at the speech: "this girl misunderstood. It was our sheriff's soldiers who escorted the goods, but it was not collusion between officials and businessmen, nor lawlessness. Although the people below were a little rude, but none of us cared, but we were happy."

Luo qingluan, who said this, immediately became interested. Anyway, it was also dinner time. He didn't delay talking while eating. She said with a smile, "that's strange. Little second brother, tell us what's going on?"

Xu Lian immediately touched another ingot or two of silver and came out: "as long as you say it well, let's hear it fresh. This ingot of silver is also yours."

Unexpectedly, there was a silver reward. The man immediately became more energetic and didn't hurry to leave, Come over and say with a smile: "As soon as I heard some guests talking, I knew you were from other places. Recently, our sheriff's daughter was going to get married, so the sheriff deliberately bought a lot of dowry, which made the young lady get married. No, more than ten cars of dowry were delivered every day. Moreover, the sheriff was afraid of disturbing the people, and specially gave each family 50 Wen wedding money. Although the money Not much, but this is the intention of the sheriff. We lower class people are also happy with the sheriff's young lady. Everyone is happy. "

I see. It's no wonder that although the government soldiers shouted and drank just now, passers-by just dodged and pointed, and didn't have a heart to complain. Luo qingluan understood that this was the reason.

However, she is also a little new. She hasn't heard of the habit of giving money to officials at weddings, but she hasn't seen so many. Each household sends 50 Wen. These 1000 households are 50000 Wen, which is equivalent to 50 liang of silver. How many people are there in Jiangbei County? It should be no less than 100000 households. How much money should it be?

For a sheriff, it's not much to be greedy for hundreds of thousands of ink, but it's still rare for him to give thousands of liang of silver for marrying his daughter. The more she thought about it, the more strange she felt. While eating, Luo qingluan looked at the others, quickly exchanged eyes, found that everyone was the same, and also noticed something strange.

Everyone knows that there must be demons when things go wrong. Luo qingluan really wants to find out the reason if he is not busy with his own affairs.

Now, she just smiled: "it seems that the governor of Jiangbei County is still a good official who loves the people like a son. Marrying his daughter makes the people of the whole city happy."

"Isn't it? Our sheriff is good." Seeing Luo qingluan happy, the waiter became more interested and looked mysterious: "how many guests can guess which big man our sheriff is going to marry? You can't guess."