jdhmnovel Chapter 355: The young man of the Yu family is like a natural disaster
Chapter 355: The young man of the Yu family is like a natural disaster
Who could be the person wearing armor?
As a palace soldier, Hu Dan was familiar with the armor in the army. The young man on the shore was none other than a soldier in his Great Zhou army!
Could it be that the Luzhou Prefecture knew about the situation and sent troops to support them?
But Hu Dan still remained cautious, cupped his hands to his mouth, and shouted towards the shore:
"Soldier, may I ask who you are?"
The horse under the young man paced twice in place, and the young man's voice came from the horse's back again: "Answer me first, where are you from?"
This time he did not ask them whether they had brought food or where they were going, but where they came from.
Hu Dan put down his guard a little and answered loudly: "Soldiers, we are coming from Liuyang Prefecture!"
The next moment, he seemed to hear the boy on the shore laugh, "Follow me! Oh, by the way, my last name is Yu."
Last name Yu!
Most of the people on the boat were from Liuyang Prefecture, so they knew what the surname Yu represented.
Hu Dan wanted to kneel down to Yu Zhengqing on the spot.
The prefect was thousands of miles away, but he still predicted the situation here and sent people from his family to rescue them.
but......
How did the prefect know this?
besides......
The Yu family is not a family of civil officials, so how come a military general emerged from here?
whatever!
Hu Dan shook his head. He didn't care about the predictions of the gods or the civil and military officials. The most important thing now was to find a way to reach the shore!
While directing the helmsman to turn the ship around, the leader asked Hu Dan:
"Sir, do you know that soldier?"
Hu Dan shook his head. "I don't know him. But you heard it too. His last name is Yu, and he is a relative of the prefect."
The leader was a more cautious person. He knew that the boy could not hear them talking on the boat, but he still lowered his voice and said to Hu Dan:
"We will confirm his identity later before taking any action. Don't be impulsive."
Hu Dan frowned and finally nodded.
Although the young man sounded young and introduced himself as Yu, the food on their ship was very popular in the entire east, so it was better to be cautious.
Sailing back upstream was slow to begin with, and the young man, riding on horseback on the shore, urged them repeatedly, "Hurry up."
Hu Dan asked him in a hoarse voice: "Soldier, where are we going?"
"You'll find out once you turn the corner."
After the young man finished speaking, he whipped his horsewhip and leaned down. In a flash, he left them behind and disappeared without a trace.
When the people on the boat lost him, it was as if they had lost their backbone. The people rowing the oars were rowing out of smoke, fearing that what they had just seen was just a dream.
After the boat turned the corner, everyone on board realized what it meant to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Looking up, I saw a large number of soldiers dressed in silver-red armor on the right bank, stretching as far as the eye could see. It was a spectacular sight.
Waiting behind them was a string of transport carriages.
The captain was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide and asked the old boatman beside him in a daze:
"When we came here just now, was the silver-red armor there?"
The old boatman blinked and shook his head blankly, "I didn't see them either. Not to mention the silver-red armor, I didn't even see a single person. Where did they come from in half an hour?"
The young man still did not dismount, and shouted to them from the shore:
"Go a little further, there are many people ahead. Don't be reluctant to leave, leave room for the boat behind. Thirty soldiers on the shore form a group, pulling a boat, you can watch it yourself. OK, go - go - go -"
"Eh!"
He shouted, rebuking the middle boat:
"You! That's you! What are you trying to grab? Is it your turn? You can't miss it, so move forward a little bit! Once you have found the right position, stay where you are and throw the fiber over! If it's not enough..."
At his command, a group of sturdy and imposing soldiers came behind him, carrying thick ropes.
He grinned: "We still have some here, just throw them away."
The ships found their positions and waited for the captain's orders.
Hu Dan stood on the deck, leaning against the railing, and asked the young man, "Soldier, do you have any token?"
The young man laughed when he heard that. Everyone couldn't see his expression clearly, they could only see a mouthful of big white teeth.
"You weren't cautious when you should have been, but now you are being cautious. What can I say about you?"
After he finished speaking, he seemed to sigh, ordered the horse to move forward two steps, took out something from his arms, raised his hand and threw it over.
"If you have seen it clearly, put it in my pocket and return it to me later."
He had great strength in his hands, and even though the shore was some distance away from the boat, if he wanted to throw it onto the boat, he would never throw it into the river.
The people on the boat were in a panic and tried to prevent the object from falling to the ground.
Hu Dan took the object and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, he felt like meeting a fellow villager, and his eyes were filled with tears.
"It's definitely one of ours. Quick! Quick! Throw the fiber! Throw the fiber!"
The young man led the team and solved their urgent problem, and it can even be said that he saved the people affected by the disaster in the east.
......
Tongan County, Nanba Village.
The autumn wind is blowing, and now is a good time to gather and discuss matters.
The birds in the trees were chirping, and their pair of black eyes were staring at the people on the dam. Children who were coming home from school were laughing and playing, chasing each other and passing under the trees, scaring the black-eyed birds so much that they flapped their wings and flew away.
Zhou Lizheng spoke passionately and with cadence.
"...That's it! You only have one chance! Anyway, I, Old Zhou, have done it, but whether you want to do it or not, you can discuss it behind closed doors. The adults said that they won't force you!"
The villagers looked at each other.
Someone joked: "What are you still discussing, Zhou Lizheng? Can you discuss whether you can invest ten taels of silver instead of one tael?"
There was a burst of laughter on the dam, and the villagers echoed it one after another.
"That's right! Li Zheng Zhou, the Lord is willing to give us this opportunity, and we are not stupid. To be honest, can you help us ask the Lord if we can build a bigger workshop? I, Old Liu, am willing to invest ten taels of silver!"
"I do too!"
"I do too!"
"I'll throw eleven taels!"
"Then I'll throw in twelve taels!"
"I......"
"Wait a minute!"
Zhou Lizheng laughed and scolded them: "Are you here imitating the nobles in holding auctions? You can bid as much as you want. The adults said one tael of silver per household. Forget it if you don't bid, but you can't bid more, not even a copper coin more."
"Ugh--"
The villagers acted disappointed and asked him, "Is it really impossible to discuss this further?"
Zhou Lizheng curled his lips and cursed, "You are really nothing. Do you know why we can only invest one or two taels of silver? Because as long as we invest, it is a sure win! Lord Shen who came to the capital said that if the situation is good, we can get our money back in less than a year, and we will make money in the future."
He glanced at them and rolled his eyes:
"You all made all the money, but what did the master make? What did the yamen make? Let's get this straight. This could have been a business for the master alone. But the master loves the people like his own children and only allowed us to join because he cared about us. And you guys are so good, you're trying to put your hands into the master's pocket!"
Everyone was stunned and felt so ashamed that they kept saying “I’m not”, “I didn’t”, “Don’t talk nonsense”.
"Zhou Lizheng, we just want to invest more so that the workshop can be built bigger. Wouldn't you be able to make more money this way?"
"Yes, Zhou Lizheng, we didn't have the thoughts you said, you really wronged us..."
A small dispute broke out between the two parties over the cloth shop. At the same time, Shen Zheng and Shen Xingjian in the county school also had a dispute over the cloth shop.