Li Erhu is very motivated.

After he bought the ramie ship transported on the sugar boat with almost starting prices - three guan per stone and two hundred guan per stone.

Immediately I started hiring someone to hire a ship, intending to transport the goods back to Bianjing.

Although the freight standard set by the Ministry of Revenue of the Song Dynasty for the Caosi was thirteen cents per 100 kilogram of goods per 100 miles and thirty cents per 100 kilogram of goods on the backflow.

But that's the official price!

In the Song Dynasty, a common sense is that most goods or services, the prices of the private sector have always been higher than those of the government!

Of course, when taxes are required or commodity prices are verified, it will be reversed.

Therefore, the shipping fee for each stone of ramie that Li Erhu was looking for was finally about 500 yuan.

This price cannot be said to be the market price.

It can only be considered reasonable.

Because, normally, the freight rate of goods per stone should be more than 400 yuan.

But this is not the first time he has done this business and is he working with someone for the first time?

Premium is normal.

In addition, he wanted to test the tax cards of the prefectures and counties along the way, and only planned to transport a ship of ramie back first.

Therefore, the shipping fee of 500 coins per stone is very reasonable.

However, when loading the ramie into the ship and preparing to set sail, Li Erhu received a notice from the ship's boss.

There will be a few more guests who will enter Beijing on the same boat as him.

Li Erhu didn't care either and agreed.

When he boarded the ship, he saw the passengers on the ship.

There are five people in total, but it is obvious that four of them are entourages.

Because these four people were carrying boats on the salute.

Their rituals are all about books, copybooks and other things.

The leader was a middle-aged man who looked in his forties, elegant and easy-going.

Li Erhu didn't care either.

Because it is late May of the second year of Yuanyou.

The court will open a statute to recruit scholars in the spring next year.

And the subject next year is the Long Fei List of the officials of the current dynasty!

According to past practice, even the Jinshi on Long Fei's list, even the Jinshi who was the last, had to look up to the officials of the Ministry of Personnel when they were investigated.

Therefore, whenever a new king ascends the throne, scholars from all over the world will find ways to go to Beijing to take the exam.

The local governments will be rolled at this critical node until they can no longer be rolled.

The other party didn't care even more about Li Erhu, the merchant.

The middle-aged man just nodded slightly to Li Erhu after he boarded the ship.

Li Erhu didn't care. He just wanted to transport this ship of ramie to the capital safely.

The ship hired by Li Erhu is a typical cargo ship of the Bian River in the Song Dynasty.

This kind of ship is obviously much smaller than the large ships of the Caosi sailing on the Bian River.

At most, he could only transport about one thousand stones of goods at a time, because Li Erhu transported ramie this time. Even though he tried every means to stuff ramie onto the ship, he only loaded more than two hundred stones in the end.

So, in the end, he had no choice but to agree that if he arrived safely in Beijing, he would invite the boss and the boatmen to the Sun's Shaozhu Shop for wine and add a red envelope, which would allow the boat to start smoothly.

The heavy cabbage ships in the Caosi can carry tens of thousands of stones of rice in one ship! Even if they transport ramie, they can probably transport one or two thousand stones!

However, in addition to being small, the cargo ships sail much faster in the Bian River than large canal ships!

From Xiangyi to Bianjing, the canal ship may take two days or even longer.

Because in some rivers or when there is north wind, it needs to be pulled by a boater to move forward.

Cargo ships don't need them!

It can sail quickly and flexibly in the Bian River.

This is due to the lightness of its hull - compared to the canal, it does not have herringbone masts for fibres, nor does it have bulky and huge facilities such as rudders.

At the same size and length, cargo ships are at least 30% lighter than canal ships!

Its navigational power in the Bian River depends entirely on the eight "tips" set at the bow and the eight "tips" set at the stern of the ship.

Shooting and Ruo are actually two different forms of oars.

The former is like a broom, while the latter is like a big knife.

In addition, there is another difference between cargo ships and canal ships - there are special cabins in the cabin of the cargo ship, which are provided for passengers on the boat to lie down and rest.

Because the ramie that Li Erhu transported this time is much lighter than other commercial products.

Therefore, as soon as the ship left the dock, its navigation speed began to slowly get faster.

that is……

Because the goods that were pressed were a little light, and the wind on the Bian River was a little strong today.

So the hull was bumpy. Not long after, Li Erhu started to feel seasick and lie on the bow of the ship and started vomiting.

When the boss saw this, he laughed and ordered someone to cook a bowl of ginger-made soup for Li Erhu, and then took a piece of leftover orange peel, squeezed out the juice, and applied it near Li Erhu's nose.

After drinking the hot ginger soup and smelling the fragrance of oranges in the nose, Li Erhu finally calmed down a little, not as bad as he vomited.

He let out a deep breath, and at this time, the voice of the literati in the cabin came.

"If you don't dislike me, I have some cinnamon here. You can soak it in water to take it, or it can relieve it..."

"Thank you, sir!" Li Erhu hurriedly thanked.

that is……

Li Erhu felt very familiar with this person's accent.

It seems...it seems...it's the accent of Fujian!

Because, Li Erhu's boss, the grandson Lu, had such an accent.

However, he didn't think much about it.

Fujian is a major road to imperial examinations. Every time the imperial examination is inaugurated, a large number of Fujianese people come to Beijing to take the exam.

When the scholar's servant brought two red cinnamon to him, Li Erhu thanked him again.

Maybe cinnamon has a miraculous effect in preventing seasickness.

In short, after Li Erhu cooked a small slice of cinnamon into soup and drank it, he felt much more comfortable. Finally, he stopped vomiting. After a while, he had a strong body.

Then he struggled, held the shaking hull, arrived in front of the cabin, and bowed to thank him: "Li Erhu, Bianjing, thank you for your help!"

"If the Duke of Japan is in Beijing in the future, he will send someone to the Li Family Workshop in Anjiefang outside Bianjing New City or the Li Family Bus Shop in Maxing Street..."

"We need to mention that 'it is the one who borrows cinnamon on the Bian River,' as long as the matter is within the reach of a certain force... we should do our best to repay the kindness of the Lord Gong's help today!"

Li Erhu is very loyal.

This is also because he was appreciated by Tian Qi and married his daughter - although the so-called daughter is only nominal.

However, no one can be chosen as a son-in-law by the Bianjing Bupu Guild Association.

If a person chooses a son-in-law, even if he is a fake son-in-law, he will have to get a dowry.

Of course, you have to choose from thousands of choices to ensure that you don’t lose money.

The literati in the cabin smiled heartily: "You and I meet by chance, so I will be destined to be... I will suffer when I meet someone with fate and help you casually, which is my true heart..."

“As for the repayment…”

He smiled: "But there is no need!"

However, it is obvious that he admires Li Erhu's characteristics of "repaying kindness".

"Erhu, right?"

"Yes..." Li Erhu clasped his fists.

"After entering Beijing, if you have the fate, you will have a day of goodbye!" he said in the cabin.

At this time, Li Erhu reacted.

The accent of the literati was almost the same as that of his boss, and I think he was a fellow villager.

However, since boarding the ship, the other party has not shown any seasickness.

The same is true for his followers.

so……
To be continued...