Chapter 2 Lianjiang Ferry
When his stomach was full, he became much more energetic. At this time, Jiang Feng didn't want to die. He washed his face carefully in a small pond. Only then did he realize that his face was not so disappointing. Although he was not considered a peerless handsome man, he could barely be considered to be a pleasing look. However, the long hair on his head was too terrifying. The clothes on his body also had to be washed carefully.
Jiang Feng judged that this child should be very close to the town when he went to buy things so quickly. However, Jiang Feng didn't want to go to the town immediately. Because he felt that his current appearance was really impossible to see people. Seeing that it was going dark, Jiang Feng decided to go to the town the next day.
Jiang Feng was full and was sitting under the tree calculating his plan, but the little boy next to him was a little impatient.
"I said, are you still hanging? If you delay for a while, it will be dark. When it gets dark, I will go back. Otherwise, my grandfather will scold me."
Jiang Feng didn't expect that he was thinking about hanging himself. However, this time Jiang Feng was not angry.
"Dan, I won't get on for the time being. However, I can buy a few of your straw ropes." Jiang Feng now wants to establish a good relationship with this child. He will point at him to do things for him tomorrow! Otherwise, with his current appearance, if he enters the town, he will probably be driven out as a beggar.
The little boy was very disappointed when he heard Jiang Feng that he could not hang himself. But then he heard Jiang Feng say he wanted to buy straw ropes and was overjoyed.
"Then, how many do you want to buy? We'll be sooner. Otherwise, if we get home late, my grandfather will scold you."
"Sell all the straw ropes here to me!" As he said that, Jiang Feng took out a small piece of silver and handed it over.
"Too many. There are only fifty copper plates." The boy shook his hand.
Seeing that he refused to accept it, Jiang Feng counted fifty coins from the copper coins he had just returned to him and handed them over.
The little boy took the copper coins and turned around and left.
"Come early tomorrow! I still have business to do with you!" Jiang Feng shouted from behind.
"I know!" The little boy's tender voice came, which made Jiang Feng feel relieved.
That night, Jiang Feng slept in the haystack at the little boy's house. It was comfortable and safe, so there was no need to worry about wolves. The next day, he ran back to the hillside where he met the little boy yesterday, waiting for the little boy to arrive.
Sure enough, not long after, the little boy from yesterday came.
With yesterday's cooperation, the two of them made a successful deal today. The little boy bought a new outfit from Jiang Feng and a wooden comb from the town.
It took Jiang Feng more than an hour to get rid of himself. Although it was still too far behind according to Jiang Feng's makeup artist's standards, he finally basically got rid of the beggar circle. There was no way, who could only make the conditions limited! He could only do this for the time being.
At this time, Jiang Feng walked onto the avenue leading to the town entrance with confidence.
This is a small town with only forty or fifty families. It is said that this is a town, but it can't be considered a matter of fact. Because it is too small. A street in the town passes across the street, with more than ten families on both sides of the street, and several families have their doors closed, which doesn't look like shops.
"Can this be considered a town? It's much smaller than a small natural village in his hometown." Jiang Feng sighed. But no matter how he sighed, his stomach still had to be full. The food he ate last night had already been digested by him. So Jiang Feng casually bought some food on the side of the road to fill his stomach, and then continued to rush forward.
His first destination was Lianjiang City ten miles away.
Lianjiang County is about twenty miles northeast of Fuzhou City, close to Lianjiang. To enter the city, you must first cross the river.
Jiang Feng came to the only ferry by the Lianjiang River. From a distance, he saw a group of people gathered there and made an appointment with fifteen or sixteen people. When he approached, he saw that all of them had dishes, were dressed in shabby clothes, and looked a bit like beggars. However, most of them supported the elderly and young, and carried their families with their families. They also carried various bags on their bodies, and some even brought pots and pans.
Jiang Feng was puzzled by this outfit. Whose person is this? Why is it so strange? Jiang Feng thought to himself.
At this time, the group of people were surrounding two people who looked like to the tolerance, talking nonsense, not knowing what they were saying. The two tolerance members were probably annoyed by them, and saw one of the tolerance members suddenly pulling their waist knife and screaming, "Stop!"
These people were shocked when the token suddenly drew their swords, so they retreated one after another and stopped talking. The token glanced at everyone, then pointed at one of the men around fifty and said, "You, tell me the reason. Everyone else shut up."
Seeing the consignor pointing at him, the man just gritted his teeth and walked out of the crowd and gave a tribute to the officer. "Sir, let me, the villain came from Mi County, Shaanxi to escape from famine. There is no way, Mi County has a severe drought this year! The crops are gone, and the food for the court's disaster relief is not enough. We are left with the way to escape from famine.
It turned out that we were preparing to escape to Zhili, but on the way, I heard that there would be a war in the north, so we had to turn south again. We fled from Shandong to Zhejiang, but we never found the master's house to take it in. Later, we heard that there was a great charity Chen Yuanliang, Chen Yuanwai in Lianjiang City, so we all discussed and went to join Chen Yuanwai.
Our Mi County is already poor. We got here mainly by begging. We didn’t even have any extra steamed buns on our body, so where did we get the money? Because we had to cross the river, we had no choice but to raise twenty of the money we begged for along the way. We wanted to discuss with our brother who was ferrying and cross the river.
However, sir, you have to collect ten cents of taxes for each person, and we really have no choice. We have come south, and there were more than 30 people, but when we arrived here, there were only the seventeen people in front of us. The others were all starved to death and those who died of illness. If we can’t find the master’s family to take in, we will all starve to death sooner or later! sir, please be kind to us, let the villains go over!"
The man was moved and his eyes became a little wet when he heard this. When the others heard this, they also shouted: "Sir, let us go!"
The consignor glared at his triangular eyes and shouted at everyone, "What are you talking about? What are you talking about? I pity you, who will pity me! We have a fixed quota every day! If we can't finish it, we will have to be beaten. None of the father-in-law sent by the tall general manager is easy to serve."
Jiang Feng looked at everyone and looked at the two tolerances again. He was a newcomer and didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but was about to go around. The two tolerances had seen him.
"What are you doing, what are you doing, I want to run away!" A torturer lined up and chased after Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng didn't understand what happened for a moment. "I... won't let me go here?"
"Give it! But have you paid the money?" the tolerance said in a tough voice.
"What money?" Jiang Feng really didn't know what money to pay.
The consignee pointed to a sign standing on the beach next to the river. "What money? Didn't you see this sign? 'Everyone who crosses the river will be ten cents per person'. This is the oral order from our tall general manager who personally obeys the emperor, set up a checkpoint here to collect taxes from passers-by."
Jiang Feng then understood the reason. It turned out that these two tolerances were specifically charged tolls here. It seemed that the refugees who fled to famine obviously had a dispute with the two tolerances because they could not pay the toll.
Jiang Feng is not opposed to tolls. In modern society, people collect tolls everywhere, and he has long been used to it. Jiang Feng doesn't want to be too long-winded with these two to avoid causing trouble. He was about to pay the money when he saw the two of them coming towards him.
Among these two people, the person walking in front was wearing a Confucian shirt and a folding fan in his hand. He looked very extraordinary and had outstanding appearance. The person following him looked like a book boy, slightly shorter than his master, but he was more handsome, and he also showed a soft and charming look in his bones.
Jiang Feng's heart moved. Could this Shutong be a female maid?
When the two walked closer, Jiang Feng had already seen through the identity of the book boy. He was indeed a woman. Although the master was dressed very well, his collar happened to cover the Adam's apple. However, Jiang Feng still radiated from the faint fragrance on the man's body, and it was determined that this man was also a female.
If it were an ordinary person, he might not be able to see through the identity of this woman. However, Jiang Feng is a professional makeup artist. His work makes him deal with almost all kinds of beauties every day. Jiang Feng has a professional sensitivity to the unique taste of women.
"Stop!" The tolerance that was negotiating with Jiang Feng also lit up when he saw these two people. However, unlike Jiang Feng, the reason why he felt that his eyes lit up was: because seeing the man who looked like a young man in front was dressed in luxurious clothes, he would definitely be able to charge more money in a while.
Chapter completed!