Chapter 33: Are everyone here from Benliu?
In the hazy night, I was awakened by the emissary's continuous loud shouts.
Amidst the flying dust, the exile team, which had been delayed in Songjiang Town for half a day for some reason, walked out of the bustling Songjiang Town facing the first ray of light from the sky.
On both sides of the city gate, farmers or merchants from nearby villages were waiting in line.
The urgent report from the eight hundred miles border gate opened the closed city gate.
The people outside waiting to enter the city pulled each other and their companions.
"Hey! Wake up, wake up, the door is open!"
"It's not time to open the city gate yet, let's sleep a little longer." The man said sleepily.
"It's open! It's open!" His companion pulled him again.
Hearing this, Gao Shanhe opened his eyes, stood up from the carriage full of goods strangely, and looked towards the city gate.
"Are there any prisoners today?"
The companion next to him didn't pay much attention to that. When he saw the city gate opened, he turned around to check the goods on the horse, then circled the car again to check whether the tarpaulin cover was tight.
Gao Shanhe is a lively person. He reached out and patted my goods pile and jumped out of the carriage: "Dongzi, take a look at the things. I'll come and take a look."
< br>"Eh? There are all exiled prisoners over there. What were you doing there?" Before Dongzi finished speaking, Gao Shanhe had already moved forward with the others.
It is indeed heard that officers and soldiers are often escorted into exile at the North City Gate, but most villagers rarely see it, especially a huge team, where everyone has come out, and the tail is still missing.
Gao Shanhe took out a pancake from his arms and looked at it while eating.
“Where are these people escorted to?”
“I don’t know, it seems like they can’t go wrong if they go all the way north.”
“North? It’s very chaotic in the north. "Yeah." Someone suddenly interrupted.
Seeing that the people next to him suddenly looked at him, including the tall and burly Gao Shanhe, he was also curious about how the old man in front of him knew.
"Look at what I'm doing. Seriously, I'm not going to lie to you guys, my family has relatives who have fled from the north. There are disasters and wars there, and they are not resting all day long. The court exiled them there, tsk tsk, It’s quite a suffering.”
It’s like having a nose and eyes, as if you’ve seen it with your own eyes.
However, everyone accepted a useful piece of news from his mouth, that is, the place where these exiled prisoners are about to go is an extremely miserable place.
So, when the prisoners cheered up and passed by the people on both sides, they found that many people looked at them with sympathy in their eyes.
Some people even sighed and sighed: "Oh, it's so miserable."
The prisoners walked forward in silence and disgrace. Some people looked up at those people who looked miserable but were full of energy. , couldn't help but look envious in his eyes.
Once upon a time, they all lived so freely.
Officers and soldiers on both sides pressed the formation, but the common people only dared to say a few words and did not dare to move forward, just like the people in the city.
Gao Shanhe watched for a while and found that the end of the team had also left the city gate. There were already people in front carrying poles and preparing to pay money to enter the city.
He bit the pancake and walked back with the exiled team.
His companion Dongzi saw that the exile team had gone far away and Gao Shanhe was still watching the fun, so he quickly called him.
"Brother Shanhe, let's go! Before Chen time, shopkeeper Xinglong told us to deliver the things to the place."
Gao Shanhe responded loudly before turning around. When he got to the car, he put the thick hemp rope between the handlebars on his shoulders, vigorously lifted the truck and pushed it towards the city gate.
"Go and pay the customs fee, we won't need you here."
"Okay!"
Dongzi went to the city gate to hand over the customs fee, today Er's check money of two cents was more valuable than a while ago. Dongzi felt a little distressed, and muttered something unhappily when he came back to help Gao Shanhe help the car. Gao Shanhe vigorously pushed the heavy truck into the city. When he heard Dongzi complaining, he didn't say anything to him. He just said casually: "Later, we will arrive at Xinglongzhuang and hand over the things. Let's go to the South Market."
Dongzi was stunned, "Why are you going to the South Market?"
"Buying something."
Dongzi: "Huh?"
Gao Shanhe thought of the scene he saw outside the door before, "I saw that in that team, some prisoners were in rags, and some looked different from others."
"That's for sure. That's right, the people who can be exiled to the far north are still out of reach," Dongzi said.
Farmers like them who came from the farthest distance to Songjiang Town, if they really committed something, would they still need to be sent to Dabei? He had already been kicked to death by the officials and nobles on the spot.
Gao Shanhe glanced at him, "Do you want to earn some money and save it to marry a wife?"
When Dongzi in front heard this, he immediately turned around: "Of course! Brother Shanhe, what are you doing? ? Do you have a way to make money?"
Gao Shanhe didn't say, "Let's go and deliver the goods first, and then go to Nanshi."
If the exile team goes north, then it must. He would pass by their Gaojia Village. Gao Shanhe planned to go to Nanshi to buy some things and then return to the village.
If you have time, you might be able to make a few bucks along the way.
After delivering the goods, the two went to the South Market. This place is not as prosperous as Laiyun Street in the city. The people setting up stalls along the street are poor people.
Dongzi was curious about what Gao Shanhe was going to buy. Gao Shanhe walked from left to right and finally saw an old man with a dry face sitting on a small bench knitting straw sandals. There were two baskets and a pole in front of him. All the outfits are made up.
Gao Shanhe asked: "Uncle, how do you sell these straw sandals?"
The old man didn't even raise his head, "You can pick two pairs for one penny."
Dongzi squatted in front of the basket, pulling back and forth. Looking through it, "You can buy a steamed bun for one penny. Old man, your straw sandals are too expensive!"
"There are cheap ones at the market entrance. You can buy them there."
When Dongzi was still bargaining, Gao Shanhe said: "I want them all. How many are there in total? I think your basket is pretty good, so I'll forget about selling them together."
The old shoe seller said this Gao Shanhe counted out the corresponding copper coins from the money bag, picked up the pole and took Dongzi's cart out of the city.
The car was full of goods when I arrived, and Dongzi was holding straw sandals when I left.
"How much money can we make from this, Brother Shanhe."
"We'll talk about it after we catch up."
Gao Shanhe strode forward with the push cart all the way, exiled The prisoners' bodies were buzzing, and they couldn't walk as fast as he did. Before they knew it, they were almost catching up with the group in front.
At this moment, on the right side behind him, there was a rumble as if a caravan was approaching from the road next door.
Gaoshanhe stopped the wheelbarrow and gave way to the other party.
The steward of the business was sitting on the front of the car with his feet dangling in the air. He saw someone pushing two baskets of straw sandals on the side of the road, and his eyes were slightly surprised.
The man pushing the cart is indeed good-looking, strong and burly, not like a farmer working in the fields.
The steward didn't look too much and urged the caravan forward.
Gao Shanhe saw that they seemed to be heading straight for the exile groups in front, and hurriedly pushed the cart forward.
The officers and soldiers escorting from the rear saw the caravan approaching and shouted loudly: "What are you doing! Go to the other side!"
As soon as Gao Shanhe chased after him, he saw the shrewd housekeeper coming from behind. He jumped out of the car, took something unknown in his hand and sent it to the officer with a smile.
(End of this chapter)