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Chapter 256 Why are you going here?

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    There was fog on the river, and a ten-meter-long awning boat was sailing on the Yanbo River towards the dock.

    ¡°Shipman, this way,¡± Yunjing, carrying a bookcase on his back, stood at the dock and waved from a distance.

    After a while, the water surface rippled, and the awning boat came to the dock. The rower was an old man with gray hair in his sixties. He put down the oar, quickly came to the bow, took the rope and stepped onto the dock to tie the boat.

    Are you planning to leave?

    The old man¡¯s move stunned Yunjing.

    After the old man tied up the boat, he looked at Yun Jing and said with a smile, "Young master, do you want to take a boat?"

    "Yes, but old man, are you planning to leave?" Yun Jing nodded.

    The old man explained: "Young master has misunderstood. It's not that I'm not leaving, but that I have to wait here. There may be other passengers. If I can't wait for half an hour, I will go to the next pier."

    ¡°So that¡¯s what it is, just like a bus that stops at a stop.

    Then the old man said again: "Since you want to take a boat, why don't you go to the boat to rest for a while? I will leave in half an hour. I hope you will forgive me."

    Yunjing didn¡¯t move and asked, ¡°Old man, how much does it cost to ride on your boat?¡±

    "It depends on where the young master is going," the old man said with a smile. As he spoke, he slowly took out his smoking pot and prepared to take a sip.

    "I want to go north. Uncle, this boat can go wherever it can. When it docks, I will find a way to continue going north. How will I collect the boat fee?" Yun Jing asked.

    After sorting out the smoke pot for a moment, the old man said: "Master, you want to go north. This boat of mine can't go very far. It only carries passengers at more than ten piers within a few dozen miles on the river. I can take you as far as possible."  The far away place is the dock fifty miles away, how about I charge you fifty copper coins?"

    It¡¯s equivalent to one copper plate per mile. It¡¯s hard-earned money. It¡¯s completely reasonable. So Yunjing nodded and said, ¡°Okay, then I¡¯ll bother you, old man.¡±

    The old man smiled and said: "No trouble, no trouble. It's my honor for you to be able to ride on my boat. Besides, I also charge money. You should go to the boat to have a rest first. You'll be gone in half an hour. It's slower to get on the boat."  , the boat is shaking a bit.¡±

    Yunjing nodded, stepped onto the boat, put down his book box and sat on the boat. He was bored, so he simply took out a book and read it slowly.

    The old man looked at the way in front of the pier, took two puffs of dry cigarette, thought of something, slapped his forehead and looked at Yun Jing and said: "Look at my memory, what is that? Young Master, you said you were going to the north, but I don't know how far north you have to go.  ?¡±

    "Stay as far north as possible. Why do you ask me that?" Yunjing looked away from the book and asked him.

    The old man smiled and said: "Stay as far north as possible. It's far enough. The northernmost point of the Li River is thousands of miles away, and then it turns back and crosses thousands of miles deep into the wild forest. The reason why I ask this is because I have been making a living on the river all year round.  , I know that there is a place where a large cargo ship goes to the north every few days, and there happens to be one today. If you go to the north, you can take that large cargo ship and save the trouble of changing trains on the way."

    "Seriously?" Yunjing's eyes lit up.

    The old man laughed and said: "I don't dare to joke with you about this kind of thing."

    "How far away is the place where the large cargo ship sets sail? Is it too late to go there now?" Yunjing asked quickly.

    The old man said calmly: "It's not far, it's a dock thirty miles away. Master, there's no need to worry. The big ship usually sets sail at noon, so there's plenty of time."

    Setting sail at noon, are you afraid that something will happen sooner or later?

    ??Muttering in his heart, Yunjing felt relieved and said: "Then you can ask me to send me there later."

    "It's no trouble, it's just a way. Since the young master has decided to change to a big ship, which is a thirty-mile waterway, I will only charge you thirty copper coins. I have made a living on this river for decades, and I am very familiar with the people on those cargo ships.  At that time, I can tell them directly to let the young master board the boat, saving him the trouble of negotiating with them," the old man said enthusiastically.

    Yunjing said sincerely: "Thank you so much"

    "You're welcome. I've met many guests like you over the years. I'm used to it, and to be honest, if you go to take a ride on their big ship, they also charge a fee, and after all, they are cargo ships. Dora is just one person.  For extra income, if I recommend people, they will give me some kickbacks, haha," the old man said with a somewhat embarrassed wave of his hands.

    ¡°Well, this is equivalent to an intermediary.

    Then Yunjing asked the question he was most concerned about, saying: "By the way, old man, since you are familiar with the people on those cargo ships, do you know how much they charge for taking a guest to the far north they can reach?"

    He was afraid that he would be embarrassed if he didn¡¯t have enough money.

    &nbs??Take a big boat to the north.

    The boatman¡¯s old man didn¡¯t have much to do. He didn¡¯t tell the man that Yunjing was also going to the north

    The awning boat went upstream along the Li River. Soon, Yun Jing could see a slightly larger dock on the riverside from a distance.

    People were coming and going on the pier, and many coolies were working hard to carry goods to a large ship.

    It was a cargo ship nearly eighty meters long, with a very deep draft. Although he did not deliberately observe it with his mind, Yunjing guessed from the faint smell coming from the wind that the cargo ship mainly transported goods such as grain and oil.

    If nothing else, it should be the ship he will take northward next.

    As expected, after the awning boat docked at the dock, the old boatman asked Yunjing and the Jianghu guest who had boarded the boat to wait a moment. He went to discuss with the steward of the cargo ship. Soon, someone came to take Yunjing and the others on board.

    After paying thirty coppers to the boatman of the awning boat, Yunjing and the Jianghu guest boarded the large cargo ship. Under the arrangement of the cargo ship, the two of them were taken to a cabin of only four or five square meters. This cabin is currently  Just the two of them.

    The person who brought them here was obviously very busy, so he only asked them to settle down by themselves first, and someone would collect the boat fare when the time came, and then left in a hurry.

    "Sir, are you going to the north too? It's not peaceful there. Why are you, a scholar, going to the north?"

    When Yunjing looked at the small cabin, the Jianghu guest asked curiously.

    Yun Jing smiled and said: ¡°Study on a trip to increase your knowledge.¡±

    The other party nodded and smiled: "I see, I'm afraid I'll have to live with you in this cabin for a while. I'm a rough guy. If there's anything wrong with me, please forgive me."

    "Brother is serious. It's fate that we meet each other when we go out. We all understand each other," Yun Jing said with a smile, and then couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why did eldest brother go to the north here?"

    When it comes to the purpose of this trip, the man did not hide it, but said with a straight face: "Go north, kill the enemy and serve the country!"

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