Chaotianmen, the big wharf, welcoming officials and saints!

Chaotianmen is the largest of all city gates in Ba County, located at the intersection of Chuanjiang River and Jialing River.

This has been the gateway to Ba County and even Chongqing Prefecture since ancient times. Dignitaries and officials who came to Sichuan East Road to take office or leave office all came in and out from this pier. And the direction of the city gate is facing the former imperial capital - Jiangning.

, is the place where officials receive the emperor’s imperial edicts, and the emperor is also the “Son of Heaven”, hence the name “Chaotianmen”.

Han Xiufeng and the others passed through the city gate with the four characters "Ancient Chongqing Xiongguan" written on it, and ran to the riverside. At first glance, they saw boats and porters busy loading and unloading cargo. There were also many porters who specialized in porters.

The hawkers and even a bare-butt tracker didn't hurry up to put on their clothes when they arrived in Fucheng. No wonder the girls and wives along the river always scolded them for being shameless.

"Si Wa Zi, Si Wa Zi, is it you? I'm here!"

As he was looking towards the Chuanjiang River, a familiar voice came from the distance. Han Xiufeng looked back and hurriedly approached him and asked, "Eighth Master, it's me. Have you ever seen the Bronze Heavenly King?"

"I haven't seen you, I haven't arrived yet. I've been keeping an eye on the dock for you these past few days." Ba Ye came forward tremblingly. When he came to the front, he didn't dare to get close. He said with a bit of restraint.

: "It's different when you put on official uniform. I almost didn't recognize you just now, Si Wazi, you are now a master too!"

Han Xiufeng realized what he was doing, and quickly went up to support him and said with a smile, "Master, I haven't filled the gap yet. Even if I can fill the gap, you will still be my eighth master."

"Don't be like this, fourth child. If you don't fill up the gap, you are still the master. I will shorten my life now!" The eighth master was so frightened that he quickly pushed Han Xiufeng's hand away. After thinking about it, he said with an embarrassed face: "What's wrong with me?"

It's dirty, but you can't make your official uniform dirty too."

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, I'm afraid of losing your life if I support you, so can you let Zhu Zhu support you?"

"Forget it, let him stay away from me, he won't be able to help me." When people get old, they are afraid of death. Seeing the pillars and seeing ghosts, Master Ba was so frightened that he hurriedly hid aside.

Zhu Zhu couldn't help but mutter: "Master Ba, what do you have to worry about when you're seventy? Even if you die today, your funeral will be called a happy funeral!"

"You son of a bitch, you dare to curse me to death, and see if I don't beat you to death!" Master Ba got anxious and picked up his crutch to beat him.

Zhuzi hid while laughing and said: "Baye, please look at your feet. If you fall to death, don't blame me. Besides, life is rare in the past seventy years. Being able to live seventy is more blessed than those big men. What else do you want?

If you live like this again, you will really become a spirit!"

"If you become a sperm, you will become a sperm. I want to live for a few more years!"

When others say this, Master Ba will definitely be angry. When Zhuzi says this, Master Ba is not only not really angry but actually a little proud, because he suffered a serious illness a few years ago and is completely disabled. Jiang Liu asks Datou to call Zhuzi to come and prepare.

He helped restrain himself and prepared to help with the funeral arrangements. As a result, Zhuzi's illness improved as soon as he arrived at the old man's home, and he is still alive today.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, Zhuzi is very unlucky, but in the eyes of the old man, Zhuzi is a lucky star. In the past few years, Zhuzi always quarrels with him every time they see him. When Zhuzi sees him, he always asks why he is still alive, but the old man always scolds him and beats him.

But as soon as he turned around, he showed off to others that his hometown was blessed and he had a great destiny, so the Prince of Hell in Dalian had to give him some face to prevent Black and White Wuchang from rushing to take him away.

Han Xiufeng had already seen the strange thing. He looked at the river and said to himself: "The Copper Pot Station is not far from here, why haven't we arrived yet?"

"Maybe I was delayed by something." When the business came up, Ba Ye couldn't take care of cleaning up the pillars anymore. He leaned on crutches and panted: "It's not like you don't know about those idiots who transport copper. The Copper Can Station is a water station, and the wharf

It’s not that small, there are a lot of cargo ships coming and going, they are extorting money all the way, how could they miss this opportunity to extort people’s money.”

"The boatmen are not melons. Those who can't be avoided have no choice but to avoid those who can be avoided. Even if they stay in Tongguanyi until the Chinese New Year, they won't be able to get away with much money. Besides, what's the luck of the copper jin?

There is a time limit for arriving in the capital, and they dare not delay for too long just to extort money."

"Yes, but why haven't they arrived yet?" Mr. Ba was also puzzled.

…

It was different when he put on the official uniform. The porters who usually greeted each other with joy and laughter all gave way to each other. A space was vacated on the pier because of the arrival of the three of them. Master Ba was very happy and excited. He couldn't wait to see the porters making a living on the pier and the porters on the boat.

Those people all know that Han Xiufeng, an official, grew up under his watch and respect him very much.

Han Xiufeng was not used to it, so he turned around and said, "Master Ba, it's windy here, let Zhu Zhu keep an eye on it, and let's go sit in Brother Six's pergola for a while."

"That's fine. If you don't mention it, I almost forgot. There is water boiling on the stove. Go quickly, but you can't boil the pot dry."

Don’t people just want to save face when they live in this world?

Pan Er could understand the Eighth Master's mood at this moment and said with a smile: "Eighth Master, Fourth Brother is always worried about losing your life when you are helping me. I am Fourth Brother's long-term follower, not an official. I will help you and you will always be fine."

"Okay, okay, from now on, the fourth child will rely on you to help me."

"It should, it should, please slow down."

There are two pavilions at Chaotianmen Pier, one is as big as a stage and the other is smaller than a house.

The town of Ba County is a mountain city, surrounded by water on three sides, and its transportation mainly relies on water transportation. There is no place like Shili Pavilion or Bali Pavilion. Officials can only greet and send off by the river. The big pavilion is where the officials greet the imperial edict and greet guests respectfully.

The place where I stayed when I was sent to Shangguan.

Although Han Xiufeng was wearing official uniform, he did not want to go to the big pergola. Instead, he went to Jiang Liu's small pergola with the eighth master Pan Er.

The elders have official offices. Although Jiang Liu is not an official or a clerk, he also helps the yamen manage things. He is the head husband of Chaotianmen Pier. He has to take care of hundreds or even thousands of Sichuan porters who are making a living at Chaotianmen Pier. Naturally, he cannot do without.

A place to take care of things, and the small pergola in front of him is his usual "office place".

The shed was very simple, with only a dirty and old Eight Immortals table and four equally dirty and old stools. There were dozens of sticks leaning on the corners. It was obvious at a glance that they were used to fight against the tea gang.

Master Ba unscrewed the teapot from the stove until only a little water remained, and then hurriedly found a rag to wipe the table and the stool.

Sitting down and not being able to see the river clearly, Han Xiufeng didn't even think about sitting down. He stood in front of the pergola and muttered: "I know why the Copper Heavenly King hasn't arrived yet. They are worried about scaring away the boats on the pier. If I guessed correctly, they

It will arrive when it gets dark!"

The eighth master was old but not deaf, so he subconsciously said: "What should we do, Fourth Boy, do you want me to ask someone to inform the boatmen?"

"Those who are familiar with me will inform me. Those who are not familiar with me and have never interacted with me will be left alone."
Chapter completed!