Chapter 339 encounter old friends
As soon as Li Ke and Li Yan's ship were on the shore, the two immediately got into a hurry to get off the boat. This was mainly Li Yanxin in a hurry to take a look at the results of the construction of Shanghai this year. As they originally came to Shanghai, it must be sure to come to Shanghai.
There will be local officials to greet them, but Li Yan does not want a group of people to surround. At that time, he could not observe Shanghai City carefully, so he begged Li Ke, the two returned secretly, no one notified, and Li Yan couldn't hold it.
Li Yan's demand, in the end, had to agree.
Li Ke and Li Yan are both common clothes. They look like two ordinary wealthy men, with a few tall guards around them, and then walk into the crowd, but around them, there are still many Wangfu Mansion.
Guard secret protection.
The port of Shanghai is everywhere in the port, and the people on the dock are also weaving. Li Yan and Li Ke are walking in the crowd, and it feels like a big collection.
The two emperor's nobles had to be squeezed into human movies.
There are also areas on the dock. For example, some areas can only stop cargo ships, some areas can only stop passenger ships, and some can only stop private ships. Li Yan rented a large passenger ship this time to not expose his identity. As a result, get off the ship.
There are just ships around the surroundings, and there are people on the shore on the shore, so this one is naturally crowded.
After finally squeezing it out, the two did not rush into the city, but instead turned around on the dock, but compared to their leisurely, the people who walked from them were all in a hurry.
There are businessmen, craftsmen, and many boatmen on these people. This makes Li Yan a little strange. He often goes to the port of Dengzhou, but he has not found that the people on the port are so hurried, but in Shanghai
Here, the word 'fast' has almost become Li Yan's first impression of Shanghai.
"Second brother, why are all the people here look so hurried?" Li Yan looked at almost all the crowds around him, and asked very puzzledly.
After hearing it, Li Ke laughed: "It's not because the pier is not enough. Now Shanghai has only trimmed three pier, but the ships who come to Shanghai and the merchants gathering on the land are huge.
The berth on the dock, so the port has made some corresponding regulations. For example, taking the ship as an example, the stop time of the ship has a limit. If the ship wants to exceed the prescribed time, it must charge more extra costs.
In addition, there are similar regulations on the goods on the port. So in order to save a little time, almost all of them are in a hurry. "
The two of them walked while walking, just came to the area where the cargo ship was moored. There were relatively few people here, most of them were the hardships of loading and unloading, but in these hardships, Li Yan found an interesting phenomenon, such as closer to him, such as closer to him.
In this row of hardships, many of them are real women with braids and braids. In addition, Kunlun slaves with dark skin are actually Nanyang local people. In addition to these two kinds of people, there are some grassland barbarians. But
No matter who is. On the hardships of these ** upper body, all the slaves are branded. Needless to say, these people are all slaves bought.
Seeing Li Yan paying attention to these slavery, Li Ke said with a smile: "Liulang, loading and unloading goods is a hard work, and the wages are not high. There were still people who were willing to work.
, Even in the carriage bank to catch a big car, it is better to do hardships. So now this kind of work is getting worse and difficult to recruit. Finally, some people see business opportunities and spend money to buy a batch of strong slaves.
The loading and unloading work on the contract pier has now been almost all of the docks in Shanghai.
After hearing it, Li Yan also smiled slightly. He was the biggest slave head in Datang. Among these slaves in front of him, at least half of them were obtained directly or indirectly through his Qi Wangfu.
The slaves who went out, I didn't expect someone to use it like this. However, this method is also good, at least it can liberate a group of strong labor, but if you want to promote it in the prefecture, I am afraid that you will have to wait for a while. After all, Dengzhou is not Shanghai.
There is a dense population there. For the time being, no alien slaves need to come to grab the rice bowl with the Han people.
Li Yan stood here and watched these slaves. He found that although these people were sweaty, their faces were very rosy. Obviously, they usually did not suffer in diet.
Big barrels, water inside, can be used at any time, but each team of slaves has several supervisors. These people are not eating white rice. If there is any slave movement slower, it is immediately a whip with a face.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. These slaves are bought to make money for the host's house, and they are all working again, so the owner will definitely not be too harsh, but if these slaves dare to be lazy, then there will be nothing to do.
You are polite.
After turning on the dock for a long time, even Li Yan went to see a dock next to it, but found that the laborer was more than half of the slaves.
In the busy spring season, many people have returned home to cultivate. In addition, with the construction of Shanghai Port, the transportation of silk is also more convenient, so the price of silk has risen, and the silkworm industry also flourish, so many people go home to grow mulberry mulberry home.
After all, in their opinion, that is the right business, so the slaves occupy most of the main forces of Shanghai now.
Among the remaining people, many of them are workers recruited from Baiji and Silla. These people are not slaves and can receive a certain amount of wages every month, but because they are not Han, they have discounted wages, and they are discounted.
These wages are also converted into food and sent to their families.
After a few laps on the dock, Li Yan also felt a little tired. At this time, he just saw a restaurant in front of him, so the two walked in and planned to take a rest in it.
The two of them arrived in Shanghai in the morning, and they turned on the dock for a long time. It happened to be the time for meals. In addition, there were many people on the dock, so this restaurant was full of people. Fortunately, their luck was lucky.
Yes, there is an elegant guest on the second floor just check out, but it was immediately booked by Li Ke's guard.
This restaurant is named Wanhe Building. Li Yan entered the restaurant and found that the area of this restaurant was not small. There were dozens of tables in the lobby on the first floor.
The noise was surrounded by the noise, and the noise was painful. Fortunately, the guards had already booked an elegant room, and immediately led Li Yan and Li Ke to go upstairs.
The layout of this restaurant is no different from other restaurants. Generally, next to the staircase is the counter where the shopkeeper is located. At first, Li Yan didn't care, and walked to the second floor.
At first glance, I found that the other party's face showed a touch of fun.
Following Li Ke's eyes, I just saw the counter next to the stairs, and behind the counter, there were two young men and women who were busy. Looking at them, it should be a couple. Among them, Li Ke was staring at the one.
The young woman watched it. This made Li Yan a little strange. He looked at the little woman carefully and found that the other party was only 16 or seventeen years old.
Such a woman should not attract Li Ke's attention.
At this time, Li Ke also found that Li Yan was looking at himself with strange eyes. At the moment, he also laughed: "Liulang, don't you think this little woman is a bit familiar?"
"Uh?" After listening, Li Yan stunned and looked at the busy little woman behind the counter. Then she suddenly discovered that the other party really was familiar, but she couldn't remember where to see the other party for a while.
Maybe I noticed the eyes of Li Yan and Li Ke. The little woman who was busy suddenly looked up, just right with Li Yan's eyes. Originally, this little woman was still a little angry, but when I saw Li Ke and Li and Li and Li
During the appearance of 小, the little woman's eyes were first confused, and then the whole body shook, and the thin account in her hand fell to the ground, her face was shocked, obviously recognized the two of Li Yan.
Identity.
At this time, Li Yan also suddenly remembered that the little woman in front of him did have seen it. When he took Li Ke, Li Yan and Li Zhen for the first time, it was a deserted beach.
After sitting in the store for a while, by the way, I also ate a pot of steamed wild vegetables, and I also met the Xie County Ling in Huating County in the store. The owner of this rural shop is an old man.
If a teenage granddaughter, if you remember correctly, the little woman in front of her is the granddaughter of the old grandson, but I did not expect that in just one year, the original girl had already married a woman.
Seeing that the little woman behind the counter had recognized her identity, Li Yan smiled and nodded at her, and then ordered a few words to the guards around him. Then she pulled Li Ke upstairs.
The guard who was ordered by Li Yan turned to go downstairs, and then went to the counter to the counter: "This lady, my owner instructed, if you are convenient, can you go upstairs?
The little woman surnamed Sun had been stunned long ago. Although she had only seen Li Yan's four brothers, she was impressed. After all, people are the most noble His Royal Highness of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yan and her grandpa
After talking about the session, she made her firmly remembering Li Yan, so I met again today, and naturally she immediately recognized the identity of Li Yan and Li Ke.
"Slave ... slave family is free, please ... please wait for a while!" After finally reacting, the little woman immediately replied. Since it was the life of King Qi, a little woman naturally did not dare to refuse,
Chapter completed!