Su Shunqin and Du Xun rode a green donkey, and were protected by Chai Xin and walked leisurely on the land of the camp.

Su Shunqin was in a particularly bad mood at this time. In order to relax, Du Zhongxiao kept him in Yongcheng for some time. Du Zhongxiao was busy with official business and had Chai Xin take him around for a while. After discussing with his son, Du Xun also felt that there was great potential for Xueying and Field Affairs to build a manor in his hometown, so he took a sunny day and went here with Su Shun.

At this time, the autumn harvest had passed and the fields were empty. On the harvested land, children were leisurely grazing cattle and sheep, while the young and middle-aged people next to them were composed of Baowu, paving bridges and building roads, and a scene of enthusiasm.

Su Shunqin looked at the surrounding scenery and sighed: "Although Magistrate Du is a young man, he is very experienced in government affairs. He built this place to camp for farming and farming, and there is no idle land and people, so why worry about not being able to deal with it! Alas, it's a pity that I am white--"

Speaking of this, I sighed. The implication is that if I am still an official, I can learn something from it.

Du Xun comforted: "Don't be discouraged. You will have to be short of setbacks and you will definitely have a life of reuse in the future."

While speaking, everyone arrived near the farmyard where Yingtianfu made farm tools, and heard a rumbling sound from afar.

Du Xun looked around and said, "What a sound, it sounds like thunder."

Chai Xin smiled and said, "Mr. I am Tao Shiqi from the county. I made a big coal-burning monster cart, and I burned it here every day. The car is very interesting, so why not let's go and take a look."

Du Xun had nothing to do anyway, so he followed the sound and arrived at the open space where Tao Shiqi tested the run.

I saw a huge iron lump, a large chimney above it was filled with black smoke, panting, and slowly moving forward. A 16 or 17-year-old boy took a few big men, sat on the iron lump, and directed loudly.

After seeing this monster, Su Shunqin said, "This is a car? What's the use of this car? It's so noisy, who dares to ride it?"

Chai Xin also laughed: "The magistrate said that the car is not done well now, but that's not the case. When you try it well in the future, you can pull hundreds of goods, which is amazing."

Su Shunqin and Du Xun laughed together. Du Zhongxiao was well-organized in government affairs, which made people unable to say anything, but there were many strange ideas. This steamed car looks unreliable, so how could it be used to transport goods?

Chai Xin stepped forward and whispered loudly: "Shiqilang, stop the car and get down to speak!"

After shouting several times, Tao Shiqi in the car heard it. He ordered the rest of the people to continue the test drive, climbed to the side of the car, and jumped down.

Chai Xin saw it and screamed. Seeing Tao Shiqi coming, he said, "Oh, the car is full of iron, it looks scary. Why do you dare to jump down constantly? If you roll it under the car, it will turn into meat paste!"

Tao Shiqi said indifferently: "Don't be afraid of people when you look at this car. In fact, it is much easier to control than donkey carts and ox carts. Let it go wherever it goes, what are you afraid of! Besides, it is not easy to stop when the car starts to drive."

Chai Xin shook his head and took Tao Shiqi back to Su Shunqin and Du Xun.

After performing the ceremony, Du Xun said to Tao Shiqi: "I heard that you have seen a lot of farm tools here. If you have time, take us to walk inside and see what farm tools are there. If it is useful, I will learn to go home to make some."

Tao Shiqi did not dare to neglect, so he led the way first and led a few people to the field.

Several people were on the field for a whole morning. Du Xunji was excited and said, "But I don't expect Dalang to have such ingenuity. He made so many farm tools. With these things, it would be easy to go home and open some wasteland?"

The Du family sold wine in the three provinces and saved some money in recent years, and they were suffering from no investment channels. Du Zhongxiao and Du Xun discussed going home to build a manor, but Du Xun was still worried. Although he had been studying since childhood, he ended up not studying or farming. Now that he has these farm tools, it is not easy to go home to clear the land. At noon, he used some wine and vegetables in the field and prepared to continue watching in the afternoon.

After eating and drinking, a few people were resting in the open space of the venue. A follower came in and said to Chai Xin: "At the level of the festival, someone outside asks for a visit."

As Chai Xin went out of the venue, he saw a man standing outside, tall and wearing a Fan Yang hat.

As soon as he saw the visitor, Chai Xin hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Why did your brother get here? A few months ago, you took the gang ship to Beijing, when will you come back?"

The man was Chai Xin's wife's cousin Sha Bao. When he saw Chai Xin, he sighed and said, "Oh, don't mention this matter. I will be worried about not having enough food when I mention it. I took the Gang ship to Beijing. After passing Yingtian Mansion, I accidentally encountered wind and rain and overturned the ship, and all the Gang rice was soaked in the water. In order to compensate for this ship, I lost all my money and could not pay it off. I have been running around to raise money these days, and I am only looking at it today."

Chai Xin was shocked and asked, "How much is the shortage of brother? I still have some savings, brother will use it first."

Sha Bao said: "Gangmi's money has been paid. But when I came back that day, I took a family-born jade belt to the custody warehouse at Yongcheng Wharf. Now I have three staples of money left, so I can redeem the jade belt. It is a treasure passed down from my family. I don't want to be lost, so I came to find my brothers."

Chai Xin said: "Since that's the case, then there's no hurry. Today, let's follow me here for a day, and go back to the county town to withdraw money from you in the evening. I'm going to tell my brother that I'm following the magistrate to do things. The county's quality warehouse must look at me as a matter of slightness, so there's no hurry."

After a few remarks, Chai Xin brought Sha Bao into the venue and introduced it to Du Xun and Su Shunqin.

Sha Bao's ancestor was an imperial guard general. He once followed Taizu Taizong's war and was injured and made meritorious contributions when fighting the Khitan. He was given a jade belt. By the time of Sha Bao's generation, the ancestor was weak and he was only a general of the Three Divisions. A few days ago, he escorted the Gang rice from the state to the capital. The ship was sunk and the rice was lost, and the property was lost.

After listening to Sha Bao's story, Du Xun sighed. It is inevitable that this kind of risk would be avoided when he was a servant for the court. Fortunately, his son won't encounter such a thing as a Jinshi, otherwise wouldn't he be worried every day?

In the evening, several people returned to the county town. When they were about to part, Du Xun said to Chai Xin and Sha Bao: "Tomorrow, I will go outside the city gate together. The shops there are very profitable and I have to learn them. When I go to redeem the jade belt, I will tell us."

Chai Xin responded with his hands and took Sha Bao home to withdraw money.

In the evening, after dinner, when his family was sitting idle, Du Xun told Du Zhongxiao about what happened to Sha Bao today, "These small military officers who worked for the imperial court are the most miserable. They escorted the ship, lost their official belongings, and lost their entire family, even selling their children and daughters."

Du Zhongxiao remembered a story he read in his previous life and forgot why Wang Anshi's wife bought him a concubine, and it was the wife of such a military general. Because of the loss of official property, he lost all his property and could not even save his wife.

Sighing, Du Zhongxiao said, "What are the ways to do this? I can only blame myself for my bad luck. If I don't let the escort compensate for the official goods, there will inevitably be treacherous people who steal the official goods. If the escort is not allowed to compensate the escort, it will inevitably lead to stolen official goods. If the escort compensates the escort, it will be unfair to encounter such natural disasters. There is no complete method for this matter, and it can only change from place to time. It is precisely because of this that any general will only carry eight cents to the escort ship, and the remaining two cents will pack their private goods. If these two cents of private goods are managed properly, they should actually be able to afford it."

Having said that, I felt sad for this Shabao. The ships on the Bian River have always been equipped with eight-point official goods and two-point private goods. These two-point private goods are tax-free. A smart escort can choose the right goods, and two-point private goods can actually make a lot of money. After saving, even if you make mistakes occasionally, you will not lose everything. This Shabao doesn't think he has any business acumen and can't afford to pay a shipwreck once.

Du Xun heard that Gangchuan could carry private goods for the first time. After asking, his sympathy for Sha Bao became weak. Since this person had no mind to do this, why should he take on such a job?

At Chai Xin's house, the wife prepared a few dishes, and Chai Xin and Sha Bao drank them opposite each other.

After three rounds of wine, Chai Xin said: "Brother, you have been escorting the ship for only once, why did you encounter such unlucky things? Besides, the ship has always been loading merchants' private goods. If the ship sinks, they should pay together. Why did they end up in such a miserable situation?"

Sha Bao sighed: "What's the solution? This time is different from the past. The private goods on the ship were from the magistrate's husband's house. If the ship sank, how could it be possible for the magistrate to pay for the magistrate's husband? It would be a blessing that his family's goods would not be allowed to be compensated!"

Chai Xin was stunned and asked hurriedly: "How could he pretend to be goods from the magistrate's house? If this matter is spread, wouldn't it be impeached by the censors!"

Sha Bao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brothers are so stupid! This is everywhere in the world. What's so strange? If the cargo on the ship is tax-free, if the calculation is done well, it will make a lot of money. Who wouldn't be eyeing this piece of fat? But the past magistrates and ministers did not do these businesses at home, and they were all powerful officials below. After making money, they would share the weight. Occasionally, they would make some troubles in their accounts and would not let us pay. This time, we didn't get any benefits when we put the goods on the magistrates. If something happened, we had to pay for it ourselves, which was a difficult time."

Chai Xin had nothing to say for a moment, not knowing what to say. The former governor Han Jiang was like a big family, but he was already in retirement. Not only did he let go of political affairs, he didn't care about family affairs, and his own business would not be able to do it here. Xia Shu was different. He loved money all his life, so how could he keep this fat meat? In the past two years, the Xia family's business has gone deep into Bozhou, causing a lot of chaos. When Sha Bao got on the stall, he could only blame himself for being unlucky.

After thinking about it, Chai Xin said, "I wonder if my brother has asked the family of the magistrate? Can you pay some compensation?"

Sha Bao shook his head repeatedly: "What do you say, brother? How is this kind of thing possible? Just think you are unlucky!"
Chapter completed!