Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Everyone was also very excited, "Oh my God, I finally saw a living person. I thought everyone in the world was fleeing."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Let's think about how we can cross the river. This is the most important thing."

"Hey, what can I do? I can't read a single word. But we have the head of the village. He can always think of a way. If worst comes to worst, we still have Zhou Guo and Zhou Sanlang."

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Many people in the team thought this way. They were not worried at all about not being able to cross the river, nor did they worry about where they were going. They just wanted to watch the fun.

Zhou Guo was also watching the fun. When he got closer, he realized that the ship was really big. It was indeed used to ferry large goods. It was as high as a three-story building, and the deck was flat and wide enough for horses to ride on.

There will definitely be no problem carrying so many people and stuff.

The village head was worried and said, "This boat is big, but we have no money. Can the boatman take us across?"

Someone suggested, "Village head, when people go out, they all take all their valuables with them, so they must have some savings. Let each family be responsible for their own affairs."

The village head rolled his eyes at him and said, "How much can those little things be? Others won't even look at them, how can they look down on them?"

"Go, go, go away. What are you looking at? If you keep looking, I'll dig your eyeballs out!" Zhou Guo looked at the boatman who was carrying goods for one more second, and was whipped by the manager next to her. Fortunately, she dodged quickly and the whip did not hit her.

When everyone saw her being scolded, they were indignant and glared at her.

She glanced at the manager indifferently and walked away. The merchants had a lot of goods, and this family had a large number of servants and guards, standing in two neat rows with swords in hand. There were also many others walking around. It was better not to provoke them, and not to suffer a loss in front of you. You had to be cowardly when you should.

Didn’t I see that the other refugees were driven far away and couldn’t get close to the ship?

"Go, get out of the way, you bunch of beggars, don't pollute my territory." The guards looked at them unkindly. After all, they were a lot of people, unlike ordinary refugees. If these people came together, it would be really tricky for a while.

"Hey, who are you calling a stinking beggar? How can we be beggars?" Everyone was upset by this. They had just taken a shower and washed their clothes, and their hair was neatly combed. How could they be beggars? How could they look down on others like this!

The man looked at them with disdain and contempt, turned his head without saying a word, and didn't take them seriously at all, as if saying any more words to them would be a waste of his breath.

You look down on people like this!

But everyone looked at the shining swords in their hands and dared not say anything harsh. This was not a sickle, but a sword specially used for chopping people. It was sharp and long. Before the sickle got close, this thing would chop off their heads. They could not be provoked.

Everyone is very aware of the current situation.

Zhou Guo led everyone away, thinking of looking around first to see if there was any way to send all of them up.

It's already the afternoon and we haven't eaten yet.

Everyone found a place to sit down and began to slowly prepare a meal. There was only one way here, and that was to cross the river. It looked like they couldn't get on the boat for the time being. Well, every time they escaped they were always in a hurry. Now they finally had some free time to sit down and have a good rest. Everyone was in a good mood for the moment.

Zhou Guo, his uncle Zhou Dacang, his master Old Man Zhao, and the head of the village sat together and watched the people not far away load the goods onto the boat in packages.

No one knew what was loaded inside. The oxcart team not far away formed a long dragon with no end in sight. The only six large ships all opened their hatches for the goods. "These goods actually need six ships to load, what should we do?" The head of the village was dumbfounded. It was the first time he had seen so many goods, and he was not afraid of being robbed.

Zhou Da Cang pondered and said, "I don't know who is in charge of this matter. How about we go up and discuss it? Just give us a ride and take us to the other side."

The head of the village widened his eyes and said, "No way. Didn't you see what happened just now? We were too close and those guards were about to draw their swords and attack us. We couldn't even get close to them. They were guarding against us like thieves." He patted his chest in fear.

Mr. Zhao said, "It's not impossible."

"I just don't know what kind of insight this manager has?" Zhou Dacang said.

Zhou Guo was quite confident. He pointed at the goods that were constantly being loaded onto the ship with his chin. "I think it must be good. You see, they can transport so many goods at one time and support so many guards. This is not something that an ordinary small merchant can have. I'm sure it must be a big merchant. Big merchants have traveled a lot and must have seen this before. And how can someone who doesn't have a good eye be a manager? And maybe if we're lucky, we can even run into the owner."

That makes sense. Zhou Dacang nodded. "Then let's go ask?"

Zhou Guo nodded, mainly because they didn’t have anything valuable.

Poor village head, he listened with his head turned around for a long time, but didn't understand what they were saying. He was too embarrassed to ask, so he could only tell himself that he was old, his reaction was not up to par, and he was useless. Now the world belonged to young people. But the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and he didn't dare to say another word.

Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang stood up and were about to leave.

Mr. Zhao stopped him and said, "There's no rush right now. It's not urgent to go there after dinner."

The two of them sat down again obediently.

The head of the village was confused again. Shouldn't it be better to explain it clearly as soon as possible? Why did he have to eat before going over? If something unexpected happened later, people would not agree.

Everyone in the camp was cooking at this moment, with wild vegetables and wheat rice. Soon, the aroma of rice filled the entire ferry.

It attracted everyone's attention.

The refugees were so envious that their eyes turned green. How come these people, who were also fleeing, had food to eat, rice, vegetables, pots and everything else? If you didn’t know, you would think these people were visiting relatives. They didn’t look like refugees at all. They were clean, just like they were at home. No, even cleaner than at home. Are these people refugees?

The refugees thought so.

Others were also a little surprised. Those who were transporting goods, watching over goods, and boatmen saw these people leisurely preparing their meals. Wasn't this the same as when they were out transporting goods? Aren't these people refugees?

Someone in charge noticed that the carts around them were all full of goods, and followed the wheel tracks. The tracks were so deep, so the things inside must be heavy. He just didn't know what the goods were. Was it a deliberate attempt to confuse people and steal the goods?

There are a lot of people on the other side!

The host arranged so many people just in case there was an accident on the way. We are about to board the ship, so no accident can happen.