Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Fearing that something might happen to this group of landlubbers, Zhao Yuanzhen rode back on horseback.

Go back into the carriage and buy 6 sheepskin lifebuoys.

In fact, Daliang doesn’t have this thing, but the modern lifebuoy cannot be taken out, so the system specially provides her with one made of sheepskin.

The sheepskin life buoy is basically the same as the modern life buoy, except that the color is not good-looking and there is no pattern.

Then he went back with the lifebuoy.

I tied the lifebuoy with a rope and placed one on each bamboo raft. I also explained to everyone how to use and what it does.

Everyone thought it was amazing.

"How can such a small circle not sink?"

"Yes, this one has great buoyancy, almost like a bamboo raft."

"That's great. I feel a lot safer now."

"People who travel all over the country have seen a lot. Look at how many good things Qinghe brought back. We have never seen them, let alone heard of them!"

"That's right, so we should let children read more and go out more often!"

"Yes! It's just that education is too expensive, we can't afford it! I also want my grandson to learn a few words. Look at Zijin, he is so young, but his handwriting is so neat and beautiful, it's really great!"

"Yes, even Xiaohui and Zhijuan can read, and I heard they can do math and use an abacus!"

"Oh, I'm so envious. It's all because of the Qinghe family's good teaching!"

Zhao Yuanzhen listened to their conversation and felt genuine envy, without any sarcasm or jealousy.

"What's the big deal? When we are settled, we will build a school in our village and invite a teacher to come back and teach the children to learn to read."

"Well, that's possible. Now that my family has some money, if it's possible, I'll sell our horse and send my grandchildren to school!"

"Me too! I think this will work."

"Well, when we get back to stability, I will discuss with the elders and build a school in our village. We have been blind all our lives, and we can't let our children be blind too. We must make sure that the children can learn to read!"

The village chief thought that this suggestion was very good. It did not require passing the imperial examination, but just being able to read and write would give him many options for working in the future. If he knew how to do math, he could become an accountant!

I'll discuss this matter with the clan leaders later.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched everyone discussing enthusiastically and felt that the village would definitely get better and better.

Everyone is simple and kind, there is no extremely selfish person, everyone is united and working hard, and everyone will work hard as long as you give them a little advice, which is really great.

Because no one had lunch, they came here to ferry people and make money.

The women at home prepared the meal and brought it over.

Everyone ate their meal quickly and then continued to work after finishing their meal.

There were simply too many people crossing the river.

Zhao Yuanzhen, Zhang Xinnian and Zhang Xinbai ate first, and after they finished eating, they went to help the others who were keeping accounts and collecting money to eat.

We were busy all afternoon, and by the time we noticed that fewer people were crossing the river, it was already dark.

Everyone drove a few carriages over and decided to leave some people here to guard the bamboo raft at night.

Then people from each table came over to collect and pay.

First was Qian Xiaohui's group, who were responsible for the carriages, carts, cows and horses.

一共上交了1060文，今天牛马车渡河的少，一共就12辆，其中牛马车收了12辆X25=300文，牛和马12x10=120，手推车32辆X20=640文。

Then there was Li Zhijuan's group. They were responsible for a single person and collected the most, a total of 6750 coins.

There are 3 bamboo rafts in total, and each raft can hold 25 people, minus the rowers. Because the boats are very fast to get on and off, it takes 20 minutes to get there. They start picking people up before 11 o'clock.

It's now past five, more than six hours.

6小时X60分钟=360分钟，平均一趟20分钟，大概来回了18趟。一艘船25人X18趟X3艘船X5文钱一个=6750

Finally, it was Zhang Wudao's team who were in charge of cargo transportation. Since each person could carry no more than 50 kilograms of luggage and there were few people with large quantities of food and luggage, there were not many cargo ferries.

In the afternoon, there were only more than 4200 kilograms of goods, and 100 kilograms were charged 5 cents, so a total of more than 200 cents were handed in.

This would cost 7590 coins for one afternoon.

There were about 6 people in charge of bookkeeping, 24 people in rowing, and 30 people in the other three groups, a total of 60 people.

The average distribution is 7590/60=126.5

This is equivalent to 126.5 yuan per person for half a day, which is much better than the 10 yuan earned by working in the city.

It's only half a day, a day is 253, a day is equivalent to more than 25 days. The main thing is that these guys are not tired, there are many of them, everyone takes turns to come. I don't feel tired at all.

In the evening, the village chief held a meeting and everyone discussed that the money could still be earned for two more days, mainly because it was so easy to make.

Apart from physical strength, there is basically no cost.

Everyone agreed. Then they would carry people across the river first, and they would cross the river last.

Zhao Yuanzhen also thought it was a good idea. Now that there was an opportunity, they should accumulate more wealth. When they settled down, they would need money to build a house, buy land, and purchase daily necessities.

Just like that, everyone happily ate and rested, preparing to start work early tomorrow.

Zhao Yuanzhen would scan from time to time to ensure everyone's safety.

Her family's daily routine was still the same. After eating, she would practice sword-fighting and then rest.

It may be that on the first day, few people received the information, so the queue for crossing the river was not full. Today, the village chief asked a few people to ride horses and go along the river to spread the news of crossing the river.

Suddenly, more and more people came.

Everyone was busy all day. By the evening, I felt my hands shaking as I wrote.

Although I am tired, the joy I feel is unstoppable.

When the account was tallied up in the evening, a total of several hundred coins had been earned. Today, another raft was deployed from the cargo raft to ferry people.

In addition, there were many more ox-drawn carts and handcarts today, and there were also many more goods, so we earned more money. It was more than twice as much as yesterday.

On average, each person’s income on that day reached 300 Wen!

Everyone was laughing so hard, although the village chief didn't say how to divide the money or whether to divide it or not. But everyone was still very happy, even if they didn't divide it, the money would still belong to the village and would be useful to everyone.

In this way, they paddled bamboo rafts to ferry people along the Yellow River. They have been ferrying people for 6 days.

On average, there are about 3000 people a day, which means that there are almost the same number of people in six days.

Seeing the number of refugees gradually decreasing, the villagers decided to stay for another day tomorrow, and then they would cross the river and leave the day after tomorrow.

Everyone agreed that although making money is important, settling down and building a family is more important.

On the seventh day, there were about 1000 people on the ferry in the morning, half the number as usual.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the refugees who were watching not far away.

I frowned and wondered what these people were watching.

We have been crossing the river for a few days and it has been very safe. If you are worried about safety issues, everything has been smooth these days and nothing has happened, right?

Why didn't they cross the river?

It was not until Zhang Qingyan's ex-mother came over that Zhao Yuanzhen realized that these people had been robbed and had no money, so they could not take the boat.

It was almost noon when the queue became noisy, so Zhao Yuanzhen went over to take a look. What was going on?

As soon as we got closer, we found that it was people from Zhengjia Village who wanted to cross the river. But they were unwilling to pay, some of them really had no money, and some just wanted to follow the crowd and think that everyone knew each other, so they could use their connections to get through.

Zhangjia Village will definitely not agree. If your Zhengjia Village and our Zhang Family were still the same as before, it would still be possible. Since we sold our Zhang Family girl, it’s lucky that we didn’t beat you to death. You still dare to try to establish a relationship with us. You must be dreaming.

The village chief said firmly that if you want to cross the river, you have to pay, otherwise you have to leave. Then he started to expel the troublemakers.

The people of Zhangjia Village were well fed, well clothed, and strong, so the people of Zhengjia Village did not dare to act recklessly. Some people could not help but pay the money and cross the river.

The rest who have no money are worried.

Seeing them like this, Zhao Yuanzhen suggested that they could use items as payment.

Everyone started looking for things to offset the shipping costs.

Some took some food, some took clothes, and some took pots and pans. Anyway, the village chief found a few women who knew how to manage a household to calculate the prices, and Zhang Xinbai was responsible for keeping accounts for them.

In this way, another part of Zhengjia Village passed by.

The remaining few include Zhang Qingyan's ex-husband's family, who have no money, no things, and no food.

Zhao Yuanzhen said: It's really tragic, but it's a pity that she can't do anything to help.

Zheng Yinzi knelt on the ground and begged Zhang Sandao, but Zhang Sandao remained unmoved and even kicked her a few times.

There is no way, these people are too hateful. Sell his girl.

Seeing the eldest son of the Zheng family secretly touching his chest, Zhao Yuanzhen felt that this man must have hidden something.

Then he winked at Zhang Xinnian, who understood immediately.

"Boss Zheng, do you have something hidden in your chest? Why do you keep touching it? Take it out? You don't want your family to cross the river and freeze to death here, or be killed by the Jin people, or be conscripted, do you?"

"Boss, what are you hiding? Let me see!"

After hearing what Zhang Xinnian said, Old Mrs. Zheng also became suspicious. She stood up and grabbed her eldest son's clothes and started searching.

Since her eldest son's leg was broken and there was no money for treatment, he became a cripple and had no hope of passing the imperial examination. Old Mrs. Zheng's attitude towards him became worse day by day.

"You old bitch, let go and stop pulling my clothes." When Zheng Lao Da saw his mother searching him, he quickly protected his clothes, but as a "scholar" who couldn't even carry anything with his shoulders or hands, he was no match for his mother.

It was found out soon after, and it turned out to be an inkstone.

He bought this inkstone with his own money, which cost more than four taels of silver. He saved for a long time just to be able to hold his head up in front of his classmates.

Therefore, keep your precious things with you every day to avoid them being stolen.

Now her mother had actually found out about it, and he was so angry that his face turned blue. Ever since he became lame, he had seen his mother's attitude towards him, and he showed murderous intent from time to time.

"Well, you bastard, you actually hid such a valuable thing and didn't take it out. Are you going to kill us? You have no conscience."

Old Mrs. Zheng scolded and beat him at the same time.

The eldest son, who was once so precious, would become nothing more than a stinky loach in the ditch if he could not take the imperial examination.