Chu Dajiang looked at the crowded Suzhou Guan City and said, "After our ship left the water warehouse, we could use three stones to carry grain, and then the grain was reduced to two stones and seven dou of stones. It took only nine rounds for a day to evenly take one day."

Zhan Ming was also from the army and said now: "Why are there so few? We have three meals a day when we serve in the army, and we need to pay one liter of grain for five to fill up."

Chu Dajiang smiled bitterly and said, "The nine-fold cost is good, but in fact I have never given it enough. It would be good if the officials took 60% or 7% during the Qingming Festival, and they would deduct less than 50% on weekdays. Look at my soldiers who are hungry, and they are hungry. If you don't sell some soil, how can you survive."

Lin Yanchao and the other two remained silent after hearing this.

The next day, the canal ship was from Suzhou and arrived in Huai'an, which was the garrison of the canal transport governor and the general office of the canal transport general.

The Ming Dynasty was respected by civil and military officials, and the general of the grain transport government obeyed the orders of the grain transport governor. In addition to being the governor of the river affairs, the governor of the grain transport was also the governor of Fenglu, so it was also called the grain transport governor and had great power.

Lin Yanchao arrived in Huai'an in the middle of the night, and at the dock you can see the Governor's Office of the City from afar. The lights are bright, illuminating half of the sky.

When the canal ship arrives in Huai'an, you must first go to the Caoyuan to visit the court before you can pass through Huai. It is conceivable that when you arrive at the Caoyuan Governor's Office, there will be a lot of people now.

When the canal ships arrived in Huai'an, it was difficult to get off the road below. Because the Yellow River seized the Huai River and entered the sea, the downstream has been flooding in previous years.

In view of this, Zhang Juzheng used Pan Jixun, a famous water management official, to be the governor of the river in the sixth year of Wanli, and also to manage the grain service.

Pan Jixun governed the river and dug the water to attack sand. He built high embankments on both sides of the river and used water to rush the mud and sand at the bottom of the river. Now Pan Jixun is in Huai'an, where he is in charge of the construction of the Gaojiayan dam and the handling of the canal transportation.

However, it is the Peach Blossom Flood, and both the dam building and the canal transportation have been affected and stopped. Pan Jixun must be anxious at this moment.

There are thousands of canal ships on the Huai'an wharf, and civilian ships are blocked on the south bank of the Huai River. There are many canal ships on the wharf.

You know, the Cao period cannot be missed for a moment.

In the fifth year of Longqing, the Yellow River flooded the canal. The court forced the order to transport troops to transport grain to the north and forcefully cross the Huai River. As a result, the ship was flooded by the river. More than 800 ships were damaged by 3,000 ships and more than 1,000 transport troops were drowned.

Because of the lessons of the past, the entire ship was uneasy, fearing that the court would force them to cross the river again.

Fortunately, the worry didn't happen, so the Caoyuan asked the Caoyuan to wait in Huai'an for half a month, and it was only after passing Huai'an when the peach blossom flood passed.

Thousands of civilian ships and cabbage ships moored in Huai'an. Since the grain ships passed first, the imperial court had official documents, and the transportation of grain was prevalent. After all the ships were transported, the tribute boats were followed, followed by the official boats, and the civil boats were followed.

The order of the canal boats is still above the tribute boats and the official boats. If Lin Yanchao goes north to take the civil boats, I don’t know if I have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

The wind and rain were dull this night, and Lin Yanchao slept until midnight. But he heard the sound of rain outside mixed with the sound of rain.

Lin Yanchao put on his clothes and thought to himself that he wanted to go to the canal period, even on rainy nights? Lin Yanchao walked outside the cabin, but saw hundreds of canal ships really lifting their oars.

In the night, heavy rain was weaving, and the Huai River, which was sweeping in the peach blossoms during the flood season, was much calmer.

Lin Yanchao saw Chu Dajiang standing on the boat with a resolute look on his face. The Takashi on the boat, blocking his head and holding the slaughter, each performing his duties.

Following the water-driving ship leading the way, hundreds of canal ships were walking forward. Looking at the sails and masons were like forests. They were more than ten miles away, one after another.

Although the Peach Blossom Flood has passed, there are countless undercurrents under the undulating river.

Several strong wind lanterns were hung on each canal ship, and the soldiers also lit lanterns and torches, and explored under the ship's side.

The strong wind blew with heavy rain, the wind lamp was blown away, and the fire on the torch was also pulled to the point of being light and dark.

After a moment of storm, the Huanghuai River had been illuminated for more than ten miles, and even the stars and moons in the sky were eclipsed.

The ship in front plowed out turbid waves. In the rain, the soldiers on the front ship danced torches and shouted backwards: "Come through the Huai River!"

"Let's pass by!"

The calls for transporting troops on the canal ships ahead were heard through the violent wind and rain.

Chu Dajiang beside Lin Yanchao shouted with a loud voice: "Press the rudder! Come through the Huai River!"

The ship full of soldiers was also fighting against the storm at this moment, but he still shouted: "Let's pass by!"

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be infected by the passion of fighting against nature and said softly.

"Yeah, it's over."

After passing Huai'an, the canal continued to travel north along the canal.

I have to say that this 500-material ship is much more comfortable for Lin Yanchao's passengers. The boat is not easy to bump, and it is very convenient to sleep and read books on it. It does not need to hold a book in one hand and hold an oil lamp in the other hand.

As for the living place, it was also very comfortable. Chu Dajiang's own cabin was given to Lin Yanchao and the other two, and he and Gangsi were squeezed into the same cabin. Lin Yanchao completely occupied the magpie's nest.

However, for the troop transporters who are traveling, the ship is prone to stranding, so no three foreign ships dare to be fully loaded.

Although this section of the waterway is not as easy to walk on the Su Yang section, it is still smooth. Lin Yanchao studied on the boat, and only Chu Dajiang and others were off the boat and occasionally got off the boat to stroll around when they were off the boat.

The canal ships have entered the boundary of Shandong.

Shandong's boundary is not easy to walk on, and this is the ridge of the river.

There are ridges on the mountain, and there are ridges on the river.

You should know that the terrain of the north and south ends of the canal is lower, but this section in Shandong is higher.

Water cannot flow to high places, but in order for the canal to flow, it is necessary to build a river gate in this section of Shandong, as well as a steep water cabinet for diversion and release water.

The water flows from the entire canal not from south to north, or from north to south. In the folk sayings, seven points are towards the emperor and three points are towards the south of the Yangtze River.

The section of the Grand Canal has the most gates of Liaocheng River, so this section of waterway is called Zha River. There is a gate official and thirty gatekeepers at each river gate.

Thousands of canal ships were concentrated at the gates and prepared to cross the river in turn.

There is flooding in the south, but the rain in Shandong is not abundant. The officials guarding the river gate cherish the water like gold, but when they see the ship arrives, they do not call the gate to be released.

Although the gate official is not a regular product, it is commonly known as the sweet official, which means a lot of oil and water.

After the canal ship arrived, the gatekeeper first sent the gatekeeper to ask for money for each ship, with a price of 8 cents per stone. He gave the money before letting go.

The court stipulated that each gate should have a water accumulation of six or seven boards before it could be opened, but the gate officials did not care about that much, and it would be good to give half a pole-deep water.

But I didn't dare to give it too shallow. If the ship ran aground in the gateway, the gatekeeper would be unable to take it and leave.

Lin Yanchao entered the gate with the canal ship. When the ship passed through the culvert, measure the length first. If you don’t match, you won’t pass it.

Then the boat arrived in front of the gate, and the gatekeeper above used an iron winch to pull the stone gate open, and the boat entered one after another.

The gateway is very narrow, and one boat can only move forward and retreat. In order to prevent the river from getting lost, the gateway needs to be opened and closed up, and the gateway needs to go to the gateway official and hand over the gateway key before taking off the gateway key. After the ship passed the Liaocheng Gate River, it was already June. After several months, Lin Yanchao finally arrived at the capital at the foot of the emperor. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!