Chapter 77

Taking the waterway from Qinghe County to Pingxi city is much farther than taking the waterway to Huanglong county. Yan Liqiang boarded the boat in the morning until the afternoon. Towards the evening, the boat came to the Xijiang wharf outside Pingxi city.

At this time, the wind and rain still did not stop, but became bigger, and the whole Xijiang wharf was shrouded in a mist.

The passenger ship was slightly shocked and had leaned against the wharf. Yan Liqiang saw from the window that several boatmans on the ship jumped to the shore quickly and tied several anchor ropes at the bow and stern to the iron column above the wharf. The shaking ship slowly stabilized.

"Everybody get off the ship, get off the ship, and see if you have all your things with you. Don't fall on the ship..." the boatman outside shouted, and the passengers in the cabin stood up one by one, packed their gift packages, walked out of the cabin one by one, and after getting on the outside deck, passed through several boards on the wharf, One by one quickly landed.

Yan Liqiang also took up his luggage and walked out slowly with the people.

"Little brother, you haven't eaten yet. Why don't you get off the boat and have dinner at home? My house is not far from the Xijiang wharf..." the woman Yan Liqiang gave up her seat on the boat also carried the baby's swaddling clothes on her body, carried a burden in her hand, lined up in front of Yan Liqiang, and warmly invited Yan Liqiang to eat at home.

"Sister-in-law, I'm just raising my hand. Don't be so polite..."

"Little brother, you are a good man..."

As they talked, they went out of the cabin. It was still raining outside. The deck was stained with rain and slippery. The boatman padded the deck and wood with several broken straw mats and greeted everyone ashore.

A stocky man in his thirties was waiting on the dock with two umbrellas. When he saw the woman coming ashore, the man hurried over, held up an umbrella, booed the woman and looked at the child on the woman's back. The woman pointed to Yan Liqiang behind and whispered a few words with the man, The man suddenly ran to Yan Liqiang and thanked him with a look of gratitude, "little brother, thank you so much. Their wives went back to their parents' house in Qinghe County this time. I couldn't accompany them back. Thank you for your care on the road!"

"Brother, you're welcome, you're welcome, a little thing!"

"Little brother, it's raining outside now. Take this umbrella. Don't get wet by the rain and get cold..."

"No, no, I really can't use it. This rain is nothing. Besides, I took your umbrella. What do you do, brother..."

"If you don't accept it, you'll despise it. My house is nearby. You can walk a few steps and you don't have to worry about me..." the man said, directly stuffed an umbrella in his hand into Yan Liqiang's hand, then ran to the mother and son, took the umbrella in the woman's hand to protect the mother and son, and then took the mother and son away from the dock.

Watching most of the man drenched in the rain and looking at the oil paper umbrella in his hand, Yan Liqiang's heart was inexplicably warm and moved.

In the past few months of rebirth, many memories and feelings about his previous life are gradually fading away. He is more and more used to everything in the world and gradually integrates into his current identity. He has become an ordinary Chinese youth in Pingxi County, Ganzhou, the Han Empire. The people living in this world are as simple and kind as many ordinary people he saw in his previous life, And hard-working, many times, a warm smile and a simple greeting of "have you eaten" can surpass all language.

After looking at the oil paper umbrella in his hand, Yan Li forced a smile, opened the oil paper umbrella, propped it up, and walked towards Pingxi city in the distance.

Xijiang wharf is not far from the north gate of Pingxi city. We gather for more than 1000 meters. Standing on the side of the wharf, we can still see the high tower of the north gate of Pingxi City squatting in the misty rain like a giant beast.

There is a market town on the side of the wharf. The market town is full of signs of various businesses and warehouses. It looks very prosperous. It may be due to the rain. There are few pedestrians on the wharf and in the town. Occasionally, they are in a hurry.

There are several carriages on the side of the road that can carry people to Pingxi city. The coachman wearing coir raincoats and the carriage shelter from the rain under the eaves of a roadside business. Yan Liqiang walked over and asked the price. From here to the north gate of Pingxi County, there is a copper plate. The price is not expensive. It's just the money for a steamed stuffed bun, but Yan Liqiang needs to wait here for six people to go together.

Look at the rainy weather. I don't know when to wait for five more people. It's a little expensive to sit on six copper plates. Yan Liqiang is not a weak person. He simply doesn't take a carriage and takes an umbrella. After identifying the direction, he walks towards the north gate of Pingxi City.

Sure enough, the road outside Pingxi city was well repaired and was a standard official road. Even in rainy days, the official road was not too muddy except a little wet. Yan Liqiang walked from the wharf to the north gate, and his boots were not stained with a little mud.

There are soldiers guarding the city at the gate of Pingxi county. There is also a money box at the gate. If an individual wants to enter the city, he has to pay the entrance fee of two copper coins.

When Yan Liqiang was waiting in line, a chaotic voice suddenly came from behind. Yan Liqiang looked back and saw that a team composed of dozens of camels and more than a dozen rhinoceros dragons had just come to the door.

The camels were full of boxes and goods, while the rhinoceros horses were riding some horses with strange clothes and different faces from the Chinese people. Their hair and eyes were light red, their eyes were sunken, and their hair and beard were thick. They looked like the riders of foreign people. Those riders hung machetes on their waists, and several riders hung bows and arrows on their saddles. They rushed towards the city gate with high toes.

Even if they were close to the city gate, several foreign riders on rhinoceros horses still didn't slow down. Several pedestrians walking in the middle of the road couldn't give way. They were led by the horse and fell into the muddy water on the side of the road. They were very embarrassed. Several foreign riders still sat high on rhinoceros horses and didn't look at the people they bumped and fell, Two riders gave a cold look at the fallen man, and even showed a disdainful smile at the corners of their mouths.

The team of foreign riders rushed directly to the city gate without going through the inspection of the soldiers at the city gate or paying the city fee. They swaggered through the city gate and looked at the people standing on both sides of the city gate with Gao Linxia's disdain.

A young soldier was about to come forward with his fist clenched, but he was held by another soldier and whispered, "have you forgotten the end of the captain? If these Shatu people make trouble here at the gate of the city, the Shatu people in the city will clamor again. In case of such a thing, the top will only accuse us and dare not move these Shatu people... "

"Captain, but this... This..." the young soldier's face turned red.

"Stop talking, let's do our own thing. You haven't been here for a few days. Maybe you don't know. These Shatu people have been arrogant for more than a year or two. Alas..." the captain who took the young soldier also sighed, patted the young soldier on the shoulder and shook his head.

Many people around are also sighing

Yan Liqiang stood at the gate of the city and looked at the caravans of Shatu people. They didn't pay the copper entrance fee, and rushed to the city before they got off the horse. He couldn't believe his eyes. Even in a small place like Qinghe County, only the cavalry and soldiers of the Han Empire or the messengers of the government could ride into the city, Ordinary people get off their horses when they go in and out of the city gate. Sometimes they have to be checked for many things. How can these Shatu people be so arrogant in Pingxi county city?

What's more, when they and the Chinese people around them enter the city, they have to pay the city entry fee. These Shatu people don't even pay the city entry fee when they enter the city. Is there any preferential treatment?

At this moment, Yan Liqiang even had the illusion that he was not coming to Pingxi city in Pingxi County, but as an outsider in the city of Shatu. As a Chinese, he actually became a third-class citizen in front of foreign people in the territory and city of the Chinese?

What's the reason?

"Treacherous parties harm the country, treacherous parties harm the country..." an old man standing in front of Yan Liqiang was shaking his head and sighing when he looked at the Shatu people who could enter the city without paying fees on rhinoceros horses and camels.

Four or five meters in front of Yan Liqiang, a 20-year-old young man about to enter the city looked at the Shatu people riding camels and rhinoceros dragons, and spit angrily on the ground, "bah...".

A bearded sand man riding on a rhinoceros horse happened to pass in front of the young man. Seeing this scene, he didn't even think about it. He raised his whip and whipped it at the young man.

"Pa..." the young man screamed, leaving a deep whip mark on his face, which was whipped to the ground by the Shatu man.

Just as the satu man on the rhinoceros horse was ready to whip again, Yan Liqiang rushed to the satu man's rhinoceros horse with a stride. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed the whip on the satu's hand.

The Shatu man pulled hard and found the whip motionless on Yan Liqiang's hand. He couldn't help but look angry. He pointed to Yan Liqiang with one finger, croaked on the horse, and then stretched out his hand to touch the machete hanging on his body,

Seeing that the Shatu man wanted to draw a knife, Yan Liqiang didn't want to think about it. He pulled his hand hard. The Shatu man was pulled off his horse, fell to the ground, and his hand holding the whip was released at once.

The Shatu man who fell to the ground was also very vigorous. As soon as he fell, he took out his knife, rolled up, shouted and rushed towards Yan Liqiang.

Yan Liqiang's eyes were cold, his hand waved, and a whip shadow crossed from the air.

"Pa..." there was a loud explosion in the air.

"Ah..." the Shatu man screamed, covered his face and fell to the ground. Blood came out of his fingertips. He wanted to get up, but Yan Liqiang's this novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation