"But this cabin is so narrow and there is no cover, how can this be done?" Yun Yi stomped her feet hard and said hatefully: "The same is true for this ship, how could she not consider this?"

"I said, Miss, we are going out. Do you really think this is at home? Let's just put it a little bit. On this river, you can't stop the boat and dock in order to make it easier. That's all?" Wufeng was both funny and angry, "I said, ladies, we are secretly sneaking. Should we focus on the overall situation and overcome it for the time being?"

The girls who were hiding beside him were blushing and had nothing to say for a moment. In this case, I am afraid that I can only overcome the situation as Wufeng said, but other things are easy to deal with. Only Leng Ruoxing and Gu Mingxia are both daughters. If they were in the same cabin, there was no gap between the door curtains, but they had to let them do such shameful things in front of Wufeng, and they were afraid that they would not be able to let them submit.

The big ship quietly sailed east while the jokes of a few people. The night sailing speed was not fast. Although the waterway from Huanggang to Jiujiang was wide and smooth, since Huanggang and Jiujiang were actually divided into two different spheres of influence, although the Taiping Navy of Jiujiang was not very powerful, they were able to carry out daily patrol and inspection affairs based on the dock base. The imperial navy of Huanggang seemed to have no expression to the Jiujiang Taiping Cult navy, and let them hang around the neighboring palaces, the two sides maintained a strange state of peace. But this does not mean that both sides ignored it. The ships descending from Huanggang east also had to undergo inspection by the Taiping Navy of Jiujiang, and the same was true for ships from Jiujiang west, although this kind of inspection was often formal.

Seeing a few women tidying up in the cabin, Wufeng came to the bow of the boat alone. Two men were standing at the bow of the boat and staring in front of him, talking while talking. When Wufeng came out alone, they all smiled and said hello.

"You two are quite leisurely. Is the waterway safe?" Wufeng also sat casually on the deck beside him.

"Haha, I'm asking strangely. Have you never walked through this waterway?" A man asked with a smile.

"Oh, I've walked before, but I haven't walked here for a while. Isn't it safe?" Wu Feng responded with a random smile.

"Well, how do you say it? Jiujiang Prefecture is a key rush. Although it is under the control of the Taiping Army, the General Cheng of the Taiping Army seems to be a little different from the Taiping Army in the north. He has not confiscated the property of the landlords, nobles and merchants. He heard that he has gotten along well with them. Even the military disciplines of his subordinates are much better than those of the Taiping Army in the north. It turns out that the empire had a lot of lijin donations in addition to the tariffs, but after this General Cheng controlled Jiujiang, he only retained normal tariffs, and even lijin and miscellaneous donations were cancelled. This is a great good news. The merchants cheered and even those who had been making a living on the water for a long time benefited a lot of money." The man said with emotion, "I just don't know how long the policy of General Cheng's will last. He really doesn't look like a general of the Taiping Army."

The man's feelings aroused Wufeng's great curiosity, which Cheng Dayou has always been one of the focus of Wufeng's attention. Since the beginning of Lu Long's battle, Wufeng has been full of interest in this person. He was able to break through his siege and escape successfully at the last moment. This was a big shock, especially when Wufeng's army took the lead. This guy later showed his skills in the Battle of Heshuo, encircled and annihilated the Third and Fourth Corps of the Empire, laying the foundation for the rule of Taiping Cult in the Heshuo area. At the last moment of attacking Tianshui, he suddenly turned south and fought.

The imperial army in the Wuhu area was caught off guard and controlled Jiujiang, a fertile transportation hub, and became a chess piece between the Five Lakes, Heshuo and the imperial capital. It seems that the senior officials of the Taiping Army could no longer control his rumors. At least his current policy is very different from the Taiping Army's policies that are now in the Heshuo and Beiyuan areas, which are both rich and poor and divided into fields. Such policies that obviously violate the fundamental purpose of Taiping Cult can be persisted, which must be inseparable from this Chengda General.

"It seems that General Cheng is still very popular in Jiujiang." Wufeng also smiled and touched the situation quietly.

"It can't be said completely. Although the merchants and the gentry agreed with his approach, I don't think they really support him. After all, our empire is the master of this land. Although these Taiping scholars took these measures for some reason, it is hard to say what they will do later. The poor families in the north have begun to divide the land and property, but there is no movement in Jiujiang. The poor people are naturally jealous and hate this great general. What does this person mean depends on who he is." The man is obviously an old boatman with a long history of eloquence, and he is very eloquent when talking about these things.

Seeing that Wufeng was quite interested in Jiujiang, the boatman glanced at Wufeng and endured it and said, "If you want to do some business in Jiujiang, you don't have to worry about anything else. It's not easy to escape the inspection of Taiping military tax inspectors. I heard that although General Cheng didn't set many rules, once he made it, he would implement it in every case and would not be slackened at all. Even the merchants who are used to using some tricks in Jiujiang would not dare to offend them."

Seeing that the other party regarded him as a businessman in a smuggling business, Wufeng did not say it out loud, but instead followed the other party's words: "Well, since that's the case, there is no need to take these risks. These Taiping troops cannot figure out their rules. If they lose their lives for a mere small profit, it would be very unprofitable. I just don't know what other special rules there are in Jiujiang Prefecture now? Don't let me go to Jiujiang Prefecture and fall there and can't get rid of it."

"Your Madam doesn't have to worry so much. If it comes to other things, in fact, Jiujiang is much better than other governments in Wuhu. At least those patrol soldiers will not come to harass these passing ship merchants, and there are also fewer bandits and water bandits who robbed their houses. Hehe, how could these things happen in Huanggang, Yueyang, and Anqing?" The boatman curled his lips and sighed: "We are still a land of fish and rice. When the poor encounter a famine, they have to flee abroad and beg for money. Now no one is living a life of this day."

Wufeng was quite surprised by the boss's sentiment. He did not expect that even the situation in the Wuhu area was like this. If even the people living above the fertile land called the empire's granary could not be supported, how could they support the survival of the empire?

"Boss Boss, I don't understand what you said. Although I rarely come to the Five Lakes, this place has always been the granary of our empire. Speaking of which, it should be much better than Guanxi and the north. Why do you seem to be unable to afford to eat after hearing what you said?" Wu Feng asked in surprise.

"Oh, the old man is a foreigner. Maybe some years have not come to our side. In recent years, it has not been comparable to those in the past few years. Although the taxes were heavy in the past few years, as long as God was open to his eyes and the weather was good, the farmers could still get a few surplus grains. But now it is good. In recent years, the years are not good, either floods or droughts, small disasters are constantly coming, and the farmers' savings have been tossed long ago. If they can't survive, they can only sell land and land, and be tenants to hire farmers

But in the past two years, there have been war disasters in the north and south, and the wealthy families are also panicked, especially the Baling in the south and Jiujiang have changed their owners. The wealthy families in Huanggang, Yueyang, Anqing, and Wenning are not afraid. In addition to bringing all their property and family members to the south or west, the rent of land has continued to rise. I don’t know what the water will be like if the Taiping Tribe and the barbarians in the south are invaded. They all want to make more peace. This makes the farmers suffer."

After taking a breath, the boss of the boat continued: "Although our five lakes are a good place to grow crops, there is also a disadvantage, that is, they are inseparable from water. A few years ago, they encountered floods and destroyed many ditches and rivers. The government did not care about it. Now it was a good thing. If there was a little discomfort, the flood flooded the fields and the harvest in the fields was much less. But who would care about you? They forced the land rent to pay, and the government's taxes and labor were the same as the burden, and the farmers could not afford it. They could only escape from famine? Do you think this would happen if you really encounter a major disaster? "

Wufeng remained silent. He also knew that the situation in the Wuhu area has been getting worse in recent years, and there was no longer the grand scene of the empire granary in the past. But today, when the boss of the ship said this, he realized that this situation was actually much heavier and more severe than he imagined. He knew in the northwest that even the Wuhu area had many farmers immigrated to the northwest. This was simply unimaginable in the past. The gentry and merchants in the Wuhu area also poured into the northwest, especially in the Northern Luzon. The soaring increase in the number of wasteland purchases and reclamation in the southern and eastern Northern Luzon was obviously caused by the injection of funds from the landlords and nobles of the Wuhu Lakes. This is also a reflection of these people's unpromisingness about the situation in the empire and the Wuhu Lakes. Wufeng was just happy at the time and encouraged and welcomed them at meetings from time to time, but from the perspective of the overall situation of the empire, this was a dangerous signal.
Chapter completed!