There is a spacious room in the brand new bamboo building. There is a large courtyard outside, divided into front and rear courtyards, and a barn next to it. Inside the courtyard are swarms of ducks, just like the people in Luzhou.
The sky is getting colder, there are a few blankets, and a small charcoal stove. On the stove is boiled meat porridge, and the strong aroma comes out. It is not fish meat porridge, but pork, and the pigs that have just been killed in the house.
Fragrant, really scented.
Xiaotao, who was lying on the floor shop, doubled his mouth, then stretched out his tongue to lick his lips, and kept saying "fragrance".
"When you feel the fragrance, get up and drink some. Where did this come from?" The person in charge of cooking in the lighthouse came to Xiao Tao's side with a bowl of freshly cooked porridge, touched Xiao Tao, and waited for Xiao Tao Weiwei. Said when he opened his eyes.
Xiao Tao was still in confusion. There were no bamboo buildings in front of him, not to mention a yard. The swarms of ducks heard from others were even missing. There was only one person who looked slightly fatter and looked at him with a smile on his face.
"Where is this? Why did I get here?" Xiao Tao seemed to temporarily forget what happened before waking up, and asked in a hoarse voice.
"You fell into the water. We fished you up. The young man had good luck. It was such a dark night and it was a thunderstorm and windy weather. If it weren't for Lao Wang to watch it, two floating corpses would be found tomorrow morning."
The cook said to Xiao Tao patiently. Xiao Tao was stunned for a while, and finally remembered what happened before. Yes, he was swimming in the middle of the sea with his father. He only remembered that there was a house in front of him and the lights were on. Later, he saw two When the individual swims towards oneself, the water is better, and there is no time to sink at all, and then oneself loses the strength.
"Where is my father? Where is my father?" Xiaotao, who thought of the previous events, reacted, and the first thing he thought of was the safety of his father.
"Yes, yes, that person is your father? Don’t worry, you’re alive. I’m probably a little older and tired. You lie there asleep and haven’t gotten up yet. When you wake up, drink the porridge and stay there. Your father, I want to sleep for a while first."
The cook pushed the porridge bowl on the floor in front of Xiao Tao, yawned, and lay down on the ground in the most comfortable position to sleep.
Pharaoh, who took turns sleeping for a while at night, got up, took his clairvoyance across the sea, sat at the window, and said to Xiaotao: "You can come here last night because you are dead. Don't think about other things, and take care of it. Once it’s raised, it’s good if people are there, and the boat can be rebuilt."
Lao Wang could tell at a glance that both of them belonged to fishermen, and the boat must have been overturned at night. Needless to say, the importance of a boat to a fisherman's family was not much to say, I was afraid that two people could not think about it.
Xiao Tao did have a little bit of pain on the boat, but he didn’t really care. The person who was already dying actually came back to life. It’s a big deal that he would go into the water to catch more fragrance and let his father fish on the shore, and his brother also Do something for help and get another boat in two months.
Nodded gratefully to the person who didn't know his name at the window, Xiao Tao came to his father's side, took a closer look, and saw that it was really okay, so he was relieved.
Enduring the aches and pains of the whole body, he picked up the bowl to try the cold and heat, drank it, let the fragrance of meat fill his mouth, and showed a happy expression on his face.
"Well, this uncle, do you live here with another uncle's house?" Xiao Tao, who was reluctant to drink up the porridge, licked his lips and beat it sounded.
Lao Wang still guarded his post, looked at the boring and monotonous sea with clairvoyance, and asked, "You don't know the lighthouse?"
"I don't know, what is a lighthouse? Is the name of the village? My dad and I came from Ansi State and found a big island in the sea. We built a small house on the island and we were able to look for people around the island. I swam down to dig the Jiaxiang place, and 30 coins worth of Jiaxiang can be exchanged for one coin. Just three days after the harvest, the gale was blown away."
Xiao Tao looked outside the window, his expression changed as he spoke, yearning and regretful, and finally rejoicing.
"Thanks to my old man and uncle for saving me and my dad, otherwise the whole family will be over. Old man, looking at this place, it’s not a good time to come to live, wait for me to get more Jiaxiang, then I will give my old man another place to live. House."
Xiao Tao knew that he was grateful. Seeing that the sleeping place for two people seemed not so good, he wanted to build a house for others in the future. When he was talking, he held the porridge bowl to his mouth again, looked at the meat inside, and was stunned. I felt something was wrong.
If people really have a hard time, how can they use porcelain bowls, how can they make meat porridge for themselves, rice porridge is enough.
"Old man, you and this uncle don't seem to be sad."
"Hehehe, it's enough for the young man to have this heart. You don't have to want to repay all day long. You can live your own life well. There is a good rice wine in the jar next to it. You can drink it hot by yourself. I was tired last night. Is it broken?"
Old Wang knew what the young man was thinking, he smiled kindly, and pointed at the jar beside him without looking back.
Xiao Tao nodded and shook his head, half-opened his mouth, trying to say something but didn't know how to speak.
Lao Wang focused on the sea, but he couldn’t use his mouth. He was idle and idle. He said to Xiaotao: “Thirty Jiaxiang for a copper coin. It’s a bit small. If you are in Luzhou, look at the quality. If thirty Jiaxiang is top grade, not to mention it is a copper coin, even a hundred copper coins are also rushed by countless people, and they can be sold to Luzhou specialty shops to get 120 wen."
Xiao Tao was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe that Jiaxiang could sell for so much money. After dozens of breaths, he asked tentatively: "Old man, do you know?"
"I know, I'm from Luzhou, how could I not know, guard the lighthouse, and show the way to the passing ships. It is clear where there are reefs and rapids in this area. The wages of 30 yuan a day, Liquor and Vegetable Merchants Association In any case, as long as the vessels in the visible range of the lighthouse where I am can get help, it is not considered a negligence.
It was also the duty to save you last night, so I don’t need to thank the two of us. If you want to thank you, I would like to thank Zhang Cishi from Luzhou. I will go fishing or catch Jiaxiang in the future. If I’m tired, I don’t have a place to rest, so I’ll take a look at the lighthouse and drink some heat. Water, meal, no money. "
Lao Wang's voice was not loud, but it sounded like thunder in Xiao Tao's ears.
"Old man, if you don't need money, then you just go inside? What exactly is a lighthouse?" Until now, Xiao Tao didn't know what the lighthouse represented.
"A lighthouse is a home, a warm home for people who are sailing away. As long as you encounter a lighthouse, you will be home. Don’t be so polite with your family. Drink it. There is still in the pot. Wait for your little Uncle Stone to wake up and give it to you. Make things to eat, as well as vegetables.
Well, make a vinegared cabbage. As for the money of the lighthouse, it is taken from the people and used for the people. A small group of people in other states sell things to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce, and that money is enough to support the lighthouse. "
"Home?" Xiao Tao felt that he had recovered a little bit. He took the meat porridge in the bowl while it was still cold and drank it in one breath. He stood up and walked to another window. He immediately took a breath and took a few steps back quickly. Looked into the distance blankly.
"It's too high, no wonder it looks far away. That's it, old man, is this lighthouse specially prepared by people from Luzhou for the sea?"
"Yes, it was prepared by the seamen, but not just this one lighthouse. From here, there are a total of 200 lighthouses, fifteen big ones, like ours, and the rest are small lighthouses. From here It takes more than half a month for Yu Hailu to reach Luzhou. How can it be done without the lighthouse?"
When Lao Wang found a speaker, he began to introduce it in detail.
The more Xiaotao listened, the more surprised he became. When Pharaoh said the same thing, Xiaotao sighed, lowered his head and the voice became small, "If Ansizhou can do this, then my father and I would not be able to do it last night. I almost lost my life. I've always heard people in Luzhou say how good Luzhou is. I have tried my best to think about it. Only now I know that I don't think enough."
Xiaotao admires the people in Luzhou, and feels sad at the same time. They are all places next to the sea. Why can people be protected when they go fishing? There is nothing here. Home, as expected, is home in 200 lighthouses. Within the range, you don’t have to worry about anything. You can fish well. If you are hungry, just find a lighthouse and have hot meals.
It's like my own side. When I go out to sea, I bring some steamed rice, and then make some vegetable leaves, and wait until the outside is rolled together to make do with it. It’s okay when it’s cold. If it’s hot, the food will be rotten. There was a sour taste in the mouth.
"It’s good to be born in Luzhou." Xiao Tao mumbled. He raised his head and suddenly found two boats on the sea that were much larger than fishing boats. He immediately shouted to the old Wang: "Old man, boat, boat. , Da Chuan, a big boat is coming, are you going to eat here?"
Lao Wang couldn’t see this side from his angle. Hearing Xiao Tao’s words, he quickly climbed up the ladder next to him. When he reached the top, he could see all the surrounding places clearly. He only showed his head and looked over there. Climbing down and said:
"Don't worry, they come over and give us the things we usually use, including meat, vegetables, and ice for freezing meat. After delivery, they will patrol elsewhere."
"Luzhou? Patrolling? What is patrolling?" Xiao Tao looked back and became more curious.
"If something happens to a boat in another place, or a fishing boat at sea, they will have to go and take care of it. There is nothing to do now. When the fishing boats go out more in the future, there will be conflicts with fishing boats in other places. , The patrol boat is about to pass, um, that's what the great official's notice says."
When Lao Wang said this, he was very proud.
Xiaotao nodded and said that he understood, "I know this. If there is a conflict with a fishing boat elsewhere, then send a patrol boat to see who is right."
"Wrong, not to see who makes sense, but to see who dares to move my Luzhou ship? There is no reason to say that if it is a ship from another state, then forget it. If it is a ship from another country, patrol. The ship is about to arrest people, if you resist, kill."
What Old Wang said was murderous, and Xiao Tao was shocked. At the same time, he was very excited. He asked in a low voice, "Then if there is a conflict between ships from other states and ships from other countries, will Luzhou's ships be in charge? ?"
"Guan, as long as it is a Datang ship, it makes sense, but it doesn't make sense if it is not a Datang ship."
"That's great. I don't know if I can make the lighthouse farther away. All the fishing and Jiaxiang from my house will be sold to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce in the future. Old man, can you collect it here? Luzhou, it’s a bit far away."
Suddenly, Xiao Tao felt proud. He thought that he would be protected by patrol boats when he went out to fish in the future.
He knows that the farther the sea is, the more likely it is to catch special fish and sell them at a high price. He listened to people from the west who said that they would often meet people from other countries when they were fishing. At that time, they scolded each other, and when they got too many boats, they ran away on their own side, fearing that they would not be able to fight.
If this kind of lighthouse can be repaired farther, and the patrol boat will go farther, then see who dares to provoke yourself.
Lao Wang looked at He Xiaotao with a smile, and said to him: "Receive, as long as you bring it, you will accept it, but the quality is calculated according to the lowest quality. I can't see the quality of so many things.
The lighthouse will also be repaired in the future, mainly because the patrol boat is so good. After a while, the boat in the dock will be able to patrol farther places. The Luzhou Chamber of Commerce is making fishermen’s money and must help. The fishermen do their things and protect them. "
"Really? That's really great. When I have something in my house, I will sell it to the lighthouse. Old man, you will tell the people here in a while, let them go to the island I found to build a lighthouse, and I will let me Everyone in that village sold things."
Xiao Tao's eyes were full of joy, and he began to fantasize about the future.
After waiting for a while, two patrolling boats came over, and Lao Wang actually told the people who disembarked what Xiao Tao said to deliver the goods.
The patrollers are not directly responsible for this matter. They can only write it down and report back to them when they return. If they are really successful, they will all be rewarded.
All kinds of things were moved down, and they helped to carry them to the warehouse area of the lighthouse, so that Lao Wang could check it again, press a handprint, and the patrolling boat left the lighthouse and headed for another place.
Xiaotao also followed by to help a little bit. His body has not fully recovered yet, and he feels sore when he moves. Looking at the two patrol boats that are going away, he suddenly made a decision, and he has the opportunity to enter too. Do things in the patrolling fleet.
"Xiaotao, Xiaotao, where are you?" Just after returning to the top, Xiaotao heard his father's voice and ran over in surprise.
"Father, I'm here, I'm here, daddy, are you awake? I'll give you a hot drink. The meat porridge is made of pork that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year."
While talking, Xiao Tao went to heat the porridge. After watching the porridge bubble up, he sniffed and put a bowl to his father to bring him closer.
"Father, drink it while it's hot, there will be other things to eat later."
"Where is this place?" Xiao Tao's father obviously didn't react. He watched his son bring a bowl of meat porridge when he was busy there. He also sucked his nose, similar to what Xiao Tao did just now, knowing that it was pork boiled. Yes, I was a little worried when I asked.
"Father, hurry up and eat, we're home now, oh, daddy, did the arm that were rowing last night couldn't move? I'll feed you."
Xiao Tao scooped some with a spoon and blew it to his father's mouth.
Xiaotao’s father took a bite in doubt, and clicked his lips, "It's delicious, you made Xiaotao? This is home? When did our home become like this? How long have I slept?"
"It's home, and there will be more homes in the future. This prefecture is made by the family's uncle. As long as it is from Datang who seeks life on the sea, the lighthouse is home."
Xiao Tao told his father from beginning to end while feeding him. The father's person had just seen the sleeping people here, but he didn't expect that there would be such a good place.
I drank the porridge in the bowl in one breath, exhaled, and said, "That's good, that Zhang Cishi in Luzhou is not an ordinary official. The future will be better, and your brother won't have to worry about his wife."
"Yes, yes, we will sell things to the Chamber of Commerce in Luzhou in the future. Even if we give more money elsewhere, we will not sell it. The Chamber of Commerce in Luzhou can protect us. We will sell everything to us. Others, if they can't make money, the lighthouse can't be maintained."
Xiaotao also has his own ideas. Since he wants to be protected, he has to make money.
Thinking of this, Xiao Tao patted his forehead with his hand, and said: "I just forgot something. I forgot to let the patrolling ship help us go back. What can I do? Do you want to swim back?"
At this time, Lao Wang also came up, and heard the words of the father and son, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, young man, there are two small boats parked at each lighthouse. When you raise one day, you will row one back. Remember to have a new one. The ship sent the ship back."
"Ah? Can you still use the boat here? The old man, you are not afraid that we won't return the boat?" Xiaotao couldn't believe it when he was happy. The old man meant to borrow a boat from them and let them work. Return the ship when you have money to buy a new ship.
"Fear, don’t be afraid. If it’s a big deal, you will have to work hard. You always have to go out to fish. Write a note when you take the boat. If you don’t return it, there will be a patrol boat to look at it. If you find you, you don’t need to talk about the consequences. Up."
Lao Wang didn't worry at all, unless two people just wanted to make a boat, they would move their home away, making it impossible to find them.
Xiaotao jumped up, waved his hands happily, looked at his father, and looked at his old man, and said, "Don't worry, old man, we must buy a new ship in the shortest time. Jiaxiang is so valuable and sells more. A few times are enough, old man, tell you a secret, I can swim to a depth of thirty feet underwater to collect the incense."
As soon as Lao Wang heard this, he was stunned, and asked tentatively: "Really? Can you swim so deep? Are you not breathing?"
"Whew, but I can use the breath for a long time. One way I can do is to keep the place where I don’t need to move, tie a rock and sink it, and when I get to the bottom I finish picking the nail incense, loosen the rock and then Swim up."
Xiao Tao said, shaking his head.