Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 1098 A Boat Arrives at Night

The ship quietly docked at Liuyang Wharf and then quietly sailed away, attracting almost no attention from bystanders.

But Shen Zheng discovered something interesting.

This pier... doesn't seem to be named "Mo" anymore.

It seems that a lot of interesting things have happened in Liuyang Prefecture during the few months since she came to Beijing.

While there was still some daylight, the ship sailed towards Tongan County.

The deck fence was occupied by Cui Jinyin, Su Yan and others. They were curious and yearning about the Tongan County they were about to arrive in.

The legendary Tongan County will become their home from now on.

Since when, the number of ships traveling back and forth has gradually increased. Most of these ships are merchant ships with trading names. Compared with these ships, the ship they are riding on is small and inconspicuous.

As the sky gradually darkened, wind lanterns were hung on the boats. The boats swayed and the lanterns swayed too, reflecting beautifully on the river surface.

A merchant ship passed by them.

"Hey--"

A voice came from the merchant ship: "Hey, you guys from the tower ship! Why are you here so late at night? There's not much cargo at Tongan Wharf at night, everyone's gone to rest!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Ziyan ran to the fence and shouted, "Let's go home!"

Cui Jinyin also put her hands on her hips.

Correct!

They are going home!

"Go home?" The people on the merchant ship said "Oh" and waved their hands. "That's great. Goodbye!"

Fang Ziyan followed suit, making trumpet shapes with his hands and shouting to the merchant ship that was getting farther and farther away: "Goodbye!"

The boat pushed through the waves, and gradually, light appeared ahead.

As she looked at the increasingly familiar scenery, Shen Zheng's heart beat faster and faster.

......

Tongan Wharf.

Under the cover of night, the pier lost the hustle and bustle of the day, but was brightly lit.

On the platform, there were only a few people walking around, and the lights made their shadows very long.

Suddenly, there was a "splashing" sound of water in the river, and the shadow of a boat was looming on the river.

The patrolmen straightened their backs, and one of them said, "Here you are at this time of night, probably to try to get our breakfast at the dock. Come on, brothers, let's go and take a look."

They walked towards the platform, turning back and shouting to the guardhouse, "Lao Liao, the ship is coming!"

"Hey! Listen up!" A reply came from the guardhouse. The next moment, a middle-aged man came out with a lantern in hand. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Let me see who this distinguished guest is today."

After keeping watch at the dock for a long time, he basically understood the patterns of these ships.

For ships like this that choose to dock at night, either they are visiting Tongan County for the first time, or they come here specifically to take advantage of the night and want to rest in Tongan County for a night and have breakfast.

He guessed...the ship today should be the latter.

Maybe we are old acquaintances.

Thinking of this, he trotted two steps and caught up with the patrol team.

"Wow—" A patrolman looked at the boat and laughed, "Strange, it's such a small thing."

You have to know that most of the ships that come to Tongan Wharf are merchant ships. They are fully loaded when they come and have to load up when they leave. Ships as big as booger like this are not very common at Tongan Wharf.

wrong.

The patrolman was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at the boat, asking, "Is that a tower ship?"

The others hadn't reacted yet and observed carefully: "Looking at the width and height, it seems..."

Before he could finish his words, everyone was stunned.

Tower ship.

The building ship they have been looking forward to day and night!

The lamp in Lao Liao's hand fell to the ground with a "clack". He covered his heart and said, "Is it, is it, could it be... the master, she, she, she, she has returned?"

Several people began to breathe rapidly. After looking at each other, they suddenly raised their legs and ran along the platform towards the ship.

The wind hitting my face didn't hurt at all, but felt a little warm instead.

The ship was coming towards them, and they were running towards it.

The distance between them is getting shorter and shorter.

The figures of the people on the boat became clearer and clearer.

They strained their eyes, trying to find that figure among the crowd, but before they could find it, they heard a heavenly voice: "Uncle Liao, we're back!"

Several people suddenly stopped walking. Old Liao stamped his feet and slapped his thigh. "It's Constable Xiao Yuan, it's Constable Xiao Yuan's voice! The master... he must be here too! The master is back, it must be the master! Get the boat! Hurry and get the boat!"

"Yes, yes, yes, pick up the boat!" Several people ran towards the ship again.

Old Liao stamped his feet again in anxiety, shouting, "Pick it up this way! Pick it up this way! He's running the wrong way!"

Several people turned around suddenly and ran to the other side of the platform.

Lao Liao stared at the hull without blinking. As the boat moved an inch, his eyes followed it, until...

He saw the figure among the crowd on the deck.

Suddenly, his eyes became blurry and the flames in front of him became shattered.

He raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears fiercely. As soon as the old tears were wiped away, new tears came out, making it difficult for him to see the figure clearly.

He got anxious and raised his hand to hit her eyes, cursing: "It's like opening the piss gate. You can't hold up at the critical moment!"

The next moment, he suddenly thought of something, raised his legs and ran towards the platform, muttering: "The master is back, the master is back, knock the gong, knock the gong..."

Soon, the sound of "dong dong dong" clappers rang out in the night, breaking the silence of Xiahe Village.

At the same time, the ship slowly approached the shore.

Shen Zheng stood on the deck, looking back and forth at the dock many times.

Within her sight, new facilities such as "temporary storage shed", "weight and measure calibration table", "violation notice board" and so on were added to the dock.

The most eye-catching one is the snack street.

I remember that when she left, only a few shops in the snack street had been rented out. In the blink of an eye, almost all the shops had hung up their signs.

Among these shops, she also saw the shop that sold her favorite buns.

"Wow—" Cui Jinyin leaned over the railing, eyes wide open, exclaiming, "Teacher, looking at it this way, Tongan County doesn't look like a county town at all."

On the way to Tongan County, they passed through many counties, several of which had docks.

But those docks are dilapidated and small, and some can't even accommodate large ships.

But the Tongan Wharf in front of us today is even wider and more magnificent than the wharves in many provincial capitals.

It really deserves to be called Tongan County... Cui Jinyin sighed secretly.

"grown ups--!"

Just as he was thinking about this person, a howl came from the platform. Cui Jinyinqi saw clearly that the tears in their eyes were like rain, "pattering" on the platform.

She secretly looked at Shen Zheng.

To this day, she still doesn't quite understand what kind of existence the teacher is to the people of Tongan County.