Jiangdu Weir?
Old Liu brought his boat alongside. "Old Li, come over here a moment. I brought you the Drunken Crab you asked me to get last time."
Li Ping'an walked over and was just about to pick up the Drunken Crab.
Old Li suddenly caught Li Ping'an and said quietly, "Old Li, you can't go to Jiangdu Weir."
"Oh? Why?"
"Jiangdu Weir is Spring Fish Gang territory. Apart from boatmen they've approved, no other boats are allowed into Jiangdu Weir.
"You haven't been here long, so you don't know. That Spring Fish Gang is a powerful bunch."
Li Ping'an raised his brows slightly. "Then what should I do? I've already taken on passengers."
"Just say something's come up and have them find another boatman."
Li Ping'an hesitated, but did not take Old Liu's advice.
Five hundred copper coins-that was enough to treat himself to a good meal.
"It'll be fine. I'll be there and back in no time."
With that, he called to Old Ox to row the boat away.
Watching Li Ping'an's retreating figure, Old Liu gave a helpless sigh.
"...He really won't listen."
Now he could only pray that the lad had enough luck to stay alive.
Li Ping'an took out the Drunken Crab Old Liu had given him and shared it with the two scholars.
Drunken Crab was made by marinating crabs in rice wine, spices, refined salt, and other ingredients.
It was pleasantly savory and salty, fragrant without any fishiness, with the delicious flavor of crab.
The area lay along the river near the sea, on low-lying terrain, and the winding waterways here drained poorly into the sea.
This was also why crabs were so cheap here.
The locals had a saying: when tasting Drunken Crab,
drinking fine wine with it was like a