Chapter 127: Uncle
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"Your Highness."
"Tonight's play, the adults arranged it, although Lone can't watch it, but the intention of these two plays, Lone understands it in his heart."
Li Yu smiled: "The lower officials are just doing what the lower officials should do." ”
"It's no wonder that my father values you." Lian Zeyu smiled and said, "According to adults, how long can Huodu prosper?" ”
Li Yu held the reins of the horse with one hand, stroked his beard with the other and said: "I don't dare to say anything else, but if the lower officials are in Huodu for a day, they can ensure that Huodu is prosperous for a day." ”
Lian Zeyu's expression suddenly became solemn, and he said: "As an official, everyone rushes to do it, if you can return to Beijing, Master Li is a figure who can be worshipped." ”
Li Yu was about to say a humble word, and then heard Lian Zeyu say: "But I don't want Master Li to return to Beijing." Li Yu couldn't help but be stunned.
Lian Zeyu looked at the dense big tent that had appeared in front of him, and said: "To the east of Huodu is Dongjun, and in the extreme east, you can enter the sea, and there are countries overseas. Lone went to the East China Sea this time, and learned that there were merchants who went to sea on private ships, and the profits were extremely rich, and he bought back the goods and traveled west along the Daheng River, which can be described as huge profits. He pointed to the south and said: "There is Nanjun in the south, Nanjun is a barbarian land since ancient times, and Nanjun is also known as the barrier of our country, but who knows that those precious spices and many medicinal materials are from the extreme south?" And when these things enter Nanjun, the value of these things increases several times when they flow out again. ”
Li Yu couldn't help but whisper: "Xiaguan ......"
Lian Zeyu said: "It was originally the territory of the imperial court, but it was used for private use, and it was used to seek the benefits of one person and one city." Master Lee. ”
"Your Highness."
"Lone can open up the South County and East China Sea access roads for you in the future, and Lone hopes that you will stay in Huodu."
Li Yu had already turned his mind as early as Lian Zeyu when he talked about going to sea on a private boat, he was not an official who followed the old ways, and in an instant, he thought that if he could only do as the prince said, the scene of Sanjiang commerce and trade gathering in Huodu, if it could come true, it would be far from being comparable to the current Huodu!
What is the title of the marquis, if it can be done, he Li Yu is enough to make the people of the world stand a monument!
He held back the excitement in his heart, and just bowed his hand to Lian Zeyu and said, "The lower officials are naturally at the disposal of the emperor and His Royal Highness. ”
Lian Zeyu glanced at him with a smile, shouted "drive" heavily, and rode his horse to the camp in Xigang.
Xiao Qian set up a banquet in Xiao Yuan, he knew that Lian Zeyu's status was precious, so he sifted the people who served him over and over again, leaving only a dozen clever little servants to come forward, and he personally went to invite Lian Zeyu.
Lian Zeyu has not come back from the Xigang camp, Xiao Qian is not in a hurry, just sit in the living room for a while to drink tea, a while to ponder, after about a quarter of an hour, only to hear the noise outside, see Lian Zeyu come back in a military uniform, sweating profusely, still carrying a spear in his hand, as soon as he entered the house and saw Xiao Qian, said: "The third uncle sits for a while, and changes his clothes after taking a bath alone." ”
After that, he was surrounded by a group of attendants who came up, and this time more than half an hour later, Fang entered the living room, and said in a loud voice: "Itchy hands for a while, and after a few tricks with the sergeants, the third uncle has been waiting for a long time!" ”
Xiao Qian hurriedly got up, and was about to salute, when Lian Zeyu helped him up by the arm and said, "Lone knows that the third uncle is coming, and he deliberately changed into this civilian clothes after finishing things, just because he is afraid of this!" The third uncle is an elegant and uninhibited person, how can he be so polite to Lonely? When you were a child, you carried your mother behind your back and played in the garden alone, and you didn't forget it! ”
Xiao Qian took advantage of the trend, no longer reluctantly, and said with a smile: "The minister has also settled in Huodu for many years, last time His Royal Highness was to lead the troops to the battle, but the minister did not come, this time he returned triumphantly, even if he passed by here, how could he not come to the minister's house to see?" ”
Lian Zeyu walked outside and said: "Uncle is too polite, just send someone over, why bother to run in person?" He got into the carriage that had been prepared a long time ago, and asked him again and again, and Xiao Qian got into the carriage after thanking him.
After a while, they arrived at the gate of Xiao Yuan, and there were already guards lined up inside and out, and the two of them stepped forward one after the other.
"Li Dushou once said that the buildings in Xiao Garden are exquisite, the deep valley is secluded, and you can see the scenery everywhere, even the Zhiya Water Pavilion in Huodu is also built in imitation of the stage in Xiao Garden, but unfortunately no one has the honor to be invited by my uncle to watch, and today I want to open my eyes."
Xiao Qian said with a smile: "It's just that the Jiangnan style is so elegant and exquisite, compared to the atmosphere, it is better to go to Beijing." ”
The two of them chatted and stopped, if Xiao Qian was willing, who he could get along with could also make the other party feel like a spring breeze, and at this time, he deliberately accompanied him with his heart, which naturally made Lian Zeyu feel comfortable and intimate everywhere.
When you arrive at the place of the banquet, it is a water pavilion near the water, which is transparent on three sides, and the house is very elegantly arranged, and the vase is not filled with flowers, but only decorated with pine and cypress bamboo branches, which has a special interest.
"The Queen Mother has been thinking about you." Lian Zeyu looked at the flowers and trees in the garden outside the window, and then looked at the table of delicacies in front of him, many of which were famous dishes in Beijing, and suddenly said: "Uncle is too ruthless, for so many years, he has not returned to Kyoto once." ”
Xiao Qian's eyes were also a little red, and he said, "The minister has always been thinking about his cousin. It's just a ......."
Lian Zeyu knew some of the past, thinking that he was afraid that he would not be able to solve the knot, so he didn't say more, and said with a smile: "Anyway, I can make friends with my mother when I go back alone, and I see that my uncle is now idle and comfortable." ”
Xiao Qian's throat was a little choked, and he said: "It's really the minister's sin to be tired and worry about the minister." ”
In fact, the face of this queen's cousin has long been blurred in Xiao Qianli's memory.
The ancestor of the Xiao family, is to follow the Emperor Wu to fight the world, after the founding of the country, by the title of Marquis Huaiyuan, to Xiao Qian's father's generation, divided into two branches, the eldest son Xiao Shengtang attacked the title of Marquis Huaiyuan, he is Xiao Qian's father, the second son of the same mother Xiao Shengying married out of the Hou Mansion and lived alone. At that time, Xiao Shengying took the path of a civil official, and Marquis Huaiyuan was still a solid prince, with soldiers in his hands, and he stood on the right side of the four kings during the rebellion of the four kings - standing on the side of the five princes of the former Qingyou Emperor, and it was not possible to stand if he didn't stand, all because Xiao Shengying's daughter was the princess of the five princes.
After Emperor Qingyou succeeded to the throne, it was logical that the daughter of the Xiao family became the queen, and Xiao Shengying's line became a veritable relative of the emperor.
But Xiao Shengtang, the Marquis of Huaiyuan, couldn't sit still.
If he could manage his younger brother, he would not have allowed his niece to marry into the royal family earlier.
The soldiers in his hands made great contributions to Emperor Qingyou during the chaos, but it was different during the Taiping period.
The queen's father, Xiao Shengying, is the prime minister in the court, and he responds to every call, he himself is the Marquis of Huaiyuan, who has a heavy army and a great prestige, and Empress Xiao has such a relative, how can he not make Emperor Qingyou suspicious!
But he was really reluctant to bring out the soldiers, so he hesitated to drag on for a few years, within a few years, the two sons went back and forth, the eldest son went out to run a horse and fell to his death, and the second son fell into the water and died. (To be continued.) )