At Zhangjiang Wharf, Hongzhou Thorn Shi Lu Wei and Yuzhang County Ling Zeng Xing and others looked at the fleet that was slowly moving away, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During this time, Li Kuan basically wandered around various counties in Hongzhou, which caused a lot of pressure on everyone.

Although judging from the actual situation during this time, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has brought great benefits to the local area during his time in Hongzhou, but no one can stand that there is a big leader who stares at you every day.

"The Gu family has already transported the first ship of Zhu Po dragon meat and Zhu Po dragon skin, and it is said that they will be transported to Chang'an City, and all the shops in the Chu Wangfu will be purchased at a high price. It seems that this business of capturing the pig dragon can be carried on steadily. ”

Lu Wei looked at Zeng Xing beside him, and his mood was a little complicated.

When I was the county magistrate, why didn't I encounter such a good thing?

According to the recent capture of Zhu Polong in Yuzhang County, it will not take a few years for this Yuzhang County to be upgraded from a middle county to an upper county, and it is likely to be the kind of upper county with tax revenue comparable to that of Guanzhong Road.

This grade rises when you sit still.

It is no wonder that every few years in later generations, several major cities will hype up a wave of rumors about municipalities directly under the central government, and behind this is the promotion of countless people.

"Envoy, the shopkeeper Gu was left in Yuzhang, and he won't leave until the new people of the Gu family come over. And Wang Fugui, who is next to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, also said that after returning to Chang'an, he will arrange a fleet to come over to buy rice, it seems that His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the Gu family are really optimistic about the prospects of our Hongzhou. ”

Zeng Xing was in pain and happy during this time.

As a county magistrate with a barely a background, but a weak background, if there is no suitable opportunity, he will stop at the position of county magistrate in his life.

However, if we can do a good job in the promotion of Nanyang rice, and then do a good job in this pig dragon industry, I will have the opportunity to enter the eyes of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and the future is promising.

"Well, although this shopkeeper Gu is a businessman, during the time he stays in Yuzhang County, you must remember not to slack off."

The Gu family is one of the few families in Jiangnan Province, and Lu Wei will not treat Gu Lei as an ordinary businessman.

"Don't worry, it just so happens that this shopkeeper Gu proposed a few days ago that he wants to expand our dock, and I will invite him to Yayi Pavilion for two drinks later."

……

Along the Zhangjiang River into Poyang Lake, and then quickly cut into the Yangtze River, Li Kuan and his party soon appeared outside Ezhou City.

"Lord Wang, in my opinion, the several state capitals along the Yangtze River are all worthy of vigorous development. Along the Yangtze River, the circulation of goods is very convenient. ”

During this time, he basically relied on boats to move, and Wang Xuance gained a further understanding of the importance of waterways.

Compared with the huge losses of land transportation, the advantages of shipping are too obvious.

"Yes, don't say anything else, just the Ezhou city in front of you, west of Shannan Road, east of Huainan Road, south of Jiangnan Road, and itself is located on the edge of the Yangtze River, over time, it will definitely be a prosperous existence that does not belong to Yangzhou."

Li Kuan often traveled to Wuhan on business in his later years, although he didn't dare to say how much he knew about the city, but as the brightest star in the central region, the geographical location here is really good.

However, now this Ezhou city still has a worse sense of existence in Datang.

Regardless of the dynasty, the development of the junction of several jurisdictions is often not taken seriously.

This Ezhou is the junction of the three roads.

"Looking at the dense water network around Ezhou, there should be no shortage of water in a large area around it, which is really a good place to promote rice planting." Wu Meiniang couldn't help but sigh.

"Is it good to have more water?"

Gu Panpan interjected on the side: "If it's the next rainstorm, maybe I don't know if the fertile land will be flooded." In my opinion, Suzhou is still better located, close to the water source, and not like Ezhou, which is full of lakes and rivers. Besides, the population in Suzhou is much denser than in Ezhou, so it should be easier to promote rice cultivation. ”

"In the long run, it is also necessary to build water conservancy, otherwise those paddy fields on the Yangtze River will indeed have a certain risk of flooding." Li Kuan nodded, and rarely affirmed Gu Panpan's statement.

This girl, I don't know what her brain thinks, seems to be really ready to follow all the way to patrol the world.

Seeing the ship slowly approaching the shore, Li Kuan did not wait for those officials from Ezhou to greet him, and went directly to Jiangxia County, where he lived in the backyard where the Datang Royal Qianzhuang branch was located.

Of course, Li Kuan's fleet entered the city, and he couldn't hide it, and he didn't want to hide it.

Therefore, in the afternoon of the same day, officials from Ezhou and Jiangxia came to visit.

"Wang County Order, how much Nanyang rice has been planted in Jiangxia County this year?"

Li Kuan saw the appearance of Wang Feng's fat head brain in Jiangxia County, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Although it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with people's character and appearance, but in Jiangxia County, which is not very prosperous, the county magistrate looks like this, which really makes people doubt his level.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, we have planted a lot of rice in Jiangxia County."

Wang Feng showed a flattering smile, "It's early summer, the weather is not too hot, and the lower officials have specially arranged a banquet on the Yellow Crane Tower to catch the wind for His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Lord Wang, look ......."

Wang Feng obviously didn't want Li Kuan to talk to him too much about rice planting, but hurriedly moved to the banquet.

This can be regarded as one of Wang Feng's secrets to dealing with Shangguan.

"Wang County Order, how much is a lot? This king is stupid, and he doesn't know how many acres this is. ”

"The paddy fields outside Jiangxia City are all planted with rice, and you can also see the rice seedlings growing vigorously on the Yellow Crane Tower.

"Okay, then the king will go and see how prosperous Jiangxia City is under the rule of Wang Xianling."

After all, Li Kuan had just arrived in Ezhou, and he didn't know what the situation was here, so he didn't say anything more.

……

The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March.

The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is endless, and only the Yangtze River skyline can be seen.

Li Kuan had naturally heard of the name of the Yellow Crane Tower, but in his previous life and present life, it was the first time he came here.

Originally, Li Kuan thought that the Yellow Crane Tower was just a lonely building, but he didn't expect it to be a building complex.

I saw that the Yellow Crane Tower is connected with Jiangxia City, the whole building is within the city wall, the whole building is paved with green tiles, and the red paint is painted, but it gives people a dignified and generous feeling.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this Yellow Crane Tower was originally built during the Eastern Wu period, and it was originally used for military purposes, so the view is very good. Here you can look at the whole river, you can also see the scene in the Jiangxia city, and when the sunset slowly falls, the whole river surface ripples with microwaves, glowing with gold, giving people a beautiful feeling. ”

Ezhou Thorn Shi Fangwei stood beside Li Kuan and introduced the situation of the Yellow Crane Tower.

Li Kuan thought that this was a tourist building, but he didn't expect to be able to eat here.

It seems that there are only things you can't think of, and nothing is impossible.

"This Yangtze River, will there be a big flood in previous years?"

Li Kuan knew that the Yangtze River and the Yellow River were often flooded during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but for so many years, he had hardly heard any news in Chang'an.

Now standing on the Yellow Crane Tower, looking at the Yangtze River flowing to the sky, I naturally want to ask.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Ezhou arranges labor to build water conservancy every year, and there has been no flood in the past few years." Fang Wei said with a little pride.

Li Kuan looked at the clear river not far away and didn't ask anything more.

In this year, except for Yangzhou City, which is relatively prosperous in the Yangtze River Basin, other state capitals cannot take it.

This also means that the population density of the state capitals along the Yangtze River is not very high, and the damage to the ecology is naturally not very high.

In addition, all kinds of lakes have not been filled in by people, and the water storage capacity is very strong, and the flooding of the Yangtze River is not serious, but it is not impossible.

Of course, this Fang Wei has to say that it is the credit of Ezhou's water conservancy construction, and he cannot completely deny it.

However, with his intuition, he felt that this Ezhou was different from the several state capitals he had been to before.

Especially the appearance of Wang Feng's fat head and brain, people can't help but wonder if he is a good official after all.

As an envoy of the dethroned army, I didn't just come to see how the promotion of Nanyang rice was.

The system of deposing envoys in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be a kind of supervision system, which is the basis for the central government to examine the performance of local officials and decide on the promotion or demotion of officials.

The most important thing is that Li Kuan and Li Shimin's will to "facilitate action" is that this right is great.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this Wuchang fish is the most famous in our Ezhou, do you want to taste it to your liking?"

Everyone didn't greet each other for long, and the sumptuous wine and food were already placed in the Yellow Crane Tower.

What's even more surprising is that the wine they drink is actually the "burning knife" produced by the Chu Palace, and it seems that these people have also put some effort into it.

"The meat of this Wuchang fish is delicate, white and juicy, and the umami taste is better than other fish, which is really extraordinary."

Li Kuan was not polite, and took a bite and tasted it.

"This Wuchang fish has a fierce temperament, and it has few opponents in the river, so its meat quality is better than that of ordinary fish."

"The chef who made this steamed Wuchang fish today was invited from the most famous restaurant in Jiangxia, and the fish scales and internal organs were handled very carefully."

Seeing that Li Kuan seemed to be quite satisfied with this dish, Fang Wei and Wang Feng echoed and spoke on the side.

All of a sudden, the Yellow Crane Tower showed a kind of happy appearance of guests and hosts.

However, on the street not far from the Yellow Crane Tower, a group of farmers rushed to the Yellow Crane Tower with bare feet.

I don't know if someone deliberately cooperated or what, these farmers actually came to the Yellow Crane Tower before they were stopped.

"Lord Wang, there is a group of farmers outside the building."

Li Kuan traveled, and Xi Junmai naturally took a group of guards from the Chu Palace's mansion to distribute them all over the Yellow Crane Tower.

As soon as the farmers appeared, he noticed that something was wrong.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, these people love to make trouble the most, just go down to the officials to deal with it."

Wang Feng, who was on the side, heard Xi Junmai's words, his face changed, and he quickly got up.

However, Ezhou Thorn Shi Fangwei sat there with a calm face, looking confident.

"Your Majesty appointed this king as the envoy of the deposed king, in order to inquire about the suffering, to observe the gains and losses of customs, and to investigate the harsh state of political punishment. Since these peasant households want to see the king, the king will go and see him. ”

Today there is something strange about it.

I only came to Ezhou today, and it stands to reason that most people in Ezhou Mansion don't know about their arrival.

However, these farmers were able to accurately find the Yellow Crane Tower in front of them, and said that they asked to see them.

Obviously, there should be some story in this.

The officials at all levels in Ezhou Mansion don't seem to be monolithic.

"The son of the prince, how can these Tian Shenu see it if they want to? Let the lower officials deal with it. ”

When Wang Feng spoke, he couldn't help but start sweating on his forehead.

After all calculations, he didn't expect the other party to do it so quickly.

In this Jiangxia City, there are still some things that I haven't had time to deal with.

"Presumptuous! Wang Feng, who does His Royal Highness the King of Chu want to see, do you have to listen to you? ”

Ezhou Thorn Shi Fangwei on the side got up and scolded Wang Feng.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the lower officials have no such intentions."

Wang Feng glanced at Fang Wei with resentment, and then hurriedly explained to Li Kuan.

As the core disciple of the Langya Wang family, Wang Feng has always had a hard time with Shi Fangwei in Ezhou.

During the Yongjia Rebellion in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Langya Wang clan moved to Jinling from Linyi to the south and moved to Jinling, and later distributed to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River.

Although compared with the Taiyuan Wang family, the Langya Wang family during the Tang Dynasty has been greatly inferior, but it is still a family with a few in Jiangnan Province.

A thorn like Fang Wei, who was born in a cold family, basically didn't have much to do with him.

"Lord Wang, why don't you go down and find out what the situation is?"

Today's incident revealed strangeness, Wang Xuance was worried that there would be no one in these farmers who would be unfavorable to Li Kuan, so he proposed to find out the situation by himself.

"No, this king wants to see what the real Ezhou looks like."

After Li Kuan finished speaking, he went downstairs.

It can be said that the peasant households of this era dared to gather such a crowd to come to the Yellow Crane Tower to ask to see a prince, which can be said to be a huge risk.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is risking his life.

Li Kuan was curious about what made them willing to take this risk.

"Give me back the paddy field!"

"Officials and businessmen collude to privately swallow fertile land!"

"Give me back the food!"

When Li Kuan appeared in front of everyone with the support of Xi Junmai and others, he saw a chaotic street scene.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, these farmers seem to be immigrants from Guanzhong who migrated to Ezhou to grow Nanyang rice."

Fang Wei could see the origin of these people at a glance, and he didn't know if it was because he had known it for a long time.

"How can there still be Turks?"

Li Kuan saw that in the crowd, there were some people who looked obviously different from the Tang people mixed in.

Fang Wei: "These Turks should be immigrants from the Yunzhong Governor's Mansion who moved to Ezhou, and they also came to cultivate rice. ”

"Everyone, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has come down, and you can tell any grievances you have."

Wang Xuance took a few steps forward, came to the front of the farmers, and began to ask.

"Please ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu to be our master."

Wang Feng's face changed when he heard this, and he became worried.