Chapter 111: Fireworks
What can I do? King Qi is digging a pit for me to jump, or is it the kind that doesn't matter if you dig or bury it.
A few days later, the news will reach the ears of King Wei.
It took years of cerebral thrombosis to come up with this idea. Li Yi didn't speak, he dipped his hand in the tea and drew two circles on the table, and his mouth was also muttering.
"Hou Ye, Hou Ye!"
"Ah, what's the matter? Ma. ”
"Xiaguan, it's called Ma Yunhai, Hou Ye. This time I came to Zhongzhou City, and the king asked me to bring 10,000 taels of silver to Marquis Li, and seal the Marquis of Zhongzhou in Qi Kingdom. Ma Yun brought the silver to Li Yi.
Li Yi thought to himself: "King Qi is doing something!" ”
"The envoy of Qi State, Lord Ma Yun, is tired of traveling and driving, Mr. Zhuge will take Ma Yun to the inn to rest first. In the past few days, Lord Ma Yun can take a look around Zhongzhou City. Li Yi commanded.
Zhuge Jun also knew that the Hou Ye was placed by King Qi, "Lord Ma Yun, please!" ”
Ma Yunhai: "Zhuge Military Division, the subordinate is called Ma Yunhai, not Ma Yun!" ”
Zhuge Jun: "Okay, Master Ma Yun! ”
After Ma Yunhai left, Li Yi looked at the Qinhuai River outside the window in a daze.
How do you get out of this pit?
The clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are self-turbid?
What kind of character is King Wei, Li Yi still has some feelings, this matter is a little tricky!
Li Yi was worried for a few days, but Ma Yunhai was a little lingering in Zhongzhou City.
"Mr. Zhuge , is this our shopping mall in Zhongzhou City? Bring all the sellers together without the chaos of the bazaar. The same kind of goods are sold together, and in the end, people can shop around to buy the cheapest goods, and shopping malls are preferable. I don't know Zhuge Junshi, the production materials and methods of this shopping mall, can we Qi Guo cooperate with us? Money is not an issue! After Ma Yunhai visited the mall, he said to Zhuge Jun, who accompanied him.
"Master Ma Yun, it's funny! Some petty things, how can you get into the eyes of Lord Ma Yun. Lord Ma Yun, come with me, the Qinhuai River in our Zhongzhou City is also beautiful in winter. Zhuge Jun diverted the topic and urged Ma Yunhai to get into the carriage.
On the way to the Qinhuai River, Ma Yunhai saw a statue, "Zhuge Military Division, the lower officials saw a statue standing, where is it sacred?" ”
Zhuge Jun smiled: "Yes, our Hou Ye." ”
"Oh? Then the lower official has to take a closer look! Ma Yunhai was ordered by the soldiers to stop the carriage from a distance, and then approached the statue on foot.
The statue depicts the side of Marquis Li as a doctor, and Ma Yunhai was just about to bow down, but was quickly stopped by Zhuge Jun.
Zhuge Jun pointed to a sign erected next to him:
No drinking,
No flowers,
No kneeling!
Ma Yunhai was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”
"Lord Ma Yun, after staying in Zhongzhou City for a long time, you will naturally understand!" Zhuge Jun said.
"Mr. Zhuge , I heard that there is an area in our Zhongzhou City that is our weapons workshop, can the lower officials visit it?"
"Lord Ma Yun, or a general?"
"Zhuge Junshi laughed, the lower official is a literati, and he has been a scholar for 24 years."
"Since Master Ma Yun is a literati, why don't we go to Qinhuai River to take a look at Hou Ye's latest "Journey to the West"?" Zhuge Jun said with a smile.
Ma Yunhai was a little embarrassed, and then he got into the carriage in accordance with it.
"It's hard to imagine that this river is so beautifully built, and it is full of flowers and fast water in winter. The people in the city will come to Qinhuai River every day to listen to a little song and taste a pot of jasmine tea. Zhongzhou City is refreshing! Ma Yunhai stood on the bridge and looked at the busy boats in the river and said.
"Mr. Zhuge , where is that place? With so many complexes, is it also a shopping mall? Ma Yunhai pointed to Li Yi's planned living area and asked.
Zhuge Jun: "Oh, Lord Ma Yun, that is our county guard's mansion, and the people live around the county guard's mansion, and the whole house is still under construction, so there are no people living in that area now." ”
"The whole city is crowded but not cluttered, and Zhongzhou City will become a place that the people envy in a few years." Ma Yunhai complimented.
"Master Ma Yun, I'm a little tired from shopping today, I'll ask someone to send you back to the inn and take you to see Master Hou another day." Zhuge Jun ordered a few soldiers to come over and send Ma Yunhai back to the inn.
On the second day, Ma Yunhai took an entourage to visit Zhongzhou City by himself.
As a result, when they walked to the industrial area, whether it was an arsenal or a cement mill, they were stopped by soldiers and forbidden to visit.
In the living area, Ma Yunhai can go in to visit, but the county guard is also forbidden to visit.
"This house, there are high and low, I heard that it is still divided into unit numbers." Ma Yunhai looked at the unfinished three-story buildings in front of him, and the rows of villas with courtyards.
Ma Yunhai lowered his head and picked up a piece of cement residue and put it in his arms, planning to go back and study it.
"Envoy of Qi State, right?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm Wang He, the commander of the Zhongzhou City Defense Corps, do you need any help from the envoy?" Wang He said with a smile.
Ma Yunhai: "Head Wang, I'll just go shopping by myself." I'm done shopping, and then I'm leaving! ”
Wang He: "Then the messenger go slowly!" ”
After Ma Yunhai left, a soldier ran to Wang He and said, "Return, regiment commander, the envoy of Qi has put away a piece of cement." ”
"Okay, got it!" Wang He left.
For several days, Ma Yunhai walked around Zhongzhou City by himself.
"Did you hear that? After the early Spring Festival, Li Jiajun was going to recruit troops. You can join any unit you want. Crowd A said.
Crowd B echoed: "Then you have to have the ability to be selected, I heard that this recruitment is directly into the regular army." ”
"Erniu, haven't you always wanted to join the Li family's army? Here's your chance! ”
The man who was called Erniu ran away as soon as he slipped away, shouting as he ran:
"Mother, mother, I've recruited soldiers, your son is going to join the Li family's army."
"It's still so frizzy!"
At this time, Ma Yunhai went out of the inner city and came to the outer city, and he saw this scene.
In the whole outer city of Zhongzhou, there are many people, and all kinds of people live together.
The houses are also built side by side, and Ma Yunhai learned that everyone wants to enter the inner city, and they are working hard to be able to enter the inner city.
Even the slaves were looking forward to the inner city.
Slave A: "I heard that this time we will form a unit of our own, and the soldiers will be selected from our own people." Let's sign up when the time comes! ”
"Okay, the village chief came to my house that day and told my father that I was going to participate in the recruitment of the Li family's army, saying that if I was selected, I would be able to take the whole family into the inner city, and I would be able to buy a few acres of land with a year's military salary. When the time comes, I'll marry a mother-in-law, haha......" Slave B said expectantly.
Slave C answered: "Next year, Master Hou will select some people to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes, I heard that these two grains are auspicious, and we will never go hungry again." I'm going to try it next year, in case I choose my house. ”
Everywhere Ma Yunhai goes, he can hear the people, or the slaves, or the people in the inner city, or some merchants in the outer city, and the merchants in the inner city praise Li Yi's merits and virtues, and yearn for and love Li Jiajun.
Through Ma Yunhai's observation in the past few days, it was also found that the entire Li Jiajun did not have a single situation of bullying the people, even the phenomenon of bullying slaves did not occur.
On the contrary, Ma Yunhai saw an old man accidentally falling, and then soldiers from Li Jiajun's city defense army helped the old man up.
Li Jiajun went to the mall to buy things, and when he went to the roadside to buy breakfast, he also paid first and then ate.
However, there were still a few times when Ma Yunhai saw Li Jiajun collecting money from the people in the inner city. The reason turned out to be a fine for littering.
Ma Yunhai has been full of joy and worry about what he has seen and heard in Zhongzhou City in the past few days. How can I have such a city and its people?
And Li Yi is still frowning in the past few days, but today is to remove the dark clouds and see tomorrow.
"Ma Teng, the envoy of Zhao State, pays a visit to Lord Hou."
"Lord Huateng doesn't need to be polite." Li Yi said to the envoy from Zhao Guolai in front of him.
"Master Hou, the lower official is called Ma Teng, not Hua Teng!" Ma Teng, the envoy of Zhao State, said.
Li Yi: "Okay, Huateng Messenger. ”
Through some conversation, Li Yi also understood the intention of the envoy of Zhao State.
Give Li Yi silver and knighthood to express Li Yi's contribution to the treatment of smallpox plague.
These old foxes all think the same way. Even the title given to Li Yi is the same, Marquis of Zhongzhou.
Li Yi is really too lazy to complain, King Wei, King Qi, and King Zhao all named Li Yi as the Marquis of Zhongzhou.
But I'm a native of Wei now, King Qi and King Zhao have a good hand in their calculations, these two friends with cerebral thrombosis.
However, so far Li Yi has not received a reward from King Wei, of course, Li Yi is not a rare reward, Li Yi just wants to know what King Wei thinks about his practice of telling the smallpox vaccine to the other two countries?
Li Yi arranged Hua Teng, the envoy of Zhao State, and Ma Yun, the envoy of Qi State, in an inn.
After the two met, they greeted each other cordially, "Look up for a long time!" ”
Turning around, he said, "Phew, what the hell!" ”
Hua Teng, the envoy of Zhao State, was also like Ma Yun, and he visited Zhongzhou City by himself.
In my heart, I also remember every detail I saw, and when I go back, I have to hand in my homework and write my impressions.
Three days later, the early Spring Festival.
This is the second year that Li Yi has spent here, before Li Yi had to go to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, King Wei, and the generals of the army to pay New Year's greetings, but this year it was a bunch of people who came to pay New Year's greetings to Li Yi.
Li Yi was shouted by Li Er early, and sat in the middle of the hall like a mascot, accepting everyone's greetings.
Although he was very tired, seeing that everyone did not come empty-handed, Li Yi said that he could still persevere.
However, Li Yi specially explained that he must be optimistic about the statue today, for fear that someone who is not paying attention will bring something to worship, Li Yi shuddered when he thought about it!
"Two envoys, today is the early Spring Festival, and the dinner set up by Li in Li's mansion will definitely come when the two adults, Hua Teng and Ma Yun, will come." The two of them listened to what Li Yi called them, and they were already immune.
Later, Li Yi, accompanied by Gao Ren and Dong Jian, took the county lord and Ruhua to the outer city.
"Folks, people, it's the early Spring Festival, I hope that every early Spring Festival in Zhongzhou City can be spent with you! There will be fireworks shows in the outer and inner cities of Zhongzhou City tonight, for you, remember to look up at the sky when the time comes. After Li Yi finished speaking, he took the two ladies to the inner city again.
"Master Hou, what is the fireworks show you are talking about?"
"Didn't you hear what Master Hou said, it's in the sky!"
"Master Hou actually brought two ladies to see us, we came to Zhongzhou City thousands of miles away, it is the most correct choice."
Also in the inner city, the people are also amazed by Li Yi, and they are also looking forward to what is the fireworks show that Li Houye said?
When night falls, the Qinhuai River is brightly lit, and the people are wearing bloated clothes and boating in the lake.
"The fireworks show will start right away!"
“3!”
“2!”
“1!”
"Happy New Year!"