The drums and trumpets on the Dingyuan sounded in unison, and slowly leaned towards the pier.

After nearly a year, Xiang Zhen returned to Haixing again. Standing on the high bow of the Dingyuan, Haixing in front of him actually gave him some different feelings.

Unlike the fleet that went to Lingnan and made a huge pomp and circumstance, here is as usual, on the civilian wharf not far from the military port, a large number of merchant ships are entering and exiting in an orderly manner, and not too many people pay attention to the return of these warships.

Xiang Zhen's eyes fell on the military port, where two different warships were parked, when he left, he had not seen this style of warship, the drawings obtained from the Tang Dynasty Military Department, and there was no pattern of this kind of warship, this must be newly built, in less than a year, Haixing actually built a new ship?

This made Xiang Zhen a little frightened.

The military port is heavily guarded, not only are there a large number of heavily armed foot soldiers with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and in the distance, you can actually see a black cavalry slowly approaching.

"That's Chengde Wolf Ride!" Pan Motang glanced at it, but exclaimed, "Li Xiangye has personally come to greet General Xiang and Mrs. Xiang!" ”

The Chengde wolf ride is the core of Li Ze's personal guards, and it has always been where Li Ze is, where the Chengde wolf ride appears. Now that he saw Chengde Wolf riding, Li Ze should naturally be here.

This made Xiang Zhen quite surprised.

"General Xiang, since Li Xiangye has arrived here, then please wait for a while on the Dingyuan, Xiangye is definitely going to get on the boat." Pan Motang said.

Xiang Zhen nodded: "General Pan, let me go back to the cabin first to tidy up a little, these days at sea, but a little disheveled." ”

"Feel free to the general!" Pan Motang said with a smile.

Chengde wolf rode left and right scattered, a carriage that looked ordinary, but twice as large as the usual carriage, drove out of it, on both sides of the carriage, Cangzhou Zhizhou Hou Zhen, stationed in Cangzhou's right leader Wei Shen Congxing and the commander of the guard battalion Li Kang, Taisi Zhengqing Tian Lingzi, then rode with each other.

The carriage slowly stopped, everyone turned over and dismounted, standing on both sides, the emperor put a stool under the carriage, and as the carriage and horse opened, Li Ze appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Usually Li Ze dresses extremely casually and rarely wears official robes, but today he put on the prince's official robe seriously, but Datang has always been extremely simple, so Li Ze just changed into a purple dragon robe, put on a folded turban, a nine-ring belt, and a pair of six-fold boots.

Li Ze, who got out of the carriage, turned around, but stretched out his hand, and another hand was stretched out in the carriage and put it on Li Ze's hand, and then, Liu Ruyan also appeared from inside. Compared with Li Ze's simple clothes, Liu Ruyan, who was dressed as a prince and princess, looked much more luxurious and bright. It's just that the princess obviously felt that this dress was a little uncomfortable, and after helping Li Ze's men get out of the carriage, she twisted her neck and pulled her clothes without a trace, and she was used to wearing armor and battle robes, and she suddenly put on these things, which was really unaccustomed.

The two walked side by side towards the Dingyuan on the dock.

At this time, it is naturally not a springboard, but a corridor ladder that has been made in advance, pushed from one side, leaning on the Dingyuan, locking at both ends, and the section of the ship's side is flattened, so that the top of the corridor ladder is flush with Dingyuan.

Li Ze and his wife climbed the stairs.

On the deck, Zhang Hui and other Wuyi officials, as well as Xiang Zhen and other Lingnan officials, were already standing neatly.

"I've seen Li Xiang!"

"I've seen the princess!"

Seeing the two of them stepping onto the deck from the corridor ladder, everyone sang a fat promise in unison.

"You've done a great job!" Li Ze smiled and hugged his fists and returned the salute, "Zhang Shangshu, this trip has been coming and going for months, and the sea is bumpy, Li Ze is really a little uneasy in his heart!" ”

"Lao Li is worried." Zhang Hui laughed: "With my body, this little thing is not worth anything, but I have seen a lot of scenery that I have never seen before." Xia Guan had heard that Li Xiang had been determined to swim at sea when he was a teenager, but he didn't want Zhang to achieve this goal first. ”

"I will definitely make up for this deficiency in the future!" Li Ze also laughed, and turned to look at Xiang Zhen: "General Xiang, meet again." ”

Xiang Zhen smiled and said, "Last time, Xia Guan came alone, but this time the team is huge, and he is going to cause trouble for Xiangye." ”

"What's the trouble, it's a family in the future." Li Ze waved his hand again and again.

"Lan girl, I've come to see Li Xiang!" Xiang Zhen flashed to the side, letting go of a woman with a sand curtain behind him. This is Xiang Zhen's eldest daughter Xiang Lan, who will be canonized as the queen. But now, she is still an ordinary woman, so she naturally wants to pay tribute to Li Ze and Li Xiangye, who are respected by the prince. After she was canonized, it was Li Ze who saluted.

"Xiang Lan has seen Li Xiang!" Bowing slightly, when he straightened up, even through the veil, he could still feel that the big smart eyes looked at Li Ze seriously.

For this woman, although there is a lot of respect in my heart, but where is the future name of the person, Li Ze nodded with a smile, but Liu Ruyan next to him took a step forward, took the other party's hand, and said with a smile: "Sister, we don't have to mix with their group of big men here, it's better for my sister to take my sister to your cabin, we will go to the woman's private talk." There are still many differences between this northern land and your south. ”

"There's Princess Lao." Xiang Lan bowed again, but her tone was a little sparse, but she didn't refuse, and led Liu Ruyan to the back.

The rest of the group of big men immediately sat down in a larger cabin under Pan Motang's arrangement. There are still many things to negotiate before getting off the ship.

"General Xiang, I heard that Xiang Shuai's military operation in Jiangxi was not too smooth?" Li Ze seemed to say casually: "Oh, you are at sea during this time, and the news may not be very well-informed, and the first military operation between Lingzun and Rong Hong failed." Obviously, Ling Zun and the others underestimated Jiangxi's strength. ”

Xiang Zhen was tight, but his face was indifferent: "The first time is just a temptation, victory or defeat, it doesn't hurt, the next thing is the highlight, although Li Xiang can rest assured, within this year, Jiangxi will definitely be able to be re-incorporated into the territory of Datang." ”

"That's good, that's good!" Li Ze smiled and nodded repeatedly. "Tai Changqing, let's talk about the next question about the reception and arrangement of the girl on our side!"

Tian Lingzi stood up, looked at Xiang Zhen and the others, and said: "General Xiang, that's the case, although the two sides have agreed on family affairs, Your Majesty is only thirteen years old now, and it will take at least three years for the big wedding, and Your Majesty is still studying in Wuwei Academy, so after Miss Xiang arrives, she will be placed in Zhenzhou first." ”

"Why Zhenzhou and not Wuyi?" Xiang Zhen frowned and asked.

Tian Lingzi said with a smile: "General Xiang, the Emperor Taishang is now in Zhenzhou, where the palace is all available, and it can be settled with a little rectification." Of course, there will also be preparations on the Wuyi side, and the imperial court has allocated a piece of land to build a separate palace for His Majesty, and the construction will start immediately. After this palace is built, if Miss Xiang likes it, she can naturally live here in Wuyi. ”

"When will the palace be built?" Xiang Zhen asked.

"A year!" Tian Lingzi said: "Although it is another palace, since it is to live with the eldest girl, it is natural to repair it to the highest specification, and the materials of this craftsman must be the best, and it will take a year to be a little nervous!" ”

Li Ze took over with a smile: "The reason why we didn't build a large earth gate and a palace in Wuyi is because one day, we will fight back." Only build another palace, so that as long as we see the other palace, we think that we must recover Chang'an. When they got there, His Majesty and his mother naturally returned to live in the palace. ”

Xiang Zhen was a little moved, and arched his hand: "I just don't know how long it will take!" ”

"Three years at least, five years at most!" Li Zedao: "My idea is that it is best for His Majesty and the eldest girl to get married, and then it can be held in the Chang'an Palace." ”

Having said that, Xiang Zhen naturally has nothing to say.

"General Xiang, when the Emperor Taishang came from Chang'an, there were not many people with him, but the father-in-law and the nurturing grandmother who knew the rules still followed a few of them, and when the eldest girl arrived in Zhenzhou, she could be immediately transferred to the girl to listen to it." Tian Lingzi continued.

"It's fine." Xiang Zhen naturally understood the meaning of Tian Lingzi's words, this is to ask the father-in-law and the upbringing grandmother in the palace to teach his daughters the rules. But this is something that can't be helped, these rules in the palace, they really don't understand the Xiang family.

"As for the guards, the Weiwei Temple has always been located in Zhenzhou, so the guards have already been arranged." Tian Lingzi continued.

Xiang Zhen coughed a few times, looked at Li Ze and said: "Li Xiang, the little girl is at home, she has always been pampered, and she doesn't know the rules very well, so these fathers-in-law and nurturing grandmothers are naturally indispensable, but the guards, this time, we came some by ourselves." ”

"Oh, I don't know how many people you brought with you?" Li Ze asked disappreciatively.

"Five hundred." To the truth.

Li Ze laughed: "The Xiang clan is really magnificent, since you have brought five hundred guards, then there is no need to send it to Weiwei Temple, by the way, General Xiang, will you pay the salary of these five hundred people, or will we pay it?" If we pay for it, then they will have to be assigned to the Weiwei Temple. ”

"Naturally, we pay for ourselves!" Xiang Zhen smiled authentically.