When it comes to the Li ancestral hall of the Li family in Da Li Zhuang, Shen Yunshan is naturally very familiar with it. He and Li Dalong are not only middle school classmates, but also have an extraordinary relationship because of a river in Da Li Zhuang.

Let's talk about this river first: it is called Wuzhang River, and it has a real and magical legend.

In the Western Han Dynasty, a team of nearly 3,000 people, including Li Guangli, the Marquis of Haixi, and the soldiers of the government, rushed to the hinterland of Haixi, and everywhere they passed, there were often people who claimed to have the surname Li to join the migration team.

When approaching the barren area of Haixi, as the migration team became larger and larger, Li Guangli divided it into two groups and continued to move along the Liutang River in the south and north, which were 18 miles apart, by land and water.

Suddenly, the two groups of people came together in a strange way. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that the south and north Liutang rivers were merged into one here.

The river formed by the confluence was about five zhang wide, so Li Guangli named it Wuzhang River, and set up camp and built a city fifty miles away from the south bank.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, under the initiative of the Westernists, in order to ensure the safety of the salt river, Haizhou Mansion built an earth barrier and a lock on the embankment of the Wuzhang River.

In 1895, when the lock was built, the Haizhou government wanted to invite Li Zhangtong, the leader of the Westernization Movement, to inscribe the lock for glory.

However, Li Zhangtong's power leans towards the government and the opposition, who can have such a big face?

Shen Yunshan, who had just become an official in Haizhou Mansion, suggested to the prefect: "Report to the prefect, I want to recommend a person, his name is Li Dalong, and his father's name is Li Zhangnan, and he uses the same family tree as Lord Zhongtang, and he is a close relative of his family. ”

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When they arrived at the ferry port on the west bank of the Wuzhang River, Shen Yunshan accompanied the two officials of Haizhou Mansion to get off the official sedan chair.

After crossing the river, they soon set foot on Da Li Zhuang Hekou Street.

Hekou Street is actually two parallel streets in the north and south, separated by the Wuzhang River. With this lock, the communication between the two sides of the river is much more convenient, and Hekou Street has also changed from the original two streets to a U-shaped street.

On both sides of the river are rows of willow trees, and across the trees are shops.

The twigs and young leaves of the willow tree hang down to the surface of the water, and in the eyes of the literati or the rich, this scene is indeed refreshing, especially the crooked trunk and the scars covered with vicissitudes of life, which is a kind of beauty like no other.

Such a beautiful scenery did not slow down the pace of the two Haizhou government officials who were shouldering heavy responsibilities.

They hurried to the east end of the street and found Li Dalong's house.

The three of them came to the gate of the courtyard, and were just about to enter the gate when suddenly a long string of firecrackers exploded beside them.

They looked up at the firecrackers, and it turned out to be a handsome young man standing on the top of the wall, carrying crackling firecrackers with bamboo poles.

Li Zhangnan is busy with the marriage of his eldest son Li Feihu at home, and it is Li Dalong who sets off firecrackers.

Li Dalong, who wanted to fly away, heard that he was going to the capital to meet the so-called Zhongtang Lord who was above 10,000 people under one person, and he didn't know how happy he was, so he immediately rushed to the future with the comer.

Along the way, Shen Yunshan and Li Dalong, two old classmates, didn't know how happy they were.

At the time of the war, Li Zhangtong was so busy that he had the heart to meet with local petty officials?

But when he heard that the seeker was his own family and a descendant of the Marquis of Haixi, Li Zhangtong refused because of his feelings.

Since he saw it, and only needed to write five words, Li Zhangtong happily picked up the pen, but in a hurry, he wrote "Wuzhang River" as "Wujiao River".

Of course, Li Dalong didn't dare to point out Li Zhangtong's typo in person, so he had to think of a rhetoric on the way back:

"When I heard that the lock was built on an earthen barrier, and that there was a village surnamed Wu on the south bank of the Wuzhang River, I came to the inspiration and named it the Wujiao River Lock. ”

"Very good, very good!" the prefect of Haizhou Prefecture praised, "This 'Wujiao River' and 'Wuzhang River' are homophones, which can be described as a stroke of genius!"

This incident was quickly spread as a good story, and the three words "Wuzhang River" were quickly replaced by "Wujiao River".

Li Dalong naturally worked hard and made great achievements, and won the appreciation of the government and the envy of the clansmen.

For the entire Haixi Li family, the significance and value of Li Dalong's trip to the capital are far more than that.

The saying that the Li family of Haixi is a relative of the emperor has since disappeared, spreading farther and farther, and the prestigious "descendants of the Marquis of Haixi" has become higher and higher in the hearts of the people.

For Li Dalong, this trip to the capital opened his eyes, and most importantly, communicating with Shen Yunshan often made him feel that his mouth was open.

When Shen Yunshan offered to do a grain trafficking business with him, Li Dalong was a little hesitant at first, because he hadn't done business for a day.

When Shen Yunshan's business earned a lot of money, Li Dalong was tempted: "Although I haven't done business myself, everything always has a beginning."

Brother Shen is also trying it for the first time! Besides, my big brother Feihu is a veteran of the shopping mall, so he shouldn't be worse than Brother Shen!"