(There will be a big seal push today, thank you very much to my editor-in-charge Xu Xu for helping me, here, special thanks to him.) In addition, I want to say that although it is a big seal push, but there is still no addition, because the gunman really did not have a manuscript in his hand, during this time, the body was a little uncomfortable, I did a gastroscopy last week, and I went to do a laryngoscopy yesterday, fortunately, there is no big problem after the examination, and the reason for the discomfort was also found. Although there is no update, I also ask book friends to see that I am still updating normally with illness, and I will support me a lot! Thank you! ）

The top of the mountain is still covered with thick white snow, which is the highest part of the city gate building, and there is also a layer of shallow snowflakes, and in the corners of the corners, the snowflakes that are usually piled together are turning into wisps of flowing water, and from time to time there will be happy little dolls running here, digging a large ball of snow, holding it in their hands, chasing each other giggling, and from time to time pulling a small ball from their hands and smashing them at each other.

The young people don't know the taste of sorrow, and now they don't have to worry about food and clothing, it is the time to be happy.

On the street in front of the Li family's mansion, the thick trees have just bloomed the first wave of buds, and on the ground, the spring breeze last night woke up not only these new shoots that have just poked their heads out to look at this new world, but also those yellow leaves that have survived the winter calamity, but now they are about to turn into dust and mud.

At this moment of the replacement of the old and the new, Li Ze was ready to go to Beijing.

On this trip, they will have to cross several Jiedu envoys' governing areas, and naturally it is impossible to bring many troops, in fact, all the guards together are only more than a hundred people.

Of course, these more than 100 people are all selected from the best and the best of the best. Even so, Cao Xin was still not at ease, and temporarily transferred Chen Changping back from Zhenzhou, and on Wuyi's side, Li Han also put down the matter at hand and brought ten strong Mo swordsmen with him.

Min Rou couldn't move, but the ten most experienced wolf riders in Chengde also joined in.

Yeluqi also brought ten Khitan cavalry to join them.

Liu Chenglin sent ten elite generals.

Although there were only more than 100 guards who set off with Li Ze this time, there is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of this team of more than 100 people is quite strong. Unless they are besieged by the regular army, the average bandits, even if they are several times their number, will only end up with hatred.

In this team, there are only four people who really have no power to protect themselves, Mrs. Wang, the Liu family, and then Gongsun Changming. As for Liu Ruyan, Li Ze was sure that the eldest lady must have practiced martial arts, but what was the matter, the other party had never shown it, and he naturally didn't want to lift the lid and force the other party to ask.

More than 100 people, more than a dozen carriages, except for some gifts brought to Beijing, the rest are pots and pans. In this era, if you go far away, you may not have any accidents, and you can't guarantee that you can buy supplies at any time, and you can find the town to rest just before dark, so you have to bring everything yourself, and you would rather not lose everything along the way, and you must not be unprepared.

Li Ze's first stop was to go to Zhaoyi Festival Town.

To the south of Chengde, it is adjacent to two festival towns, one is Zhaoyi Festival Town, and the other is the famous Weibo Festival Town in history.

Li Ze's image of Zhaoyi is good. Because after accepting Gao Xiangsheng's conditions, Li Ze began to exert his strength to the south, and the caravan under the command of Tu Hu began to open up a trade route to the south, and it was Zhaoyi Festival Town.

The other Wei Bojie town is completely unworkable.

Zhaoyi Festival Town has Xiangzhou, Weizhou, Beizhou, Xingzhou, Xuzhou five states, the first Jiedu Xue Song is considered to be a generation of heroes, was named the king of Gaoping County by the imperial court, Zhaoyi Festival Town was also established by him, under his rule, Zhaoyi five states in more than ten years ago after the Tang Dynasty turmoil, quickly recovered its vitality, in the major festival towns, the strength is also strong.

"However, after Xue Song died, his son Xue Ping was only twelve years old, and his subordinates were ready to support Xue Ping, but Xue Ping gave up the position of Jiedu to his uncle Xue Wei, but this Xue Wei is far from Xue Song whether it is above prestige or ability, and under Zhaoyi Jiezhen, there are many people who are not convinced, so Zhaoyi Jiedu looks calm, but in fact, it is also a turbulent undercurrent!" When he stepped into the territory under the rule of Zhaoyi Jiedu, Gongsun Changming began to introduce some specific situations of Zhaoyi Jiezhen to Li Ze.

"This Xue Ping is a character." Li Ze admired Xue Ping, who gave up the festival to make the throne and helped his father's coffin return to his hometown. "He knows very well that with his age and qualifications, he can't control these arrogant soldiers at all, so he made a decision and abandoned his post, which can be regarded as a character who can afford to let go, and if he has the opportunity to meet this person in the future, he can make good friends."

"Not everyone can be as wicked as you, Childe." Gongsun Changming said with a smile: "Xue Ping is indeed very smart, at least he has taken himself out of this circle of right and wrong." Returned to his hometown to keep filial piety for three years, he studied in front of his father's spirit, and after the expiration of the three-year filial piety, he moved to Chang'an, this time you went to Chang'an, but there was a real opportunity to see him. ”

"That's really going to see you." Li Ze said with great interest. "Mr. Gongsun, in this way, there are actually a lot of problems inside Zhaoyi, so why didn't Xue Ping come back to help his uncle?"

"This time is also another time." Gongsun Changming sighed: "As soon as people leave, the tea will naturally be cold." Now it has been eight years since Xue Song's death, and in the past eight years, some of Xue Song's past subordinates have also passed away, some have been defeated in the power struggle, and some have long lost their former intentions in the passage of time. ”

"In this way, Zhaoyi's problem is actually quite big, right?" Li Ze frowned.

"That's true." Gongsun Changming said: "Xue Wei can't completely control the powerful people under his rule, so he can only ask the court for help, the court is naturally willing to help, they have always wanted to go to Jiezhen to intervene but can't get the opportunity, now someone invites them in, how can they not happily obey the reason?" ”

Li Ze nodded: "I understand, no wonder Gao Xiangsheng can help Tu Hu open up Zhaoyi's business path, it seems that the imperial court still has a certain amount of power in Zhaoyi." But in this way, Xue Wei is considered to have broken the rules and discipline, and other Jiezhen is afraid that he will regard him as an outlier, and the interests of those powerful people under his command will inevitably be infringed in such a game. Dissatisfaction with him will only intensify, Mr. Gongsun, in this case, I will not have much confidence in this negotiation with this person? ”

"What should be talked about still needs to be discussed, and the agreement that should be signed still needs to be signed, and it is precisely because of the instability of Zhaoyi that we need to enter the layout more quickly. Tu Hu entered this year, although the speed of the layout cannot be said to be fast, but it is still too far from our requirements, if we can negotiate with Xue Wei, it will speed up our layout. In this way, even if there is a change in Zhaoyi in the future, we have a certain strength to deal with it, and more importantly, we have some agreements like this, no matter who controls Zhaoyi in the future, we will have an excuse to intervene, because our interests cannot be harmed. Gongsun Changming said.

"Mr. Gongsun has a point." Li Ze nodded and said: "I still hope that this Xue Wei can last longer, such a marshal who is not strong in control is still very beneficial to us now." After all, we don't have much power to pay attention to and run here. Everything can only be considered when the overall situation of the Northland is determined! ”

Li Ze's current neighbors, Zhang Zhongwu naturally needless to say, is a villain, and now he is thinking about how to clean up Li Ze. Another Hedong Jiedu envoy Gao Biao, loyal and unparalleled, can be regarded as Li Ze's temporary ally, but in fact, Li Ze is more afraid of people like Gao Biao in his heart, because for a guy like him, Gao Biao, who is flawless in moral character, is a greater pressure on him. Henghai has been cleaned up by Li Ze, and Zhenwu has been cleaned up by the old man. As for Pinglu, which borders Dizhou, Li Ze did not pay attention to it.

And Zhaoyi was originally the target of Li Ze's efforts to win over, because he was quite jealous of another neighbor, Weibojie Town. The town of Weibojie is famous in Chinese history, and its soldiers and horses are extremely good at fighting, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was almost divided for more than 100 years and destroyed several emperors. And this time, Tu Hu's slightest temptation to Wei Bo was met with a head-on blow, which intensified the inexplicable hostility in Li Ze's heart.

But at the moment, Zhaoyi seems to be unreliable.

There was nothing to say all the way, and the group rushed towards Xiangzhou, the town of Zhaoyi Festival, and Tu Hu, who was the forward along the way, almost did everything well, how many miles he traveled every day, where to hit the tip, where to eat, and arranged in an orderly manner, which also showed that Tu Hu's penetration in Zhaoyi was still effective. What's more, God didn't lose his temper either, otherwise a casual heavy rain or a strong wind would be enough to mess up all their arrangements.

The traffic of this era made Li Ze the most painful. Even a small rain can sometimes make it difficult to walk. In Wuyi, Li Ze didn't think about building roads, the kind of roads that are not afraid of rain, snow and mud, but he didn't need Xia He to come up with a specific budget for him, he estimated it in his heart, and then gave up.

Li Ze knew that when the first unified emperor in China, Qin Shi Huang, had cultivated the Chi Dao, but it was the power of the whole country, and he didn't care whether the people could survive or not. Thinking about the process, Li Ze gasped. The dirt on those roads is steamed, so that they will not be flooded with grass for a few years. Until now, some roads can still be found on this land occasionally.

But no matter how good the road is, it can't withstand the invasion of time.

The best road in Wuyi is from Daqingshan to Wuyi County. This is due to the large number of brick cellars, lime cellars, charcoal cellars there. Under the impetus of Li Ze, Wuyi used a large amount of coal, and after these coals were burned, a large amount of cinders were produced, which were crushed and used to pave roads, but they could barely reach the point where they were not afraid of rain and snow. But after two years of hard work, such a road has been paved.

Not to mention that Li Ze gritted his teeth all the way about the traffic situation, but finally, under God's careful attention to face and slaughtering tigers, half a month after he left Wuyi, they finally saw the tall city wall of Xiangzhou.