Yang Zhihu looked at Songxi Zhong suspiciously, didn't say anything more, just nodded and said, "This time let Songfu Yin break the fee." ”

Song Xizhong let out a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness is polite, Your Highness can come, it is the honor of the lower officials, Your Highness tastes this Huaihe white fish, this fish is delicious, if it is not difficult to transport, the lower officials should send some to the palace." ”

Yang Zhi was noncommittal about this, and said in a deep voice: "My father once said that the way of being an official, everything is in the people, only the people live well, that is, the good officials in my father's heart, as for the desire of the mouth, it is just a trivial matter." ”

Song Xiliu hurriedly nodded yes.

"Your Royal Highness rest assured, the lower officials can understand the mood of the king, although this Lingzhou is a border land, but the lower officials dare not forget the king's teachings, although there have been no great achievements in the past few years, the people of Lingzhou have enough food and clothing, and the lower officials will definitely let the people live a better life in the future."

After Yang Zhi and Songxi Zhong were polite, they only felt that they were really hungry, since this person said that this meal was made by his Yulu, Yang Zhi was no longer polite to him.

To be honest, in the past nearly a year, it is not easy to travel abroad, and the money you bring can support it until now, and it is also a common thing to eat and sleep in the open.

It's been a long time since I've seen this kind of food.

Feeling the delicious taste of the white fish in the Huai River, Yang Zhi couldn't help but admire: "Good! ”

When Song Xizhong heard this, he hurriedly said: "There are a lot of white fish in this Huai River, but it is also an ordinary thing in Lingzhou, if Your Highness stays here for a long time, you can also taste the different practices of this fish."

Xia Guan thinks that this fish, combined with the spicy taste of dogwood, is the most wonderful.

”

said that this Songxi Zhong looked like an aftertaste.

When Yang Zhi heard that it was so delicious, it was just an ordinary thing in Lingzhou, and the feeling of apprehension in his heart was much smaller.

"Dare to ask Songfu Yin, what is this dogwood."

"Your Highness, this dogwood is a good thing in the land of the Miao people in the south, this plant, when the Miao people came to Lingzhou to trade, they inadvertently brought this thing here, and later, the people found that this thing has a unique taste, and later, this taste is called spicy.

The spicy dogwood can eliminate the feeling of humidity and heat in the south, which is very magical.

”

Yang Zhiqi said: "There are such strange things, how can those Miao people be willing to give these to us." ”

Songxi Zhong said: "Your Highness doesn't know, those Miao barbarians, vulgar, empty treasures but don't know how to use them, not to mention dogwood, as far as the minister knows, in the southern land, there are many things, all of which I don't have in the Central Plains, but the Miao people are lazy and don't know how to use them, if I occupy this place, I will definitely be able to add a lot of edible things to my people." ”

In this regard, Yang Zhi deeply agreed, in his heart, the Qi people are the only civilized people in the world, and as for the places outside the Qi country, they are all uncivilized barbarians, since they are barbarians guarding Baoshan and don't know it, they can understand.

Together with Songxi Zhong, after mocking the stupidity of the Miao people, the two discussed the topic of people's livelihood.

In this conversation, Yang Zhi was impressed by this person's talent, in the face of such complicated government affairs, he was able to govern Lingzhou City in an orderly manner, and he was indeed a rare good official, and he had slowly changed his preconceived views in his heart.

rested in the mansion for a night, and early the next morning, Yang Zhi woke up early.

"How? Is there news coming back from Xuzhou? ”

Yang Zhi asked Chu Xin.

"Back to the eldest prince, there is no news yet."

Yang Zhi nodded and said, "Alas! All right! Get ready! Come out for a walk with me! ”

"Yes!"

As soon as the group left the gate of the palace, they saw Songxi Zhong coming in a carriage.

After seeing Yang Zhi, Songxi Zhong hurriedly got out of the car and came to pay his respects.

"Your Highness, I was used to staying last night."

"Well, Songfu Yin bothered!"

"Your Highness wants to visit this Lingzhou City, and the lower official will be this guide today to explain to Your Highness."

Yang Zhi was going to go for a walk by himself, but seeing that Song Xizhong was so enthusiastic, he had to reluctantly embarrass him: "It's okay!" ”

"Your Highness, please!"

As he spoke, he turned sideways and welcomed Yang Zhi into the carriage.

The carriage slowly drove towards the outside of the city, and Yang Zhi looked at the streets of Jingzhou City through the car window.

Although there were not many shops in the city, the pedestrians on the road looked much healthier, and although their clothes were shabby, there were no poor people in sight.

I also believed most of Songxi Zhong's words in my heart.

The carriage stopped, and Songxi Zhong jumped out of the carriage and greeted Yang Zhi down.

"Your Highness, this is the dock."

Yang Zhi looked and saw that on the wide river, many rafts and boats were stuck on the river.

On the pier, tall lifters stood there like monsters, and from a distance, you could see many people not far from the pier in a long line, not knowing what they were doing.

Seeing this, Songxi Zhong explained: "Your Highness, those are the workers of the docks, and it is time for dinner, and they will start work after breakfast. ”

Yang Zhidao: "The other side is where the orbit is?" ”

"Yes, nearly half of my Daqi's iron material is transported to Lingzhou from there, and after simple processing here, it will be transported to the north."

"I heard that a year ago, Lingzhou City began to build a track to connect the north, why hasn't it been used yet?"

"Your Highness doesn't know that the construction of the track is not an easy task, and there are many difficulties.

In addition, the new tracks are not wooden rails, but some of them are made of rails.

This increases the difficulty of laying the tracks, and Xia Guan estimates that it will not be needed in a short time.

”

Yang Zhi was puzzled: "Since there are wooden rails, why do you need to use rails, it is not easy to make iron, why waste it here." ”

Song Xizhong smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, although the wooden track is easy to lay, it will not take long to replace, and the use time is extremely short, just the section from the Southern Iron Mine to Lingzhou, which costs tens of thousands of dollars every year, and there are nearly 1,000 workers along the way to maintain the track."

This man eats horses and chews, and every year it is also a great burden for the imperial court.

Although the railroad track is difficult to build, if it is successfully built, it will be able to leave me with a lot of money.

It doesn't take as many people to change tracks every day.

”

Yang Zhi suddenly said: "I see, my father once said, read thousands of books, don't travel thousands of miles, today I have been taught." ”

"The king is wise!"

Songxi Zhong hurriedly agreed.

"Let's go! Take a look at one of the piers! ”

"Your Highness, please!"

As he spoke, Matsukei Naka led the way ahead.

After breakfast, the Lingzhou Wharf suddenly became extremely busy.

Large and small ships transported the iron parked on the opposite shore to this side, and in the sound of a loud trumpet, the heavy iron was unloaded and loaded into trucks and transported to the nearby ironworks.

The iron ingots produced are transported as raw materials to the north for reprocessing.

Although this system is a bit cumbersome, this is a helpless method that Yang Hao came up with in order to prevent the concentration of strategic resources too much.

And in doing so, it can also invisibly solve the livelihood problems of many people.

Although the efficiency is low, it is good governance for the current Qi country.