Chapter 120: Rushing to Lingnan
The easiest place to do things is the place where there is a military disaster, those sons of the family may not be able to govern the country through the world, but being a-stirring stick is what they are best at.
"Zhao Long, go to the inn and get all the luggage and belongings back, in addition, send someone to invite Daochang Li back, and we will set off overnight."
Zhao Long, who was guarding outside, was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Don't you go to see the farm in Yangzhou?" ”
"No, there are more urgent things to do now."
If you want to talk about several major farms, the most unskilled ones are the farms in Yangzhou, Sun Xiangfu gave Lu Quanyou an order to plant all dogwood, this thing is slightly spicy, before the introduction of chili peppers, it is a more common seasoning used in the Tang Dynasty.
Why plant dogwoods? Because Yangzhou's climate is warm and humid, the land is also relatively fertile, rich in soybeans, and there will be two seasons a year, then soybeans will definitely be flooded in Yangzhou, and the price is cheap, Sun Xiangfu will not do things that harm the people, so he thought of launching the seasonings developed by Wangjianglou, soybean oil, soybean paste, soy sauce, etc., as well as canned fish that require a lot of soybean sauce.
Needless to say, soybean oil and soy sauce will be in demand by everyone as stir-fried vegetables become more popular.
Soybean paste can be used as a good thing to accompany meals, and if you want to enrich the flavor of soybean paste, you need to add dogwood and a small amount of spices.
In Sun Xiangfu's conception, the marine fish that are richer in nutritional value than freshwater fish must be promoted, the ecology of this period is excellent, the number of marine fish is huge, as long as more advanced fishing technology is used, it is more cost-effective than breeding freshwater fish, but marine fish are produced from the southern coast, transported to the north, not easy to preserve, if the ice is made to preserve the marine fish, the investment is inevitably too large, so Sun Xiangfu thought of canned food.
Then, in addition to some traditional industries of happy villages, the farm in Yangzhou is actually a large seasoning workshop, the field is planted with dogwood and spices, basically do not need to take care of it, farmers in addition to the morning and evening under the fish cage to add some food, most of the other time are making clay pots, large, medium and small are also printed with the kind of clay pots, for the future production of various sauces and canned food.
Soon, Li Chunfeng was found by Zhao Long from the Taoist temple again, this time he directly asked the Taoist children to carry the aviary in the Taoist temple to the boat, he thought that this might be able to let the pigeons fly to the boat when they found a nest, Sun Xiangfu shook his head.
After the windproof lantern on the bow of the ship was hung, the Happiness drove out of the dock and slowly headed downstream of the canal.
Of course, the people on the ship were not idle, and the craftsmen brought by Sun Xiangfu began to get busy, and some of the seemingly scattered wood in the bottom warehouse was combined by them.
"This is, bed crossbow?"
Seeing the big guys placed on the splints, Li Chunfeng was surprised.
"It's one size smaller than the bed crossbow in the army, but it has a longer range and more power, and if you look closely, it shouldn't be difficult to find some subtleties in design."
Li Chunfeng has been in Sun's Mansion for a long time, Sun Xiangfu has learned some simple physics knowledge instilled in the students from time to time, of course it is not difficult for him to understand the difference between these small bed crossbows and the Tang Army's standard bed crossbows, what he doesn't understand is why Sun Xiangfu is in such a hurry, and the original business plans have not yet been implemented! Therefore, he looked at Sun Xiangfu with doubtful eyes and waited for his next step.
"Master Xuanzang's words just now reminded me that those sons of the family instigated the Japanese people to hijack the ship and wanted to keep me in Yangzhou temporarily, what does this mean? This shows that our ship is moving too fast, their arrangement at sea has not yet been completed, and there is another possibility, that is, he has made some moves in Lingnan. Sun Xiangfu explained.
"In Lingnan? Are you saying that these sons of the family want to instigate the Lingnan barbarians to rebel and let us fall into the tiger's mouth? Li Chunfeng seemed to understand, but after he said this guess, he was frightened.
"These families have no bottom line in doing things, when the country fights, they will get rich, because they have a lot of land in their hands and hoard a lot of food, they don't care who is the emperor, they need them to help govern the country anyway, but if the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the price of food becomes cheap, their interests will be ······"
There is no need for Sun Xiangfu to continue, Li Chunfeng also feels that this matter is very likely, and he has seen through the face of the family with Sun Xiangfu these days.
"So what do we do? Do you want to inform Your Majesty? An academic madman like Li Chunfeng, however, doesn't have much insight into politics, and continues to ask.
"This is just a speculation at present, we don't have any evidence, if we wait for the news to be received by those families, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating, forcing them to resort to more desperate means, really forcing the Yue Guogong, I mean that before those families have not finished arranging, let's rush to Lingnan one step ahead of them, meet Yue Guogong, and let them deal with it as soon as possible."
When everyone heard Sun Xiangfu's words, they felt that it was feasible, but in the next few days, everyone would have to suffer, and it was inevitable to sail day and night.
At the beginning of May, Chang'an, Lizheng Palace, with the birth of a little princess, Sun Xiangfu's rumors of sour and spicy girls were broken, and the business of Zuixianlou also plummeted.
Of course, Li Shimin did not have any emotions because he gave birth to a daughter, but he was very interested in the vegetables and fruits sent by Happy Village to supplement the queen's body. And this little girl who has just been canonized as Princess Dongyang is not the princess of Dongyang in history.
Because of Sun Xiangfu's crossing, Li Shimin often went to Qin Qiong's house for a big meal in July last year, and the frequency of popping after eating was also high, so the birth of the eldest grandson queen should not have appeared in history, not only her, but also the pregnancy time of several other concubines is different from history.
Li Shimin in this period of history was not as easy as he is now, and he had no intercourse at all, but now, Jieli was defeated in Guanzhong, and Li Shimin's life naturally changed dramatically, which is the consequence of the butterfly effect.
"This Sun Zhengming has some skills, and at this time, he has grown so many vegetables and fruits." When the ladies who entered the palace to congratulate them retreated, Li Shimin picked up a cucumber placed on the desk and bit it.
"Hehe, these two people, but they are fine! At this moment, we were given vegetables and fruits, and those women must have been greedy when they saw it, and after they went back, they were afraid that they would not buy less. The eldest grandson, who coaxed the little swaddling child, said with a worry-free smile.
"But it was expected by that kid, there was little rain in Guanzhong this spring, and many places that are not suitable for Tunshui have broken out of drought, fortunately, a lot of reservoirs have been built before, and rivers have been opened, and wells have been dug, otherwise many places in Guanzhong will be out of harvest this year." Li Shimin chatted.
"My brother once said that Sun Zhengming's talent can help the country through the world! However, his nature is good, and His Majesty uses it as a retainer, but it is just right, and he also tells the concubine that if he is undecided, he can ask this person. ”
"Well, this kid is indeed a little anxious, but this time, he has committed a big crime, Guanyin, if you want to ask in the future, I'm afraid you will have to go to the cell to pick him up." Li Shimin nodded a little gloating when he heard this.
"What did he do?" The eldest grandson said with some surprise.
"Hmph, you are not a little cowardly, and you are good at killing the envoys and accompanying warriors of the Japanese Kingdom."
"That kid dares to kill?" The eldest grandson was even more surprised when he heard this.
"Well, not only killed, but killed a lot, and now the folds of impeachment on my desk are piled up, but the folds of the samurai tong are a little intriguing." Li Shimin continued to eat cucumbers.
The eldest grandson Wuwu didn't like to ask about the affairs of the court, but Sun Xiangfu was her subordinate, and the image of being timid and afraid of things had been fixed in her heart, but it made her curious, how could such a person use a knife to kill people, and asked, "What does Ying Guogong's excerpt say?" ”
"Wu Shi Tong said that the Japanese were instigated by others, and they grabbed the boat with a knife first, and Sun Zhengming led people to arrive later, subdued first, and then gave the order to kill, and then, hurriedly went south overnight."
"What's wrong with this?" Hearing this, the eldest grandson continued to ask.
"Well, although I have not seen the ship built by Sun Zhengming with my own eyes, I have heard Hongshen say that this ship is a sharp weapon for sea voyages, and the escort on the ship is a reward that I gave to Feng An. However, it is mentioned in the recital of the samurai tong that someone instigated the Japanese to rob the ship, and afterwards, Sun Zhengming hurriedly went south, perhaps because he sensed something. ”
"Your Majesty is saying that those who instigate the Japanese to rob the ship do not want His Majesty's reward to go to Lingnan?" The eldest grandson said in surprise when he heard this.
"Exactly, some people, when the country fights, they get rich, I remember, in the first year of Wude, the rice was sold for a thousand dollars, and the people starved all over the wilderness, and they were eaten, but those people made a fortune, which is really hateful." When Li Shimin said this, he crushed the uneaten cucumber in his hand.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry, I think Sun Zhengming saw through this and is rushing to Lingnan to resolve it." Seeing this, the eldest grandson hurriedly put the swaddling clothes in his arms on a crib sent by the royal court's furniture, and wiped Li Shimin's hands with a handkerchief.
"If it weren't for that, I would have ordered him to return to Beijing to discuss the crime." The eldest grandson's carefree and considerate actions made Li Shimin's face soothe slightly.
"Guilty? Killing the envoys and samurai of the Japanese kingdom? Did the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom enter Chang'an? The eldest grandson Wuwu asked while cleaning Li Shimin's hands. She didn't want Sun Zhengming to have an accident, so the harem would have one less money-collecting expert.
"Well, that's not true, I remember, during the pre-Sui period, the Japanese sent envoys to Chang'an several times to pay tribute, and now I have been a country in the Tang Dynasty for many years, but I have never sent anyone."
Speaking of this, Li Shimin was a little surprised, is the envoy of the Japanese State who does not come to Chang'an considered a messenger? It is precisely for this reason that Li Shimin ignored the impeachment of Sun Zhengming.
However, the matter of Lingnan is not so easy to solve, if Sun Zhengming can really resolve the contradiction between the imperial court and Lingnan, it will be a great achievement, even if more ministers impeach him, Li Shimin will be rewarded.
At this time, on the Happiness, Sun Xiangfu, who touched mahjong, didn't know what happened in Chang'an, he had lost more than 30 in a row today, fortunately, Xuanzang did not agree to gamble, otherwise, Sun Xiangfu estimated that a lot of IOUs were played, no way, the days of sailing at sea were too boring, if you don't get something like mahjong out, Xi Junmai is estimated to go crazy if you can't stay idle.
"I'll go, I'll fire again, and I'll stop playing."
Sun Xiangfu played out a second cylinder, and Xi Jun bought a loud laugh and poured his cards down, all of them, and the card was two.
Playing mahjong regardless of whether to gamble or not, if you don't win the cards, you always set off the guns, no one is in a bad mood, Sun Xiangfu pushed the cards in front of him, and wanted to go to the deck to breathe, but he collided with Zhao Long who came down from the deck.
"My lord, there are a lot of plantain forests on the shore, we seem to have arrived in Lingnan."
"Really? Take me to see it. ”
Soon, Sun Xiangfu saw the banana forest on the coast, which is a specialty of Lingnan, and there is no device to calculate the mileage on the Happiness, so he can only rely on his eyes.
"If you find the mouth of a big river along the coast, go inland from there, and see where the crowd lives, you should go to Guangzhou."