Chapter 3259 There is nothing to do in the world

The other generals at the head of the city also noticed the abnormality, and they called out repeatedly, but there was no response from Zhang. com Zhang Cheng hurriedly circled around Zhang, and did not find any injuries on Zhang's body, he stopped beside Zhang, carefully stretched out his hand, tried it on Zhang's nose, knelt down silently, buckled his head, and said with a crying voice: "Master Zhang went." ”

On the fourteenth day of the Xia army's siege of the city, Huanqing Jingluo envoy Zhang died of illness at the age of seventy-five.

The passing of the chapter is like a willow flower falling, silent......

That night, the Xia soldiers who had suffered a huge blow had no choice but to retreat, and the Empress Dowager Liang then asked for help from the Liao State, and the Liao people were impatient with the unreasonable demands of this boring and shameless woman, and sent people to the Western Xia to poison the Empress Dowager Liang, and then, ordered the Western Xia people to support Chongzong, so Chongzong Ganshun began to govern himself with the support of the Liao Dynasty.

After Ganshun pro-government, the first thing to do was to ask the Song court for peace, at this time the Western Xia treasury was empty, Zhuangding in Huanqing Road under the plunder, has been dissatisfied with the army, and the army suffered heavy losses, can not suppress the female copy (female soldiers), those captured Song sisters began to meet to flee to the Great Song Dynasty, which makes the lack of manpower to supplement the Western Xia has come to the edge of the country, at this time, as long as a finger push, the Western Xia, which has been entangled with the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, will immediately collapse......

However, the imperial court allowed the Tangut to sue for peace, which was tantamount to allowing the Tangut people to go back and lick their wounds in order to regain their strength and continue to oppose the Great Song. At this moment, history returned to its inherent track, and the results of the battle achieved by burning his life were buried by the ministers of the imperial court again.

The news of Zhang's death and the news that Empress Dowager Liang was poisoned by the Liao people arrived in Guangnan, and immediately after, the news of the peace between the imperial court and the Western Xia also reached Guangnan, and Zhao Xing was in Guangzhou Mansion. Heading north without a crown, silently mourning the unquenched life and the endless battle of the old man Zhangzhang. Wan Qiyong sighed happily behind Zhao Xing: "It's okay now, the Xia people are quiet---- we have an alliance with the Liao country, and the Xia people have been ambushed again, looking around the Great Song Dynasty, we have no enemies." My lord, the world is peaceful. ”

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment, and said softly: "The hero is dead." All that is left in the world is his love, sorrow, and mercy--- and God will judge the world! As for Western Xia, Boss Zhang had completed his sentence before his death! The best enemy is the dead enemy. A dying tiger in Western Xia, I won't let it escape. ”

Wan Qiyong disagreed with Zhao Xing's words: "My lord, the Xia people are asking for peace, so don't make trouble." The Xia people sued for peace. We are also at least relieved that the local subsidy will not exist next year. ”

"That's right." Zhao Xing admits this: "But our local government and gentry integrated tax plan cannot be stopped. Do you know. Only justice can cultivate the national blood. Because of social justice. The people dared to reason and fight. And when social injustice becomes a common phenomenon. What we have cultivated is just a bunch of minions who tend to be inflammatory. The integrated taxation of the officials and gentry is not about how much tax the people pay. It is to let the gentry and the people enjoy the same justice.

The newly occupied Dali. Justice must be relied upon to convince them of our rule; And the small countries of the South Seas. Impartiality must be relied upon. that they may submit to our rule from the bottom of their hearts; Other than that. We must also quickly quell the civil unrest in Fujian. The place was steep and mountainous. Clan power is intricate. The language is strange. We must rely on justice to stand there. And let the civil unrest in Fujian quickly calm down.

On the borders of Europe, Africa and the Asian continent, local wars are raging. Now it's not just Europeans who don't have the heart to do business. The same goes for the Arabs. This impact has spread to the city of Quanzhou. The decline in the tax revenue of Quanzhou City is a signal. We must first stabilize Fujian. He then sought reconciliation with the Arabs. This is the only way to sell the goods smoothly. So we must make good use of the sword of justice.

You prepare. Ready to go to Fujian with me. We started from the border between Fujian and Guangdong. State by state to sort out civil administration. Quell the bandits. ”

Wan Qiyong was happy from the bottom of his heart: "My lord." The world is at peace. The imperial court will have more energy to deal with bandits. We can also turn around. Patiently manage Nanyang.

Since the implementation of the integration of officials and gentry to pay taxes. We've got at least five million more in taxes. Furthermore. Song merchants who stayed overseas carried large sums of family property. Constantly settled in Guangzhou. It also makes our local market a lot more active. I expect tax revenues to increase in the coming years.

If it's peaceful today, this increased income was originally prepared for the salary, but we don't have to pay the salary this year, just to develop the navy, build more ships, run farther, and transport more goods, my lord, you can expect ......"

The enthusiastic Wan Qianyong chatted with Zhao Xing about his future plans, although Zhao Xing seemed not in a high mood, but Wan Qianyong only regarded him as fatigue after injury, and waited until noon, Wan Qianyong finished his meal in Shuai Fan's mansion, walked out of Zhao Xing's mansion with satisfaction, stood on the street, and looked at the people coming and going on the streets of Guangzhou.

When you're in a good mood, it's cute to look at.

Nowadays, under the guidance of Zhao Xing, the people on the streets of Guangzhou have become more and more chaotic, and the people of Beijing like to call this phenomenon "serving demons", thinking that after Zhao Xing governed Guangzhou, Guangzhou became more and more demonized, but Zhao Xing called all this "the pursuit of fashion". ^.. ^ To see the latest among them, there is also the credit of the current Guangzhou Governor Wan Qiyong.

Wan Qiyong admired the people passing by with a sense of accomplishment, few people walked by on the street with the traditional long gowns of the Great Song Dynasty, men wore the sweatshirts and short coats passed down from the West early, and women generally wore dresses common on the modern streets, with silk and silk yarns, and occasionally bold women wearing translucent potato yarn. The traditional belly pocket was nowhere to be seen, and through the midday sun, Wan Qiyong faintly saw a bra and a thong.

This is a bit too much, although this scene is very eye-catching, but let Wan Qianyong, a magistrate, stare at the woman, which makes him a little embarrassed. Wan Qiyong hurriedly turned around and greeted the servant: "Come on, bring my sunglasses...... This midday sun, blinding tight. ”

The reason why Wan Qianyong called himself "master" was because he said these words to Kunlun Nu. Today, one of the major advances of the Quang Nam Navy is the slave trade, and they follow the example of Arab merchants. He often landed on a small island in the South Seas while patrolling, hunted down local natives, and then transported them back to Guangzhou to be sold to local magnates as slaves.

Due to Zhao Xing's extensive road construction in recent years, there was a serious shortage of labor, and the desire for labor land in turn stimulated the development of the slave trade. As long as a Song merchant registered with the Liangguang Economic Strategy Division and paid the tax per mu to the government on time, he could occupy a small island and call himself "the owner of the island".

After Zhao Xing came down from Dali, he concentrated on dealing with overseas affairs. Tubo has been crippled by him. The birth rate in that alpine region was extremely low, and the great avalanche at that time had buried countless people walking in that mountainous area, including innocent passers-by, but no one cared about their fate or death. Tubo, which had lost a large number of young and strong people, could not slow down its vitality for fifty or sixty years, and Zhao Xing, who had no worries, was determined to firmly root the tree of the Great Song Dynasty into the South Seas.

First, he established the Overseas Affairs Bureau, which was responsible for overseas immigration affairs. To this end, he even set up a school in the school that specializes in overseas immigration skills, and systematically studies how to integrate the Song people into the local society. And rely on the support of the state power behind the Song people. Quickly gain local political and economic dominance......

In addition, another important task of the Overseas Affairs Bureau is to enclose land as king. Any citizen of the Great Song Dynasty could go overseas to occupy the "borderlands" and then apply to the Quang Nam Navy for protection. As long as they paid their taxes normally, the Guangdong Economic Strategy Division recognized their status as a dominion, allowing them to organize their own armed convoys overseas and enjoy the right to govern the local area. It's like a local country

This strategy spurred a wave of immigration to Guangdong. Many inland people came to Guangdong with their families, bought a house or land in the local area, and waited for them to live for a year, and after they had tax records in the Guangdong Economic Strategy Division, the young people in their families were impatient to climb the sea boat and float to the South Seas, hoping to find an ownerless land. If you are lucky, you will be king, and if you are unlucky, you will grab a few slaves and sell them......

Wan Qianyong's Kunlun slaves are the products of the slave trade. These natives originally lived in the jungle. Many people have never seen what clothes look like in their lifetimes. After entering the Great Song Dynasty, in Zhao Xing's series of cultural conquest actions. Immediately bowed down to the civilization of the Great Song Dynasty, and was unusually docile to the master, lest he be driven back to his hometown by the master.

Kunlun Nu respectfully handed over the sunglasses, Wan Qiyong took the gold-framed glasses, proudly put on the bridge of his nose, took a figure-eight step, did not sit in a sedan chair or a car, and walked leisurely on the streets of Guangzhou at noon......

A team of young people, fancy women and Wan Qianyong passed by, and the costumes on their bodies were simply a color exposition of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xing started from the printing and dyeing industry, and after arriving in Guangzhou, his printing and dyeing industry became bigger and bigger, and developed various colors of colored cloth, calico, and hot cloth. The textile technology of the Song Dynasty was originally developed, and many Song Dynasty weaving methods have been lost later. However, the emergence of Zhao Xing has made the textile industry develop a unique color weaving art, which purely uses dyed colored silk threads to set different colors of warp and weft like embroidery, and weaves a looming hidden flower pattern.

The new textile technology is more sought after by businessmen, and it also gives the local people in Guangzhou more choices......

Wan Qiyong stood on the street for a while, staggering past both colorful costumes and ordinary people wearing hidden silk. This kind of hidden flower cloth looks subtle, but between walking, the patterns on the body flicker, and those hidden butterflies, dragonflies, and sparrows seem to fly out of their clothes, fluttering among thousands of flowers, which is pleasing to the eye.

Shaking the fan, Wan Qiyong followed the flow of people to the yamen of Guangzhou Mansion, turned a street corner, and there were several rumbling explosions in his ears, and he smelled a smell of gunpowder in his nose, Wan Qiyong stopped and looked at the place where the explosion sounded.

In the smoke of gunpowder, a team of men wearing ghost masks held harpoons and nine-ring knives in their hands, dancing in the streets, beside them, several strong men kept lighting the explosives in their hands and threw them on the ground. Faintly mistakenly, the ghosts wearing ghost masks and strange clothes suddenly erupted flames from their green fangs, and the pedestrians on the side of the road were frightened and screamed, but the cries seemed to be very cheerful.

A shirtless man jumped out, he posed a few poses wearing a ghost face, and said angrily from the ghost face: "Officials, they all say that Guangzhou is a land of gold and silver. Our family learned the thunderbolt fireball technique from everyone in Xia Daozi in the capital, as well as the medicine puppet taught by Li Waining and Zhang Zhenmiao personally. ”

With that, the man took out a paper figure from his side. The paper figure has full eyebrows and eyes, just like a real person. The man threw the paper figure on the ground, and a puff of smoke came out of the paper man's feet. Immediately, the paper figure began to spin on the ground, and he danced awkwardly, while the man's mouth simulated a ghostly scream, and he danced the instruments in his hands---- a harpoon with an iron ring, and a nine-ring knife. Accompany the dance of the paper figures with a loud and clattering sound.

Wan Qiyong shook his fan, wanting to drive away the gunpowder smoke in his nose, and when he saw that the people around him were getting more and more, he hurriedly covered half of his face with a fan, lowered his head and hurriedly ran towards the Guangzhou Mansion.

The explosives that the man threw were thunderbolt fireballs, which are what modern times call "cannonballs". The dancing paper puppet is the "medicine puppet", this kind of paper figure is made of bamboo, with two fire-breathing barrels under its feet, as long as the nozzles of the two fire-breathing barrels are adjusted in size and spray direction respectively, the medicine puppet can spin on the ground.

The "Xia Daozi, Li Waining, and Zhang Zhenmiao" in the man's mouth are the masters of the medicine puppets of this era. once performed for the Empress Dowager Gao. I heard that the puppets they made were puppets, and the two hands of the paper figures could also dance, and with the help of gunsmoke, the looming paper figures not only did not look clumsy, but had a feeling of fluttering immortals.

Wan Qiyong had seen the original fireworks show in Beijing, so he was not interested in this street performance. As he walked, he wondered: "Hey, the gunpowder formula in my Guangzhou is different from that in Tokyo, how can these people mix the gunpowder in my Guangzhou to produce a spray effect...... Wrong! ”

Just pondering, Wan Qianyong had already walked into the yamen, and several subordinates saluted him, and he hurriedly beckoned to one of the subordinates and ordered: "This official just saw someone performing a fireworks display on the street, and I saw that something was wrong with them. Go back and ask the officials to bring them in. The officer has something to ask. ”

The subordinate was a man of pleasure, and he grinned. He replied with a smile: "My lord, in this Guangzhou territory, when it comes to playing with gunpowder, who can compare to the adult above our heads, I heard that the two brothers Huang Da and Huang Er have been researching more violent explosives recently, and I heard that there are already results, my lord still don't care about the gunpowder matter---- Lord Xie Linxie, the transfer envoy of Jinghu South Road, just handed over a secret letter, asking to meet with our family boss in Shaozhou. Lord Wan Qi, this matter is the most important thing, before we report to the teacher, you have to come up with a plan. ”

Wan Qiyong's face was flat: "Rabbit cub, when is it your turn to make your own decisions, go and invite those pyrotechnic artists to come over." By the way, bring Master Xie's secret letter too, I want to take a look. ”

Zhao Xing's mansion, since Wan Qianyong left, Zhao Xing picked up the newly published "Maritime News" in his room, just read two pages, Cheng Azhu led the three brothers in, she bowed to Zhao Xing uprightly, beckoned her eldest son Zhao Feng to step forward, and said: "Feng'er, today is the day to check your homework, show your homework to your father." ”

Zhao Xing hadn't taken the handbook handed over by his eldest son, and he had already said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, better than his father." ”

Although Zhao Feng is young, it also depends on who his teacher is. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian were two of the four famous masters of the Northern Song Dynasty, these two people taught him to write calligraphy, and the words he wrote were of course better than his father's, so Zhao Xing's words were not casual and perfunctory.

Cheng Azhu was dissatisfied, he glanced at Zhao Xing, and said reproachfully: "Xianggong doesn't care, you don't have the ability to teach children." ”

Zhao Xing sighed: "Actually, for this era, I really have nothing to teach my children, so let my children learn from Shigong and his four teachers...... Perhaps, being a Song Dynasty person through and through is also a kind of happiness. ”

Cheng Azhu retorted unhappily: "Xianggong's wisdom should also be taken out, Cheng Shuang said that he learned three points, and now he is impressive in Jinlan Gandi, and now they are all children of their own land, and Xianggong can't hide his secrets." ”

Zhao Xing nodded: "That's right, I'll go back and pass on the set of the children to the children---- in fact, you don't want to be too strict with the children, when the father earns this family business for him, the child can keep the achievements and let him be happy in the Great Song Dynasty to be a foot valley Weng, I really can't get by, it's okay to go overseas to be the king and hegemon, why let the children learn so tired, take a look." This kid has made you old-fashioned. ”

Zhao Feng was indeed old-fashioned, he stood there, his small body was flat and straight, and his expression was serious like a little old man, while his two younger brothers--- Zhao Yun, the third son of Chen Yiyi's birth and Ah Zhu's birth, stood there frowning at each other, and they couldn't be at peace for a moment.

Zhao Xing said overseas, Cheng Azhu hurriedly suspended his classes and drove the children out of the house. asked Zhao Xing softly: "Xianggong, Ah Hai has Jinlan City, and now the other children are getting older, you have to make up your mind about those overseas foundations." For example, what name should Xiaotian give. You give a word early. ”

The so-called Xiaotian is Kasri's newborn son. Arabs do not have the habit of confinement, Kasli went down to the ground on the third day of giving birth, ran out to contact the merchants, looking at the posture, she also has a strong sense of mission as a mother, ready to earn a job for her son.

The newborn half-breed child is very fond of Zhao Xing, this villain has very white skin, and his eyes are slightly blue, making his eyes appear deep blue-black. Hair is naturally bent. The eyes are large and bright, and the contours of the nose and face are mixed with the beauty of the Arabs and the Song people. Let Zhao Xing love it extraordinarily.

Zhao Xing used to be busy with official duties and rarely taught the first three children, but now that his youngest son has been born, he has some free time. So he mixes with his youngest son every day, which makes Cheng Azhu a little worried.

Generally speaking, fathers prefer children, and Cheng Azhu is worried that Zhao Xing will overly pamper children and let his second son Xiaoyun lose power, so he asks for peace of mind as soon as possible.

"Ma Yi---- I am going to put this child in Ma Yi in the future. Ma Yi has always been the supervisor of the Nanyang Alliance, and I promised them a king, and this child is for them. But don't talk about it. Wait until the child grows up.

Now the child is still young. Let them experience brotherhood, this is the right ...... You can rest assured. The real estate in the Song Dynasty belongs to your son, and they are all Song people, so they may not want to go overseas to cultivate at all......"

Cheng Azhu breathed a sigh of relief, just at this moment, Li Qingzhao led the crooked little daughter Ayuan into the yard, as soon as the little girl saw Zhao Xing, she shook off Li Qingzhao's hand and staggered towards Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing happily picked up the little daughter, Li Qingzhao had already walked to his side, spread his hand and said: "Give money, your daughter spent me 800 yuan today, give money quickly." Cheng Azhu frowned, and hurriedly took her youngest daughter from Zhao Xing's arms to ask about the situation, Zhao Xing smiled and asked Li Qingzhao: "Can my girl cost more money than you?" Tell me, how did you spend these 800 pieces? ”

Li Qingzhao crossed his waist and replied: "Today I went to the class building to play cards, your daughter made trouble, and I lost 300 yuan, and I accompanied your daughter all morning, and the nanny fee was also worth 500 yuan...... Your daughter also let me buy sugar gourds and sour plum fruits, I won't ask you for these small money, you give 800 yuan, and we will clear the two! ”

"Banlou?" Zhao Xing said with a bitter face: "I seem to remember that there is also a class building in Tokyo City, but it is the land of fireworks, you took my daughter to the land of fireworks?" Still asking me for money? You have the courage to go out and inquire, Manchu Tubo, Manchu Dali, and Mannanyang, do you have such a bargain with me Zhao Laohu? Yes?! ”

Li Qingzhao replied with the same little face: "That's right, this class building is the branch of the Tokyo class building, and the protagonists in it are very interesting, they spent ten yuan and asked me to teach to play cards...... I'm going to go back and write a book about the building. ”

Zhao Xingdi's face turned green, and he couldn't help but ask: "Ban Lou, I remember where the landlord's attitude is very good?" ”

"The owner? Attitude? What do you care about the attitude of the owner? It is enough for the owner to have a face...... Those people have a good appearance, but they are too stingy to do things, and they asked me to teach them to play horse hanging, and they only gave ten times for tuition, and they hurt this little lady and lost three hundred times, and they hated it! Li Qingzhao counted his fingers and complained dissatisfiedly.

"Wananmen outside Tokyo, the owner of the Jiao Rao Banlou" was famous throughout the Great Song Dynasty, these "male prostitutes" specifically sold jokes to noble ladies or good men, and the modern name is "duck", or "ladyboy".

Zhao Xing shook his head: "The class buildings have all opened to Guangzhou, are there so many boring women in Guangzhou...... Ah Zhu, remember, in the future, Ayuan dares to go to the building again and break Li Qingzhao's leg for me, I don't believe it, who dares to stop me in Guangzhou City. ”

Li Qingzhao complained dissatisfiedly: "Uncle Zhao, your daughter is going, why do you want to break my legs!" ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "You led her there, I only asked you." ”

Li Qingzhao still had to argue a few words, but Wan Qianyong had already spoken behind her: "Little lady of the Li family, your father dotes on you, so I won't say anything, how dare you take other women to a place like Banlou casually, I don't know if your Uncle Zhao can't be provoked." ”

As soon as Wan Qiyong appeared, Cheng Azhu knew that they were discussing business, so he hurriedly hugged Ayuan with one hand and Li Qingzhao with the other to say goodbye. After they left, Wan Qiyong casually handed over Xie Lin's secret letter book and said, "Xie Jinghu asked for a meeting, but the letter didn't say anything else, but asked us to keep it secret. What do adults think Xie Jinghu wants to talk about? …… Haha, adults don't need to worry about the affairs of the class building, most of the owners of the class building are no longer men, they are pretentious, and they only have the ability to please others, hehe......"

Zhao Xing took the letter, glanced at it, and replied, "I know." But in a girl's house, I am afraid that I will have a bad reputation when I go out on such occasions...... I heard that Xie Jinghu has cleared the bandits on Jinghu South Road and is about to enter Jinghu North Road, he is looking for me, and he is still so sneaky, what do you want to do? Do you have any information? ”

ps: Asking for tickets, asking for tickets at the end of the month, hehe, you use the monthly pass you don't have, throw me a few, is it okay?