South of Anhua Gate is the official road leading to Longyou, at this moment the smooth and wide road is occupied by a ride of mules and horses, and even donkey carts, the carts are all piled up with half-human high burlap bags, occasionally leaking and scattered, and the children who are followed behind in an instant

In the back basket, there were yellow and clear corn with large grains of round.

"It's a pity, I don't know how much it will cost along the way?"

A middle-aged man dressed in regular clothes on the side of the road said regretfully, but an old man dressed as a Taoist priest next to him looked in the direction of the city gate and stabbed him with his hand.

"Here we are."

Sure enough, a few horsemen galloped from the direction of the city gate, and soon stopped in front of them, and the man at the head dismounted and shouted.

"Thirty-five Lang, too white."

"Twenty-seven Lang, Zimei, Goro."

"Gao Taishou, Mr. Qinglian."

Liu Ji went out of the city with Cen Shen, accompanied by Du Fu, several people saluted each other, and all led the horses to the official pavilion on the side of the road, and the entourage had already prepared wine utensils.

They came to see them off, and as the grain team left the capital, all the way through Longyou into the plateau, and the Lintao County where Gao Shi served was on this road, and he had to leave Beijing to take up his post.

"Today's wonderful lady's performance, it's a pity that I can't watch it with Thirty-five Lang."

Cen Shen picked up the cup and said.

Gao Shi also picked up a glass of wine and nodded regretfully.

"The hungry people are waiting to be fed, and they have to go to the ear, and I just hope that he will have the honor to see it when he returns to Beijing one day."

Several people raised their glasses together, Li Bai didn't feel as much as them, and he was even less interested in singing and dancing, he squeezed to Liu Ji's side and asked in a low voice.

"Why is Aunt Sun and Nanba all gone, and Nanba is still being arrested all over the city by shadow graphics?"

"It's hard to say anything about this matter, so it's better for you not to know."

Li Bai touched his nose: "Did you really do that?" ”

Liu Ji was afraid of being heard, so he pulled him and walked a few more steps, the matter was obvious, and he could guess it, he didn't plan to hide it from the other party.

"Didn't you say that An Hu'er had objections, and what was wrong with getting rid of this national thief?"

"Of course not." Li Bai glared at him: "If you call them, they won't be called so-and-so." ”

Damn, Liu Ji was speechless by him, and said in his heart how old is your old man, and he really thinks that "kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles" is so chic.

"Mr. has a family, it's inconvenient."

"Then Nanba also has a wife and children?"

Seeing that he was more serious, Liu Ji had to find a ready-made excuse: "Mr. shoulders a heavy responsibility, how dare he work for such a trivial matter as assassinating An Hu'er, isn't that overkill." ”

was slapped by him, Li Bai smiled comfortably: "Next time there is such a good thing, you can't miss something." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Liu Ji was cold, and the emotional old man still had an unruly heart under the vicissitudes of life.

I only heard Li Bai say again: "The kind of miscanthus you said, if you find it, how to deal with it?" ”

Finally got back to business, Liu Ji breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that the other party would hold on to it.

"If Mr. is sure that it is what I want, you can make your own decision to find someone to dig and send it to the outside of the moraine, I will buy it at half the price of corn, or tell the news quickly, I will arrange the follow-up, no matter what way, I will give Mr. a thank you gift."

Li Bai nodded, but did not refuse his kindness.

"It's okay for a certain family, Du Zimei's family is poor, you should take care of it more."

"Don't worry, sir."

Liu Ji replied briskly, Li Bai finished talking to him, and went to Cen Shen and the others to say goodbye, Gao Shi just walked over and said with a smile.

"I didn't expect Liu Wulang to have a friendship with Taibai, but his eyes are above the top."

"I was lucky to have Mr. Li's guidance, so I don't know each other."

"Oh." Gao Shiqi said: "Before leaving, a certain visited the king of Geshu County, and he said an unbelievable idea to build an official road from the capital to Luo, but your proposal? ”

"What does Gao Taishou think?" Liu Ji simply acquiesced.

"If there is such a road, how much can that food be saved?"

Gao Shi pointed to the endless flow of mule and horse convoys on the official road and said: "Let's not talk about it, from Longyou to Lintao County, if it can be cultivated, it will be a great convenience, but it is a pity that the people to be levied and the money and food spent are not something that a new county can afford." ”

"Gao Tai Shouguo has this intention?"

Liu Ji was a casual example, building a road on the Qingqiang Plateau, the new Huaxia of later generations had an extremely difficult experience, but from Longyou to Lintao, that is, the Qinghai area, it is not impossible, anyway, it is not a railway or a highway, just a hard road, the amount of earthwork required is not large, basically equivalent to leveling the land, of course, the manpower and material resources required are still quite large, and Lintao is a new county, the people who migrated over must not be much, and he can use even less manpower.

"Gorou has a way?" Gao Shi was also curious, he didn't believe that a reckless man would come up with such a method.

"It's not difficult, if you don't have money and no one, you can give it to someone who has money to repair."

Gao Shi was confused, this can still be outsourced: "Gorou, can you make it clearer." ”

"When this road is built, the happiest people are those merchants, they have money and food to hire people, and they only need a little profit to promote, for example, the right of first refusal, or even the exclusive right for a period of time, only those who pay can use the post station of the government, do you think anyone will be interested?"

Gao Shi was stunned by him, this trick is too ruthless, what is most afraid of on the plateau is not the cold and wild things, but the kind of desolation that is not accompanied by human beings, that is, the sense of security, according to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, all roads, every thirty miles of a post, this distance is almost a caravan's day's journey, just imagine walking in the deserted wilderness for a day, who doesn't want to live in a warm house, drink wine and eat some hot food, and then soak their feet into the hot kang and cuddle a woman to sleep? It's an irresistible temptation.

And the post station is in the hands of the government, you can walk the road, but there is no place to live, what is the difference between that and no road?

The other party said that it is impossible for small businesses to walk on this trade road, because the risk is too great, and the biggest risk is that there is no road on the plateau.

It was a feasible plan, and he rubbed his hands excitedly, his mind already brewing the first letter after arriving at Rendi.

From his reaction, Liu Ji also understood that most of the grain on the official road would be stored in Lintao County first, where it would be connected with the territory of the Subi people, and then it could be transferred to Luo through them, instead of sending these people to dangerous places.

With a new idea, Gao Shi behaved very positively, and immediately couldn't wait to say goodbye to them and go on the road, the three of them watched their backs disappear in the pavilion, and Cen Shen sighed leisurely.

"Say goodbye today, and I don't know when we will be able to see each other."

"Oh, the master is leaving too?"

"When our food team is ready, I will go on the road with them."

"It's fine." Liu Ji nodded: "Master and Mr. Du go early, I'll arrive later." ”

Du Fu was indispensable, the three of them packed up and stopped, rode back the same way, but turned to Jinchangfang.