"Let's drive this canal now is the Tongji Canal, and the Tongji Canal is the former Sui Dynasty dredged the original Bianqu and Yang Canal, and then connected them to form the Tongji Canal in front of us now. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" I saw Li Xiu standing at the bow of the boat pointing to the canal under his feet, and introduced the origin of the Tongji Canal to several students around him with a smile, and then asked with a smile, "Now can any of you tell me the direction and path of the Tongji Canal?" ”

"Tongji Canal leads from Luoyang Xiyuan Valley, Luoershui bypasses the south and east of Luoyang City, passes through Luokou of Yanshi County and Gong County and enters the Yellow River, and then follows the natural course of the Yellow River to Banzhu to divert the Yellow River water into the Bianqu Canal and reach the Huai River area, which is the most important path of the Tongji Canal!" As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, Li Ke took the lead in replying.

"Haha, that's a good point, when we cross the Tongji Canal, we can enter this section of the ditch, and then we can reach Yangzhou, I have long heard that Yangzhou is picturesque, we can play there for a few more days!" Li Xiu was also in a very good mood at this time, although they had just boarded the ship and left Luoyang, he was already planning to travel to Yangzhou.

However, when he heard Li Xiu mention Yangzhou, Li Ke, who was very happy just now, suddenly looked gloomy, because he thought that his maternal grandfather Yang Guang was buried near Yangzhou, and when he came, his mother Concubine Yang also told him many times to find time to worship after he arrived in Yangzhou.

Li Xiu didn't notice the abnormality on Li Ke's face, because as soon as his words fell, he was surrounded by Jin'er and others, begging him to talk about something related to Yangzhou, although Li Xiu had never been to Yangzhou in his later life, but he had heard a lot of legends about Yangzhou in his life, which was also thanks to Li Ke's grandfather Yang Guang, plus Yangzhou was originally one of the four major ports of the Tang Dynasty, almost as famous as Guangzhou, which also led to many Tang people may not have heard of Guangzhou, but they must have heard of Yangzhou, after all, this is the place where Yang Guang died.

The river water of this section of the canal in Luoyang mainly comes from the Yellow River, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the water of the Yellow River is not particularly yellow, this is mainly because the vegetation on the Loess Plateau in the middle of the Yellow River has not been destroyed, and the river water takes away not much sediment, and after entering the canal, the river water becomes very gentle, making the sediment sink, resulting in the river water of the canal is very clear, the breeze strokes from the river surface, with a strip of water, shining in the sunlight with scales of light, and with the verdant willow trees on both banks, the scenery is also very beautiful.

Li Xiu told the children some interesting facts about Yangzhou, while enjoying the scenery on the canal, in fact, in addition to the scenery on the canal, the most attractive thing to Li Xiu is the river surface of the endless flow of various boats, many of which are very deep, at a glance you know that it is full of goods, in fact, since the canal dredged, this canal has become the main artery of the north-south exchange of the Tang Dynasty, the grain and silk in the south, the ironware and wood in the north, etc., all need to pass through the economic artery of the Grand Canal.

"Huh? What's over there, why are there so many ships? But at this moment, I suddenly saw Li Jin, who had always been unable to sit still, stand up and point to the river in front of him and shouted, which made Li Xiu and the others also turn their heads curiously, only to see that on the river in front of them, there were densely packed with large and small ships, there were hundreds, and these ships all had unified flags on them, and they knew at a glance that they belonged to the same fleet.

"So many ships?" Li Xiu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw the huge fleet in front of him, more than 1,000 of them brought a lot of things, but they only used less than forty boats, which was already a very rare huge fleet in the canal, and the ships that came and went also dodged when they met them, but they didn't expect that there was a fleet more than twice as large as them in front of them.

"It can't be the imperial court's fleet transporting grain, right?" At this moment, Li Jin suddenly guessed, after all, such a large-scale fleet, except for the team of the imperial court transporting grain, ordinary businessmen really can't organize it.

"Stupid! The population in the south is small, but the grain production is high, so grain has always been transported from the south to the north, but you see this fleet, it is obviously the same as us to go south, so it will never be a fleet of grain transport! As soon as Li Jin's words fell, Wu Mingkong immediately retorted, she is seven years old this year, as if she has grown into a little beauty embryo, but she and Li Jin have liked to fight since childhood, and they can't change this problem until now.

"You're stupid, it's true that the food is transported from the south to the north, but this fleet may have already transported the food to its destination and is preparing to go back to the south!" Li Jin also fought back without showing weakness at this time, although he was a little smaller than Wu Mingkong, but when it came to fighting mouths, he was no worse than the other party.

"It's true that this is not a transport fleet, just look at the flags planted in the fleet!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Li Xiu interrupting the quarrel between the two children, and pointed to the flag of the fleet in front of him as he spoke.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, these children also climbed on the side of the boat and stretched their necks to look, the fleet in front of them was very slow, so at this time Li Xiu and they were about to catch up with each other, which also allowed them to see each other's flags clearly, but the flag of this fleet was a little special, and on the white pennant, there was only a big word "move" written on it, which made people a little confused.

"I see, I see!" At this moment, I saw that the older Li Ke was the first to shout, as a prince, he usually knew the most about the affairs of the court and politics, so when he saw the special flag on the other party's ship, he immediately knew the origin of the other party.

"It seems that you already knew, but I didn't expect to meet them here by such a coincidence." Li Xiu couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Ke's appearance, the more he got along with Li Ke, the more he found that this child was more similar to Li Shimin, smart, keen, decisive, etc., almost a trumpet Li Shimin.

"Father, what are you talking about, who is the other party?" At this moment, I saw that Ping An Lang, who had not spoken, couldn't help but ask curiously, and Li Jin, Wu Mingkong and others next to him also showed curious expressions.

"Hehe, the ships of this fleet are actually carrying people, the Turks were destroyed by our Tang Dynasty before, but there are still a lot of Turks on the grassland, in order to prevent these Turks from making trouble again, so the court decided to move them inward, and this fleet is to move the Turks to the south to settle!" Li Xiu explained with a smile at this time, although many people knew about the internal migration of the Turks, Li Jin and Wu Mingkong were both children after all, and they might not know about it.

"I've heard about it, and my dad wrote back to say that his term of office had expired, but because of this incident, he had to stay in Lizhou for an extra year." Wu Mingkong heard Li Xiu's explanation and immediately said, her father, Wu Shitong, served in Lizhou, which was also close to the grassland, and this time the Turkic people moved inward, and almost all the states in the frontier were affected.

"It turned out to be Turkic, so let's hurry up and take a look, it must be very interesting!" Li Jin is a little guy who likes to be lively, and when he heard that there were Turks in these fleets, he also shouted excitedly.

Li Xiu also wanted to use these Turks to teach the children a lesson, so he immediately agreed to Li Jin's request, and then ordered the ships to speed up, so that the two fleets were getting closer and closer, in fact, even if Li Xiu and they didn't speed up, they could catch up with the Turkic fleet, because this huge fleet was very slow, even as if it was about to stop, it seemed that something had happened?

After a while, Li Xiu's fleet caught up with the fleet transporting the Turks, and when the two huge fleets staggered, Li Xiu and they finally saw the situation on the ship, but at this time, everyone, including Li Xiu, showed a shocked look on their faces.

I saw that on the deck and cabin of the opposite ship, there were dense Turks everywhere, these Turks were sitting or standing, all of them were ragged and numb, they didn't look like living people at all, more like a corpse that could breathe, and only on the faces of some children, you could still see a little anger.

"These Turks look terrible!" At this moment, I saw the youngest Mian Niang frightened into Li Xiu's arms and said, although their sisters are only Li Xiu's students, they have always been raised by Li Xiu as a daughter, especially the youngest Mian Niang has regarded him as a father since he was a child, and when he saw the terrible appearance of the Turks, he naturally went to Li Xiu's arms.

"Not only is it terrible, but it's also a little pitiful, look at those children, all of them are very thin, can't they eat enough on the road?" At this moment, I saw Mian Niang's eldest sister Yu Niang said with sympathy, and her words also made her sisters show sympathetic looks.

"Sister Yu Niang, don't underestimate these Turks, now they look a little pitiful, but if they are allowed to ride a war horse and pick up a scimitar, they will become murderous demons, I don't know how many people in the Central Plains died at their hands, and it is precisely for this reason that our Datang decided to completely solve the hidden dangers of the Turks and move them to the south!" At this moment, I saw that Wu Mingkong glanced at those Turks with some disdain, and then said in a cold tone.

"Mingkong's words are good, my father once said that kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, especially to the Turks, a ferocious enemy, it is even more fatal with one blow, and there must be no aftermath!" At this time, I saw that Li Jin actually agreed with Wu Ming Kongdao very rarely, although the two of them often quarreled, but in fact, the personalities of the two were very similar, and it was estimated that it was precisely for this reason that one mountain could not tolerate two tigers, and they often quarreled with each other.

"Huh? Uncle, look! At this moment, he suddenly saw Li Ke pointing to the river in front of him and exclaiming, and when Li Xiu looked at his finger, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression, and at the same time, he finally knew why this fleet transporting Turks stopped and didn't leave.