Along the Yangtze River boat straight down to Zhenjiang, and then changed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to continue north, but did not go far, the canal could not go, Ji Yan inquired, and now to the Huai'an area, that is, Mei Yuning's father Mei Yin was the place where he ruled the army.

The Grand Canal is very silted here, and in the past few years it has always been a key place for military defense, and both the north and the south are worried that once the canal is opened, it will be convenient for the enemy to attack, so they will let the river blockage go.

Fortunately, Wang Jinghong also knew that it was hard to travel in June, so he gave him ten taels of silver to make a coil before leaving, and told him not to be too anxious, he could hurry in the morning and evening when the sun was not tight, and stay in the post house at noon.

Huai'an post station is a waterway post station, so the horse reserve is not too much, only the military intelligence can be delivered to the horse, the plan is not particular, so from the post station to lead the mule, riding the mule began to go straight to Shandong.

It's not too hard to travel in the morning and evening, but there is also a little bit that makes Ji Yan feel a little unhappy, that is, riding a mule for a day, the inner thighs under the crotch are painful, and now the weather is hot and the clothes are thin, which is even worse.

After a day of riding, when I stayed at the post station at night to wash my feet, I could only open my thighs as much as possible to ventilate, but I felt that the crotch was hot and swollen, and the egg pain on the back of the mule was also diaphragm, not mental, but the pain of the real organs, and it was not easy to rub it.

Ji Yan bent his neck and looked at himself carefully for a while, he felt that it should be stronger than usual, and he didn't quite understand why riding a mule made it hurt so much.

There was no good way, he could only change to a side mount mule, like a little daughter-in-law, sit on his side for a few days, change his posture when his body was better, and then sit sideways.

He came from the modern era and didn't know how to ride a horse, and he didn't understand that his legs and body needed to swing with the mount, so he couldn't work hard at first, but he could only ride more and practice more and master it slowly.

Just tossing and turning, swaying along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to the north, passing Yanzhou Mansion, and entering the boundary of Jinan Mansion.

Jinan is still covered by swamps, which has become a barren land, and even makes people wonder if the world-famous thousand-year-old spring city really existed.

Four years ago, in May of the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di led the army to attack Jinan, Shandong Buzheng made Tie Xuan unable to defend it, and the Yan army dug the river embankment, released water to irrigate the city, Tie Xuan deceived and deceited Zhu Di to the city gate, which was also Zhu Di's life should not be extinguished, the speed of the city gate fell faster, and Zhu Di was not locked in the door, and then Zhu Di was furious and besieged Jinan for three months, but the city was still not broken, and he could only return with a feather.

Two years ago, Zhu Di made a detour to Jinan, took the capital directly, became the emperor, still did not forget this place, and waved the army north from the Beijing division to recapture Jinan.

Zhu Di ordered someone to cut off Tie Xuan's nose and ears, cooked them and stuffed them for Tie Xuan to eat, and asked him how it tasted, Tie Xuan replied sharply, what is not delicious about the meat of loyal ministers and filial sons? Then he was ordered to be executed by the furious Zhu Di, his wife and daughter were sent to the Jiaofang Division as prostitutes, and his son was used in the army, but they were all abused to death not long after.

In this way, Zhu Di was still deeply unhappy that he had lost in Jinan, so he did not order the rebuilding of Jinan, so the restoration project here is progressing very slowly.

The world-famous Jinan is tossed full of desolation, the people are not living, and there are still many places where the swamps have not been dredged.

The prince beats the emperor, no matter who wins or loses, the most bitter is the common people after all.

Originally, Ji Yan had the intention to stay in Jinan for a day or two, play around, especially Daming Lake, to see if he had Qianlong's life, but now the appearance of Jinan makes him not in the mood to stay here for long.

Therefore, he did not delay much, passed Jinan, and continued to Qingzhou in the northeast.

Qingzhou Mansion has been a place of outstanding people since ancient times, and it has not experienced war for many years, so it is prosperous and lively, the streets are full of pedestrians, and all kinds of trade are bustling.

After arriving at Qingzhou Mansion, Ji Yanzai returned the mule to the local post station, did not live in the official post, and went out to find a good inn to live in.

Early the next morning, he changed into the "Second Ancestor Suit" that Mei Yuning had purchased, rehearsed the style of the domineering president on TV, and swaggered to the local glass factory.

The ancient method of firing glaze requires more than a dozen processes to go back and forth in the water and fire, so even if it is June, this kiln factory has a huge stove, and you can feel the heat when you get closer.

I went to a kiln factory, not a kiln, although there was only a difference, but it was a thousand miles away.

One is like a beautiful flower, soft-spoken, and the other is a large group of rough old men playing with water and burning fire.

However, if you want to say that the similarities between the two places, it is not nothing, for example, the staff wear very few clothes, and they will go into battle shirtless after it is really hot, and they will make some relatively simple onomatopoeia while working hard, and they are all very welcome to be patronized by rich people, such as the current Ji Yan is their best customer.

In this way, there are more similarities than differences, and we should be happy.

Ji Yan searched for a while, found a kiln factory that seemed to be large-scale, and reported to the apprentice at the door, saying that he was a merchant in the capital and wanted to purchase glazed tiles for a royal project.

As soon as the man saw Ji Yan's dress, and then saw that he spoke and behaved like a crazy and cool gentleman, he was going to report to the shopkeeper to receive him, such a big family business, the shopkeeper naturally would not stay in the kiln every day.

However, Ji Yan stopped the apprentice, he didn't want to alarm too much, and wanted to "Weifu private interview", so he said to the apprentice, you receive me, if I am satisfied with the reception, and then you directly lead me to your shopkeeper to sign the order, wouldn't that be your credit? If you call your shopkeeper, what will happen to you?

When the apprentice heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he personally led Ji Yan to the back of the firing workshop.

As soon as you enter the firing room, the first thing that catches your eye is a man with white flowers, the day of June, although it is early in the morning, but it is not cool, so in this workshop, there are a group of bare-chested old men, Ji Yan told the apprentice who received him that he wanted to go in to see, and the apprentice who received him did not refuse, he didn't want to enter the workshop, it was too hot inside, so he stood at the door of the workshop and found a shady place to watch Ji Yan walk into the house.

As soon as Ji Yan entered the house, he felt that he had come to such a small fresh meat as if he had come to a place where he shouldn't come, and those craftsmen had strange eyes when they saw him come in, so he quickly swept around the house and found a young man with beautiful eyebrows and a look that was more consistent with his painting style.

The young man was squatting by the fireside and watching the fire at this moment, probably controlling the fire of the fire, not too hasty or too slow, and he was working energetically.

Ji Yan walked up and talked to the young man:

"What are you burning?"

"Glass."

"I know it's glass, I'm asking what exactly is glass, glazed tiles? Glass beads? Glass bowls? ”

"Glazed tiles."

"Where are your glazed tiles generally used?"

"Imperial Tomb."

"Then if the temple wants to build a pagoda, can you use this glazed tile?"

"Just give the money."

Ji Yan was cheeky and chatted "happily" with the young man, but the young man's eyes kept staring at the fire, and he didn't look at Ji Yan directly, obviously not interested in this outsider.

At this time, I only heard a crisp rebuke from the direction outside the house:

"Ruan Xiaoyi, get out of here!"

The voice was crisp and loud, and it sounded like a girl, but it was a little too much.