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The climate in western Guangdong is very humid, and it is lush as far as the eye can see...... After passing the Jiuzhi Mountain, even if you officially enter the rule of the Annam Governor's Office. The convoy marched along the flat official road, which was mighty and quite impressive.

The big book on the car has a big 'Pei' character in the book.

Understandable people can see at a glance that this is Hedong Pei's convoy!

The relationship between Li Yanqing and Hedong Pei can no longer be described as simple intimacy. Everyone knows that Pei Cuiyun, the princess of Henan, was born in the Pei family in Hedong. And Pei Xingyan, who previously served as the governor of Bingzhou, and now worships General Zuo Xiaowei and the protector of Dugi Province, is a friend of the general horn with the king of Henan, and to put it bluntly, he is a small ...... Therefore, as early as the sixth year of Wude, when Li Yanqing began to speed up the development and governance of Lingnan, the Pei family of Hedong began to lay out the layout of western Guangdong, purchase industries, and promote commerce.

Especially with the killing of the slang king Luo Dou, the Pei family also developed from simply in Jiaozhou, and gradually moved to Qinzhou, Yongzhou and Guizhou.

It can be said that Pei's acquiescence has faintly achieved the climate.

In contrast, Xingyang Zheng and Li Yanqing have an equally close relationship, but in terms of aggressiveness, it seems to be somewhat insufficient.

Even if Zheng Hongyi served as the assassin of Guizhou, the Zheng family was not very supportive.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Zheng family, Li Yanqing has always been a vassal king, and it is not worth them to invest too much money and manpower in western Guangdong like they did to support Li Jiancheng. Compared with Pei, the Zheng family cared more about political speculation than Pei was as flexible as Pei.

Although Jung In-ki wanted to take the opportunity to expand his family's power, he was constrained by many things.

At this point, Zheng Renji obviously can't say as much as Pei Shiju, the patriarch of the Pei family.

When he took over the Zheng family, it was an accident; If it weren't for Zheng Yuanshou taking the initiative to back down, Zheng Renji would not have been able to take over smoothly. Now, Zheng Yuanshou, as the father-in-law of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, naturally hopes that the Zheng family can fully cooperate with Li Jiancheng for a smooth transition.

Therefore, with the elbow of Zheng Yuanshou's brothers, Zheng Renji naturally shrank back when he started to do things.

However, as Li Yanqing's control over the western Guangdong region became stronger and stronger, and Zheng Hongyi successfully gained a firm foothold in western Guangdong with the help of the Feng family's influence, the Zheng family had to start increasing investment in western Guangdong even if they didn't attach much importance to the western Guangdong region.

After all, among the many Zheng children, Zheng Hongyi's achievements are the greatest.

Even if Zheng Yuanshou once said in private: Zheng Hongyi was sent to Guizhou, I am afraid that it will stop at the point of being the head of a state, and it will be difficult to enter the center...... But he must also admit that from the current point of view, Zheng Hongyi's official position is the highest.

How old is Zheng Hongyi?

It's only twenty-seven or eighteen, and it's already defending one side.

And what about Zheng Yuanshou? is in his fifties, but he is only one rank higher than Zheng Hongyi. Everyone is a state assassin history, Zheng Yuanshou served as the assassin of Yuzhou, which is a middle county, and Zheng Hongyi is the assassin of the lower county, with a rank higher than the four grades, which is only one grade lower than Zheng Yuanshou.

―――――――――――――――――――――――――― "Brother Hongda, I thought that this south was in a wild country and the road was difficult to navigate.

I never thought that this journey would be so smooth...... Coming from Hongzhou, it can be regarded as a smooth road, and it is not much better than the road in Guanzhong. ”

On a large carriage, the eldest grandson Shunde twisted his beard and praised.

Indeed, the road to Lingnan is indeed very smooth, and it is extremely smooth all the way.

And Pei Shiju, who was sitting on the side, nodded slightly. The clear face showed a touch of appreciation, but he didn't say a word.

In this carriage, there were three people.

It was Pei Shiju and the eldest grandson Shunde who were ordered to inspect Lingnan.

And Wei Zheng, who had a serious face, was obviously a little worse than Pei Shiju and the eldest grandson Shunde.

He was ordered by Li Jiancheng to go to Jiaozhou to meet Li Yanqing privately and find out Li Yanqing's attitude. But on the bright side, he is also a member of this Qincha team. Pursing his lips, Wei Zheng was silent. A pair of thick eyebrows frowned, as if thoughtful.

Speaking of which, Wei Zheng is no stranger to Li Yanqing.

As early as when the world was not in turmoil, Wei Zheng had heard of Li Yanqing's name.

Then he defected to Wagang and learned Li Yanqing's various methods. From the bottom of his heart, Wei Zheng admires Li Yanqing very much, and can even be described by the word respect. As a humble scholar, he was especially grateful to Li Yanqing for setting up the Qilin Pavilion in Gong County. Moreover, when the heroes of the world are competing for the country, only Li Yanqing has always insisted on studying.

It's a pity that although Li Yanqing was famous at that time, he was not enough to compete in terms of qualifications, age and background.

It is precisely for this reason that Wei Zheng finally chose Li Yuan.

But he never expected that Li Yanqing was actually a disciple of Li Valve, which surprised Wei Zheng a lot.

When Li Yanqing was in Chang'an, although Li Jiancheng deliberately wanted to win over Li Yanqing, Wei Zheng did not approve of it. In Wei Zheng's view, Li Yanqing is a fierce tiger, but Li Jiancheng is not the one who can tame the tiger...... Looking at the entire Li Tang royal family, unless Li Yanqing's biological father Li Xiaoji is reborn, no one else is enough to make Li Yanqing truly surrender and return to his heart...... Therefore, when Li Yanqing was assigned to western Guangdong, Wei Zheng strongly agreed.

But now it seems that the original distribution seems to have become a tiger returning to the mountain...... Li Yanqing's development in western Guangdong was obviously beyond Wei Zheng's expectations. It not only stabilized the situation in western Guangdong, properly handled the complex relationship between the local mountain people and the Han people, but also took advantage of the opportunity of Li Shimin to pacify Houliang and swallowed Jingxiang in one fell swoop. When he was in Hongzhou, Wei Zheng had contact with Fang Xuanling several times, and he found that this Fang Xuanling was not an ordinary person. But such a person has a lot of respect for Li Yanqing.

Wei Zheng couldn't help but worry, did he really want to ask Li Yanqing to return to Chang'an?

"Xuancheng, why didn't you speak along the way?"

Pei Shiju suddenly spoke, causing Wei Zheng to wake up immediately.

He smiled, "I am thinking about it, the king of Henan is building in this wild place, which can really be regarded as magnificent." ”

"If you talk about spirit, it is indeed not bad to cultivate truth.

I have heard that Yangzhen intends to build 10 roads of the same degree in the entire Lingnan region, so as to completely open up the connection between Lingnan and the Central Plains...... When the first emperor was in Dingding Pass, he only built eight gallop roads, and he cultivated this spirit, even better than ......"

"Xue Guogong, be cautious!"

Pei Shiju suddenly opened his eyes and interrupted the words of the eldest grandson Shunde.

The eldest grandson, Shunde, was also a little carried away...... Li Yanqing married the eldest grandson Wujian, and at the same time he was a student of the eldest grandson Sheng, and he was naturally inseparable from the eldest grandson family. Seeing that Li Yanqing has made such achievements in just a few years, he can't help but feel happy.

It's just that this language is clearly not appropriate.

What kind of character was the First Emperor?

Take Li Yanqing out and compare it with the First Emperor, if it spreads...... The eldest grandson Shunde couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart, and he was scared into a cold sweat.

"Two adults, we have been on the road for a long time so far this morning.

Why don't you take a break in the inn in front of you and then hit the road...... It is estimated that before dark, we will be able to arrive in Guxian. ”

Pei Shiju said: "It's okay, by the way, take a look at this Guizhou terroir." ”

Wei Zheng hurriedly got out of the car, and faintly heard Pei Shiju behind him softly blaming Changsun Shunde.

Yourself, didn't you really make the wrong choice?

How much power is hidden behind Li Yanqing?

Pei Shiju has been very silent since he joined Li Tang.

He never expressed any opinion in the court, nor did he take refuge in any faction. But Wei Zheng would not be naïve to think that Pei Shiju was really wilted! There is also a huge Hedong Pei family behind him, and Pei Renji's father and son are important ministers in the court...... In such a situation, Pei Shiju was a little too low-key. The reason? Before that, Wei Zheng thought that Pei Shiju was doing this to curry favor with Li Yuan. But now it seems that Pei Shiju's real purpose is probably not as simple as he imagined.

Everyone knows that Li Yuan is already old!

Over the years, he has been more addicted to wine and gradually neglected the government.

The court was divided into two factions, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin. It is said that these two people will be in charge of the world in the future.

But why didn't Pei Shiju make a choice?

Wei Zheng felt that he seemed to have touched some truth.

But now, he can't be sure...... "Lord Wei, in the past, the river in front of me was Baishiyi, and I heard from the locals that it was specially used for passing vehicles and pedestrians to rest, and it was three or four hours away from Guxian, which was very safe...... Why don't we rest at Baishiyi? ”

"White Rock Station?"

"It's right on the shore of the White Rock Water, and it is said that the scenery is not bad."

"Then, let's rest for a while at the White Rock Station......"

Pei Shiju and the eldest grandson Shunde, as Qincha, naturally could not handle these matters personally.

Wei Zheng, as the deputy of the two, actually took on all kinds of chores...... After he made the arrangements, he replied to Pei Shiju and the others, and rested in the car.

After a while, the convoy arrived outside the gate of the White Rock Station.

This Baishi Station is not so much a post station as a hotel.

It is adjacent to the white stone water and is located on the bank of a row of green willows. In a courtyard covering an area of about 30 acres, a three-story building rises from the ground.

At the entrance of the courtyard, there are people dressed as post guards to pick up and drop off guests.

Just looking at their appearance, they don't look like officials serving in the imperial court, but more like a group of hotel guys.

Wei Zheng has come all the way, and he is not surprised by such a situation. He knew that these so-called post stations had actually been subcontracted by Li Yanqing. The name of the post station is actually not much different from ordinary merchants.

And these post guards are actually served by local natives.

Nominally, they worked for the imperial court, but in fact, Li Yanqing was not responsible for their salaries at all.

All the expenses of the post station are self-financed. If you do a good job, you can not only take care of the capital, but even earn real money.

To the outside world, it is to do things for the imperial court.

In front of the villagers, it seems that he is also superior and has a lot of face.

Such post stations began to appear in Hongzhou. At the beginning, whether it was Wei Zheng or Pei Shiju and others, there were quite a few complaints about this. But later, they inquired carefully, and the post guards in this post station were not only responsible for picking up and sending them, but also bearing many responsibilities...... Because of these post guards, they came down along the way, and they were safe and sound. Even if it doesn't reach the level of leaving no stone unturned, it can be regarded as peaceful. The leasing of the post station could not help but open a way for the merchants, and also solved the clothing, food, housing and transportation of a large number of displaced people and the indigenous people.

Wei Zheng found that these post stations had formed a huge network.

It not only covers the entire Lingnan region, but also brings a lot of income to local governments.

"Is it necessary to set up so many stations?"

Wei Zheng had asked the locals privately.

The answer that could be obtained surprised Wei Zheng very much...... With Li Yanqing's development of the western Guangdong region, the number of merchants in the past has increased, and the flow of goods in the Lingnan area seems to be faintly comparable to Guanzhong. In the Central Plains, merchantism was nothing more than a low-end profession. But for the Lingnan region, there is nothing wrong with doing business. In addition, in western Guangdong, commerce has become a trend, driving the development of the entire Lingnan region...... Regardless of whether Wei Zheng agrees with it or not, he has to admit that Lingnan has indeed become much more prosperous.

The vehicle slowly drove into the White Rock Station.

Wei Zheng stood at the door of the post station, silent for a long time, and didn't see any movement for a long time!

This trip to Lingnan was indeed an eye-opener for him......

(To be continued)