Chapter 55: The Lantern Festival

It has been less than a month since he moved into the Baiyun Taoist Temple, and Zhao Zheng is too small again, and the rebuilt Taoist Temple must no longer be built in Lin'an City. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info every inch of land in Lin'an City, and such a large land has no price, it is difficult for the emperor to expand a palace, not to mention to build a Taoist temple, and some things are low in the eyes of the ministers and it is difficult to get out, but it cannot be far away from the power center of Lin'an, otherwise without the support of the court, many things are difficult to carry out.

Zhao Zheng entered the palace to explain the matter to Zhao Yun for this reason, but he didn't expect to be rejected by him.

"National Teacher, you are leaving, what should I do with the book Peak of Martial Arts?" Zhao Yun was already dissatisfied with Zhao Zheng's recent entry into the palace less and less, and he was basically finishing this book.

Zhao Zheng smiled: "My level of writing a book with the official family is completely a snake addition." ”

Zhao Yun didn't fall for him: "In addition to writing a book, what if there are other things that come to you?" ”

Zhao Zheng looked at Zhao Yun, who looked like a pet sticking to its owner, and said with a wry smile: "My official family, I don't want to go to Zaoyang, I just leave Lin'an City, I guarantee that the place I chose can go to Lin'an City in two moments." ”

Zhao Yun thought about it, and arrived in two quarters of an hour, which was indeed not far away, so he agreed to Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng got what he wanted, so he left the palace and let You Xiong go to Yuhang County, and got 10,000 acres of land at any cost, regardless of whether it was barren or not, as long as it was near the sea.

Yuhang County is under the jurisdiction of Lin'an Prefecture, east of Lin'an City, about 30 miles away from Lin'an City, near Hangzhou Bay. With the current horsepower and the road going back and forth for about an hour, it would be completely wishful thinking to reach it in two quarters.

The reason why Zhao Zheng dared to guarantee that he could get to Lin'an in two moments was entirely because he was ready to launch the track, that is, the ordinary rails of later generations, of course he couldn't get a steam engine now, but it was still possible to get a track and a locomotive, as long as the steel was up to standard, and there was no too high technology content, as for the power, it was dragged by horses, in fact, the earliest railroad in Britain also did this.

This matter was also informed to Shi Miyuan, of course Shi Miyuan had a welcoming attitude, and also helped Zhao Zheng buy a large piece of land in Yuhang in the name of the two governments, Zhao Zheng stayed by the side of the Son of Heaven, and he also felt a little uneasy after a long time, the emperor now trusts Zhao Zheng, if Zhao Zheng instigates the official family to do something out of the ordinary, they have no way at all, only a hard top. So Zhao Zheng wanted to go to Yuhang, and they were very happy.

However, since Zhao Yun took control of the Imperial City Division, his ears and eyes have become much clearer, and the Baiyun Taoist Temple can escape the eyes of the Imperial City Division in Yuhang.

So Zhao Zheng was urgently recruited into the palace by the emperor to stop the matter.

"Official, didn't you promise me that as long as I can get to Lin'an in two moments."

Zhao Yun felt as if he was being treated as a fool by others: "You dare to coax me? Then why does it take an hour or two quarters of an hour for Yuhang to get to Lin'an, and can you still fly over? ”

Speaking of which, Zhao Yun shut up, and the national teacher seemed to be able to really fly: "You use a hot air balloon?" ”

Zhao Zheng shook his head: "The hot air balloon is a thing that drifts with the wind, it can be used for flying, don't hide it from your official family, I want to use the orbit as a thing." ”

Zhao Yun heard that another novelty came out, and hurriedly asked, "What is this?" ”

After Zhao Zheng described the track to Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was disappointed, is it just an ordinary thing? It's just a matter of straightening the road and paying tribute to the carriage.

"Officials don't underestimate this thing, with it, the freight capacity of the Great Song Dynasty will be greatly improved, and it can also share the pressure for Cao Yun."

"But horses are expensive, and iron is not cheap, where do you go to get it, the cost of you getting these is too high. It simply can't be popularized. ”

Zhao Zheng smiled: "Of course, the horse was brought from the Mongolian Tatars, and the iron materials, the glass workshop has recently trained a batch of steel, and the cost has been greatly reduced." Therefore, this cost can be controlled within a certain range, and if you can't plant Lin'an in two moments, I will still dispose of it. ”

Zhao Yun was interested when he heard this gambling contract: "Okay, it's up to you!" ”

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In the blink of an eye, the second year of Shaoding is coming to an end, and the four masters and apprentices are celebrating the New Year together for the first time, so they naturally have to prepare for life. The Taoist temple is hung with festive lanterns, Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, like ordinary people should be ready, there is no impression of the Taoist temple cold appearance, the atmosphere of the New Year's Festival is strong, everyone in the Taoist temple looks festive, not because the national teacher gave the New Year's money is rich, but the national teacher personally summoned everyone, everyone discussed how to spend this year, with the feeling of being the master of the house, naturally let them have a feeling of being the master of the Baiyun Taoist Temple.

Nearly half of the Taoist priests in Baiyun Taoist Temple are orphans, single, and very few can start a family, so there are more than 200 people who stay in the Taoist Temple for the New Year. The banquet for more than 200 people in the canteen was still too narrow, so it was decided to hold a banquet in the martial arts arena. Since some cooks went home during the Chinese New Year, it was too difficult for the rest to hold a banquet for more than 200 people, so Zhao Zheng ordered everyone to prepare a dish, no matter how ugly it was.

Although the gentleman cooks far away, there is no such rule in Baiyun Taoist Temple, Zhao Zheng has cooked and eaten by himself many times, and it is gradually accepted by everyone, that is the rule of Confucianism, what does it matter to us Taoist priests, but everyone's craftsmanship is not complimentary.

So the overnight meal was unpalatable and unforgettable.

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The Spring Festival came to an end in a blink of an eye, tonight is the Lantern Festival, Lin'an is brightly lit, Kong Ming lanterns are flying all over the sky, Lin'an Mansion is afraid of fire, and hurriedly recruited the officials who spend the festival at home to prohibit Kong Ming lanterns in the whole city.

In the past, although some people also put Kong Ming lanterns during the Lantern Festival, they were far less exaggerated than tonight, and tens of thousands of Kong Ming lanterns rose into the sky. Because Zhao Zheng's hot air balloon can carry people to the sky, many merchants in Lin'an City follow suit and use it for advertising, so the hot air balloon is hotly discussed in the city for a while, and the businessmen who see the profit will fry this product, and they will make simple Kong Ming lanterns for sale, and the sales volume is very high at the beginning, and thousands of Kong Ming lanterns can be sold in a day, so they will increase investment. But who knows that the people are also fresh for a while, and in the future, it will be more and more difficult to buy this Kong Ming lantern, and the inventory is piled up, taking advantage of the Lantern Festival, it will frantically reduce the price and empty the inventory.

But this Kong Ming lantern tonight is said to be banned if it can be banned, not to mention that the execution of the official service is not enough, that is, there are a large number of Kong Ming lanterns flying out of the Ouchi and Xiangfu, and only the state officials are allowed to set fire to the people and not allow the people to light the lamps, which is still not possible at the feet of the officials and the Son of Heaven in the Song Dynasty.

In an inn, a woman looked at the sky full of stars like Kong Ming lanterns and lost her mind slightly, thinking of what she was about to do, her brain was bursting.

"Fourth lady, then Zhao Zheng has already left the Baiyun Taoist Temple, do you want to do it tonight?"

The one who is known as the fourth lady is Yang Miaozhen, the sister of Yang An'er, the first round of the Red Jacket Army of the Shandong Righteous Army, dressed in red, and the pear flower gun in her hand is known as invincible in the world. After Yang An'er's death, she led her troops to unite with Li Quan, and the two became husband and wife.

Li Quan was attached to the Song Dynasty at this time, in fact, he had secretly defected to Mongolia, and the court knew it, but he still had a trace of illusion about him, giving money and food, and adding officials to knights, unwilling to provoke this cancer. In April this year, in the name of asking for grain, Li Quan sent ships directly to Pingjiang and Jiaxing to spy on Lin'an. But the court turned a blind eye, thinking that if he could survive a day, as long as Li Quan didn't make trouble, everything would be easy to say.

Yang Miaozhen has a very high prestige in the army, although Li Quan's surrender to Mongolia is opposed, but there is nothing to be done, the Red Jacket Army was originally an uprising to resist the rule of the Jin State, at first there was hope for the Song Dynasty, hoping to annex the Song State, but the Song Dynasty disliked its small power at first, and ignored it, and then after it grew stronger, agreed to give money and food support, and hesitated in every way, wanting to divide and disperse the Red Jacket Army, mixing sand into it, the contradictions between the two sides were once inextricably linked, and the relationship was interrupted, and after a mutiny after it was completely large, Song Guo was cowardly and did not dare to crusade, and redoubled her appeasement, so she bullied the soft and feared the hard, how could she have any good feelings for Song Guo.

Of course, Yang Miaozhen didn't sneak into Lin'an for no reason, she believed Na Nizi's nonsense, and promised to capture Zhao Zheng alive and marry her as a condition in exchange for her return.

That Nizi is Yan Tianwu, Yang Miaozhen received a secret letter from Mongolia that day, so that she was active in the Hedong area to secretly assist in the battle, that day she saw Yan Tianwu in the chaos of the army, blocked the Mongolian iron cavalry to join a blow, and even killed five people in a row, until the reinforcements came, love was heartfelt, so she took advantage of the chaos to capture her. Later, after knowing from other captives that Yan Qianwu turned out to be a clan, he was a strange thing, if Yan Tingwu was willing to surrender, the momentum of the righteous army would inevitably rise, and it would be better to sit on the ground with Mongolia and repay the money, but Yan Tingwu only said that he would surrender if he agreed to her one request, and he would arrest a Taoist priest named Zhao Zheng in Lin'an to marry her.

Yang Miaozhen heard that it was just a person, and immediately agreed without much thought, but Lin'an is the land of the capital, but it is too much fanfare, and he is afraid of any twists and turns, so he decided to come in person.

In ancient times, communication was extremely inconvenient, and Zhao Zheng's name had not yet reached the Jinguo Chuzhou side, Yang Miaozhen entered the Lin'an side to inquire and found out that he had been fooled, and this Zhao Zheng was so easy to take away when he was a national teacher.

Moreover, when they secretly entered Lin'an to follow Zhao Zheng, they had already been targeted by the Imperial City Division, and the Imperial City Division did not know her identity, and it would be difficult to get out if they knew it.

Therefore, intercepting Zhao Zheng as a hostage has become their only way out.

After tonight, there won't be such a good chance.

"Do it!" Yang Miaozhen gave an order, she believed that with the pear flower gun in her hand, as long as she was close to Zhao Zheng Wuzhang and the like, no matter how many masters there were, it would be impossible to snatch Zhao Zheng away from her.

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Zhao Zheng accompanied the zodiac chief to the most prosperous section of Lin'an, although it was night, it was illuminated by the merchants like a white night. When Zhao Zheng was having fun, a secret guard quietly came over to report: "National teacher, there seems to be something unusual in that group of people tonight." ”

Yang Miaozhen sent people to follow Zhao Zheng from the first day, and he was discovered, but he didn't know what the purpose of the person was, anyway, there were a large number of people who followed Zhao Zheng every day, there were his own secret guards, and the secret agents sent by the Imperial City Division to protect him, as well as the monks and Taoists who were bent on stepping on their own fame, Zhao Zheng never debated with them, so he often followed Zhao Zheng to find a chance to sleep with Zhao Zheng to the end, and there were also some fanatical believers, and there were also businessmen who begged the national teacher to give him the way to make money, etc.

So someone was following, Zhao Zheng didn't care much, he had the skills of a secret guard and a flintlock pistol that could be loaded at any time, and he dared to be malicious to Zhao Zheng and guaranteed that there would be no return.

"Got a guy?" Zhao Zheng asked.

The Dark Guard nodded, confirming that the men had arrived with weapons.

"When that group of people approaches, you can find a way to catch the people first and ask where they came, and let them go without any malice."

The dark guard nodded, and Zhao Zheng walked towards the place where he was assassinated last time.

The Lantern Festival is also the time for fireworks at the Baiyun Taoist Temple.