After going down the mountain and going to the Tushui River, Chen Ping once again divided the pheasant with his leg removed in two and gave Chen Erniu half of it.

"I'm not going to do this." After the feathers were plucked out, Chen Erniu looked at the pheasant in his hand, and suddenly said.

"Uncle Blacksmith won't either?" Chen Ping asked.

Chen Erniu shook his head, put the pheasant in the river and swung it again. After plucking the pheaice feathers of the pheasant soaked in cold water, the skin on the surface is a little tattered.

Anyway, he is also a rich family in the village, and he can't make pheasants. This...... This seems to be reasonable, but it seems that Erniu's mother is cooking, or there are servants and slaves at home.

"Brother, help me pick up that feather." There are some pheasant tail feathers floating in the river, bright colors, Chen An fishes them with wooden sticks, but unfortunately people are small and short, and they are still a little distance.

"What do you want this feather for?" Chen Erniu picked up a few feathers at his feet and gave them to Chen An, "I still have a few more." ”

"You're too short, I'm going to be long. Go back and put the little lady in the bun, how beautiful it is. Chen An had already seen the feathers at Chen Erniu's feet, gray, and the only few bright ones were also torn off by Chen Erniu.

Chen Ping was cleaning the short blade, listening to Chen An's words, his eyebrows were twisted, and something appeared in his mind.

What is it?

"It must be important." Chen Ping pondered, trying to sort it out.

Smack

With two sounds, Chen An was holding a wooden stick and beating the water, but the feathers in the water were drifting farther and farther, and one was very long, nearly two feet, whirling in the water.

"Feathers." Chen Ping stared at the feather, muttering, his memory became clearer and clearer, and a sentence became clear in his mind, "Xiajiangdu." ”

It is a year old, a pheasant tail, a straight ten, and a white egret is fresh.

Emperor Yang Guang's first big move after the throne was stabilized was to recruit Ding Nan to dig a trench and set up a guard. Of course, this kind of thing is not out of line, Yang Jian, who has the title of diligence and thrift and love the people, has also done it.

At the same time as this incident, Yang Guang also issued an order to build Tokyo. This is the second major action, and it is also the beginning of a series of events in the last years of the Great Cause, or the source of the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Is it a sin to repair Tokyo? No, with the foundation laid by Yang Jian, when Yang Guang ascended the throne, the treasury was overflowing, and the household accounts were rich, except for the lessons of women and slaves. This year's rent has not yet been paid, so you may be able to enjoy this preferential policy.

"It should be this year." Chen Ping thought about it, he was glad that he had seen these, this is a historical detail, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will miss it, but when Chen Ping reads history books, what he loves most is to entangle these details.

Now, it seems, it was wise at the time.

Or maybe it's a hidden arrangement?

The trenches were dug to defend against the Turks, but the purpose of building Tokyo is doubtful. Yang Guang's own statement is that Mu Zai is the most humble and wronged Mo Shen, so he wants to establish Tokyo and ask questions.

However, combined with Yang Guang's actions such as opening the Ji Canal, Hangou and Yongji Canal, and dredging the Jiangnan River, it can actually be seen that Yang Guang had already planned to establish such a waterway line that starts from Zhuo County in the north, reaches Yuhang in the south, and connects Tokyo in the middle.

It is very likely that this plan was executed when he was the crown prince, and he was immediately executed after ascending the throne and having power in his hands. The project was not completed in a year, it was divided into several stages, and it took six or seven years to complete.

If it weren't for Yang Guang's construction in Tokyo, the opening of the Tongji Canal immediately after the opening of the Jiangdu, and then Tokyo, Jingshi, Yulin, Xiping, and Zhuojun running everywhere, his reason for issuing the edict to build Tokyo is really a bit convincing.

Show off, the rich show off their wealth, the powerful show off, as an emperor who is both rich and powerful, of course, both want to show off.

Xiajiang is to show off to the people of the country, the pomp is not low, and the entourage is 100,000. The dragon boat and phoenix boat, the foot of the palace is clothed with brocade and incense, holding the green silk cable to pull the boat, and using leather feathers as ornaments, resulting in the exhaustion of the world's water, land and water birds and beasts, and still can't give.

It is a year old, a pheasant tail, a straight ten, and a white egret is fresh. This sentence is precisely because of this.

"Scoop up all the feathers in the water, whether it's gray or not, bring them all to me." After thinking about it and straightening it out, Chen Ping's eyes lit up, and what was floating in the river was a feather, which was clearly a silver coin.

The three of them were busy again, picking up all the feathers in the river, and then straightening them out.

"Brother Ping, do you want any of these?" Chen Erniu was holding some broken feathers in his hands.

"Why not? Absolutely! Now when I go back to the village, I will publicize it, and I will say that I, Chen Ping, will start buying feathers from today for a penny. "Chen Erniu has some tail feathers in his hand, which are quite long, even if they are broken, they can still be used, Chen Ping wants them.

Wait a few more months, and when you come next year, it's all money.

"Brother, can I also exchange feathers for money?" Chen An was still holding a few colorful feathers in his hand, but he was excited when he heard the words.

Four feathers, that's four cents, and when you go to the county, you can buy two steamed cakes.

"No interest, do you want a penny?" Chen Ping stretched out his hand, "Bring it." ”

"You just said that you had a penny, why don't you count it now." Chen An ran away and said, "I won't give it, I will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and you have to pay attention to credibility in life, this is what you told me." ”

"It's really falling into the eyes of money." Chen Ping took out two pennies, "Just two pennies, two of your feathers are gray, and they need to be discounted." ”

Paying the money with one hand and delivering the goods with the other, Chen An took the two pennies, and then handed over the feathers.

"Brother Ping, I don't want money for this, I'll give it to you." Chen Erniu held the broken feather and said.

"If you say you want to give money, how can you change it casually." Chen Ping took out two cents again and gave it to Chen Erniu, "Take it." ”

When the three of them went home, Chen An and Chen Erniu discussed how to spend the two pennies and when they could catch some pheasants and get some feathers. Chen Ping grabbed a handful of feathers, but he felt a little pressured and heavy, but he was extremely happy in his heart.

"Erniu, don't take back half of your pheasant, come to my house to eat at night, and call Uncle Blacksmith." Chen Pingdao.

"Okay." Chen Erniu nodded hurriedly, he had already thought like this.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Chen Ping found an ox cart parked at the door. The ox has shiny hair, full eyes, and is a young and middle-aged cow.

"Who's coming?" Chen Ping was strange and entered the hospital.

In the courtyard, a young man was talking to Chen's father with a piece of meat in his hand. Seeing that he was going to give away the beef in his hand, Chen's father didn't accept it.

"Brother Fucai, why are you here?" It was Xue Fucai who was carrying a piece of meat, Chen Ping stepped forward, and Xue Fucai was carrying beef in his hand, "That old scalper was killed?" ”

"yes, it was slaughtered last night. Didn't that send you some? It stands to reason that the little madman lost money, and the cow belonged to her, but she just threw it away, and the scalper became a windfall, and the beef that Xue Fucai took had to be four or five catties.