Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty did not refer to a large state including Huainan and Jiangdong during the Three Kingdoms period, but to the county of Jiangdu, also known as Guangling.

Since ancient times, this river capital has been a major town in the southeast. Although it is not as good as Chang'an and Luoyang, nor as good as Chengdu, Jiangling and Liangzhou, it occupies a unique geographical advantage.

This advantage is inextricably linked to Yang Guang.

In order to connect Jiangnan and Luoyang, Yang Guang successively opened the Tongji Canal, dredged the ditch, opened the Yongji Canal, dug the Jiangnan River, and finally, connected the four canals, and it became a grand canal with a total length of 4,000 miles through the north and south. This Grand Canal is one of the great projects in the history of our country. It plays a positive role in China's economic and cultural development.

Of course, Yang Guang's starting point may be good, but he is a dreamer, a person with great ambitions and talents. He saw the contribution of the Grand Canal to the country, but he did not see that the construction of the Grand Canal would bring fatal damage to the country, he recruited millions of people before and after, completed the project, but dragged down the country, brought the disaster of destruction to the people.

In the end, this great project completely cheapened the Li Tang Dynasty, and thanks to the blessing of this great tyrant, today's Jiangdu is particularly prosperous because of the convenience of shipping.

Du He walked on the street and experienced the different customs and customs of Chang'an.

Chang'an is a metropolis with the surname of the world, and you can see strangely dressed aliens on the street at any time, and Guanzhong has always been a fierce people. And this Jiangdu is a little different, I didn't see a foreigner in five streets, and there were very few people wearing weapons on the road, except for the most common people, most of them were scholars and scribes with folding fans in their hands, and some fanned two from time to time, and I don't know what I felt was too hot or what happened in this winter.

Arriving at Guangling Ferry, Li Yifeng left with farewell. This has a fixed route from Jiangdu to Hangzhou, he is like an arrow, and he did not make any stops, but repeatedly asked Du He to take time to go to Hangzhou, and left the address.

As a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River on the same level as Suzhou, Du He also knew that he would definitely go, so he agreed.

Walking on the street, almost all I heard were passers-by discussing the robbery of Xujia Shopping Mall and the death of nearly 100 people. In just two hours, more than a dozen versions have been derived, almost every version of him and Li Yifeng is amazing, and some even say that they are a sword and a sword, and all the gangsters will be killed in the tea kung fu.

Hearing this kind of news, Du He really couldn't cry or laugh, maybe because there were few entertainment facilities, and he needed to find something to talk about after dinner, and the level of this gossip was only stronger than that of later generations.

This is a storm in the city, and it is not surprising.

Because so many people died, Xu Shi, a businessman, knew that he couldn't hide it, and after the ship docked, he immediately reported to the official and reported the actual situation to the Yangzhou County Ya.

One hundred and eighty people died in troubled times, but now it is a peaceful and prosperous world. In the Tang Dynasty, there were only about 20 death row prisoners in a year, not to mention the number of 100 deaths.

As soon as this matter spread, it immediately caused a sensation in Jiangdu.

Du He didn't want to go to the court to ink, there were more than 150 witnesses, and the result was the same whether he appeared or not. But he was also worried that the thieves' accomplices would start on the way to send Wei Xiang to the mansion, and secretly escorted him along the way, until he saw the official escorting Wei Xiang into the mansion with his own eyes.

The Tang Dynasty's official system was extremely large, especially the system of local officials.

Although the assassin is the governor of a state, he is the chief military officer, but he is also divided into several departments, including a deputy lieutenant, a judge corresponding to the six departments of Shangshu Province, and a person responsible for supervising the impeachment of the six Cao officials in the state, which is equivalent to the records of the imperial court Yushitai and Shangshu left and right to join the army.

Among them, the judgment department is divided into six military officers, including the secretary, the secretary, the secretary, the household, the soldier, the judiciary, and the secretary, and is specifically in charge of the state's official examinations, etiquette, taxes, warehouses, household registration, post transmission, prisons, and engineering and water conservancy affairs.

Among them, the judicial officer is the judge of the main criminal law.

As soon as the Yangzhou judicial army heard that the matter was so big, they immediately notified the Yangzhou assassin history. After hearing the news, the assassin of Yangzhou did not dare to slack off, and rushed to the palace in the tea room, personally inquired about the matter, and ordered an immediate interrogation, and listened to the trial on the side.

The interrogation of prisoners at the local level in the Tang Dynasty was open and could be watched at will.

While admiring the efficiency of Tang Dynasty officials, Du He also listened to the process of the trial.

There were 150 witnesses in this case, and the interrogation was just a formality, and if it weren't for the history of assassination and the problems with the judiciary, it would have been absolutely impossible to make a different verdict.

After inquiring in detail about all the facts of the case, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Xiang was sentenced to death, and he was transported to Chang'an, where he accepted Chang'an's five repetition regulations, and was beheaded in the autumn of the following year.

Wei Xiang's death sentence was expected, Du He smiled slightly, and knew that those remnants were not so powerful, and stretched out their claws to the throne of Thorn History. Now he is only waiting for the local officials to send Wei Xiang to Chang'an.

At this time, Du He also started a tour of this Jiangdu, experiencing the customs of this Jiangdu, and also wanted to play a role-playing game to see if it could accidentally trigger what plot, and find out some hints in order to walk smoothly.

It's just that this is not a game after all, and the clues will not be sent to the door, except for feeling the scenery of the north of the river and eating some of the specialties here, there is nothing else unexpected.

Filling his stomach in an unknown tavern, Du He suddenly remembered the two ladies in the family, remembered the two elders in the family, and felt melancholy in his heart, and couldn't help sighing...... If you can't write a letter to reveal everything about yourself, can't you send some gadgets to report your safety? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Du He immediately set off for the Jiangdu Market.

Naturally, Jiangdu Bazaar cannot be compared with Chang'an Bazaar, but because of the convenient waterway transportation, most of the rare goods in the south can be bought here, and it is still quite prosperous.

Walking through the bazaar, Du Ho looked at the exquisite goods from all over the world, and wondered what gifts to buy.

He didn't want to be perfunctory about the things he sent to his family, so he patiently selected them one by one, trying to choose the best and most suitable ones.

Changle likes to write and paint, Du He bought her an emerald green inkstone, the first of the four famous inkstones in China, among which the emerald green inkstone is the rarest, very precious, Changle must like it. Li Xueyan likes music and rhythm, especially piano skills, so he found a broken guqin sheet at the market and bought it. Zhang's belief in Buddhism, Du He bought her a jade Buddha.

It took him a whole hour to buy more than a dozen things, including the folding fan of the eldest brother Du Go, the clay figurine of the head of the Du family, and even Luo Tong, Fang Yiai, and the Li family brothers.

Almost everything that should have been bought was bought, but the gift of his father Du Ruhui was difficult to find.

Du Ruhui is the prime minister of the dynasty, he has everything, he is not a greedy person, he attaches importance to practicality, he buys expensive, and will lead him to reprimand, Du He really doesn't know what to give him if he wants to break his head!

Unconsciously, Du He came to a pawnshop, and his heart moved, and he strode in.

The pawnshop is one of the most iconic shops in ancient times, pawning for people who need money urgently. When pawning an item, a note will be made to negotiate an agreed time, and if there is no ability to redeem it within the agreed time, then the item will belong to the pawnshop. They will resell the pawn items they have received to make a profit from the difference.

I often see on TV how the pawnshop shopkeeper is hateful and stingy, but in fact, this is also a kind of transaction that you are willing to make, and you can't complain about anyone.

Du He walked into the pawnshop to see if there was anything suitable for Du Ruhui.

The pawnshop is very large, there are three counters, one on the left and right sides is redemption, the other is dang, the largest is the counter in the middle with the word "buy" signboard, the people who dare to buy old things in the pawnshop are usually rich people who know the goods, and the hospitality is also the best.

Du He said that he wanted to see what good treasures there were.

The thin old man on the counter immediately gave way to him and introduced him to the old treasure on the counter behind him.

There are really a lot of precious things on the counter, strange and strange, making people dizzy, Du He patiently searched, suddenly his eyes lit up, and found a crystal clear glass cup, his expression was overjoyed, and he remembered some knowledge about tea tasting.

I remember when I was traveling in West Lake and drinking Longjing in a nearby teahouse, I listened to the tea doctor in the store introduce the drinking method of Longjing. Brewing green tea is not about what teapot, but about the teacup. Drinking the best Longjing tea, when brewing in a glass, it is convenient to fully appreciate the appearance and inner quality of the famous tea. The glass tea set is transparent, and after the tea leaves are soaked, it is easy to observe the slow stretching, swimming and changing process of tea in the water, which is called "tea dance".

He muttered in his heart: "Daddy likes to drink Longjing tea, and this Longjing is green tea." It's perfect for using glasses. Glasses are not abundant in this era, but glass is one of the top glasses, and it must be like a glass to drink tea. ”

"I want that glass cup! How much! Duhe was ecstatic.

The shopkeeper pondered for a moment and said, "Seven silver cakes!" ”

Du He took out six silver cakes from his arms and said: "Six silver cakes, don't bargain, if you sell them, wrap them up for me!" ”

How do you say that Du He is also a person who has seen the world now, what is worth what price, and he already has a bottom in his heart. He is not opposed to the shopkeeper making some money from him, doing business, always making some money for others, but he can't kill his pigs, he is not willing to be a dumbfounder.

When the shopkeeper heard it, he also knew that he had met someone who knew the goods, and he was not bargaining, so he asked people to pack.

At this moment, a fat man with a big belly walked into the pawnshop!

(To be continued)