Although the Spring Festival has passed, Yingtianfu is still full of lights, and the prefect of Yingtian, who has not been in office for a long time, stands respectfully in front of the city gate, waiting for the car to come here from the west. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Back to my lord, the honor guard is only twelve miles away from the city."

As soon as he rode back on a fast horse and reported to him the current location of King Kang's car, the prefect breathed a sigh of relief: That's fine.

Recently, the Great Song Dynasty has not been peaceful, especially after the defeat of Liao, there have been commotions in various places, and thieves have risen again. The section from the capital to Yingtianfu is not bad, because of the peasant association, the thieves do not dare to approach the planned railway line, otherwise they will inevitably be attacked by the peasant association.

"It's just that this peasant association, whether it comes from the law of the ancestors, if I am in power, I still have to abolish it." The prefect thought to himself.

Today's Yingtian prefect is called Sun Fu, he and Zhou Quan are actually acquaintances, and he was the one who negotiated with Zhou Quan to replace Su Mai's Haizhou Governor as a messenger.

It is precisely by virtue of the "merit" of this negotiation that he is quite appreciated by some people, especially the old people who are intertwined with the protégés and helpers in Xijing, and successfully became the prefect of Yingtian.

He succeeded in concealing his tendencies and did not show his distaste for the new affairs introduced by Zhou Quan, so the court thought that he could cooperate well with Zhou Quan on the railway issue and get the matter done sooner.

"What about the prince of Donghai, why hasn't he come yet?" After asking about the whereabouts of Zhao Gou and the others, he asked where Zhou Quan was now.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one could answer his question.

Sun Fu glared at a scribe: "I ordered you to go and invite the prince of Donghai County, why are you still here?" ”

"Humble...... The county magistrate just said, 'Yes,' and sent him back. The scribe said awkwardly.

"Go and urge, it's only twelve miles, now the road is well repaired, and the car can arrive in an hour at most, when the county prince is not there, who will receive the holy decree?"

The scribe was sprayed with saliva all over his head, and he ran away. Sun Fu muttered: "No wonder I looked at the imperial calendar today, and said that it was not appropriate to catch the wind......"

He knew that this matter would definitely not be smooth sailing, after all, the rumors in Beijing had already spread to Ying Tianfu, and he also knew that at the beginning, someone pushed the reason for the failure of the Northern Expedition to Zhou Quan, and there were even mobs to burn the Donghai Chamber of Commerce.

This is public news, and he also knows some undisclosed information through secret channels, such as that the Thirteen Pillars of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce have been split, Zhou Quan and Tong Guan have turned against each other, and there is also tension with the clan - the Donghai Chamber of Commerce has now completely stopped all cooperation with the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce, no longer provides any goods to the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce, and refuses to transport any personnel and materials of the Tianshui Chamber of Commerce. The Tianshui Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, is desperately poaching people, trying to use its clan background to poach those capable managers, supervisors, and stewards from the Donghai Chamber of Commerce. In some places, physical clashes broke out between the two sides.

Although Sun Fu is not very smart, he also knows that when he encounters these things, Zhou Quan's mood must not be very good.

The imperial court sent King Kang Zhao Gou at this time to appease Zhou Quan, and there were some things that needed to be explained to Zhou Quan.

The scribe went for a while, and when the banner of King Kang's chariot could be seen, he hurried back.

When he came back, he was completely crying and mournful: "Master, the Duke of Donghai County left the mansion, but he didn't come to greet the car, but left Yingtian and went to Xuzhou!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Fu was stunned at first, and couldn't help but scold, "No king and no father are extremely domineering", and immediately realized that if he said this, it was very likely that it would reach Zhou Quan's ears, so he closed his mouth again.

Zhou Quan showed his face to King Kang, in fact, he told the court and the officials that he was very angry, and the consequences were very serious!

"Alas......"

Sighing, Sun Fu had no other choice but to drink the scribe back, thinking about what way to transfer qi after going back, Mo always encountered this kind of thing.

After a while, Zhao Gou's car arrived in front of him, and after a salute, when he heard where Zhou Quan was, Sun Fu could only say in a sneering voice: "The dukedom of Donghai County is above Weichen, he wants to leave, and Weichen can't stop it." ”

To his surprise, the young King Kang was not only not angry, but smiled: "If this is the case, it is natural for the county prince to be like this, if I change it, I will be more angry than him...... Do you know where the county prince went? ”

"I went to Xuzhou."

"Since this is the case, the car will not enter the city, bypass Yingtian, and go straight to Xuzhou." Zhao Gou said.

Sun Fu was stunned: "Your Highness, you have worked hard all the way, Weichen has prepared a little wine, and asked Your Highness to enter the city to rest......"

"Thank you Governor Sun, but the stakes are high, the harder I work, maybe the more relieved the Donghai County Duke is, I came this time, I was originally angry with the County Prince, who let some people in the court do anything wrong!" Zhao Gou said loudly.

He knew that what he said would definitely reach the ears of his father and Zhou Quan through different channels, and on his father's side, he would have the impression of enduring humiliation and taking the overall situation into account, and in Zhou Quan's place, he was also an impression of being courteous and courteous.

He didn't know that Zhou Quan's impression of him had already been set.

Zhao Gou decided not to enter Ying Tianfu City, and after returning to the chariot team, he thought about it, came to a carriage behind him, and whispered: "Two imperial sisters! ”

After a while, a low voice came from inside: "What does my brother command?" ”

"The Duke of Donghai County is not in Yingtian, but in Xuzhou, we still have to move forward for a while, I wonder if the two imperial sisters can hold on?"

"It's okay, we don't feel tired." The voice inside sounded, paused slightly, and then said softly: "Outside, there are some fresh scenery, and I am more comfortable than in the palace." ”

When Zhao Gou heard this, he laughed, but he didn't think so.

The scenery outside is indeed fresh, but where is it better than the power in the palace that attracts the attention of the world?

"When it comes to freshness, it's still fresher in Xuzhou, and when I get to Xuzhou, I must introduce the two royal sisters to Diqiu City to see it, this is a city built by the Duke of Donghai County, and it is also a city without walls, but its bustling and prosperous city is almost not inferior to Jingshi!"

The two emperors in the car muttered a few times, and there was a chuckle, and then one said: "What my brother said is a bit too much, the Jingshi is prosperous in the world, how can there be a place that is not inferior to the Jingshi, the little sister has also inquired, that Diqiu is just the location of the Li Guojian, it was originally just a small city, and the Donghai County Duke has only been there for ten years, how much can it change?" ”

"Imperial sister, this is underestimating the skills of the Duke of Donghai County!"

Zhao Gou was afraid that the two younger sisters would be bored on the journey, so he immediately cheered up and talked about his experience of going to Diqiu vividly.

He entered Diqiu twice, and visited it quite carefully, especially mentioning that in Diqiu's Longchuan School, there was even a special girls' school, which recruited girls between the ages of seven and fourteen, not only learning to read, write, and count, but also learning some mechanical handicrafts.

Although they were born in the emperor's family, it is impossible for them to envy such commoner daughters, but it is inevitable that they yearn for the independence of these girls.

At this time, it was early spring, the ice and snow had not completely melted, they traveled all the way, quite difficult, and it took six days to arrive in Xuzhou, and when they arrived in Xuzhou, they asked, sure enough, Zhou Quan did not stay here, but went to Diqiu.

"Your Highness wants to see the prince of Donghae, I'm afraid you have to hurry, the prince may have to go to Haeju tomorrow, and then he will sail to Je......ju in the East China Sea," Miao Zhong, who was full of scorn, saluted Zhao Gou and said.

He sat very firmly in the position of the governor of Xuzhou, and the imperial court wanted to transfer him back to Beijing for promotion several times, but he did everything possible to stay in Xuzhou. The silver yuan of the white flower was scattered, and his goal was achieved, and he stayed in Xuzhou, and now he is almost the third term.

In Xuzhou all these years, he also made a lot of money, without corruption and bribery, just instructing his family to do business behind Zhou Quan, which allowed him to accumulate a wealth that could not be spent in ten lifetimes. He was originally a mediocre person, but now he has a bit of a businessman's shrewdness, so after meeting Zhao Gou, he made what he thought was the most appropriate hint.

Zhou Quan was avoiding Zhao Gou, but the intention of avoiding was not obvious, so Miao Zhong dared to leak Zhou Quan's whereabouts to curry favor with the young highness.

"Oh, so what?"

"It's a coincidence that His Highness came down, it just so happened that Longchuan Villa took a train with a steam locomotive to test on the railway, if His Highness is interested, you can take this train to Diqiu, the time spent is only an hour!"

Zhao Gou had taken a train on the railway, at that time it was a cart drawn by twelve horses, so that he could rush from Xuzhou to Diqiu in an hour, he had also seen the steam engine, when he visited Xuzhou and Diqiu, he saw this thing in the mine many times to pump out the stagnant water at the bottom of the mine, or from the pit that was more than ten zhang or thirty zhang deep, and he even saw the mechanical operation driven by the steam engine in some cotton textile factories in Haizhou.

"Steam locomotive...... It must be the idea of the Donghai County Prince, is this car easy to use? Zhao Gou asked in surprise.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the money invested by the Duke of Donghai County in this thing is like flowing water, and as far as the lower officials know, it will be no less than a million! Tsk, that is, the county prince has this big hand, and now I understand that the county prince has long seen the usefulness of the steam engine! ”

Miao Zhong praised Zhou Quan fiercely, and his voice was just right for the two emperors in the luxurious carriage other than Zhao Gou to hear.

Behind Miao Zhongxian, there is actually a big man in the DPRK and China, although the big guy is not in a very good situation now, but the news is very well-informed. Zhao Gou came to comfort this time, why did he bring these two emperors, his true intentions, Miao Zhong had already inquired about it.

In this regard, he raised his hands in favor, and he had long been determined to make every effort to promote this matter. Only in this way can he not only tie himself and Zhou Quan's interests more tightly, but also not offend the imperial court.

Sure enough, under his vigorous persuasion, Zhao Gou really moved, and then came to the side of the luxurious carriage and discussed with the two emperors in the carriage in a low voice. (To be continued.) )