Chapter 600: Splendid Rivers and Mountains
Living in Longmen, Li Chongfu's heart is a little settled.
The courtesy that Qin Shaoyou gave him was obviously beyond his expectations.
What surprised him even more was the movement of the imperial court, the imperial court actually ignored this matter, and such a big prince seemed to have forgotten about it.
To some extent, forgetting, sometimes for Li Chongfu is also a good thing.
And it is obvious that Li Chongfu is now full of confidence, because he clearly feels that the forgetting of the imperial court, of course, is not really painless for a prince, this kind of thing is not a trivial matter in which dynasty or generation, and the reason why this is so is obviously only one reason, that is, His Royal Highness the King of Wei, who is sitting in Luoyang, is obviously stronger than he imagined, so that the court has to forget it, otherwise once the court is more serious, it may encounter a nose of ash here in Qin Shaoyou, and the final result will ...... It is conceivable that it is naturally a big loss of face.
Since it will be a big loss of face, it is better to simply turn a blind eye.
Many times, the embodiment of strength comes from many aspects, and Qin Shaoyou is indeed a big tree, at least ...... Enough to protect yourself.
Of course...... It's just that protection alone is not enough, what Li Chongfu needs is that Qin Shaoyou can become his bargaining chip, and further, he will have the opportunity to win the championship, even if he takes a step back, he can be alone.
This involves Qin Shaoyou's attitude, if His Royal Highness doesn't have a good attitude and is just lukewarm to himself, or, just trying to use his identity to take advantage of his own identity, then the situation may be very bad, because today you may become his pawn, and tomorrow, you may also become an outcast.
Qin Shaoyou's enthusiasm finally dispelled his thoughts.
Because a few days later, in addition to the big and small banquets, Qin Shaoyou invited him to leave and go to Weizhou. Proofreading the three armies.
Proofreading the ...... of the three armed forces
was suspicious at first, and then Li Chongfu, who was overjoyed, began to look forward to it.
Since he arrived in Luoyang, there is no day that he is not happy, which is reasonable, because Chang'an is really suffocating, every day seems to be breathless, and every day is worrying, but here, it is rare to have relaxation.
Not to mention. Qin Shaoyou invited him to review the Fifth Military Camp, and finally dispelled Li Chongfu's last concerns.
He is the prince, why did Qin Shaoyou send such an invitation? Naturally, I hope that my identity as a prince can boost the morale of the five military camps, since this is the case, then it is very useful to explain my identity as a royal family, and I ...... It's still quite weighty.
This is completely different from when he was in Chang'an. At least it is impossible for him to come into contact with any military horse, and any small action may be suspicious and even ...... It could be fatal.
Li Chongfu naturally knew. The importance of military horses, so the Wei family mastered the temple, wasn't the first thing to do, that is, to install the Wei family and their cronies in the army?
In Luoyang. He had seen many things, and the prosperity of this place was indeed beyond his imagination.
A few years ago. He left Luoyang with his father and went to Chang'an, at that time, he had lived in Luoyang for many years, but this time when he came back, he was surprised to find that the current Luoyang was completely different from what he saw at the beginning.
The original East Market and the West Market, originally just some vendors' trading places, but now, it is a forest of commercial houses, in addition, also opened up a south market, listen to the eunuchs who serve themselves, there is more lively, and the trade is very large, some transactions, even more than hundreds of thousands, the people in the city, also much richer than before, all kinds of entertainment, at night, silk and bamboo bursts, in the past this was only limited to the inner city, but now, the outer city is not far behind.
There are even rumors that the entire Weizhou City is now a large military camp, with hundreds of thousands of military horses entrenched there, camps everywhere, and the five military camps are very magnificent. It can accommodate a large number of military horses, a large number of military horses practice day and night, shouting and killing are endless, and the artillery rumbles during the drill, not only that, in order to supply these military horses, the grain ships and various boats that come and go to the canal every day are like rivers, and the river is endless.
Over here...... It's a paradise.
Li Chongfu has obviously regarded himself and the King of Wei as a community of destiny, and the greater the momentum of the King of Wei, it is obviously a happy thing for him to see.
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After a few days, the people of King Wei came, it turned out that His Royal Highness the King of Wei had already moved first, because he was a light car and a simple car, so he set off first, and finally Li Chongfu, who is the crown prince, naturally needs some pomp, so there is no need to rush to go.
For Qin Shaoyou's kind of care, Li Chongfu's spirit was shocked, and he was not in a hurry to rush to Weizhou, this way with the entourage slowly, in fact, it is extremely convenient to go to Weizhou now, because as early as a few months ago, the canal between Weizhou and Luoyang has been connected, the whole journey is more than 500 miles, and it is not too far, if it is a fast boat, it can be reached in three days, even if it is a slower ship, seven or eight days is enough.
Li Chongfu enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way, especially when he passed to Mengjin, he was suddenly shocked by the continuous workshops of Mengjin, which was hundreds of miles in radius, and there were actually continuous buildings, countless wharves stretched out of the trestle bridge, docked one after another cargo ships, there were figures everywhere along the way, the ironworks and brick kilns stretched out chimneys one by one, emitting black smoke, and the billowing black smoke rushed straight towards the sky, and the whole sky seemed to be gray.
Although the smell in the air always has a hint of coking coal, which is a little pungent, but this scene makes him feel a little strange, although there are no green mountains and green waters, and there is no green poetry here, but it gives him a majestic feeling, as if there is an invisible power, showing in front of him.
The boat is a waterway inspection ship, in the various states and counties under the rule of Qin Shaoyou, almost all have waterway inspections, mainly to maintain the safety of the canal, as well as to dredge the river, track down water thieves, so the boat to protect Li Chongfu is a member of the Luoyang Waterway Inspection Department Adjutant, this person saw that Li Chongfu was interested in this iron-making workshop, and couldn't help but say with interest: "Your Highness, the black smoke is the iron mill, there is a brick kiln, and there, it is a kiln for burning charcoal, now, it is all made of coal to make iron, so this smoke is the most pungent, And it seems that the sky smells of soot. The adjutant said while lightly fanning his nose, and continued: "In the Mengjin area, relying on Hexi, there are the most iron-making workshops, there are hundreds, there are hundreds of kilns, and the steel that is trained every year is as much as 70 million catties, but what ...... Even so, it is still insufficient, especially His Royal Highness the King of Wei is recruiting troops and horses everywhere to make swords, guns, swords and halberds, the demand for this fine iron is too strong, and now many people are opening kilns, has His Highness seen it? That big kiln, is Chen Ji's iron mill, they can smelt fine iron from the furnace, is the most urgently needed by the five military camps, as for those small furnaces, it is different, can only make some farm tools, but now the farm tools are extremely popular, His Royal Highness does not know, the farming here is different from the past, in the past, a family of four or five planted twenty acres of land, and now, a family, there are two or three went to the city to work, stay at home, but only a few two, in the past it was slash and burn, now there are fewer people in the countryside farming, Relying on the old methods can not be done, so the demand for farm tools and animal power is great, otherwise, this land can be really barren, now all the iron mills, are making the most up-to-date farm tools, the sales are excellent, as well as cattle and horses, are transported from the desert, the government encourages the use of animal power instead of manpower, so try to lower the price of cattle and horses, moreover, there are people in the family who work outside, will send some money back every month, so everyone can afford to buy. ”
"Your Highness knows what is most fashionable right now?" This adjutant must be trying to show off, it is rare to make a noble prince interested in himself, so his face is full of red light, once he opens the chatterbox, he can't hold it: "The most fashionable thing at the moment is the carriage and horse shop, the kind that delivers letters, Your Highness think about it, now which village, which pavilion, which township has no one outside the house, so the correspondence is the most frequent, and there are also people who ask people to bring things, if it is a New Year's holiday, in the city to buy some clothes, or to eat food to teach people to bring it back, this carriage and horse to walk a trip, That's more than a dozen carts of letters and consignment of goods, all running back and forth, going to the village to the household, the big car dealership, employing thousands of people, all going back and forth to various places, to a certain township, after sending things, but also to live for two nights, and when they are ready to write letters, and then bring back, a trip down, is dozens of income. ”
After all, Li Chongfu is a young man, and he listens to it interestingly and does not interrupt.
The adjutant smiled and said: "Here, and other places are different, in the past, this money is more difficult to earn than anything else, but now, it seems that there are business opportunities everywhere, sometimes whimsical, maybe it is a deal, in fact, don't look down here for so many years, these many novel things, no world, still haven't seen enough, what you see is only the tip of the iceberg, ha...... In the waterway inspection, I can't compare to those who go to the streets, in this life, I am afraid that I can't expect to be rich and expensive. ”
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The first chapter is delivered, and there is another chapter in the evening. (To be continued.) )