Chapter 1: Continuing the Frontier

The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March.

The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is endless, and only the Yangtze River skyline can be seen.

The great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty is a person who loves nature and is also a person who likes to make friends. His footprints have traveled all over the Central Plains and beyond, leaving behind many works that sing the praises of natural beauty and friendship.

In 727 A.D. (the fifteenth year of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty), Li Bai returned from his eastward journey and came to Anlu, Hubei, when he was already twenty-seven years old. Then, he lived in Anlu for ten years, but many times he met friends with poetry and wine, traveled abroad, and in his own words, "wine was hidden in Anlu, and he wasted ten years". That is, during the period of living in Anlu, Li Bai got acquainted with Meng Haoran, who was twelve years older than him. Meng Haoran admired Li Bai very much, and the two soon became close friends. In 730 A.D. (the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan), Li Bai learned that Meng Haoran was going to Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), so he asked someone to bring a letter and asked Meng Haoran to meet in Jiangxia (now Wuchang District, Wuhan City). A few days later, Meng Haoran went east by boat, and Li Bai personally sent it to the riverside. When he said goodbye, he wrote this poem "Yellow Crane Tower to Meng Haoran's Guangling".

Zhao Zhen remembered that this poem was not because he was sending someone, but because he was carrying a beauty to the legendary Yangzhou.

I remember that a guy once said, "Hide 100,000 guan on your waist, ride a crane down to Yangzhou", I think I Zhao Zhen is also an emperor when he wears it to the Northern Song Dynasty, which is much better than people's "100,000 guan around his waist". But I haven't given myself a good vacation for more than ten years, and now that the disaster has been rescued, and my wife has found it, it's time to give myself a small vacation, and I can accompany my wife to travel, so I should make up for the unfinished travel and marriage in my previous life!

In order not to waste money and money, Zhao Zhen also decided to play a private visit with micro-service, and quietly slipped out of the temporary palace with his wife and Zhanzhao and other guards, but left a letter to Fan Zhongyan, asking him to walk slowly when he took the sergeants back, and came to catch up with them after playing for a few days.

Needless to say, the first stop of Zhao Zhen and his entourage's "micro-service private visit" must be Zhang Rou's hometown in this world - Jinling.

"Wife, you are doing well in Jinling!" Zhao Zhen was dressed as a son-in-law, and dragged Zhang Rou to wander around the streets of Jinling, and Zhanzhao and others also pretended to be ordinary people and followed not far away.

"Oops, sprinkle water! These are all idle and boring fun, I didn't know you were here too, otherwise I would have made all the money and let you, the emperor, drink the northwest wind! Zhang Rou held her head high, like an arrogant little swan.

"That's that! My wife doesn't have to say anything about making money, it's definitely leveraged, you see my husband and I have to raise such a big family, isn't it pitiful for my poor husband! Is it good to ask for **? Zhao Zhen coaxed his wife very cooperatively, and finally came together, he felt sorry for his wife.

"Look at your performance! Also, you haven't proposed yet, don't be so affectionate, okay, people are still yellow flowers! ”

"Isn't it! Still asking for a marriage? As soon as Zhao Zhen heard the proposal, he almost knelt on the street.

"Must drop!"

"It's good for my wife to give some face! People are also emperors now! You see that my husband doesn't have romantic cells, so let's get rid of this proposal, okay? ”

"That's right, you're the emperor now...... Hey, you didn't remind me but I forgot, honestly, how many beauties have you hidden? Zhang Rou stared at Zhao Zhen with her teeth and claws, and she had a posture of doing something if she didn't agree with her, and by the way, she also showed what it means to be a woman's fickle nature.

"Wife, you have wronged me, I have been in charge of every day all these years, and I am so busy that my feet do not touch the ground, how can I have time to find beautiful women! Besides, hasn't my husband been able to let you go! Zhao Zhen hurriedly held Zhang Rou's hand, not because he was afraid that she would go into other people's stores to shop, but to prevent her from habitually stretching out her claws.

"Humph! Count you as having a conscience. By the way, you are now the emperor, I won't be able to bully you in the future, it's too unfair, I don't care, you have to find a way! Zhang Rou pouted coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, there's something wrong with this! It's always okay to let you bully enough when there are no outsiders! ”

"That's pretty much it! And one last question, I heard that the emperor has a lot of wives, and the emperor must have a lot of them, so how many mothers-in-law will I have in the future? How can you serve it? Although she didn't have the opportunity to see the power of her mother-in-law in her previous life, she watched a lot of TV and frowned when she talked about this world's problem.

Zhao Zhen stretched out three fingers and said, "It's ...... Fortunately, it's not much, it's just three, and the other father's concubines basically don't care, the wife is so smart and clever, it's definitely no problem to settle them! ”

The two muttered and muttered to each other all the way, and finally after Zhao Zhen endured the humiliation and signed a series of unequal treaties, he finally coaxed his wife in place, and he was greatly relieved.

"I said wife, so many industries on this street are yours, are you playing monopoly in Jinling?" Zhao Zhen looked at the shops with the title of "Siqi" all over the street, involving various industries.

"It's okay! That's it, in this era, there is nothing challenging to play business, and now it's all my apprentices playing, and I don't bother to care. Zhang Rou casually perfunctory him, then stretched out her hand and waved to the aunt who sold barbecue next to her: "Aunt Zhang, bring us a few skewers of roast mutton!" ”

"Great! Miss Zhang, you will go to roast later. This son's face is tight! What do you call it? Aunt Zhang hurriedly wiped the stool and enthusiastically pulled the two to sit down.

"I ......"

"Zhengqi...... Zhao Zhengqi is a distant relative of mine, aunt, you can just call him Archie! Zhang Rou pulled Zhao Zhen to answer for him.

"Huh! I'm afraid that the old body is not just a distant relative! Aunt Zhang took a handful of barbecue meat and looked at the two of them with frowns.

"Where...... How's that! Grill your meat! The two of them were like they had just fallen in love in their previous lives, and they were afraid of being bumped into by acquaintances.

"Hahaha......" Aunt Zhang looked at Zhang Rou, who was blushing, and stopped teasing her.

It didn't take long for Aunt Zhang to put a plate of roast mutton on the table for two: "Miss, this little brother, do you need some fruit wine?" ”

"Bring him a bowl!"

"Great!" Aunt Zhang turned around and took a big bowl, carefully wiped it before pouring a full bowl, and brought it to the two of them: "You use it slowly!" ”

"Auntie, go get busy with you!"

"Good, good...... Something you can talk about! ”

Seeing Aunt Zhang go to another table to greet her, Zhao Zhen asked squeezedly, "This is also your relative?" ”

"Little brother, you can laugh, how can the old woman have that blessing! This is the eldest lady, but we poor people! Before Zhang Rou could answer, Aunt Zhang didn't know when she slipped behind the two of them and picked up the words.

"It's the eldest lady who is kind-hearted, look at my family, so I sent someone to teach the old woman to learn barbecue, these meats and seasonings are sold to us by the eldest lady at a low price, you see the stalls on the street, few have not received the favor of the eldest lady, she is our living Bodhisattva! A few days ago, I heard that the wolf-hearted prefect framed the eldest lady, the old woman has no ability, only worships the Buddha every day, burns incense and prays for peace, God finally opens his eyes, you have to treat her well in the future......" Aunt Zhang said and wiped a handful of tears.

Although there was a lack of material resources in this era and the people lived in poverty, Zhao Zhen had to admit that they were much more lovely than the people in his original world. The grace of dripping water, when the spring reciprocates, even if they are not able to repay, they always take the kindness of others to heart, and if they can't repay it, they will let their descendants continue to repay the kindness, but it is much stronger than the so-called people who are mercenary and wolf-hearted.

"Auntie, don't worry! I will treat her well and promise that no one will dare to bully her in the future! Zhao Zhen gently wiped away her tears for Zhang Rou and said solemnly to Aunt Zhang.

After a day of shopping, Zhao Zhen saw countless situations of gratitude to Zhang Rou, and even a guy dared to threaten himself that if he was not good to his wife, he would play with himself, but I don't know how he felt after knowing that he was the current emperor.

In short, Zhao Zhen's first private visit to Weifu did not investigate any cases like that Kangxi, but his mood was still very heavy.

"What's wrong? You won't get tired of shopping, will you! Zhang Rou found that Zhao Zhen shrugged his head as if he had lost his soul.

"You see we've walked a full ten streets today, shouldn't we be tired!" Zhao Zhen glanced at her angrily, and really couldn't understand that this was all worn back to ancient times, why couldn't she quit the problem of women shopping.

"Cut" Zhang Rou still with white eyes.

"However, after walking around today, I found that the burden on our bodies is heavier, we are fortunate to come to this great era, not only should we strive to make the people live a better life, but also let them keep this loveliness forever, people's hearts are much more difficult than material!"

"Yes! Just like in our previous life, the economy has gone up, and everyone's life has improved, but it is difficult to find people's hearts again, I don't know if it is fortunate or unfortunate! This is a heavy topic, and it can't be solved by just two of me, let's take it one step at a time! ”

"That's right! Let's go home first, have a good rest, tomorrow let's go to Yangzhou to see, I plan to take Jinling and Yangzhou as the center, to build the economic center of the Great Song Dynasty, wife, what do you think? Zhao Zhen pulled Zhang Rou and walked towards Zhang's mansion.

"In terms of geographical location, it is excellent, the two places are close to each other, and after all, they are prosperous, coupled with convenient water transportation conditions, it would be great if there was a road closely connected to the capital."

"This rest assured! Next, I'm ready to start a road construction campaign, but my husband can't make money, it's very fierce to spend money, wife, you have to work hard to make money. Tell you quietly, in a few years, my husband will be able to make the train out, and you have to prepare the money for the construction of the railway. Zhao Zhen whispered in her ear and said excitedly, he has been holding this secret for a long time, and there is no one to share, now there is finally someone who has a common language.

"Really? But I remember that the Song Dynasty was always bullied by the Liao State and the Western Xia? Are you sure to deal with them now? Don't we be engaged in construction and they will do sabotage. "Girls don't like to care much about history, and she only knows a rough idea.

"Hey, hey! Although your husband and I have never been a soldier, don't forget what major I studied, not to mention anything else, we also abused them to death. Let me tell you, my husband has not been idle all these years, don't look at the current army is only equipped with cold weapons such as crossbows, that is, I don't want to scare them. I can say responsibly that the steel output and quality of our Song Dynasty are now not inferior to those of the Republic of China, not to mention anything else, that is, the grenades in stock are enough for Liao to drink a pot. As for the Western Xia, this will not be founded yet, and when the time comes, let them fight to the death with the Liao State first, let's talk about the development of the country with peace of mind, and then talk about it, playing so much territory will pull back the legs, and it will not be able to draw ...... "The poor baby who has been holding back for too long will be endless."

Zhang Rou was not interested in these, and she didn't have the heart to listen to him brag: "I don't understand what you say, you can just do it yourself, I just have to make money in the future, and now I will rest, I don't know if sleeping late will affect other people's skin?" Why are you so ignorant! ”

"Uh...... People haven't said ...... yet."

"Bang" Zhang Rou closed the door, and the world was finally quiet.