Chapter 56: The Dragon Patrols the World (Part II)
Hearing the guard's report, Li Er hurriedly opened the curtains, poked his head and looked around, and what caught his eye was still a lush evergreen forest, but on the side of the road, there was a huge stone tablet erected, which was engraved with the three big characters of 'Quanzhou Boundary' in regular script.
"I have long heard that this Quanzhou is like spring all year round, today I came here, only to find that this is true, the plants of this Quanzhou territory are not as good as Chang'an, the autumn is not yellow, the winter does not fall leaves, today is the first day of the first month, I think about the Chang'an surroundings at this time, I am afraid that the snow has been all over the place, but here, everything is green, like a warm spring, it is really magical." Li Er stared at the green scenery outside the window and sighed.
The white-haired father-in-law on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, go further south, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, Weichen followed the caravan led by Han Yanxuan of Xujiazhuang Wugui Valley to Hainan once two years ago, on that big island, you only need to wear a coat in winter, that is really indescribable." ”
Hearing Bai Fa say this, Li Er's eyes became even brighter, and it seemed that he also wanted to see what Hainan Island was like in his lifetime.
But before Li Er could continue to say anything, the carriage slowly stopped.
The white hair frowned, and said sharply outside the carriage, "What's wrong?" Why park for no reason? At the same time, he saw that a short knife with a cold glow hanging from his waist was held in his hand.
The coachman outside the carriage hurriedly replied: "Mr. Qiqibai, there is a team of officials in front of you who have set up a barricade on the road, and the carriage cannot pass. ”
The white hair was still frowning, and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty is waiting here, and the slave will go to explore the truth first." ”
"Hmm." Li Er didn't feel the slightest nervousness. Three horse-drawn carriages accompanying him. The people in it are all first-class masters. Even if a thousand people came, he was confident that these people would be able to escort him out......
The white-haired father-in-law got out of the carriage, only to see a strange passage barricade with wooden railings and stones set up dozens of zhang in front of him, and only by pulling up the horizontal logs blocking the road, the carriage could continue to pass guò, and surprisingly, there were many people standing around the barricade. These people were all dressed in the clothes of the officials, and they were actually a barricade set up by the officials.
After making a few gestures to protect His Majesty, Bai Hai stepped forward with four guards.
The officials saw that someone was coming, and a slightly fatter leader came over with several officials.
"In broad daylight, why did the official family want to make this roadblock to block my way?" White-haired asked with a straight face.
When the fat servant heard this, he actually grinned and asked, "Look at this face student, it must be from another place, right?" ”
The white hair nodded, took out a Kaiyuan ten taels of silver bill from his sleeve, pointed to the barricade and said, "Please also ask the official family to talk about it." Why is this so? ”
Seeing the silver money in the white-haired hand, the fat official's eyes straightened. Flattering said: "This master doesn't know, now Quanzhou is building a large-scale cement road, the cost of building a cement road, now need to be paid by the merchants on the road, this silver is not much, just three taels, you can take the cement road that Quanzhou has just repaired." ”
The white-haired father-in-law's eyes turned around, and he took out a jade-faced carved plaque from behind his sleeve robe, only to see that the carved plaque was engraved with the word 'line', and he said slowly: "Have you ever heard the Shangguan of Quanzhou say this jade plaque?" ”
The moment he saw the jade card, the fat official seemed to suddenly remember something, and then his eyes widened, and he hurriedly said: "'Xing' card imperial history?!" How many officials are from the imperial court?! ”
The white-haired father-in-law nodded with satisfaction, as long as he knew, His Majesty had already arranged for officials from all over the country along the way, as long as he saw a merchant holding a jade plate with the word 'line', he had to treat each other politely, and it seemed that officials from all over the country had exactly implemented this task.
"The small ones don't know Mount Tai, the county lord has long ordered me to wait, and those who meet the 'line' card in hand must be treated as guests, and a few masters please go with the small ones, and the small ones lead the way in front. First send a few masters to the county master to ......"......
"Charge a toll of three taels of silver?" Li Er's body didn't move, just lay lazily in the carriage, "This wasn't the construction that Guiguzi gave me at the beginning, I didn't expect it to be promulgated in Quanzhou now, the effect seems to be good, take it from business, use it for business, this Quanzhou is developing so rapidly, it seems that it is no accident, there is indeed a unique way of development." ”
On the cement county road, the horse-drawn carriage suddenly ran much faster, and the scenery on both sides quickly fell backwards, and then all kinds of pedestrians appeared on the road one after another.
Li Er through the car window, gradually found those people located in the foothills of the plains, there are more and more people on the road, there are women carrying baskets, there are strong men carrying hoes, and old men pulling donkey carts, all kinds of pedestrians constitute a colorful road map of Quanzhou County, so that Li Er looks at the eyes and flowers, these people everyone looks very happy, the old have something to rely on, and the young have support, this qiē is created under his own leadership, which makes Li Er have an indescribable sense of pride.
The carriage finally arrived at Quanzhou City, from a distance, the city is not much different from the ordinary coastal border city, but in terms of size it is larger than other cities, but once you enter the city, you will find out what kind of internal structure this is now the largest port city in the Tang Dynasty.
The fat official was fortunate to be called into the carriage by Li Er as a tour guide, and when he saw Li Er in a brocade dress, the fat official knew that this must be a noble person in front of him, so it was hard to explain.
"This lord, do you know, the world's commodities, the most rare treasures, that is in Chang'an, but if you say that the most fresh and strange, it must be in our Quanzhou, our Quanzhou and other seaports are open to the sea, there are many Australian, American fleets, every half a month there will be a group of fleets to transport goods and resell goods, in Quanzhou City, Panlou South Street sells all kinds of overseas rare birds and animals, tea soup lane, there are all kinds of tea sales, Mahang Street, there are all kinds of rare medicines, Even the snow lotus flowers in Tibet are sold, as well as all kinds of snack bars, spoon shops, oil cake shops, and more than one product, if this master has the idea of coming to Quanzhou to do business, he can definitely make a lot of money. ”
After listening to the introduction of the fat officer, Li Er became more and more curious about this city, because eight years ago, it was still a desolate place, and now it has become so prosperous, which makes him want to find out...... (To be continued......)
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