A new port in the northeast of Cangzhou, here was originally just a small fishing port, but a few years ago Cangzhou, Youzhou and other places became the cotton textile base of Datang, and now it is officially named Hebei Road Textile Base, every day there are countless carriages to transport cotton from all over the country, and then the textile factory here produces a variety of cotton cloth, after printing and dyeing and selling to various places.

Hebei Provincial Textile Base is the earliest established in Datang, and it is also the largest textile base in the country, half of the cotton cloth output of the entire Datang is produced here, and even the cotton cloth here has a special name, called Hebei cloth. However, in the past few years, textile factories have been built in various places, and these textile factories have less transportation costs and price advantages, so they will soon squeeze Hebei cloth away from the local market, which makes the sales of Hebei cloth greatly affected.

But the officials in charge of the textile base in Hebei Province soon found a new way out, that is, to increase the share of overseas sales, and even to facilitate the transportation of cotton cloth, they also built a port in the northeast of Cangzhou, and also reduced taxes on incoming sea vessels. With this encouragement, the port known as Cotton Port developed quickly, and although it could not be compared with the speed of development in Dengzhou or Shanghai, it could also be described as a thousand miles in a day.

Today's cotton port is the same as in the past, the slaves on the wharf are constantly loading and unloading goods under the supervision of the overseers, and generally speaking, cotton cloth is brought to the ship, and grain is unloaded from the south, which is then transported to the Guanzhong region through the northern trade routes.

However, today's cotton port is also a little different, and there are more than a dozen huge sea ships parked at the best berths of the dock. Under the bow of one of the largest ships, three large characters "King Qi" were written in red paint. As long as they are begging for a living on the sea, they all know that this is the ship of His Royal Highness King Qi. It's just that Li Su is not on this ship, and King Qi is here to pick people up.

"Brother Jiu, you tell them to be careful, these are all gifts I want to give to ugly and ugly them, and you have to compensate me if they break it!" The King of Qi was next to the side of the ship on the dock, and the son shouted while watching the people below deliver their things to the ship, while holding Li Zhi's hand.

However, Li Zhi looked at the gift that his son brought out from Chang'an, but he said with some tears and laughter: "Son, aren't these toys of yours all given to you by the sixth brother." And it's all played with by you, how can these be taken out as gifts? ”

"Why not? These are the gifts that the sixth brother gave me, and they are also my favorite toys, you look at the big rag doll, that was my fifth birthday, the sixth brother specially sent someone to Chang'an, I usually like to sleep with it the most, if I give it to the ugly, I believe she must also like it very much! The son said a little unconvinced. In her little head, the gifts given to the ugly and ugly are naturally the best, so the son will take out all his favorite things, but many of them are given to her by Li Su. She is now going to give them to Chouchou and Li Qi.

Li Zhi also knew that there was no way to reason with a little girl like his son, so he had to smile bitterly and shake his head after hearing this, but at this time, Cai'er came over and smiled: "I think what the son said is very right." Ugly also likes rag dolls the most, and her small room is full of rag dolls. It's just that it's not as beautiful as the one sent by her son, so I believe she will definitely love it after seeing it! ”

"It's still Sister Cai'er who has vision. I'll just say ugly, they're going to like it! As soon as the son saw Cai'er supporting him, he immediately clapped his hands happily and smiled, his red face was like an apple, making people feel the urge to lie down and take a bite.

Li Zhi shook his head helplessly again, in fact, he was still very happy in his heart, this was mainly because he saw Cai'er and his son-in-law getting along very happily, three months later, the son-in-law has fully accepted Cai'er's sister-in-law, and the two have become friends who talk about everything, and they also live together at night, and they are noisy until late every night, I really don't know where the two of them come from to talk so much.

"Hey, my stroller!" At this moment, the son suddenly pointed to the dock below the boat excitedly, jumping and laughing and shouting. Following her fingers, a young guard was carrying a stroller, which was old but well maintained and made of good wood, so it still looked like new.

The guards below also heard the shouting of the son above their heads, and looked up at the son with some confusion, and the son jumped excitedly and said to the guards below: "Quick! Grab my stroller, I'm going to ride it now! ”

Seeing the excited appearance of the son, Cai'er was a little puzzled, in her opinion, there was nothing unusual about the stroller below, and even the style was still very old, it looked a little bulky, and now the strollers sold in some stores were much lighter and more beautiful than this stroller.

Li Zhi saw the puzzlement in Cai'er's eyes, and whispered in Cai'er's ear: "This stroller was specially made for the son when the sixth brother invented the bicycle, it can be said to be the first stroller in our Datang, and it is also one of the favorite toys of the son before, and I am usually not even allowed to touch it!" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's explanation, Cai'er understood, but her eyes were full of envy when she looked at her son, when she and Li Su met, they were already ten years old, if it was a few years earlier, then she could also be like her son, let her cousin Li Su give her these fun toys.

At this time, the guard had already carried the stroller to the boat, and the son ran over with the corner of the skirt and asked the guard to put down the stroller, and then she jumped on it and wanted to ride like when she was a child, but when Li Su gave the stroller, she was just three years old, and now the son is already eleven years old, and his hands and feet are much longer than when he was a child, so he can't sit down at all, and finally he can only pout and get out of the car.

Seeing that the son was puffing up because he couldn't ride the car, Cai'er walked up with a smile and comforted: "Don't be angry, when we get to Taiwan, let my cousin make you a bigger car!" ”

"Cai'er is right, the sixth brother's brain is so smart, let him help him design a few more toys, and our next stop is Dengzhou, don't you always want to take the kind of train that eats coal? When the time comes, Brother Jiu will take you to sit down! Li Zhi also hurriedly diverted his son's attention.

As soon as he talked about taking the train, the son immediately shifted his attention, hugged Cai'er excitedly and said: "Sister Cai'er, tell me that the train is fun, the people in my palace said that after the train eats the charcoal, all that is spewed out is white clouds, and then the train runs on top of the white clouds, is this true?" ”

Although trains have been invented for several years, and in coastal areas such as Dengzhou and Shanghai, they have also begun to be popularized, but due to the huge cost of building railroad tracks, few cities have built railways on a large scale, and only in Dengzhou and Shanghai, there are several railway networks running through the whole city.

The railways outside Dengzhou and Shanghai are generally built in the necessary places, and they are all in coastal cities not far from the state and Shanghai. As for the inland areas of Guanzhong, one is that the new thing such as the train is not understood, and the second is that the construction cost of the railway is too large, and the cement road in Guanzhong is also extended in all directions, and the demand for the railway is not too large, so until now, Chang'an and other inland areas have not built a railway, and it is not surprising that the son has never seen a train. As for what she just said, it was all hearsay from the palace maids in the palace, and it was impossible to do it accurately.

Hearing the strange description of the train, Cai'er laughed and said: "It's true that the train eats charcoal, but what it spews out is not white clouds, but a kind of choking black smoke, and it is not on the road above the white clouds, but on a special rail, the speed is not fast, you can catch up with it by riding a horse, but it does not need to rest like a horse, as long as there is charcoal and water, and if there is no problem, the train can keep running!" ”

Hearing that the train is not running on the white clouds, the son couldn't help but be a little disappointed 'ah', but when he heard that the train can run forever without rest, the son couldn't help but be a little interested in the train, and now pestered Cai'er to ask about the steam boat, and Cai'er told the son about the steamboat, in addition to some customs and folklore in Dengzhou, such as whaling and the like, which made the son yearn for Dengzhou, urging Li Zhi to hurry up and start the boat, she wanted to catch a whale with her own hands and send it to her father and mother, which made Li Zhi and Cai'er laugh.

Li Zhi waited until all the things they brought were loaded onto the ship, and immediately ordered the ship to sail, after all, it was not early now, if it was a little later, it would not be able to arrive in Dengzhou at night.

Li Zhi and his son are both going to sea for the first time, so when they see the land behind them getting farther and farther away, and the endless blue sea in front of them, both of them are very excited, and the son is running around on the deck, holding the telescope from the captain in his hand, and looking around on the sea surface excitedly, especially when he sees a whale spraying water on the sea, which makes the son even more happy, and runs to the bed crossbow on the top of the boat, and then asks the soldier to put on a good crossbow arrow, she is ready to 'shoot' the whale with her own hands, but the son's The feat was still not accomplished, because their boat had already dived into the water before their ship could bring the whale into their range.

However, the son did not give up because of a failure, and they encountered several whales out of the water along the way, but these whales are very smart, especially in the past few years when the whaling ships have been operating aggressively, they have learned not to let human ships come close to them, so the whaling operation of the son has not been successful.

Cangzhou is not far from Dengzhou, after a day of sailing, the King of Qi with Li Zhen, Cai'er, and his son, finally came to Dengzhou, and when their ship docked, a train with black smoke, in the crisp whistle, slowly drove into the dock! (To be continued......)