Life is like a long journey, on the way through mountains and rivers, canyons and ravines, whether the flowers are full of flowers, or the maple leaves are red all over, no matter all things are blooming, or the cherry blossoms and snow are all over the sky, it is always a passerby, a prosperity, when you suddenly look back, only to find that no matter how long the journey is always so short.

It's too late to say goodbye, let alone take a second look.

Dreaming back to Datang, there is always a sense of unreality in Xu Yang's heart, and he tries his best to hold it, but he is worried that what he finally holds is just a ghost, Nan Ke is a dream.

All kinds of things in this world are like prosperity, and people in two lives are even more unable to see the meaning of life.

People say, "The strong man stands at the top of everyone." Xu Yang in his previous life believed in this sentence very much, trampling everyone under his feet and making them look up to themselves, this is what successful people should do. But Xu Yang is confused now, he has a lot of money, countless properties, and is worth tens of thousands, he also has the right, a lord, who can win the respect of the people.

In later generations, he could proudly drive a sports car, hug the tender model, throw a lot of money, be full of tyrants, arrogantly make everyone envious, and let everyone call him a successful person.

However, why did the poor Tang people he saw along the way not feel the slightest excitement because he had more money than them? For a piece of salt, brothers can hold knives against each other; For ten copper coins, biological parents can sell their daughters as concubines; For a few ploughing cattle, you can do things like villagers fighting; In the most severe drought in Shandong, the matter of changing children and eating also happens from time to time.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was by no means as prosperous and eye-catching as recorded in the history books, and the foundation of Li Shimin's killing of the Quartet was based on the contributions of these poor people throughout their lives, in a sense, the so-called rise of the country was not a person's political achievements at all, but those exploited people, who all had a common name: the people.

Li Er is still young and vigorous, and he can't say "Jun, Zhouye; People, water too. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. This kind of emperor's insight into the power of the people, not only him, but even the later generations of Mao Taizu also said under the accumulation of many years: "History is created by the people, not by those heroes and prime ministers." This kind of truth-piercing words.

When people go far, they should stop and summarize the gains and losses of the road ahead, so that they can go more steadily and further. Pick up a piece of experience once in a while to continue the journey more happily.

Xu Yang crossed his fingers and quietly thought about what he had done in the four months he had been in Datang.

Glass, roasted tea, brewing, car making, garment making, road construction, and museum building.

On average, one thing is completed in less than a month, and now, these things have formed an industry in Youzhou, the people of the Tang Dynasty are very ignorant, but they are also very smart, ignorant because they do not know how to innovate, and have always adhered to the ancient law and followed the ancient teachings of their ancestors; To say that they are smart means that once they tell them something, they will do their best to improve it, and no matter how many thorns and storms lie ahead, they can always find the best way to solve it.

When the stadium was built, he told the workers that the use of pulleys can lift things to a high place, but after a few days, when he went to the construction site, he saw a combination of multiple pulley sets, and there are constantly craftsmen in the improvement, I heard that now Zheng Wendu of Youzhou has made a steam engine to drive the pulley to work on the machine, but the stability is still to be discussed.

However, this also made Xu Yang a little surprised, he did not expect these people to use the steam engine in practice so quickly, in Europe from the discovery of the steam engine in 1679 by Niddens 'Papen to the improvement of the steam engine by Watt, and then to the appearance of the first steam train in 1807, it took a whole century for Europeans to transition from the invention of the steam engine to the use of the steam engine.

In Youzhou, this time has been shortened to just a few months.

I can't help but sigh at the great wisdom of the ancient Chinese working people, generally as long as there is no ancient precept as a fetter, their imagination will also gallop like a wild imagination, which makes people's eyes shine.

Xu Yang stood at the bow of the boat, and now he should have entered the Jing River, the clear water surface is rippling and sparkling in the sun, and the water quality of the Jing River is many times better than that of the Jing River in later generations.

The two banks have entered the plain, and there are still some houses to be seen, and some women are constantly beating their clothes with mallets by the river, and some soaphorns are placed next to them, and many children are playing in the water not far away.

Looking at those laughing children, Xu Yang also smiled, the people of the Tang Dynasty are good at this, they are like small saplings in the rainstorm, weeds in the big dry land, they will not break lightly after wind and rain, as long as they give some water, they can grow all over the mountains, they do not have high requirements for life, as long as they have a stutter to live, it is the satisfaction of life.

Clenched, fists, the softest string in his heart was gently plucked, Xu Yang made that promise in his heart over and over again: believe me, I will let you live a better life.

"Sir, you will arrive at Chang'an City in ten miles ahead." Father-in-law Cao also said with a red face, after a month of travel, he was finally able to go back to rest and rest.

"Hmm." Xu Yang also stared intently in the direction of Chang'an, looking forward to the first encounter thousands of years ago.

The boat travels very fast, although it is a countercurrent, but the eight rivers around Chang'an, Wei, Jing, Feng, waterlogging, Wei, Zhu, Chan, Ba eight rivers around Chang'an The flow is very slow, and soon the boatman drove the boat to the Baqiao ferry.

Baqiao ferry is famous in the Tang Dynasty, how many different scenes have been staged here, folding willows to send the king, drinking and saying goodbye, generally from Chang'an to send the most cherished relatives and friends are sent to Baqiao to say goodbye, this has become an unwritten rule.

The group got off the boat from the Baqiao ferry, and just got on the Baqiao Bridge, they heard a faint copper bell in the distance, Liu Qiyi jumped three feet high, this sound he couldn't be more familiar with, this is the copper bell specially built by the Liu family caravan.

Since Xu Yang and Liu Dongliang talked about the brand effect, Liu Dongliang, the head of the family, ordered all the glass produced in the family to be printed with a few words. Youzhou Liu's house', later developed into the wine industry, and then the roasted tea industry, and later the caravan hired by the Liu family was also different from others, just like to carry the copper bell, other people's caravans are cautious for fear of encountering robbers, the caravan of the Liu family does not care about these, each time the goods are transported at least three dart bureau escorts, eighty or ninety dart masters, two eight-bull crossbows, that momentum, it is enough to fight a bandit village, and no one dares to rob the dart.

Therefore, Liu's business is getting bigger and bigger, and now it has negotiated the merger with a number of local dart bureaus in Youzhou, Liu Dongliang is also a good person, after learning the truth of 'partner is to expand the industry' from Xu Yang, he is worthy of being a person who has been doing business for many years, fighting all the way, and has eaten the market in Youzhou, and the monopoly is handy, and the emperor is far away, but he has not been reprimanded.

Liu Qi walked towards that side along the copper bell, only to see a caravan of a car is also a large number of people, there are several big flags on the dart car, and carefully look at the "Tianfeng Dart Bureau", "Longwei Dart Bureau" and "Zhenyuan Dart Bureau" Several big flags are fluttering in the wind, which is the current three major dart games in Youzhou.

"Haha!" Liu Qida smiled and bowed to Xu Yang, and said excitedly: "Sir, it's our dart car." ”

Xu Yang also smiled and nodded, and as soon as he raised his head, Liu Qi immediately ran towards the convoy over there.

When he arrived at the dart car, Liu Qi stopped the carriage in front, and several big men with tigers on their backs, holding waist knives, stared at Liu Qi with a wary face, this is almost to Chang'an, and the darts pressed this time are about to be delivered, but the gangsters can't be robbed now.

"Let your stewards come out." Liu Qi said arrogantly.

Several big men looked displeased, but there was still a big man who went to the back car to ask the steward, thinking in his heart that if this kid didn't know the steward, he would chop this kid with a knife, Datang law stipulates that if you intercept the dart car for no reason, you can be directly killed as a thief, and you don't even need to report it to the government.

Soon there was an old man in the back of the convoy, who was also a veteran of the Liu family, and every time he darted, he followed the Liu family's convoy to take care of it.

Just now he was sitting in the carriage drinking tea, and suddenly heard the dart master call himself, saying that there was a small Langjun in front of the bridge who was holding the road, and he wanted to see the steward, so he got out of the car in confusion, and he didn't know anyone in Chang'an except for the people in Liu's shop.

But just after getting out of the car and walking a few steps, I glanced at the front of the convoy and knew who it was, the red man Liu Qi in front of Lord Xu was also, to say that this Liu Qi was really lucky, he used to be in a farm family in Youzhou County, a few years ago in Youzhou County, there was no harvest in the field, and his parents sold him to the Liu family in Youzhou as a servant for ten dollars.

A few days ago, when serving the second young grandmother, a glass was broken, and the second young grandmother ordered someone to beat him to death directly, and was finally saved by Young Master Xu Yang, Young Master Xu Yang is very merciful, not only spent money to treat his injury, but also taught him a bicycle when the injury was healed, at that time, the young lady ate Liu Qi's vinegar, and later Liu Qi became Young Master Xu Yang's personal servant, where Young Master Xu Yang went, he became a leg of the young master, and later became less and less like a servant, and Young Master Xu Yang is not big or small, to say that this Young Master Xu Yang is also a rare genius in the world, only a few months later, he was named the Marquis, and he became the lord of Xu Yang, with 300 fiefs, and Liu Qi's status is even more incredible, and Xu Yang also helped him relieve the slave's household registration.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven. Liu Qi is the chicken who ascended to heaven, I heard that he had to follow the young master to Chang'an City to face the saint, he has been traveling for more than a month, and he has just arrived, how did he meet him here.

didn't think much about it, the old gentleman hurriedly went up and hugged his fist, although he looked down on Liu Qi, but he beat the dog to see the master, this is a celebrity of the lord, it is better not to offend or not to offend.

"Haha, Steward Liu, the lord often says that there is no meeting in life, and when I see each other today, it is like every other three autumns." Liu Qi has been by Xu Yang's side for a long time, and this nonsensical fan is also the essence of learning, and he greeted Steward Liu with a smile.

What is said is that the old man followed the dart car team for more than a month and 3 days, and only arrived in Chang'an today. I don't know where the lord is, so the old man should pay a visit. Steward Liu said respectfully.

"It's right in front of you, come with me, hehe." Liu Qi was very happy.

The old man in the green shirt followed Liu Qi towards the Baqiao, and the dart masters who watched were a little dazed.

"Hey, let's take a look, that little Langjun just now seems to be a big man."

"You can't judge people by their appearance, I heard that there are many nobles in Chang'an City, any passer-by may be a noble, but it's not like the poor countryside like our Youzhou, brothers, let's be careful." Several of the dart masters nodded their heads.

Seeing Xu Yang from a distance, the old man Qingshan hurriedly took a few steps forward, bowed in front of Xu Yang, and said, "Liu Fangga, the elder of the Liu family, has seen the lord. ”

"No courtesy, no courtesy, one of the four joys of life, I met my old acquaintance in another country, and it is also fate to see Steward Liu today, let's have a drink in Chang'an in the future." Xu Yang was also very happy.

"No!" The old man in the green shirt was very excited, as long as the Liu family was close to Xu Yang, the status of the family was unusually high now, and it was also a blessing from heaven that he could enter the eyes of the lord.

The father-in-law next to him couldn't stand it anymore, but they wanted to go to the palace early to receive the reward, and then take a good rest, the father-in-law Cao whispered to Xu Yang: "Sir, it's time to face the saint." ”

Xu Yang smiled: "Okay, let's go into the palace with a few fathers-in-law." ”

"Let's go!"

Everyone walked towards the Mingde Gate, and the caravan slowly moved.

(Thank you for the lazy luxury, the swirling fallen leaves, and the reward from Xuanyu ★ Xuanzun, thank you!) ）