The breeze swept across the sea, and the smooth blue was like fine silk, undulating in the sun, glowing with a little golden light. The white-feathered and red-billed birds flew around the boat, occasionally making a call, as if they were happy with the refreshing and far-reaching scenery.

Chen Ying sat by the window, staring into the distance, her mind was a little trance, and she only felt that everything in front of her seemed like a dream.

If it weren't for her personal experience, she would no longer have believed that the Great Chu Dynasty, which was in the feudal era, could also have the time to look at the sea and see the vastness of the world by the railing.

In the ancient times of the previous life, this would have been unimaginable to her.

Looking at the sea in the distance, which was as flat as a mirror, Chen Ying's words floated in Li's mind again:

"Your uncle's appointment this time is actually a long time in advance, Your Majesty has a decree, your uncle will make a detour from Dengzhou Mansion to Jinan, and inspect the people's situation along the way, and present the book."

When they said this, they had already left the Guogong Mansion and were sitting in the carriage to Beizhili, and after Li Shi's words, he said to Chen Ying apologetically: "I have discussed this matter with your brother, and he means the same as Wei Niang, and he is also looking forward to going out and leaving the capital." Because you were busy with some case at that time, I was afraid that my mother would distract you, so I didn't tell you. ”

Chen Ying knew that this was Li's selfishness as a mother, and she was afraid that her daughter would be too swaggering and cause trouble in Shengjing Mansion, so she hid it from Chen Ying and made a travel plan with Li Heng.

This is the love from relatives, Chen Ying just likes to be a detective, and he will not ignore it, so he smiled and comforted Li a few words, and gently revealed this matter.

At this time, feeling the sea breeze caressing his face, listening to the short and loud chirp of the seagulls, Chen Ying thought, this is actually very good, come out for a walk, take a look at the great rivers and mountains of the Great Chu Dynasty, it is also worth this life.

Taking a step back, what she wants to do may not be good in the capital, and it is a good way to leave, the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, but it saves a lot of trouble.

Thinking like this, Chen Ying's eyebrows frowned again.

Uncle Li Heng was clearly going to Jinan to take up his post, but now he inexplicably went to Dengzhou Mansion, which is far away from Jinan, Chen Ying always felt that this might be related to the disaster in Shandong.

Before this, she had occasionally heard Pei Shu mention that Shandong had been in arrears for many years, and the homeless people were homeless, and His Majesty was very worried.

Judging from this situation, Emperor Yuanjia ordered Li Heng to make a detour to Dengzhou Mansion, which was the most severely affected, not necessarily because he had the intention of ordering him to make an unannounced visit. And Li Heng also turned out to be as Chen Ying expected, he never stayed in the official post at all this way, and only claimed to be an ordinary scholar to the outside world.

Take a carriage from Shengjing City to Jizhou, and then transfer from Jizhou to Tanggu, you can buy a boat into the sea.

The shipping of the Great Chu Dynasty was more developed than Chen Ying imagined, Tanggu is the largest inland sea port in China, from Tanggu to Dengzhou Mansion by sea ship, this is a shortcut, the time consumed on the journey is shorter than taking the land route by one-third.

It can be seen that this route was carefully selected by Li Heng, which is not only fast, but also has a very low risk factor. The security situation of the location of Shengjing Mansion will naturally not be bad, Beizhili is the largest province of Dachu, located in the key chong, rich in products, and built a magnificent summer palace, natural security is also good, and Shandong Province is also a simple folk customs, although due to the disaster caused by the annual poor harvest, Emperor Yuanjia is extremely sympathetic to the people, every year there is a large amount of money and goods transported to Shandong, but there is no civil unrest, and I have never heard of pirates infested, so this road can be called smooth.

"Girl, don't stay in this tuyere all the time, this sea is not stubborn, if you get caught in the wind, it will not be good." Seeing Chen Ying leaning against the window and looking at the sea again, Xun Zhen persuaded softly, and stepped forward to close the delicate round window.

This time I left Beijing, Xun Zhen and Zhishi all came out, and Feng's mother was also listed, but Luo's mother was left in the Guogong Mansion, and Li ordered her to take care of her family, and left her the address of Jinan Mansion, and sent a letter to Li's house when she had something.

Chen Ying got up and left the window and asked Xunzhen, "Where are my mother and brother?" ”

Xun Zhen said: "Madame is talking to my uncle and wife in the back cabin, and the second master has made an appointment with two cousins to fish, and now they are both in the bow of the boat." As she spoke, she laughed and said, "I don't know how this boat can catch fish when it walks in the sea?" The second master and they were in high spirits, and the people below followed the fun, and there were a few old boatmen to help prepare the guys, and the second master also said that after catching a fish, everyone would add vegetables at noon. ”

Li Heng has been an official for many years, and he has a wide range of people, and he is quite familiar with the owner of the "Baolong", which is known as the richest businessman in the Great Chu Dynasty, and the Baolong also has a building ship to go to sea.

It is naturally a good thing that someone on the road takes care of it, and besides, Chen Jun has never been out of the capital for so long, and he is even more natural to jump out, how can he not be excited and excited when he sees this vast sea at first glance? He didn't say that jumping into the sea and splashing in the water was good, and fishing for a fish was really nothing.

"Since those boatmen said they could catch fish, they must be able to." Chen Ying said with a smile, sorting out the books on the desk, knowing that she was really on the sidelines, she came over and took her hand, and said softly: "Come, girl, rest." ”

Xun Zhen was still thinking about the sea fishing, and at this time, he showed a yearning look on his face, and involuntarily swallowed his saliva, and said: "The fish in the sea don't know what they look like, fat or not?" Are there many thorns? ”

Chen Ying laughed when she said this, and Zhishi rolled up the book to knock her on the head, and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? I want to eat it in the town, and you are hungry for the fish in the lotus pond in the house, and the things in this sea can also be eaten indiscriminately? ”

The master and servant were laughing to themselves, when they suddenly heard a crisp voice outside: "Is my cousin here?" ”

Hearing this, knowing the truth and seeking the truth were silent, Xunzhen walked to the door first, opened the curtain outward, and said with a smile: "The cousin girl is here, please come in, the girl is in the house." With that, he turned sideways and let the man into the cabin.

The visitor was Chen Ying's cousin Li Xi.

Li Heng has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Li Gong is 16 years old this year, the second son Li Ke is 14 years old, and the daughter Li Xi is 13 years old this year, only two months younger than Chen Ying.

Xu is affected by the environment, or teaching by example is better than teaching, Li Heng himself is diligent and prudent in his studies and officials, but there is no lack of flexibility, several of his children are also very good, especially Li Gong, who has been very smart since he was a child, at the age of eight at a spring banquet by the great Confucian Liu Gongbi at a glance, so he worshiped his disciple to study, and at the age of thirteen, he went to high school to show talent.