To the south of the Liaohe Loop, there is a Xining Fort.

The fort is adjacent to the Sanchai River, and is next to the Great Wall of Liao, which is a small water and land rush.

Around Xining Fort, there were many military households living in the Ming Dynasty, but now they have long been different. The fort is still there, the water and soil are eternal, and the residents living in this land have completely become a new appearance.

The Liaoguo Mansion was built next to the fort, which used to be the house of the Pang family.

After Pang Chunlai returned to his hometown, he has been looking for relatives and fellow villagers. The relatives really couldn't find it, but the villagers found a few, and felt a little relieved.

In early summer, the weather is just right.

There was a reclining chair in the courtyard, and the guards carried Pang Chunlai to the courtyard, and with the help of several servants, carefully placed it on the reclining chair to bask in the sun.

Liao Guogong was hemiplegic, and even delirious in severe cases.

The spirit seemed to be better on this day, Pang Chunlai grinned, and his words were slightly ambiguous: "Qingya, do you still remember, when we went to Shandong to catch the exam?" ”

Li Mengsi, whose name is Qingya, is the same as Pang Chunlai, and he is the son of a hereditary military attache of the Ming Dynasty.

When the Tartars came, Li Mengsi fled to Guannei, and then went to Shaanxi to defect to his father's old robe. At that time, the king of the army from all walks of life, Li Mengsi was also in the army, and he also made a salary together, and later returned to Shaanxi, and went south to avoid Li Zicheng.

Going around and around, Li Mengsi became a common man of the new dynasty, returned to Liaodong in response to the immigration policy, settled down in the fields, and studied in the field.

Due to the lack of literate people, it was learned that Li Mengsi had been a lifter, and local officials also hired him as a teacher.

From the newspaper, Li Mengsi knew that his former classmate had become a national prince, but he still taught in a rural primary school. The county opened a middle school, and Li Mengsi was transferred to teach in the middle school, and when he retired, he was already the principal of the county middle school.

Li Mengsi's body was quite tough, he took the tea handed by the maid, looked at the blue sky and fell into memory: "At that time, other talents took the sea route, and the two of us went by land together. All the way to the Daming River and Mountain, over the mountain customs, visit the North Zhili, from Tianjin to Shandong. ”

Pang Chunlai had a smile on his face, and his smile was stiff due to hemiplegia: "Do you remember the son-in-law of Pingshan Wei Deng's commanding family?" ”

"Why don't you remember?" Li Mengsi also laughed, "Your father and Commander Deng are old acquaintances, when you passed through Dongchang Mansion, you took the name thorn to pay a visit, and Commander Deng stayed with us for a few days." The son-in-law of the Deng family, who is fifteen years old and unmarried. When we first met, your eyes were straight. ”

Pang Chunlai wanted to laugh, but his mouth couldn't open widely: "Your eyeballs are about to fall to the ground." ”

Li Mengsi shook his head and laughed: "You and I are jealous and have a fight." At that time, I was not engaged, and it was time for me to pursue a beautiful woman. You already have a marriage contract, but you still want to rob me, it's really shameless. ”

Pang Chunlai recalled: "I still remember that she was wearing an emerald lake silk blouse, which was a popular new style in Yangzhou. The sleeves are narrower and fresh and crisp. The hair ornament is not cumbersome, only a jade hairpin is inserted, and the pendant is a lake pearl, swaying with the wind when walking. We broke through the door and almost collided with her......"

Li Mengsi said: "It seems that you are sincere, decades have passed, and you still remember it so clearly." I have forgotten the appearance of Brother Deng, and I can't remember what clothes she was wearing, but I can vaguely remember her rolling her eyes. That pretty look, cute and cute, hahahaha! ”

"Well, I don't know if she's still alive." Pang Chunlai sighed.

Li Mengsi said: "I hope the deceased is healthy." ”

Pang Chunlai asked someone to inquire, only to know that his first love married and went to Yanzhou, and fled to Jiangsu with his husband's family. At that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, and there was a plague epidemic, and it is unknown whether he died on the way.

The two were silent and said no more.

After a long time, Li Mengsi suddenly said: "I have often dreamed in the past two years, dreaming of returning to the last years of Wanli. At the beginning of spring, when the snow melted, we were classmates and made an appointment to ride horses, singing and laughing about killing Tartars to serve the country. My brother Li Mengzhou seems to have never surrendered to Tartart, and he is still the hot-blooded boy he was at the beginning. ”

"Don't mention it...... Mention him, cough cough cough! Pang Chunlai suddenly became excited, and his facial muscles were trembling.

Pang Chunlai adopted four sons and one daughter, the daughter is married, the three sons are officials in other places, and only the young son is left by his side to fulfill his filial piety.

At this time, the young son helped him sit up and patted his back to give Pang Chunlai a good breath.

Li Mengsi was in tears, as if he was recalling the unbearable past. Suddenly, Li Mengsi covered his face with his hands, and his entire upper body lay on his lap, sitting there whimpering and crying alone.

"Dangdang, dangdang!"

Someone knocked on the head of the shop outside, and the door asked as he walked, "Who?" ”

The official outside the door shouted: "From the county, the prince is about to come to the Guogong Mansion, and he has already entered the boundary of this county, Chen Zhixian asked me to report in advance." ”

"The Prince?"

Menzi suddenly quickened his pace and opened the door to welcome the official in.

The imperial court assigned guards to the Liaoguo Mansion, and Pang Chunlai didn't like a lot of people, so there were only four guards left, and there was no need to stand guard at the gate.

Hearing that the prince was coming, the servants in the palace began to work, and the four guards also stood guard around the clock.

After waiting for a few days, the prince finally arrived, and he didn't go to the county seat, but went directly to the countryside to visit the Duke of Liao. The county officials waited for a while, and when they learned that the prince was walking around the city, they hurriedly chased after him in groups.

Pang Chunlai was carried to the gate and lay down, and as soon as the prince's guards who opened the way arrived, the adopted son and the male maid helped him to his feet.

Zhao Kuanghuan had already heard that Pang Chunlai was paralyzed, and when he saw this situation, he hurriedly stepped forward, hugged him and said, "No, the old gentleman is inconvenient, don't torture the juniors." ”

"It's okay, you can still stand firm." Pang Chun said.

Zhao Kuanghuan turned around and bent over, forcibly picked up Pang Chunlai, and walked towards the gate with the old man on his back in the surprised eyes of everyone.

Pang Chunlai didn't stick to the rules anymore, he lay on Zhao Kuanghuan's back, and said with a smile: "I didn't hurt you in vain when I was a child, how is my good grandson lately?" ”

Zhao Kuanghuan said as he walked: "It's very good, and so is my father." ”

Pang Chunlai asked: "I read the newspaper, I was fighting in the Western Regions last year, and I said that I had recovered Tang Shishache. Are you still fighting? ”

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "When my grandson left Beijing, he had already recovered the Green Ridge, and it seemed that he was going to attack Dawan's hometown. ”

"Good, good, Your Majesty's grand cause will be accomplished!" Pang Chunlai is old and open.

Behind the two, a large group of people followed, but they did not dare to disturb their talk.

When he came to the courtyard, Pang Chun said: "Right here, I don't like to go into the house, I feel moldy when I sit in the house." ”

The recliner had already been brought over, Zhao Kuanghuan put Pang Chunlai down, and the county officials came to see the prince and the Duke of Liao.

Pang Chunlai pointed at Li Mengsi and said, "This is my former classmate of Weixue, Li Mengsi, Li Qingya. ”

"Meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Li Mengsi gave up.

Zhao Kuanghuan replied: "The old gentleman is fine." ”

Li Mengsi said: "Don't dare, the prince is in trouble." ”

Pang Chunlai pointed to another person: "Chen Huanliang, the county magistrate of this county, is not bad in politics, but it is very annoying, and he has to come to annoy me several times a year." ”

Zhao Kuanghuan immediately understood what he meant, and arched his hand: "Thank you Chen Zhixian for taking care of you." ”

"What is within the division, what is within the division." Chen Huanliang hurriedly said.

Pang Chunlai fainted several times, Chen Huanliang, as the magistrate, dared not come to visit Grandpa Guo, and even brought Korean ginseng to the door every time.

Pang Chunlai asked, "How many children does Your Highness have?" ”

Zhao Kuanghuan replied: "Three sons and two daughters, and another son died. ”

Pang Chun said: "The prince has been married for many years, and he only has five children, so he still needs to work hard." He also said, "If you don't covet women, you can be a good emperor in the future." ”

"Father is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, I didn't think about it so far." Zhao Kuanghuan said.

Pang Chunlai asked, "You said in your letter that you started to approve the chapters?" ”

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "Some things that are not big or small, the cabinet needs to report, and my father thinks it is cumbersome, so I asked me to approve the red treatment, and then handed it over to my father to read and see." The grandson is dull and does not do well, and has been reprimanded by his father several times. ”

"You were scolded, are you convinced? Let's be honest. Pang Chunlai said with a smile.

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "Convincing." ”

Pang Chunlai said: "Convince a fart." You are like your father when you are young, you have an idea in your heart, you are obedient on the surface, but you are definitely not convinced in your heart. ”

"How dare you, my father is the holy monarch of the world, and it must be right to handle government affairs." Of course, Zhao Kuanghuan will not admit it.

Pang Chunlai estimated that his sanity was affected by the disease, and he was not as cautious as before, and the more he said, the more outrageous it became: "My tomb has been repaired, why hasn't the emperor's mausoleum been built yet?" ”

Zhao Kuanghuan sighed: "My father has his own deep meaning. ”

Pang Chunlai said: "If it's inconvenient, you can tell me alone at night." Suddenly, he pointed at Chen Zhixian again, "Don't let you run in vain, come and report your achievements." ”

Chen Huanliang's expression was a little embarrassed, because his heart was exposed.

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "If you say it, you can say it." ”

Chen Huanliang said with sincere fear: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, there are more than 103,000 people in this county. More than two officials were appointed to the post, and more than 6,000 acres of wasteland were newly opened. In addition, the people were organized to dredge the river and build the river embankment, and the county's Changguang Road has been reopened. ”

"What is Changguang Road?" Zhao Kuanghuan asked.

Chen Huanliang said: "Returning to Your Highness, the Liao River and the Great Liao River were still one in the Yuan Dynasty. In the five years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the river was divided into two, namely the Liao River and the Great Liao River. The Da Liao River is newly separated, and the surrounding water network is complex, due to sediment accumulation, the riverbed is rising day by day, and the river course is constantly changing. In the area of Liaozhong, most of them are swamps, also known as Liaoze. ”

"In the pre-Ming Dynasty, the road and river were dredged, and the Changguang Road was built, starting from Haizhou in the east and reaching the county in the west. If you take the land route in the Guannai, when you arrive in this county, you must take the Changguang Road before you can transport it to Haizhou and Shenyang. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the siltation of the river and the flooding of the river, Changguang Road had been abandoned, and Chongzhen and Tartar were unable to repair it. ”

"I recovered Liaodong in the DPRK, and the supplies were mostly taken by sea, so I was not in a hurry to repair Changguang Road. In recent years, the population of eastern Liaoning has been increasing, and the resumption of land transportation is imminent. As a result, the province issued a decree calling for the restoration of Changguang Road. Governor Yu asked my two counties to work together to dredge and restore traffic. ”

"The restoration of Changguang Road in this county is half a year faster than that of neighboring counties, and it has not disturbed the people too much."

Zhao Kuanghuan nodded approvingly: "Good!" ”

Like the Yellow River, the Da Liao River has a lot of sediment and is often diverted. Even in New China a few hundred years later, the Great Liao River was diverted three times.

At this time, the Da Liao River and the nearby water network were full of swamps.

The Ming Dynasty has been draining swamp water and turning swamps into cultivated land. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, they were busy fighting, the river collapsed and the lake flats, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not dredge, the river overflowed and dumped, and the swamp area slowly increased.

Today's Datong New Dynasty is busy draining swamps, dredging rivers, and cleaning up water networks.

Don't talk about protecting wetlands, productivity hasn't developed to that point.

Chen Huanliang said proudly: "This county is the county that grows the most rice in the entire northeast. Most of the swamps that have been reclaimed have been turned into fertile land, which can feed countless people. ”