Today is an auspicious day for travel, and many people who are going to travel far away choose to start today. A gorgeous carriage marched in the direction of Luoyang under the support of the guards, extremely fast but very steady, next to the carriage, a handsome young man sat on the horse and looked forward to Zixiong, this young man was none other than Wang Qingyun, it was no one else in the carriage, it was Wang Jiu'er, Wang Jiu'er was holding the poetry book in a daze, there were poems on it, and even the poem that could be written in the last few days was on it.

"The spring water is blue in the sky, and the boat is painted to listen to the rain. The people on the edge are like the moon, and the frost and snow are condensed on the wrists. With such a poem and such a Jiangnan, who doesn't want to travel? ”

Wang Jiu'er couldn't help but praise, those who haven't written poems for a long time can really be extraordinary as soon as they make a move, just when Wang Shengnan sighed, she suddenly moved in her heart and lifted the curtain, because she suddenly heard the pedestrians outside seem to mention the words "Huatinghou".

"It's really Huatinghou! I've seen it with my own eyes, and there are so many soldiers! There are cavalry, and there are many soldiers carrying stick-like things, which should be the legendary musketeers! ”

"I saw it too, I saw it too, and there was a pretty girl on a white horse!"

"Gee, that's unheard, isn't it? That's Princess Pearl! ”

"Oh, it's amazing, it's really amazing, Huating Hou is really a good blessing! There is a princess to accompany you in Chang'an, and there is a princess to accompany you when you leave Chang'an! ”

Wang Jiu'er didn't know that Princess Zhenzhu was actually with Li Yong? Met Li Yong? In other words, Li Yong actually went south today?

"Sister, what's the matter?"

When Wang Jiu'er complained in her heart, Wang Qingyun saw Wang Jiu'er raise the curtain and hurriedly came up.

"This is a cement official road! How can you rush like a turtle crawling? What is the purpose of building a cement official road? Isn't it just to speed up the journey? At your speed, when will you be able to get to Jiangnan? ”

Wang Qingyun turned his head and shouted, and at the same time squeezed his eyebrows at the guards, the meaning was very obvious, they all slowed down to labor and management, in fact, Wang Qingyun was not stupid, he didn't hear the words just now, Wang Jiu'er clearly wanted to catch up, how about this road no matter how fast it goes? The cement road is like this, and it's still far from Jiangnan! Wang Qingyun was stunned, is this still slow? It's a carriage! What do you want to fly?

"Didn't you hear? Don't speed it up yet! ”

The long team walked on the dirt road with difficulty, under the cement official road, everyone sincerely realized the benefits of the cement official road, but can pass Luoyang without entering, but under the Yongsheng path straight to the east, Li Yong this time to rush to Luokoucang, take a boat into the Tongji Canal, and then go south along the Grand Canal, this is still the first time to come to the eastern capital Luoyang! Luoyang, is the second largest city in the Tang Dynasty, prosperous only in Chang'an, although not as many as Chang'an, but there are many families and wealthy businessmen, and can not carry any heavy goods, so go extremely fast, but more than two days to the eastern capital of Luoyang, since there is a cement official road, from Chang'an to Luoyang is only two or three days, now he can't wait to be as far away as he can, although Wang Qingyun did not participate in the reward, but also heard some rumors, this young master is so handsome, What if I am mistaken for it? Do you know how dangerous it is right now? Can you chase? Are you kidding?

"I really want to build the cement road to every town in Datang as soon as possible!"

Wu Cao lifted the curtain and sighed.

"It is a difficult and long-term task to build cement roads to every town in Datang!"

Li Yong smiled and said, however, after thinking about it, he suddenly felt that the engineering team led by Xu Jingzong really had the posture of infrastructure madness, and he couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard it, and he also built a cement road in Tubo, you should have an infrastructure madness now? There is a way to go from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift.

"When will we be able to build a cement road in Tibet!"

In the luxurious carriage, Princess Pearl yearned. Luokou Cang is also called Xingluocang, located at the mouth of the Luohe River into the Yellow River, can flow along the Luohe River to the west, can flow into the sea along the Yellow River east, can enter the Grand Canal to the north and south, the transportation is convenient, radiating all directions, every year the grain in the south will be transported north along the Grand Canal to Luokou Cang, supplying Chang'an and Luoyang, which can be described as one of the most important granaries of Datang. Every year when it comes to transporting grain, a thousand boats a day, it is magnificent, now is the spring ploughing season, not the busiest time to transport grain, even so the wharf is still in full swing, looking around, thousands of sails are competing, Princess Zhenzhu saw this scene on the wharf, a coquettish cry.

"Wow! What a boat! What a big ship! ”

What a big ship? Are you trying to make me laugh on purpose? May I ask if you came here with a smile? Crosstalk is good! You can shake your head secretly, I really want to stay away from this princess of the buns, he suddenly regrets taking Princess Zhenzhu now, no, he has never planned to bring it, it is Princess Zhenzhu who has the cheekiness to follow, but not only Princess Zhenzhu screamed, but the maids who saw such a scene for the first time also exclaimed, they had never seen such a scene, Princess Zhenzhu excitedly pulled Ke's arm and asked.

"Where's our ship? Which one is our ship? ”

I really want to remind her that it's not our boat, it's mine!

"Over there, the biggest ship is!"

You can point to the big boat not far away and smile, it was the boat that Li Yong's good father-in-law Li Er specially allocated to him, and Li Er couldn't take the ordinary boat! Originally, Li Yong didn't want it, but Li Er's enthusiasm was difficult, so he just accepted it, but he always felt that it was not as safe as his navy's ship, but now it is still in Li Er's sphere of influence, it is still low-key, Liu Renyuan is the commander this time, he is directing the logistics department of the Xishan battalion to move all the things on the carriage to the ship, Cheng Chuliang stepped forward to say goodbye, because he was responsible for taking the cavalry along the canal bank and the ship to the south synchronously.

"You must be vigilant on the road, you must be vigilant at night, and you must be careful with what you eat and drink, even if it is the grain and grass sent by the government, you must be cautious, and you must not fall into the ......way of others."

can Yin Yin admonished, Cheng Chuliang said respectfully.

"Hou Ye rest assured, his subordinates have learned a lot from the military academy and some veterans, and they already have some understanding of the left way of the rivers and lakes, who dares to be unfavorable to Hou Ye, the subordinates promise to kill one by one, and kill one by two!"

Princess Zhenzhu next to her also hurriedly admonished.

"Li Chuliang, you have to take care of my little flower!"

Cheng Chuliang's identity appeared as Li Chuliang, and there were not many people who knew that he was Cheng Biting Jin's second son, Cheng Chuliang nodded and said.

"Don't worry, princess, I will take care of these horses!"

The two hundred dragoons only brought dry food and water in addition to sabers and rifle ammunition, and they didn't have to worry about supplies at all, because they had documents from the imperial court, and they would supply grain and grass wherever they went, and they only needed to report to the imperial court later, plus the logistics support of the Xishan battalion was not ordinarily strong, so for Cheng Chuliang and other cavalrymen, they could deal with it in any situation, but they were looking forward to meeting some strongmen in the rivers and lakes, and then they would kill them, and the boat that Li Er prepared for Li Yong was the ship of the Inner Palace, It is mainly used for the inner palace to buy in the south of the Yangtze River, naturally pay attention to the royal bearing, not only big, but also extremely quiet and comfortable on the ship, two boats are more than enough for more than 300 people, everyone on the boat is curious to look at the east and west, even can be very curious, just a little stroll, the maids and women are busy to decorate the room, Li Yong turned his head to look at the pearl princess who was looking at everything strange and asked.

"By the way, do you know water?"

Princess Zhenzhu shook her head and said as a matter of course.

"No! How could I be water? ”

Then he could turn to some of the maids and ask, "What about you?" ”

The maids were a little speechless.

"Definitely not! How can a woman know how to water? ”

Wu Cao directly gave a roll of his eyes, although she and Li Lizhen had been in Huating County for a long time, but in this era, women know water? What do you think? Not to mention that she is a young lady, but an ordinary woman, who will go down to swim in the river? Not to mention the women in the north, even the women in the south of the Yangtze River don't know how to water, Li Yong himself knows water, and Xishan also chooses soldiers who return to the water when selecting all the soldiers who follow the south, and they are proficient in water, these elite soldiers can be said to be comparable to the navy, Li Yong forgot the particularity of this era for a while, Wu Cao They don't know water, if they fall into the water, it will be a big trouble, you can stand on the bow of the boat and look around at the busy crowd at the dock, he doesn't know that there must be someone watching him, Some people may think that it is an exaggeration for him to go south with 500 elite soldiers, but he can feel that it is not an exaggeration at all, he himself is not a person who likes to put on a show, he only wants to bring so many elite soldiers, because he thinks that someone is likely to fight his idea, he has this premonition in the dark, this time the south will never be peaceful, some veterans who have walked through the rivers and lakes have said that when the profit reaches 300%, someone will take risks, and once he is hijacked, it is really a million profits, However, Li Yong still fearlessly went south, and he also made sufficient preparations for this, which was nothing more than the soldiers coming to block the water and cover the earth, to see whose Taoism was deeper, he wanted to see which ghosts jumped out!

"Master Hou, everything has been arranged!"

Liu Ren was willing to reply.

"Everything I had on board ready?"

You can ask.

"The subordinates have already checked it, and they are all prepared according to the instructions of Master Hou!"

Liu Ren was willing to reply.

"Okay, let's sail then!"

You can nod your head.

"Master Hou has an order, sail the boat~"

"Sailing~"

The two big ships slowly left the Luokoucang wharf, whether it was relative to the lively and busy Luokoucang wharf, or relative to the Luohe River, which was full of boats, these two big ships left the wharf is not much of a show, of course, it is also because they can hang their own flags on the ship, otherwise the name of Huatinghou is still very eye-catching, Cheng Chuliang took two hundred cavalry to watch the two big boats go down the river outside the wharf, and immediately waved his hand.

"Departure~"

The people on the dock who had been paying attention to the two big boats were not only bright and bright at Cheng Zhiliang, but also others, who were inconspicuous on the crowded dock, and kept watching that they could board the boats, watching the boats slowly leave the docks and go down the river, and some people walked out of the docks, mounted their horses and galloped away. Some people jumped on the boat and left the wharf and went down the river, even better is that someone carried a birdcage on the wharf and walked around, wrote a line of words tied to the pigeon, and released the pigeon, can not think that he has just left Chang'an to Luoyang, has caused the rivers and lakes to surge, in fact, you can not understand the rivers and lakes, because you can live in the temple high, too far away from the rivers and lakes, but he is a little curious about the rivers and lakes, but he can never think of it, the people in the rivers and lakes are very poor, because the reward of 10,000 taels of gold is crazy, since ancient times, Chivalry is forbidden by force, although the imperial courts of all dynasties are very hostile to the rivers and lakes, but the green forests of the rivers and lakes have never been cut off, they can survive and even grow in the cracks, and naturally have their ability, and at this time, a garden in Luoyang sounded a hearty laughter, several people lowered their voices to discuss it, and everyone had a flush of excitement on their faces.

"Who says it's not, I know that I can go south, and the whole Jiangnan is not turbulent? I don't know how many people are worried about it, so I'm waiting for the good news! ”

"Actually, this person is also very vigilant, this time he went south with five hundred elite soldiers, which is also a big battle, but unfortunately, five hundred elite soldiers are enough to deal with a few thieves, but to deal with so many heroes in the rivers and lakes and green forests, it is far behind!"

Although the people of the rivers and lakes are bold and free and love to brag, most of the days are not very good, and happiness and revenge mean licking blood from the knife, and they have developed the temperament of being drunk today, so now a big windfall is in front of them, who is not excited?

"Second, find a place to release pigeons and spread the news to gather people, let's quickly go south to plan, the idea is prickly, too much gold is also hot, you might as well find more good hands in the three mountains and five mountains to help, everyone eats meat and drinks a lot, and divides a lot of gold."

"Let's not say a word, there are a lot of people here, and if it is heard by the people of the court, it will be troublesome."

"It's also hundreds of elite soldiers, it's really tricky to be on land, these northerners are all landlubbers, and they are not slaughtered on the water?"

"We don't care who we offend, arrest people, it's a good thing to get gold!"

"10,000 taels of gold, this powerful man is also worth a damn damn, and I don't know who he offended!"

"What's hell and not hell? To live! If you die, you won't have a gold tael or two! ”

"What's it called? This is called heaven has a way you don't go, and hell has no door for you to come! ”

"Huh? I said I would definitely take a boat south, right? ”

"Big brother, no one entered the city, so he went directly down the cement road to the east, and it seems that the direction is to Luokoucang!"

"Hei Laosan, didn't you let you stare at the point? How did you get here? ”

The first one scolded in a low voice, they waited nervously and expectantly, until a hurried footsteps sounded upstairs before turning their heads to look, whether it was a dignitary or a peddler's pawn, as long as a person from Chang'an entered Luoyang City, they must enter from this gate, they seemed to be anxiously waiting for someone, their eyes have been looking at the direction of the city gate, close to the west gate of Luoyang on the restaurant, several people sat by the window, even lost interest in the table of a line of heavenly wine, five hundred elite soldiers escorted this convoy everywhere it attracted attention, so that the others were even accustomed to this feeling of being stared at everywhere they went, and the garden suddenly resounded with hearty laughter.