On the first day of August, it rained heavily.

Zhang Junlin and his entourage walked on the muddy mountain road in Xichu, although they were only less than two miles away from the gray post house not far away, but thinking that this distance would take half an hour, everyone's faces were flushed.

"Xichu is still the overlord, why is this road so difficult? If the wheels get in there, you can't get out. ”

"This area is mostly mountain roads, and it is the local nobles who build the official road, and it is said that this ten-mile-long official road cost 100,000 taels of silver, and the stone slab has been rolled into stone before it has been walked for five years."

Zhang Junlin listened to the complaints of the drivers behind him, and he was speechless.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

Western Chu patronized military hegemony and did not attach importance to economic development.

As long as this road does not hinder the travel of individual cavalry, they will naturally not repair it.

In addition, the nobles sucked blood and paved a tofu slag project, and the thickness of the stone slabs pulled by the road construction was not as thick as the stone grinding of tofu, let alone walking for five years, I am afraid that the cracks would have been cracked in one year, and the carriage would be inconvenient.

If it weren't for the fact that Western Chu had been allowing South Vietnam to supply grain, grass, salt and other materials over the years, and just because the official roads of neighboring countries were less than 200 miles away from such muddy mountain roads, Western Chu's hegemony would have declined long ago.

"It's no wonder that along the way, I actually saw a lot of strange things about the people of the Western Chu country going to South Vietnam."

It's a strange thing.

That was due to the fact that Western Chu was a hegemonic state, and South Vietnam was originally only a small and militarily weak country.

In the past, it was the Nanyue people who migrated to the Western Chu State, and this reverse situation was equivalent to water flowing to a lower place, which was rarely encountered.

Zhang Junlin was complaining.

From a distance, I saw a group of people who dragged their families because the wheels of the board truck were stuck in the mud and could not be pushed out, and they complained there.

After listening to a few words, I learned that it was a person who went to South Vietnam to join relatives and planned to go to Zhenzhou to do business.

Zhang Junlin sent a few of his men to help.

"Thank you, big brother."

"No thanks, you are going to South Vietnam, we welcome you."

As soon as the person who helped spoke, the other party heard that it was not from Xichu, and it was a solemn thanks.

When he knew that this was the imperial car of the Emperor of Nanyue, he had to kneel down and salute in the end.

You can't stop it.

"The South Vietnamese people are good, they all say that the South Vietnamese people are hospitable, I used to think that there are no natives who are not xenophobic, and when I saw Zhang Junjun, you came to help Xiao Lao'er's family regardless of your honorable status, I knew that this rumor was not wrong."

"I heard that the official roads in South Vietnam are wide and long, and all the roads lead to Jinling, which are twice as strong as the roads here, but I don't know if it's true or not?"

In the face of such praise and cognitive errors, the guards who helped hurriedly corrected it.

"Old man, the official roads of South Vietnam are not only all leading to Jinling, but also interconnected between each economic town, and the roads here are not only twice as strong, but ten times as much as an exaggeration!"

"So powerful? What kind of town is the economic center? ”

The rain is getting louder.

After the old man's family inquired about the facts of South Vietnam, they thanked them again and gave way to wait for Zhang Junlin and his party to pass through, and then continued to march eastward.

The pace is faster than the other.

The two mules pulling the cart also screamed more cheerfully.

"I really can't imagine that one day the people of Western Chu will rush to our Nanyue country."

"It's really feng shui in turn."

Zhang Junlin heard the chatter of the coachmen outside, and then looked not far ahead, when another caravan with a South Vietnamese accent passed by, he heard that this was his royal driver, and took out the grape and wine transported from the Western Regions to honor him.

Naturally, the well-trained guards would not take it.

But under the hospitality, coupled with the rain.

Zhang Junlin simply bought those grape wines directly.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that it's inconvenient to drink alcohol when you're in a hurry?"

On the carriage, Su Rongdong heard that there was grape wine from the Western Regions, and his eyes kept glancing at the guards carrying the wine jars.

Originally, even if he came to Xichu to protect Zhang Junlin, in the past, Su Rongdong was confident that he would not make a mistake after drinking some wine.

But since he got drunk the last time he saw Zhang Junlin, he felt that he had a cognitive bias about the world outside Baicao Valley.

This is also the reason why he asked Jeongu to leave the valley to practice outside the world.

Because some people don't come out again, stay in the valley and work behind closed doors, they may be closed like primitive people.

"Dad, when I said that it is inconvenient to drink, I am talking about those two-pot heads and burning knives above 60 degrees, like this kind of wine that is lower than the white dry degree in Zhenzhou, Dad, you can taste a few glasses if you want to drink."

Zhang Junlin knew that Su Rendong was panicking.

Let the guards bring an altar.

This altar is only two catties at most.

After opening the cork, the smell of wine in it emanated, and it was indeed not as good as Zhenzhou Baigan.

Su Honeysuckle poured the wine into the white porcelain glass, shook it slightly, looked at the wine stains hanging on the side of the glass, and nodded with satisfaction.

"I can drink it."

"It's just that this white porcelain cup doesn't match this red wine."

The white dry is poured into the white porcelain cup, which complements each other well.

However, the grape wine is poured into a white porcelain cup, and it looks a little strange when it hangs on the side.

Seeing this, Zhang Junlin had a flash of inspiration in his mind and slapped his head suddenly.

"Wine glass!"

"Your Majesty wants a drink too?"

"Huh? No, I mean, when I go back to South Vietnam, I'll make you a set of wine glasses for your dad to drink wine. ”

"Is there anything else in the world?"

Su Rongdong didn't dare to ask more.

One is that I am worried that the wine will not taste good if it is poured out and left to dry for too long.

The second is that he is worried that he will be embarrassed in front of his son-in-law again.

Yes!

Zhang Junlin didn't make a sound, but he had already screamed excitedly in his heart.

Wine glow-in-the-dark glass!

As soon as this thing was created, not only the orders of the countries close to the Western Regions poured into Nanyue like a stream.

Other derivative glass products can also make South Vietnamese foot traders make a lot of money, with the help of additional services with local characteristics of Western countries, to promote South Vietnam's local products.

It seems that it is still necessary to go out and walk around idlely, broaden your horizons and discover new business opportunities.

Because I thought of the matter of making glass from the luminous cup, and then watched this heavy rain, it also added a bit of fun.

On the muddy official road, he walked towards the capital of the Western Chu Kingdom without hurry, and appreciated the customs and customs along the way.

Five days later, three days before the enthronement ceremony of Qi Neng, he finally arrived at the capital of Western Chu.

As a hegemonic country that has dominated for a hundred years, the Western Chu State is not as towering as Jinling, and the economy is prosperous and developed, but the city is very majestic.

In particular, the Western Chu Imperial Palace, covering an area of more than four times that of Jinling, is equipped with the living water of the drainage made of stone polishing, and there is a tendency to swallow the mountains and rivers.

"It's spectacular."

When Zhang Junlin walked into the hall dedicated to receiving foreign guests, he did not hesitate to praise himself for the reunion after a long absence.

"It is worthy of being a hegemonic country, quite domineering."

"Hahaha, Monarch Zhang praised it falsely."

Qi Neng snorted proudly, and suddenly gestured to a tall and strong man who was nearly one meter nine tall who came out of the shadows.

"My Western Chu Palace is much worse than the Northern Qi Palace, Prince Xiao, don't you say?"