Chapter 178: Leaving Beijing
Early in the morning, Princess Lin'an woke up quietly, her whole body was warm, she stretched her waist comfortably, and her feet kicked on the table legs.
She opened her misty eyes blankly and saw the white sky, and at this time, the sun had not yet risen.
Framing is like a night of hangover in a nightclub, and my eyes go from confused to confused, wondering if I am wrong, why I see not a splendid bed curtain, but a dawning sky.
There was a little coquettish "um", a small moan.
The scene of last night, like a marquee, crossed her mind, and she remembered that she was boating in the pool with Xu Ning at night, drinking and chatting.
Xu had never had such an experience, and she agreed to Xiao Tonggong's proposal in one bite. For a princess who has not yet been out of the court, such a bold act is enough to ruin her reputation.
Later, perhaps after some drinking, she let her guard down more and more, and according to his words, the ghost made her lie down on the board.
When I saw the starry sky, I was drunk when I framed my whole heart, and I only had the artistic conception of "I don't know that the sky is in the water after being drunk, and the boat is full of dreams and the galaxy".
Be in ecstasy.
He did not want to get up again, and fell into a deep sleep by the drunkenness.
It's so warm, even in the middle of winter, sleeping on the boat, she doesn't feel cold, but has a kind of warmth that returns to her mother's body.
But now I'm not in the mood to pay attention to this, I sat up in a panic, and found that I was covered with a brocade quilt, she subconsciously wanted to lift it, and paused, nervously touched her body in the futon to confirm that her clothes were in good condition, and her body had no adverse reactions.
For example, the pain of breaking gua is often mentioned in books.
Framed breathed a sigh of relief, looked left and right, and saw the palace maid guarding the shore, so he framed from the nightclub after a hangover and turned back into the dignified Princess Lin'an.
She called the guards waiting on the shore, asked him to jump on the canopy boat, helped row to the shore, and asked casually, "When did Lord Xu leave?"
"I left before dawn. The palace maid replied softly.
Lin An nodded a little abruptly, remembering the warm feeling yesterday, after careful comparison, he found that it was not brought by the bedding, and asked with a straight face:
"What did he do last night?"
"Yes, yes. ”
With dark circles under her eyes, the palace maid who hadn't slept all night took the opportunity to complain: "She is a thin princess." ”
"Huh?" Lin An looked terrified.
He held the princess's hand all the time. The palace maid said hatefully: "Before leaving this morning, I also filmed the slave maid... Ass, threaten me not to tell the princess. ”
How can it be so excessive? Lin Anliu raised his eyebrows, and there was a kind of shame and anger at the wrong person.
"Second princess...", the guard stopped talking.
"Slurred. Lin An glanced at him unhappily.
"It's freezing cold, and the princess sleeps on the boat, and a futon alone can't withstand the cold. The guard explained:
"I saw clearly last night, Lord Xu didn't sleep all night, holding the princess's hand, he was ferrying the air machine for you to dispel the cold. ”
Ferry Compressor.... Didn't sleep all night.... Framed was stunned, remembering that he had indeed slept comfortably last night, and said suspiciously:
"How come this palace has never heard of such a thing, and no one has sent a gas machine to this palace. ”
"This..."The guard smiled bitterly: "The non-stop ferry air machine consumes energy, who can hold it." Unless it is a middle-grade martial artist, or a high-grade martial artist.
"Besides, the princess doesn't need to be like this. ”
Framing bit his lip and said tentatively, "How tired are you?"
The guard replied: "If you change to a humble position, you will die of exhaustion." ”
Her moist peach blossom eyes suddenly rippled, soft and soft.
"Xu, when Lord Xu left, it seemed... It's a tired face. The palace maid recalled, "But why didn't he let the slave and maid say it?" ”
Lin'an didn't answer this question, and suddenly walked out: "He is going to leave Beijing for Yunzhou this morning, what time is it now, the palace is going to see him off..."
I don't know why, she set off inexplicable waves in her heart, she just wanted to see that dog minion.
"Your Highness, it's too late..."The palace maid went to chase her: "Besides, how can a princess send a gong, pass it out, it's not good for you and for him." ”
This sentence made the wayward Pro settle down.
As far as I'm concerned, at most I was scolded by my father.... But if it is about my name, his little gong will definitely be overturned.... Lin An glanced at the palace maid and the guards, and the round goose egg face rarely revealed the majesty of the heavenly family:
"It's about the reputation of the palace, and last night's incident must not be spread outside, otherwise it will all be killed. ”
"Yes. ”
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In order to save time, the Qincha team to Yunzhou chose to take the waterway and abandon the dry road.
The official ship cleaves the waves, and the sails are fiercely encouraging.
Xu Qi'an stood on the deck, facing the wind blowing on the river, and ships of all sizes sailed on the river. There are both official and merchant ships.
"You don't look good, you're overworked. Jiang Luzhong came to the deck, stood side by side with him, looked sideways at Xu Qi'an, and chuckled.
"Yesterday I went to the Workshop Division?"
“.... Well. Xu Qi'an was speechless.
He did go to the Teaching Workshop Division, and he also had a pre-parting exchange with Fuxiang. But the real reason for being tired is that I have been framed and drained of energy, but this kind of thing can't be spoken.
"Look at you, you're still too young, and your eye sockets are shallow. Jiang Luzhong supported the guardrail with both hands, with a smile like an old driver:
"Yunzhou also has a teaching department, Jiangnan women have soft bodies and soft voices, and the taste is different from that of women in Beijing. Coming back to take you through the experience. ”
"It's not the same. Xu Qi'an shook his head.
"Are you an infatuated person?" Jiang Luzhong said in surprise.
This has nothing to do with infatuation, this has something to do with white prostitution..... Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice: "Unless Jiang Jinluo has a treat." ”
"What?" Jiang Luzhong was stunned.
"You're in for a treat, that's it. Xu Qi'an's face was serious.
Jiang Luzhong thought for a while and pointed to the river: "What do you think of the water here?"
Xu Qi'an took the opportunity to overlook the river and replied honestly: "It's not good, it's dirty." ”
Jiang Luzhong nodded: "It's good that you know." ”
Xu Qi'an: "....."
After a while, Jiang Luzhong said: "Go south along the canal, and when we reach Qingzhou, we have to change to the land route." After walking by land, you can almost reach Yunzhou. ”
"Master Jiang, this kind of secret route is not appropriate to tell me. Xu Qi'an said.
"It doesn't matter, with your talent, sooner or later it will be a golden gong. Jiang Luzhong smiled indifferently.
Friends to friends, I'm going to be as angry as you plant a flag for me... Xu Qi'an smiled in return: "Thanks to Jiyan, well, why do you want to change the dry road?"
"It's by land. Jiang Luzhong corrected, and then explained: "Although Qingzhou is adjacent to Yunzhou, there is no canal connecting the two states, and if you want to take the waterway, you have to bypass the sandbar next door, and it is better to take the land route faster." ”
In the previous dynasty, the waterway was greatly developed, the canal was dug, and two large canals were built through the north and south, east and west, and the tributaries were innumerable, so that there was the developed water transport of Dafeng today. Qingzhou and Yunzhou are not connected by canals?
"No waterway?" Xu Qi'an expressed his doubts.
"Originally, there was a tributary connecting Yunzhou and Qingzhou, but more than ten years ago, the river was suddenly diverted. Jiang Luzhong explained.
It's been rerouted.... Xu Qi'an nodded slowly.
Water conservancy projects have been a headache for the imperial court since ancient times, flooding from time to time and diverting from time to time. Even in previous lives, floods were a headache. It's okay for this man to change his route, at most he will wear his intestines. Once the river is diverted, it will harm thousands of miles and the people will suffer.
At this time, a black smoke rose in front of him, and Xu Qi'an tried his best to look into the distance and found that it was a small boat docked on the shore, and several people were burning goods.
"What's going on, why do you burn the goods?" Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.
His first reaction was that someone had done something wrong and destroyed the merchant's goods.
Jiang Luzhong glanced at it a few times, and suddenly said: "In this case, the merchant does not plan to pass through the customs and burns the goods to prepare to return. ”
"I'm going to the capital soon, why do you want to do this?" Xu Qi'an didn't understand.
"Oh, the imperial court has set up a lot of gates in the canal, and every time you pass through it, you will pay a tax. After handing over, many merchants will find that even if they arrive at the destination, the silver they earn is not enough to pay taxes. So just burn the cargo and return home, because if you are carrying the cargo, you will have to pay the tax again when you return. Empty ships are not required. Jiang Luzhong said with emotion:
"It's not uncommon to burn goods along rivers. ”
"It's so ugly. Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows.
"There is something even more ugly, because small businesses cannot afford the Caoyun tariff, so they can only rely on the Caoyun Chamber of Commerce, which will swallow the goods at a low price and sell them at a high price. Take the saltpeter mine you once took over in Taikang County as an example, the local ash households quarryed and burned ash, and the capital could not eat such a large amount, so they could only transport it to the states for sale, but the tariffs were so heavy that they could not afford it.
"The Chamber of Commerce took the opportunity to buy lime at a low price and transport it through its own channels, and the gray households could only get one percent, or even less. Barely satisfied.
The interests involved behind this are unimaginable, and even Wei Gong is worried. ”
Xu Qi'an was silent.
He thought of another thing, Emperor Yuan Jing's cultivation and alchemy were very expensive, and these silver did not go from the household, but were all expenses provided by his own small treasury.
So, how could Emperor Yuan Jing have so much silver for him to throw coins wildly?
He didn't ask the question, and went back to the cabin to regain his energy. It was close to noon, and I was already hungry.
When I got out of the room, I heard the lively conversation on the deck, and it turned out to be a lot of fat river fish from the boatman's net, scattered on the deck, jumping around.
Led by Jiang Luzhong, Song Tingfeng and other 20 gongs joined in the fun, happy to have fresh fish soup to drink at noon.
The governor who led the team this time came out when he heard the sound and frowned.
He is the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, a four-rank official, and in the Dafeng officialdom, the governor is usually served by the imperial historian, and his power is great.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is controlled by Wei Yuan, and Da Qingyi also has an official title, called Zuodu Yushi, Zheng Erpin.
This imperial historian, who can be said to be his own person, was seasick all morning, dizzy, and resting, and was woken up by this group of martial artists, and his heart was very unhappy.
"Pick a few of the fattest river fish stews for the governor. Jiang Luzhong said with a smile.
The governor with a goat's beard and an elegant temperament waved his hand, his brows furrowed: "The fishy smell of the river is too strong, and the official has no appetite." ”
After rejecting Jiang Luzhong's kindness, he glanced at the gongs unhappily, "Be quiet, shout, what kind of system." ”
After saying that, he returned to the cabin with a restless face.
"Tsk, the body of a scholar is weak, and this can't stand it. A gong teased and was glared at by Jiang Luzhong.
There is fresh fish soup to drink... Just put some chicken essence to taste.... The hungry Xu Qi'an was full of yearning for lunch.
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PS: Thank you to the alliance leader of the alliance leader "Ripple Dance Leaf", and I will add more for you in the future. Well, 26 alliance leaders, I'm already the 20th.
Six more chapters will be OK. As for the addition of the Silver Alliance, I calculated it, and I started to pay back the alliance leader from the 11th. From the 1st to the 11th, I wrote a total of 33 chapters, excluding the two chapters per day, and 11 more chapters.
So the first Silver Alliance has been added. There is one silver alliance left, and I will pay it back after I have finished all the alliance leaders' additions.