"Three hundred years ago, Guangling City did not have that painting Ping Lake. ”

According to the records of Guangling Prefecture, this place was once a fertile field. ”

Later, in order to build the Yuguang Canal, the earth was taken from here to build an embankment, and a pit was dug in a radius of tens of miles. ”

"The largest wharf in the Guangling section of the Yuguang Canal is located in the north of the painting screen, which is now the Linfeng Ferry outside the north gate. ”

Sitting in the carriage driven by Wu Xichen, Su Muxin began to give Li Chen'an science popularization.

He found a problem.

This Li Chenan obviously has profound knowledge, but he doesn't know much about Guangling City, where he has lived for seventeen years!

I don't know much about Ning Guo.

He hadn't even heard of the famous merchant in Ningguo!

It's an anomaly.

"Then why don't you go from Guangling City to Yujing City by boat?"

"There's a reason for that...... The vast canal is more than 1,000 miles long, and although there is only one dry river, there are many branches. ”

"One of the most famous is the Shuangjiao Lake section. ”

"Shuangjiao Lake is a group of lakes with countless islands and a Shuangjiao Mountain that stretches for thousands of miles. ”

"There is a lot of water bandits in that place, and it has been more than two hundred years since the construction of the Yuguang Canal, and the government has sent sailors to suppress bandits many times, and of course it has received good results at first, and the shipping at that time was also very busy. ”

"But later, after the death of Prime Minister Shang, our Ningguo went into decline again...... In recent years, there has been a resurgence of those bandits. ”

Su Muxin sighed slowly, and said:

"Now that our Ningguo Naval Division is already in decline, and we are no longer able to suppress bandits, so the water bandits in Shuangjiao Lake are getting bigger and more rampant, and they often attack ships during the day. ”

As a result, this supposed busy waterway has become the appearance of few boats, let alone passenger ships, and no one wants to meet water bandits, and if they are robbed, their lives will be lost. ”

Only then did Li Chenan understand, so it seems that this Ning country, which is quite prosperous on the surface, is afraid that it has reached the end of its life.

Liu Chu had given him a rough explanation before, but now he only has a clearer understanding.

But he is also doing some wine business in Guangling City, as for what will happen to this country...... Even if it's chaotic, as long as you have the foundation to settle down, you are not afraid.

It's just a pity that such a good canal.

It is connected to the Yangtze River, and you can go directly from Kyoto to Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Materials from the south and north of the Yangtze River can also be transported to various places along the route through the canal.

Not only is it faster to transport by water than by land, it is also much cheaper.

If it is unimpeded, it will inevitably become a vital economic artery in Ningguo.

I don't know what the people in power think.

The two chatted in the carriage, and before they knew it, the carriage had arrived at the ferry port of the family on the lakeside.

Wu Xichen parked the carriage, and the three of them boarded the ferry.

At this moment, there is no one else in the same boat.

Negotiate the price with the captain, and the ferry pulls anchor and sets sail.

Sitting on the boat, Li Chen'an really saw the vastness of the smoke and waves of this painting screen lake.

The ferry boat runs on the lake in the picture, there is a breeze blowing on the face, there are egrets dancing, and occasionally fish jumping out of the water, the lake reflects the blue sky and white clouds, and the scenery is unique for a while.

Li Chenan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the beautiful picture of the lake, and felt that the merchant was a person who knew how to enjoy life.

"Look ......"

Su Muxin pointed into the distance, "That's the Peach Blossom Island on the Picture Screen Lake." ”

Li Chenan was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had seen this name in a martial arts novel when he was a teenager, wasn't it the island of the Eastern Evil Yellow Medicine Master?

"Peach Blossom Island, Peach Blossom Mountain, Peach Blossom Villa. ”

"Guangling City used to not have so many peach trees, but since the old lady Fan Taohua Fan from Zhongli Mansion married into Zhongli Mansion, Guangling City has many more peach trees, and there are also so many places named after peach blossoms. ”

Li Chenan was taken aback, "What do you mean...... These place names have some connection with Zhongli Ruoshui's grandmother?"

"I also heard from the teacher, he said that Fan Taohua was only fifteen years old when he came down from the Songshan Sword Academy. In the two years she traveled in the rivers and lakes, she attracted many good sons and daughters at that time because of her chivalrous deeds, and of course, because of her beauty and charm. ”

"Among them, there are knights in the rivers and lakes, and the one who is most infatuated with Fan Taohua is the sword riding the wind and Wu Xichen. ”

"Those peach trees on Peach Blossom Mountain were planted by this Wu Xichen, because Peach Blossom Villa was built by Fan Taohua. ”

"The mountain villa is under the mountain, and when the peach blossoms under the mountain are in full bloom, the peach blossoms on the mountain are also gorgeous, which is the silent watch. ”

Li Chenan turned his head to look, Wu Xichen looked ahead, his eyes and nose and nose, and he did not show a strange expression.

He never expected that this master of his would actually have a leg with Zhongli Ruoshui's grandmother!

Obviously, this master was eliminated from the game, but he did not get married in his life because of his love for Fan Taohua, not only planted a mountain of peach trees, but also became a coachman in Zhongli Ruoshui.

It's a seed of infatuation.

"In addition, he was a talented literati at that time, and Shang Di Shang was one of them. ”

He was not only proficient in music, he was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he was also a beautiful man with a jade face who was famous in Kyoto at that time. ”

Later, of course, Fan Taohua married Zhong Lipo, a genius boy from Zhongli Mansion, and Wu Xichen was nowhere to be found, and the Shang Di merchants lived in seclusion on this island in the middle of the lake, and named it Peach Blossom Island. ”

Another seed of infatuation.

It can make the two great geniuses of civil and military fall for it...... What kind of appearance and temperament should this old lady Fan have?

Later, Fan Taohua went to Kyoto with her husband, and the teacher said that she would also return to Guangling City to see it every three or five days. ”

"If she goes back to Guangling, it will basically be in February and March, when the peach blossoms are just right, she will go to Peach Blossom Mountain to have a look, and she will also go to Peach Blossom Island to have a look. It's just that she hasn't come back in the last two or three years, and the teacher said that it probably has something to do with the situation in Kyoto. ”

Su Muxin turned her head to look at Li Chen'an, "Miss Zhongli San, but that old lady Fan brought her up, she is her most beloved granddaughter......! Old Madam Fan is a peerless master of one of the two great grandmasters of our Ning Kingdom!"

Li Chenan grinned.

These days with Zhongli Ruoshui, of course he already knows the personnel situation of Zhongli Mansion.

It's just that the gossip that Su Muxin talked about at the moment is not very easy to tell him.

Although he had never met the old woman, he could imagine that she must have had a face that captivated the country and the city when she was young.

"How could I bully Ruoshui. ”

"Who is the other great grandmaster of our Ning Kingdom?"

"Yanji Road of the Yanguo Mansion. ”

These people are too tall, for Li Chen'an, he believes that he has no intersection with this kind of character in his life, so he just asked, and did not go to the details.

The ferry boat sailed for half an hour before arriving at Peach Blossom Island.

It's quite a big island.

What surprised Li Chenan even more was the building on this island!

He thought it would be very desolate, but he estimated that there were only a few thatched huts on it, and at most a few small courtyards scattered around.

But when he landed on the island, he realized that this was not the case.

There are many peach trees on the island.

There is a wide bluestone road between the peach forests.

Distance...... Just in the shade of the peach forest, there are actually a large number of red brick and blue tile Xuanxie buildings scattered!