Chapter 178 Leaving Beijing

In the early morning, Princess Lin'an woke up quietly, her whole body was warm, stretching her waist comfortably, and her feet hit the table legs with a clang.

She opened her misty eyes blankly and saw the pale sky. At this time, the sun had not yet risen.

Framing is like a nightclub in a nightclub, with your eyes ranging from confusion to confusion, wondering if you have read it wrong, why you see not the beautiful bed curtain, but the dawn sky.

He said a little cute and hummed, and moaned a little.

The scenes of last night passed by her mind like a lantern. She remembered that she was rafting in the pond with Xu Ningyan at night, drinking and chatting.

Perhaps she had never had such an experience before, so she agreed to Xiao Tongluo's proposal.For an unmarried princess, such a bold act would be enough to ruin reputation.

Later, maybe she had drunk some wine, so she relaxed her vigilance more and more, and according to his words, she lay on the board of the boat.

When I saw the stars in the sky, my heart was drunk. I only had the artistic conception of not knowing that the sky was in the water after being drunk, and the boat was filled with clear dreams and the galaxy was pressing on.

I feel fascinated.

So I didn't want to get up again, so I fell asleep with the intention of drinking.

It was so warm. Even in the middle of winter, she didn't feel cold when she slept on the boat, but instead felt a warmth that returned to her mother's body.

But now she was not in the mood to pay attention to this. She sat up in panic and found that she was covered with a brocade quilt. She subconsciously wanted to lift it up, but stopped again. She nervously touched her body in the quilt, confirming that she was intact and there was no adverse reaction in her body.

For example, the pain of breaking melons often mentioned in the book.

The mount was relieved and relaxed. He looked around and saw the palace maid guarding the shore. So he changed from the nightclub after the hangover to the dignified Princess Lin'an.

She called the guards waiting on the shore, asked him to jump onto the black-sailed boat, help him row to the shore, and asked casually: When did Lord Xu leave?

He left before dawn.The palace maid answered softly.

Lin'an nodded a little sadly, remembering the warm feeling of yesterday. After careful comparison, he found that it was not brought by the bedding. He asked with a stern face:

What was wrong with him last night?

Some are some.

The palace maid who had not slept for a night took the opportunity to complain: She was a frivolous princess.

Ah?Lin'an looked terrified.

He kept holding the princess's hand.The palace maid said hatefully: Before leaving this morning, she patted me on the butt and threatened me not to tell the princess.

It's so excessive?Lin'an's eyebrows are raised, and there is a sense of shame and anger of seeing people wrongly.

The second princess... The guard wanted to speak but stopped.

Hesitate.Lin'an glanced at him unhappily.

It was cold and the princess was sleeping on the boat, and a single bedding could not resist the severe cold.The guard explained:

Bei Zhi saw it clearly last night that Lord Xu did not sleep all night, holding the princess's hand, was delivering you aeration machine and dispelling the cold.

The air delivery machine... I haven't slept for a night... I was stunned for a moment. I remembered that I did sleep comfortably last night, and said suspiciously:

Why hasn't this been heard of in this way? No one has ever sent me a qi to me?

This... The guard smiled bitterly: The air delivery machine that has been circulating for a night is exhausting, and who can hold on to it?Unless it is a middle-grade warrior or a high-grade warrior.

Furthermore, the princess does not need to be so frugal.

I rammed my lips and bit my lip and tentatively said: How tired are you?

The guard replied: If you change to a humble position, you will die early and exhausted.

Her moist peach blossom eyes suddenly rippled, soft and soft.

Xu, when Lord Xu left, he seemed... he looked tired.The palace maid recalled: But why didn't he let the servants say it?

Lin'an did not answer this question and suddenly walked out: He was leaving Beijing this morning to go to Yunzhou. When is it now? I want to see him off...

For some reason, there was an inexplicable uproar in her heart, just because she really wanted to see that dog slave.

Your Highness, it’s already past the hour of Mao… The palace maid goes to chase her: Besides, no princess can give her a gong? If it is spread, it will be bad for you and him.

This sentence allowed the willful Lin'an to settle down.

For me, at most I was scolded by my father... But if it was related to my reputation, he would definitely suffer a storm... Lin'an glanced at the palace maids and guards, and his round oval face rarely showed the majesty of the Tian family:

It is related to the reputation of this palace. The incident last night cannot be circulated, otherwise all of them will be killed.

yes.

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The journey from Beijing to Yunzhou is long. In order to save time, this team of imperial envoys heading to Yunzhou chose to take the water route and abandon the dry road.

The official ship cuts through the waves, and the sails are vigorously inspired.

Xu Qi'an stood on the deck, facing the wind blowing from the river, boats of all sizes sailed on the river.There are both official ships and merchant ships.

You look bad and overworked.Jiang Luzhong came to the deck, side by side with him, looked at Xu Qi'an with his head tilted, and chuckled.

Did you go to Jiaofangsi yesterday?

……Um.Xu Qi'an was speechless.

He did go to the Jiaofangsi and had a pre-part exchange with Fuxiang.But the reason for the real fatigue is that the energy is squeezed out by mounting, but this kind of thing cannot be said.

Look at you, you are still too young and have shallow eyes.Jiang Luzhong held the guardrail with both hands, and the smile of an old driver:

There is also a Jiaofangsi in Yunzhou. Women in Jiangnan have soft bodies and soft voices, which tastes different from those in Beijing.Let you experience it back.

Different.Xu Qi'an shook his head.

Are you a love-in-law?Jiang Luzhong said in surprise.

This has nothing to do with infatuation, it has nothing to do with free sex... Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice: Unless Jiang Jinluo treats him.

What?Jiang Luzhong was stunned.

If you treat a meal, it will be the same.Xu Qi'an's face was serious.

Jiang Luzhong thought for a while and pointed at the river: How do you think the water here is like?

Xu Qi'an looked down at the river and answered honestly: Not very good, it's dirty.

Jiang Luzhong nodded: Just know.

Xu Qi'an: ...

After a while, Jiang Luzhong said: Go south along the canal and arrive in Qingzhou, we have to change to land.After walking for ten years by land, you can almost reach Yunzhou.

Lord Jiang, this secret route is inappropriate.Xu Qi'an.

It doesn’t matter, with your talent, sooner or later, it will be a golden lord.Jiang Luzhong smiled indifferently.

If you are friends, I will be angry if you plant a flag for me... Xu Qi'an smiled: Thank you for your good words, well, why do you need to change the dry road?

It's by land.Jiang Luzhong corrected it and then explained: Although Qingzhou is adjacent to Yunzhou, there is no connected canal between the two states. If you want to take water, you have to bypass the sandbank next door, which is better than going by land.

The previous dynasty once opened the Daxing River Road and dug canals, and built two Grand Canals running through the north and south, east and west respectively. Among them, there were countless tributaries, which led to the current developed canal transportation of Dafeng.

There is no canal connected to Qingzhou and Yunzhou?

No waterway?Xu Qi'an expressed his doubts.

There was originally a tributary between Yunzhou and Qingzhou, but more than ten years ago, the river suddenly changed its course.Jiang Luzhong explained.

Ah... Xu Qi'an nodded slowly.

Water conservancy projects have been a headache for the imperial court from ancient times to the present, and they have spread from time to time.

Even in previous lives, floods still cause headaches.

This man is fine if he changes his way, at most he passes through his stomach.

Once the river water changes its course, it will harm thousands of miles and the people will suffer.

At this time, a black smoke rose in front of him. Xu Qi'an tried his best to look into the distance and found that a small boat was docking on the shore and several people were burning cargo.

What's going on?Why burn goods?Xu Qi'an said in a deep voice.

His first reaction was that someone was committing evil and destroying the merchant's goods.

Jiang Luzhong took a few glances and suddenly said: In this case, the merchant does not intend to pass the customs and burns the goods to prepare for return.

We will arrive in the capital soon, why do we do this?Xu Qian didn't understand.

Haha, the imperial court set up many passes in the canal, and every time he passed, he would pay taxes.As you pay, many merchants will find that even when you arrive at the destination and sell the goods, the money you earn is not enough to pay tax.So you simply burn the cargo and return to the flight, because if you carry the cargo, you have to pay another tax when you return to the flight.Empty ships are not needed.Jiang Luzhong sighed:

It is common to burn goods along the river.

The eating habits are so ugly.Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows.

There are even more ugly things, because small businesses cannot afford the tariff on the canal transport, so they can only rely on the canal transport chambers, which will swallow the goods at a low price and then sell them at a high price.Take the saltpeter mine you once took over in Taikang County as an example. Local ash households quarryed and burned ash. The capital could not eat that large amount, so they could only transport it to various states for sale, but the tariffs were so heavy that they could not bear it.

The Chamber of Commerce took the opportunity to buy lime at a low price and transport it through its own channels. The gray households could only get 10% or even less profit.Barely fill your stomach.

The interests involved are unimaginable, and even Mr. Wei is full of concerns.

Xu Qi'an was silent.

He thought of another thing. Emperor Jing of Yuan Dynasty spent a huge amount of money on practicing Taoism and refining alchemy. The money was not taken from the Ministry of Revenue, but was all expenses provided by his own small treasury.

So, how could Emperor Jing of Yuan had so much silver for him to spread coins in a crazy way?

He didn't ask this question, returned to the cabin to breathe and recover his energy.It was almost noon and I was hungry.

After leaving the room, I heard the lively chat on the deck. It turned out that the boatman came to many fat river fish on the deck, scattering them on the deck, jumping around.

Leading by Jiang Luzhong, Song Tingfeng and twenty Tongluo joined in the fun, and were delighted that there was fresh fish soup to drink at noon.

The governor who led the team this time came out and frowned.

He is the assistant censor of the Censorate, a fourth-rank official. In the Dafeng officialdom, the governor is usually the censor and has great power.

The Censorate is controlled by Wei Yuan. Da Qingyi also has an official title called Zuodu Censor, who is the second rank.

This censor, who can be said to be his own, was seasick all morning, dizzy and was resting, but was awakened by these martial artists and felt very unhappy.

Pick a few of the fattest river fish for the governor to stew the soup.Jiang Luzhong said with a smile.

The governor with a goat whisper, the elegant and elegant governor waved his hands and frowned: The fishy smell of river is too strong, and I have no appetite.

After rejecting Jiang Luzhong's kindness, he glanced at the Tonglumen with displeasure, and was quieter, shouting loudly, what kind of decent thing?

After saying that, he returned to the cabin with an impatience.

Tsk tsk, the body of scholars is weak, and they can't stand it.A Tongluo teased and was stared at by Jiang Luzhong.

I drink fresh fish soup... I just add some chicken essence to season... The hungry Xu Qi'an is full of yearning for lunch.