Datang Nongwang

Chapter 625 Paddle steamer to Chang'an
Yangzhou's education is advancing in depth, and Li Chongyuan thought it was perfect at first.

Unexpectedly, the first resistance came from various yamen.

From Zhu Shengzhi to the county magistrates below, basically no one agreed with Li Chongyuan's idea, even if it was the so-called expansion of education, they all opposed it.

It is a beautiful name, saying that it is too expensive to do this, and the government of Yangzhou and the counties don't have much money to use.

This also made Li Chongyuan unexpected.

When it comes to money.

Li Chongyuan is gone.

Although he has a lot of money, he still needs to use the money. As for the expansion of education in Yangzhou, in terms of money, this is a bottomless pit.

Li Chongyuan was helpless.

Bring the acquisition of mountain goods back to the government?
forget it.

Li Chongyuan has a clear understanding of these officials.

As long as this matter is left to them, they will definitely do their best, and it will be the common people who will suffer and suffer.

Li Chongyuan had no choice but to return to Li Village.

Li Chongyuan, who returned to Li Village, thought of countless ways, but in the end he was stuck on money.

"Forget it, let's have a look at this matter in another year or two. It is estimated that it is really difficult to implement this matter now. Only with the support of the court can it be possible to advance. It seems that it is time for me to go back Chang'an is here." Under the premise that Li Chongyuan couldn't find any solution, he could only put this matter on Li Shimin in the end.

Because only the emperor Li Shimin can help him solve these problems.

Moreover, Li Chongyuan also really wanted to know if the imperial court had a policy on persuading students. If so, Li Chongyuan might not have to ask Li Shimin for the policy directly.

Standing behind Li Chongyuan, Xingba listened to Li Chongyuan talking to himself, and saw that Li Chongyuan had been frowning for the past few days, "Xiao Langjun, do you want all the children in Yangzhou to read the book and get to know each other?" Words, although this is a good thing, it is not practical. Xiao Lang, you have actually seen that even in Chang’an City, not everyone can afford to read, even if we have hard pens, chalk and blackboards. But that’s it The teaching method will definitely be attacked by those pious scholars. Xiao Langjun, if it really doesn’t work, then go back to Chang’an. The old lady has been writing letters, saying that she misses Xiao Langjun.”

"Oh!!! I know it's difficult, but I didn't expect it to be this difficult. It's been more than a year since I left Chang'an. I haven’t been back to Chang’an for more than a year. Without Dr. Sun, I don’t know what happened to the Queen’s body, and I don’t know if my uncle’s body is good.” After hearing Xingba’s words, Li Chongyuan thought more and more. Back to Chang'an.

This is not the first time Li Chongyuan has left Chang'an.

But even if he left Chang'an many times, Chang'an was still Li Chongyuan's home.

Li Chongyuan is the most obvious single dog, but most of the people who followed Li Chongyuan to Xixiang have families and families.

Li Chongyuan may not want women, but Xingba and the others always like to sit together in the evening when they have nothing to do, talking about family matters.

In fact, Li Chongyuan also knew.

Xingba and the others have been homesick for a long time, but because of Li Chongyuan, they never mentioned it.

Now that he wanted to go back to Chang'an, Li Chongyuan acted immediately.

The first thing to do is to write a memorial to Li Shimin.

As the acting governor of Yangzhou, he can't leave Yangzhou and return to Chang'an casually. Even if it is to report on his duties, he must obtain the permission of the court before he can leave Yangzhou and return to Chang'an.

Zoushu was sent away by Xingba and the others soon after. Of course, he left at the post station, and he left urgently.

Urgent, if it is urgent at [-] miles, it will take no more than half a month from the post station in Xixiang to Chang'an at the slowest, and it will only take eight days to reach Chang'an at the fastest.

After Li Chongyuan wrote the memorial, Li Chongyuan and others began to prepare.

All kinds of mountain goods from Yangzhou, Li Chongyuan wanted to take them back to Chang'an as long as they were good.

When Chen Juan and the others saw Li Chongyuan packing up his things, they asked curiously, "Yuan Er, are you going on a long trip?"

"Auntie, you see, I'm so busy that I haven't had time to mention it to you. I've already written a memorial to go back to Chang'an. If the court allows me to go back, I guess I will leave temporarily in half a month and go back to Chang'an. But auntie, don't worry, I'm not here for a long time, mainly because I haven't returned to Chang'an for more than a year and a half since I came out of Chang'an, and I still have things to ask the court for money, so this time I return to Chang'an, I guess I won't say much It will take three or four months." Seeing Chen Juan's question, Li Chongyuan did not hide anything.

Chen Juan nodded lightly when she heard the words, "Then you have to pay attention to safety along the way, my aunt doesn't want you to have trouble. By the way, within a few months after you leave, do you have arrangements for our training at sea?"

"Auntie, let's forget about going to sea for training this year. Ships are still being built. Even if several ships are built this year, it is already the end of the year. Let's go to sea for training next year. Anyway, this matter can't be rushed, and it can't be rushed. .Actually, I also know that you just want to leave here as soon as possible. Even if you go to live by the sea, you don’t want to cause me any trouble. Auntie, you can train here with peace of mind. Stay here to take charge of the affairs of the shipyard." In fact, Li Chongyuan already understood that Chen Juan and the others always felt a little unnatural during the time they lived here.

Unnatural is right.

The people of Qingfengzhai have been living in Zhongnan Mountain, either running east or west.

Even if they live in a certain stronghold, it will generally not exceed one year.

As long as a certain time is reached, they will choose to leave temporarily and live elsewhere.

As for why, although Li Chongyuan didn't know, he could guess some of it.

Bandits, if they lived somewhere for a long time, they would have been wiped out by the court long ago.

and.

Li Chongyuan had inquired about Qingfengzhai's vicious name from the bandits who came down from Zhongnan Mountain last year.

It can even be said that every bandit in Zhongnan Mountain is afraid of Qingfeng Village, otherwise, they would not have listened to Qingfeng Village's persuasion and came down from Zhongnan Mountain.

Chen Juan looked at Li Chongyuan, took a long breath and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want, Auntie is already in your territory, even if you want to choose, you have no choice."

"Auntie, mine is yours, why should I share my territory? This is my fief, which is also your fief, Auntie, you have to treat this place as your home." Li Chongyuan wanted to reach out to help Chen Juan wipe it away. A piece of dry grass on her forehead, but the hand stopped in the middle of it.

Seeing Li Chongyuan's action, Chen Juan's heart was moved, and tears came out of her eyes, "Yuan'er has grown up, and I know that I love my aunt. It's a pity that your mother died early, otherwise, your mother will see you growing up. And to be a governor at such a young age, I don’t know how happy I am.”

"Auntie, can you tell me about my mother?" Li Chongyuan climbed up, trying to find out about his mother from Chen Juan.

Chen Juan gently touched Li Chongyuan's head, "I will tell you later."

Ok.

Failed again.

Every time Li Chongyuan mentioned about his mother, no matter whether it was Chen Juan or Chen Huan, even the old lady and others, they kept silent.

He always refused to disclose anything about his mother to Li Chongyuan for this reason or that reason, even if Li Chongyuan asked outsiders, he would not be able to find out.

Li Chongyuan is still kept in the dark as to what is going on with his mother.

I always feel that this is not easy.

I just want to know about my mother, why everyone keeps silent when they mention it.

why?
Li Chongyuan couldn't figure it out, nor could he figure it out.

Chen Juan and the others continued to train.

And half a month later, Chang'an's reply letter has arrived.

When Li Chongyuan received the letter from the Ministry of Rites on behalf of Li Shimin, Li Chongyuan planned to leave in three days.

In three days, he needs to arrange things in Yangzhou.

In fact, Yao Kong would help him with everything if there was no arrangement from him, Li Chongyuan.

Yao Kong has represented Li Chongyuan as the governor of Yangzhou for more than a year. After more than a year, Yao Kong has long been familiar with the affairs of Yangzhou.

The mastless paddle steamer that Yu Rong supervised was temporarily requisitioned by Li Chongyuan, and he said it was going back to Chang'an on the paddle steamer.

The paddle steamer with masts supervised by Wan Hong was named Type C[-] paddle steamer by Li Chongyuan, while the paddle steamer without masts supervised by Yu Rong was named Type C[-] paddle steamer by Li Chongyuan.

The name is simple, but Wan Hong and the others know that if it can be called Type C, any larger paddle steamer must be a Type B paddle steamer. At that time, there will even be a Type A paddle steamer.

Moreover, they have seen the design drawings of the Type B paddle steamer long ago, and recently they have also begun to think about how to build the Type B paddle steamer.

Although, the name of the ship did not have their names on it, which made them a little disappointed.

But Li Chongyuan assured them that this time when Li Chongyuan returned to Chang'an, he just wanted to make an appearance in front of the emperor, and he would mention their names in front of the emperor.

With Li Chongyuan's guarantee, Wan Hong and the others worked even harder to build the ship.

Even, in my heart, I have already imagined that I can be a master craftsman or something in the future, eat the food of the court, and get the salary of the court.

After three days.

Xingba and the others were already familiar with the handling of the paddle steamer. In the early morning, they started to go downstream from the pier to the ocean.

Wan Hong and the others standing on the pier are excited at the moment, but also looking forward to it in their hearts.

Li Chongyuan left Li Village. It was not surprising to everyone, but in everyone's heart, they always felt that they had lost their backbone.

But fortunately, Xiang Ba stayed in Li Village, so he had someone in charge.

After leaving Licun Wharf, there was a C-[-] paddle steamer, and under the operation of several people, it quickly entered the Hanshui River.

after one day.

Li Chongyuan and the others went down the river and arrived in Fengli County.

When Li Chongyuan arrived in Fengli County, he directly asked the guards to control the boat and run towards his own property.

Fengli's land property was the land property that the Fang family compensated Li Chongyuan back then, and the land was as much as [-] mu.

Moreover, the [-] mu of land is close to the Han River, which is very convenient for Li Chongyuan and the others.

This time, Li Chongyuan came to his own land for the first time.

When it was dark, the ships arrived.

It was at least seven hundred miles away from Licun Wharf in Xixiang to Li Chongyuan's Fengli farmland.

Such a long distance, relying on the speed of the paddle steamer, this is really fast.

However, this is also because it is going down the river. If it is going retrograde, the speed will probably be much slower.

When the ship arrived, the ship was too big, but it couldn't dock because there was no medium-sized dock. This made Li Chongyuan want to go ashore, but he had to let Xing Ba and the others get off the ship first and set up planks.

After a lot of effort, Li Chongyuan and the others managed to get ashore.

When the people in the village heard that Li Chongyuan was coming, they rushed to the edge of the Han River with torches to welcome Li Chongyuan.

Among them, there are hundreds of villagers from Fufeng Village.

The villagers of Fufeng Village are the group of fake mountain bandits that Li Chongyuan rescued when he passed Ziwu Road a few years ago. They were first arranged to live in Li Village in Xixiang, and then they were arranged to live here.

As for the others, they were basically escapees from elsewhere.

There is a lot of arable land, and the villagers of Fufeng Village are definitely not enough.

That night, Li Chongyuan and the others just walked around the village, and after eating some village food, they went back to the boat and stayed on the boat for one night.

When the next day dawned, the boat continued downstream.

Li Chongyuan wanted to take the paddle steamer to Chang'an, not to mention the long journey. If the canal couldn't go, it would eventually have to enter the sea.

In the evening of the next day, Li Chongyuan and the others arrived at Suidao County in Xiangzhou.

On the third night, Li Chongyuan and the others arrived in Hanyang, Mianzhou.

Arriving here, the Han River can be regarded as finished, and the next step is the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

On the fourth day, Li Chongyuan and the others continued eastward and arrived at Wangjiang County.

On the fifth day, Li Chongyuan still did not stop and arrived in Liyang, Hezhou.

On the sixth day, arrive at Yangzhou, where the Yangtze River and the canal are located.

During the six days, Li Chongyuan never disembarked from the boat except for the one time when he disembarked in his own property, and lived on the boat all the time.

Apart from looking at the scenery and getting some air, he would go up to the deck and watch the people on the shore pointing at his boat.

After arriving in Yangzhou, Li Chongyuan began to consider whether to take the canal or the sea.

In the end, after Li Chongyuan rested for a day in Yangzhou and prepared various supplies, he directly chose to take the sea route.

After the diversion, the journey was a little longer, but Li Chongyuan wanted to try the paddle steamer out to sea, even if he just walked along the coastline, he had to try it to know whether the paddle steamer could withstand the ocean. The wind was raging.

Yangzhou is very close to the sea.

When Li Chongyuan arrived at the estuary of the Yangtze River, he looked over and found that the estuary of the Yangtze River in this era is completely different from the estuary of the previous life.

Chongming Island is still pitifully small, only a small sand dune.

The area around Qidong is a piece of water, and small boats can go there, but Li Chongyuan's paddle steamer can't, because the water area around Qidong is not deep, only about one or two meters.

(End of this chapter)