Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1371
Zhao Kuangming and Yao Ji lived in Zhang Weng's house for two days before leaving.

The lamb was filling.To be honest, the pepper-marinated lamb tastes really good.

The food in this family has a strong Guanbei style.

Pancakes, boiled meat, ghee vegetable cheese—the last one is cold salad, which sounds a bit like dark cuisine, but in history, Xixia people used ghee, cheese mixed with vegetables to eat raw, and mashed fruits to make jam. Still a lot.

After leaving Xingtang, continue eastward, pass through Guizhou, leave the army capital, cross Changping County, and arrive at Beiping Mansion all the way. It is already November [-] at this time.

There are still many emotions on the road, and the most prominent impression is that there are so many people with a Kansai accent!
Yao Ji once said that "the truth is revealed": six prefectures of Shen, Rou, Shuo, Yun, Wei, and Gui, many of them immigrated to the north, while Beipingfu, Jizhou, Pingzhou, and Zhuozhou have been immigrated since the time of Li Keyong. After years of fighting, after the Xia army came, they fought endlessly, and then the rebellion broke out, and a large number of people were either killed or injured, or moved out, and replaced by a large number of immigrants from Guannei Road and Guanbei Road states.

You can tell by connecting a line on the map. Yinshan, Daibei, and Youzhou overlook Guanzhong, Hedong, and Hebei from a high-level view, and the aborigines in these places have been replaced in large numbers. The sage has created a core site out of it. .

"I've even thought about what to do if someone rebels." Zhao Kuangming said with a smile: "If Hebei rebels, the mighty army will go south from You, Zhuo, Ping, Ji, and Wei, and the forbidden army will go north along the Yongji Canal. The navy entered and landed from the east and west of Liao, so it’s a fart.”

"There are many thorns in Hebei. This year, when the saints went to the north, there are still two forbidden troops and 8 soldiers from the east of Hebei staying behind. If no one stays behind, the people of Hebei dare to cut off the Yongji Canal and let the 10,000+ troops on the front line eat up the soil. "Yao Ji also laughed.

The grasslands to the north of Yinshan and Yanshan seem to be very stable now.

"Haha, why bother, just call."

"There are so many warriors in Daxia, Ping Haijun is the only one willing to farm."

"Have you ever tasted kombu? Only officials above the fifth rank will be rewarded. You are a ninth-rank official. Where did you get the kombu?"

"I've heard that Zhigu ordered Zhao Feng to grow gooseberry vegetables by the sea, but the wood in the sea was all rotten, and he couldn't grow them."

Zhao Kuangming swallowed, and said: "In the past, saints caught fish and distributed more to their ministers and guards. How come there are also in the station now?"

"Half a year of sailing, just to find kelp to raise? How rare is this thing?" Zhao Kuangming couldn't believe it.

"To be honest, being a native official is better than being a Jiedushi. The imperial court will punish Jiedushi, but not necessarily a native official."

Coupled with Princess Heyang who is married to the Dangxiang Yeli family, the saint really spared no effort in wooing the Fan tribe.

"finally come!"

"It's him, he looks good, and his knowledge is not very good."

If one day the king's division goes south and occupies many southern feudal towns, it will definitely send a large number of officials south.This is not a good job!

"Hebei people are also afraid of being killed." Zhao Kuangming said: "In the past, Weibo's household registration was 300 million, but now it is only 200 million. Although not all of them were killed by this dynasty, no matter how hard the bone is, it has been beaten for so long. It's hard to hold on."

Yes, that is the king of Qi who has accepted the Wu family of the Tu nationality as a child in Haizhou.After all, he still cannot escape the fate of being used by his father as a tool for marriage. Tianhuang nobles should have this awareness.

"Isn't it a good thing to settle down in Guizhou?" Zhao Kuangming raised his glass and signaled to the people, and said, "Besides, those places have high mountains and forests, and there are many plagues. If I go there, I'm afraid I will die without a place to die. Compared with miasma and plague , I would rather endure the bitter cold of the Bohai Sea, at least I won't die so easily."

Zhao Kuangming was also a little surprised, and asked, "Bohai Tokyo is Longyuan Mansion, right? How do I remember that Master Wang has not conquered this place yet?"

"You are just jealous of others!"

"Brought some tattered presents, the Ministry of Rites returned brocades and silverware, but in the end they lost all of it."

Everyone feels sorry for each other.

"It's not called kombu now, the sage gave it the name 'goose palm vegetable'. This year, Changxia Commercial Bank did sell a batch, but it was sold out quickly. Everyone wants to try it, and the kombu bestowed by Mr. Feizi What is it like?"

"I think that Ping Haijun may be going to explore the way. If Goryeo or Baekje are willing to borrow the way, the fleet departs from its port and lands in Tokyo on the Bohai Sea. It will scare them to death."

The daughter of the Qibi family in Rouzhou had already negotiated to marry the sixth prince Shao Mingyi as his wife.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the King of Le'an County demoted so many officials to Wuguan, how many are still alive now?He fell ill out of nowhere, and died without knowing what happened.In contrast, most of the officials who served in bitter cold places are still alive and kicking.

"That's right." Zhao Kuangming nodded and said, "Come on, let's have a drink, and we will be ministers in the same hall from now on."

It was getting late today, so they stayed at the post station and entered the city after dawn.

"Wait for a long time!"

Zhao Kuangming liked the atmosphere very much and toasted frequently.And he is really good at drinking, Shuofang made a few cups and drank it down, nothing happened, his eyes were clear.

"Here comes the food." The post general himself came out, carrying a large pot of steaming stewed fish.

"It's not Ping Haijun's ability to 'garrison fields'."

"My child heard it from nowhere. He eats sea fish to strengthen his body and improve his archery skills. He insists on buying it."

"My lord wants to eat two after hearing the story of the saint's disaster."

"It's not conquered." The man said: "Last year, the Pinghai Navy sent two ships from Chishanpu, Dengzhou, passing through Silla and Baekje, and then all the way north, carefully exploring, and it took several months. I finally found the kelp. On the way back, I encountered a violent storm and had to hide in the port of Bohai Sea and was held by others. Later, I was released and docked at Zhigu Port a month ago."

"The imperial court is too lazy to take care of the land of miasma."

"This fish is good, but it's a pity that there is no kelp. If it is cooked with kelp, the taste will be more delicious."

"One group after another lined up to face the Holy Spirit. Some people lost all before leaving and had to borrow money to go home."

To be honest, if you choose one of Bohai and Wuguan, you will definitely choose to be an official in Bohai instead of Wuguan.

"Going south..." Zhao Kuangming held the wine glass in his hand, and said, "Those handsome men in the south, their days are numbered. When the sages attacked Youzhou, they used land and water tactics, and they may repeat the old tricks."

Zhao Kuangming was dumbfounded, swallowed a couple of mouthfuls of saliva, and hurriedly scooped up a chopstick of sauerkraut to try something new.

"Indeed." Yao Ji said, "I was chatting with people outside just now. After the news of Wang Shida's defeat of Khitan came back, the scholars and people in Hebei were also very excited. After 30 to [-] years, when this generation gets old, the atmosphere will change." Something has changed."

There are huge crowds of people in the post station, and the noise is like a vegetable market.

"I said..." One person put down the steamed cake in his hand, and said: "The sage just gave another one, called 'Kelp'. I heard that it looks similar to Kumbu, and it was brought back from the sea off Tokyo in the Bohai Sea."

"Yamei, Ping Haijun is probably not a wayfinder." Yao Ji said in a low voice: "I have observed for a long time, and found that the sage is very concerned about maritime affairs. When I was in Luoyang, I heard Zhen Haijun enter the Zouyuan mention that Yuhang County King Qian Liu sent a lot of sailors to Haizhou to impart sea experience. Maybe one day, the sage will send a fleet to the south."

There were also a few officials who came and went on business in the post station. Zhao Kuangming sat and chatted with them, and by the way, complained about the barbarian chiefs from all walks of life.

"I haven't figured out the inland affairs yet, why are you staring at the sea all day long?" Zhao Kuangming was a little puzzled.

"I heard that there is a saying in the Luoyang Lecture Hall, which is called 'exchanging time for space'. The tricks that the sages concocted for the Hebei people seem to be exchanging time for space." Zhao Kuangming smiled and said: "Go, enter the house."

Zhao Kuangming had seen the maps of Bohai Sea and Silla in the Privy Council, and silently deduced them in his mind, and found that the Ping Navy was actually sailing along the coastal waters.To be more precise, it is a circle around the land of Silla, Baekje, Koryo, and Balhae.But if they want to find kelp, they can only walk along the sea.

Well, after a while, the sauerkraut also bottomed out.

Zhao Kuangming picked up the wine glass and drank with others.

"Zhao Feng? Is that the son-in-law?"

"Giving gifts now, if you don't get a few sea fish, you can't get them out."

The officials were laughing and laughing, transporting chopsticks like flying.Two big yellow croakers, only skeletons left after a while.

"Don't tell me, goose palm is really fresh. I always feel that there is something in this dish that can enhance the taste too much. If kelp also has this effect, it is not worth looking for it. Qin Shihuang also sent people to find immortality. Medicines, compared to them, what the sages made!"

Zhao Kuangming took a closer look and found that there were many barbarian chieftains in central Guizhou, and they were gambling.

Either the slave tribe directly under the saint, or the tribe supported by the saint.The latter has a very close relationship with the imperial court, and his favor is not fading.

"Most people can't speak the official language. Those who can speak the official language are also Han Chinese, and somehow became native officials."

This news is new, and most of you here don't know about it.

It is heard that the fourth prince, Shao Guancheng, is about to return to Beiping Mansion from Haizhou to marry the youngest daughter of Wang He, the inspection envoy of Sanquan and head of the Tibetan Talent Party Xiang, as his concubine.

Everyone was chatting with each other, and the words were not taboo, but the atmosphere was very warm.

The fish is large yellow croaker, stewed with sauerkraut, and it is fragrant.

"It's the first time I've eaten something that the sage loved when he was young."

"Maybe it's delicious."

"I think the sage wants to do business." Yao Ji said with a smile: "In the future, if you get the south, a lot of things may be shipped back to the north by sea, so you can save money."

Just like this time, what is the value of sending ships northward along the east coast of Koryo?Even if you go ashore, at most you will meet some savages, can you still give you gold, silver and treasure?Is it worth it in such a remote and cold place without pepper?
"Just practice your hands." Yao Ji said: "In the future, we may have to go south to Annan to transport goods, and there are not enough sailors."

"The yamen is being polite." Yao Ji raised the wine bottle and drank it down in one gulp.

Zhao Kuangming also drank it all in one gulp.

Without blushing and heart beating, he still glanced around with eyes full of light.

Officials speaking accents from various places, barbarian chieftains in colorful costumes, and it is heard that there are envoys from Silla and Baekje in the station.Well, it seems that there is so much meaning that all nations are coming to the DPRK.

(End of this chapter)