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Chapter 857

Qin Wangfu.

However, Li Xia received Xi Jihu's preliminary plan for water conservancy in Guanzhong in the evening.

"Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, sir, you know I'm anxious."

"I know that the king is impatient. After the war, the award of meritorious service has been completed, and the arable land in Guanzhong will increase by more than three times next year; and the population of Chang'an City will increase, and water will become a top priority. It can be said that water conservancy in Guanzhong is urgent."

Li Xia shook his head and said: "Yes, the issuance of banknotes and Guanzhong Water Conservancy. Most of our measures this year are centered on these two things. The newly established yamen and newly appointed officials must be able to clenched like fists when necessary." it is good."

"Yes, Wang Shang's foundation was first established, and now the government offices are established. It is time to work together."

"I still have to study this letter carefully before I can understand it. It happens that I will take a bath tomorrow, so how about discussing it later?"

"Yes."

Li Xia sent Xi Jihu off in person, went back to the lobby to get Li Ye's booklet, took two thick books with him, and then went back to the back house.

Back in the back house, Gao Mingyue knew that he would have to read the documents tomorrow when she saw the paperwork in his hand, and while changing his clothes, she said, "When I was 16, I followed you to Kaifeng. I never saw a day when you were free. .”

"After all, I'm not as busy as I used to be these days, and I don't feel tired looking at the official documents. I can still celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Li Xia thought that this was the eighth year that Gao Mingyue had been together, so she couldn't help but hold her hand.

The husband and wife hugged for a while, and he asked: "If there is a free day, what will I do with you?"

"It's fine to do nothing and just rest at home."

"Then if the world is peaceful and there is nothing to do, what kind of life do you want to live?"

"Anything is fine, it would be great if you could spend more time with us."

"Do you have to say one?"

"Well... Then, I would like you to take me to stroll around the streets of Lin'an again, to buy things. Last time I went there, I only cared about fighting and killing. In fact, I really want to see more. There are many things that I didn't have in Dali. seen."

"So you really wanted to go shopping, why didn't you say so?"

"I didn't know you very well at that time... Well, it's not just me. An'an and Nian'er said they wanted to visit their hometown in Kaifeng, but Lin'an is the most prosperous place in the world. Qiaoer also said that he wanted to go to Fengle Lou for dinner again. , Wen Jing has never been there, and I also want to see the charm of the south of the Yangtze River. But we all know that no matter how prosperous it is, if it is not for the officials to guard it so hard, it will be empty in a blink of an eye. It is just for fun. What about the officials? What if Where do you want to go when you have free time?"

"It's pretty much the same anyway." Li Xia thought for a while and said, "When the world is peaceful, we will go to Jiangnan to live for a few years."

"It's good to be able to play for a while, and maybe get tired of it in half a month. Chang'an will be more prosperous in the future under the rule of officials."

It is true that the husband and wife were talking and joking, Gao Mingyue was actually very busy, only chatting with Li Xia to talk about the poetic and picturesque scenes of Yanyu Jiangnan, and he had to deal with many gift lists as soon as he turned his head.

Li Xia doesn't like these exchanges of favors, and thinks it's good that Prince Qin's mansion doesn't accept gifts, but exchanges of favors are actually indispensable in this era.

When Li Xia had become self-reliant but had not completely separated from the Song court, the attitudes of many officials and family members were very important.

For example, two days ago, Lu Xiufu had just picked up his wife and children from Lizhou. The first thing Mrs. Lu did when she came to Chang'an was to pay a visit to Princess Qin, crying and complaining that Lu Xiufu did not allow her to associate with other officials in Lizhou.

This cry expressed Madam Lu's position, as long as Li Xia was powerful, she would be able to persuade her husband to surrender.

But she would not listen to Li Xia's reasons for not accepting gifts from Prince Qin's residence. If Gao Mingyue did not reciprocate with her, she would immediately feel that Prince Qin's residence was not close.

So after dinner, Li Xia sat there and watched Gao Mingyue take care of these affairs.

In the hall, his eldest son was stabbing everywhere with chopsticks, saying that he wanted to learn swordsmanship, and Hu Zhen also fought him with a chopstick.

"The son will have younger siblings next year, aren't you happy?"

"Then compete with me, baby, baby..."

The second son, who just turned one year old, was in Zhang Wenjing's arms, trying hard to climb onto Li Xia.

"I don't know if Dad received the letter." Zhang Wenjing said in a low voice, "It's true that we didn't reply to any of them."

She and Li Xia had already sent several letters home to Zhang Rou, but they never received a reply. As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, it was inevitable that they would be a little unhappy.

"Not replying is a good result. It proves that he is still thinking about it. On the contrary, if the situation is not good, he may have sent a letter to break up with us, or the letter fell into the hands of others, and the reply may mislead us."

What Li Xia was worried about was not Zhang Rou's attitude, but the exposure of Zhang Shilang's contact with him, which was far away and in enemy territory. This kind of thing is the most uncontrollable.

"This time I sent people to the north, not only to bring a letter to your father, but also to contact the Marquis of Shanxi." Li Xia said again: "If we can border Baozhou, the Zhang family really has a choice. But it may not be to open up Henan, pry The same goes for opening Shanxi.”

"The Marquis of Shanxi is small and miscellaneous. I'm afraid it will be difficult to win in one fell swoop, right? A group of state and county officials."

"It's better to try to pry a seam first."

Zhang Wenjing let out a "huh", leaned on Li Xia's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Actually, I'm not worried about anything, I just have a little emotion during the holidays."

"I know."

"You are still willing to coax me after giving birth, so I am very happy."

Zhang Wenjing then smiled.

She now has a different charm, but her eyes still have the agility of a girl, leaning on Li Xia and said: "I fell in love with you back then, but my father scolded me. Now that you have become the king of the country, you have to be angry with him." Okay, but I couldn't see him blowing his beard and staring."

The child finally climbed onto Li Xia's body.

Li Xia teased the child, enjoying this rare and peaceful Mid-Autumn Festival...

~~
Shuntian Road, Baozhou.

In the first year of Jin Guozhenyou, the Mongolian army captured Baozhou and burned the city, reducing Baozhou to ruins. Fourteen years later, Zhang Rou presided over the reconstruction of Baozhou City.

He re-zoned the market, fixed residential buildings, built government offices, built temples, built gardens, built city walls, and dredged the moat, making the newly built Baozhou City the gateway of the capital, known as the metropolis of Yannan.

Therefore, the current Baozhou is the Zhang family's Baozhou.

Now that Zhang Rou has retired, she temporarily returns to her old house in Baozhou to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival at home.

On the night of August [-]th.

Zhang Hongyi, the twelfth son of the Zhang family, suddenly heard a report from the servant, he was a little surprised, but he still went out to greet him.

I saw more than ten riders coming from the north, and the leading knight got off his horse. It was actually Zhang Honglue.

"Sixth brother? Sixth brother has really returned home? Isn't he staying in the guard in Beijing?"

"Come back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with my father. If the King Zong didn't allow me to rest for a few more days, I would be home the day before yesterday." Zhang Honglue threw the whip and asked again: "Father, can you rest?"

"No, I had a quarrel with my second sister in the evening, and I was sulking. The sixth brother came back just in time, so let's have a drink with him." Zhang Hongyi looked around again, and asked: "Ninth brother and tenth brother are there?" return?"

"Going to Kaiping with His Majesty, I have no time to spare."

As Zhang Honglue said, he dismissed Zhang Hongyi and went to find Zhang Rou.

Baoding's hometown is the place he is most familiar with, and he knows where his father is drinking without someone leading the way.

……

The mansion is spacious and magnificent. In the Yuying Pavilion in the backyard, Zhang Rou heard footsteps, turned her head to look, and saw that it was the six sons coming.He casually pushed a cup across the stone table.

"Father."

"Run back at this time, the future is gone?"

Zhang Honglue smiled and said: "If there is still a future, it won't be ruined by this trivial matter. If there is no future, no matter how well you do it, it's useless. My son pours wine for father."

"It's good to be back." Zhang Rou held the wine glass and murmured: "A while ago, Yang Dayuan died, what do you think of this matter?"

"The child was horrified."

When Zhang Honglue said this, the smile on his face melted, and a look of worry and exhaustion appeared.

"The boy was thinking at the time, maybe his father took the initiative to become an official to avoid Yang Dayuan's misfortune?"

In a word, Zhang Rou took it for granted, and said: "With such a daughter, we are too close to Li Xia. If we are not careful, Yang Dayuan will be a lesson from the past."

"If not."

"Isn't it?"

Zhang Honglue nodded, and said in a firm tone: "My Zhang family governs the family with filial piety, and I will never be reduced to the same fate as the Yang family."

He didn't seem to have said anything, but the four words "governing the family with filial piety" seemed to have said everything.

First of all, he thought that Yang Dayuan was not killed by Li Xia, but died at the hands of the younger generation in the family, so he mentioned the word "filial piety".

Secondly, since you are a junior, why do you do it?He can also deduce that it is nothing more than Kublai Khan's "removing the old with the new".

If Zhang Jiulang was the chosen heir of the Zhang family, Zhang Honglue's "absolutely not" is a sign of his trust in Zhang Hongfan.

Hearing this, Zhang Rou seemed to sigh, and said, "I hope Jiulang won't be forced to the point where Yang Wen'an is."

He knew everything.

"Yes."

Zhang Honglue didn't dare to answer any further questions, so he poured wine.

"Baozhou is surrounded by mountains, there is no retreat." Zhang Rou took the wine from her son and said slowly, "I heard that Hao Tianyi from Taiyuan is back, and I want to send someone to open a mountain road, but I'm afraid it's too dangerous. Now that you are back, help Weifu think about it..."

"Taiyuan?"

Zhang Honglue was startled, thought for a while, but murmured to himself in a low voice: "If it can be hidden, it would be a good way out..."

(End of this chapter)