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Chapter 291 The Phantom of the River
For Li Gu'er, the members of the Wang family were not as in awe as they were at the beginning.

Not only is there no awe, but the mood is very complicated.At least he didn't welcome Li Chiying like that.This is a realistic thought.Li Chiying is kind to his son, and as a princess, he is very suitable for Wang Hua's wife.Li Bao'er's status is more noble, but she is a married woman after all, and this husband is the son of King Liang, so she saw or heard the news that her son had a tryst with this princess.On the contrary, the whole Wang family was worried.

Seeing Li Gu'er's arrival and the whole family saluting, Wang Hua obviously felt the kind of sympathy when they saluted, but Li Gu'er didn't feel it.

Wang Hua directly brought Li Gu'er to the study, and he also wanted to know the good news about Li Gu'er.

Asking her to sit down, Li Hong came over to make tea for her, but Li Gu'er pulled her to sit down.Li Hong was a little confused, Li Bao'er said, "I will trouble you to take care of Erlang in the future."

"Yes," Li Hong was even more surprised.

Now she has vaguely realized that she has never had sex with Wang Hua, perhaps the root cause lies in this little princess, but what does Li Gu'er mean by this sentence?

Wang Hua didn't want Li Hong's little head to be hurt anymore, so he told Li Hong to step back, turned around to look at Li Gu'er and said, "What's the good news?"

"you guess."

"Did you pick up a copper coin on the road?"

"Fuck you, guess again."

"Or a beautiful man fell from the world?"

Li Bao'er was amused by him, and said, "You are that beautiful man who fell from the world, guess what."

Wang Hua had already picked her up, lifted her clothes and lay on her stomach, listening, and asked, "Is it this?"

It's not difficult to guess that it would be strange if there was no movement at all after the two stayed together for such a long time.

Li Gu'er nodded shyly and proudly, and then asked, "Aren't you embarrassed?"

"What's the trouble?"

"If King Liang finds out, will it be against you?"

Wu Sansi?The image of the person called shameless by the history books appeared before Wang Hua's eyes.He will be against himself?It's possible to get angry now, after all, this incident has somewhat lost his face, but it won't be disadvantageous.Now that the upright ministers in the court have turned against Zhang, the second is to turn against the military. He needs allies, and he will not attack himself in this matter.But when the situation stabilizes in the future, it will be hard to say.

Wang Hua grabbed Li Bao'er's hand and said, "The reason why I worked so hard was for your happiness. How can I give up just because someone is angry? Rest assured."

Li Baoer nodded.

"when did it happen?"

"Just a few days ago, I found that I was not feeling well, and I often vomited. I called the doctor for a diagnosis, and the doctor said so. I was afraid of making a mistake, so I invited several doctors, and they all said that I was happy."

"This is good news, but the fly in the ointment is that he cannot share my last name."

"Then let him be named Wang as well."

"Hehe," Wang Hua said happily, this is not possible, originally Li Gu'er didn't let Wu Chongxun touch him, but now he suddenly has a baby, and the Wu family is very upset.If his surname is Wang, the Wu family can't afford to lose face.Instead, they were finally forced to die.He said: "It doesn't matter, as long as he is our flesh and blood."

"What about you?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Bao'er grabbed something and said, "What should I do with it?"

"Sister."

"It's really not good, take Li Hong. But I have one condition, you are only allowed to touch her, and you can't let her have children."

This is really a strange truth.Wang Hua looked at Li Bao'er in astonishment and asked, "Why?"

"I don't know yet whether the child is a boy or a girl. I think the eldest son of the Wang family should be a slave."

Wang Hua laughed again, and he said, "You are really domineering."

"I learn it from you."

"Okay, I promise you."

Li Bao'er left happily.Seeing her leaving with a group of palace slaves, Wang Yi opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything.I can't see through what my son has in mind.

After dinner, Wang Hua called Song Wen into the study again. Because of Li Bao'er's intrusion, the matter was not finished.Wang Hua said: "I can't give up on the porcelain kiln, but after the great voyage started, I first focused on cooperating with Dinglinzhai. But part of the money has to be re-developed new ships, but remember, there must be a certain style."

Having said that, Wang Hua thought about it for a while.Now due to the deformed policy of the Tang Dynasty, Chinese people are not allowed to go abroad, so all businessmen are foreigners.One is the Silk Road, which transports goods from Central Asia, West Asia, and Europe to China by caravans of camels, and then transports goods from China to all parts of the world.There is one thing in particular, because many places use the word "eating tea", so after the tea is shipped to Europe, the problem of translation is really "eating tea".Even the powdered tea leaves can be eaten in your stomach, and you don't know how it tastes?

Another one is shipping. Wang Hua really underestimated the shipbuilding industry in the world. Even in the Tang Dynasty, the shipping industry is unprecedentedly prosperous.However, this prosperity has little to do with the Han people. The most frequently parked in Guangzhou Port are large food ships, Persian ships, as well as Tianzhu ships, Shizi ships (Sri Lanka) and South China Sea ships (from some small countries on both sides of the Malacca Strait. ).The best is the big food boat.But now sailing is very risky, not to mention strong winds and waves, and ships with poor wave resistance, but also to identify directions and drive in the ocean.It is purely using the flow of ocean currents and running with the ocean currents and the coastline.

One thing can prove that Taiwan is so close to China, but China didn't pay attention at all in the Tang Dynasty except for one visit during Soochow.Taiwan is even called Little Liuqiu, which means it is smaller than the Ryukyu Islands.This reason is because ocean currents in the Taiwan Strait run in a north-south direction, not in an east-west direction.

This increases the risk even more. Some ships went in the wrong direction. They originally returned to the Strait of Malacca, but ended up in the Java Islands. These are recorded in history books.Or they ran to the vast and boundless southern Indian Ocean and Antarctica, but never came back.Although there is no record in the history books, there will definitely be.

So on the surface, it seems that sailing is more cost-effective. Think about how many tons of goods a camel fleet can carry, and the goods that a fleet can carry can reach thousands of tons. However, the form of trade in the Tang Dynasty was still based on the Silk Road. host.Money is good, but you have to live to enjoy it.

In fact, in the final analysis, one is the quality of the ship, the other is that there is no compass, and the telescope can also play an important role in critical times.

So Wang Hua said: "Anyway, it doesn't matter where the ships are, as long as they are different from the first batch of ships. I will transfer a group of people there, train a group of cronies, and let them learn the skills of sailing. What's more, Open up relations with some big families in the south of the Yangtze River. How about this, you go back immediately and send people to deal with the Xiong family and Luo family in Hongzhou, the Tao family and Zhai family in Jiangzhou, the Ji family and Gan family in Runzhou, the Jin family in Hangzhou, and the Lu family in Suzhou. Zhu Zhanggu, tell me, and they will immediately send the best embroiderers into the palace."

Originally, Wang Hua wanted to talk about the big families in Yangzhou, but considering that most of them were closely related to the Wang family in Taiyuan, he didn't say anything.There is also Xuzhou Lanling Xiao, that is, the family of Concubine Xiao Shu, who also considered Lao Wu's feelings and did not say anything.There is also Shan Qiuqiu of Huanglin in Quanzhou, who will also be of great help to him in the future, but the distance is too far, and it is estimated that he will not be able to catch the last train, so he did not say the same.Of course there are many big gentry, Wang Hua just listed a small part, the cake is only so big, if there are too many people, they will not get friendship.

In addition, now the gentry is mainly concentrated in the north. First, Zhengshuo, who has been in power for hundreds of years, is in the north. Second, the change of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the south has also dealt a devastating blow to the gentry.Therefore, the gentry in the south were small in scale and had little power to control.But there is one advantage, it doesn't have much to do with the seven surnames.Therefore, Wang Hua chose all the noble families in the south.

"Erlang, why?" Song asked puzzled.

"What are the best types of silk embroidery in the world today?"

Song Wen didn't know about this, and he said from memory: "There are Wen Ling from Henan Province, Fangwen Ling from Huazhou, Siqi Ling from Caizhou, Xianwen Ling from Qingzhou, Jinghua Ling from Yanzhou, and Linghua Ling from Xuzhou. Double-silk damask, Rui damask from Dingzhou, Yukou damask from Runzhou, Fei damask from Suzhou, Bird damask from Huzhou, Chonglian damask from Langzhou, Pu damask from Zizhou, etc. The silk includes Huaizhou plain silk, Weizhou flower silk, Mianzhou paired phoenix silk, etc. Silk includes Goose silk from Lingzhou, etc. Luo includes Chunluo and Kongqueluo from Hengzhou, Baohualuo from Yuezhou, single-filament Luo from Shuzhou, Jiaosiluo from Hanzhou, etc. There is also Yangzhou brocade from Henan, Gebu from Henan Province, and gold silk cloth from Lizhou."

Wang Hua signaled him to stop, and asked, "You divide the terrain of Dazhou into the north and south of the Huaihe River, plus the southwest, not to mention the production, which area has the most famous products?"

"North, then south, then southwest."

"But which place produces the most silk?"

Song Wen already understood a little bit.

Wang Hua also said: "Because the family in the north is large, more technicians can be concentrated, because the silk production in the north is small, and the hands are not as dexterous as those in the south. On the contrary, the names and varieties are more complicated than those in the south."

It is a strange phenomenon that no historian has studied this issue.If Wang Hua hadn't put his heart into it, he wouldn't have thought of it.It was not until the Song Dynasty that this phenomenon got on the right track.

"Think about it again, why did so many families send out their skilled craftsmen this time when the emperor issued an order, and suddenly their hearts changed? Are they patriotic?"

Song Wen shook his head.

"It was this time to make these three 氍毹. I not only improved the loom, which would improve the efficiency of weaving and spinning, but also created several new kinds of 氍毹The manufacturing method. It is not true that they sent people to support it, but it is true that they want to share this technological feast. Another point, this time I also mixed several new silk embroidery methods in the production of the 氍毹."

Now that Wang Hua has said this, there is no need to say any more.Song Wen already understood Wang Hua's intentions, and he replied: "I will leave the capital immediately tomorrow to take care of this matter for you."

"Thanks for your hard work," Wang Hua said without being pretentious.

A few days later, the first batch of craftsmen arrived in Chang'an.Because there were men and women, the Daming Palace immediately evacuated a palace, men and women slept separately at night, and eunuchs were closely monitoring them during the day.

This is different from Wang Hua's form.One is that Wang Hua's character is not so bad. He wants to be beautiful and gesticulate, and the fans in Chang'an City are probably willing to stick to it.If I don't see Mu Meili, I don't even want the tavern, for fear of missing the opportunity.Besides, if Wang Hua really liked that one, Li Shimin would even give Fang Xuanling the maidservants who accompanied him, Wu Zetian would not be stingy to the point of being reluctant to part with a few court ladies.

But at this time, craftsmen still gave people a very low impression.

In fact, after these craftsmen entered the palace, these few months were equivalent to going to prison.

But they are very skilled and quick to learn, and Wang Hua is comfortable teaching them.This is only one reason, and the second reason is that after nearly 20 days of teaching and hands-on work, Wang Hua has also begun to have a certain manual operation ability for this craft.This makes it easier for both parties to communicate.

But Wang Hua still didn't ask them to make it, but just put the three pictures there for them to look at every day.Well, he has a deep understanding of bamboo. Zheng Banqiao is good at painting bamboo. Isn't it because he has seen bamboo for more than ten years and is familiar with its image?These three works have to wait for him to come back, and he will outline the outline and make them together. Anyway, there are a lot of people, so we are not afraid of delaying time.

But they did not let them relax, and began to let them create some works by themselves, so as to quickly familiarize themselves with the new craft.This is also a good thing that artists can't wait for.Moreover, there are sufficient materials, so there is no fear of waste.In fact, there is no waste. These skilled craftsmen gather together to create works that are not too bad.

Finally, let the eunuchs in the palace keep them one by one.Their whereabouts are estimated to be impossible to buy even if they want to buy them. It is possible that the old Wu Feng will be bestowed on some clan disciples and ministers.

Wang Hua finally left the capital, but went to Jiangnan under the name of an ambassador.There is also a deputy envoy, Zhang Jiazhen.

Comrade Xiao Zhang is only in his thirties, and his promotion is more legendary than Wang Hua.Originally, because of the Zhongming Jingju, he was awarded the county lieutenant of Pingxiang, but later he was demoted and returned to his hometown because of the case.Last year, Shi Yushi Zhang Xunxian inspected Hedong as an interview envoy. When something was difficult and difficult to make a decision, he asked local officials for help.The local officials recommended Xiao Zhang.However, after a period of time, Lao Zhang began to be amazed. He handled things accurately, quickly, and methodically. Moreover, he had a majestic appearance and a generous demeanor. Even when he was with him, he talked freely and freely.

Talent, after Lao Zhang came back from Hedong, he didn't do one thing, so he immediately recommended Xiao Zhang to Wu Zetian.Wu Zetian heard Lao Zhang speak solemnly, and also listened to his words, and called Xiao Zhang in. After some discussion, Wu Zetian was very happy.That is to say, Zhang Jiazhen was worshiped as the supervisory censor.Zhang Xunxian was also promoted to Si Xun doctor because of his meritorious service in recommending talents.

This time Wang Hua burns porcelain, what's the use of following him?
This allowed Xiao Zhang to be well-informed and to see the customs and customs of more places.Then think of Wu Zetian's crazily forcing the governors of various states to nominate talents during this period, but the talents who were pushed were not satisfied after being summoned, so he became furious and almost drove the governors of the states crazy.Dizzy, what kind of talent do you want?Is it possible that everyone has to be like Wang Hua?
Once the two get in touch, one can imagine Xiao Zhang's future after returning from Jiangnan.

Wang Hua was not polite either, he knew this person, even Wu Zetian would break out in the future because of his own stimulation.It's just that his few suggestions acted as a catalyst, which made him get some reuse in advance.

With more than [-] bodyguards, they all rode horses and rushed all the way to seize the time. When they arrived in Xiangzhou, they started to walk by water, went down the Han River, and ran to the Yangtze River.

Comrade Zhang in Hanshui is even better, after all, he has also seen the broad Yellow River.But after getting off the Yangtze River, Xiao Zhang opened his mouth wide and said, "So the river is so wide."

Wang Hua smiled and said, "Hurry up and drink, there are still two days to go to the land, take your time."

Xiao Zhang drank wine, ate the perch caught by the fishermen on the river, and stared straight at the river view outside the boat.As a northerner, Wang Hua can understand.In fact, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River exist in two forms. The Yellow River is strong and the Yangtze River is broad.The Yellow River is majestic and powerful, and the Yangtze River is the mother, tolerant, benevolent and beautiful.

It was the sixteenth day of the seventh lunar month, when the crops were at their most luxuriant, and there were countless willows and grasses all over the sky on both sides.From time to time, there are beautiful egrets across the sky, and the unpolluted river water is like a boundless sapphire.

Even when Wang Hua passed by the Yangtze River during his study tour that year, he was once again shocked by its beauty.

Looking at the beautiful scenery, Xiao Zhang was very interested. He talked about poetry with Wang Hua again, and even wrote a poem.

It was getting dark, and a bright moon rose from the endless river in the east.

The misty moonlight suddenly made the whole river half secluded and half yellow, and a slight river wind blew in, listening to the sound of boats passing by the waves.This majestic scene shocked Xiao Zhang again. Seeing him in the bow of the boat like crazy, Wang Hua was speechless, he was sleepy, and there were still many things to think about.At least prepare to burn those porcelains, what materials are needed, what techniques are needed, and where these materials come from.Some chores in my family, and the son in Li Bao's stomach.

Well, I won't be with you anymore.He was just about to get into the cabin and get ready to sleep.Suddenly I heard Xiao Zhang shout: "Wang Zhongying, look at that boat is so big."

There are big ships. There are many big ships in Guangzhou Port. There are also some big ships in the Yangtze River, but they are all riverboats. They are not suitable for sailing in the sea, and the size of big ships is very small.Wang Hua raised his head and looked at the river in the distance. It really was a big boat.The dark ship's hull and slender waist, like a sharp arrow, followed behind them and rowed quickly.

The boat is not small, and it is still a sea boat.Wang Hua was puzzled. Generally, most sea-going ships ship goods in Guangzhou, and a small amount also enter Quanzhou or Mingzhou.I have never heard of any sea-going ships entering the Yangtze River.But it’s hard to say now, the Tang Dynasty focused on military power on land, and the naval base was very weak, most of the time it was just pretending to maintain law and order, let alone going to sea.

Although suspicious in his heart, this is not Wang Hua's responsibility, and it is even possible that he will join this rank in the future.

So I walked into the cabin and left Comrade Xiao Zhang alone to watch the river view and the boat slowly.How big it can be, if he sees an oil tanker with hundreds of thousands of tons, he still doesn't know how he will feel.But Wang Hua never thought of seeing such a real giant wheel again.

But not long after entering the cabin, the guards called out again, and they said, "Wang Zhongying, look, that ship wants to hit us."

Hit us?Wang Hua looked up.Like Zhang Jiazhen, the boatman was also admiring the big ship at the beginning, and in order to appreciate it, he took the initiative to give up the channel, lowered half of the sail, and slowed down in order to watch from the side.But just as he gave way to the side channel, the ship also adjusted its channel and sailed straight towards their ship.

The boatman thought it was a coincidence, so he gave way several times, but the big boat behind him also adjusted accordingly.

Needless to say, the ship was after them, and was coming for them.

When Wang drew it, the big ship was already very close, like a huge monster, with its mouth wide open, and it rushed towards them ferociously.

(End of this chapter)