Chapter 205
205 Leaving the capital (1)
In the early morning, the princess of Lin an woke up, her whole body was warm and comfortable. She stretched her waist and her feet “clang” landed on the table legs.
She opened her misty eyes and saw the pale sky. The sun had not risen yet.
It was like a night of hangover in a nightclub. His eyes turned from confusion to confusion, and he wondered if he had seen it wrong. Why was he not seeing a beautiful bed curtain, but the sky at dawn?
She pouted a little and moaned softly.
The scenes from last night flashed across her mind. She remembered that she had been boating with Xu ningyan, drinking and chatting with him.
Perhaps it was because she had never had such an experience before, she agreed to little Gong’s suggestion immediately. For an unmarried Princess, such a bold action was enough to ruin her reputation.
After that, perhaps because she had drunk some wine, she became more and more relaxed. She did as he said and lay down on the deck.
When he saw the sky full of stars, framed’s entire heart was drunk. In his mind, there was only the concept of ” when drunk, you don’t know the sky is in water, a boat full of clear dreams suppressing the Galaxy “.
He was intoxicated.
She didn’t want to get up again, so she used the alcohol to fall asleep.
It was so warm. Even in the middle of winter, she didn’t feel cold while sleeping on the boat. Instead, she felt warm as if she had returned to her mother’s body.
However, she wasn’t in the mood to care about this now. She sat up in a panic and realized that she was covered with a brocade quilt. She subconsciously wanted to lift it up, but she stopped. She touched her body nervously under the quilt and confirmed that her clothes were intact and there were no adverse reactions.
For example, the pain of breaking the gua that was often mentioned in books.
The mounted man heaved a sigh of relief. He looked left and right and saw the palace maid guarding the shore. Thus, from the drunk nightclub mounted man, he changed back to the dignified Princess of Lin ‘an.
She called for the guard waiting on the shore and asked him to jump onto the black-covered boat to help row to the shore. She asked casually, “”When did Lord Xu leave?”
“He left before dawn.” The palace maid replied in a soft voice.
Lin ‘an nodded his head in disappointment. He recalled the warm feeling yesterday. After careful comparison, he found that it wasn’t brought by the bedding. He asked with a straight face, ”
“What did he do last night?”
“There are.”
With dark circles under her eyes, the palace maid who hadn’t slept the whole night took the opportunity to complain,”She frivolously took advantage of the princess.”
“Ah?” Lin an looked terrified.
“He’s been holding the princess’s hand.” The palace maid said hatefully,”before I left this morning, I even took a photo of this servant’s …” Ass, threatening me not to tell the princess.”
How could he be so excessive? Lin ‘an’s eyebrows were raised, there was a kind of shame and anger of misjudging the person.
“Second Princess …” The guard hesitated.
“Hemming and hawing,” Lin an looked at him unhappily.
“It’s freezing, and the princess is sleeping on the ship. A single blanket can’t withstand the cold.” The guard explained, ”
“This humble servant saw clearly last night that Lord Xu did not sleep the entire night. He held the princess’s hand to send Qi to you and dispel the cold.”
Transferring Qi … He didn’t sleep the entire night … The girl was stunned, remembering that she had a good sleep last night, she asked suspiciously, ”
“How come bengong has never heard of such a thing, and no one has sent Qi to bengong.”
“This …” The guard smiled bitterly and said,”it’s a waste of energy to transfer Qi all night. Who can withstand it?” Unless they were middle-ranked or high-ranked martial artists.
furthermore, the princess is living a luxurious life. She doesn’t need to do this.
“How tired?” Ming Miao bit his lips and probed.
“If it was me, I would have died of exhaustion,” the guard replied.
Her watery peach blossom eyes rippled and became soft.
“When Lord, Lord Xu left, it seemed … He looks exhausted.” “But why didn’t he let me say it?” the palace maid asked as she recalled.
Lin an didn’t answer this question and suddenly walked outside, “”He is leaving the capital for Yunzhou this morning. What time is it now? I have to see him off …”
She didn’t know why, but there was an inexplicable wave in her heart. She just wanted to see that dog slave.
“Your Highness, it’s already past dawn …” The palace maid chased after her. besides, which Princess would send a Gong? if word gets out, it’ll be bad for you and him.
This sentence caused the willful Lin an to stop in his tracks.
To me, I would at most be scolded by my father … However, if it concerns my reputation and integrity, a small copper Gong like him will definitely suffer … Lin ‘an swept a glance at the palace maids and guards, his round oval face showing a rare Majesty of the heavenly family, ”
“This concerns my reputation. You can not tell anyone about what happened last night, or you will all be flogged to death.”
“Yes.”
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The distance from the capital to Yunzhou was long. In order to save time, this group of Imperial envoys had chosen to travel by water and not by dry road.
The official ship cut through the waves, and the sails fluttered.
Xu Qi ‘an stood on the deck, facing the wind from the river. Ships of all sizes were sailing on the river. There were official ships and merchant ships.
“You don’t look well. You’re overworked.” Jiang Luzhong came to the deck and stood side by side with him. He turned his head to look at Xu Qi ‘an and chuckled.
“You went to the Imperial Academy yesterday?”
“…. Yes.” Xu Qi ‘an was speechless.
He had indeed gone to the education workshop Division and had a parting exchange with Fu Xiang. But the real reason for his exhaustion was that he had been sapped of all his energy, but he couldn’t bring himself to say it.
“Look at you, you’re still too young and your eyes are shallow.” Jiang Luzhong placed his hands on the guardrail and smiled like an experienced driver.
“Yunzhou also has an education workshop. The bodies of Jiangnan women are soft, and their voices are soft. I’ll bring you to experience it later.”
“It’s not the same.” Xu Qi ‘an shook his head.
“You’re a devoted person, aren’t you?” Jiang Luzhong asked in surprise.
This had nothing to do with infatuation, but with Bai su … “Unless it’s Jiang Jinluo’s treat,” Xu Qi ‘an said in a deep voice.
“What?” Jiang Lu was stunned.
“Since you’re treating, it’s the same.” Xu Qi ‘an’s face was serious.
Jiang Luzhong thought for a moment and pointed at the river. “What do you think of the water here?”
Xu Qi ‘an looked down at the river and answered honestly, “”Not much, just dirty.”
yes, ” Jiang Luzhong nodded. it’s good that you know.
Xu Qi. an was speechless.
After a moment, Jiang Luzhong said,”we’ll go south along the canal. When we reach Qingzhou, we’ll have to change to the land route.” By land, we should be able to reach the clouds Plains in about ten days.”
“Lord Jiang, it’s not appropriate to tell me this secret route.” Xu Qi ‘an said.
“It’s fine. With your talent, you’ll be a golden gong sooner or later.” Jiang Luzhong smiled indifferently.
Friends are friends, but I’ll still be angry if you plant a flag for me … Xu Qi ‘an smiled in return. thank you for your kind words. Hmm, why do you want to change to a drought-type path? ”
“It’s by land,” Jiang Luzhong corrected him and then explained, ” although Qingzhou is adjacent to Yunzhou, there is no connecting canal between the two states. If we want to take the water route, we have to bypass the neighboring Shazhou. It would be faster to come by land.
The previous dynasty had once developed waterways and opened up canals, building two Grand canals that ran through the north and south, East and West. There were countless tributaries, which was why the water transportation in Da Feng was so developed today. Qingzhou and Yunzhou were not connected by a canal?
“There’s no water route?” Xu Qi ‘an expressed his doubts.
Yunzhou and Qingzhou were connected by a branch, but more than ten years ago, the river suddenly changed its course. Jiang Luzhong explained.
They’ve changed their course … Xu Qi ‘an nodded slowly.
The water conservancy project had been a headache for the Imperial court since ancient times. It would overflow from time to time and change routes from time to time. Even in his previous life, floods were still a headache. It was fine for this man to change his route, at most it would go through his intestines and stomach. Once the river changed its course, it would harm thousands of miles and the people would suffer.
At this moment, a cloud of black smoke rose in front of them. Xu Qi ‘an tried his best to look into the distance and saw a small boat docked on the shore. A few people were burning the goods.
“What’s going on? Why are you burning the goods?” Xu Qi ‘an said in a deep voice.
His first thought was that someone was breaking the law and destroying the goods of the Shang family.
Jiang Luzhong took a few glances and came to a realization. usually, in this kind of situation, it’s the Shang family who doesn’t plan to pass the customs and burn the goods to return.
“Ha, the Imperial court has set up many passes in the canal, and for every pass, one has to pay a tax. As they handed over the goods, many merchants would realize that even if they reached their destination and sold the goods, the silver they earned would not be enough to pay their taxes. Therefore, they simply burned the goods and returned, because if they carried the goods, they would have to pay taxes again on the return trip. We don’t need an airship.”
“We’re about to reach the capital, why are you doing this?” Xu Qi ‘an didn’t understand.
“Ha, the Imperial court has set up many passes in the canal, and for every pass, one has to pay a tax. As they handed over the goods, many merchants would realize that even if they reached their destination and sold the goods, the silver they earned would not be enough to pay their taxes. Therefore, they simply burned the goods and returned, because if they carried the goods, they would have to pay taxes again on the return trip. We don’t need an airship.” Jiang Luzhong said with emotion, ”
“It’s common to burn goods along the river.”
“Such an ugly sight.” Xu Qi ‘an raised his eyebrows.
“There are even uglier things, because small merchants can’t afford the customs duties of the water transportation Chamber of Commerce, so they can only rely on the water transportation Chamber of Commerce. Those Chambers of Commerce will swallow the goods at a low price and then sell them at a high price. Take the saltpeter mine you took over in Taikang County as an example. The local gray households mine stones and burn the ash. The capital can’t take in such a large amount, so they can only ship it to the various provinces to sell.
“The Chamber of Commerce took the opportunity to buy lime at a low price and send it out through their own channels. The grey households could only get ten percent, or even less. It was barely enough to fill his stomach.
“The interests involved behind this are hard to imagine. Even Lord Wei has many concerns.”
Xu Qi ‘an was silent.
He thought of another matter. Emperor Yuan jing’s cultivation and alchemy had cost a lot, and the money did not come from the Ministry of Revenue. It was all from his own Treasury.
In that case, how could Emperor Yuan jing have so much money for him to throw out coins like crazy?
He didn’t ask this question. He returned to the cabin to do breathing exercises and recover his energy. It was close to noon, and she was already famished.
When he left the room, he heard the lively conversation on the deck. It turned out that many Fat River fish had come from the boatman’s net and were scattered on the deck, jumping around.
With Jiang Luzhong taking the lead, song tingfeng and the other 20 gongs joined in the fun. They were happy to have fresh fish soup to drink at noon.
The Imperial inspector who was leading the team this time came out when he heard the commotion and frowned.
He was the Fengdu Imperial Censorate of the Imperial Censorate, a fourth-rank official. In the Dafeng officialdom, the position of provincial governor was usually held by the Imperial Censorate, which had great power.
The Imperial Censorate was under Wei Yuan’s control, and da Qingyi had another official title, Imperial Censorate of the left, rank two.
This censor, who could be said to be one of their own, had been seasick the entire morning and was resting. He was very displeased to be woken up by this group of martial artists.
“Pick a few of the fattest river fish for the governor to make soup.” Jiang Luzhong said with a smile.
The governor, who had a goatee and a refined temperament, waved his hand and frowned, “”The smell of river fish is too strong, I have no appetite.”
After rejecting Jiang Luzhong’s good intentions, he glanced at the gongs unhappily. be quiet, everyone. It’s improper to make such a big fuss.
After he finished speaking, he returned to the cabin with an impatient expression.
“Tsk, tsk, a scholar’s body is really weak. He can’t take it anymore.” One of the bronze gongs ridiculed Jiang Luzhong, but he was glared at by him.
There was fresh fish soup to drink … It was just nice to add some chicken essence as seasoning … Xu Qi ‘an, who was famished, was looking forward to lunch.
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[ PS: thank you, President of the ‘Kongtong dancing leaves’ Alliance. I’ll add more for you later. ] Hmm, 26 Alliance leaders, I’m already at the 20th.
Just six more chapters and it would be okay. As for the White silver Alliance’s updates, I’ve done some calculations. I’ve been adding to the president’s Updates since the 11th. From the 1st to the 11th, I’ve written a total of 33 chapters. Excluding the two chapters a day, I have 11 more chapters.
Therefore, the first white silver Alliance had already finished updating. I’ll pay back the White silver Alliance after I’ve paid back all the additional chapters for the Alliance master.