"Three hundred years ago, there was no such thing as the painting of Pinghu in Guangling City."

"According to the Guangling Prefecture Chronicle, this place used to be a fertile land."

"Later, in order to build the Yuguang Canal, soil was taken from here to build a dike and a pit of dozens of miles was dug."

"The largest pier in the Guangling section of the Yuguang Canal is located in Huaping North, which is Linfeng Dui, just outside the north gate."

Sitting in the carriage driven by Wu Xichen, Su Muxin began to popularize Li Chenan.

He found a problem.

Li Chenan clearly has extensive knowledge, but he has no idea about Guangling City where he has lived for seventeen years!

I don't know much about Ningguo.

He has never even heard of the famous Shangdi merchants in Ningguo!

It's really an alien.

"Then why don't you get on a boat from Guangling City to Yujing City?"

"There is a reason... The Jade Canal is more than a thousand miles long. Although there is only one dry river channel, it has many branches."

"The most famous one is the Shuangjiao Lake section."

"Shuangjiao Lake is a group of lakes, with countless islands and a Shuangjiao Mountain that stretches for thousands of miles."

"There is a powerful water bandit in that place. The Yuguang Canal has been built for more than two hundred years. The government has sent navy troops to suppress bandits many times. At first, of course it has achieved good results. The shipping was very busy at that time.

.”

"But later, after Prime Minister Shang's death, our Ningguo went to decline again... In recent years, those water bandits rekindled."

Su Mu sighed slowly and said:

"Now our Ningguo Navy is in a diminishing state, and we are unable to suppress the bandits anymore. Therefore, the bandits in Shuangjiao Lake are becoming increasingly larger and more rampant, and they often attack ships during the day."

"This has led to the fact that this should have been very busy waterway has become a very busy one now, let alone a passenger ship. No one wants to meet a water bandit, and if they are robbed, their lives will be gone.

”

Only then did Li Chenan realize that in this way, Ningguo, which seemed to be quite prosperous, was probably in its twilight years.

Liu Zhuo had explained it to him briefly before, but now he has just gained a clearer understanding.

But I just do some wine business in Guangling City. As for what will happen to this country...even if it is in chaos, as long as I have the foundation to settle down, I will not be afraid.

It's just a pity that such a good canal.

It is connected to the Yangtze River and can be directly from Kyoto to Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

Materials from the south and north of the Yangtze River can also be transported to various places along the route through the canal.

Water transportation is not only faster than the land, but also much lower cost.

If it is unobstructed, it will inevitably become a crucial economic artery in Ningguo.

I don't know how the rulers think.

The two were chatting in the carriage, and before they knew it, the carriage arrived at the ferry at the house on the lakeside.

Wu Xichen plowed the carriage and the three of them boarded the ferry.

At this moment, there is no one else on the same boat.

Negotiate the price with the shipkeeper and set sail.

Li Chenan was sitting on the boat and truly saw the vast smoke of the painting of Pingping Lake.

The ferry is running on the Huaping Lake, with a breeze blowing, egrets dancing, and occasionally fish jumping out of the water. Huaping Lake reflects the blue sky and white clouds, and the scenery is unparalleled.

Li Chenan stood at the bow of the boat, wearing the beautiful picture of this lake, and felt that the merchants and merchants were the ones who knew how to enjoy life.

"you……"

Su Muxin pointed to the distance, "That is the Peach Blossom Island on Huaping Lake."

Li Chenan was stunned for a moment, thinking that when he was a teenager, he had seen this name in a martial arts novel. Isn’t it the island of Dongxie Huang Yaoshi?

“Taohua Island, Taohua Mountain, Taohua Villa.”

"There were not so many peach trees in Guangling City, but since the old lady Fan Taohua from Zhongli Mansion married into Zhongli Mansion, there have been many peach trees in Guangling City, and there are also so many places named after peach blossoms.

”

Li Chenan was shocked, "What do you mean... these place names have some connection with Zhongli Ruoshui's grandmother?"

"I also heard from the teacher. He said that Fan Taohua was only fifteen years old when she came down from Songshan Sword Courtyard. During the two years she traveled in the world, she was attracted by her heroism and righteousness, and of course, because of her beauty and charm.

Many good men from that time."

"There are some heroes from the world, and the one who is most infatuated with Fan Taohua is Wu Xichen, the sword and the wind."

"The peach trees on Taohua Mountain were planted by Wu Xichen, because Taohua Villa was built by Fan Taohua."

"The villa is at the foot of the mountain. When the peach blossoms at the foot of the mountain are in full bloom, the peach blossoms on the mountain are also beautiful, and this is silent watch."

Li Chen'an turned his head and Wu Xichen looked ahead, his eyes looked at his nose and nose, and his heart did not show any strange expression.

He never expected that his master had an affair with Zhongli Ruoshui's grandmother!

Obviously, this master was eliminated, but he never got married because of his love for Fan Taohua. Not only did he plant a mountain of peach trees, he also became a coachman in Zhongli Ruoshui today.

It's a seed of infatuation.

"The other is the talented scholars and scholars at that time, and Shangdi and Shang were one of them."

"He was the top scorer in Jingtai's early years! He was not only proficient in music, he was proficient in both music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he was also a handsome man with a jade face who was famous at Kyoto at that time."

"Later, Fan Taohua of course married Zhongli Po, a genius boy from Zhongli Mansion. Wu Xichen disappeared, and Shangdi and Shangshe lived in seclusion in this island in the middle of the lake and named it Taohua Island."

Another seed of infatuation.

It can make the two geniuses of civil and military affairs fascinate them... What kind of appearance and temperament should Mrs. Fan have?

"Later, Fan Taohua went to Kyoto with her husband, and the teacher said that she would come back to Guangling City at any time."

"If she returns to Guangling, it will be basically in February and March. At that time, the peach blossoms are just right. She will go to Taohua Mountain and also go to Taohua Island to see it. But she has not come back in the past two or three years. The teacher said she probably has to be with Kyoto.

The situation is related."

Su Muxin turned to Li Chenan, "Miss Zhongli is the third lady who is raised by Mrs. Fan, and she is her favorite granddaughter! If you bully Zhongli Ruoshui... Mrs. Fan is one of the two great masters in our Ningguo.

A peerless master!”

Li Chenan grinned.

These days he has been with Zhongli Ruoshui, so he has certainly known about the situation of the staff in Zhongli's mansion.

But the gossip that Su Muxin said at this moment was not easy to tell him.

Although he had never seen that old lady, he could have thought that she must have a beautiful face when she was young.

"How could I bully Ruoshui?"

"Who is the other great master in our Ningguo?"

"Yanji Road in the Duke of Yan's Mansion."

These people are too tall. For Li Chenan, he believed that he would never have any intersection with such a person in his life, so he just asked and did not learn more about it.

The ferry took half an hour to arrive at Peach Blossom Island.

This is a very large island.

What surprised Li Chenan even more was the buildings on this island!

He thought it would be very desolate, but he thought there were only a few thatched huts on it, and at most there were a few scattered small yards.

But when he climbed onto the island, he realized that this was not the case.

There are many peach trees on the island.

There is a wide bluestone road in the peach forest.

In the distance... just hidden in the peach forest, there are a large area of ​​red bricks and green tiles scattered!
Chapter completed!