"Three hundred years ago, there was no Huaping Lake in Guangling City."

"According to the records of Guangling Prefecture, this place was once a fertile field."

"Later, in order to build the Yuguangda Canal, soil was taken from here to build embankments, and a pit with a radius of dozens of miles was dug."

"The largest wharf in the Guangling section of the Yuguangguang Canal was located in the north of Huaping, which is now Linfengdu outside the north gate."

Sitting on the carriage driven by Wu Xichen, Su Muxin began to educate Li Chenan on science.

He discovered a problem.

This Li Chen'an obviously has profound knowledge, but he doesn't know much about Guangling City, where he has lived for seventeen years!

I don’t even know much about Ning Guo.

He has not even heard of the famous merchant in Ningguo!

It's really an anomaly.

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

"There is a reason for this...the Yuguangdao Canal is more than a thousand miles long. Although there is only one main 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 thousands of miles."

"There is a powerful water bandit there. It has been more than 200 years since the Yuguangguang Canal was built. The government has sent naval forces to suppress the bandits many times. Of course, it achieved good results at first. The shipping traffic at that time was also very busy.

."

"But later, after the death of Prime Minister Shang, our country of Ning began to decline again... In recent years, those water bandits have resurfaced."

Su Mu sighed and said again:

"Now our Ningguo navy is declining, and we are no longer able to suppress the bandits. Therefore, the water bandits in Shuangjiao Lake are getting bigger and more rampant, and they often attack ships during the day."

"This has caused this waterway that should have been very busy to become a place with few boats now, let alone passenger ships. No one wants to meet water bandits. If they are robbed, their lives will be lost.

"

Only then did Li Chenan realize that from this point of view, this seemingly prosperous Ning State was probably in its final years.

Liu Zuo gave him a rough explanation before, but now he just has a clearer understanding.

But I am just doing 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 a foundation for a stable life, I will not be afraid.

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

It is connected to the Yangtze River, and you can go directly from Kyoto to the south and north of the Yangtze River.

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

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

If it is unobstructed, it will inevitably become a vital economic artery for Ningguo.

I don’t know what the people in power think.

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

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

At this moment, the sun is at three poles and there is no one else in the same boat.

After negotiating the price with the captain, the ferry pulled anchor and set sail.

It was only when Li Chenan was sitting on the boat that he truly saw the vastness of the Huaping Lake.

The ferry rides on Huaping Lake, with a gentle breeze blowing on your face, 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 on the bow of the boat, looking at the beautiful picture of the lake, and felt that the businessman was the one who knew how to enjoy life.

"look……"

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

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

"Peach Blossom Island, Peach Blossom Mountain, Peach Blossom Villa."

"Guangling City used to not have so many peach trees, but since Mrs. Fan Taohua from Zhongli Mansion married into Zhongli Mansion, there have been many more peach trees in Guangling City, and there have been so many places named after peach blossoms.

"

Li Chenan was shocked, "You mean...these place names have something to do with Zhongli Ruoshui's grandma?"

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

I met many good men of that time."

"There are knights among them, and the one who is most infatuated with Fan Taohua is Yujian Chengfeng and Wu Xichen."

"Those peach trees on Peach Blossom Mountain were planted by Wu Xichen, because Peach Blossom 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 in full bloom. This is a silent watch."

Li Chenan turned around and saw that Wu Xichen was looking ahead, looking at his nose and heart, without showing any strange expression.

He never expected that his master would actually have an affair with Zhongli Ruoshui's grandma!

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

It's the seed of infatuation.

"The other ones were the talented men of letters at that time, and the Shang Dynasty merchants were one of them."

"He was the number one scholar in the early years of Jingtai! Not only was he proficient in music, he was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he was also a handsome man with a jade face who was famous in Kyoto at that time."

"Of course Fan Taohua later married Zhong Lipo, a talented young man from the Zhongli Mansion. That Wu Xichen disappeared, and the Shang Di Shang family lived in seclusion on this island in the middle of the lake and named it Peach Blossom Island."

Another seed of infatuation.

To be able to dazzle two great geniuses in civil and military affairs... What kind of appearance and temperament should this Mrs. Fan have?

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

"If she goes back to Guangling, it will usually be in February or March, when the peach blossoms are in season. She will go to Peach Blossom Mountain and Peach Blossom Island to have a look. But she has not come back in the past two or three years. The teacher said that she probably

It’s related to the situation in Kyoto.”

Su Muxin turned to look at Li Chenan, "Miss Zhongli was raised by Mrs. Fan single-handedly, and she is her most beloved granddaughter! If you bully Zhongli Ruoshui... Mrs. Fan is one of the two great masters of our Ning Kingdom.

The peerless master!"

Li Chenan grinned.

After spending time with Zhongli Ruoshui these days, of course he already knew the personnel situation of Zhongli Mansion.

It's just that the gossip Zhongli Ruoshui that Su Muxin was talking about at the moment was not easy for him to tell.

Although he has never met the old lady, he can imagine that she must have had a beautiful face when she was young.

"How could I bully Ruoshui."

"Who is our other great master in Ningguo?"

"Yan Ji Road in the Duke's Mansion of the State of Yan."

These people were all too tall. For Li Chenan, he believed that he would never have any interaction with such people in his life, so he just asked about them without going to find out the details.

The ferry sailed for half an hour before arriving at Peach Blossom Island.

This is a quite large island.

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

He originally thought that this place would be very desolate. He estimated that there would only be a few huts on it, and at most there would be a few scattered small yards.

But when he landed on the island, he discovered that this was not the case.

There are many peach trees on the island.

There is a wide bluestone road between the peach trees.

In the distance... among the peach trees, there are actually a large number of red-brick and green-tile Xuanxie buildings scattered around!


Chapter completed!