Walking all the way to the outer wall of the East Palace, Di Renjie held onto the outer wall and held up his collar, stopped and said: "Prince Jin, take a rest."
Li Zhi looked back and saw that the guards of the East Palace were still standing in the distance.
"I already told you that if you don't come to see the prince, you will have to hold him with me."
"It would be scary for me to come to see the Crown Prince alone, but I feel much better with you here."
Li Zhi simply sat down and kept wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Di Renjie was puzzled: "Why did the King of Jin take over the errand of the official academy when he knew that the prince was testing him?"
Li Zhi continued to take deep breaths and calmed down, "Do you think you can refuse the emperor's attitude? Let's go to the official academy together tomorrow."
Di Renjie's fat face twitched again, "Huh?"
"Ah what? Are we friends?"
Di Renjie said with a grimace, "I don't have time, I have to study."
Li Zhi snorted coldly: "Okay, you put something in Li Yifu's wine bowl and made him go to the toilet all day long..."
"Wait a minute." Di Renjie said hurriedly: "Go! Join His Highness to take up a post in the Government Academy."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "This is a friend."
Di Renjie stopped talking and continued walking outside the palace, adding: "Actually, I just wanted to test whether the medicine the doctor sold was real. It was originally for Mr. Xu, but I didn't expect to use too much."
"Hahaha."
Li Zhi smiled as he walked.
Even Miss Gongsun was holding back her laughter.
Di Renjie added: "Also, we must not let Xu Shilang know about Pingkangfang, otherwise he will ask me to copy Han books."
When Di Renjie parted with His Highness the Prince of Jin in front of the palace gate, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. The prince found out about this matter.
Could it be that the prince would turn a blind eye? Di Renjie screamed in his heart. He looked up and saw that he had walked to the door of Xu Shilang's house unknowingly. He turned back and walked back, planning to stay at Zhang Jian's house today.
Before he had gone far, a figure stopped in front of him.
Di Renjie slowly raised his head and forced a smile, "Shilang Xu."
He looked back again, looked at the person in front of him, and said, "Did you just come back?"
"What are you doing?"
"Boy... Zhang Jianzhi owes me money. I'm going to get it back right now." After saying that, Di Renjie was about to run away.
But I found that no matter how I ran, I was still in the same place.
When I looked again, I saw that Xu Jingzong was holding him by the collar with a dark face.
Di Renjie smiled dryly and said, "Shilang Xu is so powerful."
"You dare to go to Pingkangfang at such a young age and take Prince Jin with you?"
"That was all Zhang Jianzhi's idea. The boy was coerced. He is not a good person. I will cut off my ties with him now."
"Come back first and teach you well on behalf of your father."
"Hey." Di Renjie followed behind, his face full of grievances, and said: "Can you stop writing?"
"No, the third volume of Hanshu, copied ten times."
"Can I exchange a roll?"
"No, just this volume."
Since King Jin returned to Chang'an City, Di Renjie felt that his life had become more and more difficult, and he would admit to himself when he got into trouble.
If His Highness the King of Jin gets into trouble, Minister Xu will intensify the punishment.
Di Renjie had been writing all night. Seeing that it was almost dawn, he picked up his pen and continued to write, "Empress Gao, Lu, gave birth to Emperor Hui. With the help of Gaozu, the world was established, and the father, brother and Gaozu were the three...
It's daybreak as I write this, and now I understand why the county prince had no friends in Chang'an City.
Every morning, the most lively place in Chang'an City is the East Market, and every afternoon, the most lively place is Chongde Square.
On the night before the curfew, the busiest place is Pingkangfang.
Li Zhi stood in front of the official school office and said, "Old Master Kong Yingda, due to the arrangement of the emperor's brother, I also come here to serve."
Kong Yingda leaned on a cane and nodded: "We are missing an editor here."
"Thank you, old master, for the arrangement."
"Your Highness, there is no need to be polite. If you have time, you can come and see me."
"Don't dare to disturb the old master."
Li Zhi bowed and saluted.
Kong Yingda walked into the official school office with a smile and said: "Lishan knowledge, Lishan knowledge is very interesting..."
As soon as the old master walked in, Cen Wenwen came.
Li Zhi saluted again, "I have met Cen Zhongcheng."
"What is His Majesty King Jin doing here?"
Li Zhi replied: "Because brother Huang..."
Cen Wenwen interrupted: "What are screws?"
"The screw is..."
"That's all, I will go to Lishan to inquire in person some other time."
The people in the official school office were in such a hurry that Cen Wenwen couldn't say more than a few words before he started presiding over the affairs here.
Li Zhi looked at this scene and felt dizzy, "It's too busy here."
Not long after, Di Renjie arrived late.
Li Zhi frowned and said, "Renjie, did you not sleep well last night?"
Di Renjie replied: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, did you sleep well?"
"Very good, a dreamless night."
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In Jingzhao Mansion, since Shangguan Yi came here, Pei Xingjian felt that the pressure on himself had been reduced a lot.
It only took Shangguan Yi three months to settle the affairs of the twelve counties in Chang'an City and arrange them in a reasonable and orderly manner.
Niu Chao came to report, "Pei Fuyin, the Prince of Jiangxia County is here."
Remembering the agreement with Li Daozong, Pei Xingjian straightened his clothes and walked out of Jingzhao Mansion with a smile on his face.
"Oh, Prince Jiangxia, just send someone to inform you. Why come in person?"
Li Daozong smiled and said, "The car is ready."
Pei Xingjian relaxed his shoulders as he walked, "Damn, I'm so tired these days that I can't breathe."
Liang Jianfang is a very contagious person. His words will unknowingly lead others to follow suit.
As he was driving to Lishan, Pei Xingjian was still thinking about the current Western Expedition.
Liang Jianfang's western expedition has slowed down since last year. In recent years, he has been rectifying the interior of Persia, arranging the population, and regulating trade routes.
After the war, there must be great governance. Only when the territory of Persia is well governed can we send out troops again.
This is what I did when I was in Persia.
Liang Jianfang still maintains his original style.
This is the right thing to do. The Persians are not reliable. If there is no Tang Dynasty team to control it and there is no need for the cannibals to fight, the rear area may become chaotic on its own.
According to the battle report just sent a few days ago, Musab was stationed in a place called Babylon.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Babylon is a very ancient place. It is said that it stood in the Persian Gulf for more than a thousand years and appeared in several powerful countries. It is located in the territory of Dashi
The rearmost part of the city is also one of the few fortified cities in Dashi. Going south from Babylon is the Persian Gulf that the county princes had ordered.
It was a fertile area. Pei Xingjian frowned and thought about what if there was a decisive battle between Datang and Dashi.
The place for the decisive battle can only be Babylon.
"what's on your mind?"
After hearing Li Daozong's question, Pei Xingjian turned around and said, "I was thinking about the Western Expedition."
"You're not already a protector, why do you still want to do this?"
"I and General Liang Jianfang are close friends of life and death."
"Between life and death?" Li Daozong said solemnly: "Comrades on the battlefield are all between life and death, but we cannot be indecisive."
"I will bear in mind the teachings of the Prince of Jiangxia."
The carriage finally stopped, Li Daozong stood up and bowed and got out of the carriage, "We're here."
Lishan Mountain stands right in front of us. The Longwu Army is divided into three teams to guard here. There are many villagers walking around in the village. There are always many children in this village, running past noisily. These children are never afraid of the officers and soldiers.
Welcoming Li Daozong was Li Xiaogong.
"Brother Wang."
Li Xiaogong also glanced at Pei Xingjian and said sternly: "Zhang Yang knows that you are here and has prepared food and drinks."
Li Daozong looked at the village in front of him. This village was different from the outside world. He saw several craftsmen laying pipe-like things behind each house.
When you walk into the village, you can still see a few bears snorting in the sun.
These bears never shy away from the villagers, but get along harmoniously with them.
There was a round table on a flat ground with stacks of food on it. Zhang Yang was standing beside the table holding a book in his hand.
"I've met the teacher." Pei Xingjian bowed first.
"sit down."
"Here." Pei Xingjian sat aside with a serious look on his face. He almost blurted out and called him the County Marquis, but luckily he responded in time.
Li Xiaogong also pulled Li Daozong to sit down. He explained: "I don't know where Zhang Yang got his habit. He likes to talk at the dinner table. How can he talk with food in his mouth?"
Li Daozong seemed a little restrained and did not speak after sitting down.
Pei Xingjian asked curiously: "What book are you reading, teacher?"
Zhang Yang put away the scroll and said, "These are ancient books sent from the West. I arranged for a few Gaochang people to keep them and send them to Lishan whenever they have ancient Western books."
"Are Western ancient books also useful for Lishan?"
Zhang Yang poured drinks for several people, "It's of no use. I just took a look at it out of curiosity. It's still different from the impression I had. I used it to kill time."
Pei Xingjian's eyes fell on this book and he didn't pick it up, he just sat like this.
"This book tells the story of Babylon. Some Westerners call this book the Old Testament. It tells their history and the past of the Babylonians and the cannibals."
"I read the story of ancient Babylon in the book. It was a thousand years of deeds, and now they have become legends, such as the great flood, and their worship, or their hymns to the king of Babylon."
"This is the translation made by us at Lishan. You can take it and read it."
Pei Xingjian took the scroll, bowed and said, "Thank you, teacher."
Zhang Yang glanced at everyone and said: "Eat."
Li Daozong was hungry for a long time, so he picked up his chopsticks and wolfed down the food.
Li Xiaogong, however, had no appetite and drank the wine with ice cubes. "Grapes are getting cheaper and cheaper now. After grapes were grown in Guanzhong, a bunch of grapes sold for fifty yuan."
Li Daozong chewed the food in his mouth, his cheeks bulging, and then he swallowed, "I have twenty-four counties under my jurisdiction to grow grapes."
Li Xiaogong slapped the table and said, "Old man, you still grow grapes when they are worthless."
"We can't just look at the prosperity of the twelve counties in Chang'an City."
"Old man, you will make the grapes worthless."
Zhang Yang explained: "Actually, you don't need to worry too much. Grapes are very picky. Not all places are suitable for growing grapes. Moreover, the cost of cultivation is very high. No matter how cheap it is, it won't be much cheaper."
Lishan's original intention is to make grapes a fruit that every household can afford, even if the grapes are cheaper.
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Lishan has not yet learned about the twenty-four counties of Zuofu. Lishan will send people to check and find out what is suitable for planting, how many people there are, and what kind of workshops can be opened."
Seeing that he was so happy, Li Daozong bowed his head and said: "I can handle these things well, and I am very satisfied as a governor."
"This matter is being investigated gradually. It is autumn now. If the investigation is completed before winter, arrangements can be made in the spring of next year."
Pei Xingjian sighed: "Because of this, the people in Gaoling and Lintong counties often make troubles."
To the east of Chang'an City is the area under the jurisdiction of Zuo Fengyi, that is, the 24 counties under the jurisdiction of Li Daozong, the Zuofu magistrate, and to the east of Wannian County.
From Wannian County eastward to Xiayang, the area east of the Jinghe River, north of the Weihe River, and west of the Yellow River in the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain.
From the perspective of Chang'an City, the northeast corner is a plain, and the east to the west bank of the Yellow River was clearly divided during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
The population of those twenty-four counties is not as large as that of the twelve counties of Chang'an, because Chang'an City is where Jingzhao Prefecture is located, so it is naturally a place where the population gathers.
Li Daozong's twenty-four counties were much larger in territory, but in terms of population density, they were not as dense as Pei Xingjian's twelve counties.
Pei Xingjian hesitated and said: "In that case, can the workshops in the twelve counties of Chang'an City distribute the production?"
Zhang Yang glanced at him, wondering if Shangguan Yi told him or if he saw it himself.
Lishan occupies the upstream of the production line and can distribute labor tasks and hand over relatively simple and heavy labor to the villages and counties below.
Pei Xingjian also wanted to take the heavy work to the twenty-four counties.
In fact, there are disadvantages to this. Once the industrial chain is laid out too widely, if an error occurs in the upper link, many workshops will stop production.
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "The functions of the twenty-four counties are the same as those of the twelve counties in Chang'an City, and their status is the same. No matter which side has changes in the future, they can find a replacement in time."
After pouring drinks for a few more people, Zhang Yang added: "This is a big business involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's time for the two uncles to raise their glasses and drink."
Li Daozong was very happy because of these words, and asked again: "Why don't you drink?"
"I've recently given up drinking."
As he was talking, he saw a figure sitting at the dinner table very naturally. He said, "I'm so bored!"
"It's too difficult to make. That thing cannot be made by humans at all."
This uninvited man was none other than King Li Tai of Wei. He was dirty and his hair was messy.
Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Did His Royal Highness the King of Wei be electrocuted?"
Li Tai took a bite of the mutton fiercely and said, "I want to be electrocuted, but I haven't even built one yet. How can there be electricity? Unless God sends lightning and strikes Lishan Mountain."
Pei Xingjian drank a gulp of wine, choked it in his throat, and kept coughing.
"It's been half a month!" Li Tai slapped the table, "Do you know what I've been through in the past half month?"
Zhang Yang advised: "Steam engines have been built in the past, so what's so difficult about it?"
Li Tai took Li Xiaogong's wine bowl, poured himself a bowl of wine, and put ice cubes in. The wine went into his throat, and the ice cubes were chewed in his mouth.
It was very quiet at the dinner table, and you could even hear the sound of Li Tai biting ice cubes, "Crack...Crack..."
The people at the table looked at him in silence.
Feeling unsatisfied, Li Tai grabbed a handful of ice cubes and put them into his mouth and continued chewing.