Li Lizhi replied: "Father, the pen is exquisite, but it is not as long-lasting as the brush."
Li Shimin shook his head and sighed, knowing that his daughter was trying to comfort him.
The family came to sit down in the main hall of the mansion. Li Shimin looked a little more serious and said: "I should have found a marriage for you, but Lishan disciples have rules and can only get married if they are over twenty."
Then he looked at Li Lizhi beside him and sighed: "Your imperial sister is not married yet, so she doesn't think about your marriage."
Li Zhi let out a long breath. At this moment, he wanted to cry and salute, thanking his father for letting him go.
"Tell me, what are your plans for the future?"
"My son wants to travel for two years."
Li Shimin raised his eyes and looked at the newly built house and the beautiful courtyard. Everything here was so good. He put his hands on his knees and asked, "Where are you going to travel?"
"I will go to the Hexi Corridor first, and then to Jiangnan East Road. I heard that Lishan wants to build on the seaside of Jiangnan East Road, and I also want to have a look. On the way, I can pass through Zhongnan Mountain, Mang Mountain, and cross the Qinling Mountains."
"Yeah." Li Shimin nodded and looked at Di Renjie again.
Seeing this, Di Renjie, who was just fourteen years old, quickly saluted and said, "I am willing to follow King Jin all the way."
Li Shimin nodded and said, "When do you plan to leave?"
"In a few days, I will leave after meeting my brother-in-law and the imperial sister."
Seeing the vitality on Li Zhi's face, Li Shimin nodded heavily, lamenting that the child seemed to have grown up overnight, and nodded: "Very good, when you come back, I will give you a good test."
"Thank you, Father."
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After noon, Di Renjie returned to Xu Shilang's home.
Xu Jingzong likes to take a nap these days and sleeps until dusk.
Di Renjie woke him up first and talked about what he had seen and heard in King Jin's academic garden today.
"Fountain pen? Do you like it very much?"
Di Renjie frowned and said, "But I am not a disciple of Lishan."
Xu Jingzong whispered: "A gentleman cannot be burdened by external things. You should have greater ambitions."
"I'm going to travel with His Majesty Prince Jin."
"very good."
Xu Jingzong nodded and said, "You also go and meet the Marquis of Lishan County. The richer Guanzhong becomes, the more Lishan will shine."
Di Renjie knew in his heart that for Lao Xu, Lishan was shining brightly, and all the choices he made regarding Lishan County Marquis were absolutely correct.
He took out a volume of memorials and handed it over.
Di Renjie took it in his hand curiously, "What is this?"
"Your father is coming back. He will come to Chang'an City in January next year to serve as the Minister of Household Affairs."
Xu Jingzong continued: "If the arrangement is proper, he will also formulate taxation policies. The court attaches great importance to his ability."
Di Renjie looked at the memorial and said, "I really miss my father."
Xu Jingzong lay half-lying with his back to him, "If you leave early, you can still see your father in the Hexi Corridor. You don't have to say goodbye when you leave. After traveling, you will come to Chang'an for the imperial examination."
Di Renjie suddenly said: "Last night, I found some silver cakes in Mr. Xu's room."
The good farewell atmosphere was broken. Xu Jingzong quickly stood up and covered his mouth. He looked at the fierce woman in the room. She didn't seem to hear him.
Di Renjie took Xu Jingzong's hand away and whispered: "If Mr. Xu gives a piece of money to the boy for payment, this matter may soon be forgotten."
"Okay." Xu Jingzong gritted his teeth and said, "I promise you."
Di Renjie grinned again.
In November, the cold wind in Guanzhong was blowing non-stop. Di Renjie and Li Zhi rode their horses on the official road, followed by three or five guards. Gongsun Xiaoniang also rode behind.
The station in Lishan is very busy, with people constantly coming and going.
Li Zhi ordered people to spread the news.
The first person to say goodbye was Li Tai.
"Brother Imperial, my younger brother is going on a trip."
Li Tai handed him a few tea eggs and said, "Take them with you so you can eat them on the road."
"Thank you, Brother Huang."
"Is it enough to eat?"
"enough."
Li Tai is still losing weight now, but the weight loss progress is slow. He is thinner than when he was a child, but not too much.
In the words of the old immortal Sun Simiao, it is not good to be too thin, and it is not good to be too fat. It is good to keep it like this.
Looking into the distance again, two figures were walking towards here. Li Xiaogong still looked the same.
The man wearing a bamboo hat holding a fan and dressed in common clothes is the Marquis of Lishan County.
Di Renjie's eyes were full of yearning. He was the person that people in Chang'an were talking about now. This was the second time in his life that he saw this county prince.
Walking closer, Li Xiaogong looked unhappy and said: "Child slave, what's the point of traveling?"
Li Zhi replied: "My nephew wants to see the mountains, rivers and people outside."
Zhang Yang said: "If young people want to go, let them go. If you go now, you can still remember it when you are old. After you have passed such a good age, it will be difficult to go out again."
Li Xiaogong subconsciously supported his lower back and said, "Take more carriages when traveling. Riding horses for a long time is not good for your lower back."
"Nephew, you must remember this."
Li Xiaogong handed over another horizontal knife and said, "Take it with you."
"Thank you, Uncle Emperor."
Zhang Yang noticed the person behind Li Zhi and waved: "You must be Di Renjie, come closer."
Suddenly hearing the county marquis calling him, Di Renjie was a little stunned. After a while, he stepped forward and saluted: "I have met the county marquis."
"He still seems to be a pretty energetic kid, but he's just a little fatter."
Zhang Yang walked around in a circle, observing and commenting, "Well, it seems that Xu Jingzong raised you very well."
Di Renjie saluted and said, "Xu Jingzong treats the boy very well."
Zhang Yang looked at the two of them and took out a volume of book, "Then read it slowly on the way. I won't give it away."
"Let's go!" Li Zhi smiled heartily, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, heading towards the Hexi Corridor.
Li Xiaogong looked at it dreamily and said in a low voice: "How good you are, young man. I was so high-spirited back then."
Zhang Yang advised: "Don't look at it, pack it up, let's go see the Yellow River together next month."
"Um."
After leaving Weinan, we have to go all the way west. If the horse walks fast, we can reach the Hexi Corridor in half a month.
Li Zhi asked: "Did you really not say goodbye to Mr. Xu?"
Di Renjie shook his head and said, "No, I left before Minister Xu woke up, and he didn't allow me to say goodbye."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Zhi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I will come back to Chang'an to visit him in two years."
"Okay! I will live in Chang'an from now on."
The horse slowed down, and Li Zhi took out the book handed by his brother-in-law and read the contents in the book.
Di Renjie asked curiously what was written in the book?
Li Zhi looked at it while eating tea eggs, "It's the local history of mountains and rivers. My brother-in-law asked me to inspect it along the way."
Jin Wang Li Zhi left Chang'an City and headed all the way to the Hexi Corridor.
The Hexi Corridor is very lively now. Di Renjie met his father Di Zhisun in Jiayuguan. Father and son had not seen each other for many years. Di Zhisun looked at his son who had grown taller, always with a smile on his face.
The prosperity here is incomparable. Li Zhi walked on the top of the city of Jiayuguan and whispered: "Such a large city gate rising from the ground is really spectacular. It is really worth my life to come to this magnificent gate."
Di Zhisun explained: "It took four years to build this city gate, and most of the labor and people used were from Tibet and the Western Regions. For this reason, Lishan invested a hundred thousand dollars here."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Using one hundred thousand guan to build such a majestic pass is the most affordable deal in the world."
Di Zhisun added: "It's better to have a good vision. Jiayu Mountain is where the throat is. With the changes in the water and soil here and the changes over the past millennium, many passes in Hanoi have been ruined. Only then will the throat of the Hexi Corridor move westward. This place is no better than Guanzhong
, now we rely on Jiayuguan to guard the throat of the Hexi Corridor."
In December of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, it was very cold in Guanzhong in winter. The emperor of that year went to Zhongnan Mountain. It seemed that he went to relax.
From the map, the Central Plains looks very big, while Guanzhong looks very small, like a long and narrow cake embedded between the Qinling Mountains and the Loess Plateau.
Beyond Tongguan in the east is Zhongtiao Mountain, and beyond Zhongtiao Mountain is the vast Central Plains.
Qinchuan, which is 800 miles away, is only so big. History has repeatedly verified the experience that those who win Guanzhong win the world.
If Lishan wants to build Guanzhong, it must cultivate the little industrial bud that has just emerged on this small piece of cake. This bud is just a small dot in the wasteland.
Looking at the long historical trend, even a gust of wind and sand can submerge it. After the submergence, the place returns to its original appearance, and it is as if the signs have never appeared.
Therefore, if Lishan wants to build Guanzhong, it must be very cautious in this small area.
The 800-mile Qinchuan River is very important, and every tributary on the Qinchuan River is important.
Zhang Yang and Li Xiaogong came to the bank of the Yellow River east of the 24th County of Zuofu.
Li Daozong accompanied him all the way and asked, "What is there to see in the Yellow River?"
The three of them turned over and dismounted. Zhang Yang picked up water from the Yellow River and carefully looked at the sand in the water. "In recent years, the water level of the Yellow River that I have recorded has been declining, but many places have been flooded."
Li Daozong frowned and said, "Is there any connection between this?"
"I am the only one in the world who is paying attention to the situation of the Yellow River."
Zhang Yang dug out some mud from the river beach and said with a frown: "I have been telling the counties to plant trees along the Yellow River and strengthen the river embankments, but it has rarely been effective."
Li Xiaogong said solemnly: "How many people have wanted to manage the Yellow River in the past? But how many people can manage the Yellow River well across the Central Plains."
"Clean the sand! Strengthen the river embankments! These things must be done."
Li Xiaogong advised: "You want to do too many things."
Zhang Yang got on his horse again, and the three of them walked all the way toward the lower reaches of the Yellow River, stopping frequently along the way to observe the conditions of the river embankments and sand accumulation.
"In recent days, our technical institute is carrying out experience research on river rectification, and more than a hundred students have begun to tackle key problems on the topic of water confinement and sand flushing."
Li Daozong asked: "What is the method of flooding the sand with water?"
Zhang Yang explained: "It's actually quite simple. If the water is collected and returned to the trough, the river bed will be deep, the water will not fill the dam, and the embankment will not be washed away. It will be beneficial to rebuild the river channel."
Although Li Daozong was half-informed, he was still in awe. Those who controlled the Yellow River had always been important figures.
Zhang Yang is the richest man in Guanzhong and also a man with great ambitions.
Li Daozong sighed: "I used to think you were..."
Li Xiaogong interrupted: "This kid has a lot to do. He can't do it all by himself, so he built a huge technical institute to recruit talents and let more people do what he can't do. thing."
Li Daozong smiled with relief, "Isn't this what the government should do?"
The two of them followed from a distance, while Zhang Yang kept recording the water level of the Yellow River in front.
Li Xiaogong explained: "If no one does these things, he will do them. His temper will rise. Even the emperor dares to scold him and he will never give up."
"I heard that today Li Yifu and others are admonishing that Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje will be included in the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, there are many quarrels in the Taiji Hall, and they are determined not to give up on this matter?"
"Well, I guess so, it's not his style to give up easily."
The investigation of the Yellow River will continue. In the following days, Zhang Yang will occasionally go to see the condition of the Yellow River bed in person.
Today, Zhang Yang leisurely looked at the strategies sent from the DPRK.
Xiao Sizi, wearing an underskirt, came over and asked, "Brother-in-law, does Mingda also have a pen?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "When you leave the army, you will have a pen."
All the younger brothers and sisters in the family have also graduated from school, and she is the only disciple who is still studying.
Not long after, Zhang Qingqing took her to play again.
It snowed today, and Xiaohui's cheeks turned red from the cold. She put a stack of memorials on the table, "This is today's memorial, that's all."
After saying that, she and Xiao Wu sat in the fire pot, drinking tea to keep warm.
It was cold outside, but very warm inside. There was a layer of mist on the glass windows, and Zhang Xin'an took care of his brother boredly.
Zhang Qingqing and Xiao Sizi sat on the windowsill, stretching out their hands to write and draw on the glass.
Zhang Yang drank tea and looked at the contracting plans sent by the ministries of the DPRK and Central Government. It was reasonable for the Ministry of Household Affairs to want to contract the management rights, but why did the Ministry of Personnel also want to contract for public security?
It would be most appropriate to leave this matter to the Ministry of War.
Picking up another memorial and looking at the plan of the Ministry of War, they did not want to control public security, but thought about transporting troops and horses.
"What are these plans written about? What does it mean to be able to strategize with certainty? What does it mean to have troops quickly and food first?"
Zhang Yang scolded while watching, and said angrily: "Can you people give me some professional advice? I leave the station to you, and our Lishan project will not be corrupted!"
Zhang Qingqing looked back at the study and whispered: "Dad is losing his temper again."
Li Yue also sighed as she mended her clothes.
"I can't keep up with my professional knowledge. I'm talking about Yao and Shun! I'm talking about righteousness!" Zhang Yang threw down the plan in his hand, "You all should be saints. Letting the project be contracted by you is the stupidest decision I have ever made in my life!
"
Without professional policies and professional guidance, these projects must not be handed over to them.
Li Yue comforted: "The thinking of those in the DPRK has long been solidified. It is not easy to ask them to find changes."
Zhang Yang said discouraged: "Has your roommate said anything recently?"
"You haven't agreed yet?"
Zhang Xin'an listened carefully to the conversation between her father and mother, feeling unhappy.
The next day, Zhang Yang got up early and was washing up. Aunt Wang came in a hurry, "The young prince has gone to Chang'an."
"What is he going to Chang'an City for?"
"He said he was going to Chang'an to talk to the real estate minister."
"Then let him go." Zhang Yang washed his face and wiped his hands, "You might as well let the Prime Minister take a look at him."
"Don't worry, the county prince, King Wei will accompany him."