Chapter two hundred and sixteen father and son meet
Song Mao took a six-day boat trip to Jiangzhou.
Now is the dry season, the water flow in Yuan River is extremely slow, and in some sections of the river, boats have to be disembarked without loading.
The journey from Yichun to Yuzhang alone took four and a half days.
When we arrived at Yuzhang, the speed finally picked up.
It took more than a day to follow the Gan River to Jiangzhou Xingang Wharf.
The boatman is also very familiar with the journey, having already traveled this route three times.
"Sir, this is the Hongzhou Pier. I will send someone to report it immediately."
Sun Yi, the prefect of Yuanzhou, came with him.
A few days ago, a wave of envoys came to pay New Year's greetings. Sun Yi was delayed due to some matters. This time he came to pay Song Yang's greetings in person.
Speaking of which, he came here once last month.
But it's always right to come more often.
Yuanzhou is now the state capital directly managed by the alliance. Sun Yi also knows clearly that the person with the most say in the alliance is not the leader of the alliance, King Hongzhou, but the king of Jiangzhou, Song Yang, so this guy went to Jiangzhou without any problem.
run.
A few days ago, Sun Qi rushed to finish her annual vacation and started preparing for spring plowing work.
As a result, the dock said that a man claiming to be the Prince of Tanzhou was here and wanted to change the ship.
If ordinary people want to change ships, they can just change directly with the Guan Wen from Hengzhou.
But when it came to the Wangsun nobles, the dock guard still reported it to Sun Yi.
Sun Yi immediately ran to the dock to meet Song Mao.
Only then did we know that Song Mao was not dead.
Sun Yi met Song Mao in Changsha a few years ago and was immediately delighted when he saw Song Mao.
Sun Yi knew that Song Tong had always been concerned about the safety of his children. If he could take Song Mao to Jiangzhou, he would definitely be praised by the King of Tanzhou.
Of course, the main purpose is to gain a good impression in front of Song Yang.
So Sun Yi personally took Song Mao to Jiangzhou Fucheng, without even stopping in Yuzhang.
He was afraid that if King Hongzhou left Song Mao in Yuzhang, the credit would have nothing to do with him...
Sun Yi and Song Mao said hello and immediately got off the boat to find the dock steward.
"Quick, quick, quick! Go and inform the prince and the prince of Tanzhou that the second prince of Tanzhou is here!" Sun Yi pulled the steward and said.
As soon as the manager heard that the Second Prince of Tanzhou had arrived, he also knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly ran to find Song Yang.
Here Sun Yi took Song Mao and his party off the boat, and Song Ning was also standing next to Song Mao in men's clothing.
In order to travel more easily, Song Ning always disguised herself as a woman, so much so that even now Sun Yi doesn't know that Song Ning is the titled princess...
"Master Sun, is this Jiangzhou? Jiangzhou was not affected by the disaster?"
Song Mao was shocked when he got off the boat.
Standing at the dock and looking around, Jiangzhou dock is prosperous.
Rows of neat and uniform buildings come into view directly, making people feel that this pier is very organized and orderly.
Next to the dock is the warehouse. In the square in front of the warehouse, you can see bags of grain and grass, as well as boxes of various supplies.
Between the dock and the warehouse, many boatmen were transporting supplies. The dock was also very busy, and the boatmen were loading goods onto the ships.
There was a canoe parked next to Song Mao's ship.
Song Mao saw that Cao's boat was loaded with half a boatload of swords, guns, swords and halberds, and half a boatload of food.
Looking at the people, the workers on the dock are all strong and strong, and they don't look at all like they are hungry or cold.
This is clearly more prosperous than the Changsha Pier before the natural disaster!
There is no sign of disaster.
On the way, Sun Yi didn't mention much about the situation in Jiangzhou. Some things were most touching when he saw them with his own eyes.
When Sun Yi came to Jiangzhou for the first time, he was just as shocked as Song Mao.
"Sir, Jiangzhou has indeed been hit by a disaster. This pier is newly built. You can see many damaged buildings on the north shore pier, and most of the pier has been lost. It has been designated as a military port."
"After the natural disaster, the prince of Jiangzhou led the people of Jiangzhou to recover quickly. It has only been half a year. Look at the results!"
"The area in front is the new city, which was built after the natural disaster."
Sun Yi turned into a guide and introduced Song Mao one by one.
Looking from the pier, one can see a large area of densely packed buildings in the new city in the distance.
Although dense, one can see that the comprehensive arrangement is very regular.
A straight white road leads directly from the pier to the new city.
Song Ning stepped on the cement road curiously, and suddenly showed an excited expression.
"The road surface is so hard! And it's so clean!" Song Ning exclaimed.
Song Mao also squatted down and took a look, and also discovered that the cement was extraordinary.
This road is maintained by maintenance workers and must be swept twice a day.
It's actually not time to finish cleaning yet, but compared to the gravel and dirt road, it's already extremely clean.
"This thing is called cement and it was invented by the Prince of Hongzhou. It can be used to build roads and houses. It is very convenient." Sun Yi followed up and introduced.
Like a qualified tour guide, he will introduce everything Song Mao is curious about in detail.
He had been curious about these things before, so he studied them one by one.
While the group was wandering around the pier, two fast horses galloped out of Xincheng.
Uncle Song Yang and his nephew had just sat down to have some lunch when the dock management came to report that the seventh uncle's second son was here!
Upon hearing this, Song Tong immediately stood up excitedly and rushed out.
Song Yang also hurriedly arranged the horses, and the uncle and nephew rushed towards the dock.
From the time Song Tong came to Jiangzhou, he never talked about his children.
At that time, things turned out to be helpless, and Song Tong had no choice but to let his children escape first.
Originally, he thought that after this death, heaven and man would be separated forever, so Song Tong often felt sad secretly.
Unexpectedly, my son came to my door today.
"Da da da!"
The galloping horse rushed directly to the dock. As soon as Song Tong got off the horse, he saw Song Mao standing at the door of the warehouse in front.
"Father!"
Song Mao also heard the sound of horses and looked over and saw that it was his father.
The boy immediately shouted excitedly.
"Haha! My son is really alive!" Song Mao strode forward to save his son.
"Father!" Song Mao burst into tears, finally seeing his father.
"Your sister..." Song Tong turned his shoulder to Song Mao and was about to ask, when he saw a tearful "little soldier" next to Song Mao.
"Ning... Ning'er!" Song Mao recognized it, but he didn't expect Song Ning to be so dark.
"Father!"
"Wow!"
Song Ning cried bitterly and threw herself into Song Tong's arms.
After all, she is a seventeen-year-old girl, and she has to be strong when faced with big changes.
It was only now that I saw my father that I vented the depression I had suppressed for more than half a year.
The father and daughter hugged each other and cried.
It took a while to recover.
Song Yang didn't dissuade him, he just stood aside and watched, feeling that some of his emotions needed to be vented.
"As long as it's okay! Just as long as it's okay!"
"Let's go back and talk!" Song Tong patted his son and daughter on the shoulders.
"That's right! This is A Yang!" Song Tong came back to his senses and then remembered that Song Yang had also come with him.
Song Mao and his sister had never met Song Yang. Song Yang came to the feudal ceremony with Song Tong and his eldest son.
The eldest son died in a natural disaster, and now only these two are left.
"I've met the prince!" Brother and sister Song Mao greeted him one after another.
Song Yang hurriedly helped up Song Mao's brother and sister and said with a smile: "Second brother, Ning'er, please get up quickly. We are all family members, so there is no need to be polite."
Song Mao is the second eldest son in the family, more than a month older than Song Yang.
But of course Song Yang has the greater title.
"Let's go home and talk." Song Yang smiled and waved.
A carriage has been arranged at the dock, and Song Mao and his sister got on the carriage and walked towards the new city.
"Master Sun, thank you for your hard work." Song Yang said to Sun Yi with a smile.
Sun Yi was filled with joy and said with a smile: "Don't dare! It is the official's duty to escort the young master here, and the official is also here to wish the prince a good old age."
"Yes. It just so happens. I said in the morning that we would have people from various states come to hold a meeting. Since Mr. Sun is here, you can stay in Jiangzhou for the time being and go back after the meeting." Song Yang said with a smile.
"Meeting?" The notification was sent to all states in the morning, and Sun Yi missed it perfectly.
But it was just right that he was there.
"Yes, let's have a meeting. Let's talk about the specific content after everyone is here. You can live in Jiangzhou with peace of mind these days. Fang Zhe happened to go to Xiazhou, Jingzhou. There are many things here in Jiangzhou. You can help Yu Ming deal with them.
one time."
Song Yang was not polite to him and immediately arranged things for him.
Yuanzhou is different from other places in that it is a state directly under the alliance, and the coal mines in Yuanzhou are inevitable for Song Yang to win.
So he was more interested in wooing and cultivating Sun Yi.
Sun Yi also guessed a lot about what Song Yang was thinking, so he would definitely be happier if he was given some work to do.
Sure enough, when Sun Yi heard that Song Yang asked him to help manage Jiangzhou, his face burst into laughter.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely help you with all your work!" Sun Yi said, cupping his fists.
"Yeah. Look more and learn more. Yuanzhou will also develop in this way in the future."
"Yes, I will definitely study hard."
Sun Yi knew that he had been assigned a job by Song Yang, which meant he wanted to move closer to the core of power in Jiangzhou.
He himself has certain abilities and will also wait and see the limelight.
Song Yang gave him a chance, and he will definitely seize it.
We talked on the way and then returned to Xincheng.
After sending Sun Yi to find Yu Ming, Song Yang said goodbye to Uncle Qi and said he would go find Tong Qian to arrange dinner.
In fact, it gave Song Tong, his father and his son the space to talk.
Song Tong also had a house in Jiangzhou, not far from Song Yang's house.
As soon as the father and son entered the door, Song Mao and Song Ning solemnly knelt down and kowtowed to Song Tong.
Song Tong pulled the two children up, and there was another round of greetings.
This conversation lasted until dusk.
Song Mao told his father everything that happened in Tanzhou in the past six months.
Song Tong was astonished when he heard this.
The second son who was originally raised in the compound of a deep house has grown up so fast.
He never imagined that Song Mao could grow directly from a prince who knew nothing to a leader who could lead five thousand men and give a severe blow to thieves!
In an emperor's family, the eldest son would learn the art of power, while the other sons would basically be left alone and could not inherit the throne, so they might as well become rich second generations.
Just like those two guys from Raozhou, they were proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, until now they became full-fledged dandies.
Wang's tutor in Tanzhou was good, and although his children were wealthy, they did not do too well.
Song Mao didn't do any outstanding things on weekdays, he was just like everyone else.
But he didn't expect that this person who was invisible to everyone would give him a huge surprise.
"Let's go! Go find Ayang. Tell him about Tanzhou's military affairs!"