Chapter 11 The Holy Driving South (3)
Chapter 11 The Holy Driving South (Three)
Although Zhu Yinglong's first move was ahead, he was better than Xiong Hun's riding skills and was eventually caught up.
Standing at the north gate of Xuzhou, Chang Yanlin and other Jiangsu officials suddenly saw a general flying over. They immediately became a female general, wearing a purple cloak, and lightning was like a purple lightning bolt. Following him was a dragon robe and golden crown, wearing a black cloak. Although it was not as fast as Xiong Hu's lightning bolt, its momentum was as strong as three points. One in front of Chang Yanlin and others!
Zhu Yinglong and Xiong Hu jumped off the horse's back one after another, handed the reins to the Hai brothers who were accompanying him, and walked over where Chang Yanlin and others stood.
There was just a spring snowfall in Xuzhou. The weather was cold. The officials were already standing in the snow for almost two hours. Some of their legs and feet were numb. When they saw the emperor coming, they were about to kneel down and salute, but they found that their legs were out of control. Seeing that their colleagues knelt down and shouted "Long Live" three times, they were still shaking and unable to kneel down. It was so embarrassing!
"Okay, okay, get up!" Zhu Yinglong stepped forward and helped Chang Yanlin up first, and then said loudly to the official behind him.
Zhu Yinglong did not blame the officials who had lost their moral character in the past. It was probably inevitable that they would be scolded by their superiors after they went back.
"Emperor, I have prepared the headquarters. The emperor and a few empresses tonight?" Chang Yanlin stepped forward and inquired.
"Have you disturbed the people?" Zhu Yinglong pondered for a moment. Chang Yanlin had helped him ascend the throne and he had to give him face, especially in front of so many officials.
"I don't dare." Chang Yanlin said hurriedly.
"Okay, I will live in the headquarters you prepared tonight." Zhu Yinglong nodded.
Chang Yanlin was overjoyed and hurriedly directed the officials behind him to make way. Zhu Yinglong, Xiong Hu and other women turned over again and surrounded him and headed into Xuzhou City.
Xuzhou, also known as Pengcheng, is one of the nine states in China and has a long history of more than 5,000 years. Peng Zu, the founding emperor of Chinese art and health science, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the heroic hero Xiang Yu, all left their traces in Xuzhou. Xuzhou was originally under the jurisdiction of Nanjing (Southern Zhili Prefecture). After the north and south were temporarily split, Zhu Yinglong issued an order to establish Jiangsu Province and promote Xuzhou to its prefecture, with one prefecture and seven counties. It is located at the junction of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui. It is "the east is the Huaihai, the west is the Central Plains, the south is the south, and the north is the Qi and Lu". The Grand Canal of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes by the city and runs through Xuzhou. It is an important water and land transportation hub and an important "crossroads" of the north and south economic connection of the north and south, so it is known as the "bridge of the five provinces". Such an important geographical location is a must-fight place for military strategists since ancient times.
Chang Yanlin found a quiet little garden, not big, covering only two or three acres of land. The plum blossoms in the garden are blooming, and the fragrance is so clear that Zhu Yinglong likes it very much when he sees it. Unfortunately, it is not the time for the full moon, so he can hold wine to enjoy the moon and invite friends to get drunk in this pleasant plum forest.
"Brother Chang, thank you for your hard work in Jiangsu this year!" Zhu Yinglong said sincerely.
Chang Yanlin immediately stood up in fear and stood up and said, "The emperor called the elder brother of the empress, and he really killed the empress."
Zhu Yinglong's mouth was slightly bitter. He understood that his identities were different now, and his monarch and ministers had already established their status. It was impossible to talk freely like before. He had to say, "Chang Aiqing, after the Southern Expedition, I plan to let you go to Guangdong and Guangxi. I wonder if you would like it?"
"Where the emperor asked me to go, I will go wherever I asked me to go." Chang Yanlin said.
"Tong and Guangxi are different from the mainland. If you have to think about it, you may have to deal with those red-haired and green-eyed foreigners. I have decided to open a trade port to the foreigners. I not only want a general who can fight, but also a general who can negotiate. Do you understand what I mean?" Whether it is to balance the power or cultivate Chang Yanlin, Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi will be their country's source of wealth in the future, so he must choose someone who can rest assured to go there.
After hearing this, Chang Yanlin became a little hesitant. He knew that it was a great opportunity to take the lead in front of him. If he lost it, he would never have it anymore. Although he is now a chief official and is at the top, most of it depends on his ancestor Yu Yin. In terms of real skills, he is not even as good as Xiong Zhaolian. If he doesn't want to continue like this for the rest of his life, he should have missed this opportunity in front of him.
"Don't rush to agree to me, go back and think about it carefully, there is still time." Zhu Yinglong said.
"Thank you, Emperor, Rong Weichen went back and thought about it carefully!" Chang Yanlin said gratefully.
"Go and call Qian Aiqing to me by the way. I will disappear today. There will be more opportunities in the future!"
After a while after Chang Yanlin retreated, Jiangsu Governor Qian Longxi walked in. Zhu Yinglong learned about the situation in Jiangsu and then let him go. The reason why Chang Yanlin prepared for the dust-washing banquet also turned him away.
After riding a horse for a day, he was very tired. Zhu Yinglong walked into the inner garden. Yanhong had already finished the meal. The four of them sat in groups watching the delicious meal, as if they were waiting for him to have a meal?
"Why don't you eat it?" Zhu Yinglong walked over and sat down and asked in surprise.
"Of course I have to wait for you, Master!" Xiong Hu glared at Zhu Yinglong with anger and said angrily.
"Wait for me? Why do you have to wait for me? You don't have so many rules when you go out. Just eat first when you are hungry." Zhu Yinglong picked up his bowl and picked up his chopsticks and said.
"Your Majesty, Lan Rong is a girl who is crowded with a group of big men to eat. It's not good. Why would she have dinner with us in the future?" Li Qing said sympathetically.
Zhu Yinglong picked up a bite of the dish, put it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, nodded and said, "What Li Qing said makes sense, it's quite inconvenient. Do as you want, if one person is more, you'll have more chopsticks!"
"The guards have not eaten yet, so I'll tell her to go!" Li Qing put down her chopsticks and said.
After a while, Lan Rong was pulled over and sat beside Li Qing, and ordered someone to add a pair of chopsticks and serve a bowl of rice.
"Your Majesty, do you remember what you said before entering the city?" Magu asked with a smile.
"What did I say?" Zhu Yinglong was suddenly interrupted by someone and said with a look.
"Whoever falls, the last one will have that one." Magu hugged Xiong Hu and hinted.
"Yes, my master, I seem to hear it too!" Xiong Hu thought teasing Zhu Yinglong was a fun thing, so he followed.
Oh, Zhu Yinglong remembered that if anyone is behind, he will serve other people to soak his feet tonight, but although he is behind Xiong Hu, he will run second, so he can only enjoy it, and there seems to be no reason to be punished!
"The four of us unanimously ruled that you are the last one!" The four of us said in unison, obviously they had already agreed.
"Why, I'm the second one!" Although Zhu Yinglong didn't mind losing, he washed their fragrant feet. Anyway, this was a joy in the boudoir. It had nothing to do with the emperor's dignity and face, but why did he become the last one for no reason? There was no reason.
"Although you are in the second position, you are the first to dismount, and we run before your horse and dismount behind you, so your horse is at the end, so you are the one who is the most behind!"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Yinglong was a little amused and crying. Women's thinking logic is really different from men. They can think of such reasons.
"Who came up with this idea?" Zhu Yinglong made a guest appearance as a portwasher and tortured and confessed.
This quirky idea would not be the steady Xiong Hu, the gentle Yanhong, or the quiet Li Qing. The only girl Magu is left, and only she can tell this fallacy like the truth. If it weren't for the fact that he had to rush on the next day, Zhu Yinglong really wanted to capture her into his house and spoil her so that she wouldn't be able to ride a horse the next day!
Chapter completed!