Jiangdu Caisi Lane, Yangzhou Anle Nest.

Huainan is rich, the best in the world, while Yangzhou is rich, and the best in the southeast. As for the most lively and prosperous Caisi Lane in Yangzhou, this is even more so.

Caisi Lane is located in the east of Yangzhou City. There is a small lake three miles wide behind the alley. It is known as Yanzhi Lake. Therefore, it is adjacent to Caisi Lane. There is a lot of rouge powder discarded in the lake. Every evening, the breeze blows on your face and you can smell the fragrance of rouge, so it is named.

It was evening, Li Ke stood on the flower boat in Yanzhi Lake and looked up to the east. Under the bamboo forest by the lake, what was vaguely visible was the tallest mist and rain building built in the entire Caisi Lane.

Because it was already night, the colorful alley was already brightly lit, reflecting in the Rouge Lake, which was in contrast to the bright red rouge at the bottom of the lake, and was colorful. Under these colorful lights, the most eye-catching thing was the misty building.

The owner behind Yanyu Tower is Xiao Yuexian. Since Li Ke was captured, Yanyu Tower has been seized by the government. After Li Ke's permission, it was resold to a silk merchant and opened in this colorful silk alley where every inch of land is worth every little.

Seeing Yanyu Tower, Li Ke remembered Xiao Yuexian again, his first woman in the Tang Dynasty, the woman who made him leave in Honghu. For a moment, with the sound of the piano coming from his ears, Li Ke seemed to see the scene of her playing the piano for him in Linjiang Palace again. However, the sound of the piano seemed to be very special, but the beauty no longer knew where to go.

Men always seem to be like this. Even if they are calm politicians, they will inevitably lose their composure when they see a woman always being a little different from others.

Li Ke didn't know when he started to feel it, maybe it was a glance from the canal, maybe it was the CCP going to Wushan, maybe it was the fact that he returned from Honghu, even if he returned, Li Ke didn't know when, but in the end, Xiao Yuexian could have been able to pull his heart inadvertently, not to mention that there was another agreement between him and Xiao Yuexian.

"Brother, I rarely take me out for fun, so why do I just want to enjoy the scenery outside the boat and not enter the boat?" Li Ke stood outside the boat with the railings, looking at the Caisi Lane not far away, as if he was a little dazed. Li Yan had already walked out and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke looked back at Li Yan, who looked young, and touched his head, and smiled and said, "You really think that you are taking you out for fun. You are still young. If you ask my grandmother to know that I brought you to the brothel, I'm afraid I will be punished."

Li Yan was only twelve years old, and he was young, so he was nowhere to be able to wander in brothels and brothels. As his elder brother, Li Ke naturally had to discipline him a little.

Li Yan listened to Li Ke's words, but a hint of resentment appeared in his eyes, as if he was wronged.

Li Yan said to Li Ke: "I heard rumors that my brother was a veteran in Chang'an Huanchang when he was a teenager, a famous guest in brothels, and I don't know how many innocent prostitutes I met with from Pingkangfang, but why did he change his appearance when he arrived at me?"

There are many rumors about Li Ke in the Jin people in Chang'an City, and his reputation as a romantic person is "like thunder". Even Li Yan in the palace has heard of him, so he has this statement.

Li Ke couldn't help laughing when he looked at Li Yan's appearance and replied, "How can the rumors be taken seriously? Since the Turkic returned to Beijing, my brother has been appointed as his master of the Duke of Yi and practiced martial arts every day, so how can I find flowers and willows?"

Li Yan asked Li Ke, "Why did Brother bring me here today?"

Li Ke did not directly answer Li Yan's words, but asked: "You are the waterway you are walking from Chang'an."

Li Yan replied: "Naturally, I came down the canal from Luoyang and came here all the way."

Li Ke asked again: "Then what kind of ship are you heading south?"

Li Yan replied: "Of course it is the official ship sent by the court."

Li Yangui was the prince, and this time he went south to announce the imperial edict, and the imperial ships were escorted all the way.

Li Ke continued, "Did you ever see local canal transport ships coming and going up the canal?"

Li Yan replied: "I have seen many civilian ships along the way, especially at several docking wharfs in Huainan. There are even more ships of various colors on the local canal transport."

The heavy rain in Huainan stopped at the beginning, and the goods transported from the canal that had accumulated more than a month were urgently needed to be transported from north to south. Li Yan was at this critical moment and saw the dense ships coming and going.

Li Ke said: "It is related to this when I come here for my brother today."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Li Yan was stunned at first, and then joked: "Is it because my brother also fell in love with the canal transportation business?"

Li Yan's words were originally a joke, because in the eyes of the people of the time, people in the canal transport said that they were ship workers or barges and peddlers, and they were among the nine ranks of subordinates, and were disdained by scholars, such as Changsun Wuji and Chu Liang, even more so.

Today, the world is the world of aristocratic families. Those who can truly affect the direction of the country and even have a huge impact on the dispute over reserve positions are those aristocratic families who have only been rising for more than 20 years and have a low reputation. They are even more disdainful to win over them.

Even ordinary scholars are like this, let alone Li Ke, who is in a noble family?

You should know that Li Ke and Li Yan are legitimate brothers. They are not only the emperor's bloodlines of the Sui and Tang dynasties, but also the bloodlines of the two top families of the Li family in Longxi and the Yang family of Hongnong at that time. They were extremely respectful and seemed to be different from those suffering people on the Heyun River, so they should naturally stay away from them.

However, Li Ke was not a real Tang people, and his thoughts were very different. In the eyes of others, the two rivers of canal transportation is just a big deal, and it is not the case in Li Ke's eyes. No one knows better than Li Ke's weight of the word "canal transportation" in more than a hundred years later.

"In today's situation, the country is based on the army. The army is based on food, and food is based on the transportation of grain." If the transportation of grain is completed, it can be the lifeline of the country. This sentence is by no means just a statement.

Li Ke said: "Yes, Brother Wei is indeed interested in the business of canal transportation."

Li Yan said with surprise and asked in confusion: "Brother has been out for a long time, but has he shortened his money? How much is the shortage of my brother? But no matter what, the money I have paid for in my fiefdom over the years is quite a bit more. I should give it my own money if I need it. If I can't make up for it, my mother will also help her."

Seizing the reserve is not only a laborious matter, but also a costly matter. It is a considerable expense to connect the upper and lower levels, buy all parties, and store staff. Although Li Ke has a wide fief and many rewards, he is the leader of the princes, but in such a big battle, he is inevitably short of money. Li Yan only thought that Li Ke’s mansion was short of money, so he wanted to start the business of the canal transportation.
Chapter completed!