Chapter 257: Almost Spraying Again
After Zhao Yulin accompanied Xiao Yan to bring Kuang Sisi into the house and served her tea, he took Xiao Yan's hand and said, "We will both call her mom from now on."
Kuang Sisi cried with joy and nodded continuously.
He said that he had already bought a house in Chengdu, and the whole city was rebuilding roads and repairing ditches these days, and it was a mess. It would be a good time for him to rest in Cuiping Mountain for two days before going there.
Xiao Yan hugged her mother and nodded happily again.
He thought that the mother and daughter must have a lot to talk about, so he made an excuse to leave.
Zhao Yulin came out and asked Feihu to cross the river to the old house. His first and second aunts immediately surrounded him and asked him happily: "Third brother, fourth aunt has become a deputy envoy? The elders of our Zhao family are not inferior to my wife."
Zhao Yulin just took a sip of tea and almost spit it out again.
His eldest sister-in-law immediately handed him a handkerchief, patted his back with a smile, and asked him: "Our third brother is about to become king, so the position of Xuzhou prefect is left to your eldest brother."
Zhao Yulin covered his mouth and coughed violently. He wiped his mouth with his hands, returned the handkerchief to his sister-in-law and ran out of the living room.
The old scholar stopped him in the corridor and asked him to stay and take a walk together.
His father said earnestly, "Now that you have great power, you must not abuse it. Don't listen to your aunt, you are a troublemaker."
Zhao Yulin didn't dare to respond. He said Chengdu was very big and his father could go there to live.
The old scholar said he would not leave and would stay in Cuiping Mountain to take care of his beloved grandson.
Zhao Yulin understood his father's idea and didn't want to cause him any trouble. He took his father to the Beggar's Chicken Restaurant in the bamboo forest outside the city to eat and drink. However, the old scholar said that it was a rare opportunity for him to come back, so the whole family should go.
As a result, this time, three large tables were filled with people of all ages.
Zhao Yulin's eldest son Ma Yuan and second son Chen Liu came over and leaned on him one on each side. His eldest daughter Wu Jing asked him from behind: Daddy, the master said that our dad is going to marry a princess. He is going to find a new mother for us again. Isn't it beautiful?
When Zhao Yulin saw the evil smiles of the two cute kids on his left and right, he was immediately stunned.
His father, the old scholar, had a solution. He sternly scolded them: "How can adults talk about children? Go away." The little naughty boys ran away with their tongues hanging out.
After dinner, Zhao Yulin sent his parents and children back home. Yang Zhishan stopped him at the city gate and said that the old man wanted to see him. Zhao Yulin said goodbye to his family and got on Yang Zhishan's carriage to go to the government office.
Chen Yun's maid had already prepared the tea.
After Zhao Yulin had tea, Chen Yun asked him, "Can't Zhishan go to Chengdu to work?"
Yang Zhishan immediately postponed the request, saying that he would stay in Xuzhou to guard Mr. Chen and would not go anywhere.
Zhao Yulin said that he had tried to invite Yang Gong to Guanzhong in the early years but failed. Chen Chen will definitely go to Chengdu in the future. After the old man goes to Jiading, he should ask Yang Gong to stay in Xuzhou to take charge.
Chen Yun said apologetically: It was he who delayed Zhishan's work. With Zhishan's talent, he is more than qualified to be the head of a government office.
When the old man saw Zhao Yulin's fourth wife delivering salt to Chengdu, he was like riding on a firecracker during the New Year. Zhao Yulin directly promoted him to deputy envoy of the grain transport department. He did not sleep well all night, thinking that he must talk to Zhao Yulin when he came back.
Of course Zhao Yulin knew the struggle in his heart.
However, Yang Zhishan lacked the drive to forge ahead. He was worried that Zhao Yulin's reforms would be too difficult and that he would lose his head if he followed Zhao Yulin. He had always been content to be Chen Yun's strategist, so his progress was naturally much slower.
However, this person is prudent in his work, so it would be best for him to stay in Xuzhou.
He had a heart-to-heart talk with his father-in-law and went back. Seeing that it was still early, he went to the academy to have tea and chat with Zhang Xiangyang. Coincidentally, the couple were there, so Zhao Yulin told them about the salt war.
He felt that Chengdu's new social concept needed to be vigorously promoted and educated, but he could not immediately intervene in Chengdu's prefectural schools. The only way to advance it quickly was to use Chengdu's newspapers and directly promote it to the people.
This is inseparable from the experienced Zhang Xiangyang.
Zhao Yulin had already arranged for Shunfeng to purchase all the newspapers in Chengdu, so he invited the old man to go and publish a large newspaper in Chengdu.
Of course the old man is happy.
Chengdu is a big city with a population of more than two million. Publishing a popular newspaper in vernacular Chinese will definitely be a big hit with unlimited sales.
He told the old man to get the newspaper done first, and that when a new academy was built in Chengdu one day, he would invite the old man to be the first president.
Zhang Xiangyang was delighted and said with a laugh that he would no longer be the dean and would be satisfied as long as he could run the newspaper well.
Seeing that he was so open-minded and cheerful, Zhao Yulin was in a good mood and thought about making a globe to teach the students of the academy.
He searched his mind for data on the circumference of the equator and the lengths of the North and South Poles, drew the shape of a globe, and asked the old man to ask Chen Xian to make a few. He wanted to give the students a world geography lesson.
The old man guessed that this was the last lesson Zhao Yulin wanted to give to the students before leaving Cuiping Mountain, so he agreed immediately.
When Zhao Yulin went back, Xiao Yan asked him to accompany her mother on a boat tour to see the night view of Xuzhou. Of course, Zhao Yulin had to be the tour guide. Before it got completely dark, the group boarded the boat and went upstream to see the Jinsha River, and then went downstream to see the night view of Cuiping Mountain from afar. The lights on the mountain were swaying like stars in the Milky Way. Kuang Sisi exclaimed that it was better than the capital city of Lin'an.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that it was small, much smaller than Lin'an City.
Kuang Sisi said very seriously that she had seen the most smiling faces here along the way, really.
Zhao Yulin told her that everyone would be smiling and live a good life in the future.
At night, Kuang Sisi and her daughter chatted on the same bed.
Kuang Sisi said happily that she was worried that Yan Zi would suffer in Shu, but she didn't expect that this place was so beautiful. If she had known earlier, she should have come to Shu.
Yan Zi hugged her mother and said that the people here were warm and generous. If they went to Hanzhong or Guanzhong, her mother would see a different weather and it would be full of joy everywhere.
Kuang Sisi asked her in surprise, is it true?
Zhao Feiyan said with a smile, "It's true. Guanzhong has long been a peaceful society, and people don't lock their doors at night. It's the same in Hanzhong. This time Jiangdong cut off our salt route, and brother Yulin asked us to take out all the military salt and distribute it to the people. Has my mother ever heard of any army that cares for the people like this?"
She patted Kuang Sisi and told her to go to sleep, saying that they would go to visit Jiuzhouba tomorrow, which was a place for eating, playing and sightseeing designed by Brother Yulin himself.
Kuang Sisi began to sigh that her daughter was extremely lucky. Because the boat had an accident and fell into the Han River, she was rescued by the third young master. It was really God's will .
Three days later, Cao You smelled it.
Zhao Yulin introduced Zhao Feiyan and Kuang Sisi to each other in person. Luo Mingqiu showed the secret decree of the previous emperor to protect Zhao Feiyan. After Eunuch Li identified her on the spot, Lao Cao immediately saluted and complained that Zhao Yulin had kept the secret from him.
He said that the world was unpredictable and the deep hole had implicated the general, so he had to conceal it and asked the general to understand.
Now that all the witnesses have arrived, he will be escorted by his guards to Chengdu to meet with the gentlemen.
Cao Cao agreed immediately, and Zhao Yulin asked Geng Feihu to escort them personally, using his official ship to go directly to Chengdu. He himself boarded Cao Cao's official ship to go to Renhuai.
The two men entered the cabin and sat down. Lao Cao said that he had also walked out of the forest of swords and guns and had seen everything. In the future, if there was any problem, they would share it together and would not be afraid of anything else.
Zhao Yulin nodded, and Lao Cao finally made up his mind to follow him. Zhao Yulin was very pleased and asked him with a smile if he was willing to recall Brother Youwan.
Zhao Yulin intended to attack Guangnan West Road, but it would be difficult for his brothers to lead the troops, which would expose contradictions and lead to direct confrontation. He planned to let Cao Youwan lead the troops and Yang Jia as his deputy, and the two would continue to advance south together.
Cao Youwen agreed immediately and praised him for his cautious and thorough thinking. Yang Jia was originally from Bozhou, so it would be best for him to come back and lead the troops south.
By taking over Guangnan West Road, the Shenwei Army gained access to the sea, thus opening up the road from land to sea. The Shenwei Army could obtain the necessary supplies through maritime trade, thus avoiding being strangled by the small Lin'an court in Jiangdong.
When the two men arrived at Guci, they found that the Renhuai General Administration Office had already moved to Sifangjing. They continued upstream and when they arrived at the station, they saw that the office was still scattered in large and small houses on the street.
Shunzhidi and the two ladies, Zhen and Shun, took over and said that the two adults came to Sifangjing for inspection, and the small town of Renhuai seemed shabby.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that it would not be long before this place would become a popular destination, but excessive construction was not advisable as the General Administration's Office would have to continue to move south.
Shunzhidi smiled and told him and Lao Cao that they had discussed it, and the main thing was to build new roads and dredge waterways. Only simple repairs would be needed here, and they would find another place to build the General Administration Office in two years.
Cao Youwen praised: Renhuai now has dozens of counties. We need to think about how to divide the regions and establish a prefecture. The General Administration Office must have lofty ambitions and control the overall situation. You all have to put in some thought.
Everyone had smiles on their faces and was in a happy mood.
This time, Zhao Yulin accompanied Shunzhidi back to her mother's home, which was very close. The two old people were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling while holding their grandson.
He told the two elders that a large new distillery would be built here soon, which would require a large amount of sorghum and other crops for making wine. He asked the neighbors to plant them and they would harvest them and exchange them for silver to buy rice.
Shunzhidi happily told him that Uncle Chen had been here and arranged for the craftsmen to dig a well. The old man had climbed over several hurdles and crossed several mountains, and praised the good soil and water here, which was suitable for brewing sauce wine, and had already returned to build a new type of pot.
Chen Xian had already told him all this, so Zhao Yulin certainly knew it. They played in the mountains for two days, and Zhao Yulin saw that Zhidi was in a good mood, so he asked her to carry her son back home.
The woman said that he had never carried a child before and wanted him to carry him. She then actually took the basket from the maid. Zhao Yulin took the bamboo basket for the child and put it in place. Shunzhidi really took her son and put him in it.
He squatted down, carried the baby on his back and walked in front. The cute baby turned around and cried for his mother, and the woman laughed happily behind him.
When we returned to the government office, Fire Phoenix had already returned from the front line.
Lao Cao told her that Yulin planned to let Youwan take over the front line, and our General Phoenix would stay in Renhuai to coordinate the operations.
Fenghuang understood Zhao Yulin's idea. She was pregnant and it was not suitable for her to run away. This was the best. She was shy and asked Cao not to tease her. Cao Gong was the great general. Everyone laughed.
