My Backyard is the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 156: Yuan Tiangang

Li Yin hugged the fish tank and walked towards the pond in the south courtyard. This thing is too heavy, and it was brought back in a carriage just now. Cui Yingying and Su Moer originally planned to go out to play, but now they are laughing and following Li Yin towards the pond. go.

Holding the fish tank, Li Yin went down the steps to the pond, and slowly poured all the goldfish into the pond, while the two women squatted aside and watched the goldfish entering the water. Stay together and refuse to part.

   "Your Highness, what are these fish called? They look strange, but they are really beautiful." Cui Yingying asked.

  Li Yin also poured the last goldfish into the water and said, "This is called a goldfish. It is a kind of ornamental fish. There are many varieties. This is just a part of them. There are hundreds of others that I haven't brought."

   "Hundreds of species?" Su Mo'er was surprised. It is not easy for an ordinary wealthy family to raise a few golden carp.

   "That's right, let's put them here and raise them slowly, next year they will be able to breed many small goldfish." Li Yin said, and then asked, "Where are you planning to go just now?"

  Cui Yingying took Su Mo'er's hand and said, "We are going to go to Baihuatan to swim in the lake. Are you going to go? You have been to Yizhou for so long, and your Highness hasn't been there yet."

  When Cui Yingying said this, Li Yin remembered that he had never been to Baihuatan, which is as famous as Qujiang Lake in Chang'an, so he said, "Let's go!"

  Cui Yingying just asked casually, but she didn't expect Li Yin to actually go, and said happily, "Really? That's great!" Su Mo'er also smiled, obviously very happy.

  Li Yin went to ask Jin Daqian to bring the red boy, while the two girls rode in a carriage. A group of people went to the north of Yizhou City. The Baihuatan is located in the northwest corner of Yizhou. The lake is very wide, the river is clear, and various aquatic plants are very rich. Of course, the most famous thing is the lotus in the pond.

On the way to Baihuatan, Li Yin saw people dressed as business travelers passing by from time to time. Some blond Persians and barbarians could be seen. The density of people on this road was more dense than when he was in Yizhou just now, not a little bit more. . It seems that his policy of encouraging business has a significant effect.

The reason why he encouraged the business development in Yizhou was that the situation in Yizhou was different from other places in Datang. The planting of new cash crops must be exported, and it would not work without the participation of these businessmen. It is not that he is ignorant of agriculture. The importance of agriculture, but blindly engaging in agriculture can only fill the people's stomachs, but it cannot make the people rich. Only business can make the people in Yizhou have money in their pockets. And the common people can spend in Yizhou only when they have spare money, which in turn promotes the commercial development of Yizhou, which is a virtuous circle.

  Of course, Li Yin also specially set up an organization similar to the business management of later generations. This organization is the Shiyi Division, which is responsible for regulating business behavior and cracking down on speculative and fraudulent businessmen. At the same time, it also protects the interests of businessmen, and this virtually makes businessmen prefer to do business in Yizhou, because their rights and interests can be protected in Yizhou, unlike in other places, a county magistrate can extort a large amount of money from them .

  Li Yin observed the changes in Yizhou City. Seeing Li Min's expression from the curtain, Su Mo'er said, "Has Your Highness also felt the changes in Yizhou City? Let Mo'er see it. In less than two years, Yizhou will be able to catch up with Chang'an."

   "Yes, Yizhou is now living and working in peace and contentment, and businessmen gather here. It is really a prosperous scene. When I first came to Yizhou, my father worried that I would suffer. Now it seems that my father's worry is unnecessary." Cui Yingying said.

  Listening to the words of his children, Li Yin also had a sense of accomplishment in his heart, and his busy work this year was not in vain after all.

  The three of them chatted and arrived at Baihuatan. It is now in the middle of June, and the weather is still very hot, but when they arrived at Baihuatan, the three of them suddenly felt a chill and felt very comfortable.

  Cui Yingying and Su Moer got out of the carriage and walked to the lake accompanied by several maidservants, while Li Yin walked beside them.

  At this time, the Baihuatan Lake is full of paintings and boats, and there are many stone benches and tables along the Baihuatan Lake. Many literati gather in twos and threes to drink tea and discuss poetry.

  The willows on the side of the lake are full of greenery. The lake is green and sparkling.

  Li Yin was admiring the beautiful scenery when a maid came and told him that Cui Yingying had found an idle painting boat and let him go there.

After boarding the painting boat, the boatman took the three of them to the lake. The three of them were at the bow, and Cui Yingying and Su Morer sat on one side respectively, directing the boatman to pick lotus seeds for a while, and water prisms for a while. , laughing and laughing.

   "Your Highness, here you are!" Cui Yingying put the lotus seeds she had allocated in Li Yin's hands, there were dozens of them, and Su Moer shared the lotus seeds in her hands with Cui Yingying.

Li Yin squeezed a lotus seed and put it in his mouth, the taste is a bit sweet, a bit astringent, but more of a fragrance, pure natural and pollution-free, Li Yin ate the lotus seed, thinking that living in this world is not bad, although there is no such high-tech, But back to the original natural state.

  He was eating lotus seeds when Cui Yingying suddenly stood up and asked, "Your Highness, have you heard the flute sound?"

   "I heard it too." Su Morer stood up holding a lotus pod that had just been picked off, "The sound of the flute is very pleasant, but why is it so sad."

Li Yin listened carefully, as if it came from a painting boat not far away, the sound of the flute was clear and pleasant, but it seemed to imply a faint sense of sadness, suddenly a person's face flashed in his mind , he stared blankly at the painting boat.

   "Your Highness, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that Li Yin's expression was wrong, Cui Yingying asked.

  Li Yin came back to his senses and said, "It's nothing!"

In the painting boat that Li Yin was looking at, a veiled woman in white slowly put down the jade flute in her hand, and beside her stood a maidservant in a green skirt. When the woman in white finished playing a song, she said: "Little lady, The goods are almost purchased, we should leave Yizhou as soon as possible, after all, this is the fiefdom of the sixth prince, and there are many eyeliners."

   "Well, I know, let's go back to Suzhou tomorrow." The woman in white said in a low voice, "Auntie hasn't come back yet?"

   "No, she let us go ahead, saying that she and Master Xu still have some things to do." The servant girl said.

  The woman in white nodded, "Let the boatman dock."

   Cui Yingying and Su Moer played in the lake for a while, and suddenly pointed to a Taoist priest holding a hexagram sail on the bank, and said, "Your Highness, let's go and see the face."

  It doesn't matter to Li Yin, he will accompany the two of them to play anyway, it's up to the two of them to decide.

  Going ashore, the three of them walked towards the Taoist priest, and when they got closer, they saw the man's appearance clearly. Li Yin was slightly startled.

  At this time, the Taoist priest was showing a scholar a picture, and the scholar asked: "Master Taoist, can you calculate for me whether I can be named on the gold list this year."

   "No!" The Taoist looked at Shizi a few times and said.

  The scholar showed displeasure when he heard the words, "Don't talk nonsense, old Taoist priest, or I will come back and smash your Guafan."

  The Taoist shook his head, "The old Taoist never tells lies."

  The young scholar snorted and dropped a few copper coins and left.

  Li Yin laughed and said: "You are an interesting person. Other fortune tellers say some auspicious words, or some ambiguous words, but you actually say some unlucky words. No wonder there are only a few people who come to fortune-telling."

  The old Taoist took a sized look at Li Min, and said, "Why does His Highness the King of Chengdu make fun of the old Taoist?"

   Cui Yingying and Su Moer were both shocked when they heard the words, and said in unison: "How do you know?"

"Because we met!" Li Yin was surprised just now because he recognized this old Taoist priest. This Taoist priest is none other than the famous volcano commander Yuan Tiangang. Having met him, what Li Yin was puzzled about was why this Yuan Tiangang came to Yizhou.

   Yuan Tiangang’s name, Cui Yingying, has also been heard, let alone Su Morer.

   "Your Highness, you will definitely ask why the old Taoist came to Yizhou next?" Yuan Tiangang said with a gray beard.

  Li Yin nodded.

"Your Highness should know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince introduced a Taoist to His Majesty. This Taoist claims to be a Taoist of Chunyang, and now he has won the trust of His Highness. A few days ago, he even performed some strange spells. Burning the talisman paper shocked His Majesty even more, and let him take over the order of the volcano, and the old Taoist knew that he couldn't stay, so he retired and returned home."

  Su Morer nodded to Li Yin after hearing the words, obviously affirming Yuan Tiangang's statement.

The records of Yuan Tiangang in history are amazing, especially his physiognomy is famous all over the world, but Li Yin sometimes suspects that this is just Wu Zetian deliberately exaggerating Yuan Tiangang's physiognomy in order to find a justification for his ascension to the throne. It is confirmed that the power of the monarchy is granted by heaven.

   Li Yin continued: "What does the Taoist master think?" Li Yin was referring to the Taoist Chunyang bewitching Li Shimin.

Yuan Tiangang said: "The old man watched the sky at night and saw that the Ziwei star was dim, and the seven kills and the greedy wolf star appeared. This greedy wolf star is a star of disaster and chaos. The seven kills herald the appearance of traitors in troubled times. In a few years, the world will surely be destroyed." There will be great chaos, His Highness will not be able to help himself at that time as a relative of the emperor, so we should make preparations early."

Hearing Yuan Tiangang's words, Li Yin couldn't express the feeling in his heart. If he was born in ancient times, he might have believed it, but he was born in modern society, so it's really unreasonable for him to believe in Ziweixing and Tanlangxing. His eyes rolled Turning around, he asked: "A chance meeting is a fate, Daoist Yuan, why don't you show me how you look?"

  Yuan Tiangang shook his head, "Your Highness doesn't believe the words of the old Taoist anymore!"