It happened to be at this moment that Liu Zongyuan hired a ship to carry his father's coffin and hearse on it, bid farewell to his father-in-law, sailed from the water port in Ezhou City, and headed down the river to Ruxukou.

What surprised Liu was that Yan Zhen, the governor of the Wuchang Army, and Yan Li, the judge of the shogunate, were particularly polite to him. This time, he buried his father, the Wuchang Army's military mansion immediately gave Liu a fortune worth 2,000 guan to provide funeral.

Liu Zongyuan, who was sitting at the bow of the boat, smiled bitterly. In fact, he knew in his heart that this was entirely due to Gao Yue's face.

Because there are many news that Gao Yue, Duke of Wei, was very fond of himself, and after he was obedient, he would regain his sixth rank.

But Liu Zongyuan was actually most interested in Gao Yue's words on the Great Forest of Guangling that day, facing the rolling Yangtze River, and the words he and Han Yu said.

People are really wonderful. Some people are glorious about their understanding of the present world, while others are excited to see another new world.

Liu Zongyuan, who believed in Buddhism, belonged to the latter.

Nanshi in Ezhou, which is his starting point, is very different from the impression he saw in previous years.

Now that Gao Yue has dug up the Jiming Bridge and opened up the "Weigong Canal", the Jianghuai commercial road, which was originally blocked by the rebellious town of Huaixi, was instantly revitalized.

Between the Jianghuai River, the land of Shoulu suddenly became the center of the business road;

Looking at the whole world, Ezhou is undoubtedly a more veritable hub. There are Xiang Deng, Nanyang and Caizhou in the north, Dongting 800 miles south, Jiangling in the west, Kuifu, Sanchuan, Wuhu in the east, Jinling and Jingkou in the east, which is really the "middle and middle".

Shoulu became prosperous, and Ezhou also flourished.

Liu Zongyuan, standing on the deck, looked out at the Nanshi outside the waves. Like Xiangyang and Yicheng, they are all on the high embankment on the riverside, stretching for several miles, and are no longer restricted by the market system. They are all day and night, and there are restaurants, anchorages, moorhouses, tax booths, and business grounds. There are merchant ships and pleasure boats from east, west, south and north. They are incredible. It is really as Li Taibai’s poem said: “The thousands of boats come here, and sail down Yangzhou.”

The gold, citrus, salt, silk, tea from Sanchuan, medicinal materials, cotton cloth from Fengxiang, cattle, horses and sheep, lacquerware from Xiangyang, Jiangling, rice, wood from Yuezhou, hemp paper from Fangzhou, Yangzhou, bamboo paper from Jiangxi, and porcelain from Jiangxi, all of them meet here, and then follow the rivers, lakes and seas with the hope of chasing wealth, and go all over the place.

After leaving Ezhou, there were endless ships coming and going on the river surface along the road, including mountain ships carrying wood and stone, barges carrying cargo, and merchant ships carrying passengers. During this period, Liu Zongyuan was always in the bumpy state, sitting under the shed of the ship, writing poems about mourning the dead, and writing letters to friends and elders everywhere.

In just a few days, the boat that was windy and Zhang Fan came to Ruxukou!

Ruxukou was originally a military key to Sun Quan rejecting Cao Cao's southward journey. Its land was like a cremation moon. It was originally an unknown person. However, with the opening of Weigong Canal, it suddenly became a must-pass for merchants and Huaiyang travelers to Chang'an and Dongdu to jump. The status leaps up, and villages on all sides naturally moved here, with masts like forests and a prosperous market. Liu Zongyuan, who was sailing, stood at the bow of the boat, but after entering the Ruxu River, the mountains on both sides were tall and beautiful, with streams all over the place, and the smoke and willows were picturesque. Then Liu ate the glutinous rice pastry sold from Wuhu, and felt it was sweet but not greasy, which was very useful.

When you arrive at Dongguan, you will be in a prosperous place. Here you can go east along the Qianwei River and reach Baisha, Yangzhou.

After crossing Juchao Lake and reaching the end of the water supply, Liu Zongyuan was particularly shocked because during the voyage of Weigong Canal, his ship was climbing along sections of dams to the broken place of the Jiminggang. Each section of the dam has gates and water diversion channels to adjust. "It's so clever, no, it's simply the best of human skills!" Liu Zongyuan couldn't help but admire it - he and the boat were walking on the river of Weigong Canal. Looking at both sides, they were all the mulberry forests of fields several feet down, with wide distances and widespread views. They were like walking on the hills, as if in the sky!

After arriving at Dayan and entering the Feishui River, Liu Zongyuan felt that he had a great eye-opener and lived up to his life.

Follow the Feishui River and reach Shouchun.

Shouchun is also a large metropolis in Huaibin. Liu Zongyuan on Shaopi Lake saw that there were many large rooms in the lake, built with tiled walls, and only small boats were used to enter and exit, so he asked the boatman what this was, "Mr. Langjun, this is called a water residence, which is used by wealthy merchants and great merchants to hide goods. Built in the water, you can prevent thieves from stealing." Therefore, Liu Zongyuan was amazed.

After crossing the Chenghuang River, I happened to see a huge competition held in Caoshi at the north gate of the city: the people and craftsmen, led by a big banner, beat drums and drums, set off fireworks and firecrackers, carried countless sacrifices, wine, meat, carvings, medicines, tea, etc., walked to the stone bridge of Caoshimen, and then lively dedicated the east and west to the Xichang Temple in northern Hubei. In fact, it was called the competition, and it was more like an exhibition of folk goods.

"It is worthy of being the former capital of Chu!" Liu Zongyuan exclaimed in his heart.

After entering the Huai River, he continued to walk along the coast. At this time, most of what he saw on the shore was farmland and river dams. However, after entering the Ru River, Liu Zongyuan personally saw that what Gao Yue had said to him before, the effectiveness of mortgaged land on both sides of the strait to merchants had already appeared. Like Ezhou, Luzhou and Shouchun, the cargo warehouses and water residences were also built one by one. Caizhou people no longer had to rob the stolen houses. Instead of farming with peace of mind, they began to transport goods for the caravans and control ships. This land showed new vitality.

"The river, Caohe, Huaihe, and Sishui are all in the palm of the Duke of Wei, but his vision is no longer limited to it, but has turned to a wider ocean. What will the legendary Silla gold and Japanese silver bring to the whole world?" Liu Zongyuan couldn't help but think secretly.

He firmly believed that Han Yu was probably thinking about such a problem.

In the past two years, after returning to my father, I cannot delay my trip. I have to study in Chang'an and Luoyang, and then go south to see what impact the battle south will have on the direction of the world.

At the Shugang Military Office in Yangzhou, Gao Yue's family was clamoring and were all going to go to Chaihe's colorful shed to watch the dragon boat race.

However, Gao Yue himself was not so elegant because there was a business cricket in front of him.

The military official said in writing that in April, more than 200 Silla people were in the wind and drifted to Mingzhou, eastern Zhejiang. After asking about the situation, Li Lianshuai (Li Ruochu, an observer in eastern Zhejiang) did not dare to stop himself, so he sent the group of Silla people to Yangzhou with a boat to deal with the punishment under the festival.

In fact, Li Ruochu was Liu Yan's disciple and former official.

On the other side of the screen, Yun Shao, Yun He, Zhihui and the children all went out of the corridor with a chat and laugh. Gao Yue sighed and turned around, feeling a little anxious, so he said to the official who wanted to go to the yamen immediately.

As a result, when Gao Yue came out of Gong, he suddenly felt a strange look behind him.
Chapter completed!