Chapter 856: Debriefing
Xu Ziyuan sat in the carriage, opened the car window, and looked at the scenery outside the window with a greed. Not only did he, the four guards who were guarding him back from Hetao also widened their eyes and looked at the scenery outside the window, the people outside the window, the prosperous era outside the window.
These four guards were not from Wuyi, but were recruited by Xu Ziyuan locally. To be precise, they were four savages who had nothing to do. From their birth to now, the only things that filled their horizons were poverty, hunger, and clothes. After following Xu Ziyuan, they finally got full and warm. After following Xu Ziyuan to build a city in Hetao, the city has finally been built. They thought they had reached heaven. Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Wuyi today, they found that the best place they once thought was nothing compared to what they saw.
This is the real paradise!
Xu Ziyuan's eyes were a little sore. In a blink of an eye, he left Wuwei Academy and Wuyi. It had been six years since he walked on the street and looked out the window. He tried hard to find some of the feelings he had been six years ago, but found it was difficult to find the memories of the past.
The small shop selling dried braised sheep and braised sheep bones and some wine mixed with water disappeared.
The cripple brother who sold pot stickers was gone.
The aunt who sold soup cakes and every time she saw the students from the academy come to eat, she always asked them to add more mutton paste to their bowls to disappear.
The neat streets, neat street trees, neat pavements, orderly driving paths, pedestrian roads, everything was completely different from when he left.
He left his squad behind him, and he only brought four guards to the city first, just to find memories of the past. Although he had some understanding of everything here from the Tang Dynasty Weekly, when he really returned here, he found that he still underestimated the changes in Wuyi.
When he entered the city, he and the guards handed over their horses to the soldiers at the gate and asked them to hand them over to the large army behind him. He himself, with four people, each of whom spent two cents, got on the public carriage in the city.
The carriage was very big, and it could be seated for twenty people. It climbed up along a small ladder. There was a wooden box beside the door. Every time someone came up, he would invest two cents into it and then look for a seat to sit down. If there was no place to sit, he would squat in the middle. Xu Ziyuan and the other five were on the train from the starting point, so naturally they had a place. The four guards did not forget their responsibilities. They first clamped Xu Zi in the middle one and then sat on the opposite side. In order to make Xu Ziyuan sit more comfortable, the two guards leaning against him occupied a lot of space. But what they never expected was that there were so many people getting on the car. After a sudden effort, the car was crowded. Not to mention making Xu Ziyuan feel comfortable, they were even squeezed to be close to Xu Ziyuan.
Those who originally wanted to have some attacks, in Hetao and other places, they were all people walking sideways, but under Xu Ziyuan's stern eyes, the two had to give up. The only thing they could do was to keep their bodies horizontally, support their arms, and try their best to prevent Xu Ziyuan from being squeezed. As for the two guards opposite, they had long been out of sight.
There are no people going down, and there are also people going up.
The smell in the carriage was really bad, but Xu Ziyuan was happier than before, which reminded him of many past events. Back then, many of their Wuwei Academy often crowded in a carriage and went from Wuyuan to Wuyi City to get internships. At that time, Wuwei Academy was still a distance away from Wuyi City. Now, I heard that they were connected together.
The carriage finally became sparse again. After a while, the coachman's voice sounded outside the carriage: "The terminal is the terminal. If you want to enter the inner city, you have to change the car."
Xu Ziyuan got out of the carriage and looked forward. Wuyi inner city had already appeared in front of him. Compared with the huge changes in the outer city, the inner city had not changed much. At least the city wall was still what it was like in memory.
"Governor, do you want to change the car?" a guard walked over and whispered.
"No need, it's not far away, let's take a walk!" Xu Ziyuan wanted to see if the inner city changes a lot. It was still early anyway, so he wanted to walk.
After walking all the way, I was finally disappointed. The city wall was indeed the same as the past city wall, but the inner city was finally changed.
Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Ziyuan stood in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
He was ordered to come back to report his duties.
He was dressed and was about to climb up the stairs, but there was a sound of a carriage behind him, and he stopped at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Xu Ziyuan turned his head and saw a purple-robed official walking down the carriage.
Wearing a purple robe, his level was at least the same as Xu Ziyuan. But what surprised Xu Ziyuan was that he didn't know this person, but there were not many purple robe officials. He turned around like lightning in his mind, and then looked at the appearance of the guards. He had already realized something in his heart. Seeing the purple robe official coming over, he smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Dare you ask if it's Governor Dai Lin of Gansu?"
The visitor was Dai Lin, the former governor of Xiazhou, and now the governor of the newly built Gansu Province.
"Brother?" Dai Lin gave a tribute and looked at the questioner in surprise. Those who could stand at this door and prepare to enter were naturally not ordinary people.
"A certain family in Ningxia Xu Ziyuan!" Xu Ziyuan said with a smile.
"It turns out it's Xu Du, I have been admired for a long time!" Dai Lin hurriedly clasped his fists and returned the greeting. The person in front of him was Li Xiang, who was born in Wuwei Academy and was definitely a confidant of Li Xiang, and his feet were much harder than himself.
"A family was summoned to report their duties, so did the governor Dai?" Xu Ziyuan asked with a smile.
"That's true!" Dai Lin smiled. "Li Tong summoned us two, it seems that something big happened!"
"It may not be, in my opinion, I'm afraid it's not a good thing." Xu Ziyuan shook his head and said.
"Where does this start?" Dai Lin was shocked. Xu Ziyuan was the direct descendant of Li Xiang, so the source of the news would naturally be more accurate than himself.
Xu Ziyuan didn't say much, and patted Dai Lin on the shoulder familiarly and said with a smile: "I'll know later. In the future, we'll be afraid of living a hard life!"
The two stepped onto the steps, and at this time, a person appeared inside, but Chen Wenliang, who took over Zhang Xun's position, came out in person. Today, Chen Wenliang's status is no longer different from the past. As Li Ze's personal secretary, his position in the secretary's supervisor was second only to Gongsun Changming, and in fact he had entered the power core of the Tang Dynasty.
He was welcomed, of course, also reflected Li Ze's respect for these two governors.
"Two governors and governors, Chen Wenliang." Chen Wenliang held his fists and bowed.
"Well, Shaocheng Chen!" The two governors and governors who were highly powerful both returned the favor. Although the secretary Lin Shaocheng was not of high rank, he was a typical low-ranking and powerful person. He was even more in the core circle of power. As long as he was released from here, his level would not be much lower than them, and his future would be greater. As soon as Zhang Xun came out of this position, he was the governor of Shandong.
"Li Xiang is waiting for you two! I have left a full half day for you today!" Chen Wenliang smiled and said, "Please, please!"
"I'm sorry, Shaocheng Li!" the two said with a smile.
After a moment, the two saw that Li Ze was standing at the door of the study with his hands behind his back, looking at them from afar. The two couldn't help but feel moved, and Chen Wenliang also made a move at the right time, and both of them rushed forward. As soon as Li Ze crossed the threshold, they had arrived in front of them, clasped their fists and bowed deeply to the ground.
"Have you met Lee Sang!"
Li Ze laughed and helped the two of them up.
"Dailin, after leaving for many years, you have changed a lot. If I hadn't known you, I wouldn't have seen that you were once a general who killed all sides! How about it? The governor and governor felt good?"
Dai Lin smiled and said, "I'm not hiding Li Xiang, I'm a little bit of a torment. I've left the book I've been left for many years and I've picked it up and read it again. It's much more difficult to fight for Li Xiangzheng than to fight for Li Xiangzheng, and my hair has become much whiter!"
He took off the squid head on his head and showed Li Ze the mottled hair.
"Thank you for your hard work!" Li Ze nodded: "The land of Lingxia is already troublesome. Now that the Gansu Province has been newly built, there are more things happening."
"Just about to report to Li Xiang."
"Okay, I'll talk about business later. Today, I'll leave you a full half day." Li Ze smiled and turned to look at Xu Ziyuan.
Xu Ziyuan is his direct descendant, and Dai Lin is his subordinate, so the two are naturally different. Speaking to Dai Lin first is not to despise Xu Ziyuan, but to do not regard him as an outsider.
"I've lost weight and dark. The handsome young man from Wuwei Academy back then is walking on the street. There is probably no girl throwing sachets and flowers for you." Li Ze smiled. "Six years away from you, and today I can be considered a return home in glory. How do you feel?"
"Xiaguan is already thirty years old, and there are two sons and one daughter around her knees. Where is the old boy?" Xu Ziyuan smiled and said, "I left home and returned home. My accent has not changed. My hair has faded. I have changed. Wuyi has changed even more, so I dare not recognize it. However, Li Xiang is still the same as before. There is almost no change from when I left Wuyi six years ago!"
Li Ze laughed: "With you capable subordinates, what else do I have to worry about!"
"Where is Li Xiang's words? If Li Xiang had no high-level views, we could find the direction. We were afraid that we would have to work hard and there would be no good harvest in the end. Snakes could not do without heads, birds could not fly without wings. With Li Xiang, we would be like us!" Dai Lin was not flattering, but sincere. He imagined that when he was under Du Youcai's command, he had thought about today's situation?
"Li Xiang, the two governors, don't stand outside and talk, let's talk in detail in the room!" Chen Wenliang on the side smiled and bowed: "The officials have already made tea for the three of them."
"Two governors, please!" Li Ze smiled and reached out to give in.
Chapter completed!