Yangzhou governs Jiangdu and Guangling counties. If the Jiangdu is expanded east, it will cover the entire canal, thus forming a barrier-like existence above the Grand Canal, as if it is strangling the throat of north-south.

As a long river goes north, after arriving at Gaoyou, there is a huge Kanshe Lake, which is the Gaoyou Lake in later generations. Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bitan" once recorded that the Kanshe pearl light appeared here: Sun Jue sat by the Kanshe Lake at night, and suddenly the window was as bright as day. I followed the lake and saw a big pearl, which was lighted in the sky, and then Sun Jue ascended the title. Therefore, Kanshe Lake is also called Zhuhu.

Liu Qingyan, who was sitting on the boat with Ye Qing, heard her eyes radiating. Women naturally had to be more sensitive to things that were jewel-like. She didn't know whether her hands were nervous or happy. She grabbed Ye Qing's sleeves tightly, and her ten fingers twisted the flesh on Ye Qing's arms from time to time. This shows how nervous and excited Miss Liu was!

Compared to Liu Qingyan's nervousness, Zhao Shichun seemed much more direct: "Who is the commander of Gaoyou Army? You have been in office for almost a year now, and you still haven't interfered in the army?"

Xin Qiji nodded in agreement. If it was as Ye Qing said, there were pearl clams in this Kanshe Lake, then it would be an endless treasure pot!

Looking at the two of them not hiding their greed, then looking at Liu Qingyan, who looked around and blinked his bright eyes like a pearl, the official Ye smiled and sighed: "Can you pay attention to your image, especially your Duke Chongguo, your saliva flowed out."

"How could that be?" Zhao Shichun said this, but he still reached out and wiped his lips unconsciously. He knew that he was fooled by Ye Qing, but at this moment he was not embarrassed at all. After all, pearls are more important.

At this time, Xin Qiji was not only moved, but also maintained a gentlemanly style. He frowned slightly and looked at the leisurely Ye Qing. The boatman's sound of the slurry sounded gently at the stern of the boat and slowly spoke: "No wonder you have been moving Lin Zhong, it turns out that you have already made plans!"

Ye Qing smiled proudly and said, "How could I reveal such a thing in advance before I can't find a suitable candidate? Now Tian Lin has already taken office as Gaoyoujun, but... if you want to make a difference, after the beginning of spring, or wait for me to come back from Lin'an."

"What are you going to do?" Xin Qiji couldn't help asking.

"Of course, I moved the Gaoyou Army camp not far from the shore of the Kanshe Lake. Now Lin Zhong is still a general, so there is no need to move now. After he and Li Mu leave, it will not be too late for Gaoyou and Huaiyang armies to be replaced by Li Zhongfang and Tian Lin." Ye Qing said without any concealment.

What I received was Xin Qiji's deep contempt. It turned out that this guy had already made up his own idea. No wonder he had recommended several people to him, but he was unmoved. This was another idea.

"When are you going to Lin'an?" Zhao Shichun, who was not aware of the inside, asked confusedly: "Have you summoned to Beijing?"

"It should be soon." Ye Qing nodded.

"You don't even have a personal soldier now, how can you go back?" Xin Qiji frowned. Now he knows the causes and consequences of some things or inside information, so he has this question.

"Oh... Brother Jiaxuan, it's not me that I'm talking about you, why are you so stubborn? Since I'm in charge, don't you tell them anything else? One hundred elite troops from Huaiyang and Gaoyou each turned into personal soldiers of the personal soldiers of the pacifier. This is also the highest number of personal soldiers of the pacifiers in the court's law. Even if two hundred people enter Lin'an in armor, it is not a violation of the rules." Ye Qing said relaxedly.

Zhao Shichun and Xin Qiji nodded silently again. Only then did they realize how serious they had been after a long time!

Moreover, this guy Ye Qing always hides his real purpose under several fake purposes, which makes people never able to guess what his real intention is every step.

"Then my porcelain kiln..." Zhao Shichun blinked, and felt a chilling feeling on his back. He felt that his porcelain kiln was targeted by Ye Qing, and there was a possibility that he would be out of business.

"What should I discuss after the Lantern Festival?" Ye Qing said with a treacherous and insidious smile.

"I knew you were not kind-hearted, and I was useless to treat you so sincerely, but you actually..." When Zhao Shichun heard Ye Qing's words, he felt a chilling feeling surged into his heart.

"Stop, I'm almost goosebumps, it sounds so numb." Ye Qing waved his hands repeatedly to the pitiful Zhao Shichun. Liu Qingyan, who was beside him, lowered her head and chuckled, fearing that she would lose her politeness.

Xin Qiji looked solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his mind. However, since it was the New Year's Day, he could put any important things before he could figure them out.

After a boat trip, watching operas, listening to music, drinking, and having two more drags on Zhao Shichun and Xin Qiji, Ye Qing and Liu Qingyan’s rare date for one day would be considered a waste.

In the following time, even though it was the Shangyuan Festival, although the entire Yangzhou City was not as lively as Lin'an City, it was also extremely lively in half a month. It was a peaceful and joyful New Year and Shangyuan Festival that were rare in recent years.

Unlike the grand scene of the Shangyuan Festival in Lin'an on the West Lake, although the Shangyuan Festival in Yangzhou is smaller in scale, it also has its charming style and characteristics.

It is not as beautiful as Xin Qiji's song: The east wind blooms thousands of flowers and trees at night... The BMW carvings are fragrant on the road... but the grand scene of fish and dragon dancing overnight is a bit more exciting than Lin'an in Yangzhou.

The lantern prayer style that flourished during the Sui and Tang Dynasties is now regarded as a tradition by the people of the Song Dynasty. The streets of Yangzhou are also filled with flowers, with swaying lights, and various lanterns hang over most of the streets of Yangzhou.

Lanterns with images of birds, animals, flowers, figures, etc. can be seen everywhere in the area of ​​the Twenty-Four Bridges in Yangzhou. Even the dense rivers in Yangzhou City are filled with small lanterns, and naturally there are so many love words and thoughts hidden from the men and women.

Although it is not as bright as Lin'an, the sky is full of fire trees and silver flowers, like fire dragons dancing in Yangzhou, ultimately adding a charm and grace to Yangzhou.

However, these have nothing to do with the prefect Ye on Huainan East Road, and even more so have nothing to do with his concierge Tao Qian.

The three wives and a prospective wife took their maid in front of them, looking at various lanterns with excitement, and occasionally pulling off the riddles on the lanterns. With their "pig" heads, they guessed that they could only return the riddles to the boss in vain, and then he had no choice but to pay for Ye Wuque in the arms of the prefect Ye, but failed to win even a toy for Ye Wuque in the arms of the prefect Ye.

Ye Gucheng was held tightly in his hand by the concierge and was afraid of getting lost. Fortunately, Ye Gucheng was quite obedient, but after walking a few steps, he was unwilling to leave again. So the concierge had no choice but to pick up Master Ye who loved to eat candied haws and muttered dissatisfiedly: "When you grow up, don't be like your father's rogue."

"Tao Qian, can you carry someone behind your back when saying such words?" With Ye Wuque who had been grabbing his chin in his arms, Ye Prefect Ye perfectly played an important role as a housewife.

Tao Qian laughed awkwardly, and without any sense that he was ignorant of saying bad things on others, he was ignorant of a gentleman: "Hehe, the child is still young, and he doesn't understand what I mean."

Prefect Ye was about to warn Tao Qian a few words, but the three ladies in front had already begun to urge them to keep up quickly.

So the prefect Ye had to give up the warning, and he had no choice but to follow the three wives and a prospective wife, holding the child and following behind to watch the colorful lanterns of the Lantern Festival.

Guarantee the lake surface: Twenty-four bridges are like the moon, and the lights are like stars. The small lanterns floating quietly on the lake surface seem to correspond to the bright stars in the night sky. There are countless people who light up their lamps in front of them, and countless people who pray with their hands together and pray with devout pleas.

Even merchants will take advantage of business opportunities to pray for peace, wealth, or those who avoid disasters and diseases, merchants can write various auspicious words on the small lights, and then sell them to prayers who come to set off the lights.

So the four prodigal women and a few maids, after the persuasion of the housewife, finally ignored the advice of the prefect Ye, and happily took out the silver from their purse, then bought the lantern they wanted and put it on the river.

Seeing each of them praying for blessings with their eyes closed, Lord Ye naturally would not let them all get what they wanted. So he replaced Ye Wuque in his arms with Ye Gucheng, and reached out to the lake in his hand. The lanterns that had just been released were captured by Ye Gucheng again.

Ye Qing was somewhat moved. The lines on each lantern were filled with prayers' peace and good fortune for his lover.

He hurriedly asked Ye Gucheng, who was addicted to catching lanterns, put down all the lanterns, and then hurriedly picked them up again, which immediately attracted the four ladies to roll their eyes. Then another sum of money went into the merchant's pocket. The one who had just passed away and was not effective, so start over.

He sighed helplessly, hugged his child and stood up straight. Tao Qian behind him whispered: "Someone is here."

After turning around and looking at Dong Chao who was struggling forward in the crowd, he reached out to attract Fangfei, letting him look down on Ye Gucheng, and signaling them to follow Bai Chun and others, Ye Qing then greeted Dong Chao.

Losing Ye Qing, the head of the family, the girls were less interested in watching the lanterns. After wandering for a while, they began to go home.

Ye Qing and Dong Chao finally stepped into an inn when their wife returned home.

More than four years passed by, but Ye Qing still recognized the energetic old man in front of him at a glance, which was Lu Yanlun who had drunk wine with Yingzhou.

"I have seen Mr. Lu. I thought Mr. Lu would arrive a few days later. I didn't expect that Mr. Lu would even let Mr. Lu go on the New Year's Day. I feel really sorry for him." Ye Qing stepped forward and said sincerely.

"You kid is much more steady than before." Lu Yanlun looked at Ye Qing up and down. Compared to coming a few years ago, Ye Qing is now a handsome man. Perhaps because of his long-term existence in the officialdom, there was a hint of uneven power between his eyebrows.

"Come on, I will introduce you to Xiao Zhen, the closed disciple, and my favorite disciple!" Lu Yanlun said in the end.

"Let Yang Huaizhi, Chen Cishan, and Liu Keshi come over immediately." Ye Qing was not polite, looked at Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, who were covered in dust, and then turned his head and said to Dong Chao.

As Dong Chao left, Ye Qing personally poured tea for Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, and then sat down next to Lu Yanlun.

"I guessed all the way, and the more I couldn't guess, the more I wanted to know what kind of tricks you have to make this city wall indestructible?" Lu Yanlun was obviously attracted by Ye Qing's cover at the beginning, so he was so anxious to see Ye Qing.

In the Tang Dynasty, yellow clay mortar was used to build walls. In the Song Dynasty, with the emergence of lime, white ash clay mortar formed by lime, yellow clay and water were used to build walls. As for the glutinous rice mortar used, it has not appeared yet. Even if it appeared, even the Song Dynasty could not afford the cost of building city walls with glutinous rice.

It is precisely because of the clear methods of building walls in various eras that the above method has become a simple and effective way to identify a building, especially the age of the tower in later generations.

Because of the New Year and Day, Ye Qing is not very sure whether he can burn cement. However, since he dares to use this to tempt Lu Yanlun to go to Yangzhou, he has naturally made preparations long ago. That is, if he cannot burn it in a short time, he will use glutinous rice to cook instead. No matter what, it is at least an explanation given to Lu Yanlun, right?

"This thing..." Ye Qing paused for a moment, and then said a little vaguely: "I'm afraid that I can't let Mr. Lu see it immediately. I hope Mr. Lu will give the kid some time. Once the conditions allow, the kid will definitely ask Mr. Lu to look at it as soon as possible. What's more, even if the kid puts the thing in front of Mr. Lu, with Mr. Lu's intoxicated mentality, he may have to try it immediately, but now Yangzhou is not suitable for Mr. Lu..."

Before Ye Qing finished speaking, Lu Yanlun lit him with a finger and interrupted with a heartfelt laughter: "You little thoughts, I have been thinking about it halfway on the way here. How can I not know what you want me to do for you? Now I am the pacifier of Huainan East Road. The Jin Man's Iron Hoof almost stepped on Yangzhou in the early years. Now you have finally got a chance, how can you let me succeed in the more solid method of building walls in vain? People who are wise don't say secret words, I can also like you. Just for your actions when you were in the Jin Dynasty, I recognized you as a friend of age!"

"How dare you!" Ye Qing hurriedly stood up and saluted. Lu Yanlun was generous. This was also the reason why he dared to ask Dong Chao to invite him. Of course, it was precisely because of this reason that the two of them could hit it off in Yingzhou.

"Then let me tell you, I brought a proud disciple to you. Do you think it's just to learn the method of building walls? If I'm not good at it, my disciple will never disappoint you." Lu Yanlun said generously again.

Ye Qing looked at Lu Yanlun, then looked at Xiao Zhen who smiled and nodded to him, and then said in a deep voice: "Your kid wants to ask Mr. Lu and Brother Xiao to help you plan a city, the most powerful city in China!"
Chapter completed!