Straight man of steel

Chapter 125 Returning Qianli Jiangzhou in One Day
After seeing Zhuo Wenjun and Zhuo Wangsun away, Zhang Yuan locked himself in the room to digest it all.

He couldn't figure out why Liu Che didn't start to seize the iron mines from the homes of these specialized iron smelting merchants in the country.

The best way is to directly disclose the method of pouring steel to the public, so that the price of steel can be greatly reduced, and it will not be more troublesome for the court to build weapons and armor.

At present, thousands of people have died for the iron ore, and the Quyuan plow is being used for Huang to build and sell. No matter from any aspect, it cannot be promoted quickly.

It is estimated that the historians who recorded the emperor's words and deeds would not analyze everything to this point.

There are also people like Sima Xiangru who write poems to praise the virtues of the emperor, which is ridiculous when you think about it.

After staying in Chengdu for seven full days, Zhang Yuan and his party set off again from Shu County to Zitong City, the seat of Guanghan County. Compared with when they came, there were fewer soldiers and officials on the way, and Li Jian was more accompanying them.

Zhang Yuan and the others are destined to stay in Shu County for a while on their return journey. After all, they need to see how the people react in the end before they can report to the court.

But now that he sees clearly that the essence of this trip is to wipe the emperor's ass, Zhang Yuan loses interest and leaves everything to be handled by Huo Zhong and Sima Xiangru, while he just rides a horse in Zitong holding a talisman After wandering around the city, he disappeared before everyone's eyes. Even the prefect of Guanghan County declined the invitation.

After staying in Guanghan County for another five days, he left to go to Jiangzhou City in Berkshire. Zitong City and Jiangzhou City are connected by a Fushui River to Jialing River. This time, Zhang Yuan did not let the mission ride on horseback. Zitong has been famous since ancient times. shipbuilding.

Zhang Yuan and his group of hundreds of people also experienced the experience of returning a thousand miles to Jiangling in one day.

"Has Zhang Xingren ever traveled by boat like this before?"

Sima Xiangru got a feather fan from somewhere and waved it all day long, making himself look like a very educated man.

The hydrological conditions in Shu County are more complicated than those in Ba County, Guanghan County, and the official road from Guanghan County to Jiangzhou City is also along the Fu River, which can be said to be second to none in terms of safety at this time.

The shipping in Guanzhong is not yet prosperous, and the skills of the boatmen are only at the level of ferrying, and they are far from realizing how much benefit they can bring to them by having a big boat passing through the Weishui.

"I have never traveled far, but I read about ancient legends in books. Xia Yu used Zitong wood to build a boat, but the wooden boat turned into a boy. I wondered if you and I had the same fate, and could see how this wooden boat turned into a boy. A child's wonder."

Most people on the wooden boat didn't know this legend. After Zhang Yuan said it, everyone forcibly raised their spirits. They really began to worry that the wood under their feet would turn into a boy, and then all of them would sink into the river.

Sima Xiangru sneered, then got up and looked at the scenery along the coast, which has been loved by literati since ancient times.

Li Jian thought that Zhang Yuan was still at odds with Sima Xiangru, and he didn't talk to Sima Xiangru along the way, and he didn't look like he wanted to make friends when he was in Linqiong.

The friendship between gentlemen ends with etiquette.

Whenever Li Jian wanted to talk to Sima Xiangru, he would bow to Sima Xiangru and then retreat to other places. And Li Jian is considered familiar.

When he saw the beautiful scenery, he wanted to write an article, but Huo Zhong and others couldn't appreciate the beauty of it, and no one applauded it.

And to show off to Zhang Yuan, he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would throw out a poem to steal his limelight.

Li Jian looked like this now, and his original enthusiasm dissipated because of the pent-up resentment in his heart.

Sima Xiangru's shriveled look is more comfortable than the white, red, and green colors of the mountains on both sides.

The more this happened, the more Zhang Yuan moved closer to Sima Xiangru.

Seeing that the outline of Jiangzhou City had appeared in his eyes, Zhang Yuan coughed heavily twice, deliberately attracting the attention of others.

"Among the colorful clouds in Zitong, I will return a thousand miles to Jiangzhou in one day.

The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains. "

As soon as Zhang Yuan finished speaking, Huo Zhong and Li Jian took the lead in applauding.

"Pedestrians ordered this amazing work to be born just once on the boat. No wonder the city of Chang'an is full of praise for you."

"Yeah, A Yuan also looked very talented when we were in Linqiong. It really made us feel ashamed."

Zhang Yuan glanced at Sima Xiangru who was not very good-looking, patted him on the shoulder, and then laughed unscrupulously.

"Everyone, it's nothing, it's just a little insight, we've arrived, pack up quickly, the prefect of Berkshire is still waiting for us."

Because it was by boat, I didn't bring the horses, but I asked the prefect of Berkshire to prepare the horses and wait at the pier early.

Zhang Yuan held the talisman in one hand, and with the support of Er Dan and Zong Xing, he climbed onto the horse's back.

Regardless of whether Sima Xiangru was still sulking, he directly let Zong Xing hold the reins and headed towards the gate of Jiangzhou City.

Sima Xiangru's mistake was that all the people in the boat were under Zhang Yuan's subordinates, and he still wanted to pretend to be aggressive, which was naturally impossible.

After returning to Chang'an City, if Zhang Yuan did not resign, or was assigned by Liu Che to be another official, then he would still be the No.

"Officer Sima Lang, what are you doing in a daze? Take your majesty's sacred metaphor, and you will read it out after a week of pedestrian orders."

In terms of official position, Huo Zhong is [-] shi, which is higher than Sima Xiangru, the literary servant who is [-] shi. Although Sima Xiangru is a deputy, Huo Zhong just treats him equally.

Looking at the silk stuffed in his hand, Sima Xiangru suddenly remembered that during the court meeting, whenever Liu Che had something important to announce, the eunuchs who would announce it were all standing on one side.

Thinking of this, Sima Xiangru felt a deep malice.

Bajun was the place most affected by this incident. The place where there was no way to build a road was right in front of their home. It was much more convenient for the people to conquer the land here.

It is said that there was an entire village where men from the age of 50 to the age of 16 all died in a landslide incident, that is to say, the people in this entire village went to the Berkshire Prefect’s Mansion and knelt all day long. seats, for as long as two months.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the prefect of Berkshire did not dare to do other excessive things, so he could only follow the popular will and report the matter to Liu Che.

With this action, the people in that village were able to return home and wait for the emperor's messenger to arrive to give them justice.

Solving this matter is also one of the purposes of Zhang Yuan's trip.

(End of this chapter)