Lan Tian took Lu Lingqi for a walk on the beach and found more hermit crabs.
"Husband, it turns out there are so many hermit crabs on the beach."
"There will be more low tide at dusk."
"Why didn't we notice it when we first got here?"
"That's because you don't bend down to look for it. When you are willing to lower your head and look at the world, you can find that in addition to hermit crabs, there are other interesting animals and beautiful shells."
Lu Lingqi was startled when she heard this. She felt that Lan Tian seemed to have something behind his words. Was he telling me why I should get close to the people? No wonder he is so loved by the people.
Women all like beautiful things. After hearing what Lan Tian said, he gave up hermit crabs and went to the beach to pick up beautiful shells. He was as happy as a young child.
At this time, Lu Lingqi followed Lan Tian's example and rolled up her trousers and jumped barefoot on the beach. She felt like a girl from a fisherman's family, but the fishermen were exposed to the sun and rain and did not have such fair skin. Instead, she looked like the red face of the second master. More suitable for the seaside.
Seabirds fly across the sky from time to time, and the tireless tide rises and falls. The Lu family girl picks up shells on the soft beach, and from time to time takes the shells to wash in the waves. Lantian feels that the scene in front of him is extremely beautiful.
"Xiaojun." Lan Tian suddenly had an idea.
Lu Lingqi ran over with shells in her hands: "Husband, what's wrong?"
"After we move to Guangzhou City, put on the fairy skirt and come here again. I will find a skilled painter to paint your portrait. It should be incredibly beautiful, right?" Lan Tian looked up and down.
"How beautiful..." Lu Lingqi felt a burning sensation on her cheeks, and she subconsciously used her hands to cover it up. As a result, the beautiful shells she picked up fell to the ground, and some of them were broken into pieces in the collision.
"It's all your fault. You came here to tease me in broad daylight, and the shells you collected were damaged. Besides, Liuxian's skirt is so long, and the hem will definitely fall into the sand and water. Wouldn't it be a pity to get it dirty." Although Lu Lingqi complained, she was still happy when she heard the praise.
Lan Tian held his trouser legs with both hands and lifted them up, and explained with a smile: "When the time comes, can't you just carry it like me? It would be wonderful to think about it..."
Lu Lingqi's pretty face turned red again, and she turned around and said, "Oh, hurry up and find some nice shells for me. We have to go back to Guangxin, otherwise it will be dark later."
"Oh, okay." Lantian acted immediately after receiving the 'order'. He found that Lu Lingqi was shyer than when she was young. This didn't seem very scientific.
Lan Tian is a straight man. He doesn't know that as long as a woman feels in love, even a woman in her seventh or eighth decade will be shy. That instinct has nothing to do with age.
The two played on the beach for more than an hour, and finally rode horses to the Panyu Pier. Only then did Gao Shun in the distance remove his secret protection and return to the construction site where he was working.
After boarding the ship, because he was in a hurry, Lan Tian asked the sailors to row at full power, otherwise they would not be able to reach Guangxin before dark.
The boat was riding the wind and waves in the Yushui. Lantian was originally worried that Lu Lingqi had not prepared anti-dizzy pills, but the other party's nymphomaniac expression did not seem to be unwell at all.
At this time, Lu Lingqi was still intoxicated on the beach. Before leaving, the two of them washed the sand off their feet in the waves, and finally put some of it into their boots.
Lu Lingqi didn't like sand sticking to her feet. Before putting on her boots, she repeatedly patted them with her socks, trying to completely clean them before putting on her socks. The result was bound to be in vain.
Upon seeing this, Lan Tian took Lu Lingqi to the beach, and then picked her up in a princess hug. He first washed away the sand against the waves, and then hugged her and walked back to the shore. Although the time spent before and after was very short, Lu Lingqi seemed to be at that moment. Freeze.
"What's wrong?" Lan Tian brought Lu Lingqi back to reality.
"Uh...it's nothing..." Lu Lingqi changed the topic guiltily after speaking: "I remember you just put a few shells into your arms and took them out to show me."
Lantian didn't think much and took out three large conch shells from his arms. Although they were ordinary in appearance, they were not damaged. Lu Lingqi took out more than a dozen small white crystal shells. The sun just hit the deck and shone with colorful shells. Light.
"Husband, why did you choose the big and ugly one?"
Lan Tian picked up a conch, then put it to his ear and said to Lu Lingqi: "Put it to your ear and listen."
Lu Lingqi didn't know what it meant, but as soon as she reached her ears, she heard the sound of rushing water. She asked in surprise: "How could this happen? There seemed to be the sound of waves inside..."
"Conches can hear the sound of the sea. I plan to give two of them to Yuan'er and Ji'er, and find someone to send the remaining one to Chengdu for Adou. He has never seen the sea before," Lan Tian said.
Lu Lingqi nodded slightly, "Give these shells to my sister. Next time we go to the beach to pick them up."
Lantian picked up a shell and asked meaningfully: "Xiaojun, do you know? In ancient times, everyone used shells as money."
Lu Lingqi replied: "I have heard other people talk about this. You should be very wealthy living by the sea at that time, right?"
Lan Tian quickly shook his head: "At that time, people only lived in the Central Plains. Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Jiangdong were all barbarian lands where people lived like hair and drank blood. How could they be wealthy?"
"So that's it, but why don't the people from the Central Plains go to the beach to pick up shellfish? Isn't that much easier than hunting and farming?" Lu Lingqi asked again.
Lan Tian smiled slightly and held out two fingers: "There are two reasons for this. First, the country prohibits private individuals from picking up shellfish, and will send people to the beach to supervise. If caught privately collecting shellfish, they will be beheaded. This is the same as private individuals cannot mint money now. , if there is no strict management, the world will be in chaos. Guiyang County now has many mineral deposits, and there is no disorderly continuous production of coins;
The second is that in ancient times, the road from the Central Plains to the seaside was dangerous. In addition to being deserted, there were ferocious beasts. Even if you survived the beasts, you might be eaten by savages. Even if you were lucky enough to survive and picked up shells along the way, you would still be eaten by wild beasts when you return to the Central Plains. I discovered that most shells cannot be exchanged for cow and sheep skins, because there are strict selection criteria for shells that can be used as money. At that time, I found out that it would be better to go hunting..."
"So smart people can't make a fortune, and they have to follow the right path in life and work." Lu Lingqi mused thoughtfully.
Lan Tian nodded in affirmation: "What Xiaojun said is absolutely true."
After the experience of this seaside trip, Lu Lingqi often pestered Lan Tian to go to Panyu, nominally inspecting and supervising the construction progress of Guangzhou City, but actually going sightseeing with him.
Because the food at the Guangzhou City construction site was regularly improved, more and more people participated in the construction. News of Lantian's new big city next to Panyu also spread further and further. In addition to local people from Nanhai County, Cangwu, and Yulin People from , Hepu and other counties came to visit.
Lantian asked Gao Shun to post many general floor plans similar to those of later generations of real estate on the built city wall. The plans clearly marked the plans of each area, including where to build yamen, where to build medical clinics, where to build markets, and even where to build yamen. There are also Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, which are really all-encompassing.
Except for functional buildings, all land is for residential housing. This has made many wealthy households in Jiaozhou think that it would be a good idea to buy land and build houses in such a big city.
