After entering the county town, Li Shimin quickly settled in the place arranged by Xu Xing. The accommodation was a little bad, but it had been cleaned up by someone, and the bedding and other things used in the accommodation were obviously brand new.
Although the conditions are not good, Li Shimin naturally won't find fault. It's good to live in these places, especially in small counties, which are naturally not as good as big cities.
Even if you have money and want to find a better place here, you can't find it. It is estimated that the best place is the county government office. But it is impossible for Li Shimin to go to the county government office to live. There may be some good places in the local government. Houses, but Li Shimin had already told him in these houses that he could not harass local members.
Li Shimin naturally notified Xu Xing in advance when he arrived in Zibo County. He had told some things in advance, such as that the place they were staying in was a chartered inn.
He said he wouldn't go to other places, so naturally Xu Xing wouldn't get into trouble. Li Shimin would rather spend money now than do these things.
He didn't want to make excuses for Li Ke, although there was a high probability that even if Li Ke knew about it, he wouldn't say anything. After all, he was his father.
But Li Shimin would not give him that excuse.
"Aye, Aye, when are we going to the sea?" Just after checking into the inn, several little girls from Jinyang and Xincheng ran over.
"Right away, we will stay here for two days, and then we will go to the shipyard. Then we will take a big ship and go straight to Guangzhou, okay? I heard that there are a lot of delicious food in Guangzhou, and there are many animals you have never seen before." Li Shimin said with a smile.
"Okay, but when will we return to Chang'an?" Jin Yang hesitated and asked.
"What? You don't want to play outside anymore?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.
"I miss Third Brother." Jinyang hesitated, "Aye, you are so bad. Why didn't you say that you would pass the throne to me? If you don't want to work, just let Third Brother do it. Third Brother must do it every day now very tired."
Looking at Jinyang's serious face, Li Shimin almost couldn't help but burst into laughter. Queen Changsun next to her stretched out her hand and slapped her on the back of the head: "What are you talking about? Is the throne a child's play? The queen asked you, obviously If you were made emperor, would you be able to handle political affairs?"
"Can you make the tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty live a good life?"
"The things you have seen along the way contain many difficult aspects. Can you handle them?"
Jinyang paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No."
"Isn't this right? Do you think Aye gave up the throne to your third brother on purpose? It was because Aye was incompetent and incompetent, so he threw the throne away. The responsibility in that position is very heavy ." Li Shimin looked at Jinyang seriously and said.
Jin Yang thought for a while, and then said seriously: "I understand, then after we arrive in Guangzhou for a few days, father, can you have someone take me back to Chang'an?"
"What are you doing?" Li Shimin looked at her and asked.
"I want to go back to Chang'an to study. Although I also want to play, Sizi is still young. Third brother said, study hard and make progress every day. Now is the time for Sizi to study, not to play. The summer vacation is about to pass. , so Sizi has to go back to class." Jinyang said seriously.
"You can follow Aye, Aye can also teach you, and there are schools and teachers in Guangzhou. If you return to Chang'an, Aye and your mother will not return to Chang'an for a while." Li Shimin said with a smile.
"Then I want to go back too." Jinyang thought for a while and said after hesitating for a long time.
"Haha, okay, if you still want to go back then, Aye will find someone to send you back to Chang'an." Li Shimin nodded and did not refuse. Li Shimin was naturally happy that Sizi could be so sensible.
As for what she said about the throne or not, Li Shimin didn't care. After all, he was not the emperor now, right?
But this time when he came out, Li Shimin had to say that it was indeed a completely different feeling than in the palace. Only when he got there did he realize how much the Tang Dynasty had changed.
After staying in Zibo County for two days, Li Shimin continued to set off and went straight to the shipyard. When he arrived at the Bohai Shipyard, although he was already prepared, Li Shimin was still a little shocked to see such a huge shipyard.
In particular, many of the buildings here are made directly of reinforced concrete, and in each huge dock, the keels of ships are being laid continuously.
There are probably thousands of workers working here in the entire shipyard.
There are probably tens of thousands of people living around this entire shipyard alone, and it has become a large city.
Although he knew how powerful Tang Dynasty's current naval vessels were, he could not feel this power until he came here, even if he was the emperor.
If you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, you can’t understand it.
And when they boarded the fleet and set off for Guangzhou, the vast sea made Li Shimin and Queen Changsun feel an unprecedented shock.
Li Shimin had never been to the seaside. According to history, he seemed to have passed by the sea during his eastern expedition to Goguryeo, but there are no detailed records.
But it is true that Li Shimin has never been to the seaside in his life, and naturally Queen Changsun and the others have also never been to the sea.
Standing on the ship, looking at the undulating waves carrying the ship outside, and the surrounding fleet compared to the boundless ocean, Li Shimin realized that people in the world are actually very small.
"For the first time, I understand why Li Ke doesn't want to be the emperor, but wants to be a free prince." Speaking of which, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun are both pretty good, and neither of them gets seasick.
Jin Yang and other children were also adaptable and did not suffer from seasickness. Although the concubines were not too uncomfortable, the fleet tried to avoid wind and waves as it passed by, so they did not suffer much.
Without getting seasick, you can naturally feel the vastness and magnificence of the sea.
"If I hadn't given up the throne, I probably wouldn't have been able to bring you to these places in this life." Li Shimin looked at the ocean outside and said with emotion, "They say that reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles, and it is true."
"Yes, we did have fun, but I don't know how Ke'er can slander you as a father in Chang'an." Queen Changsun couldn't help but smile.
"I gave birth to him, and it's not easy to raise him. He can't enjoy it anymore." Li Shimin snorted.
"I heard that the Qinwang Village that this guy built for me in Guangzhou is very good. Let's go and experience it. There is also an island in Linyi. The village has been built for us. If we don't go, It really fails the child's filial piety." Li Shimin said seriously.
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