Zhang Yang held an east bead and said, "I just want to take a look. There are some things that are probably not suitable for His Highness the King of Wei."
The guard stood speechless for a while.
"If you look at this East Pearl, you can see that it is of high quality, but this kind of thing is not suitable for King Wei. The jewel's beauty will eat away at his soul."
The guard smiled bitterly, "But..."
Zhang Yang put his arm around his shoulder, "Such good things will wear down people's minds and willpower. We must keep our lives simple so as not to be corrupted by these things."
"Then you can't touch His Highness Prince Wei's things. He will break my legs."
Looking around and seeing no one else, Zhang Yang whispered: "Brother, I'm not embarrassed. Otherwise, just send all these gifts to our warehouse in Lishan and treat them as mine for the safekeeping of His Highness King Wei." ,how?"
"this……"
Seeing that he was still hesitating, Zhang Yang added: "Look, His Highness the King of Wei is in charge of the construction of Lishan. The warehouse placed in Lishan is still considered the King of Wei's. I just moved it to another place to store it. Are you right?"
The guard nodded vaguely, "Yes."
Zhang Yang nodded and immediately loaded these bits and pieces of good things into the car. The relatives of the Tang Dynasty clan were still rich. Look at these gold leaves, jade stones, and even jade Ruyi. They really gave away everything.
For the ancients, the crowning ceremony was the most important day for a person, not to mention the heirs of the royal family. Each family can produce some good things.
Putting them all into a wooden cart, Zhang Yang pulled them towards the other end of the village.
Under the eyes of my daughter-in-law with great disdain and opposition, she sent these things to the warehouse and locked them.
Zhang Yang handed the key to her hand, "I am doing this for His Highness King Wei. You are a good child, and you cannot let these things eat away your mind."
"Why can my husband do such things so confidently?"
"When he can bear the encroachment of these gifts in the future, I will return it to him."
"Is there really a day when you can pay it back?"
The couple talked in low voices before returning to Li Tai's house again. Li Yue also wanted to take a look at Li Tai's account books.
In addition to Lishan's own account books, Li Tai also has account books for sugar trading and papermaking workshops.
Li Yue carefully looked at the accounts above and compared each entry and exit. From the entry and exit of sugar here, he could deduce where the sugar business arranged by her husband and Qingque behind his back had gone.
Zhang Yang was still rummaging through Li Tai's house to see if there were any other good things.
The guard hurriedly came to report, "Your Highness the Princess, the County Marquis, there are people from outside the village. They are Princess Yuzhang and Tang Shanshi."
Li Yue put away the account book and said, "Bring the person here."
"Here."
Zhang Yang searched for a long time, but couldn't find half of the silver cake, so he gave up.
The couple stood in front of the house to greet Princess Yuzhang and Tang Shanshi.
Tang Shanshi put on the attitude of a scholar and rolled up his sleeves in front of him.
When the people arrived, Li Yue bowed slightly and said, "I've met my sister."
Princess Yuzhang looked towards the courtyard, "Where is the green bird?"
Li Yue explained: "Because of the ceremony, he drank some wine and fell asleep."
"Like This……"
At this moment, Princess Yuzhang was still a little hesitant. Li Yue smiled and said, "Sister, you might as well go and sit in the house. I want to reminisce with my sister."
"Also...that's fine."
Princess Yuzhang was completely suppressed by Li Yue's aura.
Since Princess Yuzhang married Tang Shanshishi, she rarely walked around the palace.
However, Li Yue often went to the palace to talk to the queen. First of all, the temperament and aura of his daughter-in-law were cultivated with the queen.
He also runs Lishan, such a huge family business.
In terms of aura, women of the same age could only bow their heads when seeing Li Yue like this.
Moreover, years of studying knowledge and bringing her younger brothers and sisters with her have given her a calm and confident manner in speaking.
In front of the house, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Brother Tang, long time no see."
Tang Shanshi took out a jade pendant and said, "I wanted to give it to His Highness the King of Wei."
Zhang Yang first took a look at the quality of the jade, then put his hand in his hand and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei will not wake up for a while, so please give it to me first, and I will pass it on to the King of Wei."
"That's good. I know that you and the King of Wei are sworn friends."
Zhang Yang took the jade pendant with a smile.
Tang Shanshi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much."
Zhang Yang waved his hand and said, "You're welcome."
Tang Shanshi looked towards the courtyard and said, "Since His Royal Highness the King of Wei has gone to bed, we don't want to disturb him, so we'll take our leave."
Zhang Yang nodded, "Let's go slowly."
The couple only said a few words here and then left.
Zhang Yang was holding a jade pendant, and his relationship with Tang Shanshi was not very good. According to the factions in the court, although he was from Zhongshu Province, he belonged to Changsun Wuji's faction.
Today is Li Tai's crowning ceremony. The fat man is sleeping really deeply at the moment.
The matter of welcoming the guests was naturally placed on Zhang Yang, the brother-in-law, and the imperial sister Li Yue.
After a while, Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong came together.
Zhang Yang stood in front of the door and saluted: "I have seen two generals."
Yuchi Gong also saluted, "I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess, the County Marquis."
Qin Qiong looked around, "Where is His Royal Highness the King of Wei?"
After coughing, Zhang Yang said with a smile: "He has already gone to sleep. If the two generals have anything to say, you can tell me. As a brother-in-law, I can convey it to you."
Qin Qiong stroked his beard and said, "I don't have anything to convey. I know today is the crowning ceremony for His Royal Highness King Wei, so come and take a look."
As he spoke, Yuchi Gong took out a horizontal sword and said, "We warriors have nothing that we can do well. This horizontal sword is a rare good sword. I want to give it to His Highness the King of Wei."
Zhang Yang smiled even brighter, "I'm afraid that His Majesty King Wei won't wake up for a while, but he is a sensible boy. If he doesn't want the guests to wait for a long time, he can leave it to me and I will pass it on to King Wei."
Qin Qiong nodded, "Very good. There is a paperweight here, which is made of fine turquoise. A certain family is a rough man and does not need such a scholar's treasure. Please give it to His Highness the King of Wei."
Zhang Yang reached out and took the horizontal knife and the turquoise paperweight, "You're welcome."
Yuchi Gong was about to turn around and leave, when he stopped and looked back hesitantly.
"General Yuchi, do you have anything else you want to convey to me?"
"Farewell." Yuchi Gong seemed to have put aside his suspicions and left quickly.
After the two generals left, three more important figures came to the court. Fang Xuanling and Zheng Gong from Zhongshu Province came together with Changsun Wuji.
Zhang Yang repeated his previous words to the three people.
Perhaps Li Tai himself did not expect that so many guests would come today.
It is said that His Royal Highness King Wei has been very smart since he was a child and is a very intelligent child.
After all, he is still a child, and his connections are still very good among his uncles and uncles in the palace.
Wei Zheng held a scroll in his hand, "I didn't expect His Highness the King of Wei to have fallen asleep, so let's give this scroll to the King of Wei. This is written by me to warn and encourage the King of Wei."
Originally, Wei Zheng's family was not well off, so it took a lot of effort to be able to give him a book.
Fang Xuanling took out a whisk and said, "Give this to His Royal Highness the King of Wei. This thing looks ordinary, but it was obtained from the Taoist temple in Zhongnan Mountain."
Zhang Yang took them one by one and said, "I will hand them over to His Highness the King of Wei."
Although this whisk looks simple, the handle of this whisk is still gold-plated.
Changsun Wuji held a gold pen, hesitated for a moment and took it back, "I'd better hand it over to Qingque another day, there's no rush."
Although he couldn't help but feel a little regretful in his heart, Zhang Yang still smiled and said, "That's fine."
After sending these three people away, a few more guests came here and there.
It wasn't until late afternoon that no more guests came.
Li Tai finally woke up and walked out of the house in a daze, "Brother-in-law, Sister Huang, haven't you left yet?"
Li Yue explained: "Many guests have just arrived."
Li Tai held his forehead in pain, "I was so drunk that I was so drunk that I left my brother-in-law and the emperor."
Zhang Yang added: "Then let's go back first. Your Highness, King Wei, will be an adult from now on, and you can no longer behave like a child."
Li Tai saluted solemnly and bid farewell to his brother-in-law and the emperor's sister.
When he walked back to his house, the yard that was originally messy was now tidy and tidy.
A warmth rose in his heart. As expected, it was his brother-in-law and imperial sister who took care of the king.
Looking again at the place where the guests' gifts were originally stored, it was now empty.
He rubbed his eyes hard, even making them a little red, "Where's the thing!"
Li Tai quickly stepped forward and looked at the corner. It turned out that there were many gifts piled up here, "There are my things!"
Hearing His Royal Highness the King of Wei shout, the guards rushed over, "Your Highness the King of Wei!"
Li Tai pointed to this corner and shouted loudly: "Where is the thing!"
The guard quickly reported back, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, it was arranged by the county marquis."
As he spoke, Li Tai suddenly became nervous, "What did he arrange?"
The guard told everything.
Li Tai grabbed the guard's collar and said, "What did I tell you!"
The guard panicked and replied: "His Royal Highness, King Wei! The county prince said that he was just keeping it for you and that it was placed in the warehouse of Lishan. Beizhi... Beizhi didn't think so much about it."
"Keep it for you?" Li Tai's tone was a little higher, "Can you believe what he says?"
"Can……"
"He also said not to corrupt my mind. Shouldn't I thank him politely?"
"The County Marquis also said that His Highness, King Wei, does not need to say thank you!"
"..."
Li Tai scratched his head in pain, stamped his feet angrily, and looked at the empty yard again, "The surname is Zhang! You bastard!"
The autumn dusk was a bit cool. Li Tai sat on the ground and shed tears sadly, "Why! Why!"
The guard mustered up his courage and bowed: "It's a pity that Beizhi doesn't have the key to the warehouse, but as long as His Royal Highness the King of Wei gives the order, Beizhi will smash the warehouse and take out everything."
"No need."
Li Tai waved his hands weakly, "That's it."
The guard blinked, stepped back and saluted, "Here."
Zhang Yang was driving his carriage on his way home. There was a house under construction on the official road leading from the village entrance of Lishan.
Cheng Chumo and his men were constructing, and Zhang Yang noticed the family of three who were also busy, and there was a girl talking and laughing with him.
Zhang Yang felt much more at ease in his heart, and looked back with a sense of helplessness, damn youth.
"Husband."
"Um."
"You said that our family can be regarded as an independent mountain gate. We also have Li Zhi, Xiao Wu, younger brothers and sisters as disciples. Should we build a mountain gate?"
Zhang Yang sat on the carriage shaft, "The more mysterious the Tao, the better. The place where our knowledge is spread is the mountain gate. It does not need to be a specific place or a specific room."
"The place where our knowledge is spread is our mountain gate." Li Yue asked with the scroll in hand: "Is this considered the rule of our mountain gate?"
"So be it."
"It is indeed a bit more mysterious, making people unable to see through the reality of Lishan Mountain."
When the couple returned home, Xiao Qingqing could barely walk. Her legs were heavy and she had to be supported by her aunt from time to time.
This little girl is very stubborn. She is trying hard to hold the little bear's ears.
The bear let its little master bully him and just lay on the ground.
Xiao Wu packed up the clothes that were hung to dry, "Master, the teacher is back!"
After having children at home, the aunts have more smiles on their faces, and it feels good to have a happy family.
Zhang Yang drank tea and said, "His Royal Highness, King Wei, can get so many good things from a crowning ceremony. Otherwise, they should all be sold."
"Then Qingque must agree to it. My husband will discuss it with him another day."
Li Yue hugged her child and put all these things behind her.
Zhang Yang was worried, "He probably won't agree, but with so many things stacked up in the warehouse, it takes up space. It's better to resell them."
In the current Hexi Corridor, starting from Chang'an, the Di Zhisun family has been here for more than half a month.
There are four counties and five counties in the Hexi Corridor, but it is not as desolate as Guanzhong said.
If a house is built here, it will be regarded as the residence of the Foreign Affairs Council. In the future, many officials of the Foreign Affairs Council will pass through the Hexi Corridor when traveling to and from Guanzhong.
Di Renjie helped his father tell some memorials and handed them over, "Father, these are the memorials sent by each county."
Since the chaos of the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains has lost the Hexi Corridor.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in order to quell the civil strife, we had to defend the north, and the Hexi Corridor was left alone for a few more years.
This place has been neglected for a long time, and looking at these messy reports, Di Zhisun also frowned.
After putting down the memorial, he picked up his pen, wrote a letter, confirmed it and said, "Here comes someone!"
The people from the Diplomatic Academy followed by the escort hurriedly walked in, "Here you are."
Di Zhisun handed over the memorial and said, "Send this memorial to Chang'an City and give it to Minister Xu."
"Here!"
There are many things that need to be done to host and open a mutual market.
Moreover, the establishment of mutual markets requires the stable governance of local counties.
Di Zhisun walked out of the door and walked onto the dilapidated and short loess city wall. Looking west from here, in the distance was the Jiayuguan Pass, which was being built with great momentum and many people.
Looking eastward, there are ruined houses and rivers in the valleys. Horses and sheep are wandering by the rivers.
Seeing Di Renjie following him, Di Zhisun looked at his son and smiled: "As expected when I checked the classics when I came here, the Hexi Corridor is not a desolate place. As long as it is managed well, it will become a prosperous place."
Di Renjie, who was only six years old and had just had his teeth replaced, pointed to the distance and said: "After the Qilian Mountains, there is the desolate Gobi. The only place to manage it is here."
