That night.
Wang Zhenghaoxuan took Amu and others to Jiuxian Tower to have a drink with Tian Xiurong.
Li Chenan spent half the night chatting with Chang Zai, the head of the hidden guard Youzhou, in the lobby of Home Inn.
Ning Chuchu stayed alone in the empty room again, looking at the half of white silk on the bed with worry.
Tomorrow we will finally set off back to Kyoto.
After returning to Kyoto... Ning Chuchu sat in front of the window, looking at the night outside the window, and suddenly felt even more melancholy.
There is a lot going on in Kyoto!
Ning Guo has more things to do!
He will be even busier than now, working harder than he is now, and I am afraid that he will not be able to use his thoughts on himself.
Why……
He is still the little boss in the tavern in Guangling City!
At that time, he had plenty of time and didn't have so many nonsense in his mind.
So, this man, who is better, a man with great ability or a man with little wealth?
This is gain and loss.
After all, it’s hard to have both.
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It was the tenth day of August in the twenty-fifth year of Zhaohua.
As the sky dimmed, Li Chenan's carriages and horses quietly gathered and headed south.
The number of people in this team was much smaller than when they arrived, because the soldiers of the 500 Xuanjia Battalion were at Luofengpo in front.
But the team was much more lively than when they arrived.
Those were the dogs carried in more than ten carriages behind the team!
Originally, Li Chenan hoped to leave quietly like this, but he didn't expect that those dogs seemed to know that they were leaving far away, and seemed to know his future fate!
They actually barked all the way!
So much so that the neighbors in Youzhou City woke up to the sound of the dog barking.
Push door.
Open the window.
Look around.
What I saw was the long queue.
What they heard was the familiar barking of the dog they had raised for many years.
The long street is ten miles long.
Many neighbors send each other to each other on the street.
This situation is a little weird.
Many of them had tears in their eyes, giving the impression that they were bidding farewell to the regent.
Of course, there were also many people who were bidding farewell to the Prince Regent.
For example, the merchants in Youzhou City, especially the large and small salt merchants!
The businessmen headed by Tao Conglin stood at the other end of the street, and they all knelt on the ground when the regent's ceremonial guard arrived.
Their lives were left behind by the regent's magnanimity!
Last night, Magistrate Tian hosted a banquet for the Regent, and six of them were lucky enough to be invited. At the banquet in the Nine Immortals Tower yesterday, they saw the Regent's peerless elegance!
That is a handsome young man!
He doesn't stick to any formality, and he doesn't even look like a regent at all!
His conversation is also very refreshing...
They rarely talk about state affairs, but talk more about romance!
He was even ready to go to Yuping Tower!
He was only stopped by the very cold guard beside him.
This is a down-to-earth attitude, rather than a domineering attitude that repels others from thousands of miles away.
This eased the nervousness of Tao Conglin and others, and the banquet last night became enjoyable.
He also gave them a reassurance——
Do business legally, pay taxes according to regulations, and let bygones be bygones!
Ning Guo unswervingly implements policies to boost industry and commerce. It only regulates and does not suppress businessmen who do business legally, but if they exceed the rules again...
No one dares to make a mistake.
Because the regent said that the spies from the Imperial City Division had been watching secretly.
Regarding the private sale of official salt in Youzhou, he felt like a mirror.
Their lives, their families' lives were saved.
In their hearts, they were deeply grateful to the regent!
They did not dare to neglect the initiative of Magistrate Tian, and handed over the money they had earned over the years to Magistrate Tian's hands.
That’s a lot of money!
It will be mainly used in the construction of Ningzhi Road.
This is a good thing.
Because Youdu County was established by the regent himself!
There is also an unfinished Yanjing City in Youdu County!
The regent said that within five years, the construction of Yanjing City will be completed, and then... the capital of Ning Kingdom will be moved to Yanjing City!
Youzhou City is three hundred miles away from Youdu County. If the Ningzhi Road is repaired, it will only take two or three days to reach Youdu by carriage.
There are 300,000 people in Youdu County!
For Youzhou, this is not a small number.
Many businessmen have even begun to think about whether they should go to Youdu County to take a look. Maybe some workshops can be built there to get a head start!
In short, the neighbors in Youzhou City have a somewhat complicated view of the regent.
But the merchants were grateful and full of expectations for the regent.
In the farewell procession, in an inconspicuous place.
Old Master Zeng and Xiao Zeng were standing under the same roof.
He did not follow the regent into Kyoto!
He chose to stay in Youzhou, wanting to see if Youzhou Academy could be repaired smoothly.
I want to find some old friends or disciples in Youzhou to serve as teachers, so that the scholarly avenue of Youzhou Academy can once again be crowded with people, and the sound of reading can be heard loudly.
In this regard, Wang Zhenghaoxuan asked Li Chenan for his opinion, but Li Chenan did not force it.
"Grandpa, what will Kyoto be like?"
Xiao Zeng looked at the long queue with a look of great longing in his eyes.
Old Master Zeng stroked his long beard, looked at the slowly moving team, pondered for three breaths, and said:
"Kyoto... there are literati everywhere, there is a lot of entertainment, there are many teahouses and restaurants."
"Rich people spend their time in Kyoto enjoying fine clothes and fine food, singing and dancing every night."
"It's very difficult for people without money to live in Kyoto!"
"When a scholar goes to Kyoto, what he wants is a future."
"In short, although the place in Kyoto is prosperous, such prosperity belongs to the wealthy merchants and powerful families. For the tens of millions of people in Ningguo..."
Master Zeng watched the team go away and sighed:
"Kyoto has nothing to do with the poor."
"Those are two worlds!"
Xiao Zeng seemed to understand, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "I heard that Jiangnan is rich, and Kyoto is richer than Jiangnan Road. Grandpa, why can a city be rich, a whole country can be rich, but a country cannot be rich together? Woolen cloth?"
Old Master Zeng was startled, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Xiao Zeng, "Because there is only so much wealth in the world, and if some people get more, others will get less."
“Those who have gained much are gathered together in one place, which is a city of abundance; those who have gained little are gathered together, and there is a way of prosperity.”
"There is another kind of people who have nothing to do with wealth. They are the poor people in the world."
"They are scattered all over the country, making a country poor!"
"Come on, let's go back."
Xiao Zeng followed Old Master Zeng and walked. As he walked, he asked again: "Why can't the rich and the poor be equalized?"
Master Zeng sighed:
"Grandpa also asked the regent."
Xiao Zeng raised his head and asked curiously:
"What did the Prince Regent say?"
"The Prince Regent said...all five fingers are different in length, and all people have different personalities."
"Some people are talented and hard-working, and some people have a lot of strength but are extremely lazy. Their fate will be different. How can the rich and the poor be equalized?"
"What the regent said makes sense, but Mr. Li added a few words, and grandpa thinks it seems more reasonable."
Xiao Zeng was very surprised, "What did Master Xiao Li say again?"
"Master Xiao Li said that the so-called equality, for the court, is to provide a relatively fair platform...that is, to allow the rights in the hands of those with rights to be restricted and to serve the people!"
"Let the strong dare not do evil, let the rich dare not be unkind, let the weak have a place to appeal when they are unfair, let officials dare not be unjust..."
"He said that this kind of equality is a kind of order, the basis of morality, and the fairness of the law."
Xiao Zeng's eyes lit up, "Then how can we establish such an order?"
Master Zeng sighed:
"Hey... the regent wanted to eat dog meat. Master Xiao Li seemed to be very busy, so grandpa didn't ask about it after all."
