Li Chengyu saw that Wei Youqing was so anxious that his face was red and his neck was thick, he put his index finger on his lips, made a silent gesture, and said with a smile: "Youqing, the people of Pearl Island are looking at you, although you are young, you are the son of a chief, don't lose your temper." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Wei Youqing heard this and hurriedly sat upright. The procession followed the main road and turned north. The streets are becoming more and more sparsely populated, and there are fewer and fewer shops. More and more acres of crops are lined with the road. Further away, there are fruit trees of various colors, the fruits on the fruit trees are ripe, and the autumn breeze is cool, and it also sends bursts of sweet fragrance.

The people who raised their shoulders were brought by Li Chengyu, Wei Jingyu and Shi Wen'er saw that these people who raised their shoulders seemed to know in their hearts, and went all the way to the northeast, Shi Wen'er quietly said to Wei Jingyu: "This Li Chengyu is going to the salt field." I don't know what happens under the Lord's will? ”

Wei Jingyu thought for a while and said: "Since he knows that there is a salt farm on the island, we might as well tell him, if this salt field is returned to the imperial court, Lingnan will have another tax, I guess this Li Chengyu will not know which side of the person he is because his brother gave him a prince's hat." ”

Wei Jingyu said, hit the horse forward, came to Li Chengyu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Prince, go further, the road is rugged, this shoulder is only afraid that you can't get by, why don't you lead the horse over to the prince?" ”

Li Chengyu heard him say "the road is rough" at the beginning, thinking that he didn't let himself go to the salt farm, and he was just about to have a seizure, but when Wei Jingyu said that he would lead the horse, his face was relaxed, and he stopped with a smile and led Wei Youqing to his shoulder. Someone had already led the horse, and specially led a pony for Wei Youqing.

Li Chengyu sneered: "You might as well bring a sheep to your little chief." Such a small horse is for a woman to ride. As he spoke, he turned over and stretched out his hand to Wei Youqing, "Come up!" Brother will take you to ride! ”

Wei Youqing handed his hand to Li Chengyu, and with the pull of Li Chengyu, he turned over and flew onto Li Chengyu's chestnut high horse, and the horse immediately stood up, causing the people on the ground to exclaim.

The two sat firmly on the horse, Li Chengyu clamped Wei Youqing, who did not have a horse pedal, with his inner thigh, and the two galloped away. The crowd followed closely.

The chestnut horse ran for a while, and the speed gradually slowed down, Wei Jingyu and Shi Wen'er followed, Wei Jingyu smiled: "The prince is good at riding." ”

Li Chengyu smiled proudly and said: "I, Shatuo, will win the world immediately, and some slight tricks are not enough to worry about." ”

Wei Jingyu felt a slight pain in his heart, but said quietly: "Lord Wang, go further, it is a salt farm, I don't know if Lord Wang wants to go and see it?" ”

Li Chengyu rode forward on a chestnut horse unhurriedly, and asked silently, looking surprised: "Salt field?" This is the first time the king has heard of this. Why haven't I heard that there is a salt pan on Pearl Island before? ”

Wei Jingyu said with a smile: "Pearl Island, a wild place, how did the population come about, and how did our Wei enter the island, His Royal Highness must also know, this kind of land and salt drying are all forced out of people who are dying of starvation." ”

When Wei Jingyu said this, he looked at Wei Youqing and continued: "This is still thanks to Youqing, so that Pearl Island can meet a great benefactor like Mr. Shi, looking at the face of my child, Mr. Shi sent seeds to Pearl Island, and led people from the north who know how to make salt into the island, and we, the exiles who committed crimes, were able to survive." Because there were no court officials in the local area, the matter of the salt field was never reported to the court. I also hope that His Highness will forgive his sins. ”

Wei Youqing listened and interjected in front: "Brother, Youqing heard that if the imperial court knows that there is a salt field here, it will let us send the salt to Luoyang." But why should we give them salt? The people of Pearl Island, as well as the soldiers brought by Wang Jianjun, have to eat a lot of food and a lot of salt, if we give our salt to the imperial court, wouldn't it be necessary to bring in salt for the army to eat, wouldn't it be redundant? ”

Wei Jingyu was secretly happy in his heart, he couldn't imagine that Wei Youqing, a child, would be able to say such a thing, so he pretended to stop: "Youqing, this is a regulation of the imperial court, don't interject indiscriminately." Our Pearl Island is located in Lingnan, and the matter of the salt field, of course, must be instructed by King Chen. ”

Li Chengyu patted Wei Youqing's shoulder lovingly, and said to Wei Jingyu dissatisfied: "Chief Wei, although Youqing is the son of Your Excellency, he has been raised in the palace, studying with this king, and his knowledge naturally cannot be compared with ordinary children. What he just said makes sense, Pearl Island is a small wild island, and the people on the island, either outcasts or northerners who fled from the wilderness, where can they have the spare energy to pay taxes? The army is also stationed here to prevent the natives from invading the people in the south, and the people on the Pearl Island can save money to raise the army, which can be regarded as paying taxes. ”

Wei Jingyu hurriedly said: "What the prince said is that the survival of the people of Pearl Island will depend on the protection of the prince. The child can get the teachings of the prince, which is the blessing of the child and the blessing of the Wei family. ”

Li Chengyu smiled, and everyone walked into the salt field together. This salt pan faces the sea and is backed by lush forests. As soon as you enter the salt field, you can see the endless silver-white salt sea, the channels are vertical and horizontal, and the salt pans are shining with silver, and the scene is very beautiful.

Chen Agui greeted Li Chengyu and his party in front of the salt field. Li Chengyu saw that he was tall, very capable, and spoke very beautifully and cheerfully, and he liked it very much, and asked: "Listen to the accent, are you from Luoyang?" How did you get here? ”

Chen Agui said: "Back to the prince, the villain was originally in Luoyang to build a house for people to do part-time work, one year the snow was particularly heavy, and the villain's house collapsed, so he followed others to this island to beg for a living." Thanks to the chief's care, I was given land and I was able to work in the salt works. Now he finally has a place to settle down, and he has married a daughter-in-law and has a son. ”

Li Chengyu nodded with a smile and said to Wei Jingyu: "It stands to reason that Lingnan is under the rule of the uncle, and this king is just an empty prince, but the uncle let the king have full authority to deal with the affairs of the Pearl Island, so the king will entrust the big and small matters of the Pearl Island to Chief Wei to govern." It's just that, according to the habit of our Shatuo people, Youqing wants to follow me back to Guangzhou to study. ”

Wei Jingyu understands that Li Chengyu wants to take Youqing as a hostage, although Wei Youqing has always been raised in the palace, but now that Li Chengyu is straight to the point, Wei Jingyu is still very reluctant in his heart.

Shi Wen'er saw that Wei Jingyu was silent, knowing that their father and son had easily reunited together for a summer, Wei Jingyu was reluctant to Wei Youqing, he could come back from time to time before, and now Li Chengyu proposed to take Youqing as a hostage, so Wei Youqing can't go back to Pearl Island until he is idle, unless Wei Jingyu dies, Wei Youqing can come back to take over.

Seeing that the situation was frozen there, Wei Jingyu refused to nod and agree, Li Chengyu was resolute, there was no room for accommodation at all, Shi Wen'er was considering his words to persuade Wei Jingyu, Wei Youqing said: "Brother, Youqing has been playing here for so long, and I originally planned to go back to Guangzhou to study with my brother." ”