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Chapter 401: Mulan Festival (2)

On the day of departure, the sky also seemed to be very beautiful, the wind and snow were collected, and the sun, which had not been seen for many days, slowly came out of the clouds, lazily sprinkled a little bit of heat, and the light shone on the frozen porcelain-solid snow, which made people unable to open their eyes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In Dingzhou City, on the big trees on both sides of the road, occasionally there are branches that can't bear the weight of the snow, shake a few times, and the thick snow will be dumped down, and a piece of snow powder will fall in a stream, burrowing into the neck of the person who is walking below, cold and swishing, and then turn into a thin water line, and flow down along the backbone, but it is causing bursts of laughter.

There are even some half-sized children, naughtily holding some tree trunks that are not strong enough, while people are not paying attention, it is a violent shake, the snow is falling loudly, but he giggles and runs away quickly, and the passerby who is walking by instantly becomes a snowman, looking up a little blankly, seeing those naughty boys, but can only helplessly spread his hands and shrug his shoulders. Shake off the snowflakes and hurry on.

On the street, the children were happily playing snowball fights, the snow was flying, from time to time someone was hit, the cry of ouch was endless, but the more frustrated the more courageous, occasionally someone was really hurt, whining for a while, in the laughter of his companions, wiping away tears, but turning over and joining in. On both sides of the street, countless snowmen have been piled up, and some shops have been clever and use snow to create various vivid shapes to attract passers-by.

Li Qing's guard of honor walked through the street, looking at this peaceful scene through the carriage window, Li Qing's face was filled with a satisfied smile, once upon a time, Dingzhou was still a scene of panic, everyone was in danger, but now, with their own efforts, Dingzhou has become a paradise for the entire Great Chu.

Seeing Li Qing's motorcade, the pedestrians on the road hurriedly avoided it, and where the convoy passed, the adults clenched their fists one by one to the ground, and even the children stopped playing, lined up in a regular manner, and stood neatly on both sides of the street, waiting for the convoy to pass.

"The children are standing on the ground! It's like an army! In the carriage, the princess of Allure said with some surprise.

Li Qing said indifferently: "It's nothing, these children are now going to school in Dingzhou's Yixue, Yixue is free of tuition, all of them are provided by the state government, and students are provided with a lunch every day, but in Yixue, in addition to reading and reading, they must also carry out a certain amount of military training, each Yixue Prefecture is equipped with one or two retired soldiers as instructors, so ah, although these children are small, they can be regarded as receiving a certain military education, and when they grow up and need them to enlist in the army, You can save a lot of training effort and get started quickly. ”

Princess Allure sighed, looking very surprised, for more than a year, she has been living in seclusion, but she doesn't know much about these political affairs, "Did this start this year?" ”

"Of course!" Li Qing nodded, "I used to have the heart and power, I have been fighting, I can take care of these things, but now that I don't fight, I am much more financially rich, of course, I have the time and energy to do this!" Pointing to the children on both sides of the street, Li Qinglang said: "They are the future of Dingzhou, what I want to cultivate is the next generation of Yunwen and Yunwu. ”

Allure smiled: "You can be sure that these children can all become the pillars of Dingzhou in the future, but that is not necessarily the case." Compared with the methods used by those wealthy families to cultivate the next generation, your method seems a little crude! ”

Li Qing laughed: "I am a wide crop, Dingzhou now has millions of people, not to mention many children, there are hundreds of thousands, among these people, there are always some people who can shine as long as they give a little sunshine, not much, among these hundreds of thousands of children, as long as one percent, or even one thousandth can become the pillar, it is enough." ”

"Wouldn't that be a big loss compared to your investment?" Allure laughed.

Li Qing shook his head and said: "You are wrong, how can you lose money, I have made a lot of money, although these hundreds of thousands of children cannot all become talents, but all of them know books and etiquette, and they will earn money when they do this, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, the popularization of education is a long process, and the current huge investment may not be seen until decades or even hundreds of years later, it will bear fruit, maybe you and I can't see it, but I am confident that our descendants can always see this day, the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, probably this is the truth!" ”

Hearing Li Qing's meaningful words, Allure was silent, these words, in her previous decades of life, no one had ever told her, not the emperor's brother, and neither did the great Confucians who taught her to read and understand etiquette. A pair of wonderful eyes stared at Li Qing, but his hand slowly stroked the high bulging belly.

"What's the matter, is there anything uncomfortable, do you want to call Doctor Huan to come over and take a look?" Li Qing asked with concern.

Allure shook his head, "It's nothing, it's just a feeling, the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, you said it well, we parents really want to plant the trees, so that our children can worry a little in the future!" Thinking that his father left a mess, the emperor's brother was exhausted, he didn't know how to eat, he couldn't sleep at night, and he worked hard, but after all, it was difficult to return to the sky, and he died without knowing it, and he couldn't help but feel sad for a while, his eyes were suddenly full of tears, and he was afraid that Li Qing would see it, don't turn his head, pretend to enjoy the snow scene outside the car, and secretly wipe away his tears.

Speaking, the convoy has gone out of the city, towards the direction of the forest, along the gallop road, these days, this road to the forest is overcrowded, a large number of people are pouring in this direction, most of them are buying tickets to go to join the excitement of Dingzhou people, there are many merchants, driving carriages, with their own goods, signboards are in a hurry to arrange.

Because there is a city in the convoy, so the speed of the convoy is very slow, it is estimated that it will not be until noon, to reach Fuyuan, at night, to reach Shanglinli, this is still Li Qing's convoy enjoys the privilege, along the way, all vehicles and pedestrians have to give way, and some other people, I am afraid that they will arrive later. From time to time, on both sides of the road, you will see errand officers dressed in yamen official uniforms, patrolling the road to prevent any disputes or accidents, and seeing that although there are many people, everything is in order, Li Qing can't help but praise: "Lu Yiming's work is really not leaky." ”

At noon, the tall city wall of Fuyuan has been seen, after the pacification, Fuyuan as the forefront of resistance to the barbarians has lost its efficacy, but Li Qing still stationed a battalion of troops in Fuyuan, its purpose is self-evident, between Fuyuan and Shanglinli, is the barbarian settlement, more than 200,000 barbarians are distributed in the land of hundreds of kilometers between the two, and in Fuyuan, there are important facilities such as Yiling iron mine and craftsman camp that are vital to Dingzhou, which can not be ignored at all.

Wei Xin, the general stationed in Fuyuan, and Ruan Fangyu, the commander of Fuyuan County, had already greeted him for several miles, and were standing on the side of the road at this time, respectfully waiting for Li Qing and his party.

Li Qing jumped out of the carriage, walked in front of the veteran Wei Xin with a smile, and patted him on the shoulder, "Old Wei, I haven't seen him for a few days, how are you doing in Fuyuan?" Wei Xin smiled gratefully, his goatee curled up one by one, "Thank you for your concern, the last general is very comfortable now, but he is too comfortable but a little uncomfortable, and the life of not fighting is even more difficult." ”

Li Qing laughed, "You guy, you are a lot older, and you are still as strong as the young men, don't worry, as long as you are in good health, there will always be a time for you to show your talents!" ”

Wei Xin's eyes lit up: "Dashuai, although the last general is nearly sixty years old, he still eats meat in a big bowl, drinks in a big bowl, and fights, no matter how many guys are not my opponents." If there is a battle, the commander can't forget me! ”

Li Qing smiled and nodded, Wei Xin was known as a defensive master in the Dingzhou Army, but his nickname was not very elegant, he was called Turtle Flow, but in the battle of peace, Li Qing saw his wonderful counterattack in defense, a typical defensive counterattack master.

Seeing that Wei Xin was so familiar with the big handsome, the Fuyuan County Commander Ruan Fangyu on the side showed envy in his eyes, but he knew that he couldn't compare with Wei Xin's old subordinates, and took a step forward, "Fuyuan County Commander Ruan Fangyu, I've seen the big handsome!" ”

Li Qing nodded, "Ruan Fangyu, I remember you, you and General Wei have cooperated well, and the governance of Fuyuan has also been effective, Ren Ruqing and Xu Xiaodao have told me about you, very good!" ”

Ruan Fangyu was surprised and delighted, "This is the duty of the lower officials." ”

Li Qing nodded, "If you can do your part, you will be a good official, okay, let's talk about it when we go to Fuyuan City if there is anything, Madame is heavy, but she can't bear to stay outside the city for a long time!" ”

Wei Xin and Ruan Fangyu showed some strange looks on their faces, Ruan Fangyu looked at Wei Xin, raised his chin, and squeezed his eyes at him, as if he was urging Wei Xin to do something, but Wei Xin hesitated a little, and stopped talking.

Li Qing looked strange, "Is there anything else going on with the two of you?" ”

Wei Xin said hesitantly: "Dashuai, this, this, in Fuyuan City now..... now..."

"What's the matter, what's wrong with Fuyuan, is there anything inconvenient for me to go in?" Li Qing's words already carried a hint of anger.

"It's not!" Ruan Fangyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Lady Jiyue is in Fuyuan City now!" was glared at by Li Qing, and Ruan Fangyu didn't care about letting Wei Xin talk about it.

"What did you say?" Li Qing couldn't believe his ears, "Who do you say is in Fuyuan City?" ”

Wei Xin said in a low voice: "Dashuai, this morning, Ji Yuefu, under the escort of a team of attendants, arrived in Fuyuan City, saying that he was waiting for Dashuai here, and he wanted to go to the forest with Dashuai!" ”

"Nonsense!" Li Qing was furious, "What is her current situation that she can still travel for a long distance like this?" Don't you want to die? ”

Wei Xin and Ruan Fangyu both lowered their heads when they saw Li Qing being angry, not daring to make a sound.

"Let's go, what are you doing? Go to Fuyuan City. Li Qingqi snorted and said, "This little girl is really lawless!" See how I clean him up! ”