Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, which is known as the largest and most prosperous city in the world at that time, is composed of three parts: Waiguo City, Miyagi and Imperial City, with an area of 83 square kilometers and a permanent population of hundreds of thousands, starting from the second year of the emperor (582 years), under the auspices of Yu Wenkai, it took only about a year to build the palace and the imperial city, and it took only 10 months to move the capital from the decision to build the capital, the speed is fast, the efficiency is high, which is difficult to imagine in ancient times.

Fast means that there are places where you don't do it perfectly, such as roads.

Many people will sigh at the grandeur of Chang'an, the prosperity of Chang'an, but few people will notice the road of Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty before Liu someone crossed, there was no cement, nor was it a paved brick road, Chang'an crisscrossed 38 main streets, what you can see is the pavement of the loess compaction under your feet, the elm trees and locust trees on both sides of the road in shade, the deep drainage ditch under the trees next to the road, the dusty on sunny days, the muddy roads on rainy days, not only the people, but also the civil and military officials, Li Er saw the benefits of the Changluo high-speed cement road, I've been on it for a long time, and I've visited and inspected it from time to time, and now I've finally asked it.

If Chang'an is all paved with cement roads, then Chang'an City will be more perfect, more magnificent, Li Eryi remembered that this matter is not a day or two, but the front is in ruins, finally the treasury has a little more money and silver, and it is water conservancy and road repair bridges, and it is also a war with Tubo, spending money like flowing water, as the king of a country, it is to build roads, and he has to act carefully and do what he can, although it is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

Cui Jing thought for a moment, and then said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, if you pave a cement road in Chang'an City, it is estimated that you will need a budget of one million taels of silver." ”

"A million taels?" Li Er exclaimed in surprise.

"Your Majesty, this is just the most conservative estimate, and it is really implemented. I'm afraid it's just a little more. ”

Li Er nodded when he heard this, expressed his understanding, chatted casually, and returned to the palace in Cui Jing's respectful voice.

"Changle and Liu Yuan, where are they now?" Li Er sat in the carriage and suddenly asked.

The personal eunuch whispered: "If you go back to the emperor, the princess and General Liu will set off on August 23, and according to their boat strength, it is estimated that they have arrived in Luoshui." If they arrive in Luozhou in a few days, if there is no accident, in a few days, the emperor will be able to see them. ”

Li Er nodded and stopped talking. At this time, the carriage was moving on the concrete road, and it was a feeling of being flat and stable, without bumps. Li Er likes it very much. However, the thought of the cost of up to one million made him hesitate, I don't know how long it took, Li Er felt a little depressed, and wanted to open the window to breathe, but as soon as he opened the window. A puff of mud and dust came to his face, and he had already left the cement road and walked back to the yellow mud road, and the mud and dust raised by the healthy horse that opened the road in front of him drilled into the car window with the wind.

It used to be like this. Li Er didn't feel anything wrong, but as soon as he experienced the benefits of the cement road and returned to this loess road, he immediately felt a sense of loss in his heart, and he put down the car window a little depressed, thought for a moment, and then suddenly shouted: "Someone"

As soon as the words of "Emperor" fell, the respectful voice of the imperial guard sounded outside the car window.

"As soon as General Liu Yuan returned to Chang'an, he ordered him to see me immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Li Er finished speaking, he closed his eyes, stopped talking, and let the carriage take him back to the emperor, and his orders would be carried out to the letter

Happy times, always so hurried; A pleasant journey is always so short, Liu Yuan is like a beautiful flower, sitting on a luxury boat, tasting wine and food, enjoying the picturesque scenery along the canal, playing cards in his free time, or raising a glass to invite the moon, or listening to Cui Mengyao and Du Sanniang ensemble, or watching Hu Xin dance sword or make jewelry to practice his hands or something, happiness does not know how time has passed, unconsciously, the big ship has entered the Guangtong Canal.

Chang'an is near.

Seeing Chang'an City getting closer and closer, Li Lizhi said with some reluctance: "I didn't expect to arrive in Chang'an so soon." ”

Du Sanniang also said with some nostalgia: "Yes, if we can always be on the boat, play cards every day, frolic and play, don't have to do anything, don't have to think about anything, how good it would be." ”

Liu Yuan was depressed when he heard it, he dared to live a hard life in Chang'an, there was a mansion to live in, there were people under the maid ring to call, there was a large amount of moon silver every month, what was the difference between living every day and being on the ship, but that's it, as if he was not satisfied.

Cui Mengyao, Pei Jingyan and others also expressed their praise and nostalgia for this journey.

Liu Yuan said angrily: "Okay, you can play on the boat, and you can also play when you go back to the house, the princess lives next door, when you can't play, it's a wild goose."

"It's Sister Shocking Goose, and she will soon be included in Liu's Mansion, right?" Seeing that Liu Yuan was embarrassed to say, Xiao Niang added with a smile on the side.

"Second lady, you, what are you talking about?" Pei Jingyan's pretty face turned red all of a sudden, and she lowered her head a little embarrassed.

Cui Mengyao also said generously: "Xianggong, you also have to find an auspicious day to come to the door to propose marriage, Sister Jingyan is so smart, I don't know how many princes and ministers remember it." ”

Liu Yuan and Pei Jingyan's matter has long been known in Mianshan Temple, for the fate of the two, a group of women also sighed, although the relationship was tense for a while, but after mediation, it has been reconciled, and now it is like a sister, it is Cui Mengyao, and from time to time to laugh about this matter, this matter Cheng Lao Demon King and his wife worked hard to promote, Cui Jing acquiesced, Xiaoniang's secret support, Cui Mengyao and others have no opinion, it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

It's just a matter of picking an auspicious day for the zodiac and going through the process.

"Sister Meng Yao, you made fun of the wild goose."

Seeing Pei Jingyan, who was being teased by all the women, Li Lizhi on the side was a little envious for a while, and couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"Princess, what are you sighing about?" The little lady was next to Li Lizhen, and she couldn't help but ask when she heard the words.

Li Lizhi said with a wry smile: "This palace envy you, you have all found a home, and this palace"

"Princess, you are the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and you are so noble and generous, as long as the emperor recruits a son-in-law, I don't know how many young talents flock to it, and the princess can choose it, maybe marry the prince of a friendly country, and in time, you will be able to honor the world." Cui Mengyao persuaded on the side.

"Exotic? Forget it, this palace doesn't want to follow Zhaojun's example and go to those countries to eat wind and sand, and suffer from lovesickness. Li Lizhen hurriedly shook her head and said.

Different customs and habits have different lives, and Li Lizhen has also seen the Shaohu people and the envoys of the state, and she really has no love for them.

After saying that, the ship had already docked, and everyone saw the waiting carriage, including those of the palace, those of Chengfu, and Liu Yuan's housekeeper Liu Quan, who also led his subordinates to wait on the shore, and it seemed that they had all received the news and were waiting here for a good day.

Finally back, Chang'an, Chang'an, the center of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an in the dream.

"Alright, let's get off the boat." Liu Yuan turned his head and said to the female dependents, and the female dependents agreed one after another.

When she was about to get off the boat, Li Lizhi suddenly hugged Xiao Liu Xue from Hu Xin's arms, kissed the red little face, and then hugged her into her arms, and said softly: "Okay Xue'er, my sister and you are about to separate, come, call my sister, don't call my sister and don't let you go." ”

Children are about seven or eight can make simple syllables like "Dad" and "Mom", Xiao Liu Yuan went to Yangzhou after the 100-day banquet, a trip to Yangzhou, almost half a year, Xiao Liu Xue is now almost ten months, girls will learn faster than boys, Xiao Liu Xue has also inherited Liu Yuan's smart and capable, and will already call some simple words, like "sister" is two of the words she will say, this is still taught by Li Lizhi herself, she is on the boat on weekdays, Xiao Liu Xue is everyone's baby.

Although the pronunciation of "sister" is a little inaccurate, the "sister" in the back is pronounced as "who", but Li Lizhi doesn't care at all, and uses it to shave her little face, while praising Xue'er for being smart or something, which makes Xiao Xue'er giggle.

I have to say that Li Lizhen still likes Xiao Liu Xue very much, and has always loved her.

After teasing for a while, he was willing to return Xue'er to Hu Xin, and then disembarked with everyone.

"The old slave has seen the princess, I have seen General Liu" Liu Yuan had just gotten off the boat, and before he could give orders to Liu Quan, a eunuch suddenly appeared in front of Liu Yuan and Li Liqing, and said respectfully.

Li Li replied, while Liu Yuan said in surprise: "Isn't this Gonggong Huang?" Excuse me, how did you get here? ”

The person who came could be said to be Liu Yuan's old acquaintance, it was Huang Gonggong who came to Qinghe Cui's decree back then, but he didn't expect him to appear here.

"General Liu is really good at remembering his surname, and our family admires it."

After such twists and turns, it's hard to forget, Liu Yuan didn't have many shelves, and said to Huang Gonggong with a smile: "Huang Gonggong came just in time, last time Liu brought a lot of specialties back from Yangzhou, wait a minute, I'll let someone get you a copy." ”

"No, no, no" Huang Gonggong hurriedly said: "Our family has thanked General Xie first, but this matter is not busy, the emperor ordered the old slave to wait here, as soon as Princess Changle and General Liu returned to Chang'an, they immediately entered the palace to see him, General Liu, the carriage has been prepared, please get on the car." ”

Li Lizhen said in surprise on the side: "Why did my father let this palace and General Liu enter the palace in such a hurry?" ”

"Yes, Gonggong Huang, the emperor is in such a hurry, is there something big wrong?" Liu Yuan also asked in surprise.

After getting off the boat, I didn't take my luggage home, and I didn't go back to eat or bathe and change clothes, and immediately entered the palace, which was also a little too anxious, Li Lizhi was a princess, she was injured, and it was reasonable to go back to the palace to see, after all, she was the most beloved princess of Li Er and Empress Changsun, and Liu Yuan was just a foreign minister, so in such a hurry to enter the palace, it wouldn't be a change in the battlefield on the Western Front, right?

Gonggong Huang whispered: "The princess returned to the palace, I heard that it was the queen's meaning, and I remembered the princess, as for General Liu, it was ordered by the emperor himself, as for what the reason, our family really doesn't know what to do." ”

This Li Er will also summon people, and he has to listen to him before he gets off the boat and hasn't returned home, Liu Yuan can't do it, so he sent the wild goose to the carriage of Chengfu, and told the girls a few words, then he jumped into the carriage in the palace and ran straight towards the palace. (To be continued......)