Chang'an.

Daming Palace, Palace of Eternal Life.

Princess Changle was stunned with her pink cheeks in her hands. The snow was floating outside the hall, and a wintersweet among the flowers in the hall was blooming. A snow-white fat cat walked lightly to the princess, jumped onto the princess' knees, curled up and started to squint her eyes and sleep.

The princess suddenly couldn't help but shed tears.

Year after year, year after year.

Spring flowers, summer cicadas, autumn moon, winter snow, but I can't wait for my sweetheart.

"Aunt, come and have a snowball fight."

King Li Xiang of Qin and his two younger brothers burst in with a smile, wanting to take him to play with snow. Princess Jinyang followed him in wearing a marten cloak, and she was crying when she saw her sister sad.

"Sister, are you thinking about your Saburo again?"

Changle quickly wiped his tears, "I just burned the incense and accidentally smoldered my eyes."

"You can't deceive me, sister. You always say that Qin Sanlang is good, but why does he stay in Guangnan and refuse to return to the Central Plains now? The three-year filial piety period has passed, why doesn't he come to marry his sister?"

The princess smiled a little reluctantly, yes, why didn't she come to marry her?

The King of Qin suddenly stuffed a ball of powder into Changle's palm, ran and laughed, "Auntie, come and have fun with the snow."

Changle held the palm of his hand tightly and held a ball of snow into a piece of ice, leaving it to the bone-chilling cold.

Li Mingda, the already graceful girl, looked at his sister with heartache, "Then Qin Lang is too much. Even if he is of great success, he cannot treat his sister like this. I will go to my father and ask him to send a hundred cavalry to Guangnan to tie him back to marry her."

Lizhi smiled, "A man has a broad mind and is different from our women."

"What? That doesn't prevent him from taking so many concubines. It is said that his famous concubines all have thirteen rooms, and there are countless singers, dancers, maids, etc., although I haven't heard of him having children with those bitches during the three years of filial piety, and I can have seven sons and eleven daughters before..." Li Mingda stood up for his sister.

The princess looked at the three Qin King brothers who ran back to the snow outside the hall and were playing crazy. She was stunned again.

"Sister, what does Qin Lang mean?"

Changle didn't know that the ten-year agreement had passed long ago, and now she was already 28 years old, but Saburo never came to marry her.

"I don't know what Qin Lang is so stubborn. Qiu Shi, his sister Qin Liuniang got married and married into the Eastern Palace as the prince Liangdi. He didn't even return to Beijing as his brother. Did he do anything and dare not return to Beijing?"

What could Qin Lang do? He was a hero of the Tang Dynasty.

He was called the God of War for the Protection of the Country and the King of Demons by the people. He was the Grand Marshal of the Tang Dynasty, Ping Zhang, and the Prince's Army.

Saburo would send her a letter every 10 years, and often send many gifts with her letters. She would never miss her birthday and wait for her. She would also be very attentive to all kinds of gifts. Wherever he was, he would find some interesting local things to send. Sometimes it might be a piece of jade, or it might be just an ordinary but beautiful stone. Sometimes he would even send local flowers, fruits, etc., and sometimes he would send some small animals.

All of these made Changle very satisfied, but the two hadn't met for more than three years.

The saint is about to return to Luoyang for the New Year. After the New Year, he will be Fengshan Mountain. The saint summoned Qin Lang back to Beijing and resumed the prime minister, asking him to be responsible for Fengshan with all the prime ministers, but Qin Lang found various reasons to shirk and stayed in Guangnan and refused to return.

The princess couldn't help but start to think randomly.

Yesterday, my aunt, Princess Danyang, came to the palace to see her, but she mentioned to her intentionally or unintentionally that the saint gave her the marriage to Qin Lang and said that Qin Lang would refuse to marry him. Then the saint gave Qin Lang a happy life, but Qin Lang still refused, so the saint made an agreement with Qin Lang for ten years.

If Qin Lang still doesn't want to worship the princess ten years later, he will regret the marriage.

My aunt said that Qin Lang didn't want to marry the royal princess at all, so she first rejected her Danyang and then Changle. Now she has been reluctant to return to the capital, but she just doesn't want to Shang Princess.

As for the reason, my aunt said that Qin Lang wanted to marry a daughter of five surnames, and said that it was rumored that Qin Lang had an affair with the Queen of Linyi and had an illegitimate child. In recent years, he also gave birth to another illegitimate daughter. Now he stayed in Guangnan and did not return, but he just couldn't bear to leave the Queen of Linyi Fan Lin. He also said that Qin Lang is still the regent of Linyi and wanted to stay as King of Linyi...

These words made Changle think randomly.

The ten-year agreement was passed earlier. Is Saburo really unwilling to do so? But why has he never revealed it to him, but he is still so gentle and considerate, sending all kinds of gifts and writing so many letters?

King Li Zhi of Jin is here.

Mingda complained to his brother that Qin Lang made his sister sad.

Li Zhi has grown very tall, although he is still a little weak and weak, but he is already an adult who has completed the ceremony of crowning.

After the Chinese New Year, he would go to his fiefdom to take the vassal. Although the saint was reluctant to leave this third son whom he had been with him for several years, the system could not be destroyed.

Li Shimin chose the fiefdom of King Jin again and again, and chose again and again. It was difficult to decide for a long time. Finally, after thinking about it, Li Zhi's fiefdom was chosen to be north of Jizhou and Tanzhou, Hebei, and lived outside the Great Wall. In the Raole Governor's Office in the land of Kumoxi, the Chengde Governor's Office was established on the banks of the Luan River.

He was granted the title of King Li Zhi of Jin as the governor of Chengde, Chengde, and specially assigned the former land of Junmi County, Han Dynasty outside the Great Wall, which originally belonged to Jizhou, to Li Zhi as the governor's office.

To the north of Jizhou Great Wall, it reaches the Luan River, a hundred miles north and south,

It is 300 miles southwest to Lulongsai (Xifengkou).

Although this place was originally occupied by the Kumoxi people, since Zhenguan, the northern border has been stable, with the border city Daxing and the Xi people attached it. The Tang Dynasty established many border cities on the Youzhou border. Later, the imperial court appointed the governor of King Xi Raole, granted the country's surname Li, established prefectures and counties, and ruled by the Tang and Xi borders.

Many Xi people also began to build cities and settle down. Even the Jingsai Army and Lu Long Army of the Tang Youzhou border troops set up garrison forts, post road beacons, and stationed troops outside the Great Wall.

Even because of the Daxing of the border city, many Tang people have been attracted to recruit Shangtou in Xidi, providing local suppliers and Xidi. For more than ten years, the place assigned by the emperor to Li Zhi has been a matter of physiological, agricultural and cultural relics, and has gathered tens of thousands of families.

Although Chengde is north of the Great Wall, there are no Hebei's great plains, but there are many small river valley basins in the hilly and mountainous areas, which are close to Youzhou, which is still very good. At least, compared to the governor's offices where the three princes of Xining, Nanning and Dongning were granted, they are closer to the capital.

However, the emperor asked Li Zhi to be granted the title of Xi land and forced a new Chengde Mansion, which was not entirely sympathetic to his son. This also implied the court's further control over the Xi people. In recent years, Xi and Khitan have developed rapidly in the reign of the Tang Dynasty. From the chaotic alliance era of the tribes, they have now gradually unified the two governors who were enthroned by the court, Raole and Songmo. The two governors who were granted the title of Xi and the governors of Songmo, all rely on the authority of the central government of the Tang Dynasty to quickly unify the divisions and establish their status as Xi and King of Qi.

Although Xi and Qi are still very loyal and obedient now, the court must have measures to check and balance, and cannot rely solely on the loyalty of the other party. Before, the border troops were allowed to patrol and guard the Great Wall. Now, they have further enfeoffed the royal family of the princes and the royal family, established the main prefectures and governors' offices directly under the court, further building cities and garrison troops, and even immigrating to farmland, which is also actively interfering with and controlling them.

After the New Year, Li Zhi officially took over the vassal state and went to the Chengde Governor's Office. By then, he would no longer take the post of Bingzhou Grand Governor. He was about to leave the capital and leave his father's wings, and the young Li Zhi was still a little worried.

However, I felt very heartbroken when I saw my sister.

"I can't understand why the Grand Marshal refused to return to Beijing?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Ninth brother, you will go to Chengde and become a vassal country after the New Year, but are you ready?"

"The father has already arranged it for me. In the autumn, people from the supervisor and the Ministry of Works have sent to Chengde to build the city, and asked Youjitan and other states to assist. I heard that Chengde City has been almost built, and the Governor's Mansion and the Prince's Mansion have also been completed. The place is very good, just outside the Great Wall, very close to Youzhou, and I heard that it is very cool in summer. My sister can come to my summer vacation in the future."

"Okay, my sister will definitely go then."

Over the years, Changle has been taking care of his younger brothers and sisters, especially his younger brothers and sisters who are the same father and mother. When his mother was seriously ill, the elder sister was like a mother. After his mother passed away, Changle became even more like a mother.

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Guangnan.

Wu'an Taiping Port, this seaport is becoming more and more prosperous today, and it is not even inferior to Jiaozhou Port at all. Among the three ports in Lingnan, it is only inferior to Guangzhou Port, but it is tied for second place with Jiaozhou Port.

It is hard to imagine that if you don’t come to Taiping Port, it was just an unknown small fishing village. Now there are more than 10,000 households here, not to mention that it is the largest trading and distribution center for sugar, perfume and candles in the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, shipbuilding, winemaking, salt making, paper making, and book printing are also very famous. There are many industries such as porcelain, ceramics, glass, gold and silver processing and manufacturing, all of which are of great scale.

He has a wealth of 100,000 yuan, but he dare not be called rich in Taiping Port.

There are countless sea boats entering and leaving Taiping Port every day, and at the same time, countless inland boats flow upwards, arrive at Jiaozhou and head to Tonghai. Since the pacification of Nanzhong, the trade volume of Yunnan, Qianzhong and Jiannan directly connects to the sea, Jiaozhou and Taiping Ports has increased several times. Countless southwestern specialties go out to the sea along Henan, and countless Central Plains cargoes have also begun to reach Taiping Jiaozhou and then go up the water.

Various commercial goods such as silk porcelain, iron materials, tea, sugar and wine from the Central Plains were sent by ships along the waterway to inland wharfs, and then crossed mountains and ridges through horse gangs, transporting merchant goods to various places.

There is another business in Taiping Port that is very prosperous, that is, the financial industry.

There are countless money shops and tickets gathered here, gathering a large number of gold, silver, money and silk. Merchants can not only buy and sell goods here, but also have futures trading. At the same time, industry and commerce are booming. There are even stock transactions here, merchants, shops, sea boats, etc. can recruit shareholders here, and stocks can also be bought, sold and traded here.

Many ship owners are now accustomed to finding money shops to borrow money before going to sea, and then using the loan to purchase goods. Even many Taiping Port merchants are now popular to lend goods to ship owners, agree on interest, etc., and let them get the goods first, and then repay the money and interest when the ship comes back.

People or merchants can also invest in various business stores or ships, lend their own funds, get back the principal and get interest when due, or transfer and sell them in the middle. These are now very mature systems in Taiping Port, which are very mature.

Prosperous commerce has given birth to futures trading of commodities. Taiping Port has the first official Taiping Exchange in Datang, with standardized contracts and margin systems.

Taiping Port is full of commercial banks, guild halls, and teahouses.

There are talks about business everywhere, and big deals are achieved while drinking tea and drinking.

Recently, the entire Taiping Port has been talking about one thing.
Chapter completed!