Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Liu Bai said with great interest: "So, you have decided?"

Ordinary officials have to pay a huge price if they want to be lonely ministers.

People like Wei Zheng even made up their minds to be whipped to death after death.

And the royal family is even more difficult.

In the previous generation of the royal family, there was only one Li Deliang.

As long as the other royal families have some strength, which one would dare to return to Chang'an for a long time?

Li Yuanli smiled wryly, and said, "Everyone is dead, and there is only one way to live. Where do I have a choice?"

"You know his methods clearly."

Li Yuanli pursed his lips, and said, "What's his plan? If he is really cruel, will he be able to pass the test of the father?"

Liu Bai chuckled, and said: "You always think that the old man is imprisoned by him, but in my opinion, the old man is the first-class wise man in the world, and his love for this empire is far more than that of you child."

Li Yuanli cupped his hands again, picked up the letter, and read it carefully.

His expression was even more exciting than before.

However, the fear just now was gone.

After a while, he relaxed and let out a long breath.

"It seems that he is going to make a serious move. In order to prevent some people from jumping over the wall, even the prince is willing to send him to Jiangnan."

"So, you know what to do?"

Li Yuanli nodded and said, "I'm going back to the Governor's Mansion now. Since I want to change the flag, I want everyone in the world to know that the banquet to welcome the crown prince must be held in a splendid manner!"

Chapter 1592 My mother, the prince has also come to Jiangnan

More than half a year, whether it is long or not, is not short.

For a city, the most important thing is its economic strength.

The former Suzhou City was horribly poor. Walking around the streets, there were not many shops in sight.

Gather all the beggars in the city, and the large number will scare people to death.

The current city of Suzhou has undergone a complete makeover.

A brand-new landmark building rises in the very center of Suzhou City, named Wanghai Tower.

Under the superb skills of the Liu family construction team, this landmark building has a breakthrough of seven floors.

Building a building and building a tower are not the same thing, and the difficulty is not at the same level.

The reason why the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of Da Ci'en Temple can be built with more than ten floors is mainly because there is nothing in the pagoda.

Coupled with the small building area, it is not difficult to build a few more floors.

Things like buildings are quite different.

Starting from the excavation of the foundation, every step must be carefully considered and calculated precisely.

Even the Liu family's construction team can't do the steel structure in the future market.

The wooden house has reached its limit at seven floors.

Each of these seven floors has different functions.

Since it is located in the most prosperous area of ​​Suzhou City, the first floor was converted into a restaurant as it should be.

Who doesn't know Master Li's name?

With the support of famous chefs from all over the world, especially Li Ke, the king of chefs, Wanghailou's reputation is instantly unrivaled in the world.

There were too many people coming here to eat, so the shopkeeper of the restaurant followed the example of some restaurants with official background in Chang'an City, and began to use the reservation system.

If you want to have a meal, make an appointment at least half a month in advance.

At the strong request of a certain Hou Ye surnamed Chai who was unwilling to reveal his life, the second floor was decorated to look like a teahouse.

Equivalent to the first floor, this is the real high-end club.

The specifications are so high that even Liuyexuan in Jingyang County can hardly match it.

Drama master Shangguanyi personally wrote several scripts and invited the most famous actors in Jiangnan to perform.

The local Chinese from Jiangnan, headed by Zhang Yong, came almost every day.

Others regard being able to ascend the second floor of Wanghai Tower as a status symbol.

From the third floor to the fifth floor, it was taken over by the shopkeepers of the Liu family.

Among them, the Youzhou branch with the strongest financial resources occupies the entire fifth floor. Based on this, it will expand the industry of Youzhou Iron Mine in the south of the Yangtze River.

The sixth floor is numerically cheaper, which means auspiciousness, and the rent is the most expensive.

Even the shopkeepers of the Liu family felt very distressed when they sat down.

So Shen Wansan swiped his brush and divided the sixth floor into countless small rooms, which were rented out to various local shops in Suzhou City.

On the second day after Wanghai Tower opened for business, it became the largest commercial complex in the entire city of Suzhou.

The large number of customers made the local merchants feel astonished.

Two months later, Wanghai Tower has become a veritable place where every inch of land is worth every penny.

As for the seventh floor, it was regarded by Liu Bai as the headquarters of Liu's House.

Shen Wanzhong.

The power of speech in the Suzhou headquarters of the Liu family seems to have surpassed that of Jingyang.

Under the radiating effect of Wanghai Tower, a strict commercial system has been formed in Suzhou City.

Contrary to expectations, the Liu family did not open a supermarket in Suzhou.

This is also for local economic considerations.

Once the supermarket is opened, I don't know how many small traders and hawkers will lose their jobs.

It's too lowly to compete with the people for profit, and Liu Bai doesn't care about this little money.

Half a year is enough to do a lot of things

In Suzhou City in early March, there was a little bit of warmth. People took off their thick winter clothes and changed into spring clothes.

The more particular young master and young lady don't care about how cold it is.

Silk clothes look luxurious and elegant.

Jiangnan is the place with the most literary reputation. Whether it is a man or a woman, everyone likes to dance and write, and it is better to recite poems as Fu.

Last year's imperial examination, the strong strength of Jiangnan students brought sufficient confidence to the locals in Jiangnan.

All kinds of poetry fairs and literary circles have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Among them, the Tsing Yi Poetry Association established by Li Yuanli, the governor of Wu County, and the Houde Poetry Association established by the contemporary No. [-] Lu Qiwang are the most eye-catching.

On several occasions, these two great men even wrote some poems in person.

It's a pity that the master of the Liu family has not been invited to have a talk since the poetry club was established for several months.

On the ninth day of March, Yangliu Yiyi.

A team of more than [-] people came to the outside of Suzhou City in a hurry. After showing the way to the soldiers guarding the gate of the city, they slowly entered the city.

The leader was a young man with a slightly thin figure.

He was riding a tall horse that was very rare in the south of the Yangtze River, and the excitement on his face could not be hidden.

Everything around him was new to him.

I have seen prosperity and decline during this journey, but I have never seen such a yearning scene in Suzhou City.

Seeing that many people were looking at him, Li Chengqian got off his horse and asked the guards behind him to lead him.

He took out two small pieces of silver from the pocket at his waist, and went to the side of the road to buy some pot helmets.

"The young master is from Guanzhong?"

The old stall owner had a simple and honest smile on his face, but his eyes were full of shrewdness.

Hearing the familiar accent, Li Chengqian couldn't help but startled.

"The old man is also from Guanzhong?"

The old man smiled and said, "Young master, you can search all over Suzhou City, where can you find authentic pot helmets like this little old man?"

Only then did Li Chengqian remember that when Liu Bai decided to go to Suzhou City, far more than the servants and craftsmen of the Liu family followed him.

At least 1 people came to live with the Liu family!

Especially the blacksmiths who used to live in Zhaoguofang, almost all came with Liu Bai.

Li Chengqian took out some scattered silver coins from his purse and handed them to the old man selling pot helmets.

"Yoyo, it really won't work so much. The young master is trying to smash the signboard of the little old man! If the neighbors know that the little old man is entrapping the township party, he will be unable to be a man in the future!"

Li Chengqian grinned.

"Then replace them all with pot helmets and deliver them to me later"

Halfway through the conversation, Li Chengqian remembered that he had no place to stay. He couldn't let the old man send these pot helmets to Dongzhou Island, right?

He turned to ask: "Dare to ask the old man, is there any reliable restaurant in the city?"

The old man put the money into a box and said with a smile: "Young master is also from a wealthy family. If you have enough money, you can live in Wanghai Tower."

Said the old man pointed towards the distance.

A seven-story building is too eye-catching in this day and age.

Calculated, it is estimated to be somewhat shorter than the Tai Chi Hall in the Chang'an City Palace.

If it weren't for the requirements of the code, each floor could be raised by at least two or three feet.

"It's so good, the old man will send the pot to Wanghai Tower in a while!"

The old man sent Li Chengqian away with great gratitude.

When he watched him walk to the gate of Wanghai Building, he smashed his mouth and murmured: "My mother, the prince has also come to Jiangnan."

Chapter 1593 Ask Zheng Wang to meet me on the seventh floor

The population of Chang'an City has already exceeded one million, and the permanent population is over 30.

Of course, this is only the population of the entire Chang'an city, which is the sum of the inner city and the outer city.

Among the 10 squares and cities in the inner city, the permanent resident population was exhausted, and there were no more than [-] people.

Except for some special populations, it is rare for ordinary people in the inner city not to know Li Chengqian.

Moreover, most of the people who followed Liu Bai to the south of the Yangtze River came from Liujiazhuang. Who didn't recognize the face of the prince who used to be idle all day long and wandered on the street?

In fact, since Li Chengqian entered the city, at least hundreds of people recognized his identity, but he didn't know it himself, so the news that Li Chengqian came to Jiangnan quickly spread.

Before Li Chengqian completed the check-in procedures in Wanghai Building, the news of his coming to the future had already reached the ears of many people.

For example, Li Yuanli, the governor of Wu County,

In the governor's mansion, Li Yuanli greeted all the people who could be used.

For this reason, he specially recruited more than a dozen maids, some of whom even looked somewhat similar to the Crown Princess Wu Shun.

When Li Yuanli learned that Li Chengqian was staying in the Wanghai Building, he immediately rushed over with his people.

At the same time, he also sent someone to Dongzhou Island to deliver a letter to Liu Bai.

A few days ago on Dongzhou Island, after being threatened by Liu Bai, he fully realized his current situation.

He has no other choice but to be a lonely minister.

The so-called lonely minister does not mean that he does not deal with anyone.

If you don't participate in political affairs, you are not much different from ordinary officials or ordinary royal families.

But once the emperor expresses his will, the lonely minister must stand firmly on the emperor's side.