Chapter 75: The long journey is too long

Pei Ju was born in the 13th year of the Western Wei Dynasty and is now 64 years old. However, Pei Ju's body is very hard. After receiving the appointment, he immediately set off in a four-wheeled carriage given to him by Chen Ying and embarked on the way to Lingzhou to observe the army.

Pei Ju liked the four-wheeled carriage that Chen Ying gave him very much. Pei Ju is the kind of model of learning until he is old. Even now he is sixty-four, he still can't put it down. He thought that he would die of old age when he went to Lingzhou. He didn't expect that he would not feel any bumps in such a carriage, especially when the water in the teacup was seventy-four, he would not sprinkle it out.

Although the outside was covered with ice and snow and the cold wind was howling, the cargo stove was lit on the screen walls of the four corners of the four-wheeled carriage, but the carriage was still as warm as spring.

Pei Ju first passed through Liquan County, then passed Fengtian (now Gan County) and did not enter. He rested in Yongshou for one night. At noon the next day, he had arrived in Baitu (now Bin County) and entered Baitu County. Pei Ju felt that this place was very different from Chang'an. The official road from Yongshou County to Baitu County was extremely flat. It was said that it was not organized by the government, but was built by the people spontaneously. There were dense four-wheeled ox carts coming and going on the official road. Although this ox cart was not as tall and majestic as a four-wheeled ox cart, it was as unobstructed as a military cart, but was used to carry cargo or load capacity of five or six military carts.

Baitu County is rich in carbohydrate. Many open-air carbohydrate mines are filled with people who are rushing to their homes in the cold. At this time, no one will chop firewood, because it can be burned for up to three days after hard chopping a dry firewood. However, any civilian can get enough charcoal for one month in one day.

Pei Ju was very surprised, so he stopped in a tavern on the roadside and found an old farmer to chat with him. Guanzhong has been the imperial capital since the Qin and Han Dynasties, so the people of Guanzhong have seen many princes and grandsons. Even if they saw Pei Ju, they knew that they were not rich and noble. This old farmer with a gray beard was not frightened and talked freely.

From the market gossip to the fate of the Tang Dynasty, the old farmer could talk about four or five. Although the old farmer had little knowledge and many of his own imaginations, Pei Ju still listened with relish. When Pei Ju asked the shop to bring three pounds of cold-cut beef and a pot of three pulp in soup, the old farmer was very excited and almost knew everything. He was in the middle of his heart and slowly brought the topic to the economy and people's livelihood.

Pei Jujiang walked along the way and saw many such ox carts. Most of the coachmen were old and weak, and some women, but they all looked very happy, spoke loudly, and asked curiously with a rare spirit: "Why are there so many ox carts in Baitu? Everyone pulls charcoal, can they burn it?"

The old man grabbed his messy beard, poured a big bowl of wine, wiped his mouth and said, "I must have used it all, but there are many people in Chang'an City. Pulling this caravan over can make this amount."

The old farmer stretched out his hand to Pei Ju and stretched his five fingers to the sky.

Pei Ju said: "Fifty-month?"

"It's five hundred people!" said the old farmer Xixi: "One person and one ox, one can fight back and forth for one day and night."

"Old man, how long have you been doing this business?"

"It's not long, there are three days and ten months left."

Pei Ju calculated, "So, I started doing it at the beginning of this year?"

"Is Mr. Lang a scholar? He has accent, like from Shandong?"

Pei Ju smiled and said, "The old man is very knowledgeable, can you hear this?"

"Hehe, old man, I often go to Chang'an. Our Peixianting (a respectful name for the county magistrate) is from Shandong. I heard that he is a famous scholar in Wenxi, Shandong. I have spoken to him twice, and he listened to the accent. Wenxi is a good place, famous scholars and good officials. There was a Pei Shiju in the past, which was quite famous. He managed the Western Regions for Emperor Yang, attacked Tuyuhun, and used the scores between Turks. He was a good official..."

Pei Ju chatted with an old farmer to inquire about the reputation of Pei County Magistrate Pei Xuanji.

Pei Ju had a son in his later years. Pei Xuanji was the son of Pei Ju when he was 40 years old. He is now 24 years old and is appointed as the magistrate of Baitu County. It seems that Pei Xuanji has done a good job, at least his reputation is not bad. He has not received any bad reviews from Pei Xuanji in Chang'an. If there is no bad review in the local area, he will definitely get a review next year at the latest.

Baitu County is Zhongxian County, and Pei Xuanji is the magistrate of the seventh rank of the county magistrate. Going further is to go from the sixth rank of Xiazhou or the chief official. It will be no problem to be promoted to the sixth rank of official at the age of thirty. In the future, with his own face, Prince Li Jiancheng can at least be promoted to one level after he ascended the throne.

Pei Ju did not stop in Baishi County but arrived in Changwu that night.

The four-wheeled carriage and horses were resting, and the wheels rolled forward all the way. Pei Zhi finally arrived in Lingzhou before the heavy snow blocked the road. When he entered Lingzhou, Pei Ju obviously felt the difference.

First of all, although it is cold here, the streets are not rarely visited. On the contrary, people come and go, and bustle on the streets. I am afraid that Chang'an will not be so lively in such weather.

Pei Ju's heart was like a cat scratching him. He was very eager to figure out what was going on.

Suddenly, one person stopped Pei Ju's carriage. The carriage was parked in the middle of the road. Pei Ju poked out and before he could ask what was going on, he saw someone bowing and bowing: "Greetings to Mr. Pei!"

Pei Ju didn't remember knowing such a person. Pei Ju pondered: "Please redeem me for being a clumsy, you are..."

Yang Ze walked vigorously and came to Pei Ju's carriage and said, "I will learn from Yang Ze!"

Pei Ju is naturally familiar with the name "Yang Ze". It is precisely because of this person's unprincipled concessions to Li Daozong that Chen Ying's blood wasted. It is precisely because Yang Ze was not enough to entrust him that Chen Ying recommended him to the Prince of the Eastern Palace Li Jiancheng. Seeing the governor of Yizhou come to greet him alone, Pei Ju was very displeased, but instead felt that Yang Ze did not have the dignity of the governor of Yizhou.

Although the governor served in the local area, in fact, he had always been on duty as a central official, but it was gradually localized later. The governor's greatest power was to report to the emperor directly and impeach illegally.

However, Yang Ze put his position too low. The governor originally wanted to restrain the general who commanded the troops, but unfortunately Yang Ze did it too much.

Although Pei Ju felt a little unhappy, he did not reveal it, but said to Yang Ze: "Envoy Yang, please get in the car!"

Yang Ze was not polite and boarded Pei Ju's carriage calmly.

Pei Ju personally poured Yang Ze a cup of hot tea. Pei Ju looked Yang Ze up and down for a moment: "Did the envoy Yang know what I am here?"

Yang Ze said: "The prince's letter has already ordered Yang Ze. It is up to Gong Pei as the main force, and Yang Ze will cooperate with all his strength!"

Pei Ju was silent for a moment. He turned his head and leaned against the wall of the car. His eyes passed through the car window and looked at the bustling crowd outside. His mind suddenly became shaken, just like a four-wheeled carriage.

The task given to him by the prince is actually very heavy. Chen Ying set up a blast furnace steel workshop during his tenure as the general manager of Lingzhou, restored carbon and salt, making Lingzhou the largest wallet and material warehouse in the East Palace. Pei Ju sighed and said, "There is a long way to go, and time is no longer waiting."

Yang smiled disapprovingly.

Suddenly Pei Ju discovered a very big problem. There were many pedestrians in Lingzhou but no children. Pei Ju asked strangely: "Eunuch Yang, why can't you see children in Lingzhou?"

"Mr. Pei is so angry that he can kill me, just call me!" Yang Ze smiled and said, "How can the children play? They all go to study."

"Everyone goes to study?" Pei Ju was shocked when she heard this.

Pei Ju lost his father at a young age and was raised by his uncle Pei Rangzhi. However, because Pei Rangzhi trained Pei Ju, he even became a son-in-law Pei Wenyue, which was Pei Ju's biggest regret in his life.

At that time, Pei Rangzhi was the chief clerk of General Gao Cheng, the General of Wenxiang, and was also a member of the Central Secretariat. He was a fourth-rank official, but he could only support three children to study. It can be seen how difficult it was to support one scholar at that time. Now all the children in Lingzhou go to school, which is shocking that the heavens can achieve a full wealth of tens of millions in one day.
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