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Chapter 448 Endless
It's July.

The princess tower was built to the last floor, and the entire tower is nearly 75 meters high, including the top of the tower, which is more than 80 meters. This height is the second highest in the Tang Dynasty, not far from the height of Mingtang.It is also 15 meters higher than the original plan.

This is because Wang Hua is afraid that someone will make a fuss about the height, otherwise he may increase the height by ten meters when he sees the sturdiness.

But this is also an astonishing height. There is a small hill on the side, about [-] meters high, and it is a lot shorter than this tower.The local people didn't know what was going on, they only saw that the pagoda was going up, and the pagoda hadn't been repaired in the end, so they all ran to the pagoda to burn incense and worship, thinking it was a miracle.

The entire octagonal shape is intentionally strengthened to resist typhoon erosion.Anyway, it was built for Li Zouer, and many taboos were eliminated. The eaves are made of yellow glazed tiles. There are dragons and phoenixes flying in the corridor outside. There are countless copper bells hanging under the eaves. When the breeze blows, it can be heard clearly several miles downstream.

There are two rows of stone carvings outside, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors on the left, and the ancient sages such as Confucius and Lao Tzu on the right.Anyway, except for the historical and cultural atmosphere of China, I can't find a god here.However, these stone carvings have not yet been completed, and neither have the relief characters and pictures in the tower, only reaching the sixth floor.

In front of the pagoda are two walls for visitors to write poems and odes. What do you think after seeing it? Please leave a message here for good works. Do not graffiti on the floating lotus cloud painting [-] cm below the text in the pagoda.

In fact, when Wang Hua built this pagoda, he just wanted to promote the role of cement, and let everyone see the speed and firmness.The expected goal has been achieved.There is also enlightenment, which is not a one-day effort.However, Wang Hua did not expect that after the completion of this tower, it would increase business opportunities for Qinzhou.

Compared with Guangzhou, Qinzhou still has many inherent deficiencies in terrain.It can't even be compared with Quanzhou and Mingzhou, but Chinese people are curious, and foreigners are also curious.What does this princess tower mean?Pearl of the Orient.By the way, it’s okay to take the boat around for a while, and you can brag about it after returning home.

There were also bad things that happened. Because of the speed, during a typhoon in May, there was no stoppage. As a result, the typhoon knocked down a piece of scaffolding and fell three workers.Fortunately, Wang Hua reacted quickly, and immediately paid a large sum of money to the families of the three workers, calming down the turmoil.

But he grabbed it in time, before Li Gu'er arrived, all the towers were capped.

It is not open, and Li Guer has not come yet. Li Guer needs to read it, inscribe it and make a plaque before it can be opened to the public.This is also the tongue of some ministers in the DPRK who make trouble out of nothing.Therefore, no celebration ceremony was held, but many residents rushed over.Even officials from surrounding states and counties rushed over to watch.

In particular, some foreign businessmen looked at the nearby mountain and then at the tower, and immediately fell to the ground and worshiped.

But Wang Hua was too disturbed, and now the businessman knows what business opportunities are after going through several storms.Follow Wang Hua and ask Wang Hua to sell the land near the tower.Once the tower is opened, there will be a lot of tourists, which is a great business opportunity.

As a result, the land in the city was not auctioned, and dozens of acres of land near the tower were sold at a high price.And along with the houses in the hands of three families in the city, more than 3000 houses were sold.

Now I am looking forward to Li Gu'er's arrival. If he doesn't come for a while, the tower will not be able to open for a while.

Li Bao'er and his party didn't start very quickly.Such a large ship is better in the Yellow River, but in the Grand Canal and Weishui, because it carries a lot of luggage and supplies distributed by the court to comfort the people.Don't sail too fast, otherwise there is a possibility of being stranded.

Anyway, this group of princelings and princesses were not in a hurry, lying on the deck, drinking fine wine, listening to the beautiful singing of the accompanying maids, looking down from the heights, watching the tens of thousands of boats racing in the big river, and the picturesque scenery on both sides of the river.Everyone forgot where they were.

No way, sitting in a luxurious restaurant, playing mahjong.When we arrived at the Yangtze River, we were amazed one by one. We have never seen such a wide river.But after reaching the sea, the Yangtze River is nothing.

But when we got to the sea, once the novelty wore off, everyone felt bored again.And a very small number of princes and grandchildren began to get seasick.But the boat is fast. In addition to the personnel assigned by Wang Hua, there are also three hundred Yu Linjun, each rowing a huge oar. Just like an arrow, it only took ten days to reach Qinzhou.

However, Wang Hua's subordinates made a clever move and used supplementary supplies to stop at the port of Yazhou.It's not a port either, just a small harbor with some fishing boats in it.There are only two ships that came to purchase goods because of the transaction with Qinzhou, which is the only bright spot.

Li Hong said: "This is Lingnan. Qinzhou used to be similar to Yazhou, but not as big as Yazhou."

It cannot be said that Qinzhou is not as wide as Yazhou.But because the Ning family has been in business for many years, the economic situation is slightly better than that of Yazhou.

Li Bao'er became interested and got off the boat with the guards.He brought a lot of guards, more than 100 people.Because Yazhou is poor, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, every official who comes here wants to plunder, so the people are very miserable.If you can't survive, you will resist.But there is still no way to resist the imperial machine.So after pressing it, it stabilized for a while, and then started to reverse again.Reverse and press again.The common people are very experienced in struggle, so they have to be careful.

Yazhou officials are not fools, and immediately lead people to greet them.But when the group of people went to Zhoucheng to see it, they were completely stunned, and their own horsemen were better than this Zhoucheng.

Turned around, not in the mood, boarded the boat, and sailed to Qinzhou mightily.

Of course, no matter how many golden fingers Wang Hua opened in Qinzhou, compared with Chang'an and Luoyang, they are still just a small caterpillar.

However, Yazhou's party deepened the impression of the dozen or so colleagues who came to Shizi.The neat rows of salt fields at the mouth of the two bays shimmered under the scorching sun in July. As for the ships, you can see a dense fleet of ships before entering Qinzhou Bay.All tell the vitality of the city.

At the same time, I also saw the princess tower. I heard about it a long time ago. Now I can see the beautiful figure of the princess from a distance, and I can hear the bell.

But let them wonder why there are so many people on the shore, are the people in Qinzhou so hospitable?

It's really not like this, it's not to welcome them, Li Xian may not be welcomed by so many people even if he comes.The main thing is to wait for Li Baoer to wander around the tower, and then go up to the tower to have a look.However, the enthusiasm of the people exceeded Hu Wanghua's expectations, not only the local people in Qinzhou were empty, but even the people from the surrounding prefectures and counties came here one after another.

Wang Hua was a little anxious, and immediately prepared a lot of food, so she didn't want to buy it. There are shops, but most of them haven't been repaired yet.It also cannot provide food and drink for 10 or 20 people.

It can be heard that there is free food and drink, and there will be a grand event in the evening, and more people will come.Even the merchants who loaded the goods stopped the ship and prepared to leave tomorrow.

So the blackness could not be seen, and everyone was eager to see through, waiting for Li Gu'er's ship to arrive.

Li Bao'er got off the boat, and all the officials in Qinzhou greeted him.Only Wang Hua didn't take it seriously and simply saluted.There are many sons in this group, even Princess Changning left her husband and came to Qinzhou, and there is also little loli Princess Jincheng.And other fart kids, big and small, the big ones are only in their twenties, and the young ones are only in their teens.There is no need for Wang Hua to respect them either.

What he cares about is his two children, Wang Zhaolang and Wang Ting, which means that Li Hong looks graceful.

Unlike Wang Hua who was born when he was a child, since these two little guys were born, what is called a golden branch and a jade leaf, that is the real golden branch master leaf, not to mention the eunuchs and maids who serve Wang Zhaolang, but Wang Ting has a lot of servants who serve behind him Up to ten people.

Hugging and hugging became a habit, Wang Hua held one hand, and was not afraid of Wang Hua, looking at Wang Hua curiously.

Li Gu'er pointed to Wang Hua and said, "Zhaolang, call Yeye."

He couldn't tell clearly, but Wang Hua was very happy, kissing each other non-stop.

But when Li Gu'er saw Ji Chuna and Zong Jinqing, he asked strangely: "Fuqing Ji, Zong Zuojiang, and everyone else's face is tanned, why are your faces still white and clean?"

Can you not be in vain, now the two of them have become the biggest joke in Qinzhou, they dare not go out even if they dare to hide at home.

The others all lowered their heads to snicker, Lao Ji and Lao Zong wanted to get angry, but they didn't have the courage.

Fortunately, Wang Hua stopped Li Gu'er and led them to the Princess Tower. Except for the three princes who rested on wicker chairs because of seasickness, the rest led them up to the tower.He also asked Li Bao'er to inscribe three characters, but Li Bao'er refused, and asked Wang Hua to write it down, but Wang Hua refused.

The main reason is that height is very taboo, and I can't even write this word.This time, I have borrowed from many people in the two capitals and added to my collection, there are many authentic works of everyone, and my calligraphy may not be the best among them.

Li Bao'er inscribed the words on the front, and a craftsman behind her used the gold glue prepared earlier to carve it according to her words, and made it into a plaque.

The group went up the tower again.

The interior has only been installed to the seventh floor, and work has been suspended today as an exception.But they are not stupid, they can all see the meaning, Princess Changning said silently: "Wang Inspector, what a great handwriting."

When they reached the highest floor, several princes looked down. The scenery was magnificent, and they could all see the panorama of Qinzhou City and the beautiful Qinzhou Bay.But some little kids who are afraid of heights are trembling with their legs, and they dare not even stick out their heads.But most were still in high spirits.

Wang Hua didn't give them a chance either, and there were still people waiting in line below.Pull them down.

Only then did the common people enter, but they needed to line up, otherwise something would happen right away.Wang Hua took them to rest at his house, and there was a big event at night.

Dinner was eaten at Wang Huafu, and some princes even walked around Qinzhou City curiously.It was getting dark, and Wang Hua said to them, "Come with me."

Outside the city, there were still people drinking and eating meat, which was provided by Wang Hua for free anyway.But alcohol needs to be purchased out of one's own pocket. That's it, the merchants who sell alcohol are soft on their hands.Before the event came, some Yi people began to sing and dance and perform.

Wang Hua saw that the time was almost up, so he ordered the plaque to be hung up.

A plaque was hung in front, and countless firecrackers were set off behind.Then, on both sides of the Qinjiang River, fireworks began to be set off. Although the current fireworks are far behind the later fireworks, not as high or as big, there is no Guan Jian.It lasted for nearly half an hour, turning the Qinjiang River into a colorful river under the reflection of colorful fireworks in the night sky.

After the grand fireworks, more than 1 aboriginal singing and dancing performances followed.Even the people who moved here happily returned to it.

As a result, there were nearly ten thousand people in front of the tower the next day because they drank too much alcohol because of the excitement last night, passed out and fell asleep on the ground.But now the weather is hot, at most the mosquitoes suck a lot of blood at night, and no one will freeze.
This is Wang Hua bearing the name of Li Gu'er, making everyone happy once in a while.

Although it is full of vitality, it is all bought with sweat, and the labor rhythm far exceeds that of other regions.Otherwise, Qinzhou would not be what it is today.

The news spread back to the capital, and the inspector of Lingnan Road said that although the people of the whole prefecture rejoiced when the new pagoda was completed, it was inevitable that there would be intermingling of men and women, and there would be many violations of etiquette.But the so-called prosperous age, I don't know, or this is the prosperous age.

If all the states in the Tang Dynasty were like Qinzhou, then it can be said that the prosperity has never appeared in the history books.But he didn't dare to say that.

It was a good thing in the first place, but Wang Hua received a letter from the imperial court again, and dared to keep his eyes on Qinzhou during this time.If it is not far away, it is possible to report once a day.

The imperial envoy came here and issued an order, one is to ask Wang Hua to take good care of the princes and princesses no matter what, and not let them have any accidents.This is all very easy to understand, now that Webster's children are not many, Princess Changning and Li Gu'er are two, but both of them are good, and they all ran over.Mother worrying about her son traveling thousands of miles is two different things for herself, and another for Li Baoer.

In fact, there is no bad treatment. Lingnan itself has a lot of fruits. Wang Hua spent a lot of money last year to transport many ice cubes and store them in a deep cellar.Although the weather is very hot, from time to time, cut the fruit into small cubes, add rock sugar and honey, and stir them together to cool them down.It can also be eaten in the capital, whether it is expensive or not is secondary, the main thing is that there is no such fresh fruit.

Eat it in one bite, and shout out one by one.Not only ice cubes were given to them to eat, but a few ice cubes were also placed in their room at night to lower the temperature of the room.Ivy, morning glory and green vines were also planted around the room, which not only beautified the environment, but also played the role of blocking sunlight.

In fact, these princes and princesses did not have a hard time.

Just for the comfort of their business, Wang Hua had to spend nearly [-] yuan.

But there was another incident that made Wang Hua very angry. The eunuch asked very tactfully, because the ministers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry came to advise that Wang Hua's explosives were of great value in military and civilian use. Can you hand over the formula? For the imperial court to use.

Wang Hua immediately took out a pen and paper, and wrote a memorial to the court in front of the eunuch.

Whether explosives have any role in the military, yes, I am thinking about it.But it won't be big, and it hasn't figured it out.Immediately, I sent a few thousand catties to the capital for consideration by the relevant ministers of the imperial court.If you figure it out, you will hand over the formula immediately.

As for the value in civilian use, is there any, yes, let's see if it's worth it.In order to build the road, I shared the explosives before and after, and I made it myself. The cost of raw materials and wages also reached more than 60 yuan.This is to save time and increase speed.I did this because I didn't stay in Qinzhou for a long time.If it was the imperial court building roads or something, would you be reluctant to do so?

It is useful in the military, but it needs to be matched with some equipment, but because of the power of black powder, although it has appeared in China for a long time, it has not replaced cold weapons.Even in the Ming Dynasty, black powder was used in many weapons, but it was still not the mainstream.

For road construction, under normal circumstances, it is not cost-effective to use black powder. If you can afford it, a few unwritten roads cost more than 60 yuan, not to mention migrant workers and food.In the entire Tang Dynasty, there would not be more than 60 state capitals with a tribute tax of more than [-] yuan a year, if not for the fact that cotton would not exceed [-].Wang Hua had stayed in the household department, so he was very clear about this.So when I heard Qinzhou's taxation, why did the servant of the household department specially show his merits for the king in the court?

Not only building roads, but also mining mines are not worth the loss.In Oceania, except for the key places and difficult places, black powder is used, and manual mining is basically the main method.Unless it's more powerful yellow gunpowder, but that thing is unstable, and if it can't be kept, something big will happen.Then only the later TNT, that is the real civilian gunpowder.Of course, RDX and plastic explosives are even better.

In fact, the greatest civilian value of black powder is firecrackers and fireworks. There is no way, the power cannot be raised.For example, if you blow up a city wall, can you bring a few thousand catties of explosives to bomb under the city wall?Like the city wall of Luoyang, even if several thousand catties of explosives were put down, they were still placed in a good position, otherwise, with the power of black powder, they would not be able to fall down.

Even if the imperial court made black gunpowder, at the end of the day, it was impossible to use it in civil engineering.

But Wang Hua did not stop. He continued to write that as for black powder, in addition to emergency, it was used on two roads, and because the country needed copper mines, a large amount of explosives were transported to enable the copper ore to be mined as soon as possible.In fact, the biggest role is firecrackers and fireworks.

I don't know who came up with this idea, but since I want it, I have to take on one thing immediately.food.

Why did I set the price of grain at 7000 yuan per bucket? This is the cost of importing grain prices from abroad. It was originally a little higher, but I can still afford it with a small gap.Later, the ship got bigger, and it was my own ship, which reduced the cost to nearly [-] Wen, that is, every bucket of Michen was subsidizing nearly [-] Wen for the state. How much will be subsidized for more than [-] million shi of grain?

This behavior of the minister is tantamount to doing business, not bad, not good.However, Yantian was handed over to the state in accordance with the system, and the taxation of the Shibo Division was handed over to the state in accordance with the system.But the people in Qinzhou asked for money for resettlement, and even the surrounding counties also asked for money from the ministers, and the roads needed money.Huge food needs money to subsidize it.As for copper mines, private operation is even more prohibited.

Could it be that the minister really turned out money?
Whoever wants the formula of explosives is fine, but the minister doesn't care about the food, and he has no money to take care of it.Whoever wants to take care of it.

It's not over yet.

(End of this chapter)