Capital Datang

A few days later, at the port outside Dengzhou City, Li Min and Wen Xin were standing on the pier in casual clothes, with only a few guards beside them, and some stewards and servants of the palace, but they did not bring the guard of honor of the palace. The group of people looked like ordinary people who came to the pier to welcome relatives and friends, but Dengzhou is Li Yin's fief after all, and many people in Dengzhou knew him, so when they saw His Highness King Qi here, although some people acted bravely They stepped forward to salute, but most people chose to avoid it.

The reason why Li Yin and the others dressed up as ordinary people was mainly because the person they came to pick up today was his elder brother Li Chengqian who was demoted to Shanghai.Li Chengqian was relegated from the position of prince to a commoner, and he must be very disappointed now, so if Li Yin pretended to be a prince in front of the other party, it would be equivalent to gouge out the flesh in Li Chengqian's heart.It was precisely because of this consideration that Li Yin decided to greet Li Chengqian's family in a private capacity, so as not to make the other party think too much.

Li Yin and the others waited not long before a medium-sized fleet, led by a pilot boat, slowly sailed into the port. None of the ships in this fleet were very large, and the big ship at the front should be On Li Chengqian's boat, the word 'Gefenghao' was written on the bow. Just looking at the size of this Hefeng, it was only one-third of Li Yin's Qiwang.

After the Hefeng ship slowly parked on the pier, Li Yin and Wen Xin led the people to the bow, and the people on board also began to descend along the wooden boards extending from the ship to the pier, and the first one to get off the bow , it was Li Chengqian, the deposed prince of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that when Li Yin saw this man limping off the bow, he almost didn't dare to recognize him.He and Li Chengqian haven't seen each other for more than a year, but now they see each other again.But he found that Li Chengqian's temples were gray, and there were a few fine lines on his forehead and the corners of his eyes.Although Li Chengqian is only in his 20s this year, he now looks like a middle-aged man in his 50s or 407s.Capital Datang [-]

Seeing Li Chengqian whose description changed drastically.Li Yin was also taken aback, and seeing Li Chengqian's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he immediately stepped forward to help him get off the boat.But Li Chengqian was taken aback, and instinctively struggled for a while, and when he found that Li Yin was really helping him, he was a little moved and followed Li Yin to get off the boat.

Seeing Li Chengqian getting off the boat, Wen Xin hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then took Li Chengqian's wife Su Shi off the boat.Su Shi is the eldest daughter of Secretary Cheng Su Quan, who is one year younger than Li Chengqian.The appearance is naturally very beautiful, but because her husband was demoted, there is also a sad and haggard look on her face.

In addition, besides the Su family, there are several sons and daughters of Li Chengqian, that is, Li Yin's nephews and nieces. The oldest one is five years old, while the youngest is only half a year old. The eldest son is named Li Xiang, who is just two years old.This time, he was demoted out of Chang'an along with his father, and now he is being led by the Su family.

Mrs. Su came from a scholarly family. Seeing Li Yin and Wen Xin coming to greet her in person, she hurriedly led Li Xiang forward and saluted, "Mr. Su pays homage to His Royal Highness King Qi and Princess Qi!"

Seeing his wife wanting to salute someone, Li Chengqian's face darkened, thinking of him when he was the crown prince.Only others saluted the couple, but now they are demoted.His status plummeted, from a prince to a commoner.Now he has to salute even when he sees his younger brother, which makes him even more depressed.

Seeing Su's salute, Wen Xin hurriedly helped him up, and at the same time, Li Min who was beside him also said, "Sister-in-law doesn't need to salute, today I'm just a younger brother to welcome elder brother and sister-in-law, so if we salute, it's up to me and Wen It’s only right to salute my elder brother and sister-in-law!”

As Li Yin said, he saluted Li Chengqian and Su Shi together with Wen Xin, seeing how polite Li Yin and his wife were, both Su Shi and Li Chengqian were very moved.Since they were demoted, it can be said that they have suffered from human affection, and were even ridiculed by Li Tai when they left Chang'an. For this reason, Li Chengqian almost got into a fight with the other party.But when they went out to sea by boat, the ceremonial official who was in charge of arranging their itinerary refused to use a big boat, and only chose a small boat like the Hefeng. Whenever there was a storm, the boat would be very bumpy, so Li Chengqian even got seasick , It took several days to adapt to eating, but the whole person was even older and haggard.

Seeing the expressions of Li Chengqian and his wife, Li Yin guessed that they must have tasted the warmth and coldness of human beings along the way, so he didn't want to show too much. When he saw his nephew Li Xiang who was being held by Mrs. The timid Li Xiang changed the subject and said, "Brother, when I saw Xiang'er last time, he was just a baby in swaddling clothes. I didn't expect him to grow so big!"

Li Xiang is only two years old, and he is still a little shy. In addition, he has never seen Li Yin except when he was born, so when he was first picked up by Li Yin, he still seemed very resistant. His two big watery eyes looked at his mother Su. At the same time, he flattened his mouth, looking like he wanted to cry.

At this time, Wen Xin took out the candy that he had prepared earlier, and shook it in front of Li Xiang. This time, he grabbed the little guy's attention and opened his two chubby little hands to grab it, which made Li Yin burst out laughing. .Wen Xin also put the candy in Li Xiang's little hand without losing the opportunity, and finally attracted the little guy's attention to the candy, and no longer resisted Li Yin's embrace.

Seeing that Li Yin and his wife loved their son so much, both Li Chengqian and Su Shi also showed a little smile on their faces.While Li Yin played with Li Xiang, he called Li Chengqian and his wife to leave with them. As for the other former Prince's Mansion personnel who were demoted along with Li Chengqian, the stewards of the Prince's Mansion naturally arranged for them.

Now that you have come to Dengzhou, the first thing you need to do is to take the train. After all, it has become a landmark of Dengzhou. Several big cities have also built train tracks, but the construction of train tracks consumes a lot of steel. Although Datang's current steel production is growing rapidly, the price is a bit expensive. At least this train track can't be built anywhere. started.

Li Chengqian's family was welcomed onto the train by Li Yin and his wife. When the train spit out black smoke and began to accelerate slowly, the two-year-old Li Xiang jumped up and down happily, and even climbed onto the stool by the window with his brothers and sisters. While looking out with their heads hooked, they chattered about something. They were all children, the oldest was only five years old. They didn't understand how their identities would change after their father was demoted, so there was nothing to worry about. , naturally happier than their parents, and Su Shi, Wen Xin, and several concubines of Li Chengqian were worried that they would fall, and they were all smiling and protecting them.

Although Li Chengqian was depressed because of being demoted, he was also very curious about novelties like trains. When the train started, he finally showed a somewhat strange expression on his face, and he took the initiative to ask Li Yin about it. Why can this train move forward without cows and horses?What is the black smoke?

In fact, when Li Chengqian was in Chang'an before, he had also heard about these novel things that Li Yin created. It was just that he and Li Taidou fought to the death and didn't pay attention to these things. Only then did he realize that there really was such a thing in this world, and it was even more miraculous than he had imagined.

For Li Chengqian's questions, Li Yin naturally answered them one by one, and pointed out the scenery along the way. Now this train is no longer just between the main city of Dengzhou and the wharf, but in the middle. After turning a few turns, the two acropolises in the middle and several important factories were included. In this way, although it took a little more time to get from the pier to the main city, it was convenient for the people of Dengzhou. A rare achievement.

He got off the train with a group of little fellows who were still full of desires, and then everyone returned to Prince Qi's Mansion together, where the banquet had already been prepared.Because this time only Li Chengqian's family was invited to the banquet, and it was a family banquet, so there was no need to distinguish between men and women. Everyone sat in the hall and ate and chatted. Xijun and the others also attended together banquet.

Among them, Chou Chou is more than one year old. Seeing Li Xiang and his cousins ​​who are not much older than himself, she ran up excitedly with arms crossed, but the way she greeted was really unbearable. She wanted to go up and bite everyone. One mouthful, so Li Xiang and the others ran around in fright, and the whole hall was almost turned upside down by them.

Perhaps seeing these carefree children, or feeling Li Yin's warm hospitality, Li Chengqian's mood improved significantly, and there were a few more smiles on his pale face, and he even ate more food and wine.This made Su, who had been observing her husband carefully, very comforted. After all, no matter whether Li Chengqian was the prince or not, he was her own husband. Along the way, she saw that her husband's body was getting worse day by day, and even his diet was much less. In her eyes, but in her heart, she was very content to see her husband eat a few more mouthfuls of food now.Capital Datang 407

After the banquet, Wen Xin took Su Shi, Li Xiang and other female relatives and children to play in the palace, while Li Yin and Li Chengqian found a pavilion and ordered people to make fragrant tea. The two sat opposite each other, drinking tea and chatting .

"Brother, third brother already knows about your going to Shanghai, and a house has been prepared there for you and sister-in-law. In addition, although Shanghai is a new city, it already looks prosperous. I believe that in a few years, there will be more It is definitely not worse than Dengzhou, and it will even surpass Dengzhou in the future, becoming the most prosperous port in my Tang Dynasty. So brother and sister-in-law, you can live there for a while, just treat it as a relaxation, and wait for the emperor to get angry In the past, if the queen mother tried to persuade you again, maybe you will be recalled to Chang'an by the emperor in the future!" Li Minshen said with a smile, although the content of the words was very complicated, it expressed a younger brother's concern for his elder brother.

However, after Li Chengqian listened to Li Yin's words, he gave him a complicated look.In fact, ever since he met Li Yin, he has always wanted to ask each other a question, but before the family members of the two were there, he was too embarrassed to ask, and now there are only two of them left, so he doesn't care about it. (To be continued.)