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Volume 1, Chapter 87, Thousand Miles in One Day

Quanzhou Prefecture, known as Wurongzhou in ancient times, was first established in the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning, the prefecture was located in Nan'an. It was only during the Zhenyuan period of the Tang Dynasty that the capital was moved to its current position. Quanzhou Prefecture has gradually become the largest port city in the southeast after the expansion of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty.

A famous traveler in history visited Quanzhou during the Yuan Dynasty and called Quanzhou Port the largest port in the world at that time, which shows its scale.

By the Ming Dynasty, due to the development of foreign trade, Quanzhou Prefecture City became extremely prosperous.

At this moment, there are more than 40 streets, eight rivers, and more than 100 bridges in Quanzhou City. Their prosperity is far beyond the so-called "water city" Venice.

As soon as Lu Ling'er entered the city, she was attracted by the unique beauty of the water town. She had never seen such a beautiful scenery before.

Although she ran far this time, she ran directly from Beijing to Quanzhou. In fact, she had little scope for activities since she was a child.

Before she was six years old, she stayed in Anluzhou, Huguang, and accompanied her brother Lu Bing and her breast brother Jiajing to play in Xingxian Prince's Mansion. After she was six years old, Jiajing ascended the throne, so she followed her parents to the capital, either staying in Lu's Mansion or the palace. This time she came to Quanzhou, it was the first time she had escaped from the "cage".

Although the capital is large, it is a typical northern city with no rivers at all. Anluzhou is densely populated with rivers. The problem is that the city is small, and there are not so many rivers passing by in the city, let alone the cruise ships are everywhere.

She grew up in a water town. The beautiful scenery of Quanzhou City was just her appetite. She had a lot of fun this time. Under Yang Cong's leadership, she enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way, buying things, such as silk, satin, rouge, powder, gold and silver jewelry. As long as she liked it, Yang Cong ordered people to pack it without hesitation. Moreover, he didn't need to worry about paying. As long as Yang Cong waved his hand, someone would naturally run to pay.

Women like to "buy, buy, buy, buy, or not, either, buy first. Ordinary women cannot buy as they please, because few people have so much money to buy things.

Although Lu Ling'er has a noble status, she actually doesn't have much money. Jiajing has nothing to say to the Lu family, such as mansions, land, and slaves, which are very rewarding. Once the problem involves money, Jiajing is also depressed, and Jiajing has no money either. In history, he had to rely on a corrupt official like Yan Song to make money.

The same is true for the Lu family. If you want to eat, live, you don’t have to worry about money. Before Lu Bing took office, his family didn’t have much extra money, and even fewer were able to get to Lu Ling'er. She brought hundreds of taels of silver when she came out. Anyway, the post stations along the way would treat her as their ancestors, so she didn’t have to spend a penny at all. Her parents and Jiajing were not worried that she would suffer on the road. The problem was that when buying things, she was a bit pale.

Yang Cong's generousness really scared her. Although the prices are not high these days, silk, satin, gold, silver jewelry, rouge and water powder are not cheap either. Moreover, the ones Yang Cong recommended to her are basically the most expensive, and they are often dozens of taels of silver.

For example, pearl powder, she naturally knew this thing. It is said that it can beautify the skin, prolong life, clear the liver and brighten the eyes. Jiajing once gave it to her, but it was just a small bottle every time, and it disappeared before she could detect any effect. Yang Cong gave her it, which was all by pound, dozens of taels per pound, and a few pounds a day when buying it!

Some people say that men are the most handsome when paying women. Lu Ling'er doesn't know this, but Yang Cong's waving hand makes people give money, and she does feel very masculine when she looks at Yang Cong.

No matter how expensive things are or how much money they are, they just wave their hands and give them money. Such men are indeed very attractive to women.

Of course, Yang Cong was not just buying things for Lu Ling'er, but he had made careful plans along the way.

When Lu Ling'er is tired of walking, he will take him to the teahouse to have tea and take a break.

When Lu Ling'er is hungry, he will take him to the best restaurant to taste special food.

When Lu Ling'er wants to take a boat, he will let someone rent the best pleasure boat.

In short, Lu Ling'er was having a lot of fun on this day and didn't care about anything. She just kept "buying, buying, buying, and having tea, rest, eat, and entertainment in the middle.

For a woman, what does her husband want? Under Yang Cong's meticulous care, she felt like she was living in a dream.

Gradually, their relationship became closer and closer.

I don’t know when, but Yang Cong’s name for her has become “Ling’er”, and she originally wanted to call Yang Cong “Brother Cong” because she has another “Brother Cong” to accompany her since she was a child, and she has been used to it.

Yang Congke was shocked by her name. Damn, if the emperor hears this, he must kill him.

I dare not call this name like that. With his insistence, Lu Ling'er finally changed her mouth and called him Qingfeng like other acquaintances.

The day passed like this, and the relationship between the two was a long time. At night, Lu Ling'er actually moved into a yard with Yang Cong.

Of course, living in the same yard is not a living together. Yang Cong rented a three-entry courtyard, guarding the front yard, he and Yu Dayou and others live in the middle, while Lu Linger lives in the back yard.

This was actually due to Yang Cong's arrangement. He deliberately took Lu Ling'er to buy and buy everywhere. When it was almost dusk, he took Lu Ling'er to the best restaurant in Quanzhou for a big meal. When he had enough food and drink, it was dark and it was difficult to rush back, so he had to find a place to stay.

However, he didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to get along with Lu Ling'er more and try to enhance the relationship between the two.

The next morning, when the hour of Mao arrived, he invited Lu Ling'er to Qingyuan Mountain for a trip. Lu Ling'er was also a playful and active person, so he naturally agreed without hesitation.

Qingyuan Mountain has been a place where literati and poets linger since ancient times, so its scenery is naturally unspeakable. Lu Ling'er followed Yang Cong to travel around Laojun Rock, Qianshou Rock, Amitabha Rock, Bixiao Rock, Qingyuan Cave for a whole morning, and felt that it was not enough, so she wanted to play for a few more days.

Unfortunately, Yang Cong doesn’t have so much time, so he still has to go to Tong'an to receive money.

He could only take Lu Ling'er, who was still unsatisfied, and after having lunch at Wangjiang Tower, he took him to the last stop of the trip, Wenlin Academy.

The reason why he took Lu Ling'er to Wenlin Academy was mainly because he heard Lu Ling'er say that her cousin Li Xiu'er was staying in the palace and was more interested in calligraphy and painting. Besides, he had promised to take Lu Ling'er to see Li Du, a "interesting person". These two factors combined together, so he decided to go to Wenlin Academy before returning to Yongning Acropolis.

Lu Ling'er was shocked when she saw the calligraphy works copied by Li Du. However, she put forward a rather absurd idea, which was to write a few poems by Li Qingzhao in the words of Tang Bohu, because her cousin loved Tang Bohu's words and Li Qingzhao's poems.

This guy stumped Li Du because he had never seen Tang Bohu's poems written by Li Qingzhao, and had never seen Tang Bohu's calligraphy collections with various rubbings.

However, after Yang Cong's repeated begging, he still tried his best to write a few pictures.
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