Only one day later, a large group of people set out.
Lan Bao's family of three went with the group. He had already prepared double the amount of betrothal gifts.
Li Dan, Noble Consort Lu, Empress Wang, Wu Jieyu, Liu Jieyu, the little fellow, Bao 'er, Princess Yongmu, and Li Chengqi.
The others were palace maids, eunuchs, Zhuangzi's guards, and Winged Knights.
All the carriages had wheels and were equipped with sleigh frames.
The entire group consisted of 200 large carriages, more than 20,000 horses, and 5,000 Winged Knights.
They had to travel nearly five hundred miles, and every day, they would have to spend about a thousand taels worth of food.
"Li Dongzhu, didn't you spend too much money to pick up my sister-in-law?"
Li Yi didn't mind the cold. He sat outside with Guo Ziyi. Guo Ziyi had a shed on the roof of his carriage with a heavy machine gun.
Lan Bao rode a horse and looked guilty.
"We didn't go to pick up your sister-in-law. We went out for a walk. It's annoying to stay in Chang 'an all the time.
Usually, people eat like horses, but horses eat more when we're on the road.
Don't worry, we have 800 to 800 coins a day. We can buy things from the people on the road. The people can also get benefits. "
Li Yi was open-minded. He went out for a walk to relax.
It was boring to stay in Li Family Zhuangzi all day.
The group walked along the Wei River and then the Yellow River. They didn't wait for Li Yi's Sanmenxia City and arrived at their destination, Lingbao City.
There was Tong Pass on the road and Hangu Pass on the east side.
The group raised the flag of Bashui Li Family Village. They didn't move fast, but the scouts ran around.
Bi Goo and the others also wanted to come. However, they were afraid of delaying the imperial court's business, so they had to stay in Chang 'an.
The happiest person in the group was Princess Yongmu's mother, Liu Jieyu. She was the only one who came.
Empress Wang obviously couldn't sleep with her, and Wu Jieyu was busy looking after Bao 'er.
She wanted to take this opportunity to get pregnant. It didn't matter if it was a boy or a girl.
She was a mother who relied on her daughter's status, and her son-in-law was powerful.
"How long has it been since you last came out?" Noble Consort Lu sighed as she looked at the scenery outside through the window.
Li Dan looked at the other window. "The people here are doing well. Their clothes are thick."
The procession had yet to reach Xinfeng County. Since it was within the borders of the capital, the standard of living of the commoners was naturally high.
They usually wore several layers of linen and stuffed them with straw.
He was wearing leather shoes with fur inside.
Seeing the Li Family Zhuangzi come out, the people in front of him made way and bowed slightly to express their gratitude and respect.
The palace maids and eunuchs dressed in palace attire were delivering candies, which were malt candies with sesame seeds stuck on them.
She said that it was a gift from Her Majesty. As for why the Li Family Zhuangzi's caravan was sent to Her Majesty by palace maids and eunuchs, there was no explanation. She had to figure it out herself.
The children were given a piece of sorghum caramel candy and a layer of glutinous rice paper on the outside.
With candies to eat, both the adults and the children were happy.
They shouted Her Majesty's greetings, received the candies, and ate them slowly. The adults usually took a bite to receive the blessing of the imperial family and the blessings of the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Those whose children were not with them would take the candies home for their children to eat. Those whose children were with them would take the candies from their children's hands and eat them at home.
"When there are more pigs, we'll wear pig skin clothes in winter. Otherwise, we'll have to wear cotton-padded clothes depending on how much cotton we grow. "
Li Longji was in a good mood when he saw the smiles on the commoners' faces.
He began to think about the future. It was not good to wear linen clothes to block the wind. It was heavy to wear several layers. When it was cold, the wind could still blow through it.
The only good thing was that there was a shed by the imperial court on the side of the road that provided free hot soup.
The commoners brought some dry food and dared to go out. They walked a distance and rested for a while.
Even at night, they could still sleep in the shed.
The imperial court spent money to support the people who looked after the shed and provided hope for the commoners.
If a commoner froze to death and lived for a few more decades, the imperial court would lose more than the cost of a shed.
"Go get two bowls of soup and bring it in." Li Chengqi shouted outside.
He saw a soup shed and wanted to see if the soup was good or not.
Ge Yan No.2 jumped down from the shaft of the carriage and found two bowls in the team to get the soup.
After half a bowl, he ran back to the carriage with the soup and handed it in through the open window.
There was oil floating on top of the soup. There were also chopped leaves of two cabbages and sporadic egg blossoms.
Li Longji took a sip and nodded. "Okay, looks like you've put in a lot of effort."
"It's not fishy. It's boiled soup." Li Chengqi took a sip and commented.
"How many eggs did you use? Look, there's eggs in every bowl. "Noble Consort Lu was afraid that the imperial court would not be able to hold on if they used too much.
"Keep stirring quickly with a spoon. An egg is a big pot of soup. It's all in every bowl. This oil is also a floating oil. When the soup is done, you have to stir it with half a spoon."
Empress Wang knew about this and specially asked about it.
They could also put the eggs in cold water and then break them. However, after it was boiled, the egg blossoms would not look good.
"One cabbage can make five pots of soup. There's one egg per pot and half a spoon of cooked oil. If there's no more, you don't have to add scallions to the pot. The rest is salt. "
Li Longji also said. The egg blossoms soup looked good, but there was nothing wrong with it. The key was that it was boiled and hot.
This hot water was what the people needed. Hot water with only salt was not as comfortable as soup.
"They're actually so frugal." Noble Consort Lu was relieved. They could hold on like this.
Li Yi was also drinking soup. Sitting outside was indeed not as warm as sitting in the carriage.
"Old Guo, do you want someone to assassinate you?"
Li Yi blew on the soup and took a sip. He asked Guo Ziyi, who was aiming with his sniper rifle.
"No. If we're careless, everyone will be in danger. There's no use crying over spilled milk." Guo Ziyi put down his gun and hugged it.
"I hope someone comes and tries. It's best if it's a big family. Then, we'll have an excuse to deal with the other families."
Li Yi did not care about the danger. He still had weapons.
He could not immediately deal with the aristocratic families. He needed stability.
Many of the aristocratic families' officials were not clean. If he wanted to deal with them, he would find someone to investigate and implicate a lot of people.
Which family did they belong to? Then, he would dig deeper and search their property.
Or, he could find an excuse to dismiss their officials. Large caravans would be taxed. As long as they evaded a bit of tax, they would be fined a lot of money.
In the future, he would not arrange for anyone from the aristocratic families to be in the imperial court.
How to govern the country could be taught. He would let the children of the commoners become officials.
Once the ordinary children were established, they would be replaced.
Guo Ziyi took out a piece of beef jerky. "The aristocratic families can't do anything because you're here."
"That's why they want me to die. I'm already sitting outside, but there's no assassin." Li Yi expressed his regret.
I've given you a chance. Don't you want to find a death warrior to fight?
"They're not idiots. They're surrounded by Winged Knights. How can they have a chance? Do you dare to let the Winged Knights go back? "
Guo Ziyi tore off a piece of jerky and chewed it hard.
Real jerky was hard. Normally, one would first put it in the mouth and wait for saliva to soften it before chewing.
"I'll soak it in the soup." Li Yi also took out a piece of jerky and threw it into the soup.
"What will the Tang dynasty be like in two or three years?" Guo Ziyi looked at the people on the roadside and looked forward to the future.
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