In late April, Beijing is the spring season when the sun is shining and flowers are full of beauty.

Mr. Zhao was playing basketball with the old man in the manor outside the city.

This manor named "Qilizhuang" was a meeting ceremony for the godmother two years ago. At that time, the eldest princess gave twelve restaurants and three manors, with countless gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

All the manors that the eldest princess took on are excellent locations and excellent industries with abundant land. This is especially true for this "Qilizhuang".

There is a remnant lineage of Yanshan Mountain in the northwest suburb of the capital, and a lake at the foot of the mountain is called Wengshan. In the past, the king of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Liang, once set up the Jinshan Palace here.

After the Yuan Dynasty established its capital in Beijing, Guo Shoujing led the water source to the lake, increasing the water level of Wengshanbo and becoming a reservoir for ensuring the palace water use and supporting the canal transportation.

This Qilizhuang is located on the shore of Wengshan Lake, adjacent to the royal garden "Good Mountain Garden" built by Emperor Wuzong. The village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with 2,000 acres of paddy fields and 150 households.

The manor in Qilizhuang is located by the lake. It is called a farm, but it seems a bit exaggerated. The surroundings of the village are stone walls about meter high. Two-meter walls of blue bricks are added to the stone walls, and arrow towers and beacons are also built. The monks and ministers are also dancing with swords and guns. Once there is a policeman, they can sit in the village to defend themselves.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty guarded the national gates and was not a joke. The Tartars invaded the capital of the capital at any time and rushed to the city of Beijing many times. Such strict vigilance is still necessary.

On the front of the village is a tall corridor with an eaves door, which is more than enough for car and sedan to enter and exit. After entering, the pool, warehouse, milling yard, trough, and enclosures are all available, which makes it look like a farmhouse.

A stone paved in the middle of the village walks towards the corridor, and the carriage can directly lead to the inner courtyard where the owner lives.

The inner courtyard is much more luxurious, including attic, patio, garden, and stage, and there is even a separate small pier for the owner to raft the Wengshan River.

But at this moment, the father and the other are not in the manor, but on the hillside of the lakeside with green grass behind the manor.

Oh by the way, Wengshanpo is the Kunming Lake in later generations. But since Mr. Zhao occupied this place, the Summer Palace may not appear again.

"It turned out to be Liu Jin's manor." The old man wore a big hat on his head and big sunglasses on his nose. He wore a short-shot game that was specially designed for playing balls. He waved the club in his hand and hit the small ball made of horn bones on the ground. The ball drew a graceful arc and landed on the green on the hillside... Oh no, beside the ball socket.

"When he built a mountain park for Emperor Zhengde, he set up this manor next to him to serve him so that he could serve him." Zhao Liben handed the club to Zhao Hao, who was acting as a caddie, and said, "Even this court was built by him back then."

Zhao Hao took the club and looked at the holes with colorful flags in the distance, and felt a sense of confusion in his heart. What is the difference between this and playing golf? The rules are exactly the same, right? Even this pretentiousness is not bad!

However, this is indeed not golf, but the "Chuwan" movement that my country has invented for hundreds of years.

Chuiwan evolved from the horseless version of "Punta" of polo in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Chuiwan evolved into a non-confrontational game in which players hit the ball in turn. The goal was changed to a ball point, and the name also changed to "Chuiwan" or "Punta".

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Chuanwan was very popular, and all the elderly and children were happy. However, in this dynasty, as Chuanwan rules became more and more, it became a noble game... From the rules of the game to the key points of swing, from the manufacturing of bats to how to maintain the venue, the professionalism and exquisiteness are almost no less than that of later golf, so naturally only literati and wise men can afford it.

For example, this court requires a wide garden with convex, concave, steep, tilted, obstructed, welcoming, inside, outside and flat. For example, this club has ten types of sticks, pokers, pokers, one-handed, hawk-mouth, etc., to meet different situations in the game. There are also professional companions who act as caddies, carrying a long leather bag behind them.

The rules of both are almost the same. Zhao Hao never played golf in his previous life, so he can make up for his regrets in this life.

However, this traditional project of hitting the ball and shooting willows is even more of a match for the old man. In addition, the topics between the two of them were too exciting, even if it was a trusted guard next to him, Mr. Zhao honestly became a caddie for his grandfather.

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"Eunuch Liu really knows how to enjoy it." Zhao Hao looked at the stadium of the companion mountain and the green mountains with a vast wave, and couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart. The powerful and powerful people of this era did whatever they wanted.

Well, no, this kind of thinking is very dangerous. We should firmly criticize this corrupt life! Bah, this big tiger!

"When Liu Jin was in power and was jealous of the fat piece of Caoyun. He wanted to get into his bowl, but he also encountered a soft nail and could only retreat." Mr. Zhao was thinking about it all, but he heard the old man say lightly: "How about you than Liu Jin? One-handed."

"Uh..." Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, and quickly found the thinnest bat from his leather bag and handed it to Zhao Liben.

Then he smiled bitterly and said, "Grandpa, you always compare me with a eunuch, right?"

"Understand the spirit." Zhao Liben smiled, stood sideways, pushed the club with one hand, and hit the ball into the hole with briskly.

Of course, Zhao Hao understood what his grandfather meant. The content of the meeting of the Huai'an General Warehouse three days ago was placed in front of Mr. Zhao, who was far away in Beijing early this morning.

Although such a large-scale alliance can boost morale, there are too many people involved, and it is almost impossible to keep the secret.

Mr. Zhao knew the strength of the Caoyun Interest Group, so he would certainly step up the monitoring of them. With the strength of the shipping group now, it is natural that it is no problem to pull a few Erwuzi into the water and find out the content of their meeting.

Of course, vice versa.

To be honest, the fierce reaction of Caoyun Group was somewhat beyond his expectations.

After all, Mr. Zhao did not intend to force them to the dead end, but just expressed humbly that he would be a spare tire for the canal and provide emergency relief to the court. Moreover, after the canal was opened, the Jiangnan Group could return to its position as a good friend and would never compete with the canal.

In the preliminary analysis of the Strategic Decision-making Committee, although conflicts between the two sides are inevitable, at this stage, the Caoyun Group is likely to temporarily hold a wait-and-see attitude, and the conflict is likely to break out after the canal resumes navigation.

This is not blindly optimistic about Zhao Hao and Xu Wei, but because this is the best choice for Caoyun Group.

The canal is now cut off, eight hundred canal ships are overturned, and one hundred thousand stones of imperial grain is lost. The governor of the canal is already guilty. At this time, shouldn’t we clean up the mess first, stabilize the position, and wait for the opportunity to move?

The house was still full of mess, and it was a mess, but it rushed back towards the prepared enemy. Is it because it was dead?

Does this young master look like such a pure and harmless little puppy?

Mr. Zhao felt that he could not understand. Where did Caoyun Group get the confidence? He actually chose to attack instead of defending at this time, so he wouldn’t be afraid of losing his underwear?

Now my grandfather uses Liu Jin's story to tell him that the confidence of the Caoyun Group comes from their crucial role, powerful forces, and the filial piety and erosion of the ministers in the court year after year.

These factors are intertwined and create an interest group that is too big to fail.

So, they were so arrogant that they were endless.

Unfortunately, in the long history known to Mr. Zhao, all the interest groups with this idea were crushed by the wheels of history and turned into another "self-esteem" history on the pile of old papers.

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Back on the base, when Zhao Hao got up and patted the floating soil in his hand:

"The Jiaolai Canal is purely nonsense. Jiangnan Group has conducted careful research in advance. The canal is still there, but the water is very shallow. It is 268 miles long and does not seem to be long. However, insufficient water volume and the sand blocking of Jiaolai's sea estuary are two unsolvable problems. Unless the watershed is thoroughly dug, the project will be huge, and it will cost millions of taels. Can anyone withstand this?"

"Don't they know about this? They are just using it to compete for the dominance of sea transportation." Zhao Liben said lightly while changing the club: "Don't look down on the Jiaolai River. In the eyes of many people in the court, it is much better than pure sea transportation."

"Where's the strength?"

"If you can walk less on the sea route, it means it is safer."

"Hahaha!" Zhao Hao laughed so hard that his tears were about to fall. "In order to save 800 miles of sea routes, he was willing to dig a disabled canal of nearly 300 miles. This is a great sea-phobia, and it needs to be cured!"

"What the Ming Dynasty court most lacks is the foolish people who are extremely ignorant but think they are self-righteous." Zhao Liben sneered: "The court's talent swaying ceremony has swung out such a fool. Sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will be over!"

Mr. Zhao rolled his eyes helplessly, thinking that he was here again...

"Anyway, I'm leaving this to you. Once the Jiaolai River discussion comes out, your idea of ​​cutting the mess quickly will definitely be ruined." Zhao Liben squatted down, aiming at the distance and terrain between the ball base and the next hole. While thinking about how to make a shot, he gloated and said: "Who made you kid not greedy enough, want to get two things done at once?"

"My grandson also wants to do it one by one, but it is easy to open the sea alone? He can't find a breakthrough, and he has no way to exert force." Zhao Hao said with a depressed look on his face: "The key is that even if he uses his strength to drive the sea, there is no reason to exceed Yuegang's standards - each east and west is limited to 44 boats each year, which is simply a drop in the bucket!"

"You are just your father, too honest! The Fujian Laizi is not as good as you. I heard that they have made a lot of fun in the boat." Zhao Liben snorted: "After going to sea, the owner sold the boat with goods to the sea merchants, and then returned on a small boat, claiming that the boat hit the reef and sank, so that the boat can still be used on the new boat. As for those who have something to do with the government, there is no need to be such a trouble. One boat can run ten times!"

"Fujian Laizi is pretty good. The government arranged smuggling directly with the Guangdong barbarians. When did the sea lords surrender and rebel? It was simply caused by uneven distribution of spoils!" Zhao Liben shot a heavy blow and birded the fair, "The people never take the imperial court seriously, and they make a fortune!"
Chapter completed!