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Text Chapter 519 Si Zi¡¯s Gift

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    A new port in the northeast of Cangzhou. It was originally just a small fishing port. However, in the past few years, Cangzhou, Youzhou and other places became the cotton textile base of Datang. Now it is officially named Hebei Road Textile Base. Countless carriages arrive every day.  Cotton is shipped from various places and then produced by textile mills here to produce various cotton cloths, which are printed and dyed and sold to various places.

    The Hebei Textile Base was the earliest established in Datang and is also the largest textile base in the country. At the beginning, half of the cotton cloth production in Datang was produced here. The cotton cloth here even has a special name, called Hebei cloth.  However, in the past few years, textile factories have been built in various places. These textile factories have low transportation costs and have price advantages, so Hebei cloth has been quickly squeezed out of the local market, which has greatly affected the sales of Hebei cloth.  .

    However, the officials in charge of the textile base in Hebei Province quickly found a new way out, which was to increase the share of overseas sales. In order to facilitate the transportation of cotton cloth, they even built a port in the northeast of Cangzhou, and also inspected incoming sea-going ships.  Tax relief.  With this encouragement, the port, known as Cotton Port, developed quickly. Although it cannot be compared with the development speed of Dengzhou or Shanghai, it can be described as a rapid development.

    Today's Cotton Port is the same as in the past. The slaves on the dock are constantly loading and unloading goods under the supervision of supervisors. Generally speaking, what is moved onto the ship is cotton cloth, and what is unloaded is grain shipped from the south.  The grain was then transported to the Guanzhong region through the northern trade routes.

    But today¡¯s Cotton Port is a little different. There are more than a dozen huge sea-going ships parked on the best berth of the pier.  Under the bow of one of the largest ships, three large characters "Qi Wang Hao" were written in red paint.  Anyone who makes a living on the sea knows that this is the ship of His Highness King Qi.  But Li Min was not on the ship. King Qi was here to pick him up.

    "Brother Jiu, tell them to be careful. These are the gifts I want to give to Chou Chou and them. If they are damaged, you have to pay for it!" The Qi Wang was close to the side of the dock, and Si Zi looked down.  The people put their things on the boat and shouted while holding Li Zhi's hand.

    However, Li Zhi looked at the gifts that Sizi brought from Chang'an and said with a bit of laughter and laughter: "Sizi, aren't all these toys of yours given to you by Brother Six? And they are all old ones that you have played with.  How can these be given as gifts?"

    "Why not? These are gifts given to me by Sixth Brother, and they are also my favorite toys. Look at that big rag doll. It was specially sent to Chang'an by Sixth Brother on my fifth birthday. I usually like it the most.  I like to hold it and fall asleep. If I give it to Chou Chou, I believe she will also like it very much!" Sizi said a little unconvinced.  In her little mind, the gifts for Chou Chou and the others must be the best, so Si Zi took out all her favorite things, but many of them were given to her by Li Min.  Now she wants to give it to Chou Chou and Li Qi.

    Li Zhi also knew that there was no way to reason with a little girl like Si Zi, so after hearing this he had to smile bitterly and shake his head, but then Cai'er came over and said with a smile: "I think what Si Zi said is right. Chou Chou also likes it the most.  There are rag dolls, and her little room is full of rag dolls. But none of them are as beautiful as the one given by Si Zi, so I believe she will definitely fall in love with it after seeing it!"

    "Sister Cai'er still has vision. I said Chou Chou and the others will definitely like these things!" When Sizi saw Cai'er supporting him, he immediately clapped his hands happily and laughed, his face as red as an apple, which made him laugh.  People have the urge to go up and take a bite.

    Li Zhi shook his head helplessly again. In fact, he was still very happy. This was mainly because he saw Cai'er and Sizi getting along very happily. After three months, Sizi had completely accepted Cai'er as his sister-in-law, and the two  They even became friends who talked about everything, and they lived together at night. They kept making noises until very late every night. I really don¡¯t know where the two of them came from talking so much.

    "Hey, my stroller!" At this moment, Sizi suddenly pointed excitedly at the dock below the boat, and shouted while jumping and laughing.  Following her fingers, a young guard was carrying a stroller. Although it was an old stroller, it was well maintained and made of good wood, so it still looked like new.

    The guards below also heard Sizi's shouting above their heads. They looked up at Sizi with some doubts. Sizi jumped excitedly and said to the guards below: "Quick! Get my stroller up quickly.  I want to ride it now!¡±

    Seeing Sizi's excitement, Cai'er was a little puzzled. In her opinion, there was nothing unusual about the stroller below. It was even very old in style and looked a bit bulky. Some strollers now sold in stores  It is much lighter and more beautiful than this stroller.

    Li Zhi saw the confusion in Cai'er's eyes and whispered in Cai'er's ear: "This stroller was specially made for Si Zi when Brother Six invented the bicycle."It can be said that it is our Datang¡¯s first baby carriage, and it was also one of Sizi¡¯s favorite toys in the past. Even I was not allowed to touch it!  "

    After hearing Li Zhi's explanation, Cai'er understood, but her eyes when looking at Si Zi were full of envy. When she met Li Min, she was already ten years old. If it had been a few years earlier, then she would have  Like Si Zi, he can let his cousin Li Min give him these fun toys.

    At this time, the guard had already carried the stroller to the boat. Sizi ran over with her skirt in hand and asked the guard to put down the stroller. Then she jumped on and rode it like a child. However, when Li Min gave the stroller to her, she was just three years old.  Years old, and now Sizi is already eleven years old, and his hands and feet are much longer than when he was a child, so he can't sit down at all, and finally he can only get out of the car with his little mouth pouted.

    Seeing how angry Sizi was because he couldn't ride a bike, Cai'er smiled and walked up to comfort him: "Sizi is not angry anymore. When we get to Taiwan, we will ask my cousin to make you a bigger bike."  Got it!"

    "Cai'er is right. Brother Liu is so smart. Let him help Sizi design a few more toys. Besides, our next stop is going to Dengzhou. Sizi, don't you always want to sit there?  Is it a coal train? Brother Jiu will take you to sit there until you have enough!" Li Zhi also hurriedly diverted Si Zi's attention.

    It was Li Zhi who knew Si Zi. As soon as he mentioned taking the train, Si Zi immediately changed his attention. He hugged Cai'er with excitement and said, "Sister Cai'er, please tell me if the train is fun. I'm the one in the palace."  People say that after a train eats coal, it will emit white clouds, and then the train will run on top of the white clouds. Is this true?"

    Although trains have been invented for several years and have begun to be promoted in coastal areas such as Dengzhou and Shanghai, due to the huge cost of building railway tracks, few cities have built railways on a large scale, and only Dengzhou and Shanghai have built railways on a large scale.  Among the two cities in Shanghai, there are only a few railway networks running through the city.

    The railways outside Dengzhou and Shanghai are generally built in necessary places, such as small and short railways, and they are also located in coastal cities not far from Dengzhou and Shanghai.  As for the inland areas of Guanzhong, firstly, they don¡¯t understand a new thing like trains, and secondly, the construction cost of railways is too high. In addition, the cement roads in Guanzhong also extend in all directions, so there is not much demand for railways, so until  Nowadays, no railways have been built in inland areas such as Chang'an, so it is not surprising that Sizi has never seen a train.  As for what she just said, they were all heard by the maids and chamberlains in the palace, and they cannot be accurate at all.

    Hearing Si Zi's strange description of the train, Cai'er laughed and said: "It's true that the train eats coal, but what it spits out is not white clouds, but a kind of choking black smoke, and it's not  The road above Baiyun is on a special kind of railway track. The speed is not very fast. You can catch up with it on a horse. However, it does not need rest like a horse. As long as there is coal and water and nothing goes wrong, the train can catch up.  Keep running!¡±

    Hearing that the train was not running on the white clouds, Si Zi couldn't help but let out a disappointed "Ah", but when he heard that the train could run forever without rest, Si Zi couldn't help but become a little more interested in the train, and now he was obsessed with it.  Cai'er asked around, but Cai'er told Si Zi about steamships and some customs and customs in Dengzhou, such as whaling, which made Si Zi yearn for Dengzhou and urged Li Zhi  She quickly set off the boat. She wanted to catch a whale with her own hands and give it to her father and mother. The result made Li Zhi and Cai'er burst into laughter.

    Li Zhi waited until all the things they brought were loaded on the ship, and immediately ordered the ship to sail. After all, it was already late. If it were any later, they would not be able to reach Dengzhou at night.

    Both Li Zhi and Si Zi went to sea for the first time, so when they saw the land behind them getting further and further away, and the endless blue sea in front of them, they were both very excited, and Si Zi even ran around on the deck.  Go, holding the telescope that the captain asked for in his hand, he looked around excitedly on the sea. Especially when he saw a whale spraying water on the sea, Sizi was even more happy and ran to the bed on the top of the ship.  Next to the crossbow, she asked the soldiers to load the crossbows. She was ready to 'shoot' the whale with her own hands, but Si Zi's 'feat' was still not completed because the whale had already dived into the water before their ship could bring it into range.  .

    However, Sizi did not give up because of one failure. Along the way, they encountered several whales out of the water. However, these whales are very smart, especially in the past few years when whaling ships have been active. They have learned not to let human ships  Close to himself, so Sizi's whaling operations have never been successful.

    Cangzhou is not far from Dengzhou. After a day's sailing, the King of Qi took Li Zhen, Cai'er, and Sizi to Dengzhou. When their ship docked, a car spewing black smoke appeared.  The train, with its crisp whistle, slowly drove into the pier!  (To be continued)
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