Great Zhou Empress

In the end, Xiao Liege agreed to Xue Zhijing's suggestion, and built a galloping road and a fast carriageway between the two cities.

When the expressway was being built, she went to the construction site curiously, and when she came back, she turned around and observed Xue Zhijing's head, wondering how that head was different from her own, and why she could come up with such a Here comes the stuff.

After the expressway is built, the traffic time between the two cities is almost negligible. Xue Zhijing said, "I really miss you and always want to see you every day."

Speaking of this, Xiao Liege had no choice but to become a commuting office worker, going back and forth between the two cities every day.

Sitting in the carriage on the fast carriageway, she no longer liked her previous carriage that was as big as a tent. Although it was luxuriously decorated and looked royal and majestic, it was not stable enough after all. Terribly.

Because it was built next to Wan Guo City, the capital of the Liao Kingdom also siphoned their domestic business in a very short period of time, causing the capital to expand rapidly.

At the beginning, the capital was built according to the traditional city pattern, square and square with city walls, but soon, with the increase of population, bazaars began to form spontaneously outside the west and south walls, and then slowly appeared. The fixed houses formed a trade market, and soon, the area exceeded the city area inside the city wall, and the city wall was useless.

The goods gathered in the capital of the Liao Kingdom were directly exported to the Wanguo City of Dazhou through the expressway and the speedway between the two cities, and the commercial exchanges between the two countries became extremely close.

When we had dinner together that day, Xiao Liege asked strangely, "How can you tell me how this company can gather so many people so quickly? In the past, there were not so many people in Shangjing City of our Liao Kingdom. The princes and nobles followed the royal court. As soon as we left, the whole city was half-empty, and this company was fine, at first it was like a lamb, and then when the spring breeze blew, it began to grow and became a fat sheep.”

Xue Zhijing was holding mutton for her in his chopsticks, he was stunned for a moment, and sighed secretly that his baby even used sheep as a metaphor, how cute.

Put the meat on the plate in front of her, "Business, like water, will flow to the right place. Our two countries set the political center here, which not only reduces transaction costs, but also reduces tariffs. , the caravans naturally came upon hearing the news, and you and I did not impose restrictions, leaving a lot of leeway for everyone, and naturally developed quickly."

Xiao Liege nodded as he ate, "Recently, I plan to move some industries in Shangjing City here. We also have some workshops for making daggers. We send semi-finished products from all over the place, and they will be processed into products here in the capital, and then they can be quickly produced. Sell ​​it from here."

"Okay." Xue Zhijing smiled, "It's a good idea, and you can also grab people's livelihood industries. Your Liao Kingdom's animal husbandry industry is very strong, and you can focus on developing it, such as fur clothing and felt blankets. Air-dried meat, dried bacon made from meat, or cheese made from dairy products, etc., can be made as long as they can be transported for a long time. Such products are not only very popular in my country, but also in many countries. Buy."

"And that charcoal, I had someone go to explore it. We also have a lot in the territory of Liao Kingdom. We can't consume that. It will be a good business to export to you when the time comes." Xiao Liege said proudly.

"That's great. Later, I'll ask some professionals to go over to help you look at the appearance of each vein."

Xiao Liege knew that Xue Zhijing knew better than her on the economic journey, so he also humbly accepted Xue Zhijing's opinion. There was a lot of trust between the two of them, so naturally they would not worry that the other party would cheat her on this.

Xue Zhijing is an upright person. Even if there is a conflict between the two countries in terms of business, she still discusses with Xiao Liege to resolve it. There must be a result that both parties are satisfied with. Occasionally, she suffers and sometimes the other party suffers, but in the long run, both sides are still in harmony. count as equal.

Xiao Liege said, "Today I went to school to watch Xiao Derui's debate. I feel that he has improved a lot. He exudes a confident look. I have never seen him like this before."

"What was he like before?" Xue Zhijing asked with a smile.

"When I was young, when my face was chubby, I would pout my lips and coquettishly tell me what I couldn't do. When I grew up, I would purse my lips so that people would think that he was in a difficult situation and wanted my help." Xiao Liege said , and imitated Xiao Derui's appearance to speak.

Seeing Xue Zhijing's shoulders twitching with laughter, Xiao Liege patted her angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at you as an aunt, just like an old mother."

Xiao Liege's face darkened, "Xue Zhijing!"

Xue Zhijing covered his mouth, expressing that he stopped teasing her, Xiao Liege felt balanced.

It took Xue Zhijing a long time to say, "I think according to the current state, Xiao Derui will mature in a short time. He still has many friends in school, and even communicates with some foreign students from other countries."

"Students from other countries, who are they?" Xiao Liege still didn't know about this.

"A few are from Nanyang, and a few are from various countries. Most of them are princes and nobles. It is said that one of them is a prince who has the right to inherit from a small country. They have similar identities, and it is normal for them to be friends."

Xiao Liege's eyes lit up a little, and he slapped his thigh, "Why didn't I think of letting him make some friends with suitable identities. Let him learn more from friends what other countries are like, those princes Xiao Derui knew how the nobleman grew up and how he wanted to manage the country in the future."

Xue Zhijing pursed his lips and smiled, "Yes."

"He just has too little experience, and his personality is too weak." Xiao Liege really spared no effort to complain about her eldest nephew, who made this eldest nephew worry, so that she can only commute to work now, every time she thinks about it, she gets angry Tooth itching.

"It's not too weak, it's just that you have protected me too well since I was a child. My family is obedient to you, and you are too strong."

Xiao Liege loves to hear these words.

The next day, Xue Zhijing asked Xiao Liege to take a look at the venue of the World Congress she was building recently.

Xiao Liege is now a master who has to commute to work every day. If he wants to do other things, he has to make an appointment.

On weekdays, during the day, Xiao Liege would usually be in Liao Kingdom to accompany the capital to handle government affairs, and at the end of the afternoon, it was mid-afternoon today, and the two of them would go for a stroll together.

Both rode horses and felt quite at ease.

If it wasn't for a long journey, the two of them especially disliked riding in a carriage, and they had never sat in such things as a human-powered sedan chair and a shoulder pad.

"The World Congress is still in accordance with my previous plan. Countries sign up for competitions and compete in competitions. At present, the Military Aircraft Department has presented me with [-] new competitions. I have already let them try them out. They are all very interesting events. " Xue Zhijing said with a smile.

"How many countries have you notified? Have they all come?" Xiao Liege was quite curious. To be honest, as far as nobles from various countries were concerned, she had only seen those from the former dynasty Dacheng and the Xia Kingdom in the west. How did you see it.

In this era, transportation is inconvenient, unless they want to fight each other, how can there be too many opportunities for the emperors and nobles of various countries to meet each other.

"Naturally, they will come. Kings and nobles from many countries live in Bianjing now. The Foreign Language School of the Royal Comprehensive University in Bianjing has been established, and all the teachers are hired from various countries. Approve talents who can speak other languages. Some people even live in Wanguo City."

Xiao Liege suddenly asked strangely, "Aren't they going to leave after they come?"

Xue Zhijing also felt helpless, and said, "Baby, you may not be clear, our Dazhou and your Liao Kingdom are both superpowers, with a radius of thousands of miles, and the population is calculated in millions, but in the Nanyang region, there are There may be only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people in the country, and the area it occupies is estimated to be as big as our state capital."

"Is that also called a country?"

Xue Zhijing smiled, "Baby, if we two have time in a few years, let's take a boat to travel around the world. There are thousands of people in the world, and there are also thousands of countries, and the customs are also different. Like in In the center of Nanyang, the place closest to the sun is summer all year round. There are very few crops on their land, and there are no large animals such as cows and horses. Their living range is limited. You can think about you The tribes in the eastern part of the Liao Kingdom can be said to be very similar."

"So, they came to your Bianjing to enjoy themselves?"

"For them, the bustling city of Bianjing is like a fairyland."

The two rode to a construction site that was being leveled.

Xue Zhijing pointed there and said, "The polo field."

"It feels bigger than the usual polo field."

"Yeah, because I want to make it multi-functional, and it can also be used for running competitions around the circle."

"running contest?"

"As I said just now, there are many countries without horses. How can they play polo games? But they can run. They only need a pair of legs and can run on a piece of land. It is also very interesting, just like horse racing. .”

For Xiao Liege, she is too used to a lot of activities on horseback, as if horses were born at the same time as humans.

Walking around this polo field, there is a lake in front of it, which is not a lake. It is square and square, and it seems to be filled with white putty. It looks like a bowl or a long basin, and the water is very clear.

"This is where the swimming competitions are."

Seeing Xiao Liege acting weird, Xue Zhijing even pulled her off the horse, and mysteriously led her to a row of houses next to the swimming pool.

The decoration of this house is also quite strange, like a resting place, with chairs, stools, and long benches, but it is not like a place for receiving guests on weekdays, and there is no table.

The rest of the decoration is also relatively simple, fearing that the room would be dark, so many candles were lit.

"What kind of place is this?" Xiao Liege asked.

Someone brought up a stack of clothes and went out.

At this moment, only Xue Zhijing and Xiao Liege were left in this room.

"This is the changing room of the swimming pool. They said that the water in the swimming pool has just been changed. Let's swim together today, shall we?"

"Now?" Xiao Liege asked strangely, "Or in public?"

"Why, are you embarrassed?" Xue Zhijing deliberately teased her, and leaned closer, rubbing her waist, "Do you still remember that we used to swim in the North Sea together?"

Xiao Liege's memory also traced back. It was the time when Xue Zhijing was sold as a slave to the Liao Kingdom, and then offered to their royal court. At that time, the royal court was spending the summer by the North Sea. Went with Xue Zhijing to go swimming in the North Sea, the starry sky in the North Sea is very beautiful, especially floating on the lake, not to mention the serenity.

"I remember, but it was night, and there was no one around. Your swimming pool is surrounded by construction sites. There are so many people coming and going, and you have built a circle of spectator seats. My God, do you really want to swim? Has the venue been cleared?" Although Xiao Liege objected, he was always unable to resist Xue Zhijing's various suggestions, and he would always agree in the end.

Xue Zhijing scratched her waist mischievously, and said teasingly, "Is my baby still afraid of being seen?"

"Xue Zhijing!" Xiao Liege was scratched extremely itchy, dodged, his face was flushed, "Are you annoying?"

But Xue Zhijing hugged her tightly again, leaned against her neck, closed his eyes, smelled Xiao Liege's breath slowly, and said in a low voice, "Do I hate it?"

This time, Xiao Liege seemed to be full of enthusiasm, his neck was already flushed red.

But the perpetrator seemed to be unconscious, and still asked, "I thought, I was always liked by you?"

Rationally, Xiao Liege knew that Xue Zhijing was teasing her, but her limp feet and gradually confused head made her unable to think any more, and only sputtered intermittent words between her lips and teeth, "I hate it, but I also like it."

Xue Zhijing loves her appearance very much, she has been teased so nonchalantly for many years, once teased, she becomes soft and soft like a little cutie.

Xue Zhijing kissed behind her ear, and said softly, "I only hear the word like like."

Xue Zhijing's lips moved around, and finally landed on Xiao Liege's lips, gently pressed on his lips, and then blocked them completely.

After a long time, the two separated, and Xue Zhijing said, "I was teasing you just now, I have already asked people to leave, let's play alone later."

Xiao Liege's face was hot, and he nodded obediently at this moment, as if he had forgotten how he was about to lose his temper when he was teased just now.

Xue Zhijing let go of her hugging hand, went to the side to fetch the clothes that were delivered just now, and unfolded them, "This is the swimsuit I asked to make."

Xiao Liege looked at it curiously, it looked a bit like a tights drawn according to the shape of the human body.

"The embroiderers are almost driven crazy by me." Xue Zhijing said, "In the end, an embroiderer in the Jiangnan area developed it, found the right material, and the sewing is more elastic. Now there are two pieces. We I came to try it out today.”

Swimming competition, you can't let people not wear clothes, but ordinary clothes will form resistance when entering the water, so it's better to have special ones.

Xue Zhijing asked Xiao Liege to take off his clothes, and she helped her put on this swimsuit.

In order to conform to the aesthetics of this era, a skirt is put on the trousers. Although the upper body will look uneven, the bottom looks like a skirt.

But even so, Xiao Liege felt rather uncomfortable.

"Will someone really wear it like this?" Xiao Liege asked.

Xue Zhijing looked at it and thought about it, and he was also thinking, if it is a men's style, there should be no problem, the skirt can cover the lower part, but as a women's style, the upper body is too obvious, which may be unacceptable in this era.

But women cannot compete without a swimsuit.

Otherwise, the audience can only be women, which seems to be the only way.

Xue Zhijing also changed into the same swimsuit, Xiao Liege was very happy now, she didn't think there was anything wrong with this swimsuit, she even came forward, rubbed her hands on Xue Zhijing's waist, and praised, "Not bad, good Waist! And, I think, wearing such a black tights will show more body lines than when you don't wear clothes."

Xue Zhijing gave her a blank look, stretched out his hand to scratch her nose, and said to her bright eyes, "Oh, my little darling has learned how to play tricks now? Can he appreciate body lines?"

Speaking of her, she even dressed up, Xiao Liege pinched his chin with his hands, imitating the appearance of those greasy rich men, and said to Xue Zhijing with a smirk, "Little girl, my master has taken a fancy to you, come home with me , be my No.18 concubine."

Seeing her acting seriously, Xue Zhijing laughed until his shoulders shook.

Xiao Liege continued to work hard, separated one hand and raised Xue Zhijing's chin, and looked around, "That's right, this chick looks very good-looking, and her teeth are also good, she can give me a son Come back with me, and when you give birth to a son, I will let you be the first wife."

Xue Zhijing slapped her hand down, "Where did you learn this in a mess?"

Xiao Liege became cuter in an instant, leaned over, leaned on Xue Zhijing's shoulder and smiled, "Your Lichun Academy's play, haha, and later this rich man went bankrupt, so it turned out that the No. 18 concubine came here specially to find She's vengeful."

Hey, the screenwriters of the Lichun Academy, where did they get so many plots.

The two walked out of the dressing room, and sure enough, the people outside had already been dismissed from a distance, and the two walked to the swimming pool, Xiao Liege asked, "With such a short distance, how are you going to compete?"

Xue Zhijing said, "Let's swim back and forth. It's always possible to compete who can swim the fastest. Why don't you try it? Swimming back is quite tiring."

Xiao Liege nodded.