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Concubine Rong turned her horse's head and looked back at the Daqi military camp in the distance, her face sank, and she said unwillingly: "Doesn't it mean that as long as you appear at this time, the emperor will have absolutely no power to resist?" How can you see that his expression is so cold, he doesn't even leave me! ”

However, at this point, Concubine Rong had no choice but to turn around and smack the horse's buttocks a few times, and the horse team instantly began to advance rapidly, leaving only a cloud of smoke and dust in the moonlight.

The night seemed to be peaceful.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yuan sent someone to help Yue. The soldier looking for Fuyue did not find it in his big tent, and he panicked for a while: "King Rui suddenly disappeared, this is worth it, I want to go back to report to the emperor." ”

Fuyue's cronies immediately stopped him and said, "Don't worry, I know where King Rui is." Wait a minute, I'll go find King Rui. ”

The cronies trotted all the way to the outside of the tent where Ni Chuan was, and saw that Fuyue was really leaning against the tent and falling asleep.

The cronies shook him awake and said, "King Rui, the emperor invites you to the handsome tent to discuss matters!" ”

Fu Yue instantly sobered up, immediately got up and walked forward, walked a few steps back and asked his cronies: "Do you think there is something wrong with my clothes?" ”

The cronies looked Fuyue up and down, he slept outside the Nichuan tent yesterday, and he didn't even take off his armor, so he was naturally dressed neatly, but there were a lot of mosquitoes outside the tent, and more than a dozen red envelopes had been bitten on his pink face.

"You ......," the cronie paused in embarrassment, and then said, "You are all right, rest assured." ”

Fuyue grinned and turned to leave.

After entering the tent, Fuyue saw Zhao Yuan and Cui Qi, Sun Fen, Fang Taiyan, Sun Chushan and other ministers gathered around the case, as if looking at a map. Zhao Yuan saw him come in and beckoned him to come over quickly.

It turned out that they were looking at a map of the water system of the southern countries, and Zhao Yuan pointed to the map and said: "Now most of the southern countries have been pacified. ”

"At present, the situation of the countries of Guishun is quite stable after the takeover of the Great Qi army, but if one day our army withdraws to Luoyang, I am afraid that these countries will fall into continuous war due to their neglect of governance, so I want to expand the Zhouyan Canal, go north to Baicheng, and connect Yan, Korea, Lu and Yi to the south."

Cui Qi said on the side: "The emperor is sage! If Zhou Yanqu can connect the southern countries, it will be convenient to transport locally produced rice and silk to Luoyang. ”

"The second is to provide water transportation conditions, so that the trade costs of countries are greatly reduced, and then because buyers and sellers are closely related, countries will have less friction."

Zhao Yuan nodded after hearing this: "Since this is the case, please think about how Zhou Yanqu should plan so that the interests of all countries can be linked, and there will be no favoritism." ”

Everyone talked nonsense, and Zhao Yuan listened quietly without making too many comments. After everyone finished speaking, he pointed to a location on the map and said, "After Zhou Yanqu came out of Weiguo, he should pass through here." This is the northern slope of Yushan Mountain on the border of the Patriotic People's Republic of China, and there is a mulberry leaf village at the foot of the mountain, through which the Qinjiang River also flows. ”

"If the Zhouyan Canal passes through here, it will be able to connect with the Qinjiang River and facilitate the passage of ships in the Qinjiang River basin, which will greatly increase the influence of the Zhouyan Canal."

When the ministers heard Zhao Yuan's words, they were all silent, and secretly admired in their hearts: "Don't look at our emperor, who was born in Rongma, but he is a very smart person. He didn't stay in Weiguo for long, and he was able to understand even a small border village so clearly, and he could make good use of it, His Majesty's mind was really unfathomable. ”

Seeing that Aiqing didn't speak, Zhao Yuan said again: "It's just that from now on, Zhouyan Canal can no longer be filled with water from the Qinjiang River, and a larger and more stable water source must be found." ”

Everyone nodded yes.

At the same time, in the mulberry leaf village at the foot of Yushan Mountain, Yu Gou, who was collecting mulberries in the yard, sneezed a few times.

He rubbed his nose, stopped what he was doing, looked up at the dense mulberry tree, and felt an indescribable joy in his heart: "This year, the mulberry leaves are thick, and the young silkworms have eaten and grown well, and there will be more silk than in previous years." Next year, even if you raise more, it will be enough to have this big mulberry tree. ”

But in fact, he did not take a good look at the mulberry tree for many days to come, until three years later.

At that time, the mulberry tree was still the same mulberry tree, but Yu Gou'er was no longer the same Yu Dog. Since Zhou Yanqu passed through the village, Yu Gouer no longer had to raise silkworms.

Since his house was at the edge of the village, closest to the riverbank, as long as the yard was vacated for the passing ships and caravans to place their goods, the silver would be delivered to the door himself.

Three years later, Yu Gou'er was already a wealthy family in the village. On this day, he took his grandson out, and it happened that Zhang Laosan's dog broke free from the chain and ran out, which scared their grandfather and grandson to run away in a panic, although they were not bitten, the little grandson fell on his heels, sat on the ground and cried.

Yu Gou'er was angry, and ran to Zhang Laosan's house to theorize, Zhang Laosan called out his four sons, and scolded Yu Gou'er in a five-to-one manner. Although Yu Gou'er is eloquent, he can't compete with many people, so he was finally defeated and returned home with a stomach full of anger.

After returning home, Yu Gou'er couldn't get out of a bad breath, couldn't eat, and stood in the yard looking at the big mulberry tree in a daze.

His wife was afraid that he would be angry, so she went out to call him, only to see him say to the mulberry tree: "If Zhang Laosan and they knew that I knew the military master of Qi State, they would not dare to let me be so angry today!" ”

I've heard him say this history many times, and the old woman was not interested at all, but when he was bragging, she teased next to him: "The **** master Qi you said is a general, isn't it to thank you?" Why haven't you come yet, isn't it lost again, go to the village entrance to meet it! ”

Yu Gou'er turned his head and glanced at the old woman resentfully: "I didn't lie to you, that military master really said that he should thank you for coming over the day!" This person is too, when he saw him so realistic, how could he not believe his words. He said he wanted to thank me, but he didn't see a single stitch. ”

The old woman pointed at him and said, "I think you are becoming a fan of quick wealth, even if what you say is true, to lead the way to a military master of the Qi State, so what, are you still waiting for people to thank you with mountains of gold and silver?" ”

Yu Gou'er listened to it, and also felt that what his wife said was reasonable, but he was still unwilling: "No matter how you say it, you should show your face, even if you can't afford a big animal like a horse or a donkey, you have to bring a goose." ”

"Are you still short of a goose?" The old woman pointed to the backyard, "Let's not talk about geese now, even buying you a cow is a matter of one sentence, how can you eat the body of a rich man, and still say poor and sour words!" After saying that, he didn't want to fight with him anymore, so he turned around and went into the house.

Yu Gou'er ignored her, and looked at the big mulberry tree with self-care, thinking to himself: "Although he is a horseman, he is a miser, and he is reluctant to buy something to thank me, he is a big man in vain!" ”