Wollongong is eight miles west of Nanyang City, it is bordered by white water in the south, Zifeng in the north, Songyue in the distance, the mountains and rivers depend on each other, and the scenery stays for four hours.

Zhang Yan stood in front of the door couplet, looked up, and saw that the couplet commemorating Zhuge Kongming was already slightly black, and she recited softly:

"Set three points, burn Bowang, go out of Qishan, and the name is immortal;

Qi Zhou Yu, abandon Sima, capture Meng Huo, ancient and modern. ”

"Good union!"

Zhang Siyuan stood beside Zhang Yan, and he frowned: "Queen Mother, but you don't agree with Your Majesty's political views?" His Majesty implored the Queen Mother to think twice. ”

He said in a deep voice: "The Queen Mother, the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of waste to be revived, it is the time to forge ahead, if the Queen Mother lives here, it is not good for me to be in the Ming Dynasty, and it will make the world slander!" ”

Zhang Siyuan didn't know what was going on, but after Zhang Yan returned from Ye County, she said that she would build a Taoist temple opposite the Wuhou Temple in Wollongong, and she would pray for the refugees who died at the hands of the Tartars in the Ming Dynasty.

"Keep the covenant, you don't have to persuade it, the mourning family deeply feels that the ancestral foundation has been lost, and the suffering of the people is heavy, and they are willing to spend the rest of their lives for their excess, this is a matter of immeasurable merit, how can it become the handle of the Qing court?"

Zhang Yan's faint voice turned out to be extraordinarily ethereal.

In front of the mist-shrouded Wuhou Temple, it seemed a little unreal.

Zhang Siyuan frowned, and was about to send someone to report to His Majesty in private.

Who knows, Zhang Yan seemed to see through what he was thinking: "Your Majesty, you don't have to go, this silver is what Your Majesty gave to the mourning family to build a Taoist temple, if you don't believe it, I have Your Majesty's handwritten letter here." ”

"The emperor's words, but you know the promise."

Seeing Zhang Yan say this, Zhang Siyuan had to sigh.

Zhang Yan smiled and pointed to the mountain on the right side of the official road: "Let's build a Taoist temple in that generation, and the Temple of Heaven where Your Majesty ascended the throne is next to it......"

There was a hint of inexplicable taste in Zhang Yan's words, and she smiled:

"Besides, the mourning family is only praying for the victims, and they are not monks, why are you worried about this?"

"Besides, if someone comes to vote, the mourning family will still have to receive it!"

Hearing Zhang Yan say this, Zhang Siyuan was no longer in the way.

Nearly 400,000 silver, enough to build a large area of buildings.

Moreover, this Nanyang City is a plain, and there is no dangerous place around, if Wollongong in the west of the city is used, it is also a way to defend.

Although His Majesty did not say that he would build the capital here, Zhang Siyuan had already begun to choose a site.

He is familiar with history books, and naturally knows that if he presided over the construction of the new capital, then he can naturally be listed in the annals of history.

Since the Queen Mother wants to build a Taoist temple here in Wollongong, then he might as well make a plan based on this.

Although there are a lot of barren houses in Nanyang City, if you want to save effort, you can save a lot of money by relocating and relocating some people, and then planning out a palace land and rebuilding those houses.

However, Zhang Siyuan is not prepared to do so.

They're not bad for money!

The cotton cloth workshop alone made a net profit of nearly two million silver last month, and the current Ming Dynasty, even if it expands its armament war, has also reached a breakeven.

Hydrospinning machines are being experimented, and when this is done, their output will be doubled again, and the money they will make will flow like the sea - after making so much money, it will not be a problem to build a palace.

……

Zhang Yan waved her hand: "Keep the contract, you are busy with affairs, so you don't have to accompany the mourning family." ”

She turned around and waved to the ministers of civil and military affairs: "Let's all go and get busy, the mourning family will live here temporarily, and when the Taoist temple is repaired, the mourning family will be in the relocation temple." ”

"Since the Queen Mother insists on this, her subordinates can only obey the order!"

Zhang Siyuan waved his hand to beckon his eldest brother: "Big brother, you personally take five hundred soldiers and station here to protect the safety of the Queen Mother!" ”

Zhang Siben nodded: "Fourth brother, rest assured, I'm awake." ”

Leaving soldiers to protect Zhang Yan's safety, Zhang Siyuan left with a group of ministers.

Although His Majesty has ascended the throne, I don't know what the considerations are, but he has not formed a central court, and he, the prefect of Nanyang, is responsible for coordinating the affairs of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Siyuan understands that this is His Majesty's consideration for him, if he can satisfy His Majesty, then he will definitely enter the cabinet in the future!

……

There are ten scenes in Zhuge Temple, which is said to have been left by Zhuge Liang when he lived in seclusion in Wollongong.

Of course, because of the long time, it is impossible to test whether Zhuge Liang is ploughing in Wolonggang, Nanyang, or Longzhong, Xiangyang.

There are Taoist priests living in the ancestral hall, and Taoist Changqing Yunzi accompanied him ten steps away and led Zhang Yan to visit Zhuge Temple.

She stood still in front of a "trek", Qingyunzi saw this, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, this is the eighth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Wumu, who attacked the Jin soldiers, passed by Nanyang and stayed in the temple, leaving behind the ink treasure, which was carved by the sages. ”

Zhang Yan looked up and saw that the horizontal plaque was a line of cursive writing, with the words "return my rivers and mountains" written on it.

She whispered the words on the bar: "Shaoxing Wuwu autumn and August before looking forward, passing Nanyang, visiting the Wuhou Temple, in case of rain, then staying in the temple."

Hold candles deeper, look closely at the words, poems and stone carvings in front of the ancestral hall praised by the former sages between the walls, and do not feel tears like rain.

It was night, but I couldn't sleep, and I sat and waited.

After the Taoist priest finished offering tea, he took out the paper and asked for words, waved his pen and walked away, regardless of the work, and slightly relaxed the depressed ears in his chest.

Yue Fei and acquaintance. ”

"This is what Yue Wumu left?" Zhang Yan asked.

"Yes." Qingyunzi replied: "Yue Wumu not only left this ink treasure, but also copied the list of teachers before and after, and now although the ink treasure has been destroyed in the late Song Dynasty military disaster, but the sage according to Yue Wumu's handwriting carved stele forest is still there. ”

Zhang Yan nodded: "Give me back the rivers and mountains - Yue Wumu said it well!" ”

Qingyunzi nodded silently.

Today's world is even more tragic than when Yue Wumu was in the past.

At that time, there was still half of the Han family in the world, but now, the Han family has only some of this projectile land left.

Zhang Yan put incense in the shrine and said, "Dao Chief, the mourning family is tired." ”

"The Queen Mother, please, Xiaodao has vacated three courtyards for the Queen Mother for the Queen Mother to rest."

Qingyunzi led Zhang Yan to a vacated courtyard, stood at the door and saluted, and then slowly retreated.

Qing'er hurriedly ordered the accompanying guards to check first, and after getting the news of safety, she let the palace maids and eunuchs she brought in to check again.

After confirming that it was safe, Qing'er helped Zhang Yan into the small courtyard.

Wollongong is lush with vegetation and sober air, and although it is winter, the snow covers the cedars and the ice edges everywhere, which has a unique charm.

Zhang Yan lived in Zhuge Temple, Zhu Cijiong didn't know.

He arranged the affairs of Ye County, rewarded a number of meritorious soldiers, and even promoted Huang Ji to Luzheng, and put him in charge of the defense of Ye County and Yuzhou.

This brigade is originally the official name of the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, the so-called division, brigade and army.

According to the Zhou system, this was originally an official position that could only lead 500 people.

The brigade formulated by Zhu Cijiong has 5,000 people under his jurisdiction.

Of course, what he can give to Huang Ji now is less than 2,000 people, and he will even transfer people from Huang Ji again.

Before the training of recruits in Yuzhou and Neixiang was completed, Zhu Cijiong's hands only had 5,000 people who could fight.

……

After Ye County's affairs were finished, Zhu Cijiong went to Qifeng Mountain.

In later generations, Qifeng Mountain was opened up as a tourist area, but in this era, it was a deserted place.

There is a large waterfall in this area, which was converted into a rafting base in later generations.

The water flows continuously throughout the season, and there is no ice in winter, so it is the best place to use it as a hydraulic forging base.

Ding Wei was transferred here by him, with a group of people, responsible for the research and development of hydraulic machinery.

Looking at the surrounding mountains, Yang Qilong stabbed Zhang Da and said with a smile: "Put the workshop here, but you don't even need to arrange guards!" ”

On the way here, there were almost no people, and if it weren't for the newly opened road, which showed that they had not gone wrong, Yang Qilong would have wondered if he had read the wrong map.

Zhang Da pouted: "The matter of hydraulic forging, but our secret, there are no guards to guard, what if someone escapes with technology?" ”

Yang Qilong smiled: "Where this bird doesn't hatch eggs, even if someone wants to escape, they have to consider whether they will encounter wild beasts to eat!" ”

Truth be told, in a place like this, there are primeval forests everywhere. There are hundreds of them in a group, and they can still see wolves tailing, not to mention one or two craftsmen.

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand: "Why are you two arguing about this?" But are you panicking? ”

Yang Qilong scratched his head: "Your Majesty, I haven't fought for a long time, and my hands are itchy, so it's a little fun to fight with my mouth open." ”

Zhang Da glanced at him, for this reckless man, he didn't want to speak, he was tired.

While they were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of running water, and when they turned the corner, they saw a river with spraying waves, which appeared at the end of the road.

At the bottom of the waterfall, waterwheels have been built, and craftsmen are busy debugging.

Seeing that Zhu Cijiong was actually here, the person in charge, Ding Wei, immediately ran over:

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

He bowed, his face beaming with joy.

was transferred from the Nanyang workshop to here, Ding Wei thought that he was going to be left out in the cold, but he didn't know that he saw His Majesty come to inspect in person.

Although he followed Zhu Cijiong for a short time, he also knew that as long as it was a place that Zhu Cijiong personally inspected, it would definitely be the focus of the future.

He's going to be exalted!

"Xiaojie, come and see Your Majesty!"

Ding Wei hurriedly called out to a girl behind him.

I saw a girl wearing a floral cotton dress and a goose egg face, who walked over generously, she blinked her big eyes and bent down to make a blessing ceremony:

"Grass people Ding Jie has seen Your Majesty."

I saw that although this girl was wearing a floral cotton jacket, wrapped thickly, like a snowball, but through the woman's slender neck, it could also be seen that this was a woman with a good figure.

She has a melon seed face, big eyes, and is looking at Zhu Cijiong curiously.

A white cheek, when he saw Zhu Cijiong looking over, he instantly brought a red glow.

"Is this your daughter?"

Zhu Cijiong looked at Ding Wei's Mediterranean Sea in surprise - this is not like it!