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Early the next morning, Yuming had just gotten up when he heard a quick knock at the door. At the same time, a hoarse middle-aged male voice shouted, "U-sama, are you awake?" ”

He then asked, "Who are you?" ”

At this time, the voice paused, and then replied: "My name is Fang Xuanzao, and I am the general who built the Jinyang Palace, and Li Shou ordered me to lead Lord Yu to the construction site to have a look!" ”

"Mr. Fang, please come in!" Yu Ming immediately opened the door and let Fang Xuanzao in.

The two of them were taken aback when they looked at each other. Yu Ming bowed his hand, and Fang Xuanzao suddenly woke up, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Before I came down, I heard that the eldest brother said that Lord Yu was young and promising, but I never expected Lord Yu to be so young!" ”

Yu Ming smiled slightly and said: "Xian Kunzhong is resourceful, Yu Ming has admired him for a long time, this time to build Jinyang Palace, I have no experience, but I want Mr. Fang to give me advice!" ”

Fang Xuanzao's spirit suddenly perked up, and when it came to building a palace, he still had some spectrum in his heart.

So, he hurriedly said: "Jinyang Palace is not a big palace, covering an area of only more than 50 acres, unlike the original palace in the eastern capital, because it covers an area of more than one acre, so it took half a year. Although the time given by the Holy God is only four months, if you hurry up, it should be enough. ”

Yu Ming thought about it, it only took ten months to build the eastern capital, and it only took five years to dig the Grand Canal, which was more than 2,700 miles. In four months, Li Yuan couldn't even build a small palace, and he really couldn't explain it.

Fang Xuanzao saw Yu Ming's expression and knew that he must have wondered why Li Yuanjin was slow.

He hurriedly said: "But Lord Yu should not underestimate Jinyang Palace, although it is a small palace, there are also some difficult things, the place that the saint likes is on a high mountain, just carrying those materials up the mountain is a big problem." And there's a big problem: it takes a lot of manpower to build such a palace. According to Fang, it is enough to say that it will take 500,000 people. Moreover, all the building materials and tools, as well as the food that the people eat, had to be transported from the original, so it was really difficult to build it in four months. It took Master Li a month and a half to build the road up the mountain. Now it is a bit difficult to build it all in more than two months. ”

After Yu Ming heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed, Jinyang Palace is located in Jinyang County, which is in the original county. And this Jinyang County itself is a small county with not much population. If you want to recruit 500,000 people, you can only recruit them in the original county and neighboring counties, no wonder Fang Xuanling said that it is not small. Moreover, the materials for the construction of the palace will not be able to be provided by the original county. It has to be transferred from other places.

Hearing Fang Xuanzao say this, he felt that there were a thousand things in his chest, but he didn't know where to start to complete the task of building Jinyang Palace.

Fang Xuanzao saw that Yuming's face was worried, and his heart moved. He didn't want to be a little general. But the problem is that he was born in Guanlong, and his body has long been branded with the Guanlong Group, and he can't wash it off. He originally wanted to take refuge in Li Yuan, but Li Yuan was not interested in him. It is useless to think that a palace builder will be a prisoner. And now that Yuming attaches so much importance to him and has been promoted to the squire of the military department, this makes Fang Xuanling have more ideas in his heart.

"Lord Yu actually doesn't have to worry at all, when the palace is repaired, Li Shou, me and the people sent by the Ministry of Industry are in charge, and the requisition of manpower is a matter of the local Shou and the county order, and the preparation of materials and money is also considered by the Shaofu Temple and the Ministry of Households. The adults are just here to be palace eunuchs, and they only need to be responsible for the overall coordination and urge the local government to contribute. Don't worry about it. ”

Fang Xuanzao's words finally made Yuming's heart let go. It turned out that the specific chores were not his concern, but were shared by many people.

"Okay! Let's go and see the situation on the construction site first! Then make a decision! When Yu Ming heard this, he immediately made a decision.

"Good! Please come with me! Fang Xuanzao hurriedly walked ahead and led the way.

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The palace site of Jinyang Palace is located in the west of Jinyang County, which is eighty miles away from the original, close to Loufu County, and is located on Tianlong Mountain, where it is sparsely populated, dense with trees, and has the taste of birds singing and flowers.

Moreover, the excellent scenery here left a very unforgettable feeling for Yang Guang who went north to cruise, Tianlong Mountain is undulating, the mountains and rocks are strange, the flowers and plants are flourishing, and the clouds and mist are shrouded all year round. In addition, there is a small blue lake on the mountain, the surface of the lake is as smooth as a mirror, and it looks like a fairyland on earth.

A few months ago, Li Yuan, the former county guard, issued an order not to allow the surrounding surnames to go up the mountain to cut wood and collect medicine and hunt. At the same time, the families living in the mountains were moved. The entire Tianlong Mountain was sealed.

Immediately, Yu Shiji, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, personally led a large number of officials from the Ministry of Industry to Tianlong Mountain, began to survey the terrain in the mountain, designed the mountain road, and several feng shui Taoist priests in the palace were also called to the vicinity to measure feng shui and determine the final palace site.

At the same time, the imperial court also ordered the transfer of 500,000 people from the five counties of Yuan, Mayi, Loufu, Dingxiang and Yanmen in Hedong to start the construction of Jinyang Palace, which must be completed within four months. In the event of a delay, all those involved will be severely punished.

And Li Yuan, as the palace eunuch, naturally did not dare to be sloppy, and immediately requisitioned the original people to rush to the scene and began to build a road up the mountain.

In the past, craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry had already marked out the lines of the road on the mountain with lime, and the people had to dig the mountain wall, then tamp the land, and lay a smooth stone slab to pave the road all the way to the top of the mountain. It's a huge project. The people need to pick up the small stones in a basket and scatter the fine stones evenly on the base. The requirements for the construction of this road are very strict, and hundreds of thousands of people have to use huge stone hammers to ram every inch of land to be extremely solid, and there is no subsidence to be considered qualified.

And when Yu Ming, accompanied by Fang Xuanzao, inspected the construction site, someone shouted: "Lord Yu, you came so early?" ”

As soon as Yu Ming turned around, he saw dozens of soldiers rushing on horseback surrounded by several people in official robes, and one of them was Li Yuan, who was originally left behind.

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To be honest, Li Yuan was also irritable during this time. Although he relied on bribing Pei Ju and lobbied Queen Xiao to win the original position, he still couldn't settle down in his heart.

Because in recent years, the saint has quietly suppressed the Guanlong group, and more than eighty percent of the important ministers of the imperial court were originally Guanlong group, but now it has gradually dropped to less than fifty percent, on the contrary, the Shandong Shi clan has begun to gain momentum, especially the Pei family, there are two in the Xiangguo, and they have begun to infiltrate the army. This made the Yuan clan and the Dugu clan in the Guanlong Gate Valve forced to rebel one after another.

But these two gates all ended up with the same fate as Yang Xuangan, and were almost beheaded by Yang Guang. Now the power of the Guanlong Gate Valve has greatly declined, leaving only the two big valves of Li Valve and Yu Valve, as well as some small gate valves that are still breathing.

Li Yuan naturally thought that he was also a member of the Guanlong Group, and his grandfather Li Hu was one of the Eight Pillars of Guanlong, although the Holy Lord did not attack him now, it was difficult to say what the future would be. Therefore, he is also secretly preparing, and the construction of Jinyang Palace this time is a good opportunity for him.

Because as soon as the palace was built, it was necessary to requisition the people and materials in the Hedong region. This allowed him to strengthen himself and store food and weapons.

At this time, Li Yuanzong immediately stepped forward and saluted, and said with a respectful look on his face: "Master Yu, Li originally thought that you would come over later, but I didn't expect you to get up so early, and Li was late." ”

Yu Ming also returned the salute and smiled: "I really dare not take on the heavy task arranged by His Majesty. I wanted to visit Mr. Li again in the afternoon, but I didn't expect Mr. Li to come to the construction site, what a coincidence! ”

"Hey! The time to repair Jinyang Palace is tight, the construction period is short, if it can't be completed, Lord Yu and I will be held accountable, don't dare not be unreasonable! Li Yuan said with a wry smile.

The meaning of his words is very clear, and the implication is to tell Yuming that during the construction of Jinyang Palace, their interests are the same, and they need to cooperate closely, rather than tearing each other down.

Yu Ming also smiled after hearing this, he understood what Li Yuan meant. He also knew the power of the minister from Fang Xuanling. During his tenure as a palace eunuch, he was able to mobilize the people and supplies of more than a dozen surrounding counties. If a local official fails to do his job, he can be arrested immediately and dismissed by the Ministry of Justice. As the builder, Li Yuan will naturally try his best to maintain a good relationship with himself.

"Master Li, is there any difficulty in rebuilding Jinyang Palace now?" Yu Ming touched his chin and asked. He also didn't understand why the progress was so slow, so that Yang Guang was so anxious that he sent himself to supervise.

"U-sama doesn't know why?" When Li Yuan heard this, he was taken aback.

"I received the secret decree in the middle of the top, and the secret decree only said that the construction of Jinyang Palace was slow, and asked me to come to supervise, but did not explain the reason for the slow progress." Yu Ming said.

"Oh, I see!" When Li Yuan heard this, he said with a bitter face: "The construction of Jinyang Palace this time started quite smoothly. However, some time ago, there was a heavy rainstorm in Wu'an County, and the flooding caused the progress to be slow. ”

When Yu Ming heard this, he was a little puzzled and said: "Lord Li, Wu'an County is more than two miles away from here, even if the flood over there is severe, it can't be extended to Jinyang Palace, why is it delayed?" ”

Li Yuanfang sighed and said: "The population of the original county was originally quite large, but this year's expedition to Goryeo, the Hedong region was a household, and a total of 100,000 people were dispatched to Liaodong, and less than 100,000 people came back in the end. And Wu'an County, a county with a large population, accounts for 40% of the total number of people with the power of one county. Although it is already limited, it can barely cope with the past......"

"But with the outbreak of this flood, Wu'an County became almost a Ze country. Although the imperial court also sent people to provide disaster relief, it was always ineffective. As a result, the people from Wu'an County naturally had no intention of building it, and they fled seriously. According to incomplete statistics, in the past half month, the escape of the people of Wu'an County has reached the above ...... In this way, of course, it will greatly affect the construction of Jinyang Palace. ”

Only then did Yu Ming understand where the root knot of the slow construction of Jinyang Palace was. It turned out that it was because of the lack of disaster relief.

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