Jinling City.

More than 20,000 migrant workers and craftsmen are digging ditches, laying bricks on the Jinling city wall, and building towering forts.

Outside the city.

Along a post road, tens of thousands of people are paving bricks and roads, preparing to pave all the way to Danyang County, a hundred miles away, to build a spacious, straight, and solid road.

...

Chu Tianxiu put the work of the three major infrastructure civil engineering projects of sanitation, roads, and urban defense, and asked Shaoyin Zhengbai and Shaoyin Wang Mu to lead the team to do a special job in Jinling City.

It's just digging in the earth, building roads, building forts, and it's easy to get to work.

"The battery positions are ten feet apart!"

"Tear down this piece of house near the city gate and make it for an armory, a powder magazine, and a wounded barracks! How was it designed? Once a war broke out, there was a lot of open space near the city gates. ”

"These houses have been demolished, and a ditch has been dug straight out!"

Chu Tianxiu, the lord of the palace, took the officials and officials to inspect everywhere in Jinling City and guide the construction.

It is estimated that Jinling City has not been attacked since the founding of the country, and it is far away from the Xiongnu in the north, and the officials and people in the city feel that the war will not happen in Jinling City.

Although Jinling City is a giant city, it also has many weak points.

As soon as he painted, it was demolition.

The officials followed behind his ass, complaining in their hearts and nodding their heads.

The people who were demolished and relocated happily received a sum of fifty taels of silver, and found another place to build a house.

Thatched hut houses are not worth much.

In this era, there is no concept of school district housing, and you can live anywhere.

Fifty taels of silver was almost worth ten years' income.

Soon, the people in Jinling City were pleasantly surprised to find that this income was quite rich, so they enthusiastically gave Xiao Duhou a new nickname.

"Lord Yin of the city demolished!"

"The people of Jinling, warmly welcome Lord Yin to come to inspect and demolish!"

...

The officials of Jinling Mansion saw that Xiao Duhou was engaged in demolition, and he was actually very popular with the people, and they complained sourly in their hearts, but they were all cold-eyed and could come out to stop it.

"Lord Fu Yin, you are really willing to spend money! Spending money like water, demolishing hundreds of houses in a day and squandering thousands of taels of silver. ”

"This group of small people, took a little silver, and slapped Fu Yin's ass one by one!"

"Hmph, his good days are numbered.

If he continues like this, the treasury of Jinling Mansion will be empty in two months at the latest. There are still ten months left in this year, and the large amount of money and grain taxes will have to wait until next year, how can he survive this mansion? ”

"Of course, I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion and begged my grandfather to tell my grandmother!"

Zheng Bai and Wang Mu muttered behind their backs.

...

Of course, Chu Tianxiu knew that he was spending money like flowing water, and the silver in the Jinling treasury was decreasing day by day.

It is estimated that in two months, the treasury of Jinling Mansion will be empty.

Without silver, he, Lord Yin of Jinling Mansion, can't do anything big.

This means that the construction of a large number of civil works is probably the only political achievement of his Jinling Mansion Yin in a year.

Two months later, if you want to make a big achievement, of course, it is impossible to have no money.

It doesn't matter, though.

It was these two months that he was fighting for.

Counting the time, the "Ban on the Private Minting of Copper Coins" has been promulgated for a long time. The copper mines in the world of the Great Chu Dynasty have been investigated and banned.

The princes suffered so much that they were cut off a large part of their income, and they had long gritted their teeth with hatred.

The reason why they are still enduring it is that they are actively "preparing for war" and recruiting troops to prepare grain and grass.

The princes could not endure it forever, and sooner or later they would rebel.

Moreover, Emperor Xiang Yanran would not stop like this after promulgating the ban on copper. This policy of prohibiting the minting of copper coins has almost doubled the revenue of the treasury.

After tasting this sweetness, the emperor will definitely increase his weight little by little, pressing step by step, forcing the princes to the end of the world.

Can the princes still endure it? ... The longer they endure, the less money and food they have in their hands, how can they raise soldiers? The chances of rebellion are also smaller.

These two sides couldn't bear it, so they naturally exploded.

Chu Tianxiu estimated that in two months, Emperor Xiang Yanran couldn't help it, and if he did another action similar to harvesting silver, the world of Great Chu would change.

The princes would never be so stupid as to run out of money and food before they raised their troops, they would sit back and wait for death.

At that time, the newly built roads and forts in Jinling City were just in use.

Once a war starts, winning the battle is the greatest political achievement.

All other political achievements are floating clouds.

Although he, Lord Yin of Jinling Mansion, does not have the right to command the army, he has hundreds of soldiers under his command. If you can shoot and fire, you will have combat effectiveness.

Once repaired, these dozens or hundreds of forts can be worth tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend the city.

Jinling City is impregnable, and the number of troops defending the city is naturally small enough to defend it.

No matter how many people and horses the rebels came, they could only go under Jinling City and go away with hatred.

The emperor saw the power of the cannon with his own eyes, and naturally knew how great this feat was.

Perhaps, he can still get a little bit of military merit.

...

Chu Tianxiu's side demolished and built in Jinling City.

Xiang Tiange, the prince of the East Palace, was depressed during this time.

During this time, he had to go to the Princely Academy during the day and learn new learning from the Jinshi. At night, he had to follow Teacher Donggong and learn the old Confucian learning, so that he didn't have time to practice his most beloved bow horse riding skills.

The prince also wants to squeeze out a little time to practice martial arts and bow fighting, maybe he can go to the battlefield in person in the future, follow the example of Emperor Taizu's "Overlord of Western Chu", and immediately kill seven in and seven out, greatly majestic, and leave his name in history.

But the teachers in the East Palace didn't let it.

The teachers in the East Palace were anxious, for fear that the prince would embark on the crooked path of "showing off his might", and wanted to bring the prince back, and tried their best to persuade the prince to govern the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality, force is not omnipotent, and should not be addicted to force.

The young masters and young masters of the East Palace naturally tried their best to stop it, preventing the prince from spending time practicing martial arts.

The emperor is the king of all times, and he has countless generals and soldiers under him, and there is almost no chance to go to the battlefield, where do you need to practice any martial arts?!

When Emperor Xiang Yanran drove the expedition in person, if it weren't for the Taiwei Li Rong's desperate escort, he would have almost been arrested by the Huns.

The crown prince actually wanted to cultivate martial arts, and he had the terrible idea of going into battle in person, didn't that put the Great Chu Dynasty in danger?

They simply did not allow the prince to practice martial arts.

But the crown prince Xiang Tiange is fourteen or fifteen years old, he is young and vigorous, and he is the most reckless and competitive, how can he listen to the benevolence and morality of the teachers in the East Palace?

Force can take it all down!

Back then, Emperor Taizu relied on extraordinary force to immediately fight the world, kill the Qin Dynasty, sweep the princes of the world in one go, beat all the princes down, and was convinced.

My father also used to drive the expedition!

It's his turn to Xiang Tiange, why can't he step on a tall horse and go to the battlefield with a long tassel in the future?

How can you have nothing to do with yourself for such a thing as a personal expedition? !

The crown prince and the teacher of Donggong quarreled because of the practice of martial arts.

The prince couldn't say anything about the young master and young master of the East Palace, and more than ten teachers, in a fit of anger, left the East Palace in a huff and came to Jinling City to relax.

Prince Xiang Tiange came to Changle Street, found Shen Wanbao, and asked Shen Wanbao to give him a comment. Why didn't Teacher Donggong let him practice martial arts?

"Prince, it's useless for you to look for me! The wicked still need the wicked to grind, of course, the teacher must be used to deal with the teacher! If you want to practice martial arts, you still have to find another teacher to support you! ”

Shen Wanbao said with a smile.

"Who?"

"Who else do you say?"

Prince Xiang Tiange's eyes lit up, "Yes, why didn't I think of it?!" When it comes to debate, Xiao Duhou is the top. He was able to convince the old stubborns in the East Palace! ”

The two of them were in Jinling City together and found Chu Tianxiu, who was supervising the construction.

They hoped that Chu Tianxiu would help persuade those East Palace teachers to give Xiang Tiange time to practice archery and horse riding, so that he could be able to drive in person in the future.

"Prince, in this world, there is really no problem that cannot be solved by force!

If it can't be solved... That's definitely not enough force! ”

Chu Tianxiu pondered and agreed.

"Yes, that's the truth! I just don't have enough force value right now, and I need to strengthen my martial arts. Otherwise, I will knock out the elm heads of the young master and the young master and make them stupid.

In the future, I will take you to the grassland with me. ”

When Prince Xiang Tiange saw that Xiao Duhou actually supported him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and extremely proud.