Nanyang, Henan.

Mu Jingnan accompanied Xun Bowen, the new secretary of the Ministry of Construction of the Han Kingdom, to inspect the Tianjing New Town, which was 50 miles away from Nanyang City.

The Nanyang Basin, which was supposed to be a wheat field, has now become a giant construction site.

Men from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Huguang, and even Sichuan are working hard, and you can sometimes see engineers on the construction site with construction drawings in hand.

"Mu Dudu, you see, my Tianjing City is located in Nanyang, Dengzhou, Xinye three central points, from these places are about 50 miles away, according to the king's plan, these three places will become the satellite city of Tianjing in the future, ready for the development of my Tianjing into a large city with a population of tens of millions."

Xun Bowen successively stayed in the Liujia base area in Hanzhong and Guanzhong, when the base area was newly built and construction was going to be carried out in various places, and he was very familiar with this set as the chief official.

Mu Jingnan looked around along Xun Bowen's fingers, and couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Xun Shangshu, how much manpower was used to build Tianjing, how do I think there are at least nearly 10,000 people? How did you mobilize so many people? But isn't the construction of Tianjing a little insufficient? ”

"Hehe, he is worthy of being a leading general, and he is really sensitive to numbers."

Xun Bowen smiled and pointed to the map in his hand, "You see, my Ministry of Construction has planned the entire Tianjing City into twenty-four areas, and each area has tendered the major construction companies under the Guoye Temple through bidding. ”

"When the Han Dynasty was founded, he said that the Han Yuan Firm, Hengshun Firm, etc. have completed their historical mission, and it is time to dissolve."

"After the dissolution, the major firms will be reorganized into 120 different types of firms directly under the central government in accordance with capital, technology and other conditions, all of which will be controlled and supervised by the Guoye Temple, and in the future, state-owned firms directly under each province will also be established locally."

"For example, the one who bids for the earthwork of our No. 014 plot is the second construction firm of Dahan, and after this place is contracted to them, my construction department will not have to take care of it, and let them hire employees to work here in various places in the form of labor."

"The nearly 10,000 people you mentioned are considered to be small, and the household department has allocated special funds for the construction of Tianjing, at least 10 billion Chinese yuan, nearly 100 million taels of silver."

"According to the estimation of our Ministry of Construction, if we want to complete the construction of the main urban area of Tianjing City within five years, the entire project will require at least 500,000 migrant workers, and the labor cost alone will account for half of the money allocated by the Ministry of Households."

It is not surprising that Mu Jingnan is difficult to spend in Tianjing City, and he is familiar with Liu Xi's methods, and he knows that in the future, this money will eventually be taken out of the hands of the common people.

The building standards in Tianjing are so high, and the housing prices in Tianjing will naturally rise.

However, recruiting 500,000 migrant workers is a good thing, which is equivalent to 500,000 families and nearly 2.5 million people, not to mention the indirect circulation.

According to the salary of each migrant worker is 1,500 yuan, that is, 15 taels of silver, plus 500 yuan of food expenses, the court will spend 50 million taels on labor in 5 years.

While the two were talking, a group of officials in official uniforms appeared on the construction site in front of them.

As soon as they saw the leader of the man, Mu Jingnan and Xun Bowen all stepped forward quickly and bowed to the man.

"Zong Zhengqing is polite."

This person is not the head of the Liu family's Tianzi No. 1 duty, who else can Liu Xihe be.

As Liu Ximing's cousin, in the absence of other heavyweight elders in the Liu family, Liu Xihe picked up a big bargain and deservedly served the position of Zong Zhengqing, who ranked first in the province.

In charge of all the children of the royal family and their affairs, this power is not small.

In addition, Liu Xihe is also an old senior in the Liu family, and Mu Jingnan, who has always been arrogant, does not dare to be disrespectful.

Liu Xihe immediately smiled when he saw Mu Jingnan, "Aren't you kid leading the troops, why did you come here, be careful of delaying military affairs and smash your ass." ”

Mu Jingnan said: "The second brother went to Jiangnan in person, and when he left, he said, I can't send troops without waiting for the news from Jiangnan, so as not to suffocate the people in the Central Plains, I'm not idle and come out to see." ”

"Well, the king is thoughtful."

Liu Xihe pretended to nod his beard, and then waved his hand, "Forget it, you don't get involved in military affairs, I am also a royal family now, it is not appropriate to contact you generals, you can go and have fun." ”

After speaking, he immediately looked at Xun Bowen.

"About Li, Ben Qing just took a turn on the construction site, how did you find that there was not even a movement at the 001 construction site, isn't it the planned imperial city, what, you Ministry of Construction want the king to move in at the end?"

Xun Bowen hurriedly gave up his hand and smiled bitterly:

"Uncle Dazong misunderstood, how dare Xun do such a thing, isn't this the king's decree, let me give priority to the construction of other areas of Tianjing City, it's really not our own opinion."

Liu Xihe shook his finger at him with a look of hatred:

"You, you, you are all dignified three-grade masters, why don't you open your mind, the king didn't say this to the people of the world, but as courtiers, how can we really follow this."

"Think about it, if you really delay the king's stay in Tianjing City by your Ministry of Construction, then the court context of the military officials will not be able to move, and you will be the one who will be hit by the board at that time."

Xun Bowen shook his head with a smile and said: "Otherwise, the king has always done things in one one and two in two, besides, the king also specifically said that the imperial city of Tianjing City does not need to be as poor and luxurious as the Forbidden City, and it will not be too difficult to build, so don't worry." ”

"Hey, you kid has always been tough, come on, this is a reminder to you, when the time comes, don't say that I am not righteous, and the old man will go."

If it weren't for the fact that his son Liu Jiazhang is now also working as a waiter in the Ministry of Construction, Liu Xihe would not bother to take care of this.

Anyway, when will the king be called the emperor, and then he and other clans should also add a title.

Liu Xihe thought as he turned around and left.

The Han Dynasty was newly built, and there were Tartars to crusade, so Liu Ximing had not yet had time to be knighted, and now everyone in the court only has an official position, but no title, and many people are looking forward to this day.

Looking at Liu Xihe's distant back, Mu Jing looked at Xun Bowen with a smile:

"Why, you really don't build the Imperial City first?"

"Don't build", Xun Bowen's attitude is very firm.

"The king has already made a decision, I will wait for the implementation of it, why bother to figure out my mind without authorization, my Han is like the rising sun, it is the time when officials are doing things, if everyone is busy figuring out the intentions, then the world will not return to Zhu Ming's old path? The wise do not do it. ”

Mu Jing was so embarrassed that he stretched out his thumb, "High!" ”

"Governor, Jiangnan Military News!"

On the construction site of Tianjing City, which was full of people, a fast horse was dodging obstacles on the scattered construction site, and galloped towards Mu Jingnan.

"There is news from the south of the Yangtze River that the king has broken the Qing army in Chizhou, and the imperial car has gone to Nanjing, and the captain has an order, and the Henan Front Army will immediately set out to attack Henan and Shandong."

Mu Jingnan suddenly perked up.

He suddenly put on the military hat he was holding in his hand, and laughed at Xun Bowen:

"Finally waited, Xun Shangshu, I'll go."

"I wish the great general Wu Yun prosperity."

Looking at the back of Mu Jingnan and the others hurrying away, Xun Bowen smiled knowingly.

The morale of our Han army is strong, and it is not difficult to defeat this world.

Turning his head to look at the busy construction site, Xun Bowen once again threw himself into the hot work.

Thirty miles east of Nanyang City, the Han army camp that was classified as the Henan Front Army stood here.

As Mu Jingnan and a group of guards entered quickly, the entire camp suddenly boiled.

"The whole army is out of camp and ready for the eastward crusade."

The Henan Front had a total of 100,000 troops, and the 300,000 troops under Azig opposite them, and it would be another vicious battle.

In the city of Kaifeng, the Qing army led by Azig had already taken the lead in receiving the news from Jiangnan.

This is not to say that the intelligence system of the Han army is inferior to that of the Manchus, but it is because the deserters in Jiangnan ran much faster than the spies......

Looking at the battle report about Jiangnan in his hand, a touch of sadness flashed on Azig's rough face.

"Dordor!"

"I swear revenge!"

Azig, Dolgon, and Dordo are the same mother's siblings, all of whom are of the wild boar-skinned concubine Ulanala Abahai.

"The whole army, the whole army is ready to fight, I want to kill all the Han dogs in Henan, and enter Wuchang City to avenge my brother."

Haug and others under Azig's tent will be in an uproar.