Fu Yanqing and He Fujin were instructed by Li Qi and set off for Chang'an.

Since Hezhong Mansion was occupied by Li Congke, the new protector of the country, the two could only go to Shizhou, cross the Yellow River from Wubao, and then make a detour from Suide to Yanzhou, and then make a big circle before arriving at Chang'an, Jingzhao Prefecture.

The two of them rode lightly, brought only a dozen guards, and after checking their identities, they entered the city.

Due to the endless wars since the end of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City was almost completely damaged, and the circumference of Chang'an City, which is now rebuilt, is only fifteen miles, less than one-tenth of the Tang Dynasty. Now there are only more than 50,000 people in the city, and it is the place where the Yongping military envoys are stationed. Despite this, it is still the most important and thriving commercial city in the Northwest.

When the two arrived at the Jingzhao Mansion Office, they had already been informed that Ren Yuan, the deputy envoy of Liangchuan who was temporarily in charge of the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, was already waiting in the Yanei Festival Hall. Fu Yanqing felt in Ren Yuan's serious expression that the things handed over to them by the crown prince this time were not easy to do.

"The commander of the forbidden army, Fu Yanqing (He Fujin), see Ren Envoy!" The two entered the lobby and saluted Ren Yuan first.

"The two of them came from Jinyang, and they were tired and hard." Ren Yuan replied, but sat in his seat and did not get up, his attitude was a little arrogant.

Fu Yanqing took out a prince's edict wrapped in yellow silk from his bag, held it in both hands and said loudly: "On the prince's order, come and deliver the secret edict!" ”

With an unhappy expression, Ren Yuan stood up and took the secret letter from Fu Yanqing's hand with both hands.

After reading Li Qi's edict, Ren Yuan frowned.

The prince asked him for 5,000 soldiers, but he didn't have any opinion, most of the heavy soldiers of the Shu army were old and weak, and they were useless in battle, and they wasted money and food in peacetime. The problem is that Li Qi wants to get back half of the more than 300,000 silver coins he got from Shu to Jinyang. This is something that Ren Yuan is extremely reluctant to do.

"I have been close friends with your father for many years, and it is not easy for my nephew to come from afar, so I should take a rest at the post house first and then discuss it carefully." Ren Yuan said polite words in his mouth, "If there is anything to say, I will talk about it later." ”

He couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he decided to think about it and make a decision.

Ren Yuan was originally not optimistic about the crown prince's succession, because Guo Chongtao was killed, and he still had some resentment towards the prince in his heart. However, when crossing Chencang Road, the prince's mount was frightened, fell off his horse and was seriously injured and unconscious, and after he came to his senses, he seemed to be a different person. Especially when he arrived in Chang'an, he was scheming and decisively disposed of Zhang Luan, who was left behind in the Western Capital, showing his ruthless side, which made Ren Yuan afraid and a little wavering.

In Guoxingping, just after getting the news of the death of the Son of Heaven and the entry of Li Siyuan's army into the Beijing Division, Ren Yuan was inclined to take refuge in Li Siyuan. However, after Chang'an Li Qi disposed of Zhang Luan with thunderous means, he felt that the prince had the legacy of Emperor Wu, so he changed his mind and decided to decide who he would eventually take refuge in depending on the situation.

Now Ren Yuan sits in Chang'an, and leads the envoy of the Youguo Festival, and has nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which is also considered to be a strong soldier and a strong horse.

But now, the situation is still very chaotic, and it is not the time to turn against the prince.

If the crown prince ascends to the throne in the future, he has a gap with him now, and the future will definitely not be easy.

I was reluctant to give money, and if I didn't give it, there would be trouble, which made Ren Yuan hesitate.

"The matter is serious, and the time is urgent, the little nephew has been ordered to come to Guanzhong, and it is difficult to sleep and eat along the way, and I hope that you will make a decision as soon as possible." Fu Yanqing said.

"I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here, and money and food are tight, and if I don't do it, it will cause trouble. This is a matter that needs to be carefully considered before a decision can be made. I will now order someone to calculate the income of the money and grain of this Jingzhao Mansion, so that I can come to the conclusion that after all, we must focus on stability and not make trouble. Ren Yuan half-closed his eyes and said without pandering. Such a major matter cannot be decided hastily, please wait a few days, and then discuss it with your nephew and many military generals. ”

He acted with a needle hidden in the cotton, so that people couldn't find a place to exert their strength, and when he said this, it can be seen that he was also a little hesitant in his heart.

Fu Yanqing and He Fujin had no choice but to leave first.

Ren Yuan arranged for them to rest in the post house, obviously regarding Fu and He as messengers of the exchanges between various military towns and festivals, rather than the prince's subordinates, obviously like Meng Zhixiang and others in Xichuan, they had the idea of supporting the army and standing on their own.

In this Guanzhong area, it was originally thought to belong to the sphere of influence of Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, and the Liang State, which died suddenly, and the Baoda Jiedu, which occupied Juzhou and Yanzhou, made Gao Wanxing vote for the Later Tang Dynasty and continued to be his feudal town. Gao Wanxing died of illness in the third year of Tongguang, and his son Gao Yuntao succeeded him as Junzhen.

Only the original possession of Hezhong and Tonghua to protect the country of the festival made Zhu Youqian's family killed due to rebellion, Hezhong and Tonghua became the military towns directly under the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunqiao ordered his second brother Li Cunba to be the envoy of the Hezhong Festival, and also led the two states of Tonghua.

In this Luoyang Incident, the crown prince Jiqiliu general Yuan Xingqin (Li Shaorong) led his headquarters of 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend Tongguan and occupy Tonghua, but cut off the connection between the Beijing division and Guanzhong. Guanzhong is a town general, each doing his own thing, and it is still the situation of separating feudal towns in the past.

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Luoyang seems to have forgotten to welcome back the crown prince to the throne and inherit the imperial business, and the crown prince Li Qi in Jinyang seems to have forgotten his identity and has no intention of returning to Luodu at all.

Li Qi felt that as long as the other party didn't bother him, it was already the best result.

If Li Siyuan likes to be the emperor, he doesn't have much of an opinion.

Now he just wants to be a big landlord with peace of mind and bury himself in the development of production first.

The Tushui barrage, which began construction at the exit of the valley in early May, has begun to take shape.

The strong labor of the Lutai Mountain Huangzhuang was insufficient, so even the women joined in to work on the construction site. The construction of the barrage was progressing very quickly, and a wall of two feet thick had been built in front of the earth dam with a mountain rock two feet wide and half a foot thick and four feet long, and two main canals were opened on each side, and then it was divided into six branch canals. At the intersection with the dam, there are four huge gates that make people feel new when they look at it.

Behind the gates, a long culvert was also built on both sides of the canal with stone strips, and some square dark chambers were used to install the turbines. These aqueducts will not be operational until the dam is built, the sluice gates are closed, and the reservoir begins to hold water to a third of its height.

A small mountain reservoir about three miles long is also in its infancy, but it seems more appropriate to describe it as a large reservoir. Along these canals, at a slightly steeper slope, there is a sluice chamber, behind which is a square turbine for the installation of the turbine. Above these engine rooms, a hydraulic workshop will be built. Ironworks, hydrospinning machines, hydrolooms and water mills are equipped with more than 20 turbines above each main culvert.