Qin Wei said: "In the past year and a half, the minister has only supervised the construction of ten ferries, and he has a heavy trust, so please ask Your Majesty to surrender his guilt." ”

"You're very happy to be there," Liu Xie said, "Don't you tell me the reason?" ”

Qin Wei said, "If you don't do it, you don't do it, there's nothing to say, please ask Your Majesty to condemn the crime, and the minister is willing to be punished." ”

"You!" Liu Xie said angrily, "Why do you look like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water?" What I want is for you to give me an explanation! ”

Qin Wei said: "Your Majesty, the minister also wants to give Your Majesty a perfect explanation, but there is a lack of craftsmen, lack of money and food, and it has to be built according to Your Majesty's standards, so the construction is slow." ”

Liu Xie's standard was to build a warship-class ship that could fit several cannons, carry hundreds of people, and allow horses to walk.

Chen Gong said on the side: "Your Majesty is angry, this shipbuilding is indeed not a simple and easy task, and the minister has done his best to look at the county order. ”

Liu Xie calmed down his anger a little and said, "I am going to cross the Yellow River tomorrow, what do you say?" ”

Qin Wei said: "There are 560 registered fishermen in Gong County, and even more are not registered. ”

"Fishing boats?" Liu Xie expressed doubts, "How many fishing boats can you requisition?" And I'm going to do it tomorrow! ”

Qin Wei said: "At least 300 ships can be requisitioned." When the minister received the news of His Majesty's northern expedition, he had already ordered his subordinates to go down to recruit and transfer, and if nothing else, they could all gather at Gongguan Ferry tomorrow morning. ”

Liu Xie asked again: "How many people can be carried by 300 fishing boats at one time?" ”

Qin Wei said: "The large and small fishing boats together can cross the river with 3,000 people at a time. ”

Liu Xie pondered: Ten ferries can cross 1,000 people at a time, and 300 fishing boats can cross 3,000 people at a time, a total of 4,000 people. An army of 10,000 men, including men, horses, and baggage, could be crossed in three trips at this rate.

Liu Xie let him get up and said, "It seems that you are still a little prepared, you go to the ferry now and prepare for the boat to cross the river tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie sent Qin Wei away, and asked Cai Yan to come over and ask her to eat with a few of them.

In ancient times, there were many rituals, especially between men and women, and they were not allowed to meet at will. But after Liu Xie ascended the throne, he brought modern ideas, and under the leadership of the emperor, people began to slowly adapt. Therefore, it is not uncommon for Cai Yan to meet with the generals.

After Cai Yan came, this Huang Zhong and Chen Gong saluted her very respectfully.

Cai Yan was embarrassed and said, "Why do the two generals treat me so politely? ”

Chen Gong said: "The poems, books, music, and piano of the government order are famous all over the world, and no one can match them!" We respect you, not because you are a man or a woman, nor because of your official position, but because of your talent. ”

Cai Yan was appointed by Liu Xie as the number one leader of the Yuefu, that is, the government order, so Chen Gong would call her the master of the government order. Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, was only appointed as the second-in-command of Yuefu, Fu Cheng, and was subordinated to his daughter.

Liu Xie employs people only based on their talents, not their age.

Cai Yan smiled: "The general smiled." ”

Chen Gong is also a very talented person, his talent is more used in marching and fighting, but he was not famous at that time, so Cai Yan didn't know him, and Huang Zhong was even more famous.

Huang Zhong said: "What the public platform said is true, the lord of the government is indeed a strange woman with both talent and virtue, and the husband of the middle woman is also!" ”

Liu Xie also said: "The hero sees the same thing, in fact, I think the same as you. ”

The guards brought the food, and the four of them gathered around to eat, Xiao Luozi waited on the side, and Liu Xie said: "Don't stand, sit down and eat together, I know that you are already hungry." ”

Xiao Luozi smirked and said, "Your Majesty." ”

I quickly made it, picked up the rice bowl and ate it.

Chen Gong said: "If my Han can have an emperor like His Majesty, how can Cao Yuan and other traitorous thieves succeed in their schemes?" ”

Liu Xie asked, "Old minister, why did you suddenly boast about me again?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Your Majesty, ministers never praise people casually, but ministers have to praise Your Majesty, just from the fact that you can let the eunuch sit with you and eat, you can see that you are not an ordinary emperor." Grandpa Luo, I'm blunt, don't be surprised. ”

Xiao Luozi said: "Where, the miscellaneous family was originally the emperor's servant and served His Majesty for life. His Majesty has both benevolence and virtue, and grace and power coexist. Don't look at his age, but he is a very amazing emperor. Therefore, the princes must do their best to assist Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, where do you go to find such an emperor? ”

Chen Gong laughed and said: "What my father-in-law said is extremely true, and what he said is extremely true!" The ministers will definitely live up to His Majesty's high expectations, how can such a good emperor miss it? Thieves like Cao Yuan are stupid enough, if they can keep to themselves, and finally Your Majesty, then they can also be famous for a hundred years. ”

Xiao Luozi sighed: "This is people's greed." ”

Chen Gong said: "Greed is a devil. ”

Liu Xie said: "Okay, don't boast about me, I will be proud, haha." Gongtai, you are very smart, help me analyze these people. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Chen Gong said, "Among these anti-ministers and thieves, the ministers are only optimistic about three people. ”

"Which three?"

"Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Jian, the rest are not to worry."

Liu Xie was shocked in his heart, he couldn't imagine that this Chen Palace was so poisonous, the Three Kingdoms in the original history were created by these three people as Chen Gong said. It's just that Sun Jian and his eldest son Sun Ce died early, and later it was the Eastern Wu established by Sun Quan of the second son, and Cao Wei and Shu Han formed the trend of the Three Kingdoms.

This Chen Gong is really a rare talent, in the original history, Cao Cao actually killed him, it was really stupid.

Hearing what Chen Gong said, Liu Xie intended to test him, so he said: "Sun Jian is okay to say, after all, he is the Taishou of Wucheng Hou Changsha, but this Cao Cao is difficult to say, he is just a captain of Xiaocai, and he doesn't even have a piece of territory, let alone Liu Bei, just a pawn under Gongsun Zhan's account." ”

Chen Gong said: "Otherwise, Cao Cao, the minister has fought with him and shouted, knowing that he will become a traitor." As for Liu Bei, he will buy people's hearts, and he will have the opportunity to become a prince in the future. ”

Liu Xie asked: "What does the public station mean, is it to let me beware of these three people?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Xie nodded and said, "I have written it down, and I must remember the advice of the public platform." ”

After eating, they chatted for a while, and then went back to rest. Liu Xie couldn't sleep, so he asked Xiao Luozi to accompany him around the barracks, and vaguely saw someone on the pass to image Cai Yan, so he walked up to the pass.

But sure enough, it was Cai Yan, sitting on the city wall, with a guqin in front of him, Cai Yan made a posture of playing the piano, but he didn't play it.