Huang Qi, the captain of Huiji, held heavy troops and guarded the southern frontier of the Han Dynasty. In the past ten years, let the Yue people dare not take a step. It was also this Huang Qi who, because of his own small grudge, played the trick of raising a man to protect himself. This kind of scene is not uncommon in the long river of history, especially Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so Su Ren has a bad impression of Huang Qi.

The Duwei Mansion is the most luxurious mansion in the entire Huiji, and it is even more luxurious than the Taishou Mansion. In this small border county, there are high-class tables and chairs from Shu County, and the cook at home is also from Shu, and even Su Ren recognized the funder, who was Lao Junguan's former assistant cook. This discovery surprised Su Renhe, everything he got was spread to the farthest place in the southeast of the Han Dynasty, who said that the ancients' way of communication mainly relied on shouting?

Huang Qi is a little bloated, he is not a general, but the general's belly has been highlighted. Su Ren took Li Danghu, Gongsun He and Wei Qing to the door of Huang Qi's house. Huang Qi took a few people to wait at the door early.

Su Ren came to the door in person, Huang Qi was very happy, his face was full of red light, and he didn't mean to be sick at all: "Su Changshi can come, the cold house is full of glory, Changshi is sealed by His Majesty today, and the old man is sealed by the first emperor, speaking of which, we have all been approved by Your Majesty." ”

The old general laughed, the kid is young, and he can't do anything about it, but His Majesty has to send him, how can the kid be compared with the old general? The old general has guarded the southern frontier of the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, and this kind of merit, even if he is resurrected, is it just that? ”

"Hahaha......" Huang Qi laughed: "It's over, it's over!" ”

Su Ren's sycophant Huang Qi was extremely comfortable, and both eyes narrowed. Su Ren also smiled faintly: "Old general, let me introduce you to the boy, these are all friends of the boy, Li Danghu, the eldest son of General Li Guang, the captain of the imperial guard; Gongsun He, the son of Pingquhou; Wei Qing, Mrs. Wei's younger brother. ”

Regardless of the size of the official position, Huang Qi's age is there. When he came, Su Ren had already given the three people an epidemic indication, and this time the counterinsurgency mainly depends on Huang Qi, if he can get Huang Qi's full cooperation, it will be easy to quell the Yue people. Therefore, Su Ren warned a few people that they should be respectful after seeing Huang Qi, and only when this Huiji Duwei who supported the army to protect himself said that he was happy, and the next words could be said.

After Su Ren finished introducing, several people hurriedly saluted. Huang Qi had long known that Su Ren's team was luxurious this time, but he didn't expect it to be so luxurious. Several people gave gifts to their sons and nephews, which made Huang Qi instantly feel that the old general that Su Ren kept saying was not wrong.

Although Huang Qi was arrogant, he didn't dare to really let a few people salute him, and hurriedly helped a few people up: "All the sons are the pillars of talent, such a big gift is really tormenting the old man!" As soon as he turned around, he said to a few people: "This is Xiao'er, who is younger than you, and from now on, I will look forward to ......."

Without waiting for Huang Qi to finish speaking, Su Ren preemptively said: "Huang Gongzi is my brother, as the eldest brother, I naturally have to take care of it." ”

Huang Qi's heart is extremely happy, and talking to someone like Su Ren always makes people happy. As soon as you make a slight on-demand, you will immediately make the corresponding action. Huang Qi likes Su Ren very much, and likes this Su Ren with a smile on his face. Not only because Su Ren can speak and make people laugh. The biggest reason was that Su Ren brought grain, grass and armor to his county soldiers.

"With these grains and grasses, the Han frontier will be as stable as Mount Tai, Su Changshi is really sending charcoal in the snow, and I am worried about the grain and grass these days!" Huang Qi saluted Su Ren with a glass of wine: "It's not a secret, the Taishou Mansion has not supplied grain and grass to the county soldiers for several months, and it is always said that it should be used at critical moments, but who knows what a critical moment is?" The old man is a rough man, he only knows how to train and use soldiers, and he can't send troops without food and grass! ”

Su Ren nodded cooperatively: "Now that I have grain and grass, I don't know when the commander is going to send troops?" ”

"Uh......! Hehehe! Huang Qi laughed dryly twice and did not answer.

Suddenly, no one spoke in the living room, and the scene became a little awkward. Huang Qi's son, Huang Yue, looked left and right, and hurriedly picked up the wine bottle: "I heard that Su Changshi is going to rebuild Huiji City, I don't know when the construction will start?" ”

"Oh? The news is spreading very quickly! Su Ren said with a smile: "Yes, there is this plan in Xia, this will be the small wall of Jicheng is short, as a border town is very inappropriate, our battle with the Yue people is in front of us, such a small city is difficult to protect my Han people, so I have reported to Taishou in Xia, ready to rebuild Huiji City one day, and be prepared to fight at ease." ”

"It doesn't seem appropriate to repair the city while fighting here, right?"

"General Huang really has a unique vision, it is this reason, so just now the kid asked Mr. Huang when to send troops, the matter of repairing the city is imminent, so the kid implored General Huang to put the overall situation first, how about postponing the sending of troops?"

"Oh! Hahaha......" Huang Qi smiled very happily: "This matter is easy to say, everything is for the Han, since Su Changshi invited, what does it matter if the old man waits for a few days?" ”

The two Yue people sitting in the lower hand let out a sigh of relief at the same time and glanced at each other. One of them, who was thinner, straightened up and said to Su Ren: "It costs a lot to repair the city, Huiji is located in the mountains, the mountain is not high, and it is inconvenient to transport materials. ”

Su Ren glanced at the man, and Huang Yue hurriedly introduced: "This is Zhao Wen, the doctor of Nanyue, the cousin of the lord of Nanyue, who brought the letter of Nanyue this time, and was ready to leave for Chang'an in the near future to pay tribute to His Majesty. ”

Su Ren nodded to Zhao Wen, and Zhao Wen returned the salute. Su Ren said: "Just now Dr. Zhao also said, now this Jicheng wants to rebuild is very difficult, so it was decided to re-locate and build another new city, the south is warm all year round, and there is no need to worry about the weather for a year and a half, and the location also has a preliminary plan, just in the northeast, the original intention is close to the sea, and then many parties have consulted, near the sea and more water, so the selected location is in Shaping, fifty miles east of the city. ”

"Shaping? There is a lot of sand here, how can you build a city? ”

"The old general only knows one but does not know the other, although the sand is sandy, but it is the flattest place in Huiji, the north is close to the sea, and then build a wharf, it is a natural harbor, you can reach the East China Sea in three days by boat, and you can reach Chang'an in ten days, no matter what border troubles in the south at that time, less than half a month, more than one month, the army can arrive, and you will be spared the pain of running so many miles."

It was quiet again, Su Ren's plan was not a good thing for either Yue Ren or Huang Qi. Regardless of whether it can really be as fast as Su Ren said, if the dock is completed, the imperial court's control over them will also be strengthened, and the earth emperor at the ends of the earth will not be able to do it.

Huang Qi frowned: "What Su Changshi said is not bad, but it costs a lot to build such a city, and it may be difficult for Huiji County to afford it!" ”

"Yes! I am also worried about this matter, and the construction of the city is not an overnight thing, so I came today and hoped that General Huang Lao would help. ”

"Hehehe, the old man is a martial artist, I don't know much about building a city, how can I help?"

"Please General Huang Lao deploy five hundred county soldiers to protect the people, so that the people and craftsmen dare to rest assured and bold construction, there must be a meeting here, there are many rebellions around, of course, these five hundred county soldiers are not in vain, all the food and grass armor during the escort period are provided by me, and I also ask General Huang for permission."

Without waiting for Huang Qi to answer, Zhao Wen gave his hand again: "Can Su Changshi say that Huiji New City will allow me to send people from Nanyue to participate?" When the city is built, I just ask Su Changshi to leave some vacant land for the people of South Vietnam to live in! ”

Su Ren glanced at Zhao Wen again, this guy grasped it very accurately, and immediately said the key point. Su Ren smiled: "With the help of South Vietnam, I can't ask for it." ”

"It's a deal!"

Su Ren nodded: "It's a word, but Doctor Zhao has to make sure that it is really the people of South Vietnam who come, not spies or spies of the rebels." ”

"I understand, thank you, Mr. Su."

Huang Yue thought for a while, and suddenly stood up: "Father, the child is willing to be the leader of these five hundred guards!" ”

Huang Qi glanced at his son and sneered: "Taishou is the most picky, repairing the city is a big deal, I don't know who to send to supervise it, the old man has to think about it." ”

"The old general doesn't have to think about it, this matter is supervised by the next person, and the Taishou will not send one person!"

"Father, let the child go! Brother Su is very talented, and the child can learn more by following Brother Su's side, and he is just guarding the construction site, forgiving those Yue people will not dare to come nonsense, if this matter is successful, the child can be regarded as doing a good thing for the people. ”

Huang Qi kept silent, waited for a long time, and sighed: "The words are good, it seems that my son has indeed grown up, but the five hundred soldiers seem to be a little less, and my camp will be cut off from tomorrow." ”

"Ahh So serious? Su Ren sneered in his heart, but his face showed great concern: "The big war is imminent, how can you let the soldiers go hungry, be a brother, tonight let people send 10,000 stones of grain and grass to the soldiers of Huiji County, if it is not enough, I will find a way!" ”

"Oh, Su Changshi is really a lucky star! In this case, the old man thanked Mr. Su for the county soldiers, and said that as long as Mr. Su gave the order, my son Huang Yue would lead the troops to help. ”

"Thank you, General Huang!"

When the matter came to an eyebrow, Su Ren got up and said goodbye, and Huang Qi and everyone sent Su Ren and the others out of the door. As soon as he walked out of the alley, Gongsun He couldn't wait to ask: "I just gave Yan Zhu 10,000 stones of grain and grass yesterday, and today I gave Huang Qi 10,000 stones. ”

"If it's gone, it's going to be shipped again, it's not okay to do anything else in Shu in the past two years, a bumper harvest can still be guaranteed, and it's not a big deal to have just 20,000 stone grain and grass."

"Tut-tut, the tone is not small, you bought all this grain and grass, right? When you go bankrupt, I'll see what you do! ”

Li Danghu gave Su Ren a deep salute: "Ziheng is willing to go bankrupt for the country, Li Danghu admires it, thank Ziheng for the people of the world and Your Majesty!" Ziheng rest assured, when we return to Chang'an smoothly, I will definitely praise Ziheng for Your Majesty! What is spent today will be repaid tenfold and hundredfold. ”