With the entry of the Northern Army, the chaos in Chang'an City was instantly suppressed. Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi followed Su Kai's instructions, and carried out an inventory of each household, and all those who had anything to do with Haoqiang were arrested. For a time, Chang'an Haoqiang's chickens and dogs jumped, and the temporary cell was overcrowded. Some guys who thought they were fine, relying on the power of the upper family, wanted to compete with the Northern Army, but there was only one result, and the whole family was beheaded.

The emperor's move is very ruthless, only grasping the powerful and not the powerful. Even if the magnates knew that the emperor was targeting them, they couldn't complain, and they hid at home one by one and sulked, and there was no way at all. Usually being cried wolf howl by the powerful ghost who is a dog, there is no way to do it as a family.

Liu Yan's face was very bad, the princess's mansion had recruited the most powerful people, and this time, the cleanup was the most impacted. After only three days, half of the eagle dogs were gone, and the rest were terrified.

"Your Highness, you can save us! We have no way to live, and it is said that we will be sent to Maoling to work as coolies, and I am afraid that we will never come back! "The usually fierce guy cries like a child at this time.

A group of people knelt down in the hall, all with a crying voice. Listening outside the main hall is like doing a funeral. After listening to it for half an hour, Liu Yan finally couldn't listen anymore: "Enough, I don't know how serious the matter is?" The soldiers were transferred by the Empress Dowager herself, what do you want me to do? ”

"Your Highness! We did what you ordered, and now that something has happened, you can't ignore it! ”

"What? Are you threatening me? Liu Yan glared and looked at the guy who spoke: "I asked you to do something for me, but I didn't let you provoke those poor ghosts!" Go out and listen, I caught you, what are the other people in Chang'an City? ”

"Your Highness!"

"Get out! Get out of here! Everyone, all out! A large group of princess palace guards broke in, and without saying a word, waved the sticks in their hands, and drove those wailing heroes out of the princess's mansion.

It doesn't matter if you cross the river and tear down the bridge, or unload the mill and kill the donkey! Haoqiang has now become a group of guys who can't be seen by anyone, the people hate them to the core, the magnates are even more unwilling to provoke the fire, the emperor regards them as tumors, and none of them can be relied on, so they can only be slaughtered. Someone proposed to unite to confront the Northern Army, but it was immediately vetoed, no one is stupid, there is still a way to live to go to Maoling, and there is only a dead end to do it.

Like the vigorous clean-up, the Taixue construction site has also entered the climax of construction. Many clever ruffians and gangsters suddenly found that in the entire Chang'an, only the Taixue construction site was not harassed by the Northern Army, so they willingly came to work. It's not to mix a bite of food, just to avoid the end of being arrested and going to Maoling. Hiding in the construction site, these people still want to be lazy and slippery, and after being driven away a few times, they understand that it is not that people do not know who they are, but to see if their performance is worthy of asylum.

With so many people suddenly pouring in, Sima Xiangru was very worried: "Sir, is this really okay?" ”

"Don't worry, as long as they don't cause trouble or trouble, they stay! Speaking of which, these people are not big traitors, they are just a little idle, our construction site can't be finished for a year and a half, and when they go out, it will be renovated. ”

"But I'm worried that once the limelight outside passes, these people will not be so willing!"

Su Ren smiled: "This is a problem, then close it, if you want to go out, you must get our consent, add an article, before it is completed, whether it is driven out or run away by yourself, all will be handed over to Tingwei!" Of course, if they work separately and don't say anything, what treatment will other people have, they will be the same, what do you think? ”

Sima Xiangru nodded: "It's a way, then you have to increase the manpower, otherwise you won't know if you run away." ”

"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "Okay, my brother Sima, you are stupid to read, do you know if you even sit down?" A group of ten people, one person has an accident and the whole group will be punished, let those good families be the team leader, I promise that none of them will run, the most important one, the people who come in will be registered, and send our people to move around more. ”

Sima Xiangru's face darkened: "Are you scolding me?" ”

"What do you think?"

"Humph!" With a cold snort, Sima Xiangru left.

The construction of the construction site gradually got on track, and as the chaos in Chang'an slowly ended, a large number of people who had been idle in the winter returned to the construction site. Su Ren is still the same as before, appearing at the construction site from time to time, and occasionally doing some work, otherwise standing in this unobstructed place, the northwest wind can drill into his body.

Everything took shape, streets, houses, canals, and even sewers were gradually improved. To the surprise of the people of Chang'an, in the southwest direction of the construction site, a towering circular building is rising from the ground, and the height is also rising little by little as time goes by. Seeing that it was about to rise above the roof of the palace, he had to stop.

No one knows what it is, but it seems very abrupt, saying that it is a chimney, right? but it was built on flat ground, and there were no houses underneath. It is said to be something for exhaust, but it is solid. It is about five feet high, large at the top and small at the bottom, like a wooden stick with a bucket on top of it. Su Ren took the craftsman and was measuring, and after getting the number, he picked up the stone and wrote and calculated on the ground for a while.

Sima Xiangru put his hands in his sleeves and came over tremblingly. He is no better than Su Ren, as a standard scholar, he can't work with those people ruthlessly, and he can't hide in the house and not come out, there are many things on the construction site that he needs to deal with, and secondly, Su Ren has come out, how can he not come out. In this way, you can only stand in an open place and blow the cold wind.

Watching Su Ren draw on the ground for a long time, Sima Xiangru didn't know it, and the things composed of a series of circles and vertical lines were not words at all. After Su Ren finished the calculation, he threw the stone in his hand and said to the people around him: "It's okay, let people get copper pipes, at least five inches thick, I just calculated, a total of 1,000 zhang is needed, and those who enter each household can be a little thinner, and they have to be two inches thick, these are 600 zhang is enough, there can be no gaps, and the interface will be made according to the drawings I drew!" ”

A Cao rafter said yes and left with the people. Sima Xiangru looked up at the top of the strange thing, standing below, which kind of coercion is very strong, and after looking at it for a long time, he always feels that this thing is about to fall.

"Not bad! This is a good thing, this is the first benefit of our community, running water! Just fill it with water and pipe it into every house, and you don't have to carry water again! Do you think it's good? ”

Sima Xiangru shook his head: "How can you get water up such a tall thing?" ”

"Don't worry about it, do I have my own way to see the things sticking out of the edge? Put on pulleys, and a large bucket can be filled in an hour at a time, enough for such a large area to eat, drink, and Lazar! ”

Listening to Su Ren's happiness, Sima Xiangru became more and more confused, and when Su Ren was building the sewer, he could still understand. Later, Sima Xiangru couldn't bear it anymore when he built the thatched house in the house, and now he has made such a thing, and it is the first time he knows that building a house is so troublesome!

Sima Xiangru waved his hand: "Stop!" I'm not here to tell you this, I'm looking for you! ”

"What's the matter? Didn't you say that there was a problem with the construction site recently? ”

"It's not a construction site, it's someone who has come to book a house!"

"Oh? Who is so discerning and sees the benefits before it is built! This man must be of great wisdom! Su Ren looked excited: "As long as he really buys it, I'll give him a discount!" ”

Sima Xiangru sneered: "I'm afraid that you don't want to sell it to him!" ”

"Who the hell is it?"

"Long Hou Chen! The second son of Tangyi! ”

"Oh? It really surprised me. ”

"Shall we sell it then?"

"Sell, why don't you sell, as long as he pays the money, he can buy a few sets!"

"But ...... he?"

"No matter who he is, even if Princess Guantao comes in person, I will sell it!"

Chen Yi was a little cramped, compared with his brother Chen Xu, Chen Yi was thinner and more stable. The chair under his ass made him very comfortable, and he kept moving his body to feel the feeling of relaxing his legs. There is also the red copper stove in the house, which also makes Chen Yi like it very much, there is no smoke in the house, but it is very warm. Based on these two points, Su Ren is by no means an ordinary person.

As soon as the door opened, cold air came in, and Chen Yi hurriedly came back to his senses. Looking at Su Ren, Su Ren looked at Chen Yi, and the two looked at each other for a few seconds. Chen Yi first gave a salute: "I've seen Su Yilang!" ”

"Long Consideration Hou is polite, I should salute first!"

Chen Yi said with a smile: "I, the Marquis of Longxi, entrusted the legacy of my ancestors and didn't do anything, and Su Yilang built Taixue for His Majesty, and he worked hard and made great achievements, so I should worship!" ”

Su Ren also smiled: "Let's not talk about these nonsense, please sit down and get down to business!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Chen Yi nodded hurriedly: "I heard that Su Yilang has built some houses around Taixue, I discussed it with my father, and I am going to buy a few sets, noncommittal!" ”

"Of course, you can, if you build a house for people to live in, how can you be unhappy that someone buys it? As long as Long Xihou is willing to pay for it, he will naturally sell it to you! ”

"Thank you, thank you!" Chen Yi took out a silk silk from his bosom, on which was written the number of coins, and the seals of Tangyi Hou and Longxi Hou were stamped below. Su Ren had read in the history books before that the earliest paper money appeared in the Song Dynasty, called Jiaozi, but he didn't expect that there were already silk coins in the Han Dynasty.

Sima Xiangru looked at it, and it turned out to be 100,000 yuan, and looked at Su Ren with a surprised expression. Su Ren was indifferent, and he was not surprised by too much money: "Long Xihou is really generous, so much money can buy several buildings!" ”

Chen Yi waved his hand again and again: "Su Yilang misunderstood, my father said that he would only buy one!" Su Yilang built Taixue for His Majesty, as a royal relative, I can't help but express that the rest of the money was donated by my father and I to help Su Yilang build Taixue. ”

"Oh? It's rare for Tangyi Hou and Longxihou to bother so much, so ......"

Chen Yi saluted again: "A little money is not enough to worry about, the little money I donated with my father is not enough for Su Yilang, in case, it is very embarrassing, and I hope that Su Yilang will explain a thing or two in front of His Majesty!" ”