In the blink of an eye, it was half a year as Dutu said. At the sound of the candle correction, all the merchants who purchased withdrew like a tide. The people of the country finally calmed down from the joy of making a fortune and began to plan to fill their stomachs. As expected, they went around asking for purchases but ran into walls one after another, and their food was only enough for themselves.

At this time, Zheng Guo's merchants quietly returned. This time, instead of buying wine, they sold grain.

Wine is a luxury, and if you don't drink it, it's a bit gluttonous, but food is a necessity, and if you don't eat it, you'll die. So when it's scarce, the price of food can go much faster than the price of wine. The Zheng merchants soon doubled the money they had spent on buying liquor, as they had predicted. It is really miserable for the people of the country to spend everything they have, but only buy a little bit of food.

Seeing that it was the middle of winter, the homeless people began to starve in the city. Yu Jun panicked and hurriedly ran to ask for help. He knew that he had fallen into a plan, so he had to obediently beg for mercy: "Uncle Zheng, you are lenient and virtuous, and spare my people a way to live, right?" ”

"Your people?"

"No, no, no! Ministers are thy people. ”

"Naturally, my people will not be left alone. The treasury has grain, and as long as they are willing to come to work and serve, they will be satisfied. But......" Digging Tu Tu walked up to him, looked at the prostrate Emperor with contempt for the prostrate monarch, and said viciously, "You and your ministers, you are not diligent, you don't divide the grain, and you can't even do a good job of managing a small country for the widow, what kind of crime should you be guilty of!" ”

Since his surrender, he thought he had escaped, and he was often complacent that he could continue to live on one side. Unexpectedly, within two years, it was still pushed to the forefront. He had no choice but to cry and pretend to be pitiful, fantasizing about winning a little sympathy.

Di Tu looked at his tearful mouse eyes, and instantly remembered the ugly face of this person and Yi Jun when he first moved east, and he was disgusted. With a heart, he cut his family into a civilian and moved him to control his residence.

In this round of business war, Zheng Guobing was bloodless, but he won a complete victory. But playing with the life and death of ordinary people is a trick after all, which damages Zheng Bo's image among the people. And the waste wood Yujun became a "hero" because the people asked for his life. After the news of the cut came, Yucheng suddenly became in a commotion, and there were sporadic resistances. Fortunately, most of the people still had to live, and obediently dug the canal under the fatal temptation of food, so that there was no uprising. However, Yu Ren and Zheng Guo are completely married.

However, this incident did not affect Dutu's mood in the slightest. At this time, he was proud of the spring breeze, and he had swelled to the limit. It turned out that he not only conquered the city in the previous dynasty, but also "won the victory" in the harem!

The cold air of winter is gradually receding, and the earth has already shown signs of spring, and in this day of all things, Ji Jiang's belly has given birth to new life. When he was nesting in the basement, Jia Hanqing had already made plans to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, but now that he has crossed over, he even has a child, can he not turn the sky upside down?

The excited digging suddenly smiled in the court, summoned the ministers to go to the temporary temple to worship their ancestors, and by the way, took his beloved wife to inspect the new capital, completely carried away.

Sima Jingsheng couldn't help but remind: "Your Excellency, don't forget, the Zhuji Conference is held in Zhongchun, and the time is not far away. ”

"Oh, isn't the Zhuji Conference held in Luoyi? It's not far away! ”

"But ......"

"Lord Sima is too worried." Si Jian Xianke suddenly interrupted him and said, "I'm afraid that this Zhuji Conference will not be held for a while." ”

When the ministers heard this, they quickly exploded.

"According to the news of the Luoyi spies this morning, the Son of Heaven has postponed the Zhuji Conference, and the time has been changed to after the autumn harvest. The proclamation is already on its way, and it will come soon. ”

"What is the reason for the Son of Heaven?" Jing Sheng asked puzzled.

The high-sounding reasons were naturally ill health, poor divination, lack of preparation, etc., but no one believed them. According to the spies, it may be because ......" Xian Ke glanced at Jun Shang and saw that he still maintained a smiling face, but his smile was already a little stiff, "It may be because Wei Hou is secretly obstructing." ”

"How does Wei Hou get in the way?" Dig Tu put away a smile.

"They are very well hidden. The spies only have some clues, and they have not yet discovered the exact inside story. ”

"Oh, then you're going to do what you're supposed to do." Digging Tu grinned again, "The widow should also parade." ”

The ministers were at a loss for a while, and they didn't know what the master was doing.

Xian Ke inked for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "Does the king have any good strategies that you need to do?" ”

"Yes." Dutu's face was not serious, "In two days, the envoy will arrive, you will eat and drink and wait, saying that the widow is not in a hurry, and is busy stepping into the spring!" ”

"This ......" Xian Ke was even more confused, "Your Majesty, are you really not worried about the change in Zhou Zhao's position?" ”

Digging Tu scolded: "Aren't you usually quite smart, Xianke? The widow has already told you what to do! ”

Xian Ke was taken aback, and Suo Qiu on the side smiled and grabbed him and said, "You just listen to the king." ”

So, none of the ministers dared to ask again, and watched as they dug and played happily.

On the way to disperse, Xian Ke blamed Suoqiu and said: "Zhou Zhao's position is very important, why don't you help persuade him?" ”

"May I ask you, Lord Sima, what are you supposed to do?" Sochu laughed.

"Me?" Xian Ke was asked rhetorically, and said hesitantly, "Of course, I listened to the information." ”

"That's right! What did the king tell you to do, didn't he just ask you to investigate? ”

"Huh? Is that so? Xian Ke thought thoughtfully, "But why didn't the king say it?" Why cruise at such junctures? ”

"You've been asked to investigate the intelligence, do you still want to remind the enemy, saying that we attach great importance to it, we must seriously investigate, and we are ready to fight?"

Xian Ke patted his head: "Your Majesty, this is pretended?" Or the Siying Lord is smart! ”

In this way, digging to respond to all changes unchanged, pulled up the ministers of the foreign courts, played a grand guard of honor, and went to Xinzheng with great strength. The three ministers of the inner court performed their duties and dealt with them secretly.

After more than half a year of construction, Xinzheng's royal palace has become quite large-scale. Sikong, who has been running between the court and the construction site all the year round, has lost a lot of weight, and even the complexion on his face has darkened a lot. At this moment, he is working hard to introduce the latest situation of various projects to his master.

The buildings of this spring and autumn period have disappeared in modern times. Most of the things that Jia Hanqing saw in the history books of rebuilding back then came from the research of unearthed cultural relics and murals and the interpretation of documents. Now through the interpretation of the digging eyes, it is found that it is very different, which shows that the old professors who are engaged in ancient construction still have two brushes.

The most special thing about China's ancient architecture is the dougong under the eaves. The far-reaching eaves and the curves of the roof are all closely related to this. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the dougong had just begun to originate. These palaces designed by Uncle Sikong generally have "buckets", but they don't know how to use "arches". Therefore, the roof is still a stunned trapezoid, and the eaves are not far-reaching.

"Lord Sikong, this palace you built is a bit bulky." Digging Tu laughed.

Uncle Hui, who was spitting just now, was dumb for a while, and he couldn't imagine that he had been engaged in civil engineering for most of his life, and he couldn't satisfy you. After a while, he stammered and said, "Please, please give me advice." ”

Di Tu suddenly became interested and began to talk eloquently: "Just like the four tops of the main hall." The roof was already large, and the sloping ridge was still straight down, and it was unusually steep, as if it was about to be pressed down soon, and it was too heavy. ”

"What do you think?" Uncle will have a hunch that the almighty master is probably also proficient in architecture, so he hurriedly put on a posture of learning.

"The roof can be steep and slow down as you approach the cornice. First, it looks light and no longer heavy, secondly, the eaves are warped, which allows more sunlight to shine into the room, and thirdly, the rain flows along the trend, and with the power of the reverse arc, it can fly farther and avoid scouring the foundation of the wall. Kill three birds with one stone, kill three birds with one stone. ”

"Your Majesty!" Hearing such a professional opinion, Shu Hui has become accustomed to no longer being surprised, "Your strategy is unheard of, and it is beyond the experience of craftsmen, please show me further." ”

"Haha, it's a no-brainer. In this way, today the widow will not leave this construction site, and you will call the master craftsmen to study and study together. ”

So, the princes of a dignified country actually rolled up their sleeves and worked, completely ignoring the strange eyes of others.

He picked up some timber from the corners and began to compare: "You see, the bucket at the top of this column can be slotted, and a piece of bow-shaped wood can be stuck in the trough, which is called an arch." These two arches can be loaded with buckets, and the buckets are stuck with longer arches. The cycle repeatedly, and the dougong sent the purlin farther and farther, and the eaves were warped. ”

The big carpenters were all middle-aged and elderly people with experience, but they were stunned by the skills of a young man. There were also stunned people who were not convinced, and recklessly questioned: "This eaves are far away, but the hanging part is too heavy, and it will definitely collapse." ”

The person next to him couldn't help but gasp when he saw that this guy was so bold and showed no mercy to the king's words.