Ji Jiang raised her beautiful face and looked at her husband suspiciously, not knowing what to say for a while. After a long time, she smiled and said, "You are talking nonsense again." ”

"I said you don't believe it!" Dutu looked disgusted.

"Faith! I believe everything you say. Ji Jiang leaned his head against the broad and strong chest of the digging protrusion, too lazy to dwell on this question any longer.

As he spoke, the convoy had driven out of the ups and downs of Songshan, and the land of the Central Plains that could not be seen at a glance rushed to the face, so smooth that there was no trace of waves. Seeing the excavation of his own land, his thoughts couldn't help but return to state affairs.

Looking at the horizon, he thought that a city would rise for him, and he couldn't help but gear up to show his skills in architectural planning. It turned out that Jia Hanqing went to an engineering college with more wolves and less meat, and as soon as he heard that there were more female students in the School of Architectural Planning, he immediately went to take a course in planning and architecture. Unexpectedly, this knowledge can now come in handy when building a new capital.

At that time, the standard layout of the capital city was similar to that of Hojing and Luoyi, and it coincided with the records of the "Examination of the Work Record". This kind of planning in the center of the palace city, born out of the Zhou people's pursuit of ideal order, reflects the stereotyped momentum and majesty of the royal power, and its influence has been extended to modern times in the retro style of Ming and Qing planning. However, this model blocked the east, west, north and south traffic in the city, and was not suitable for the development of industry and commerce. Like Beijing, the traffic in the core area of the old city is still highly dependent on ring roads, and the congestion is abnormal.

Determined to break this convention, following the plan of Chang'an in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the palace and the left ancestor and the right society were gathered on the side of the city, so as to put an end to the obstruction of the palace city to the whole city. However, as soon as he put forward this idea, there was a lot of opposition among the ministers.

Situ Bofu has always been tactful, and he is unwilling to take the lead against the king. But this time, the nobles had a more unanimous opinion, forcing him, the leader, to come out and speak: "The two kings of Wenwu in the past, calm the world, and prepare the rules and regulations of the Duke of Zhou." This method of building the city is stated in the ritual system. Why did the king abandon the law of his ancestors? ”

"The law is impermanent, and it moves with the situation. How can you rest on your laurels? "Digging Tu has no reason to be so vain, so he casually went back. Anyway, he expected that the old slippery head would not dare to insist.

Who knew that Jing Sheng actually stood up to help and said: "The law of the ancestors must be reasonable." Miyagi is in the middle, and there is still a buffer for foreign enemies to attack. If you step aside, won't you be directly exposed to the threat of foreign enemies? ”

Jing Sheng's statement is considered from the perspective of military defense, and it is not that the ass decides the head. But Di Tu couldn't refute it for a while, and he couldn't use the example of the Sui and Tang dynasties to educate people in the Spring and Autumn Period. Fortunately, he had a flexible brain, and if he couldn't reason, he learned from Situ to make paste, and pretended to say: "The great defense of the country is not in danger in Germany." ”

Jing Sheng was stunned for a moment, and was immediately choked, if he said that it was not easy to defend, wouldn't it be that he turned around and thought that the king's "virtue" was not enough. Fortunately, Sikong arrived at this time to avoid everyone's embarrassment.

As soon as the uncle came, he immediately called someone to carry a scroll and slowly unfolded it. Several drawings of sheepskin stitching show a large area of mountains and rivers. It turned out that Di Tu had already sent a separate order to send him to the country to find an ideal place to build a capital.

"At the behest of the king, the ministers went down the river, investigated at the intersection of Wei and Huang, and finally found a suitable place to build a capital." Uncle Hui brought a thin copper staff and pointed it out on the map, "The water flows from northwest to southeast, and the yellow water flows into it from north to south. The two waters form an acute angle, and the place between them is triangular. To build a castle here, you can take advantage of natural rivers on both sides to fortify, and you only need to strengthen the walls on the third side to make it impregnable. ”

"How?" Dutu looked at Jing Sheng triumphantly, "Is Da Sima still worried about the problem of city defense?" ”

"The place chosen by the king has such a natural victory, it is indeed a minister's consideration." What Jing Sheng thought in his mind was originally just a square city on the flat ground, but he really didn't expect that the consideration of digging out of the tu would directly skip this conventional assumption and throw out a more clever choice. He had seen the king's power and military talents before, and now he had appreciated the planning skills, and he admired them even more.

Once Jing Sheng was dealt with, no one among the noble ministers would have any objections.

Dig Tu secretly rejoiced in his heart. In fact, this location is not because of his keen eyes, but because he is familiar with Tan Qixiang's "Atlas of Chinese History", which indicates that Zheng Guo's new capital is located in this location. However, he also made some minor adjustments, asking the uncle to place the site of the castle next to the riverbank. The reason for this is to create a cargo base centered on a water terminal in line with the concept of a commercial state. To this end, he talked a lot about the ideas in his heart, describing the prosperous scene of Xinzheng business and tourism in the future.

It stands to reason that the good intentions of the diggers should be very popular with the businessmen, but Suo Qiu stood up and said euphemistically: "The king's ambition is very far-sighted, and it will definitely help the new Zheng Guoguo to become rich and strong." However, the water transportation center is crowded and chaotic, so it is better to set it up in another city, so as not to spare the king's purity. ”

As soon as this remark came out, Si Shang Candle Correction and Si Jian Xian Ke also came out to echo it.

Unexpectedly, the inner court, which has always been the only one who looks to himself, actually objected, and Dutu seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water on his head.

"Disturb my purity? What is the reason for this? Digging Tu knew that this group of slippery heads was definitely not for such nonsensical reasons, so he had to put on a generous posture, "What is the reason, don't look ahead." ”

Candle Jie glanced at Suoqiu, and then at Xianke, and after making sure that Dutu would not be angry, he told the reason: "Compared with land transportation, water transportation is cheaper, larger and more stable. Since ancient times, the place where the water flows converged, it was not the prosperous scene of business travel, which is the wisdom of the king's choice of capital. However, water transport also has disadvantages compared to land transport. ”

The skillful businessman wanted to suppress the first Yang, and only after filming the sycophants did he tell the truth: "The way of water transportation is limited by the river and cannot be accessed at will." After the confluence of Wei and Huang, it enters Yingshui and Huai River, leading to Huaiyi downstream. Except for Chen and Cai, all of them are wild places along the way. Although I Zheng has millions of goods, there is no one to trade there? ”

Digging is a smart person, and he can get through it naturally. He had been patronizing the waterfront before, and had forgotten to consider the watershed that the waterway radiated from.

Seeing that the king had listened to the opinion, Suo Qiu continued to add: "And Yudu is not far from Zhanranshui, which can flow into the Yellow River, and then go up to the hinterland of Gyeonggi, and connect with Wei and Xing, and can also reach Lu and Qi through Jishui. These places are rich lands, and they are good for merchants! ”

The considerations on the road to the excavation have been excluded, but the concerns of the businessmen are also very reasonable. He paced around the parchment map, pondering the meandering course of the rivers on it, when inspiration struck.

"Let's Zheng Guo either don't play, if we want to play, we can play big!" After that, he was happy first, and let the ministers look at each other.

"Don't you want to sell the whole world?" "The waterways in the whole world are nothing more than blasphemy, and the widow will help you lead these four desecrations to the new capital!" ”

Candle Correction's eyes widened, and he almost couldn't believe his ears: "The four desecrations and the eight streams go north and south, all because of the different heights of the mountains, and the different heights of the mountains, which are the works of the ancient gods. The king wants to connect all the desecrations and streams, this is to be comparable to the great cause of the gods! ”

The tone of Si Shang's words was strange, and he didn't know whether he was touting or secretly dissuading him through the metaphor of the gods, which caused a lot of commotion among the ministers.

"Does the gentleman want to open a canal to connect the Yellow Water and the Zhanran Water?" Suo Qiu, who had been thinking silently, asked coldly, and suddenly drew everyone's attention back.

"Hahaha~" Digging Tu laughed, "It's still the Siying Lord who is smart!" ”

After such a little adjustment, many ministers took the lead in reacting, and they couldn't help but be impressed by this clever plan and praised it one after another.

He triumphantly explained to the people who were still in the dark: "The four rivers refer to the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Jishui River, and the Huai River, and the eight rivers are the Weishui, Luoshui, Hanshui, Chushui, Yingshui, Rushui, Surabaya, and Yishui, which are the backbone of the world's water system. Although they go to the north and south, they are not all old and dead. ”

After that, he took the bronze rod from Sikong's hand, and explained while pointing: "Look at the picture, everyone. This yellow water enters the river and connects the Ying, and flows to the Huai after the great desecration, which can be traced back to the Rushui to the Xu country, and the lower can be traced back to the Surabaya to the Song country, connecting the entire Huai River basin, which goes without saying. And after the water is connected to the Yellow River, it can be connected to the water, and the water is entangled with Surabaya, and it is connected in many places. In other words, in addition to the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, Jishui, and Huai River are themselves connected, connecting nearly sixty percent of the princes in the world. ”

Then, with a flick of the long sleeves, the copper rod pointed straight between the two wings.