The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked, and he said mysteriously: "Your Majesty's foresight is different from our people, we only see the inconvenience of Zhuojun's transportation and the lack of grain reserves this time, but Your Majesty will definitely be able to think of a solution, before Qin Shi Huang, there was no Great Wall, and the Great Wall was not built in more than ten years?" Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, our Central Plains had never fought with the Xiongnu, and didn't the Xiongnu finally flee to Mobei and collapse? I think our majesty must also want to emulate these great emperors, establish their own merits, dredge the Tongji Canal and the Han Ditch, Shanyang Blasphemy, isn't it just a matter of more than a year, isn't it basically possible, why can't a new canal be opened from the Yellow River to Zhuo County? ”

Wang Shichong smiled and waved his hand: "The national strength of the Great Sui is much stronger than that of the Qin Dynasty, which has just experienced hundreds of years of warring states, and in the period of the first emperor, the Turkic Khanate, which was even more powerful than the Xiongnu back then, was also conquered by us. A while ago, Zhang Heng was sent to supervise the construction of Fenyang Palace, and Su Wei heard that he would also be dismissed from office because of his involvement with He Ruobi. Plus Gao Ying was killed this time. It's not that His Majesty is tired of these people. In various ways, do you want to reject such a suggestion? ”。

He Chou and Yu Wenbi's eyes widened, and they said in unison: "Su Fushu is really going to be dismissed?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "How can I talk nonsense about such a thing, I heard that Yu Shilang is writing an edict now, and in the future, the affairs of Shangshu Province will be reported to Yu Shilang in full, what kind of person is he, and what kind of attitude does he have towards opening the canal and repairing the palace." You two should know very well. ”

Yu Wenkai excitedly slapped his left palm with his right fist: "Great, when we built the Eastern Capital, Yu Shilang gave us a lot of care and allocated a lot of money and goods, I still remember him told me that the Great Sui has money, but His Majesty's home is in the Eastern Capital, so we must build this palace like heaven to repay the king's kindness." With him presiding over the state affairs in the future, then our opportunity will come! ”

He Chou groaned. said: "Although General Yuwenshu has been implicated this time, I don't think he will lose his official position because of this. In the future, he will also be an important figure in influencing His Majesty's decision-making, Wang Shilang, do you know his attitude towards this matter? ”。

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Yesterday, when I beheaded Gao Ying and He Ruobi, Yuwenbi and the three of them, it happened to be General Yuwenshu who led the troops to escort them, and by the way, I also chatted with him for a while about these things, the misunderstanding between us because of the villain's provocation has now been eliminated, General Yuwen is what Shaoqing said, and it will be the pillar of my Great Sui's force in the future, the weapon of the country, think about it, General Yuwen is a soldier, and fighting and making contributions is the only way to get promoted, and to seal his wife and son, how can he oppose the war with Goguryeo?" If Zhuojun's grain route is not smooth, it will inevitably affect the front battle, and when the time comes, his hundreds of thousands of troops will have no food to eat, how can he complete the immortal feat of breaking the country and capturing the army? So in this matter, he will definitely strongly approve. ”

He Chou breathed a long sigh of relief: "In this case, I have nothing to worry about, Wang Shilang, you say, in the face of such a big change, what should the two of us do to give His Majesty more worries?" ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed, after so much foreshadowing today, he could finally get to the point, he cleared his throat and said: "The matter of opening the river is the responsibility of the army and the people, and the relationship with the two is not too big, I think the two can help, I'm afraid it is still the construction of the palace, as well as the cars, horses, boats and boats when His Majesty patrols and so on." ”

He Chou's eyes lit up: "Do you mean, let me build a bigger and more luxurious dragon ship?" ”。

Yu Wenkai also smiled: "Brother Wang means to let me go to repair the palace of Nazhuo County?" ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Zhuojun is located in the north, thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, even if the canal is smooth, it is unlikely that the treasures of the south of the Yangtze River, strange stones and fragrant wood, will be transported there to build a palace, and the dragon boat will be built like that, it is nothing more than a little bigger, and it will fit more people, so it is unlikely that the two of you will be more favored by such a thing." ”

He Chou hurriedly said: "Then according to what Wang Shilang saw, is there any way to quickly please His Majesty?" ”

The corners of Wang Shichong's mouth hooked up a mysterious smile: "Doesn't He Shaoqing know that His Majesty likes women very much?" Since his accession to the throne, there are thousands of beauties in the harem, and he still can't satisfy his appetite, and every year he still orders to offer beauties from all over the country to fill the harem, you are the first craftsman in the world, so you didn't think of a way here? ”

He Chou's eyes widened: "What does a beautiful woman have to do with me, a craftsman?" Did His Majesty want me to carve a stunning beauty for him out of rare wood? ”。

Wang Shichong smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, although it is not good to talk about the king behind his back, but I still have to say that His Majesty is not the kind of martial artist who is skilled in arching and horses, and has extraordinary bravery, although he also has the experience of being in battle, but in essence, he is still the kind of literati who is endowed with poetry, and it can be seen from His Majesty's body that he is much weaker than the previous emperor, not to mention those five big and three thick Guan Long military men." So to control so many beauties, I'm afraid I'm powerless. ”

Yu Wenkai laughed: "Brother Wang, it's not good to say this." If it spreads, I'm afraid that your tongue won't be able to keep it. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head, his eyes shining: "As a minister, you have to share the worries of the lord, and now there is another problem for Your Majesty, that is, the matter of the emperor's heir." It's not a big problem now, but I'm afraid it will become a big hidden danger for my Great Sui in the future. Prince Yuande died young, leaving behind three minor children, and Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, was ambitious and unpopular. I'm afraid that His Majesty may not be able to pass on to him. The emperor's grandson is too young. And the King of Qi is not very in line with His Majesty's wishes, so considering the Great Sui's Jiangshan Sheji, His Majesty's concubines and concubines can also give birth to more dragons for the Great Sui, spread the branches and leaves, and settle the Jiangshan's actions, this is a state affair, not a family affair of His Majesty. ”

He Chou nodded: "That's true." It's just that since His Majesty gave birth to Zhao Wang Yang Gao with Concubine Xiao last year, he is now only two sons and three grandchildren, and there are not too many direct heirs. ”

Yu Wenkai said with a smile: "Brother He, you don't want to think about it, Your Majesty is a busy person, not those unscrupulous monarchs, since he ascended the throne." He is diligent in state affairs, and he spends about half of his time touring various places. How can you have time to visit too many concubines? It's Empress Xiao, this time she is also staying in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and it is difficult to see Her Majesty, let alone other concubines. ”

Wang Shichong's eyebrows were raised, and he followed and said: "That's it, in the future, Your Majesty is ambitious, going out to patrol the Quartet, along the way, there can be no less beauties, but the boat is tired, and His Majesty's body and bones are not strong, in case it hurts his vitality, it will be a great misfortune for the country, He Shaoqing, you are a skilled craftsman in the world, you should find a way to share your worries for Your Majesty." ”

He Chou's eyes lit up: "What do you mean?" ”

Wang Shichong laughed, stood up, went to a box in the tent, opened the lid of the box, took out a roll of antique-looking bamboo slips, and handed it to He Chou, this kung fu He Chou and Yu Wenkai had already stacked several plates on the table together, leaving enough space, and brought the candle stand in the tent closer, only to see Wang Shichong unfold the bamboo slip, and a human-shaped recliner was painted on it, stretching out his limbs outward like big characters, and above this lay, there was a wooden shelf, like a cross, behind the shelf and the recliner, are connected with a variety of axle wheels and levers of different sizes, but the direction of rotation is completely opposite, He Chou and Yu Wenkai such mechanical experts can see at a glance, with the direction of movement of the gear and lever, the lower recliner is back and forth, and the cross above can go up and down.

He Hou suddenly understood, and gasped: "This thing is the legendary ancient Ruyi car?" ”

Wang Shi nodded meaningfully: "He Shaoqing is really well-informed, this thing is the Ruyi car, according to legend, it was made by the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor was a hundred women at night, although the body is strong, but after all, it is a human body and a flesh fetus, and it can't withstand such a strenuous exercise, so God sent the Nine Heavens Xuannu down to the earth, and passed on the Yellow Emperor's wishful car, which can make the Yellow Emperor not have to bother." ”

"As long as the man lies on the five-wood recliner, you can let the woman sit on him, tied to the cross-shaped wooden frame, relying on the movement of these wheel levers, you can directly complete the maid's work, if you think this phoenix is not very good on the dragon, you can also design another way, so that the man is on the top, the woman is on the bottom, and the two trees are staggered, and the same effect can be achieved, but in this way, the man is hung in the air, but I am afraid that it will not be too comfortable."

He Chou laughed: "Wang Shilang, you really have you, you can even get the design drawings of this Ruyi car, I He Chou used to search for ancient scrolls, but I didn't find this drawing." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Wang is also a coincidence, and only got this thing, a few years ago a tomb robber excavated a spring and autumn tomb, there is this volume of Jane, when Wang was doing business, he encountered these thieves selling stolen treasures, and did not have much interest in other gold and silver jewelry, ancient bronze, only saw this scroll of Jane, immediately like a treasure, and accepted it, in recent years, Wang has also invited skilled craftsmen several times, and wants to imitate according to the drawings, but unfortunately they have not succeeded, indicating that this thing has nothing to do with Wang, He Shaoqing is the world's leading master craftsman, I think this picture should belong to you, the master, to play a role. ”

He Chou laughed so much that his jaw was about to fall to the ground, but he still waved his hand again and again: "How embarrassing is this kind of generous gift?" Wang Shilang, He never won people's love, he didn't dare to ask for it, he didn't dare to ask for it! ”

Wang Shichong smiled and rolled up the bamboo slip and stuffed it into He Chou's hand: "He Shaoqing, don't shirk it, the so-called sword and horse gift to the strong man, this thing is useless in my hands, but it can be given to He Shaoqing, but it can solve problems for His Majesty, create more princes for the Great Sui, and consolidate the country, if you really don't want it, then even if Wang Mou uses this bamboo slip to give He Shaoqing, you can return it to me after reading it, how about it?" ”

He Chou had already grabbed the bamboo slip tightly when he pushed it back and forth in his hand just now, and when he heard Wang Shichong's words, he immediately stuffed the bamboo slip into his sleeve. While laughing, he said, "Then thank Wang Shilang for his kindness." In fact, the secret of this thing. The transmission of the wheel axle of this lever, the five-wood chaise longue and the cross wooden frame, are only the core part of it, and in order to complete this action, it is necessary to design a series of mechanisms and shafts to drive with skillful force. Once He Mou made this thing, he would definitely play His Majesty, and this thing was entrusted to Wang Shilang's great help. can be made. ”

The corners of Yu Wenkai's mouth hooked, but he didn't speak, but a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

Wang Shichong saw it in his eyes and smiled slightly: "Brother Yuwen, for you, the younger brother also has a clever plan, which is enough to make His Majesty appreciate your invention." ”

Yu Wenkai said angrily: "Brother Wang, brother, my ability lies in the construction of palaces and cities, you said that Brother He can build a wishful car that can be a maid without trouble, is it possible that I can also build a palace that can be blessed with beautiful women without trouble?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "He Shaoqing's wishful car." It can be used on the way to the Majesty's patrol, and I didn't know what to do. I don't know how to drive, just now I heard what He Shaoqing said, and suddenly realized, it must be a bull-drawn cart along the way, axle transmission, pulling these levers and gears, which can drive the five-point wood and the cross frame back and forth. ”

He Hou smiled slightly: "This kind of animal power pulling gears, non-skilled craftsmen don't know, Wang Shilang is not a person in this way, and it is not surprising that he doesn't know the mystery." ”

Yu Wenkai didn't have the heart to listen to the nonsense of these two guys, he asked: "Brother Wang, do you really have any way to make me make this kind of thing that makes His Majesty feel comfortable?" ”。

Wang Shichong nodded: "The royal maid is just the pleasure of doing **, and His Majesty is an elegant person, compared with the happiness of the Wushan **time**, he should prefer all kinds of spiritual moods, every time I walk in the palace and imperial garden in the eastern capital, I deeply feel the ingenuity of Brother Yuwen's design, that kind of corridor, pavilion, water pavilion, strange stones, are just right, with the effect of various lights, and the morning mist on the water, it is really like a fairyland on earth, making people forget to return, I just feel like I'm in heaven. ”

Yu Wenkai sighed: "It's not difficult to create this effect in the garden, but if you make the harem like this, as Brother Wang said, I'm afraid it won't be easy, Your Majesty goes in and out of the harem, and you see beautiful women, not such a natural landscape, I just make a flower, and it is impossible to turn the beauties into clay carvings and wood sculptures, just stand there and don't move." People are alive, even if they can really be fixed there and not move the beauty, what is the way to arouse His Majesty as a man's **? ”

Wang Shichong laughed and patted Yu Wenkai on the shoulder: "Brother, have you heard the story of the beauty pageant of Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty?" ”

Yu Wenkai didn't know much about these historical materials, and his eyes widened: "What sheep cart beauty pageant?" ”

Wang Shichong said: "Sima Yan, the Jin Wu Emperor who established the Western Jin Dynasty, after destroying the Wu State and dominating the world, also began to recruit beauties to fill the harem, Brother Yuwen may know that the emperors of the past dynasties chose to sleep every night The beauties are mostly selected by looking at the atlas, which is to the former Han Palace beauty queen Zhaojun, because she offended the court painter Mao Yanshou, and has never been favored, and finally until she married the Huns, when she went out of the customs and kissed, the emperor of the Han Dynasty regretted it, although he killed Mao Yanshou angrily, it was useless. ”

"So Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, came up with a fresh trick of a sheep cart beauty pageant, sitting in a sheep cart every night, wandering around the harem, which palace gate the sheep stayed, he went to patrol the concubines in the palace, and the concubines of the later palaces, in order to get the favor of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, sprinkled salt in front of their respective palaces, hoping that this would make the sheep stop and bow their heads to eat salt, so as to give themselves the opportunity to be pampered."

Yu Wenkai suddenly realized and said with a smile: "This is a very interesting thing, Emperor Jin Wu seems to be a real genius, it is much more interesting than a boring flop beauty pageant." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "So my brother can also adopt such an idea, the palace you built in the Eastern Capital is spacious enough, grand enough, gorgeous enough, but like the harem of the past dynasties, from Queen Xiao, next time ordinary beauties, each person lives alone in a palace according to their rank, His Majesty Xià has to look at the album every day to go to Linxing, in this way, one is that there are no too good new tricks, and the other is that there are many new beauties, if you just look at those in the album, it is easy to get aesthetically tired, and lose this as a man, you can go in and out of the flowers, The joy of your own beauty pageant. ”

Yu Wenkai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What is Brother Wang's plan?" ”

Wang Shichong stood up with a smile, walked to the open box just now, took out an atlas made of silk silk, and handed it to Yu Wenkai: "Brother, please look at this." ”

Yu Wenkai took it and took a look, only to see that there was a splendid palace painted on it, with high pavilions and hidden windows. The secluded room is a curved room, a jade fence and a vermilion, connected to each other, a loop of four, and a curved house is self-passing. Thousands of households, up and down gold. In the schematic diagram of several rooms painted on one side, the golden beast crouches under the building, the jade beast squats next to the house, the wall is built with light, and the window is shining with the sun. Although this palace does not look too big, it is exquisitely designed, with thousands of doors, enough to accommodate thousands of harem beauties, and the roads are intricate, like a labyrinth, just from this drawing, it is difficult to distinguish between east and west, north and south.

Yu Wenkai suddenly understood Wang Shichong's intentions, and said with a smile: "My brother is really talented, this can make you think, walking in such a harem, His Majesty can naturally go in and out of the flowers, and choose the beauty he likes, compared to the sheep cart beauty pageant of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, this time His Majesty should be able to see the real people of the beauties directly through the doors and windows of these palaces, which is even higher!" ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "I still have an idea, when the time comes, Brother Yuwen can find a painter to draw some spring palace drawings and place them in these palace rooms, so that when His Majesty is fortunate to be beautiful and beautiful, put these spring palace pictures in the palace room, and then light the kind of misty incense and light smoke, which can make His Majesty's spring heart ripple and be full of interest, Brother Yuwen, aren't these things that it is our courtiers to worry about the king?" ”。

He Chou smiled and said: "I still have a way, I can make some large bronze mirrors, polish them smooth, make them into the shape of screens, and place them everywhere in the hall, so that when Your Majesty is lucky, every move of myself and the beauty can be meticulously displayed, and it is very enjoyable to watch." ”

Wang Shichong's heart moved, and secretly said Good guy, you can come up with this method, you are really too good, this is not the same principle as the kind of lewd-demonic young people who play selfies in later generations. He laughed: "He Shaoqing, where did you learn this good method?" ”

Yu Wenkai said with a smile: "Brother Wang doesn't know, Brother He has a mirror house like this at home, last time I let my brother enjoy it there, oops, that's really a lot of fun, eighteen bronze mirrors, enough to see all angles and positions clearly, slender, I also built a room after I went back, if it wasn't for such a treasure, how could I spend the long years that my dismissal at home?" As soon as you mentioned the matter of this spring-palace drama just now, I immediately thought of this bronze mirror house, I don't want to let Brother He come out first, you and I are really called obscene male to see the same! Hahahaha. ”

He Chou and Yu Wenkai looked at each other proudly and laughed loudly, and even the lights on the other side blew a burst of candlelight flickering for the breath of the two of them when they laughed.

Wang Shichong laughed for a while, put away his smile, and said: "On the way back to Beijing this time, the two of you can start your whimsical ideas and design, He Shaoqing started to build the Ruyi car, and the young eunuch Yuwen did the labyrinth harem. ”

Yu Wenkai suddenly thought of something, and said: "Wait, Brother Wang, this Ruyi car is easy to build, but what kind of maze is this, after all, it is a large palace, and judging from this drawing, to build such a delicate and brilliant, I am afraid that a large number of strange stones and trees will be transferred from the mountains and forests in the south, and that Zhuo County is far away in the north, before the Grand Canal passes, I am afraid that there is no way to transport the materials for building the building." ”

Wang Shichong smiled and waved his hand, and said to Yuwenkai: "Brother Yuwen, don't worry, this maze building will definitely not be built in Zhuo County, Your Majesty really likes it, and if you want to stay for a long time, it will definitely be Jiangdu!" (To be continued......)