Chapter 629: Entering the City to Receive the Order
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The rest is simple, because these workers are veterans of the crops. The crops of the New World are also crops, and whether there is a lack or excess of sunlight and moisture, these people can tell from the state of the crops. The only thing Zhu Youjian needs to do is to tell them to make various records of each crop number, and fully collect growth data.
Since these crops are only being planted on a trial basis, he plans to breed them further after harvest to produce new, higher-yielding varieties. It's a lot of luck, maybe a quick harvest, maybe a decade or even a few decades before you get a truly locally grown variety. Of course, Zhu Youjian can't wait that long, starting from the next crop, he must pay equal attention to scientific research, because after all, these crops are generally high-yielding, even if they are poor, the yield is much higher than traditional crops such as millet and wheat.
As soon as the trial planting work in the field was on track, news came from Xi'an: the holy decree of the imperial court has come again!
It stands to reason that since Zhu Youzhen's palace is in Jingyang, the officials who deliver the decree should also go directly to the palace to announce the decree. But for some reason, this time he asked Zhu Youzhen to go to the eunuch's mansion in Xi'an to receive the order.
Zhu Youzhen suddenly became vigilant, thinking that this is not Wei Zhongxian, an old boy playing yin again, and wants to take the opportunity to kill himself, right? You must know that the new Xi'an town guard eunuch Li Qin is Wei Zhongxian's godgrandson, and he also sent a lot of Dongchang fans to Qinwangzhuang secretly to inquire about the news, and he must have bad intentions towards himself. In case this is Wei Zhongxian's edict to trick himself in, and then close the door and beat the dog, wouldn't he confess?
But if he didn't go, Zhu Youzhen didn't have the courage. After all, it is a holy decree, and it represents long live today! If anyone dares to resist the decree and refuses, it is tantamount to open rebellion. Zhu Youzhen didn't want to rebel, and he didn't have that strength, so he was really in a dilemma.
After careful consideration, Zhu Youzhen still decided to go to Xi'an to receive the order. Because he judged that the reason why Wei Zhongxian was able to do whatever he wanted was because of the power given to him by the Apocalypse, to put it bluntly, he was a fox and a fake tiger. Perhaps as his power became more and more powerful, Wei Zhongxian was really as the queen said, and gradually developed a heart of disobedience, but on the bright side, he didn't dare to hide the apocalypse and falsely pass on the holy decree, otherwise he could directly send Dongchang Fanzi to Qinwangzhuang to arrest him, without having to take pains to assassinate him again and again.
Therefore, this holy decree should be true, if you don't accept it, you will end up with the truth and give Wei Zhongxian a chance to rectify himself. But the content of the holy decree is auspicious or evil, but Zhu Youzhen cannot be sure. Although the Apocalypse has always been kind to him, there is a way to accompany the king like a tiger, who knows if this carpenter emperor will be drunk by Wei Zhongxian's ** soup and suddenly punish himself?
But now it's different from the past, even if the holy decree is really unfavorable to him, Zhu Youzhen will never accept it and wait for death. Because his life not only belongs to himself, but also to all his relatives, Qin soldiers, the people of Qin Wangzhuang, and even the people of the world! In order to prevent them from suffering the great suffering in history, Zhu Youzhen must be responsible for them and protect his life!
Therefore, Zhu Youzhen made careful preparations for this trip. First of all, the personal guards of the special combat team led by Yan Ling were all disguised as ordinary entourages and followed Zhu Youzhen to the eunuch's mansion to receive orders. They all carried short knives less than a foot long, and they couldn't be seen from the outside. In the event of danger, with their skills, even if there are hundreds of Dongchang fans in the eunuch's mansion, they can cover Zhu Youzhen's way out.
Xie Shengqin led the guard company of the first regiment and Liu Quanzhong's battalion, a total of more than 700 people, all disguised as ordinary people, secretly infiltrated Xi'an City in advance, and ambushed inside and outside the north city gate and around the eunuch's mansion. They were more fully equipped, each armed with a bird's gun, as well as spears and knives, which were mixed in the carts for transporting goods. In case of an accident, this strange army can catch the defenders of the city by surprise and cover their withdrawal from the city, and Zhu Youzhen has full confidence in this.
As for the remaining seven battalions of the first regiment, except for one battalion left to guard the city in Qinwangzhuang, the remaining six battalions also quietly moved like Xi'an, ready to respond at any time. Don't look at the fact that there are many recruits in the first regiment, but the weapons and equipment are already greatly superior to the officers and soldiers in Xi'an.
After all the preparations were made, Zhu Youzhen took the sedan chair of the palace, and set off from Qinwangzhuang in a mighty way. In fact, he didn't like this kind of pomp and circumstance the most, but he had to make a show to show that he was no different from those pampered and drunken vassal kings.
The road was very smooth, and soon Zhu Youzhen's sedan chair entered Xi'an City and went straight to the eunuch's mansion, which had just been completed.
This town guard eunuch's mansion is located on the east side of the original Qin Palace, although it is newly built, and the area is slightly smaller than the palace, but it is magnificent, and the pomp is more than the palace. In contrast, the trilateral governor's office, the Shaanxi governor's yamen, and the Xi'an government office are almost like slums.
Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly in his heart: Li Qin is just a eunuch, and he is temporarily stationed here, and he actually has such a big style. In such a way that the government was built beyond the system, not a single official in the city dared to speak up, which shows how arrogant the eunuch party is. Moreover, it will cost more than 100,000 taels of silver to build this mansion, and there is no need to ask, Li Qin will not pay out of his own pocket, and this heavy burden will inevitably fall on the heads of the people in the end.
Outside the gate of the mansion, Li Qin, the eunuch guarding the town, did not dare to hold it up, and greeted him here in person. Zhu Youzhen originally thought that he was Wei Zhongxian's godgrandson, and he should not be very old, at least about the same as Guan Ning. Unexpectedly, Li Qin was already in his fifties, and his sideburns and hair were already gray, and he looked older than Wei Zhongxian.
Seeing Zhu Youzhen's sedan chair landing, Li Qin ran forward with a sneer on his face, and while saluting, he sang in a sharp voice: "Slave Xi'an guards the eunuch Li Qin, welcome His Royal Highness King Qin!" ”
As soon as Zhu Youzhen saw the eunuch, he felt an indescribable disgust. Especially knowing that Li Qin had bad intentions towards him, he felt even more sick to his stomach. But the so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, since Li Qin gave him a gift, Zhu Youzhen was not easy to support, so he hurriedly got out of the sedan chair, put his hands together and said: "I have heard the name of Gonggong Li for a long time, and I will see each other today." ”
Li Qin had already stood up, and when he heard this, he knelt down again and said: "The prince forgives the sin, the princess celebrated her birthday a few days ago, and the slave should go to the palace to congratulate him." Helplessly, the city defense was extremely heavy, and the servants were strictly ordered by Banzai and the Overseer, and did not dare to leave their posts without permission. ”
Zhu Youzhen knew that he was talking about Qin Wangzhuang's feast for the birth of the little concubine, but he didn't take it to heart, and said that it would be best if you don't go, who rarely congratulates you as a dead eunuch. But he said "Princess's birthday", what does this mean, shouldn't the prince's daughter be the county lord?
While thinking about it, Li Qin stepped into the gate with a smile and said, "Lord Wang, the official has been waiting in the palace for a long time, please go inside!" ”