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Early the next morning, Qin Lei said goodbye to Yunshang and Ruolan, and under the protection of the black-clothed guards, he left Qinghe Garden and headed towards the south gate of Zhongdu City.

Zhao Chengsi had already acquiesced in the jurisdiction of the Longwei County Royal Mansion over the southern city, including the southern gate. Now the Southern Patrol City Division and the Southern City Gate Division have been replaced by Qin Lei's people. And all this was done quietly.

It's not that the cheap brother-in-law wants to take care of his brother-in-law, but in order to ask Qin Lei not to pursue his dereliction of duty in the assassination incident, he has to make a compromise with Qin Lei.

So along the way, Qin Lei saw a lot of familiar faces, which were all trained in the palace, and now they have changed into the uniform of the Terracotta Temple, carrying a knife and a whip, patrolling the streets like dogs, and guarding the city gates. Qin Lei, who was watching, was overjoyed, closed the car window and said with a smile: "These boys have to keep an eye on them, don't let them be spoiled by those soldiers." ”

There are also Shi Kang, Shen Bing and Hou Xin in the carriage, as long as there is no danger, Shi Kang has always acted as a furnishing and waiter. So Qin Lei's words were said to the other two.

Although Hou Xin is still in the probationary period, Shen Bing made up his mind to let him take the lead as soon as possible so that he can officially take office. So he didn't say a word, and the two of them looked at Hou Xin straight as if they were a pair of clay sculptures.

Hou Dadusi had no choice but to scratch his ears and cheeks and said, "I know, just stare at it more." ”

Qin Lei smiled and said: "You can't grab your beard and eyebrows, leave this matter to Shen Qi, I left him in the capital, you can discuss this kind of thing, don't go to trouble Mr. Tao for everything." ”

"I know." Hou Xin said with a sad face: "It seems that I can't get involved in the military exercise." ”

Qin Lei comforted softly: "It's just that the division of labor is different, and they are all very important. Go ahead. Hou Xin and Shen Bing bowed to Qin Lei deeply, got out of the car and left. They were supposed to see them off, so naturally it was impossible to follow them all the way.

After driving for a distance, Qin Lei suddenly said: "If Yu Qian is here, he is actually the most suitable person to stay, he can endure loneliness, and his heart is ......" said with a faint sigh: "Alas, it's a pity......"

Shi Dang didn't know how to persuade him, so he had to silently look at the prince's hairy chin in a daze, and didn't come back to his senses until the carriage stopped. He opened the car window and looked at it, and reported softly: "Lord Wang, the long pavilion has arrived." With that, he opened the car door and jumped down to look around.

"Lord Wang, please get out of the car." After a while, Shi Kang's voice came.

Qin Lei nodded, then put on a big hat and jumped out of the car, only to find that on the ten-mile long pavilion, there were already flags weaving, crowds of people, and even bands singing and dancing performances. He couldn't help but wonder: "Why is it so grand?" I remember that when the boss left, dozens of relatives and friends sent it away, and the difference was too big. ”

Shi Dang shook his head, indicating that he was more ignorant than he was. Fortunately, Qin Shouzhuo, who came up, heard it, and finally didn't let Qin Leibai ask a question.

Today, Lao Qin's complexion was quite gloomy, but he still smiled reluctantly: "Back to the prince, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is an envoy, this is a major event related to the dignity of the country, and it must be recorded in the history books, so it must meet the specifications." He knew that Qin Lei didn't understand those rules, so he tried his best to explain them to him.

Qin Lei smiled and said, "I see," he asked curiously: "Old Qin, how many of the things you said I have done over the years can be recorded in the history books?" ”

Qin Shou saw the innocence of his question, and couldn't help laughing: "At least twice." ”

"Which twice?" Qin Lei asked slightly excitedly.

Qin Shou folded his fingers and said seriously: "You should mention a sum of money when you pledged the sixteenth year of the Qi Kingdom, and you may also mention a sum of money when you describe the pacification of the Maitreya Sect." It should add up to more than fifteen words,"

"That's all?" Qin Lei was not satisfied: "I think I should be able to write a thick book." ”

Qin Shouzhuo smiled slightly: "Your Highness, the historians' accounts are all simplified Spring and Autumn brushwork, and they will not ink on unimportant things." ”

The two of them said as they walked to the crowd of farewells, and at this time the prince was holding a yellow silk and chanting words in front of the desk with an incense burner, and he didn't know which ancestors he was communicating with.

Qin Lei listened with interest for a while at first, but found that it was all nonsense, and suddenly lost interest, and continued to ask Qin Shouzhuo, who had a solemn face, "Then how many times can you write it into the history books?" ”

Qin Shouzhuo sighed when he heard this: "The history books are not the genealogy of our Qin family, and they have been lowly officials for decades, but there is nothing worth writing. There was an indescribable depression in his tone.

Qin Lei frowned slightly, and immediately understood what his heart was, and laughed softly: "Don't worry, you are still very young." ”

Qin Shouzhuo smiled bitterly; "I'm not young anymore, forty-three became the governor of Kyoto, and after the summer this year, I will be fifty-two." This guy thinks that he has charged ahead and retreated in February and March, and the credit is still great. But the imperial court formed a cabinet, and there were five more first-class officials at once, vacating a number of coveted seats.

But the result? Those guys who didn't contribute were promoted and moved one by one, but he was still firmly sitting in the seat of Kyoto Prefecture Yin, and he almost wore the chair.

Looking at the worried Qin Shouclumsy, Qin Lei sighed lightly and said, "Actually, originally, I planned to recommend you to the cabinet, but His Majesty said that the third grade was too low, so I rejected it." And the Ministry of Rites has entered the clear water period, which is not interesting; You can't do it in the household......" The more Qin Lei said, the more gray Qin Shouchou's face became, and he looked a little like a mourner.

Qin Lei said seriously: "So only the officials are empty, which is still a bit of a taste, I don't know if Lord Qin can give in?" After speaking, he stared at Qin Shouzhuo with a wicked smile.

In this lesson, Qin Shouchuang's old face was extremely exciting, and expressions of joy, stunned, surprise, and excitement gushed out at the same time, looking like a crumpled chrysanthemum unfolding. It took a long time to come back to his senses, clutching his chest and muttering, "Really? ”

"Don't believe it." Qin Lei pursed his lips and said with a wicked smile.

Qin Shouzhuo was convinced of it, his eyes suddenly splashed with tears, and he bit his lip and trembled: "My subordinates will do a good job." Qin Lei smiled and patted him on the back and didn't speak again...... Because it's his turn to play.

Dressed up, Qin Lei and the third child who came out from the other side came to the prince together, Qin Lei held the wine jug and filled the wine glass in the third child's hand, and the third child brought the cup to the prince, and said loudly: "Second brother, go all the way......"

Qin Lei stiffened his face, so that he couldn't help but laugh, and said in his heart: 'Why is it so like crying and mourning...... He knew that this was not some special etiquette, but that the third child was dissatisfied with the second child taking away the inner mansion and deliberately made him ugly.

Seeing the way the prince endured his anger, Qin Lei sighed lightly in his heart, although the third child had a reason to do this, it was too indiscriminate. Thinking back then, I was also teased by him and the fourth child in full view of everyone, and finally believed that these two guys were really not playing politics.

Fortunately, the crown prince was able to endure it like Emperor Zhaowu, took the cup with a stiff expression, raised his head and drank it, but he didn't have a seizure on the spot. Qin Lei gave another full cup, and the third brother was about to make another mistake, but he grabbed him and said with a smile: "Third brother, you have saluted, this cup should be honored by me for the second brother." Glancing at Qin Lei's slightly reproachful gaze, the third child pouted, and finally retreated.

Qin Lei stood in front of the prince with a wine glass, the two looked at each other, and they were quite emotional for a while, the prince looked at Qin Lei's shoulder, and said softly: "When I saw you for the first time three years ago, you only reached my ears, and I didn't expect that now, you are already half a head taller than me." ”

Qin Lei smiled slightly: "Children always have to grow up." ”

The crown prince sighed and said, "How good we were at that time, I also imagined the scene of making you the 'king side by side' in the future......"

Qin Lei smiled with a complicated expression: "Our problem is still waiting for you to settle it when you come back." As he spoke, he sent the wine glass in his hand to the prince, and whispered: "I read a book a few days ago, and I found a sentence that makes sense, saying that 'brothers are on the wall, and they are insulted outside', second brother, although there is some small friction between our brothers, it is a matter between brothers." We still have to be unanimous with the outside world. ”

The prince nodded vigorously, raised his head and drank the cup, threw the cup to the ground, arched his hand towards Qin Lei, and then faced the send-off crowd: "Farewell, everyone." ”

Qin Lei took Qin Lin and all the officials, and bowed his hands and saluted: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness has a smooth journey......

The prince took a deep look at everyone, then turned around and got into the car, leaving the ten-mile long pavilion and heading south.

Qin Lei looked at the long convoy and disappeared into the vast distance, and couldn't help but think of a poem he had read recently:

Leaving the grass on the plain, one year old and one withered.

Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate.

Yuanfang invaded the ancient road, and the clear green connected the deserted city.

He sent Wang Sun to go, full of farewell.

After bidding farewell to the prince who went south, Qin Lei hurried to Jingshan City. Although the capital is good, it is not suitable to live for a long time. Jingshan City is his old nest. Only when it is as solid as a rock can he have a foundation for advancing and retreating.

And unlike now, everything depends on Emperor Zhaowu's face. Although it's my own son, it doesn't feel good...... What's more, Qin Lei still has three doubts about the father-son relationship between the two.

Therefore, Jingshan City is too important, no matter how much money is spent, it must be built, even if it is smashed and sold iron.

In fact, according to the original drawings, the silver given by the old queen mother and eunuch Qiu is almost enough. But after a winter of repeated thinking, Qin Lei revised the original plan...... He proposed that Gyeongsan Castle should be built into a real city, not a purely military fortress as originally envisaged.

It is said in the "Sayings": 'The city, so the people are also sheng. Therefore the difference between a city and a military fortress is not that the city should be bigger and wider, but that the city should be used by the people to multiply, to operate, to work,...... For example, the middle capital city, or Xiangyang City.

As soon as this plan was proposed, Le Buyi was shocked. Qin Lei clearly remembered that it was a night when the north wind was roaring......

At that time, the old boy was writing, and when he heard Qin Lei say this, he excitedly broke the brush and got a body of ink. But Le Buyi still said unconsciously: "Do you know how much silver it costs to build a city in the wilderness out of nothing? ”

Qin Lei shook his head and said, "I haven't counted it." ”

"I can't count!" Le Buyi said with pain on his face: "That's a bottomless pit, no matter how much money we have, we can't fill this big hole!" "It looks like that, as if he is now going to pay to fill that 'big hole'.

Qin Lei hurriedly calmed down the inexplicably excited Le Buyi, and said with a smile: "This is just an idea, and it hasn't become a reality yet." How many people in this world dream of being emperors, but they haven't seen the criminal department smack them. ”

Le Buyi also realized that he was out of shape, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, don't blame you for being sensitive. I didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, and since the city was built for three months, I have spent millions of taels of silver, and this is only the initial material and labor costs. I don't know how much it will cost in the future. ”

Qin Lei smiled and said: "I know what you said, but if I tell you, you can build a city that is at least a small and half the size of the middle capital without spending much on us, are you willing?" ”

Hearing that it didn't cost much, Le Buyi's attitude eased slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Even if it doesn't cost money to build a city, what are the benefits of building it?" I feel that the original design is enough. ”

Qin Lei shook his head firmly and said: "From a long time ago, I felt that there were some problems with Mr.'s original plan, not the design itself, but the pattern. As he spoke, he pointed to the imaginary map of Jingshan Castle hanging on the wall, and said in a clear voice: "Look, it's too compact, and there is no room for the people to live or a place for merchants to conduct trade." ”

"This is a military fortress, what do you want businessmen and people to do?" Le Buyi was puzzled: "Or you can convince you." ”

Qin Lei nodded and said in a deep voice: "There are three benefits to building a real city. First, according to the original plan, after the completion of the Jingshan city wall, the dredging of the Jingshui River began, and once the dredging was completed, the merchant ships coming from the south to the north would naturally abandon the Xiaoqing River and re-take the Jingshui River. ”

As he spoke, he took out a high-precision canal map from the bottom of the table and pointed to Xiaoqing River: "Although this river is straighter, it is artificially excavated after all, and its width and depth are very limited, so it is the most silted section of the Qianli Grand Canal." ”

Le Buyi once inspected the entire 4,000-mile Grand Canal on the spot, and knew that what Qin Lei said was true, and said with a bow: "Yes, manpower can't compare to the work of creation after all, and the Xiaoqing River dug out by hand is too shallow, and now a slightly larger cargo ship can't pass, and it really doesn't deserve the status of the backbone of the northern section of the canal." ”

"It is no exaggeration to say that the canal is silting, and the root of the siltation is in the Xiaoqing River." Qin Lei said softly.

Le Buyi nodded and said in a deep voice: "There are two solutions, one is to dredge the Xiaoqing River, and then make great efforts to widen and deepen the river, so that it can be solved; The other is...... Diversion. As he spoke, his eyes lit up, and he already understood what Qin Lei meant, and suddenly said: "Are you saying that the Jingshui River only needs to be dredged, and the Xiaoqing River needs to be widened and dug deeper." From the point of view of cost saving, when the Xiaoqing River is abandoned, let the canal return to the Jingshui River, does this mean? ”

Qin Lei smiled and nodded: "We don't have large machinery, and the dredging and deepening can only be carried by shoulders, the cost is too high, so let's save some trouble." He said in a deep voice: "I want to return the canal to Jingshan City and turn this place into a north-south thoroughfare......

Le Buyi opened his mouth wide, looking at the monster as if he had to look at Qin Lei, and it took a long time for him to recover his strength, and muttered: "Not to mention whether it can be done or not, just this whimsical ability, you will stand alone in the world." ”

Qin Lei disagreed: "This is called a whimsy. ”

"If it's successful, it's called a brilliant idea." Le Buyi said seriously: "What about Xiao Qinghe?" ”

"Used to irrigate farmland along the coast," Qin Lei said with a proud smile: "I heard that in order to maintain the water volume of the Xiaoqing River, farmers on both sides of the river have been forbidden to use water for irrigation, which is a shackle that makes thousands of miles of fertile land have to rely on the sky for food."

Therefore, the water in the river is getting less and less, and the government cannot figure out the situation, so they only prohibit the people on both sides of the river from stealing water. However, the situation did not improve at all, on the contrary, in some places, because the water flow was too small, the silting was too heavy, and it turned into above-ground rivers.