Moling.

In March, the flowers bloom, and the spring rain is dripping, so that the breath between heaven and earth is very fresh and refreshing.

Under a misty light rain, a closed area in the city, above and below the city, among the blue bricks and red tiles, I still see hard-working craftsmen.

This is the Imperial Palace, a tense project, which has not stopped because of the rain, and is still in full swing.

Since the news of the founding of Jiangdong has been boiling, there has been another news that Jiangdong is about to take the Moling as Jinling and Jinling City as the capital.

As soon as the rumors came out, the entire Moling City instantly became more lively, and the number of people coming and going began to increase, and countless people poured into this new city every day.

In a short period of time, the population of this new city has increased from more than 300,000 to more than 500,000, and the number of people is still increasing every day.

The new city is not a city, and the population has skyrocketed, which has made this city a little messy.

On this day, early in the morning, under the Zhengyang Gate, under the city gate, hundreds of county soldiers, within three hundred meters, all under martial law, Xu Shu stood in the rain, holding an oil-paper umbrella in his hand, followed by Liu Ye and Moling County Lieutenant Xu Shan, and thirty elite county soldiers, lined up left and right, with straight bodies, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

"Yuan Zhi, who are we waiting for, don't you know, now my time is very tight, and I still have several projects to supervise, but I don't have much time to spend here with you."

Liu Ye was called by Xu Shu early in the morning, he stretched his neck, looked at the rain and fog in the sky, and said impatiently.

"Ziyang, you have to be a little patient, wait a little longer, but in a few days, it won't be bad!" Xu Shu smiled slightly, his eyes flashed, and a different color flashed: "This person, we all have to greet him, if he didn't want others to know that he came to Moling, the entire Moling County Ya would have to come to greet him today!" ”

"Lord Xu, who is it so grand?" Xu Shan squinted his eyes and asked with some horror.

"The Lord of Koto!" Xu Shu smiled slightly and spit out a name.

"What!"

The two of them were taken aback, and their eyes were a little shocked.

"The lord wants to come to Moling in person?" No matter how calm Xu Shan was, when he heard this, he couldn't help but cry out.

"Don't be so loud, the lord is just secretly visiting Moling this time, just a few of us know, the lord doesn't want others to know, so no one is allowed to say it, otherwise it will be the crime of leaking the military plane and cutting off the head." Xu Shu snorted coldly and said.

"No!"

The faces of several people changed slightly, and they were very strict.

Xu Shu looked into the distance, saw dozens of horses in the rain and fog, and hurriedly whispered: "It's coming!" ”

"Lord!"

More than thirty knights quickly appeared under the city gate, and Xu Shu immediately greeted him, stretched out his hand to pull the horse in front, and saluted respectfully to the burly man on horseback.

"Lord!" Liu Ye and Xu Shan were also a little excited, looking at the burly man with clear eyes, and immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

"You don't need to be polite!"

Sun Jian put on his declining clothes, his burly body jumped off the horse, looked at a few people with tiger eyes, and said heartily.

This time Sun Jian came to Moling, except for Zhang Zhao, the other entourage was only thirty people, very secretive, after all, now Jiangdong is now arguing for the king, some turmoil, Sun Jian's every move may cause suspicion.

"Lord, this weather, you gallop thousands of miles, you must be hungry and tired, a secret courtyard has been arranged, you take a rest first, take a hot bath, go to cool off, and then I prepared a small reception banquet."

Xu Shu said respectfully.

"Okay!"

Sun Jian nodded: "But I came this time to find out whether Moling is qualified to become the capital of Jiangdong, the time is urgent, there are only three days, you have to arrange it." ”

Although Wang Liguo is still under discussion, in the eyes of the high-level, this is already a foregone conclusion, and all aspects have entered the preparatory stage.

Sun Jian originally took Wu County as the capital first, but Sun Quan played and mentioned that the capital of Jinling was rumored, and it was rumored that Jinling had purple qi coming from the east and had the breath of the Son of Heaven, so he asked to change Moling back to Jinling and establish it as the capital.

This one has been approved by many people, including Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhou Yu and others, so Sun Jian agreed, but before that, he had to see for himself whether Jinling New City had the bearing to establish a capital.

A capital city is the cornerstone of carrying a dynasty, and the meaning contained in it is heavy, and there must not be half a point of negligence, if he does not see it in person, he is not at ease.

"My subordinates understand!" Xu Shu nodded.

Zhang Zhao followed behind Sun Jian, raised his head, looked at this majestic and magnificent city gate, and sighed: "Lord, the city gate of Moling is much more majestic than Wu County, just for this point, there is nothing wrong with Gongzi Quan's mention." ”

"This should be the new city gate!"

Sun Jian squinted his eyes and looked at Zhengyangmen.

"Back to the lord, this gate is Zhengyang Gate, not long after its completion, it is the most magnificent gate of Jinling New City today, it is this Liu Ye next to me, Liu Ziyang supervised the construction of the order, the former son used to build Jinling New City regardless of a qiē, it can be said that it was well-intentioned." Xu Shu said proudly.

Few people know how much Sun Quan has suffered for this new city, and the price he has paid for Sun Quan, who witnessed it.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Sun Jian smiled slightly, his eyes crossed a different color, and said: "I just saw the beginning, and I understand why Zhongmou must put the capital here, I hope that this place can give a certain surprise!" ”

……

The next day, Moling was still a light rain, Xu Shu and Liu Ye took Sun Jian and Zhang Zhao early in the morning, and began to visit Moling City, from the city gates of all sides, to Zhongshan, then to the Qinhuai River, and finally to Xuanwu Lake.

"Wasn't this a small pond before?" It's not that Sun Jian hasn't been to Moling, as a Jiangdong native, he is no stranger to Moling City.

"It's true, but the swamp we dug up has reclaimed the waterway at the northern foot of Zhongshan Mountain, and introduced river water to form such a new lake!" Liu Ye stepped forward and analyzed.

"That's a lot of money!" Zhang Zhao sighed and said.

After they walked through Xuanwu Lake, the last thing they visited was the Imperial Palace, and now the construction of this imperial palace has moved from the first half of the project to the second half of the project.

The rough prototype of the palace has been built, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the face of the area is more spacious than the Changle Palace of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City, and the majesty of it makes people have an intuitive feeling.

"Zibu, if you are asked to build Jinling New Town, do you have the ability to build this scale in just one year?" Sun Jian's eyes were clear, very surprised, and asked.

"Lord, the cost of this new city, I have calculated it before and after, and our general's mansion will not be able to come up with so much financial resources even if it is a source of savings!" Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "

"We don't have such a big financial resource to control the entire Jiangdong, so does he Sun Zhongmou have it?" Sun Jian squinted his eyes and asked a little puzzled.

"My lord, this can only mean one thing, Jiangdong merchants are more afraid than we believe, Gongzi Quan controls the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, and he is waiting to control Jiangdong's biggest financial resources."

"This little rabbit cub is shrewd enough, no wonder he is desperate to offend the family, and he also has to support these merchants!" Sun Jian touched the rain on his face, smiled, and said.

"This is the vision of Gongzi Quan, extraordinary, and he can always see something that we can't see." Zhang Zhao also sighed a little,

"Zibu, with this city, this palace, we have the confidence to be the king, sometimes I feel that Zhongmou's foresight is really to make a certain family's hair stand on end!" Sun Jian looked at this palace, there was a touch of pride in his eyes, he suddenly thought of Sun Quan's mentions, and he wondered if Sun Quan had the ability to predict.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is more than just prescient."

Like the rain pouring down like flying mist, it is not big, but it can make the world look misty, Zhang Zhao looked at this piece of palace, and there was a strange light passing through.

"Zibu, what do you mean by that?" Sun Jian was stunned for a moment and asked in a low voice.

"I'm afraid that Gongzi Quan has planned for the lord a long time ago, and he will be called the king of the country in a few years!" The corners of Zhang Zhao's mouth outlined a meaningful smile and said softly.

"How is it possible, if the Son of Heaven does not die, even if the princes of the world have the strength, it will be difficult to be the king for five to ten years, how can he know that the Son of Heaven will mention the death?" Sun Quan's eyes froze slightly, unable to believe it.

"Under normal circumstances, he definitely doesn't know, but if the Son of Heaven dies and the power of the Jinyi Guard participates in it, do you think he knows?" Zhang Zhao looked at Xu Shu and Liu Ye around him, pulled Sun Jian to a corner, and said.

"What?" Sun Jian's face changed in shock: "He's so bold!" ”

"Lord, Zhao is just speculation, after all, the death of the Son of Heaven is not clear, according to a certain analysis of Cao Mengde, he is not a person who can kill the enemy emperor."

Zhang Zhao said in a low voice: "But now that the matter has happened, it doesn't matter if it was done by the son, even if he did it, he didn't tell the lord, I'm afraid he was afraid that the matter would be exposed, and then he would carry it himself." ”

"You're right, I can't calculate too much with this bastard, but when I think of him doing such a big thing, he still hides it from this seat, and I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."

Sun Jian was eighty percent convinced that Sun Quanshen had joined the death of the Son of Heaven, and his eyes burst out with a cold glow, and said: "It seems that Jinyiwei can't be indulged, it's time to take back this right!" ”