Ji Yan marched silently in the ranks, the obscene and cold appearance of the Son of Heaven's honor guard made him unbearable, the huge and strict lineup of the Qin army made him Yali Mountain, and the arrogance of the King of Qin and his entourage made him angry, bitter and sour, and mixed tastes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info along the way, he has been chanting a sentence in his heart: The road is long, and I will go up and down to seek. When you are fragile and insignificant, before the absolute strength of the enemy, only forbearance is the act of a wise man.

An hour later, it was getting dark. At this time, the team came to the foot of the General Mountain, thirty miles away from Luoyang, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected the Qin army's iron cavalry, putting on a golden coat for them, looking like heavenly soldiers descending from earth, becoming more and more domineering.

Yingdang saw the beautiful mountains and rivers here, the scenery was pleasant, and he liked it quite a lot, and he stomped hard under his feet, and the tall king car slowly stopped, and the team behind stopped. He said loudly: "It's getting late, the army will camp on the spot and enter Luoyang early tomorrow morning." ”

Bai Qi followed and shouted: "Set up camp." The heralds waved their flags, and the soldiers all went into action, cutting down trees to build camps, digging stoves for cooking, setting up fences and horses, everything was in good order and orderly, and in a moment, wisps of cooking smoke rose from the green fields, rising with the wind, and fluttering into clouds in the sky.

On the tall bronze king's car, Yan Shu bowed to Yingdang and said, "Since the King of Qin has set up camp here, this Taishi will say goodbye." Tomorrow, the old man led the suburbs of hundreds of officials to welcome the king of Qin into the city. ”

Yingdang waved his big hand: "Taishi Yan just go back, early tomorrow morning, this king will enter the city, and he will not be greeted by Taishi." ”

Yan Shu bid farewell to the King of Qin and slowly drove to the royal city with the honor guard of the Son of Heaven.

Ji Yan took a hole on the road and got into the king's car, hurriedly took off the forbidden army clothes, and put the Son of Heaven Xuanduan and the crown left on the king's car on his body. After everything stopped, he said to Yan Shu, who was in the same car: "I don't know what the old lady thinks of this King Qin?" ”

Yan Shu thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "If you are brave, you will be brave, but you have no brains. He came to Luoyang with an army of fifty or sixty thousand, what could he get? If he really captures Luoyang and destroys the Zhou family, he will get a notoriety of 'cannibalism, non-king and incivility', in exchange for another combination of the six kingdoms of Shandong, at that time, the endless war will drag the Qin State into the abyss. ”

Ji Yan shook his head and said, "He's not completely brainless. Looking at the situation in Mengjindu just now, if it weren't for the old lady, you would have been wise, and you would have already started fighting. His seemingly reckless behavior is intended to provoke the Taishi, as long as you have an excesses, he can find an excuse to make a move. As a result, Taishi was unmoved, and he finally gave up his plan to use force. ”

Yan Shu remembered the scene of the maid entering the wine, and said excitedly: "The etiquette is bad, barbaric and rude, these Westerners really lack kings. ”

Ji Yan said coldly: "Barbarism destroys civilization, which is a major feature of historical development, and there is nothing strange about it. "I thought that if you knew that the future Wuhu Chaohua and the Mengyuan Manchu Qing Dynasty would dominate the Central Plains, you would understand that the Qin people were really not barbaric, at most vulgar. Savagery is the passport of a barbarian nation, and civilization is the epitaph of a civilized nation.

Next, the two discussed tomorrow's coping strategy, and Ji Yan mentioned the matter of Jiuding: "This king estimates that Yingdang will be interested in Jiuding, if he proposes to take Jiuding away, we promise him that is, if he forgets about Jiuding, the old lady must remember to mention this topic and make him interested." ”

Yan Rate was very surprised: "Jiuding, the Xia Hou clan lost it, and the Yin people suffered it; Yin people lose it, and Zhou people suffer it. Xiahou, Yin, and Zhou also suffered from each other. Jiuding represents the royal power of the Son of Heaven, if it is taken away by the Qin people, how can my king deal with himself? He couldn't think of the best, why did my king take the initiative to mention the matter of Jiuding? ”

Ji Yan smiled like a Mona Lisa: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." Then he added, "We have one principle for dealing with Yingdang: to greet them ceremoniously and make them bound to their hands and feet; not to be provoked, so that it cannot be attacked; Not humble or arrogant, in order to show the temperament of the week. ”

In order to welcome the Qin army into the city, Ji Yan went to bed early that night, so he got up the next day.

Accompanied by several chamberlains, Ji Yan walked to Zhongding Square and walked towards the nine bronze tripods standing on the tripod platform. When he came closer, he really felt their simplicity and heaviness, and a sense of peace and steadfastness rose in his heart, as if these tripods were his strong backing.

Jiuding is all four-legged tripod, standing on the pedestal, the pedestal is cast in bronze, turtle-shaped, I want to symbolize the national Zuo for a long time. Nine tripods are placed according to the direction of the nine palaces, the center is the largest tripod of Yuzhou, it is circular, the turtle of the base is three feet high, the tripod foot, the tripod body, the diameter is about five feet, representing the supremacy of the Zhou room; The tripod of the four states of Qingyang, Jiliang is located in the four corners, it is square, the base is two feet high, the foot of the tripod, the body of the tripod, and the mouth of the tripod are all about three feet; The tripod of Jingxu Yanyong Sizhou is located in the four directions, the shape is the same as the central tripod, but the size is smaller, the base is two feet high, the tripod is full, the tripod body, the diameter is about three feet.

Ji Yan stroked the body of the tripod, felt the coolness of the bronze, and remembered the record of Jiuding in the "Historical Records": Yu collected the gold of Jiumu and cast Jiuding. All taste the gods and ghosts. It was sage, and Ding moved to Xia Shang. Zhou De declined, Song Zhishe died, Ding Nai fell, and he was gone.

"Collecting Notes" also records Jiuding: Yu casts Jiuding, five to respond to the yang method, and four to elephant yin. The engineer takes the female gold as the yin tripod and the male gold as the yang tripod. Dingzhong is always full, in order to account for the rest of the weather. When Xia Ji was in the world, the water was boiling. And at the end of the week, Jiuding Xianzhen. All should be a sign of destruction. Later generations of saints, because of the traces of Yu, from generation to generation.

Judging from various records, Jiuding is an ancient artifact, which can warn good luck and evil, and can predict the rise and fall of the omen. Although Ji Yan grew up in an "atheistic" environment, he really hopes that Jiuding can bring him good luck now, and silently mutters in his heart: Jiuding, Jiuding, when life and death are at stake, you must help me.

As if responding to his thoughts, suddenly a fluttering sound sounded, and a small bird landed on the ears of the central big ding, staring at Ji Yan motionlessly, and then chirping, looking very happy. Ji Yan looked at the singing bird, and his mood became cheerful, and he shouted: "Since God has reborn me here, I will cherish this precious opportunity, strive to revitalize the Great Zhou, and recreate the grand occasion of the past." It doesn't matter if you Qin Chuqi Zhao, or Han Wei, Yan Song, as long as you block my road to rejuvenation, God will block and kill God, and Buddha will block and kill Buddha! The voice rushed straight to Xiao Han, shaking the nine big dings and buzzing, as if in response to his sonorous words.

Seeing this, several attendants who followed behind them were shocked and inexplicable, and all of them prostrated on the ground and said loudly: "Jiuding protection, long live Da Zhou, long live my king!" ”

Ji Yan's agitated mood calmed down for a long time, and he remembered that he asked Xia Xun to gather craftsmen yesterday, but he didn't know what the result was, so he said loudly: "Prepare the car, go to the Winter Official Mansion." ”

After a while, he came to the Winter Official's Mansion, and the attendant shouted: "The Son of Heaven has arrived." ”

Since they had just been assigned work by the Son of Heaven, many craftsmen were called back one after another yesterday, so everyone in the Winter Official Mansion got up relatively early today. After a while, Xia Xun led a group of subordinate officials to the gate to greet the Son of Heaven, and after paying homage, the group hugged Ji Yan and walked into the mansion.

Coming to the main hall, Ji Yan sat on the main seat facing the south, and Xia Xun and several subordinate officials sat at the bottom.

"Xia Qing, I don't know how to gather the craftsmen?"

"Qi my king, after coming back yesterday, Wei Chen immediately arranged for all the subordinate officials to go out to gather craftsmen, yesterday has recalled nearly 100 people, let them go out again today, the minister thinks that there should be no problem in gathering 200 craftsmen."

"Okay." Ji Yan is very happy, with volunteers and craftsmen, it becomes easier to build a house. "You organize the craftsmen immediately, and later the king will send someone to take you to the construction site. The construction of this house is mainly based on Xia Qing, and if there is any difficulty, find Yan Taishi. ”

"No." Xia Xun had nothing to do for a long time, and he was very excited to hear that the Son of Heaven had assigned the work. "It's just that the minister still has a few questions that he doesn't understand."

"What a question, say."

"Is the house built according to the method which my king said yesterday?"

"It's basically like that, as for the details, you have a lot of professionals in the Winter Official Mansion, just let them improve it."

"When will Lifu be in place?" Xia Xun is most worried about this problem, every time he engages in construction in the past, he will encounter the problem of a shortage of laborers.

Ji Yan smiled: "Lifu was already in place yesterday and is now waiting for your craftsman." ”

"Oh?" Xia Xun felt that this son of heaven was too amazing, when did he already recruit Lifu? "I don't know how many people are there?"

"Fourteen thousand in all." Ji Yan looked at Xia Xun with a smile, enjoying his stammering expression. Then he remembered something and asked, "I wonder if the chariot can be used to pull stones or trees?" They had a hundred and twenty tanks, and it would be a shame not to use them. ”

"Chariots?" Xia Xun became more and more strange: "Why did Lifu take the chariot?" And so much? ”

"Well, seeing that you are so curious, this king will tell you." Ji Yan said with a profiteer's expression on his face: "Lone let the reinforcements of the Duke of Zhou from the East and West be our husbands." ”

"This, this ......" Xia Xunjue's own tongue cramped.

"Xia Qing doesn't have to be surprised, since it is a reinforcement, it is natural to assist us in construction, not to mention that there is no need to shed blood and die, they can be regarded as picking up a big bargain."

After a long time, Xia Xun came back from the shock, remembered what Ji Yan asked, and said slowly: "There are two kinds of chariots, one is the attack chariot used for attack, and the other is the guard chariot used for defense and transporting baggage. If it's a chariot, it can't be used to transport supplies, and if it's a chariot, it's okay to use it to transport stones or wood. ”

"That's it! Then Xia Qing, take a good look after you go, and try to use it if you can. ”

"There's one more question." Xia Xun groaned: "How to solve the salary of these craftsmen and Lifu? ”

"You go and make the charter yourself, don't be afraid of too much money, as long as it can stimulate their enthusiasm for work, this king will do it." Ji Yan thought to himself, I left 100,000 grains, isn't it just to do these things?

"Good. There is also a problem, that is, there are too many people in Lifu, if only one row of houses is built, I am afraid that the row will not be opened, Weichen thinks about ten rows of houses to build together, one hundred rooms per row, and all of them can be built in one month, and there are thousands of houses. I just wonder if this will make too much? ”

"Oh?" Ji Yan thought that wouldn't this be a natural way to form a street, so he said happily: "There are many houses, and you can do whatever is good." It's just that each row of houses can't be too close together, at least ten feet apart. ”

"Okay." Xia Xun's problems were all solved, and he said excitedly: "With the support of my king, Weichen will definitely go all out to handle this matter well." After finishing speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and frowned: "Taishi Yan asked Baiguan to go out of the city to meet the Qin army, and now it is Chen, and Weichen is afraid that he will have to welcome the Qin army before he can go to the construction site." ”

Ji Yan waved his hand: "Building a house is your job, as for the suburbs, Xia Qing doesn't have to worry about it." ”

"No." Xia Xun replied solemnly.

After arranging things, Ji Yan left with a relaxed step, and when he walked out of the gate of the Winter Official Mansion, the clear blue sky was already full of sunshine.