The two were busy with the craftsmen on the construction site for a day, Liu Cun saw that more than 5,000 construction laborers were very hard, and ordered everyone to rest for two days, add food and meat, emphasizing that there is still about a month before the rainy season, and it is too late to dry slowly, and there is no need to exhaust the body. :3w

As soon as he entered the Yamen Intermediate Courtyard, Meng Huanle, the county magistrate, stopped Liu Cun: "Zijian, someone has brought you fifteen carriages of generous gifts, piled up in the wings on both sides of your courtyard, as well as twelve courtesans as beautiful as fairies and five horses that are hard to find. ”

Liu Cun was surprised: "Really? ”

"Really, the gift was sent by Mr. Mida, this is a letter, I thank you for coming over." Meng Huan replied very seriously.

"Let's go! Lao Meng went in together, except for the horses, you can take back whatever you like. Liu Cun took the letter and turned inside.

Meng Huan grabbed Liu Cun: "Talking counts?" ”

Liu Cun couldn't cry or laugh: "I said Lao Meng, you only met me today?" ”

Meng Huan smiled embarrassedly: "Then give me two courtesans." ”

"Pick it yourself!"

Meng Huan immediately ran into the backyard, not afraid that Liu Cun and Liu Ye would laugh at him for being in a hurry, and soon led the two graceful fair-skinned singers to leave, and before leaving, he also assigned the chief to carry away five beautiful brocades, which was really not polite at all.

Liu Cun was stunned and sent away Meng Huan's back, pulled Liu Ye, who was covering his mouth and smiling, inside, looked around and immediately walked towards the five horses, staring at the five tall and majestic horses, and the whole person's eyes were green: "Ziyang, come quickly, quickly!" Are you well-informed, see what kind of horse it is? ”

Liu Ye approached and looked at it for a moment, and immediately exclaimed: "They are all the horses of the Western Regions that are one in a thousand!" Big brother, please see, the skeleton of the five horses is well-proportioned, the head is beautiful and elegant, the eyes are like jewels, the head and neck are high, the physique is burly, the limbs are strong, the day travels thousands of miles and is good at walking mountain roads, the snow is three feet deep in winter can also be shaved snow foraging, the younger brother was in the Taixue period when he was a teenager, occasionally saw the Western Regions attendants come to pay tribute, thanks to the guidance of the old master who had been an official in the Western Regions, only to learn about this horse, when the Western Regions envoys deliberately presented the emperor's twelve Ile horses, a row outside the front door of the palace to show off, envy countless Chinese military and Luoyang soldiers and civilians! ”

Liu Cun was overjoyed: "Then please choose a horse as a mount first, and then give me the highest jujube red stallion to my eldest brother, he is a military general, and he is superb in riding and shooting, giving birth to ** horses, and I have one male and two females left, haha!" ”

Liu Cun's deep friendship and generosity deeply moved Liu Ye, he looked at Liu Cun who only cared about the horse, and couldn't say half a word of gratitude, and finally gritted his teeth and pointed to the most beautiful rouge horse in the middle: "I want that rouge horse!" ”

"It's a beautiful horse, just right for someone as elegant and handsome as you, haha! It's still a foal, don't forget to pull it and mate with my little mare when the time comes, and the cubs must be very good, haha! ”

Liu Cun walked to his black steed, untied the reins and pulled the horse out, and caressed the horse's tall and toned neck lovingly: "It's so beautiful!" I can't bear to ride you, just build a big horse farm for you in the grassland west of Tieshan, before the autumn I will go to Liaodong, buy you a hundred wives and concubines back, let you three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines, every day as the emperor, hahaha! ”

Liu Ye listened to Liu Cun's nonsense, his jaw was about to drop, and he quickly thought of the five large and small docks arranged in the shipbuilding workshop of Zhushan Port and the five lucky ships that started construction at the same time, as well as the exquisite goods launched by the major workshops, and quickly deduced that Liu Cun's intention to go to Liaodong was by no means a matter of joy, but a premeditated thing.

Thinking of this, Liu Ye strode up to Liu Cun: "When will my brother leave for Liaodong?" ”

Liu Cun reluctantly tied the horse that was about to break free from him back to the stake, and shouted to the big apprentice who was staring at the horse on the side: "Lu Pei, go to the north school field and call your master and uncle, saying that there is an emergency." ”

Lu Pei, who was only seventeen years old and was almost as tall as Liu Cun, hurriedly agreed, Liu Cun and Liu Ye returned to the study, took out a white silk map mounted on Ayaluo from the tall bookcase, took off their shoes and climbed on the low couch and slowly spread it out.

Liu Ye looked at it for a few breaths, then suddenly raised his head and asked in a trembling voice, "Where did my brother get this territory map?" ”

Liu Cun smiled: "This is based on the information in the yamen and the various maps bought back by the caravan, drawn after repeated checks, the states and counties of the Han Dynasty do not say, you see this, the sea in the east of us, from Zhushan Port sailing to the east, across the sea for thousands of miles, is the country of the Japanese who came to our dynasty to pay tribute, the country of the Japanese is composed of four large islands and thousands of small islands, scattered with hundreds of small countries and tribes, along the coastline to the west of it has been north, is the three Koreas that have cut off contact with our dynasty, I heard that they are still fighting each other; To the north is Dahan's Obifang and Lelang County. From this estuary along the coast to the west, the peninsula stretching out of the sea is the Liaodong Peninsula, which belongs to the territory of my Han Dynasty, I heard that the population is sparsely populated, there are only a few naturally formed villages, but this place has a unique natural harbor that will not freeze all year round, I named him Port Arthur, which means a smooth journey, a good fortune, haha! ”

Liu Ye hadn't seen it clearly, and the excited Liu Cun pointed to the Jiaodong Peninsula salient opposite the Liaodong Peninsula: "You should be familiar with this place, Penglai Island, Huangxian County, Donglai County, Qingzhou, and the straight-line distance between the Liaodong Peninsula is only about two hundred and twenty miles, which is the Bohai Sea fed by a big river. I heard Bao Laosan say a while ago that as soon as the strong waves and windy season in September passed, there was a southeast or southwest wind on the sea for about ten days, and I planned to sail out to sea during this time, if the sea was stable, I would sail directly to Sanhan, and if it was not stable, I would go north along the coast, and go directly to the mouth of the river south of Xiangping through the Liaodong Peninsula. In a few days, I will send someone to rush to Liaodong from the land, take the official letter of the county, my personal private message and the manifest of the Chamber of Commerce to Jizhou to find the Gongsun family, and then through the Gongsun family in Jizhou, find the Gongsun family in Liaodong, see what goods they need, and inform them to prepare high-quality horses and Huang Cancan's gold. The fleet stayed in Liaodong for half a month, and then returned with a sail from the north wind. ”

Liu Ye exhaled a long turbid breath, then took a deep breath and stared at Liu Cun eagerly: "Brother, the younger brother wants to go to Liaodong with the boat!" ”

Liu Cun grinned: "Let's go together, anyway, the academy should be completed by then, the monarch replied to the letter, very satisfied with the progress of the construction of Langya Academy, and also greatly praised you, a relative of the family, saying that he must be notified when the completion is almost completed, and he will notify the celebrities and relatives and friends from all over the country, so that there are many celebrities and scholars who have heard the news, and you will be relaxed at that time." ”

The sound of hurried footsteps outside the door came, and Wang Qi, who was wearing armor, came in, and the majestic voice had already arrived: "Brother Xian, the jujube red horse in the courtyard really belongs to me?" ”

Liu Cun laughed and agreed loudly, and when Wang Qi excitedly took off his armor and knelt down, Liu Cun pointed to the long and narrow island on the map and asked, "Big brother, do you remember this place?" ”

Wang Qi has obviously seen this map more than once, so he is very familiar with it: "Isn't this the Huangdao that we went around most of the time when we tried the ship last time?" On the other side of the bay is Qingdao, the county seat of Qingzhou is built on this river, and it is more than 20 miles away from the sea. ”

Liu Cun shook his head: "Don't go to Qingdao, go to Huangdao, from Huangdao to the east section of the Great Wall of Qi thirty miles to the west, located in the middle of this area in the west of Xiaozhu Mountain, and about forty miles long and about two miles wide on the Yellow Island, overgrown with lush towering trees, cut down and put a few years is the best keel of the sea boat, the elk on the mountain are herds, birds soar, of course, there are many poisonous snakes, the bay on the west side of Huangdao can be called the best natural haven on the coastline of two hundred miles, this seaside land is forty miles long and more than ten miles wide, the terrain is flat, the soil is fertile, The water flow is vertical and horizontal, the climate is pleasant, it is a good place to build salt pans, as long as 10,000 people are sent in advance, within two years, this place is a land of fish and rice with beautiful mountains and clear waters, comfort and abundance. ”

Liu Ye stared at the map, savoring Liu Cun's words, and repeatedly weighing the pros and cons.

Wang Qi recalled for a long time, and said with a headache: "The big section of Huangdao extending to the north blocks the waves and strong winds, and the harbor surrounded by the west coast is indeed a natural haven, but when the tide is high, the sea water overflows the place where the middle section of Huangdao is connected with the land, and the low tide can wade through, I'm afraid it's not easy to get it, right?" ”

Liu Cun pointed to the connection: "I remember that day I visually inspected, this distance is only a mile long, 10,000 people each carry a few stones to put over, and then fill in the middle of the sediment and gravel, it does not take half a month to pave a five-zhang wide road, and then use stone and mortar cement to build the road, build a dam on both sides, and then pave the cement mortar pavement after tamping, isn't it?" ”

Wang Qi weighed for a moment: "That place is indeed fertile, it is completely possible to build a road along the seaside to connect the big and small Zhu Mountain, after it is built, it is more than enough to live for 50,000 people, what can you do with 50,000 people?" It's worth it! When to get your hands on? ”

Liu Cun calculated for a moment: "We still have a lot of cash in hand, we can do it after harvesting the winter wheat at the end of May, draw 1,000 experienced craftsmen from Zhushan as the leader, and then move 1,000 craftsmen from the Chengbei Manor, and the early construction is basically enough." What I am worried about is that since the beginning of spring this year, there has not been a drop of rain in Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou and Yanzhou, and there is still surplus grain in many places, and it is estimated that within three months, half of the Han Dynasty will be starving all over the place, and then our Langya County in the north of the county and Dongwu and Pingchang counties in the west will surely pour into hundreds of thousands or even millions of Qingzhou victims, so we have to hurry up! ”

Liu Cun thought for a while and added: "After the fortune boat built in the past two months to transport goods south to Donghai County, I will buy as much grain as possible and transport it back, and the Zhushan Iron Workshop and Textile Workshop will make more farm tools, knives and cloth, and prepare to settle the victims who have entered our county. ”

Wang Qi, who had no doubts, was very much in agreement, and Liu Ye was also moved by Liu Cun's love for the people, and sincerely asked Liu Cun what he could do to help.

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