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"General Dangkou" is a general position established by the imperial court only a few years ago, not to mention that this is a miscellaneous general military title that has no real benefit, but only that the awarding of this position itself does not conform to the system.

In the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, no emperor casually awarded the title of a miscellaneous general to a civil official, and Liu Cun, who was also harsh to obtain this title, sent two pairs of six-foot-high ink porcelain bottles and two hundred bottles of Langya tribute wine to the emperor as soon as possible, because the south palace that the emperor spent 30 million yuan to restore was completed.

Bing Yuan and Liu Ye knew very well the heavy burden that Liu Cun had shouldered for many years, so after listening to Liu Cun's rare complaints, they no longer dared to mention the reconstruction of Qiancheng City.

Mi Zhu guessed that this was Liu Cun's deliberate, he knew how deep Liu Cun's hidden strength was, just a two-month voyage trade, he could bring back thousands of gold and silver from Sanhan, Liaodong, and Liaoxi, and Jeju Island, which immigrated 30,000, had a bumper grain harvest last autumn, and there were no less than 50,000 horses and cattle in the island's horse farms, plus the most impoverished counties such as Zongcheng, Dongwu, Dong'an, Dongguan, Zhucheng, and Mengyin had achieved food self-sufficiency, and now Liu Cun was not short of money and grain at all.

There is also a secret that is not known to outsiders.

The largest reserve warehouse in the entire Qingzhou was built at the eastern foot of Zhushan Mountain, Liu Cun's old nest, at the foot of the mountain between Liu's Mansion and the military camp in the west, and the hidden warehouse group was full of grain, weapons, armor, copper and iron and other raw materials.

Moreover, the best wine in the world is not the "Langya Tribute Wine" and "Langya Jade Liquid" brewed by the Langya Chamber of Commerce Winery at the foot of Huangdao Mountain, but the Liufu family brew under the Phoenix Gang of Zhushan.

And Liufu Distillery has the largest output, the liquor is mellow for export, but it is rarely known to outsiders, named the rustic "Langya Shochu", ten catties and a jar, rough appearance, but it is this inconspicuous liquor, a steady stream of Liu Cun to bring rolling wealth, the wine production is limited, except for a small part of the Langya army soldiers, most of them are sold to Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula where the civil war continues.

Mi Zhu and Liu Cun are connected and have vital interests, so even if he knows the secret, it will not harm Liu Cun's interests, on the contrary, he accurately grasped Liu Cun's thoughts, and put on a sad face very cooperatively, making people think that Liu Cun owes him a lot of money.

Liu Cun was happy when he saw Mi Zhu's appearance, and then looked at the people who sighed, knowing that the goal had been achieved, so he cleverly put forward his own conditions:

"Lord Assassin Shi and your worries are very reasonable, if you don't repair Qiancheng City, it will not only affect the local administration, but also damage the majesty of the government and the face of the court, but at present, the financial resources of this government are embarrassed, and it is beyond our means!"

"Secondly, the location of Qiancheng City is indeed not conducive to living, because the terrain is low, waterlogging is frequent, it is too close to Dongwu, and it is too far away from Zhuangwu County of Beihai State (now Lancun Town, Jimo City) in the northeast and Buqi County of Donglai County (now Chengyang District, Qingdao City) in the east, and it is not bounded by glue and gushui, and water and land transportation is extremely inconvenient, I really don't know who chose the place in the first place."

Everyone immediately remembered the folk rumors that spread two years ago, and they were afraid of the direction and feng shui of Qiancheng City, thinking that it was a dead land, so it suffered earthquakes, fires and floods for decades, and finally burned down the Yellow Turban Army in the first year of Zhongping.

Bingyuan is connected to astronomy and geography, and he also has a lot of criticism of Qiancheng City, so he supports Liu Cun's opinion, although Confucianism has a saying that the son is silent and strange and chaotic, but in his opinion, the original survey of the site of Qiancheng is a mistake.

Liu Ye, who is becoming more and more accomplished in architecture, agrees with Liu Cun's opinion very much, and he boldly expresses his opinion:

"Instead of building a city on the ruins, it is better to build another city to save trouble, today's building technology and various materials are not comparable to the past, the new city whether it is planning or survey construction, will be more reasonable, the city will be stronger, the investment is not much, the praise of all walks of life is a good example."

Huang Wan thought for a moment and kindly asked Liu Cun's opinion: "Zijian, if Qianqian builds a new city, where do you think it should be built?" ”

Liu Cun replied truthfully: "Twenty miles northeast of the old city of Qianqian glue tributary ink south bank, there is a radius of more than ten miles of barren land, the south of this area is lush from east to west stretching eight miles of low hills, can block the sea wind, between the hills and ink is higher, wide and open, abundant water, if you build a city between that piece of mountains and rivers, not only pleasant and livable, but also very conducive to city defense, but also can reclaim the east and west sides and the north bank of the ink hundreds of thousands of acres of barren land. ”

"Going down the ink, you can enter the wide and gentle glue, and you can reach Gaomi (now Jinggou Town, southwest of Gaomi) and other counties by water and land; More than ten miles to the east is Gushui, there is a river to connect with it, go up against the Gushui, the waterway and land connect the Donglai hinterland Zou Lu (now Laixi City), go down the Gu water to enter the south sea, just build a river mouth wharf, the ship can sail directly to Langya Bay, and even the coast of the East China Sea and the Bohai Sea in Xuzhou, extending in all directions, very convenient. ”

Everyone was interested, and Huang Wan immediately turned to Huo Jian, the city builder on the other side: "What does Mr. think?" ”

Huo Jian stroked the long beard on his chin and asked, "Which county does that place belong to?" ”

Liu Cun replied: "It belongs to the boundary of Qianyang, and the glue belongs to Donglai County, but the adults are worried about the boundary dispute?" ”

Huang Wan waved his hand: "No matter which county it belongs to, it is within the scope of my Qingzhou, even if there is a slight crossing of the border, the official only needs to coordinate the two sides, not to mention that it is a barren area between the two counties, and it is within the boundary of Qianqian County, the official believes that no one will say anything, just go to the court to present the details, Zijian University does not have to have any concerns." ”

Huo Jian nodded: "Lord Hui, the place that Lord Zijian said is quite familiar to Xia, if you can build a city and reclaim the surrounding wasteland, it will be a unique and rich land, and there is no problem in feeding 50,000 people." ”

"The only flaw is that although the low mountain is open between the ink and the ink, the low hills are scattered and scattered, and if you want to build the city, the manpower investment will be nearly twice as much as that of the previous construction of the city, although there is the convenience of local quarrying, but the construction period may be extended to one year, or even two years."

Huang Wan was in high spirits after a little calculation, but he didn't know what to think, and in a blink of an eye, he was worried again, he turned to Liu Cun and asked expectantly:

"Zijian, if this official obtains the permission of the imperial court to reduce the taxes of the four northern counties of Chengyang County for one year, do you estimate when the Qianyang New City will be built?"

Liu Cun thought about it for a long time: "It is estimated that the construction will not start until after the autumn harvest, although the displaced people can be used as labor, but the lower officials have no money now!" At the earliest, it will be after the summer harvest that some grain will be freed up to squeeze out some funds. ”

Huang Wan immediately made a decision: "Then start work after the summer harvest and summer planting, this official entrusts Zijian with full authority, although the relevant affairs are cheap, in addition, whether it is the promotion and appointment of the county lieutenant of Qianqian, or the promotion and appointment of the chief officials of Anqiu, Yi'an, and Gumu counties that are waiting to be revived, Zijian only needs to make a list and hand it over to the official, and the official is responsible for protecting the imperial court!" ”

Liu Cun hesitated again, the reason why the three counties of Anqiu, Yi'an (now Gaomi City) and Gumu in the north are still dilapidated is completely due to the incompetence and selfishness of the officials such as the county commanders and county lieutenants in the three places, Liu Cun's headache is that these officials are representatives of the major families in Qingzhou, Liu Cun is unwilling to offend the major forces in Qingzhou before most of the counties are completely stable, so he has always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards the three counties in the north.

At this moment, after listening to Huang Wan's promise, Liu Cun understood that Huang Wan had seen his distress and supported himself to take back all the power of the three northern counties.

But Liu Cun still didn't want to offend the major families in Qingzhou, and he didn't want to give people the impression of being arbitrary and ambitious, so after a little weighing, he sincerely refused and turned his focus to Qiancheng City, which was completely in his hands:

"My lord, the chief officials of the three northern counties are appointed, and the adults are also invited to make the decisions, but Liu Cun obeys all orders! As for the Qianqian New Town, the lower officials will do their best to build a new city for the imperial court and adults around New Year's Day next year. ”

Huang Wan Huoran stood up and saluted Liu Cun deeply: "Zijian is a high wind and bright festival, Huang Wan is not as good as it!" ”

Liu Cun hurriedly jumped up and saluted back, and went up to help Huang Wan back to his seat: "My lord, these are all things that benefit the country and the people, for the sake of the saint and the court, and for the rule of the people, don't the adults and the subordinates think the same?" If the country lives and dies for profit, how can it avoid good and evil! Even if there are thorns, you must move forward bravely, this is the unshirkable responsibility of the official! ”

Huang Wan was very moved, and repeatedly recited the two sentences Liu Cungang said: "If the country lives and dies for profit, how can it be avoided by misfortune and fortune!" If the country lives and dies for profit, how can it avoid good and evil...... Zijian, well said, well said! ”

It was only at this time that Huang Wan understood Zheng Xuanhe's comments on Liu Cun from time to time: "Liu Zijian is benevolent and open-minded, thick as a mountain, can endure what people can't bear, can tolerate what people can't tolerate, given time, Kunpeng Zhenyu will surely soar into the sky and soar above the nine skies!" ”