Chapter 72: Prestige Increases
"There are more than 30 large waterwheels, and it only takes four days to irrigate nearly 2,000 hectares of fields, and Pingyang Hou's ability to create things is admirable!"
"Pingyang Hou is amazing! We have nothing more to say. ”
Chen He happily applauded desperately: "Okay! Sure enough, it is worthy of the things created by Pingyang Hou that are unique in the world, and some brainless and stupid people must have nothing to say! ”
The old qualifications of the marquis looked at each other, Wu Yingqi's face was embarrassed, and he shouted in a gloomy voice: "Old man, you won't be the partner of the Marquis of Pingyang to deceive us!" ”
"Don't ruin your reputation in the future, if you don't believe it, go to other Zhuangzi to inquire about it, I am kind enough to explain the reason for you, but it is really unreasonable." Zheng Lao shook his head, picked up his things and saluted Cao Shi, and hurried to chase in the direction of a few little grandsons.
Fan Qiguang walked over and said with a smile: "Why don't we go to other Zhuangzi to have a look, lest the prince think that our Pingyang Hou Mansion has coaxed good people for no reason." ”
"Okay, let's go check it out."
Xue Ze tugged at Wu Yingqi's sleeves, and hurriedly beckoned the liehous to walk over to the next Zhuangzi, Xue Ze's reputation is good, and his popularity among the liehous is also very good, many liehous listened to his greeting and followed, Chen He and Guan Qiang and others followed a few steps behind, after all, the face of the big brother still has to be given.
It was not the princes who took care of Wu Yingqi's face, but they really wanted to understand the function of the waterwheel and the irrigation system, and the anxious brigade of people circled around the six nearby villages, many of them were tired but very excited, and no matter which village they went, they encountered the same situation.
The princes also personally went down to the field to control the valve to observe the water flow rate of irrigation, and it was exactly the same as what Nanzhuang encountered, the ditches between the ridges of each field were irrigated by water, and only a few cultivated fields were still slowly irrigated, and even those old qualified princes had nothing to say.
Wu Yingqi's face was a little embarrassed, he never expected that the complex bamboo and wood structure pipes of the waterwheel lifting water through guò were so exquisite, he gritted his teeth and said: "I was reckless and offended just now, and I apologize to Pingyang Hou here, the waterwheel takes water for irrigation is indeed very wonderful, I Wu Yingqi is defeated, and I will be convinced by Pingyang Hou in the future." ”
Chen He clapped his hands and laughed: "It turns out that someone also has this day today!" Usually not self-proclaimed warriors in the liehou, go into battle to kill the enemy and bravely crown the three armies, and the man who says anything should take credit immediately, why didn't you have an inch of merit in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu? ”
"Chen Zishi, you're forcing me to do it!" Wu Yingqi clenched his fists and roared.
"When I'm afraid of you? If you have the ability, you want to beat the doughman, put it on my head and see if you can give me a scoop. ”
Cao Shi quickly stepped forward and pushed away the two angry people, and said with a cold face: "I tried my best to win the opportunity to get in touch with the shackles for the princes, but I didn't let the two of you compare and use the scoop on the head, did the two of you forget that the Son of Heaven had only been gone for a long time, and now they vowed to make a big deal before they would stop, did they want to challenge the strictness of the Han law?" ”
The two of them were shocked before they remembered the situation in Jingshi, and cold sweat kept flowing down their heads, like two wild horses that had lost their power and gradually calmed down from their mania.
Xue Ze pulled Wu Yingqi to the side, and the old qualified liehous naturally surrounded him, and the young liehous and princes on the other side also surrounded Chen He, although the two sides did not evolve into a rush to lose control, but the seeds of mutual distrust have been quietly planted, and they will stare at each other with wide eyes and look at each other unpleasantly, and sooner or later they will evolve into a group of people and eventually split into two groups of people.
Cao Shi glanced at the two groups of people who were clearly distinguished, and had a blank face: "We are both princes but we have to fight for face, ugly and ugly, today I accuse you and tomorrow he accuses me, day after day repeats year after year, accumulating small grievances into big hatred, if one day the laughter is not appropriate to provoke anger and turn the face, and then say that from now on there will be a bloody disaster in the big fight, but will fall into the Tingwei prison and suffer from the criminal law for no reason, if you lose the throne handed down by your ancestors, do you think it is worth it or not?" ”
Chen He, Guan Qiang and others knew Cao Shi's temperament, and he was low-key and humble when he usually played, and he didn't like to cause trouble, but if someone provoked him, he was more ruthless than anyone else, so when these people saw him with a straight face, they immediately lowered their heads and didn't speak.
The liehou over there wanted to speak, and it hurt his face to be reprimanded by a sixteen-year-old little liehou, but seeing this situation, talking nonsense may anger Pingyang Hou, and when the time comes, the matter will be stabbed to the fifty or sixty-year-old old liehou who is in the court, and their gang will be on wax, with the status and influence of Pingyang Hou in the palace, they will make their collective tragedy in minutes.
Cao Shi sighed helplessly: "Our princes are already short of breath and weak, the Son of Heaven suppresses us, the princes and kings want to use us, the two thousand stones from the Central African princes hate us, and the merchants just want to earn all the gold in our money bags, in this case, you still have to fight inwardly, you will be punished by the Son of Heaven to the border for the city, how to explain when you go to see the ancestors in the future?" Because trivial things have a dislike for each other, like a plate of loose sand that cannot be pinched into a ball, we princes who are used to being lavish will sooner or later someone accidentally violate the criminal law and be deposed, and no one will give it if they want to have face at that time. ”
The princes want to speak and stop, everyone can understand the big truth, but many people listen to the left ear and the right ear, and the big truth can also be said one set of one set, once it is to be implemented in personal behavior, it cannot be completely equal, there are many people who push back and hinder and play tricks, and there are many people who can control the prestige and skill of the people, and it is very difficult to hold the lawless liehou group.
Some people don't go to their hearts, but some people agree with it deeply, Xue Ze said: "I also think that our princes have a loose style, and there is no unified behavior, and it is too casual to go their own way, and from time to time it is rumored that something has happened to a certain Hou Mansion, and they are called to the Tingwei Mansion to interrogate them one by one like a prisoner, and when they meet the hands of cool officials like Goshawk Zhidu, Lieutenant Ning Cheng, and Tingwei Zhao Fang, a small matter will also become a big thing to abolish the Hou, and we should find a way to change it." ”
"The question is how to change?"
"That's right! How can I change it? ”
The princes also understand that it is not good to continue to fool around, but the problem is that there is a lack of prestige people to take the lead, when Zhou Yafu was alive, the princes had a backbone leader, since the death of the Hou of Tiao, most of the Zhou family was wiped out, only Pingqu Hou Zhou Jiande was left with two or three big cats and kittens, and the princes were also like a plate of loose sand, and no one could restrain them.
Originally, Liji's qualifications were enough for the liehous, but he was removed from the throne by the Son of Heaven as early as six years ago, and now it is Miaohou Lijian who inherits the throne and loses the opportunity to reinstate, so that no one can unify the rules of behavior of the liehous.
Cao Shi was very unhappy in his heart, seeing that the Liehou group that had just improved was about to disintegrate again, he said with an unhappy face: "I wait for the Liehou to protect the Han family's eternal stability, and it is very unwise to abandon the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period for personal grievances and personal interests!" Even if the Son of Heaven intends to reuse the princes, how can he worship the generals and govern the country with the deeds of the princes? The lack of prestige and solemn leadership of the princes is by no means a reason, the lack of restraint and a strict code of conduct is the root cause, relying on personal prestige is better than relying on the constraints of the iron laws of the forest, and those who violate the common will of the princes will be punished! ”
The princes were shocked: "Could it be that you want to make an oath?" ”
"What do you think?"
Cao Shi asked in their hearts, since Zhou Yafu's death, the princes have been scattered and independent, and until today, the chaotic people's hearts have not settled down, and the princes are still like this, and the military meritorious lords such as the marquis of Guannei and the chief of the great concubine are more like a group of headless flies running around, and the chaos means that the people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring.
At this time, they appeared, Cao Shi's advantages were revealed, young and promising, outstanding ability needless to say, dare to act and good at making good connections, the princes inherited his favors, kept their promises, and had a high prestige in the minds of young people, even the proud Chen He, Zhou Zuoche, Guan Qiang and others also took the initiative to surround him, compared with the old princes who were gloomy and had an incomparable advantage.
The liehous didn't know that their hearts were quietly changing their views, and the improvement of prestige quietly brought about a change in mentality, and Cao Shi's status was invisibly comparable to the level of the few remaining second-generation old liehous.
The transfer of waterwheel technology is very smooth, Cao Shi's requirements for them must be strictly completed in accordance with the guidance of the craftsmen of the Hou Mansion, and there must be no slightest difference in the selection of materials and the construction process.
"Thank you Pingyang Hou, we will definitely walk the benefits of the waterwheel to every corner of Guanzhong according to the agreement, and it won't be long before you can see these waterwheels on the eight rivers of Chang'an, you can rest assured!" The princes thanked each other and left happily.
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