Although only two old craftsmen were tired, it did not have much impact on the overall situation of the entire project, but this matter still attracted Hua'an's special attention, after all, these are two fresh lives, and they are also the pillars of the family, if it is not paid attention to, it will not be good to tire a few craftsmen to death in the future.

In a pavilion next to the construction site, Hua An and several of his henchmen discussed the incident, and Hua An's request was not to let such an incident happen again.

"Your Majesty, the reason why these two craftsmen are tired to death is entirely because they are already old and weak, and their subordinates will dismiss all the craftsmen who are over fifty years old, and let them go back to their hometowns to retire!" A subordinate, Masashi said.

"Yes! The king, the old and infirm, are not fit to do heavy work, and indeed they should all be dismissed. Another subordinate said.

Obviously, according to Huaan's request to prevent such a thing from happening again, these subordinates can only come up with such a plan.

When Hua An heard this, he thought for a while, and said softly: "Among all the craftsmen, there are at least thousands of people like this kind of old and frail, and they are all from poor families, so they have to go out to earn a living. ”

Clearly, Hua'an was reluctant to lay off all the old and frail craftsmen, and felt that they should be given a way to earn a living so that they could support their families.

However, these elderly craftsmen are more susceptible to unexpected events such as sudden death, so precautions must be taken to avoid such incidents from happening again.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates also feel it. There is no need to dismiss old craftsmen, after all, they are also to make a living, and it is too cruel to dismiss them just because they are old and infirm, but. If we want to avoid the recurrence of the exhaustion of the craftsmen, it is necessary to reduce their working hours, so that these old and frail craftsmen must not work for more than four hours a day, so that such tragedies should not happen again. One of his subordinates clenched his fists and said.

"Reducing the amount of time you spend working does prevent the craftsman from getting too tired, but in this way. However, there are two problems, first, reducing the time of work will inevitably slow down the progress of the project, and second, the time of work is less, and the income of the craftsmen will also be reduced, I am afraid that they will not be happy! "A henchman. Two questions were immediately raised.

When Hua An heard this, he thought for a while. Zhengse said: "It's all because this king is greedy to build the streets and shops as soon as possible, so that the craftsmen are tired to death, in fact, it doesn't matter much if they are built later, don't worry too much about this." In addition, the income problem of the craftsmen is also very easy to solve, just add some wages to them, anyway, we are not short of money now. Moreover, the work in the winter is very hard, and it is true that additional money should be added, and fifty percent of the wages should be added to the original basis, and in the eyes of this king, there should be no problem. After speaking, he looked at his henchmen.

"The king's words are very true, so that the craftsmen will be very happy if they work for four hours and receive six hours' wages." A confidant subordinate hurriedly said.

"Yes! Your Majesty, if these craftsmen heard of the king's decision, they would be very happy. Another henchman said loudly.

Obviously, for Hua'an's decision, his henchmen did not object, but applauded loudly, after all, adding some income to the craftsmen will make the craftsmen happy, and the pre-sale of the past few days, Hua'an is not short of money at all now, and it is very rich, and increasing some more expenses will not affect the overall situation at all.

Seeing that his henchmen all agreed, Hua An Zhengse said: "Okay, this matter is decided, you two are responsible for handling this matter, and this king will go back to the palace to deal with major matters." He pointed to the two henchmen.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Under the two hearts, the big thing is commanded.

Hua An nodded slightly, rode his horse away from the construction site, and ran in the direction of the palace.

After accepting Hua An's order, the two henchmen immediately reported the news of the reduction of working hours and the increase of wages to the craftsmen on the construction site.

After learning the news, all the craftsmen were very excited, and full of gratitude to Hua'an, the passion for work became stronger, after all, these craftsmen came from all over the world, in order to earn money to subsidize the family, and now, Hua'an has increased their wages, which naturally makes them very happy and grateful.

On the way back to the North Palace, Hua An asked a few of his own soldiers to immediately go to invite Wang Meng and other generals, and he wanted to discuss important matters with them in the main hall of the palace.

After returning to the palace, Hua An fell into deep thought on the terrace outside the main hall, this time, he hurriedly ordered to summon Wang Meng and others, in order to discuss matters related to the Western Regions with Wang Meng and others, he felt that at this time, he could already consider the direction of the Western Regions in advance.

It didn't take long for Wang Meng and other generals to arrive at the North Palace, and met Hua'an on the terrace outside the main hall.

"The king is in such a hurry to summon the last general, I don't know what is important?" Wang Meng looked at Hua An and asked with his fists clenched.

Hua An Zhengse said: "Don't hide it from General Wang, this king went to the Western Regions wine shop today and met a girl who thought she was from the Western Regions, her name is Rouge, and she is a very beautiful girl!" ”

"Could it be that the king has taken a fancy to this girl named Rouge, if so, just summon it directly into the palace, such a trivial matter is a family matter of the king, and there is no need to discuss it with us." Wang Meng asked curiously.

Hua An hurriedly waved his hand, and said: "General Wang misunderstood, if this king wants to recruit a woman into the palace, how can he bother the generals, it is what this rouge said that aroused the interest of this king, so I summoned the generals to come and prepare for a good discussion." After speaking, he looked at the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, what did this rouge girl say that made the king attach so much importance to it." A subordinate general hurriedly asked.

Hua An paused, and said: "Don't hide it from you, this rouge girl told the king a lot of things about the Western Regions, and now, the countries of the Western Regions are competing for power, and the people are miserable. Many poor people had to sell their children into slavery, and this rouge girl was one of them, and this king felt that since the countries of the Western Regions were in dispute, should we consider subduing the Western Regions? In this way, I will have a large amount of land in the Great Jin Dynasty, and the people of the Western Regions will live a good life from now on. ”

"Your Majesty, all the countries in the Western Regions are small countries, as long as the king makes up his mind, we only need to send a team of soldiers and horses to coerce and lure. You can pocket all the countries of the Western Regions. One of the generals said loudly.

"Yes! Your Majesty, the countries of the Western Regions are weak and have no strength to compete with our army, and the last general is willing to lead a group of soldiers and horses to conquer the Western Regions, and he will definitely be able to sweep the Western Regions and open up territory for the king. Another general said excitedly.

Obviously, the generals under Hua'an. Very confident, and some look down on the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions. And feel that the soldiers and horses of the countries in the Western Regions are not vulnerable at all, and the reason why they think so is because the countries in the Western Regions are all small countries, and there are indeed not many soldiers and horses, it seems. The strength is indeed relatively small.

However, unlike the self-confidence of the generals, Wang Meng frowned slightly, looking a little worried.

Seeing Wang Meng's frowning slightly, Hua An hurriedly asked, "What's wrong." General Wang, do you think there is any problem with taking the Western Regions? After speaking, he waited for Wang Meng's answer.

Wang Meng thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, with our current strength, if we want to take the Western Regions, there is no problem, but with the understanding of the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions are not as weak as we imagined, if you want to take the Western Regions, you must spend a lot of effort to be able to take the Western Regions, at least, only the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong and Liangzhou are not enough to pacify the Western Regions, if you want to pacify the Western Regions, you must transfer troops and horses from Hebei and the Central Plains, but in this way, our strength in the Central Plains and Hebei will be insufficient, so, Once there is an accident in the Central Plains and Hebei, the main army will be in trouble when it is deep in the Western Regions. ”

Obviously, Wang Meng is worried about the direction of Yan and Jingzhou, after all, although Yan has suffered heavy losses, but the good generals still exist, they are still very strong, and the strength of the 300,000 soldiers and horses in the direction of Jingzhou should not be underestimated, in case, the Jingzhou army attacks Luoyang City, and it will be very dangerous if there are not enough soldiers and horses in the Central Plains, so he feels that this is not the time to risk the western expedition to the Western Regions, at least, before Hua'an completely stabilizes the Central Plains, it is not possible to venture to the Western Regions.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded approvingly, obviously, he also had concerns in this regard, but even if he did not march to the Western Regions at this time, he should at least send intelligence personnel into the Western Regions to collect the situation in advance, so that after many years, when the Western Regions were about to be subdued, it would be convenient enough.

"General Wang's worries are also what this king is worried about, in the current situation, the main force of our army should indeed not go deep into the Western Regions, but this king feels that the Western Regions should be operated as soon as possible, and it is urgent to send detailed work into the countries of the Western Regions to collect intelligence in advance." Huaan said loudly.

"What the king said is extremely true, we should indeed immediately send a detailed work to the Western Regions, first understand the specific situation of the Western Regions, and then, when the time is ripe, take the Western Regions in one fell swoop." Wang Meng said.

Obviously, Wang Meng is very supportive of Hua'an's idea, and feels that Hua'an's idea is very correct and worthy of support.

When the generals heard this, they all nodded approvingly.

Seeing that Wang Meng and all the generals supported this action, Hua An nodded and said: "Since all the generals think so, then, this matter is so decided, General Wang, you have been sitting in Guanzhong all the year round, and you are most familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, and the matter of sending detailed work to go deep into the Western Regions will be handed over to you." After speaking, he looked at Wang Meng.

When Wang Meng heard this, he said: "Don't worry, the king, this matter will be handed over to the last general." ”

Seeing Wang Meng take over the task, Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and said with a straight face: "This matter should be sooner rather than later, General Wang should go back and prepare quickly!" After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the rest of the generals to leave immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Meng clasped his fists and saluted, turned to leave, and the rest of the generals also saluted and left.

After Wang Meng and other generals left, Hua'an immediately went to the firewood room, summoned Huhou, the leader of the cong warriors in the palace, and asked him to select a hundred cong men to be sent to the direction of the Western Regions to secretly investigate the situation in the Western Regions.

At this time, Luoyang City has become the center of Hua'an's forces, for this reason, in Luoyang City, all kinds of institutions are very complete, Huangfu Doctor is responsible for the preparation of the medical museum and the Literature Museum, all moved to Luoyang City, and has been completely settled, among them, Huangfu Cong and Huangfu Ming are responsible for the preparation of the Congshi camp, which is hidden in the Literature Museum, and recruits new students all year round, so as to ensure that Hua'an can have enough smart people to be sent.

With enough new students, it was naturally very easy for Hua'an to let Huhou mobilize a hundred Congshi to go to the Western Regions, and in a very short period of time, Huhou transferred a hundred Congshi from the Congshi camp and sent them to the Western Regions to carry out the tasks assigned by Hua'an.

A few days later, many fine works and wise people, all left Luoyang City, and stepped on the wind and snow, to the direction of the Western Regions, this trip, they shouldered an important mission, that is, to explore the situation of the countries in the Western Regions as much as possible, including the economy, military, politics, religion, culture, products, customs and so on.

Of course, in order to know all the things in the Western Regions, Hua An decided to go to the Western Regions wine shop again and talk to the girl named Rouge, so that not only could he know some of the situation in the Western Regions earlier, but also it was a very pleasant thing to be able to talk with the beautiful Rouge girl.

After thinking about this, Hua An put on civilian clothes, led a few personal soldiers out of the Northern Palace, and went straight to the wine shop in the Western Regions.

Soon, Hua'an and his party arrived at the Western Regions Wine Shop, entered the Wine Shop, and sat down in the last place.

Not long after Hua An sat down, the song and dance ended, and the dancing girl who retired from the stage was busy returning to the back kitchen to prepare a special drink, but only the rouge girl did not return to the back kitchen, but ran directly to Hua An's location.

"Guest officer, you came, last time you suddenly said goodbye, Rouge thought that the guest officer would not come again?" Rouge seemed very enthusiastic, and seeing Hua'an was like seeing an old acquaintance.

Seeing that Rouge's tone was full of enthusiasm and hot taste, and there was also a little coquettish and banter in it, Hua An's heart suddenly rippled, and he couldn't help but look at Rouge, his eyes were full of fascination and appreciation, as if he had seen the goddess in his heart. (To be continued......)