Chapter 457: The Scheme Failed
The development of Wuhouling's waterway transportation once again deeply shocked Fan Qinghui.
From Gusu boarded a passenger boat, crossed the Taihu Lake to Hucheng, and then from Hucheng along the newly dug canal directly to Qiantang City, where the Hou Mansion was located.
There is no need to stop at all along the way, all of them are waterways that can take passenger boats, and it only took more than a day to get from Gusu to Qiantang City.
Fan Qinghui is not a simple person, she is a contemporary successor carefully cultivated by Cihang Jingzhai, walking the rivers and lakes for a short time to see a lot of knowledge, and is also the best candidate for the next lord of Jingzhai, she has a unique understanding and views on the situation in the world, and her political wisdom is not bad at all.
She knew very well what such fast water transportation meant.
Not to mention the economic and commercial benefits, the political benefits alone showed that the Hou government's control over the territory had been greatly strengthened, and she couldn't help but worry a little less in her heart.
When she stepped on the ground of the pier in Qiantang City, she saw another waterway connecting to the pier, and the scene of the same frequent boat traffic made her feel a deep sense of powerlessness.
It has been explored before that the waterway is the canal from Qiantang to Jiaxing, and the canal from Jiaxing to Hucheng and Jiaxing to Gusu is basically about to open.
Similar to the previous land transportation, the entire Wuhou Ling will soon be connected by more convenient and faster waterways and canals.
At that time, with the double convenience of water and land transportation, the Hou Mansion's control over the territory will be so strong that Fan Qinghui does not want to see it.
It is rumored that Wu Hou likes to build roads and bridges and build civil engineering projects, and she now has a deep understanding.
The point is that digging and dredging thousands of miles of canals, and removing the section of Taihu Lake, which is also nearly a thousand miles away, has not consumed much of Wu Houling's people's power, which is really an unbelievable miracle.
Those who paid the price of blood and life for this miracle were the Nanban Shanyue captives and prisoners with a total of almost 150,000!
Speaking of this, no matter what Fan Qinghui thinks in his heart, he can't praise Wu Hou's farsightedness and sharp means.
He actually took advantage of the Sui army's frequent suppression of the Nanban and Shanyue rebellions to buy young and strong prisoners, which lasted for nearly ten years, and when the Hou government planned to build the canal artery that ran through the whole territory, there was no need to spend energy and mobilize valuable people's resources, and it was enough to directly pull these bought prisoners and a large number of labor prisoners in the labor camps into battle.
Under the condition that the Hou Mansion did not spare food, such a huge project as the construction of the canal in the territory, 150,000 mountain barbarians and prisoners of labor reform, no more than one-third died, Wu Hou Leihu can be regarded as quite merciful.
Like the Renshou Palace built in Guanzhong not long ago, there is also the so-called 'Yang Gong Treasure', which was presided over by Yang Su, and the sea of dead people went away, and even the cold-hearted Sui Emperor Yang Jian personally beat him before he stopped.
"General, Fan Qinghui, the contemporary heir of Cihang Jingzhai, asks to see!"
In the backyard of the Hou Mansion, Lei Hu received a report from the guards.
"Invite her to the side hall of the middle hall!"
Lei Hu opened his mouth indifferently, got up and rushed over directly, this contemporary heir of Cihang Jingzhai is burdened with a heavy responsibility, and he is not too casual.
"Miss Fan hasn't seen her for a few years, and it seems that her cultivation has reached a higher level, which is really gratifying!"
When I saw Fan Qinghui, I saw that the temperament on this body was more 'immortal', and the breath that was not like the mortal world was lingering, and with the beautiful and unearthly face, it definitely attracted people's attention and even nostalgia.
"It's not as good as Wu Hou is already the first person in the Central Plains martial arts!"
Fan Qinghui got up and chuckled: "I will also govern the territory to a thriving atmosphere!" ”
This is not an exaggeration, but it is based on facts.
It is said that at the beginning, Lei Hu and the Turkic Wuzun Bi Xuan made an appointment to fight on the bank of the Yangtze River, pressed Bi Xuan and beat him wildly, and finally even bombarded him to an unknown location.
As a result, in the second year, Wuzun Bi Xuan came out again, and it seemed that he had recovered from his injuries.
He didn't dare to be arrogant and arrogant in the Central Plains, but in the northern Jin Dynasty at the junction of the grassland and the Central Plains, he directly invited Ning Daoqi, a scattered person from the Daomen.
Ning Daoqi went to the appointment, and under the witness of many heroes in the rivers and lakes of the Northland, he fought with Wuzun Bi Xuan for a day and a night, and since then Ning Daoqi's identity as the grandmaster has been determined, and at the same time, the status of the first person in the martial arts in the Central Plains of Thunder Tiger has been determined.
Turkic Wuzun Bi Xuan was beaten so badly by Thunder Tiger, and he fought a draw with Ning Daoqi, obviously Ning Daoqi's real combat power is much worse than Thunder Tiger.
As for Fu Cailin, the master of Goguryeo Yijian, he fought with the Heavenly Sword Song Que within a hundred moves, although he finally suppressed the Heavenly Sword in all directions, but the strength of the Grandmaster was at most synchronized with Wuzun Bi Xuan, and it was obviously still a lot worse than Lei Hu.
Therefore, soon the rivers and lakes regarded Lei Hu as the first master of martial arts in the Central Plains, and even the first master in the world.
Fan Qinghui's compliment can only be said to be a fact, and it does not mean to deliberately exaggerate.
It's just from her mouth that if she changes to other top powerhouses in the rivers and lakes, I'm afraid that no matter how good the spiritual cultivation is, she can't help but feel proud in her heart.
Lei Hu didn't have such a thought, it was still the same sentence, in the world of Red Mansions, he had even seen the reincarnation of immortals, although Fan Qinghui's immortalization was getting deeper and deeper, but it couldn't be compared with the real fairy, he naturally wouldn't have that kind of 'flattered' idea.
This is also the most confusing and helpless place for Fan Qinghui.
The martial artists of this world specialize in 'essence' and 'god', plus the aura of heaven and earth is very lively, it is easy to manifest with a strong 'spiritual power', and there is a precedent of shattering the void, the real top masters of the rivers and lakes are quite obsessed with immortality and the so-called immortal world.
It's a pity that this world can really shatter the void, and there are very few powerhouses who have entered the so-called immortal realm, and there may not be one in a few hundred years.
As a result, the 'immortalization' effect achieved by the cultivation of the heirs of Cihang Jingzhai made many top powerhouses in the rivers and lakes think that this is the appearance of fairies in the fairy world, and they transferred their obsession with martial arts to the heirs of Cihang Jingzhai who have achieved great 'immortalization', which is one of the main reasons why the descendants of Cihang Jingzhai are very comfortable in the rivers and lakes.
Not every gangster loves beauty, but the heirs of Cihang Jingzhai must be their guests, in addition to the great power of Buddhism must give face, Cihang Jingzhai descendants themselves also have a lot of advantages.
"Miss Fan is polite, I wonder what is the important matter of Miss Fan's sudden visit?"
Lei Hu smiled disapprovingly, and directly turned to the topic, so he didn't have the heart to talk to the heir of Cihang Jingzhai, who was full of 'righteousness in the world'.
It can only be said that the success of Yang Jian's Fulongting made the high-level of Cihang Jingzhai firm up this bright and promising path, and they were obviously very successful in brainwashing when cultivating core disciples, and they would know what was going on after the words and deeds of the concubine after she came out of the mountain.
If it weren't for the fact that this master fairy herself was brainwashed and decided that 'Fulong Court's election of the Son of Heaven' was the righteousness of the world, she would not have said those righteous and awe-inspiring words, even modern people feel very embarrassed.
After getting to know the heirs of Cihang Jingzhai, Lei Hu naturally didn't have the heart to waste saliva with them.
Fan Jingzhai's concept of 'national integration' is quite normal, at least she knows that she wants to use Confucian teachings to domesticate the barbarism and recklessness of the Hu people, but it is much stronger than the later concubine Xuan who decided that Li Er is the true son of heaven, and she has to ask the heroes of the world to make way for Li Er, and if she does not give way, she is not sympathetic to the people of the world.
But so what?
At this time, the 'great integration of nationalities' is still dominated by the northern Hu race, and the right to speak is all in the hands of the Guanlong military group and the northern family, but the orthodoxy of the southern Han people belongs to the object of integration, which is called the Lei Hu who belongs to the southern family is quite unhappy.
If he can't control the integration of the initiative, is it still necessary for him to participate?
Fan Qinghui obviously didn't know Lei Hu's thoughts, but she didn't have any wordy thoughts, she directly opened the small burden she was carrying in her hand, and said with a smile: "After my teacher understood Wu Hou's predicament, he specially asked me to bring the copy of "Cihang Sword Codex" over for Wu Hou to read!" ”
The corners of Lei Hu's mouth twitched slightly, and the core high-level of Nima Cihang Jingzhai really took great pains to trap him, and even agreed to the rude request of the other party to send a copy of the sword codex.
"Oh, that Hou Ke has to take a good look at it, what is so subtle and surprising about the "Cihang Sword Codex", one of the four great strange books in the world!"
Since the other party had already delivered the manuscript to his hand, Lei Hu was naturally not polite, so he asked Fan Qinghui to sit and wait for a while before picking up the manuscript and slowly flipping through it.
Fan Qinghui sat on the side, but his mind couldn't help but be on Lei Hu, who was reading the sword codex.
It's a pity that she was disappointed, Lei Hu's face has not changed from beginning to end, and there are no mental fluctuations, as if what he is reading in his hand is not one of the four great books in the world, Cihang Sword Codex, but an ordinary miscellaneous book travelogue.
If it weren't for this person who had reached a delicate level of control over his own spirit and qi and blood, and tried to suppress his churning thoughts, then the "Cihang Sword Codex" would really have little effect on Lei Hu.
She wasn't sure what the situation was, so she had to wait calmly.
"Okay, well, it is worthy of being one of the four great strange books in the world, although the description of the realm of the unity of heaven and man in the future, as well as the broken void, is relatively brief, but it is an amazing method of unclear cultivation!"
It didn't take long for Lei Hu to flip through the manuscript of the sword book in his hand, the contents of which had been all printed in his mind, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and praise after closing his eyes and pondering carefully for a while.
As he spoke, he sent the manuscript of the sword code back to Fan Qinghui, without any greed at all, and there was no overreaction, which made Fan Qinghui feel confused and his heart sank.
The plan failed!
"I don't know what Wu Hou has realized, what is the path of ruthless cultivation?"
Despite her heavy mood, the expression on Fan Qinghui's face did not change in the slightest, and she asked directly.
"There is nothing other than the sword, this is the way of ruthlessness!"
Lei Hu smiled and said: "The cultivation of the sword code is basically a ruthless way, but it has nothing other than the Lingnan Song Que's sword!" ”