"Lord Qincha, this is the underground warehouse of Star City, which can be used by millions of people and tens of thousands of soldiers in the city for two years. ”

"So many?" Su Lingao was surprised, his mouth hadn't closed since he came to Star City.

The young students around him can't help but feel a little proud, these are the results of the efforts of the people of Star City and officials at all levels. Of course, he also has his share.

"And that's not all! There are eight warehouses in Star City, which are underground in eight directions of Star City. Half of it is all kinds of ordnance and equipment, and half is food. There are no external granaries in Star City, all of them are underground, and when they were originally designed, they were all stored underground and had air outlets. Of course, if it is still ignited, as long as all the vents are closed, the inside will naturally not burn. ”

Su Lingao nodded and praised without hesitation: "Who came up with this?" After speaking, he also touched the wall and tapped it with his fingers.

The little scholar said: "There are many people who designed this Star City at the beginning, and Ling Lao of Longquan Pass came up with it, and the defense is a design that the generals discussed together. This wall is a composite material made of spiritual grass ash mixed with stone and clay provided by the two masters of Tianshu, Yuan Yuan and Fang Fang, two masters of the Book of Heaven. It is resistant to fire and moisture, and is strong and durable. ”

Su Lingao nodded, whether it is material, design, or maintenance, it is all first-class strong. He couldn't help but sigh that when he was in Shandong Province, he had investigated the caravans that were transporting spiritual grass ashes to the Northern Plains, but he never expected that they would all arrive here in the end.

"Dasheng, if there were fewer fights and more people focused their thoughts on construction, how many would there be, even if the Babel Tower of the Demon Lord was restored back then, it would not be impossible. ”

The little scholar didn't know why Su Lingao had such feelings, he just asked: "Lord Qincha, Lord Yan has already gone to the front line to go to the disaster area, what do we do here?"

"Star City is the rear of Lord Yan's disaster relief, don't move the food here. Some of the old grain can be transported out, and the rest can be collected from the surrounding people. A notice was posted that there were people who were willing to support the people of Shandong Province and went to the gates of various branches in the city to report, and no one was paid half of the military salary of the auxiliary soldiers every day, except for eating and drinking. Of course, the standard of recruitment is according to the auxiliaries, nominally, the people. ”

The little scholar was shocked: "In this way, I'm afraid the door of the yamen will be crowded." Kitahara, can be different from other places. ”

Su Lingao patted his head, he was too heavily affected by the inertial thinking of people everywhere: "You look at the situation and choose good physical strength, young." Fifty thousand will be selected first. I don't understand the specific situation of Shandong Province yet, wait for the news of Lord Yan to come over, and then talk about it!"

"Yes!" the subordinate understood. ”

Su Lingao left, and as soon as he returned to Qinchaxingyuan, a group of soldiers from Longquan Pass with a carriage was waiting there. The first person is Guo Dayong.

Seeing Su Lingao standing in front of the team in bright clothes. Guo Dayong immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists with a smile

"Chincha-sama. ”

Su Lingao saw Guo Dayong in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little curious: "Is there something to do with me?"

"Yes. ”

Guo Dayong had a lot of trouble, and in the small living room of Xingyuan, he made his intention clear, it turned out that he was helping Li You give gifts.

Su Lingao didn't want to take it, but when he thought of it, on Li You's territory, even this deputy envoy of the Qin Mission did not let him go to disaster relief, but was responsible for taking over Yan Fucheng and taking care of everything in Star City, which made him feel that the emperor's intention might be to use him as an official in Star City in the future. He wanted to stay in Star City, a city with his distinctive charm, where the state capitals were corrupted and the court was plagued by villains.

Only Star City is the best place in his eyes, for the first term of office, for the benefit of one party, Su Lingao does not want to lose this opportunity.

"Thank you to the three princes for me, but the gift is temporary and bring back, please inform the three princes, this is not the time to make friends with me. ”

Su Lingao is not a political idiot, and the meaning of the three princes to make friends is very clear. He is optimistic about the third prince, and in his eyes he is more suitable to be the emperor than the eldest prince and the second prince, and appropriate speculation is not bad.

When Guo Dayong heard this, he understood what the other party meant, and said with a smile

"I will definitely convey the words of Lord Chincha, and if you need any help or help, you will inform me. The three princes instructed that as long as it was related to disaster relief, Beiyuan must fully support it. ”

"Thank you to the third prince for me. Su Lingao said goodbye to Guo Dayong, then left with someone and went to a place recommended by Yan Fucheng for him. He didn't know what Yan Fucheng meant, but since he recommended it, and said that it was an academy in Star City, this made Su Lingao even more curious.

As soon as I walked outside the courtyard, I heard the sound of reading

"The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the king is again. ”

Listening to the sound of reading aloud, Su Lingao seemed to have returned to the past, and when Dou Deren was still there, he educated him in those days. It is also a small academy, Dou Deren at that time, he was still a young scholar, and he would even work against the upright farmer, just to spread the meaning of the scriptures and promote the words of the sage.

For a while, Su Lingao was stunned, just standing by the wall, listening.

It wasn't until a familiar voice brought him back to reality

"Lord Su?"

"The leader of the alliance?"

Si Shengnan smiled, full of amorous feelings: "I'm not the leader of the alliance now, but you, but you." I don't want to meet in Beiyuan, by the way, have you met the three princes?"

Su Lingao didn't know why Si Shengnan said this: "I haven't seen it." Are you teaching in this little academy?"

"There are me, and some students arranged by Master Yan to come to give lectures. Most of them are Mengxue. The rest are some retired veterans of Longquan Pass who taught them martial arts. It's similar to Zhou Zhe's academy, but with fewer resources. ”

"Loyal and brave marquis. Su Lingao said three words, and then shook his head and sighed: "Don't mention it!"

"Oh, why?" Si Shengnan pretended not to know, knowing that the soldiers who had retreated from Hexi had already returned. It was only because Guo Dayong's cavalry did not have a large-scale battle with the demon dragon cavalry in Hexi, causing many casualties, so there was no trouble.

Su Lingao said: "The old department of the Marquis of Zhongyong, those demon dragon riders, now occupy most of the territory in Hexi. The army of the imperial court was defeated by them。。。。。 Su Lingao said in disguise, and suddenly looked at Si Shengnan: "You should know." ”

Si Shengnan smiled: "Master Su really understands, I do know, but do you know why they did that?"

"What more reason for rebellion? It is nothing more than the loyal and brave marquis who went into the wilderness, they did not have the previous treatment guarantee, and they took risks. Su Lingao replied subconsciously, because many people also see it this way.

And Si Shengnan said with a smile: "Master Su, you came to this Star City to perform your duties and succeeded Lord Yan, there must be some things, you should also know, why don't you follow me to meet the refugees from Hexi?"

"Refugees?" Su Lingao's face was full of doubts.

Suo E has been following Si Shengnan as soon as he heard this, and felt that something was inappropriate and said, "Second sister-in-law." Doesn't seem right. ”

Si Shengnan sneered: "The third prince just put me under house arrest in this city, and did not restrict me from moving around the city, are you just his dog, are you worthy of calling me the second sister-in-law?"

This sentence has too much content, and when Su Lingao heard it, he felt that there was a story in it, he glanced at Suo E and said, "Since I am now in charge of Star City, I should take a look at the people under my rule." ”

Suo E hugged his fists and retreated, not leaving Si Shengnan an inch. And Su Lingao understands that today's Suo E is probably already the person of the three princes, and the escape of the demon dragon rider is probably not unrelated to this, and besides, the three princes do not seem to be what he sees on the surface.

The group of people quickly came to a construction site in the outer circle of Star City. Star City is expanding outward in a circle, and when Zhou Zhe left, he had already given enough funds, so the construction of Star City in the outer circle continued.

On the construction site, Si Shengnan soon found an area where the refugees from Hexi were located.

"This is your new city lord, and you are also the lord of Qincha, the children from Hexi, don't you hurry up to meet the city lord?" Si Shengnan's voice sounded, and these people all put down the work in their hands, and the mountains roared and the tsunami was blowing

"Meet the lord of the castle, meet the Lord of the Chincha. ”

Su Lingao frowned and glared at Si Shengnan every day, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing this?"

Si Shengnan smiled: "Look at how much the people under your rule love you, Lord Qincha." Do you know why?"

"Why?" asked Su Lingao in a low voice as he asked the workers to return to work.

"Because the Dragoon rescued them. Originally, these were all coolies who transported coal and timber to the northern plains, all of them were yellow and thin, and even their wives were separated and their families were ruined, similar to slaves. When they came to Kitahara, they happened to meet the Demon Dragoon, and then, they were rescued. Now that they have come to Star City to settle down and see the hope of living, do they love the city lord?"

"That's what Lord Yan did, what's my business. Su Lingao felt that Si Shengnan was making too much of a fuss.

Si Shengnan said: "Don't you ask what happened to them in Hexi? Also, don't you want to be an official who can be so loved by the people in the future?"

Suo E on the side, his head is big, as long as Si Shengnan can speak, he never refuses to save fuel. He could see that Su Lingao seemed to have a good impression of the third prince, but now, I am afraid that he will drift away, but on the contrary, what he said, he couldn't say Si Shengnan, the evidence was in front of him, and he would only paint more and more black.

On the other hand, Su Lingao was skeptical of Si Shengnan's words, but the second half of the sentence spoke to his heart. Be an official who is loved by the people.

"How did you come to Hexi?" Su Lingao began to ask, Si Shengnan didn't say much, turned his head and glanced at Suo E and said

"It's noon, it's time to go back. ”

After speaking, she left by herself, and Su Lingao had already begun to meet the people face-to-face, and to contact the side he had never seen before. When he understood it deeply, the more he felt that in one sentence: "Three people become tigers." ”

In the capital, no matter the officials, all of them gritted their teeth at Zhou Zhe, as if he had done something big to hurt the heavens and reason, but this question only knew how much change Zhou Zhe brought to Hexi back then, and after he left, the counterattack of various forces caused much harm to the people's livelihood.

What people are precious, the community is secondary, and the king is again. All the officials in the court have read this, but how many people really regard this sentence as the truth? The words of the sages are just a tool of rule, and the superiors regard it as a tool to show their benevolence and love for the people, and the officials regard it as a step into their own lives, fools, take him seriously, so the fools are now at home or in seclusion.

If the people are precious, why do everyone call the three religions and nine streams a cheap industry? Obviously, the people are expensive, and they are still doing cheap business. It's just self-deception, because no one really takes this sentence seriously in their hearts!

"Teacher, you should stay, just like you did when you were young, and do it with these people!" Su Lingao was a little bookish, and then thought of himself. If one day, if you meet an opponent, should you fight him?

Subsequently, Su Lingao, who was not stupid, thought of why Si Shengnan brought him here, and why he vaguely told him that the Demon Dragoon rebelled and had another hidden story.

The Three Princes. It turns out that you are really not as bright and majestic as you seem. This is the conclusion.