Chapter 69 Closing the Corner

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou took Buqiu to see the resettlement area of the victims, and Buqiu was immediately shocked when he saw that Liu Hou actually took out the military tent for the victims to live in.

"This, this, this ......" Bu Qi was really shocked by Liu Hou, these years the major heroes regard their armies as more important than anything else.

Everyone spoils their troops as baby bumps, and they have only heard of the need to sacrifice the interests of the people to ensure the needs of the army, and they have seen this kind of situation where the army is pulled out to work with the victims, and half of the military tents are divided into the lives of the victims.

If he also knew that Liu Hou had distributed part of the army's grain to the victims, he would have been even more shocked.

"The legend of Liu Bei's benevolent name is really true, look at this prince, he can do this kind of Cheng dù, compared with his father, it is not inferior at all." Bu Qi was completely moved by the benevolence of this prince.

"Loving the people is not just a matter of words, and loving the people like a son is not an empty word. The reputation of the people can only be exchanged by practical actions. So, do you now understand the difference between our Shu army and your Eastern Wu army? Do you understand the difference between me and Sun Quan? ”

Liu Hou did education work for Buqi in a timely manner. In fact, these things are nothing in the later generations, if the government does not do this, but will be drowned in the saliva of public opinion, but in this hierarchical class society, it is a bit commendable.

"Okay, this prince sees that you have a wonderful character, and the responsibility of saving the people will be handed over to you in the future, and I will give you two sentences in the end: the first sentence is 'The people are precious, the society is secondary, and the king is light.'" The second sentence is 'The people are like water, the king is like a boat, and the water can carry a boat or overturn a boat'. Step adults, remember, remember. ”

After saying these two sentences, Liu Hou was very proud, thinking to himself, his words that transcend class boundaries will not fool you to death? Still not moved to death by you?

If he knew how much he would pay for these two sentences in the future, and how many troubles he would have caused because of these two sentences, I believe that he would not have killed these two sentences in front of Buqi.

However, regret is also a matter of the future, and at this moment, Liu Hou is a good time to reap the fruits of victory. Sure enough, after Bu Qi heard Liu Hou's two words, he fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed, and said:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has such a broad mind, no wonder there are rumors in the market that the Prince has the appearance of a wise monarch through the ages, and now it seems that this statement is indeed true. I now know that compared to the crown prince, you are like Haoyue and I am like the humble firefly, no, not even a firefly, my past is simply a dark ditch.

I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will let me follow you, and from now on, I will definitely reform and take it as my responsibility to benefit the people. Please give me another chance, Your Highness the Crown Prince, so that I can work for the well-being of the people. ”

After finishing speaking, Bu Qi solemnly kowtowed again. Of those two sentences, the first sentence was said by Mencius, and the second sentence was said by Confucius, so Buqi understood it as soon as he heard it.

Although he had read these two sentences before, he didn't feel anything, but now after so many things, he woke up with Liu Hou, and finally came to his senses, and at the same time he was convinced by Liu Houda, and at this time he bowed his head even more.

"Good, good, good." Liu Houyi said three good words in a row, "Since Master Bu has woken up, it couldn't be better." Let the past pass, and we'll never talk about it again.

From now on, we will work together to turn things around, dispel the darkness of this world, save all people from fire and water, rebuild a better world, and make the Central Plains once again a happy land for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. ”

After so much effort, he finally received a capable horse, Liu Hou couldn't help but feel happy, scavenged his stomach and squeezed out a few bold words, regardless of whether these words were suitable for this occasion, anyway, he poured out his brain, and bombarded Buqi again, dizzy.

Zhou Xue watched this scene from the sidelines, and felt very complicated, not only happy that Bu Qi had a new life, but also not so comfortable that the right-hand man of the lord had defected to the enemy.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there is still something I don't understand, please give me advice."

"Okay, you say." Liu Hou received a capable minister today, or a capable minister after ideological transformation, and he was happy in his heart, so he naturally did not hesitate to teach him.

"Although it is naturally a good thing for the people to be able to live in a brick house, the brick house is expensive, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince build so many at once."

"Hehe, Master Bu, how can a brick house cost a lot of money?" Liu Hou touched his chin and said with a smile.

"Of course, the biggest cost comes from bricks and tiles, there are many barbarians in Lingnan, there are few people who can burn kilns, and brick kilns are also very rare, so the price of bricks and tiles is a few chips higher than in the Central Plains.

What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince purchased such a large amount of bricks and tiles at once, and several brick and tile kilns in the private sector were in short supply at all, so even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had more money, how could he buy so many bricks and tiles in a short period of time? ”

Hearing Bu Qi's words, Liu Hou couldn't help but secretly admire, it seems that this Bu Qi is really not the kind of official who is high up and doesn't know the suffering of the people, he even knows how many brick kilns there are in the people, and the market of bricks and tiles is very clear, which shows that he also knows the situation of the people.

If it weren't for the disregard for the lives and property of tens of thousands of people for the sake of the so-called great cause of the lord, then he could be regarded as a relatively perfect bureaucrat in this era. But it's not too late, after the baptism of his soul, I believe that he will definitely put the people first in everything in the future, and then he will really transform into a good official.

Second, the rice milk used to lay bricks is also very valuable, and now the war is rampant, agricultural production has been greatly damaged, the price of rice and grain remains high, many people are not satisfied, often dig some wild vegetable bark to satisfy hunger.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince built them brick houses, and they didn't know how much rice milk they would use. If these rice grains are used to help the people, how many more people will be saved? Bu Qi said this, faintly accusing Liu Hou, Liu Hou didn't care, smiled, and motioned for him to continue.

"Thirdly, the roof of a brick house needs to be made of a lot of large wood beams, and countless timbers are consumed. Fortunately, the Lingnan area has a hot climate and lush trees, so the wood only needs to be cut down, but it always requires a lot of labor.

Finally, it's a matter of manpower. It takes much more labor to build a brick house than a thatched house, digging the foundation, leveling the ground, laying bricks, putting beams, and laying tiles...... That project is not time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please forgive me for saying that this massive construction of brick houses is really a waste of money and labor, inappropriate, inappropriate! ”