"How?"

"In recent days, there have been fewer servants of the Hou family who have been watching near Shanglin?"

100 miles southwest of Chang'an City, Shanglin Yuan, outside the Shaofu workshop area.

Looking at the 'industrial zone' in front of him, which is surrounded by a high wall that is two feet high, eight feet thick, and hundreds of feet in length and width, and there are marches guarding the wall and outside the wall, Liu Ying nodded with satisfaction, and did not forget to tease Yang Chengyan beside him.

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Yang Chengyan naturally smiled and lowered his head, and bowed his hand to Liu Ying slightly.

"In this matter, you should also thank Your Majesty for acting vigorously and resolutely, and the forbidden army will be stationed here, and the envoys can sleep peacefully for two days······"

Listening to the two gentlemen and ministers, playing dumb riddles outside this inaccessible workshop area, Shanglin Ling Yang Li, who was standing behind the two of them, couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

As the first person responsible for the first confidential project in the history of Han Shaofu, the Wudong Yantian Project, Yang Li can be said to be used to similar things.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, it is obviously normal for the court, especially a sensitive department like Shaofu, to enclose an open area and do something that is obviously not humane to outsiders.

But anyone with a normal brain will inevitably take the initiative to stay away from such a 'forbidden area' so as not to get into trouble.

But for those with prominent status, especially those with official backgrounds, and even those with the background of meritorious princes, such a government 'forbidden area' is like a soft and glutinous rice cake, which anyone can take a bite of.

Let's just say that a few years ago, Yang Li took more than a dozen Shaofu craftsmen, as well as more than 100 officials and slaves, and nearly 100 people, to open dozens of acres of salt pans in the eastern coastal area of Wu State.

The result is good - Yang Li's Yantian has not been dug up yet, and the Gonghou Guixun of the feudal state in the Wu and Chu regions has almost infiltrated the counties near Yantian into a sieve!

When the salt pans were dug and the sea water began to be diverted to dry salt, there were hundreds of 'toll stations' on the straight road from Wuguo to Hanguguan!

Moreover, these 'toll stations', if they don't stop businessmen and criminals, they will keep an eye on the Shaofu grain transportation team, and they will never give up if they don't bite a piece of meat!

In order to find out whether these 'toll stations' were from Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven, or the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, Yang Li was stunned that Wudong Yantian was stranded for nearly a year, and hundreds of letters and reports were sent to Chang'an like snowflakes.

It was not until the middle of last year that the first batch of salt from Wudong Yantian was finally successfully sent to Guanzhong after being stranded in Wudi for a year and was classified as Shaofu's internal fund.

And the journey of these hundreds of thousands of stone coarse salt from Wu Dong to Hangu Pass made Yang Li pay the price of a deputy, a distant cousin, nearly ten subordinates, dozens of accompanying guards, and hundreds of lives······

After Yang Li was transferred back to Chang'an, he was also attacked by the court for the first time, and big hats such as 'filling his own pockets' and 'disobedience' also buckled Yang Li's head 'not an inch of land'.

If it weren't for Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven, secretly pulling a hand, and it happened that Shaofu Yangcheng was extended to be a marquis, and he was in the limelight, I was afraid that just one 'Wudong Yantian' would make Yang Li unable to recover, and even his life would be difficult to protect······

"Alas······"

"This is the reason why the ancestor Mozi, who wants to use ink to make the avenue······"

With a sigh full of vicissitudes, Yang Li couldn't help but raise his head and locked his gaze on Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven, who was walking forward not far in front of him, accompanied by Yang Chengyan.

Yang Li, a little unlucky.

Unlucky, three years ago, as soon as the identity of the 'remnants of the Mo family' was revealed in front of the prince, he was sent to Wu Guokai Yantian.

But in a sense, Yang Li is also lucky.

- If it weren't for Liu Ying's trust in Yang Li, and the forbidden army of thousands of people going out to greet him, Yang Li and the hundreds of thousands of stone coarse salt might not even be able to see the wall of Hangu Pass······

"Yang Ling?"

While thinking about it, Liu Ying's hearty call came from in front of him, causing Yang Li to hurriedly raise his head.

Not far away, Liu Ying, the Son of Heaven, turned sideways slightly, looking back and smiling with a relaxed expression.

"Let's go inside."

"But beware of the outside of the wall, there are hidden arrows hurting people?"

A slightly meaningful ridicule, but it caused the forbidden army soldiers within a radius of fifty steps to panic!

In the blink of an eye, no less than 30 people gathered around Liu Ying, pointing the halberd in their hands in all directions with vigilance, and surrounded Liu Ying into a hedgehog!

After another ten breaths, groups of heavily armored foot soldiers began to pour out of the wall, and without hesitation, they scattered in all directions, scrutinizing the perimeter of the wall.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!!!

After another ten breaths, a dark wolf smoke rushed from the wall into the clouds, followed by a dull sound of horses' hooves from far to near, from small to large.

"This!"

Seeing that between the lightning and flint, outside the wall that was still empty, it was filled with this burst of slaughter, Yang Chengyan was frightened, but he still didn't forget to take a step forward, raised his arm again, and protected Liu Ying behind him.

Behind Yangcheng Yan, Liu Ying smiled and nodded slowly in the direction of the cavalry who was galloping in the distance, then turned around and walked towards the workshop within the wall step by step.

"Spread the edict!"

"——Shanglin Captain Quanxu, he governs the army in a good way, and he is very heartfelt, and he gives ten catties of gold and a piece of cloth!"

"All the captains and foot soldiers will be given ten days of labor, two buckets of rice per month, and two catties of meat!"

A loud shout sounded, and the forbidden army soldiers outside the wall were stunned for a moment, and then scattered under the leadership of their respective officers, silently returning to their original garrison positions.

Seeing this situation, Yang Chengyan finally raised his head with palpitations and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

When he turned around, he found that Liu Ying, who was still protected by himself, had entered the wall through the door and disappeared······

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"Your Majesty~"

"Your Majesty······"

trotting to keep up with Liu Ying's pace, Yang Chengyan still couldn't hide the look of fear on his face, and there was still a slight tremor in his tone.

Yang Li, who was indifferently accompanying him, was a little calmer than Yang Chengyan, and only took a deep breath, which calmed down his flushed complexion.

As for Liu Ying, she had a playful look, stretched out her hand full of playfulness, and touched it slightly on Yang Chengyan's chest with the back of her hand.

"Shaofu has been in the battle formation for a long time, but he has already given birth to some old state?"

"Huh?"

Seeing that Liu Ying was still in the mood to ridicule herself, Yangcheng Yanzi had no choice but to wipe Han with a stiff smile, and said with a weak heart: "What Your Majesty said is very ······."

"The minister is old and decayed, and he has no longer ······ the courage of the past"

As he spoke, Yang Chengyan lowered his head in shame, and there were some thoughts of 'saying goodbye to the old man and returning home' in his heart.

Seeing that he was joking, but was taken seriously by Yang Chengyan, Liu Ying had no choice but to smile, turned around again, and patted Yang Chengyan on the shoulder with a smile.

"I'm just a joke, Wuhou doesn't have to take it seriously~"

"As the saying goes: there is a specialization in the art industry, and the specialization is also divided into refinement."

"Shaofu started as a military craftsman, and now the lord of Shaofu only needs to help me take charge of the Shaofu Divisions to serve the family and the country."

"And the ranks of the army, the ranks······

"Hey!"

"My Han family, although I dare not say that the treasury is full, the country is rich and the people are strong, but there is no shortage of elite generals and brave soldiers?"

"If there is a war, it will be me, and I am afraid that I will not give up the important ministers of the Shaofu and other stones, and bravely kill the enemy in front of the battle for the country······"

Comforting softly, and vaguely indicating the attitude of 'I really didn't let you retire', Liu Ying patted Yang Chengyan on the shoulder again, and then stopped with a light smile.

When Liu Ying raised his head, there was another circle of high walls with a diameter of about thirty zhang and a completely circular shape, which came into the field of vision of the three monarchs and ministers.

Compared to the low-profile version of the wall that surrounds the perimeter of the 'industrial zone', this wall is also two feet high, but it is not very thick, and the wall is completely made of dark stone slabs.

stepped forward and pushed it with his hand, the wall did not move at all, and the yellow-white adhesive that tightly adhered to the stone slab was tantamount to telling Liu Ying bluntly: This wall is really expensive!

"Whitening, when it is glutinous rice ······"

"As for the yellowing ······"

"Mixed with chicken clear?"

Almost at the same time as Liu Ying asked, Yang Li hurriedly stepped forward and gave up his hand.

"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches."

After confirming the conjecture in her heart, Liu Ying withdrew her hand from the wall, patted it habitually, and raised her head at the same time, looking at the rows of copper spearheads emitting cold light at the head of the wall.

Chickens, in fact, are eggs; Chicken whites, that is, egg whites.

Using glutinous rice with egg whites, as a binder to the wall, is undoubtedly the most effective means in this era.

But as Liu Ying thought before: this is the most effective means, but it is not the most cost-effective means.

It's just that the importance of the wall in front of her is enough for Liu Ying to leave all the considerations about 'cost performance'.

"Where's the doorway?"

Walking along the wall for dozens of steps, there was no entrance to the wall, Liu Ying subconsciously asked.

Seeing that Yang Li heard this, he hurriedly raised his head, pointed to a wall section not far away, and left quickly.

When Liu Ying stepped forward with a puzzled face, but still didn't see the doorway, Yang Li had also returned gasping;

They were accompanied by three men and a wooden ladder that they had brought together.

"Huh?"

A puzzled look on his face, 'Huh? As soon as she spoke, Liu Ying looked thoughtfully at the three men with their own clothes and temperaments.

The first person, Liu Ying knew.

Dressed in armor, with a long sword tied around his waist, his thick upper body held his coat extremely tightly, and even bowed to Liu Ying, which seemed a little difficult.

——It was Captain Shanglin, who was rewarded by Liu Ying, outside Luban Yuan: Quan Xu is undoubted.

The second person looked a little raw, with dark skin, and although his robe was not shabby, it was stained with black-gray stains, and the sweat that soaked through his body had formed a thin layer of mud on his robe!

"Your Majesty."

"This is the head of the Shaofu military craftsmen, so the Qin Shaofu smelting master craftsman: Yuan Shuo Yuan craftsmen."

Seeing that Liu Ying didn't recognize it, Yang Chengyan didn't forget to step forward and whispered about the person's origin.

I saw Liu Ying say 'oh~' slightly, and then nodded naturally with a smile.

When Liu Ying turned her head again and looked at the third person, Liu Ying's expression became more and more strange.

"Hiss ······"

"Lu ······"

"Lu Ping?"

"Lu Ping, right?"

Seeing that Liu Ying recognized himself, Lu Ping only stepped forward with a smile and bowed his hand to Liu Ying.

"Lu Banyuan Lingchen Ping, see Your Majesty."

There was a festive salute, but Liu Ying frowned slightly, and looked sideways at Yang Chengyan and Yang Li on the side with puzzlement.

From the identities of these three people, Liu Ying has already roughly guessed: If you want to enter this wall, I am afraid that these three people, or even Yang Chengyan and Yang Li, are present at the same time, in a way similar to 'three swords combined' or even 'five flowers gathered'.

I have to say that this very post-modern 'separation of powers' way of opening the door made Liu Ying a little eye-catching.

But even so, Liu Ying was still very puzzled by Lu Ping's appearance.

——Unlike the brothers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi, as well as the second-generation children such as Lu Tai, Lu Chan, and Lu Lu, Lu Ping has almost no sense of existence within the Lu family's relatives.

As for the reason, it is mainly Lu Ping's background.

Unlike Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi, the two 'Lu Generation' who are more or less martial arts and are the brother of the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, or the 'Lu Second Generation' such as Lu Tai, Lu Chan, and Lu Lu born to these two, the relationship between Lu Ping and the Lu family is due to Lu Ping's mother: Lu Changju.

- Lu Wensheng, the prince of Lü, has two sons and three daughters, namely: the eldest son Lu Ze, the second daughter Lu Changju, the third son Lu Shizhi, the fourth daughter Lu Pheasant, and the fifth daughter Lu Xiao.

Among them, Zhou Lu Lingwu Marquis Lu Ze, who had died in battle and was shrouded in horse leather; The third son was built by Hou Lu Shizhi, and he is still alive;

As for the fourth daughter, Lu Pheasant, there is no doubt that she is the queen mother of the dynasty; The fifth daughter, Lu Xiao, is also the current Mrs. Wuyang Hou.

These four people, both in history and in today's Han court, still have considerable influence, including Lu Ze, the deceased Marquis of Zhou Lu Lingwu for many years, who have not been forgotten by the court so far.

Only this Lu Changju, even as the eldest sister of the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant, has never been concerned by outsiders.

Mother Lu Changju, as the eldest sister of the Queen Mother, is not concerned, let alone Lu Changju's only son: Lu Ping.

- Especially this Lu Ping, who was born to Lu Changju's son-in-law in his early years; The son-in-law who gave birth to Lu Ping had already died at the foot of the Great Wall of Qin, and Lu Ping also followed his mother's surname according to the practice of recruiting people.

And 'the father is a son-in-law' and 'motherhood' is almost the inferior birth of slaves and merchants in this era.

But Liu Ying's focus is not on Lu Ping's background, but on why Lu Ping appeared here, and even called himself 'Lu Banyuan Ling'!

It seemed that seeing Liu Ying's doubts, Yang Li had no choice but to step forward and give up his hand indifferently.

"Your Majesty."

"With Lu Shaojun as Lu Ban's order, the minister went to ask for permission from the Queen Mother······"

"The edict of appointment is also the decree of the Queen Mother······"

After speaking, Yang Li straightened up calmly, immediately lifted the hem of his robe, and respectfully knelt down in front of Liu Ying.

Although he did not open his mouth to defend himself, nor did he kowtow and beg for mercy, Yang Li's unwavering face clearly had such a line written on it.

- If you want to kill or chop, listen to it······

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