Half a month later, the pass of the border pass of Haining Mansion has been completed, Zhao Zili named Haikou Pass, can garrison 30,000 troops, there are still 30 artillery batteries on the city wall, the rigor is not weak at all, even if it is a 100,000 army with artillery, it will never be able to cross over.

The walls of the outer city have also been built, and the captives of Dongyi work very hard, they all want to be able to go home in a year, and Zhao Zili is not too harsh on them, and they are not embarrassed by food and shelter.

Jiang Gongwang built twelve beacon towers, pressed the enchantment pillars, and guarded them by the twelve earthly branches, as long as one accident occurred, the other eleven could sense it instantly.

A large number of houses began to be built between the new city and the old city, and Lianquan carefully planned each location with reference to the Luoyang pattern, and the scale of the foundation has been preliminarily completed, and it is expected to accommodate 15 to 200,000 people.

"Lord Wang, at present, the merchants and people of Jinzhou, Qingzhou, and Yazhou have begun to buy the homestead of the new city, Lord Gao Xiang and Lord Liu An are docking, and Lord Bei Yuanran, who wants to make trouble, has all been arrested."

Cao Ang is worthy of being trained by Cao Zhengchun, and he is in good order.

"Well, Haining is finally on the right track, how is the recruitment of Haining Wei and Qingzhou Baqi progressing." Zhao Zili is very satisfied with the current progress.

"Back to the prince, it's going well, Hainingwei already has a scale of 50,000 people, and the armor and weapons needed have been purchased through other channels, and at present, the Shanhai Division is making every effort to make cannons and muskets."

Zhao Zili nodded, it was right to do this, the weapons of the regular troops can be ready-made, as long as the quality is passable.

"Qingzhou Baqi also recruited 20,000 cavalry, and at the same time, it was enough to buy a large number of Qingzhou horses, but Qingzhou was too full of Qingluan, after all, it was the prime of Qingzhou, and it was indeed a little inappropriate to get so many people to Haining." The floods in Qingzhou have subsided, and Qingluan has sent thousands of war horses, so it's no wonder that people are unhappy when they dig the foot of the wall.

"The Qingzhou army recruits so many first, it is easy to expand too quickly and the foundation is unstable, and if the order continues, it must be fought steadily, and the army must not only be more but also able to fight."

"Yes, my subordinates will do it."

During this time, Chen Xiaocheng returned to the East China Sea, after all, it was a girl's family and couldn't stay with him all the time, but Zhao Zili still missed her very much.

Luoyang, the eldest prince Zhao Zilin is sitting on pins and needles, the news of Haining has reached him, and Zhao Zili's body can have a chance to recover.

"Master Jia, what if Lao Qi's body really recovers."

Jia Xu also frowned, at the beginning, he and Xiqin jointly wanted to kill Zhao Zili but he avoided it, and now it is obvious that Zhao Zili's wings are full, and it is too difficult to assassinate him.

"Wechen learned that the King of Song was selling a new wine in Haining, obtained a lot of money, and also recruited troops and horses to build the city wall, and we can use this to get His Majesty to take back his military and financial power, and pull out his tiger teeth."

"Okay, it's better to unite the second child, this kind of thing can't forget him." Zhao Zilin smiled sinisterly.

Then he sent someone to tell Zhao Ziyan about Haining's situation and his plan.

"Sima, I can't imagine that there will be a day when this hall will join forces with the eldest brother." Zhao Ziyan didn't want to let Zhao Zili sit big and couldn't clean it up in the end, and said: "The enemy of the enemy is a friend, although the eldest prince is our fierce enemy, but the potential of the seventh prince is greater, so it is better to suppress it this morning." ”

The next day, the two brothers looked at each other and saw that they had reached a consensus.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a book." The imperial historian Xu Jing stood up and took refuge in the eldest prince, and now he must become a pawn.

"Xu Yushi, please speak." Emperor Wu really doesn't like these imperial histories, and it is estimated that there is something trivial.

Wechen learned that the King of Song had sold a new wine in Haining, and had obtained hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, and recruited troops to buy horses, and Qingzhou and Jinzhou suffered greatly. Although Your Majesty King Song has made great contributions to Sheji, it is obvious that the prince is supporting the army and respecting himself, so the ministers ask His Majesty to take back the prince's military power and hand over the stolen money to the national treasury. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal." The head of the household, the person of the second prince of Qian Duo, also echoed at this time.

Emperor Wu was stunned for a moment, why did these guys suddenly participate in the seventh group collectively, but he had also heard the rumors of Haining, but he was busy with the horseshoe recently and didn't care.

"Father, the son believes that the seventh brother will definitely not support the army and respect himself, please ask the father to find out." The meaning of Zhao Zilin's words is that what Yushi said is true, hurry up and check.

"Father, the son agrees with the eldest brother's point of view, even if the seventh child does do these things, it must be for self-preservation." The second prince was even more ruthless, and clearly told Emperor Wu that Lao Qi was going to rebel.

"Your Majesty Weichen also has something to do, and it is about King Song." While Emperor Wu was thinking, Fan Ming suddenly stood up.

"Oh, Fan Shangshu, please speak." Emperor Wu wanted to see what Fan Ming said.

Fan Ming held up a book and said: "Your Majesty, this is the construction diagram of the secret recipe and wine-making equipment of the King of Song and the son of Weichen, after repeated improvements, please take a look at it." ”

Everyone was stunned at this moment, King Song actually told Fan Ming this secret first, this is the case, the eldest prince and the second prince were also caught off guard by this sudden attack.

Cao Zhengchun took the fold and handed it to Emperor Wu, and after opening it, he wrote more than a dozen detailed explanations of the recipes and processes of the wine.

"Fan Shangshu, what's going on." Emperor Wu asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, King Song found a master brewer in Haining, named Du Kang, whose wine was unheard of. Although the son of Weichen is not good at reading, he still has some experience in fiddling with these things, and he really improves the winemaking process to a higher level under mutual confirmation.

His Majesty also knew that Haining was not rich, in order to present His Majesty with the best wine, King Song spent a lot of money to buy materials and equipment, and had to sell the first batch of wine to Jinzhou and other places to collect a certain amount of money, and finally perfected the process a few days ago. ”

Now the Jinluan Palace can be fried, and framing the prince for supporting the army and self-respect is a big crime for the nine clans.

"Your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know, he is only for the safety of His Majesty and Da Zhou." Xu Jing and Qian Duo were so frightened that they never thought that King Song would have such a hand.

"Hmph, you don't know, Your Majesty, the whole Luoyang City knows about the son of Wei Chen's research on fine wine, but King Song doesn't like to swagger, so he didn't say it, Your Majesty can ask any worker involved in brewing to see if Wei Chen is lying." Fan Ming shouted loudly, and the two of them trembled in fright.

"Your Majesty, when the old slave went out of the palace to buy, he did hear about Baron Fan's research on winemaking, and he also passed by his shop, and the smell of wine was very strong." Cao Zhengchun's words became the last straw that crushed the camel, and Zhao Zili jumped from a prince who supported the army to a victim who was painstaking and lonely.

And Emperor Wu of Zhao Zili's conscription is even clearer, this is still his order.

"This old seven, it is only low-key that will cause misunderstanding, if it weren't for the friend of Fan Qing's son, I'm afraid no one really knows." Emperor Wu's words put this matter to a conclusion, and Xu Jing and Qian Duo suddenly collapsed to the ground, and it was over.

"Your Majesty, if the newly developed wine can be completed before the Chinese New Year, it will definitely have a huge impact at that time, and the tax of the Great Zhou will increase I don't know how much." Fan Ming knew that Emperor Wu had also been troubled by the treasury recently, and King Song's hand was really beautiful.

Zhao Zili had long known that the wine thing could never be hidden, so he made a plan one step earlier, and once someone wanted to use the topic to play Fan Ming, he would make a move.

"Hahaha, okay, Zili has made a great contribution, Fan Ming, your son is also indispensable, I will crown him as a viscount." Emperor Wu laughed heartily, and the solution of the treasury troubles made him feel comfortable.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fan Ming was overjoyed, and sure enough, King Song's treasure was right.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Haining has a small population, and it is understandable that the King of Song had to recruit troops from Jinzhou and Qingzhou, and besides, the Taishou of Erzhou did not play to express his dissatisfaction, it seems that what Xu and Qian said was wrong."

Emperor Wu also nodded, Haining is poor, young and middle-aged people are important laborers, and there are not too many people who can join the army.

"What Fan Qingjia said is very true, but Jinzhou is okay, Qingzhou still has to let Lao Qi pay attention to it, spread my will, the King of Song in Jinzhou can recruit troops at will, Qingzhou is up to 20,000, and the foundation of Qingzhou cannot be shaken."

looked at the two kneeling people and said impatiently: "Xu Jing and Qian Duo criticize the prince, abolish all official positions and exile them to the border gates, and they will not be hired for life." ”

The turmoil in the court has come to an end, and Haining finally ushered in a period of calm.

When the holy decree reached Qingzhou, Qingluan finally breathed a sigh of relief, 20,000 people would not affect the overall situation, and King Song also sent a generous gift to express his apology, so it was difficult for him to pursue it.

He cried when he left, and with the development of Haining, a large number of people poured into Haining, and this holy decree really killed him.

"Lord Taishou, what should we do, the news blockade in Haining is too strict, if we rashly report to Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be useless but will cause King Song to be dissatisfied." Li Qianmo saw that His Majesty couldn't receive the real news of Haining at all, and his impression was still before King Song came.

"What can I do, now half of Jinzhou is almost under the rule of King Song, so many young and middle-aged people have gone to Haining to join the army, 50,000 people." Liluo shook his head helplessly.

King Song is terrible, I don't know where he got so much money, and that wine is simply a cash cow, not to mention 50,000 people, and another 50,000 can be raised.

"I heard that the princess of the East China Sea had a good personal relationship with King Song, and helped destroy several groups of pirates, presumably King Song got a lot of pirate treasures."

Liluo suddenly realized, it turned out to be like this: "What about Lifeng, how is it now." ”

"Lifeng has performed very well, and he has been transferred to Haining Mansion and is in charge of the Dao Division, but there is not much news coming."

"Finally, there is some good news, tell Lifeng not to deliberately inquire about the news, the first thing to do is to make friends with King Song."

Outside Haining City, a man with a wry smile and a mask looked at the towering city wall and muttered to himself from the beacon tower: "[Enchantment Pillar] I didn't expect King Song to make this thing, my lord is right, it seems that King Song has obtained the inheritance of the Dao of Miracle Skills." ”

Looking down at the letter in his hand, he didn't expect that the younger brother he couldn't look down on back then had now become the key to the success or failure of the mission.

"Forget it, after all, it's my younger brother, and it's not in vain that I let him live for so long if he can play some role."

Then the scholar walked towards the city gate.