Chapter 231: Longxi Convergence
Lu Wen still scratched his head in confusion and said, "Your Majesty, what kind of person is this Liu Bang, who can let the king give him such a creation."
Ying Zheng sighed sadly, and said with some sadness: "His brother, who died for the construction of the royal tomb, owes him a life, a love, and a creation."
Lu Wen, who attaches the most importance to love and righteousness, of course, agrees with Yingzheng's move, so he arched his hand and said: "The king really attaches great importance to affection and righteousness, so leave this matter to you."
"There's no hurry, there should be a Fan Xue by his side, and you can find him again in a few years." Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Wen arched his hand and said.
Almost all the problems in his heart were solved, and Ying Zheng's mood was surprisingly good, so he looked around and asked, "Could this wooden house be a little shabby?"
"Back to basics, isn't that exactly what the old man wants." Lu Buwei said with a smile.
"Does the middle father really like it?" Ying Zheng asked.
"I like it!" Lü Buwei replied in the affirmative.
"If the middle father really likes it, the widow is not reluctant, but the widow will send enough money and food for the middle father every month for the middle father." Ying Zheng said.
"Hehe, the king's mind, the old man received it, but it really doesn't need it, Lu Wen and Lu Wu brought out a lot of money and things, which is enough." Lu Buwei said.
"How can that be the same?" Ying Zheng said very resolutely, "There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, honoring the middle father is also a matter of widowhood."
Seeing that Yingzheng was so insistent, Lü Buwei had no choice but to respond.
At this moment, a big man walked in outside the door, carrying a wooden barrel, which seemed to contain wine and food.
The big man looked up and saw Ying Zheng and Zhao Gao in the wooden house, and he was suddenly stunned, and his mouth unconsciously muttered, "King, King?"
This person is none other than Lu Wu.
It turned out that Lü Buwei liked to be quiet and lived alone in this wooden house, and the brothers Lü Wen and Lü Wu each lived in a few wooden huts on the other side of the hillside with their own families.
During the day, the brothers took turns accompanying Lü Buwei, and when the women had cooked their meals, the other brought the food and drinks.
At this time, it happened to be noon, and Lu Wu came to deliver food with a wooden barrel.
Putting down the barrel, Lu Wu arched his hand and said, "Meet the king."
"No need to be polite." Ying Zheng hurriedly said, "Brother, sit down."
The title of Ying Zheng shows his respect for the Lu family brothers.
Lu Wu didn't know Yingzheng's intention, how dare he sit casually, so he looked at Lu Buwei.
Lu Buwei smiled and said, "Don't sit down yet, go back and ask the people to make some more wine and food, and let's use the grass and green leaves in this mountain forest to entertain the king with a meal."
"Hey!" Lu Wu responded, "Then the king will wait a while, and I will go back when I go."
"Don't be busy, just eat some dry food." Ying Zheng said urgently.
"The king doesn't have to be polite." Lü Buwei said, "The so-called guest is as you go, it's not easy for you to come once, let's leave when you're full."
In this way, Ying Zheng stayed in the wooden house to drink and chat with Lü Buwei, and it seemed that he had returned to the past, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
When I returned to Xianyang, it was already dark, and the Lu Mansion had also cleaned up, and some small items in Wen Liju had been moved in.
Early the next morning, Zhao Gao reported that Sima Hong requested to be summoned.
Ying Zheng was overjoyed and asked Zhao Gao to bring Sima Hong into the study.
"Wechen meets the king." Sima Hong arched his hand.
"Sit down." Ying Zheng pulled Sima Hong to sit down, "The matter of the original grain seed, can it go smoothly?"
Sima Hong said with a smile: "Of course it's going well, when I came back yesterday, I heard that the king was moving Wen Liju and was going to marry the dog."
"Hahaha!" Ying Zheng laughed and said, "As soon as you come back, Sima Jie will tell you about it, and he will say that he doesn't care about marrying a daughter-in-law."
Sima Hong became serious and said, "The king is sure that he is not joking, right?"
Ying Zheng also put away his smile and said admittedly: "Marriage is a big thing, it's not a child's play."
"Good!" Sima Hong said, "Since the king is serious, how can Weichen be
Block, but, does this woman's family agree?"
"Of course, the widow has already asked her parents, and the old couple are very agreeable, just waiting for you to bring Sima Jie to the door to propose." Ying Zheng said.
"Wechen Daiinu, thank you for the marriage." Sima Hong bowed solemnly.
Ying Zheng stretched out his hand and said, "Master Sima, don't be so polite, the widow also sees that Sima Jie needs someone to take care of him, so he wants to promote this matter."
"Hehe, the king has a heart." Sima Hong said, "By the way, I heard the dog say, the king has something to say to Weichen?"
"Well, it's not a small thing."
Immediately, Ying Zheng told Sima Hong about the things that he had said when he summoned his ministers that day.
Before entering the palace, Sima Hong had already stopped Sima Jie from saying a rough idea, although he had been mentally prepared, but he was also shocked to hear Yingzheng say these shocking secrets.
After that, Ying Zheng talked about the millennium cause he planned, and the Sima family was the first baton of the relay.
Sima Hong exclaimed: "How can the Sima family be so used by the king, but this Sima family is afraid that they don't have the qualifications and ability to be kings in the world!"
"Don't worry, someone will help the Sima family then." Ying Zheng soothed, "Besides, you cultivate grain seeds for the widows, mine minerals, and Sima Jie recruits and selects talents for the widows, and also compiles history books and learns alchemy, you are not qualified, who else can be qualified."
"This ......" Sima Hong couldn't find any reason to shirk for a while.
"Okay, this matter is already a certainty, don't hesitate, Sima Jie is so young that he is the first to stand up and take on this heavy responsibility, you are Lao Tzu, can you still delay it." Ying Zheng used a radical method.
"What the king said is that the Sima family has never been cowardly in the past dynasties." Sima Hong seemed to be bursting with confidence and said.
"That's right." Ying Zheng said, "In the past few days, the widow is pondering whether to re-establish an official position with your Sima's surname, which is only under the Xiangbang, or whether it should be designated as an official and listed as the third duke."
"Weichen thinks that this matter is not in a hurry, and it will not be too late to discuss it when the king really reunifies." Sima Hong said.
"Okay, but I mentioned alchemy just now, and I hope that in this matter, you will help Sima Jie." Ying Zheng said.
Sima Hong's expression was a little stunned: "Your Majesty, are you saying that I will also go to learn alchemy?"
"Not only to learn, but also to teach others after learning, in the future, widows may need a lot of such elixirs." Ying Zheng said as he took out a porcelain vase, "This is the Linggu Pill, you can take the next one to experience it first."
Sima Hong opened the porcelain vase and took a Linggu Pill without hesitation.
"By the way, now that Wen Liju has moved into the Lu Mansion, don't go back to your own house, move in with Sima Jie." Ying Zheng said.
"Thank you, then, the king." Sima Hong once again thanked him.
"Let's go, let's go to Lu Mansion together." Yingzheng got up and went out of the palace gate with Sima Hong.
When I came to Lu Mansion, it was already very lively, and the Praetorian Guards were busy moving in and out.
Ying Zheng was not idle, and went to the Treasure Pavilion to find a lot, and Lu Buwei asked in surprise.
"Brother, the king said that he would replace the plaque on this lintel with Sima's Mansion." Meng Tian said to Sima Jie.
"This ......" father and son, with the same tone and expression.
"Hehe, my royal family is married, how can the dowry be shabby, you are married to the granddaughter of the chariot chief, and the widow is not idle enough for this pomp." Ying Zheng said.
"Then, the minister thanked the king." Sima Jie arched his hand and said.
"Okay, now that the place has been chosen, this time will be delayed, and we have to wait for the widow to come back from the Western Regions." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
Sima Jie smiled: "Listen to the king's will."
"By the way, the widow has never had the time to ask you, the effect of the last "Expulsion Order".
How?" Ying Zheng asked instead.
"As the king expected, those who stayed behind and didn't leave are really the elites of the Lu Mansion, and their prestige is not small when they come to live in the country on weekdays." Sima Jie said.
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said, "In this case, you select all the people you think are talented and can be used by Great Qin, and then agree with Li Si that when the widow returns, these people will be promoted and reused."
"Wechen obeys."
In this way, Yingzheng has arranged several major events, everything is ready, and the next goal is to march towards the Exquisite Country!
And this time, Ying Zheng did not choose to be escorted by the Praetorian Guards, but left him in the palace, controlled by the Queen Mother, to protect the safety of the entire palace.
Yingzheng himself chose 3,000 "our army" to accompany the king.
The current "our army" has more than doubled its combat power compared to the previous battle with the Rong Di army in Longxi.
Not only are they equipped with "self-weapons", but they also have a flying crossbow, a high-quality war horse, and even the armor has been re-crafted, both light and strong, and although the material is not an alloy, it is also an alloy-like metal tempered by its technology.
During this time in Xianyang, Wei Yi also rearranged the formation according to the current situation, and it was several times more powerful than before.
It can be said that the combat power of this complete lineup dares to compete with any army of tens of thousands of people.
Ying Zheng's intention in leading "our army" was to consider his own safety, and secondly, to find an opportunity to show off his military strength to the Western Regions.
There is also a team responsible for transporting grain, grass and national gifts along the way.
Everything was ready, Ying Zheng took the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi, escorted by "our army", and went straight to Longxi.
Running all the way to Longxi, Meng Wu reported that the northern border of Longxi had been organized, and the previous Yiqu army had also filled in the household registration, divided the fields according to the household registration, and encircled the pastures.
The local people were already scarce, and in order to avoid conflict, the Mengwu moved them all to other places.
Yiqu Gongyu Tu has returned to its best state, and now he is in a good mood, leading the tribe to build his own home.
"Yiqugong, are you still satisfied with this?" Ying Zheng, who was sitting side by side with Yu Tu, looked at him and asked.
"Hahaha......" Yu Tu's hearty laughter is enough to explain everything, "The old man is not only satisfied, he will be awakened by his own laughter every day in his dreams."
"Hehe, it's not that exaggerated." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Well, that's not an exaggeration." The four elders next to him said, "It's not just the old patriarch who wakes up with a smile every day, it's also our old brothers."
The four elders looked at the old man beside him and smiled, and nodded vigorously.
"If only you were satisfied." Yingzheng said, "From now on, you can all live here in peace, but don't run around."
"It's nature." Yu Tu smiled undiminishedly, "This time, unless the king drives us away, otherwise, Yiqu will really rely here."
"Hahaha......
Everyone laughed in unison.
At this time, Meng Tian walked into the tent and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Suo Lin and the remnants of Yiqu are approaching Longxi City."
Ying Zheng got up and said, "Okay, welcome and go!"