"I said, Second Prince, why are you here?" Kong Ming said, although there was some speculation, it was better for Kong Ming to ask. The two of them were now sitting in a half-used carriage, which was the best carriage in the City Lord's Mansion today. The carriage shook and clicked as it headed for the place where the Coastal University was located.

"How do I know? A few of us were called to the palace early this morning, and then we arrived here, saying that we should stay here for a while, and as long as we don't interfere with your actions, we can do anything else. The second prince revealed a bottom to Kong Ming, and his words made Kong Ming feel a lot more relieved, and he couldn't help but breathe.

"It seems that you don't welcome us?" asked the second prince, knowing that no matter where they went, those officials were not very welcome? As Kong Ming's brother-in-law and the husband of Kong Ming's friend, of course Kong Ming will not be polite to him.

"Your Royal Highness, I have a lot of things here, I want to build something new, I want to build everything, where does the spirit come from to entertain you nobles! Doesn't this just make me ugly?" Kong Ming smiled bitterly, it is true that now because everything is newly built, and new people are constantly pouring in all around, it makes the entire coastal city seem chaotic, and the security alone is a big problem, where does Kong Ming come from the spirit to entertain these noble masters.

"Oh, you can rest assured about this, I'll follow you everywhere to have a look, and you just treat me as a scarecrow. The second prince said very simply.

"You're my brother-in-law, so it's definitely okay, but the problem is your brothers. Kong Ming recounted the bitter path. It really left him speechless.

"Oh, they won't listen to me, it's up to you. The second prince smiled, obviously he had a way to make these restless lords stop. But I just don't want the empty light to stop.

"Forget it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and I am too lazy to think so much. Kong Ming waved his hand and said, he fell asleep directly, he was indeed too sleepy for a while, even meditation could not make him make up for all his spirits, only to take advantage of this gap to rest for a while.

Looking at Kong Ming's appearance, the second prince also knew that Kong Ming was not easy, and he didn't bother Kong Ming again, and looked directly at the street where people came and went. It's the old town, and it's okay in every way, so it doesn't seem out of the ordinary, but when the carriage leaves here, they come to a new place. He saw a scene that made him unforgettable, the moment he left the old town. He saw that a road four times the size of the old road was being built. Huge stones were transported from afar with cheap space rings, and then laid on the ground one by one, firmly combining the stones into a single path.

"So many people came to build, where did you get so much money?" the second prince asked, of course, Kong Ming couldn't answer him at this time, because he was already asleep. Sorahara, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat of the carriage, replied.

"Your Highness, every time the people here transport a stone or pave a section of road, they will have a certain registration, and then when they accumulate to a certain extent, the City Lord's Mansion will give them two choices. ”

"Oh, what choice?" the second prince became interested. Not paying the salary, and giving him back the choice of this does make him a little strange.

"The first is that the city lord's mansion will give them a plot of land to build their own houses, and the second option is to pay their own wages. Sora replied.

"Oh, how do you pay the bill?" the second prince asked again.

"The first thing is to let people write down the land they like, and then wait until they have accumulated a certain amount of work to get that piece of land, which is all said first, otherwise, someone will regret it. The second is to give money directly. "Sora Yuan is relatively familiar with these, after all, he has also handled many similar things.

"Then where has the land been sold now?" The second prince wanted to see if the land was worth anything.

"Hehe, due to the large number of people pouring in, the land has long been sold far away, and there are many rich people who have already bought some lots of land directly with money. That's why we have so much money to build now, otherwise, where would we have so much money to build a new city?" Sora Yuan continued to reply, perhaps because he participated in the planning and construction, so there was an unprecedented sense of pride, this is inevitable, no matter who finished a thing or was in the process of doing something himself, he would have a kind of pride that came from the bones, this kind of thing has nothing to do with the size of the matter, only whether it is done or not.

The second prince smiled and asked, "Then how much did you spend on building the city?"

"It's a lot, I can't remember exactly, the money we spent was divided into four parts. One part is funded by our City Lord's Mansion, which is only a very small part. The second part is to work with other large chambers of commerce, where we bid for tenders, and they finance the construction, so that they have some corresponding benefits to offset our contributions, which accounts for 50 percent of them. The third part is that we sell the land as we did earlier, and they can pay for it, or they can compensate for it by doing their work. The fourth part is some bits and pieces, which also account for a part. Kong Yuan said, he has no corresponding concept of money now, although he is the head of the City Lord's Mansion, but he has never been exposed to similar things, and he can only learn and do at the same time, if there is anything he doesn't understand, ask Sima Wei. The second prince finally saw that Kong Yuan was just in the process of learning and doing, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Kong Ming was really bold, and he actually let such a young person manage such a large city lord's mansion? Obviously, Kong Ming lacked real construction talents. can only use this kind of person to make up the number, this is really a kind of sadness, this is actually the new aristocracy like Kong Ming does not have.

"Where are we going?" asked the second prince.

"By the sea, the school was built by the sea, and the Earl said that the environment there was better, and it could make people's minds more open-minded. Kong Yuan said, he didn't know why Kong Ming said this, or if he meant something else, he was just repeating what Kong Ming said in the original text, he was an outcast, nearly twenty years old. There are not many things and truths he understands, but he has not given up on himself, as Kong Ming said, many things must be fought for, and knowledge can only be fruitful if it is accumulated.

"You earls really want to think!" Next, the second prince didn't ask anything more, he knew that Kong Yuan knew very much, although he participated in the preliminary preparations for the entire city building, but he listened more than anything else, this was already his limit. So he chose to watch. Look at the street where the man came and went. Looking at the chaotic security, looking at the crowd of people in different clothes, looking at this qiē, it was all so novel, and for a while he had a feeling of time and space disorder. It was as if he had seen visitors from the east, south, and north. It's a new city, albeit still very young. But there are bound to be times when it will be strong. After a long time, he subconsciously said: "Why is there no city wall here?"

"Because in the wars that followed, the walls had been obsolete. A voice came from the other side. After sleeping for a while, Kong Ming finally woke up, and just heard the second prince asking, so he answered casually.

"Oh. Why?" the second prince is also a high-level sword master, and he can't hide it from him when he wakes up.

"During the Battle of Taicheng, I have been thinking about this question for a long time, and the solidity of Taicheng's defense is unmatched. There is no doubt about the defensive ability of the magic array, but once those arrows and magic weapons appear, the magic array and the city wall are like paper paste, light and breakable, it is conceivable that from that time on, this kind of city wall has become a chicken-like storage zài, more of it, just to make people have some psychological comfort, without it, there is not necessarily anything to lose. Of course, those cities that are close to the Warcraft Forest are exceptions, because they defend against Warcraft rather than people, so the city walls there have more practical value, but now the city walls are something that is not needed at all for Coastal City, so why waste this money for such meaningless things?" Kong Ming explained, which was more realistic than Kong Yuan's explanation.

"Then you won't build walls in the city in the future?" the second prince then asked.

"Hehe, don't be too arbitrary, this can be decided according to the actual situation, don't be one-size-fits-all, so it's not good. Kong Ming smiled, and then looked at the laboring people outside, there was something indescribable in his heart, these people were carrying out his orders, and he was the planner of the city, what kind of strange experience was this?

"It seems that your plan is being executed, how do you feel in your heart?" the second prince couldn't help but say when he saw Kongming's appearance.

"Very cool, very good. Kong Ming said, and then the two laughed.

"Do you know why you put us here?" the second prince said directly, he originally wanted to pull Kong Ming into his camp, but the emperor also had a rule that the five princes who were vying for the throne would not be allowed to pull Kong Ming into this battle, because no matter who they won or lost, Kong Ming would inevitably be the military pillar of the empire in the future. This is also a kind of protection of the emperor for Kongming. However, these are not Kong Ming and these five princes at all, Yun Haifeng, as Kong Ming's grandfather, must be inclined to the eldest prince and his party, so they also think that Kong Ming will inevitably recommend the eldest prince, but obviously this is a little taken for granted, because although Yun Haifeng is Kong Ming's grandfather, Kong Ming has never admitted this. And what Kong Ming didn't know was that because of his second trip to slaughter the gods and the release of that geography common sense, he suddenly stood at the core of the entire prince competition, which no one expected.

"I don't know, I wish you didn't come here, so I could have some leisurely time, but unfortunately it's up to anyone!" Kong Ming sighed.

"Support me, I give you everything you want. The second prince knew that the people on the carriage were all Kong Ming's cronies, so he didn't shy away from them, not to mention that he had already used a small magic array to separate the voices of the two of them from the outside world.

"Do you know what I want?" Kong Ming wondered, even he himself didn't know what he needed until that day, how did this second prince know what he needed? But Kong Ming obviously forgot one thing, that is, he was born from his heart, and when Kong Ming published that book to the public, it was destined that everyone knew his purpose. It's just a pity that not everyone understands Kong Ming's ideas, as with all great causes, these need to be supported by people with a certain amount of strength behind them, and if there is no support from the rear, then Kong Ming's ideas cannot be realized. Or he can also work his own, but the effect is not so good after all.

"You need this. "The second prince took out a book from the space ring, which was the book announced by Kong Ming, and now there is almost one book in the imperial capital. If the contact between the two at the beginning, the second prince's understanding of Kong Ming was limited to the official battle report, then when the two were drinking at a wine table, he had a further understanding of Kong Ming's wisdom, and his wife Yi Yiyi's pillow wind, who had worked with Kong Ming, and his sister told him every time they came home, so that he had a further understanding of Kong Ming, in fact, what he admired the most was not these. It's that Kong Ming has sixteen first-class beauties in the empire, but he doesn't know how to cherish them, and he can go to slaughter gods! Not every man can put down sixteen wives to do this kind of work, and finally when he saw the book released by Kong Ming, he thoroughly understood this person of Kong Ming. He was an adventurer, but he was definitely not a conspirator. So he relaxed. Sincerely invite Kong Ming to join his camp, and as a reply, he will fully support Kong Ming's actions, this is the most effective transaction between the two.

"Hehe, that's not something you have the final say. Kong Ming smiled, of course he knew what the second prince wanted. But now he can't open this mouth, and once he does it, a lot of work is not easy to do.

"Don't worry, as long as you support me. I don't need you to say anything, I'll do the rest, how about it?" said the second prince.

"Don't you need me to do anything?" asked Kong Ming again.

"No, you don't!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

Kong Ming looked at the second prince, and did not rush to answer, thought for a while and said, "How about you follow me around in the past few days?"

"Okay, as long as there's nothing going on, what if you go around with you for a few more days?" said the second prince, what he didn't expect at this time was that Kong Ming was giving him a chance, a chance to let him ascend to the throne. In fact, when the emperor sent the five princes, it was already very obvious, but they haven't come back to their senses for a while, and now Kong Ming doesn't plan to return to the city lord's mansion in the next few days, and several great gods are here, and he really has no way to serve these gods.

"Okay, I don't have anything to do anyway?" the second prince replied very simply, anyway, he didn't know what he was doing here these days, and it was not a good thing to follow Kong Ming around for a while.

"I don't think you will regret this promise in the future!" Kong Ming said calmly, these people are fans of the authorities, and once they react, it will be too late.

Two hours later, the carriage came to a peninsula by the sea, which had a mountain about a thousand meters high, and a cliff about eight hundred meters high on the side far from the mainland, which was surrounded by the sea on three sides, and where it was connected to the land was a small flat land, which could be submerged if the tide was stronger. The peninsula covers an area of nearly 400 square kilometers, but the area connected to the land is only 300 meters wide and 1,000 meters long. The peninsula is beautifully landscaped with green trees.

"It's beautiful, and I wouldn't have believed it was such a beautiful place if I hadn't been here. The second prince sighed.

"The scenery in the world is more beautiful, and the more you walk, you will see more and more beautiful scenery. Kong Ming said.

After the carriage had made its way through the narrow flats of Guò, they came to the peninsula, where they were filled with men dressed in mage's robes and swordsman's attire, building houses with stones and other things that had been brought from beyond the peninsula with spatial rings.

"Magicians and swordsmen also want to build houses?" The second prince is a little strange, because in the Huatian Continent, magicians are a symbol of erudition, where would they be allowed to do such rough work? And the ages of the magicians here don't seem to be young, and some even look like they are fifty or sixty years old, if you get rid of the advantages brought by their rank, you can think that there are two hundred years old.

"Magicians are human beings like everyone else, why can't they build houses? What's more, they build their own houses and school classrooms, which need to be done by themselves, because now the whole Coastal City is being built, and many things can only be done by yourself, otherwise no one will do anything for you. One must be self-reliant. Kong Ming said. This is a newly built city, the city government is responsible for planning and distribution, and the rest of the private things need to be built by themselves, of course, if you don't understand or don't know, you can also ask someone to do it. But the wages are quite expensive, in fact, at this time, many people are building a small house by themselves, they first let these houses occupy the place, and then find a way to make it better, this is the idea of many people, and in order to allow more people to build houses, Sima Wei also deliberately distributed free architectural drawings and free technical craftsmen on the street. This made many people have an urge to do their own houses, and in fact, those temporary thoughts became a kind of enjoyment because of this action of the city lord's mansion, and all kinds of houses were built throughout the city. Because the drawings are also varied. And not unified.

"How did you get these magic masters to take the initiative to do this work?" The second prince was really a novelty, and it was impossible for him to let those magicians put down their shelves and do this kind of thing.

"Hehe, where would they live if they didn't? Now everyone is doing it, and there are more people in the city doing the same job, and there are quite a few magicians here. Nearly a million, everyone is a master. There is no such thing as a master. Kong Ming smiled. Survival of the fittest will apply everywhere.

"Let's go to a better place!" After saying that, Kong Ming closed his eyes and fell asleep again, he was too sleepy, and only this form of drowsiness could make him regain some energy.

An hour later, the carriage came to the farthest point of the peninsula. In a castle, there are still a lot of people here, coming in and out non-stop.

"What is this place?" The second prince asked, the castle was on the edge of the cliff. The scenery is beautiful and very comfortable with the sea breeze.

"This is the temporary office of the academy and my personal castle, and I usually stay here when I don't have anything to do. Kong Ming said.

"You're really going to enjoy it!" the second prince sighed, suddenly feeling that the atmosphere was a little strange, because Kong Ming was looking at him with a mocking look.

"What's the matter? Am I wrong?" said the second prince again.

"What do you say, you have a prince's garden, there are many magnificent gardens, and you are embarrassed to say that I have a broken castle here to enjoy!" Kong Ming said angrily. After explaining the second prince, it suddenly dawned on him that this was originally a separate courtyard belonging to the city lord's mansion, and Kong Ming liked it here after coming here, so he stayed here, and if there was nothing to do in the past, he would come here to live, and then he directly built the academy here, so that when he was free, he could also ask some people to come over and play, after all, he was also a magician, and living in the academy was much quieter. After passing through the crowd of errands, several people came to the top floor of the castle, sat on the balcony, and looked at the sea, and felt a lot more relaxed.

"I need your help. Kong Ming said without hesitation, he didn't have a trace of politeness towards this cheap brother-in-law, after all, the second prince is Tang Zixian's own brother, and if he comes to power, it will be very helpful for many things in the future of Kong Ming.

"What do you need me to do?" said the second prince, sometimes the two of them don't need to say too many words, just be direct.

"Hehe, in order not to gossip about those competitors of yours, I will say the same thing to them, but I hope you can help me as much as possible, only then can I help you, knowing that these are mutual. Kong Ming said.

"It's not a very difficult thing to do, it's just a little tricky. I need a large number of sages to compile a very large cultivation book, and this book will be released throughout the country, and I hope that these things will be popularized, because people are the foundation of the empire's strength, because in the next year, I must build a strong army, and I don't want the weak to exist in this army, we are doing things that no one else has done, so I need a stronger army. It was also during this year that I had to improve the abilities of those soldiers, whether they were magicians or swordsmen or something else. But now there is one point, that is, this part of the High Sages, or the part that we now call the Divine Ones, has not yet been written, and I hope that you can go to the Land of the Divine Ones and persuade one or two of them to participate, only in this way can more people become High Saints. Kong Ming said something that surprised the second prince. (To be continued......)

PS: I recommend it to the generals on various occasions!!