It turns out that every penny of his grandson's money is not spent in vain!

What's more, his grandson can spend money, but he can make more money - not to mention his own charcoal business, just talking about the salt purification technology given to Shi Lu, it will make Shaofu earn hundreds of thousands of dollars more every month.

"Hexi County, according to the emperor's eldest grandson's wishes, he will give whatever he wants, and continue to support ......"

Shi Lu: ......

After hesitating for a moment, Shi Lu still replied stubbornly.

"Your Majesty, the decree is enforceable, fair and selfless, Your Majesty, if the supply is open according to the will of the emperor's eldest grandson, the minister is worried that it will attract the dissatisfaction of other counties......"

Although they were all under the rule of Great Qin, the counties and counties in various places also had their own interests.

Whether it is to build water conservancy, build bridges and pave roads, provide relief for famines, persuade agriculture and mulberry, encourage farming and weaving, or rectify armaments, suppress bandits and reassure the people, all need the approval of the imperial court.

But the problem is that there are priorities, and the imperial court naturally has the planning of the imperial court, and it is impossible to give it to whoever applies for it, so it must be handled according to the situation every time.

There are discounted approvals, delayed allocations, and of course, outright refusals.

This is the norm.

You don't have much to say.

But now it's different, they all need to be funded by the imperial court, and when they get to the emperor's eldest grandson, they will open up the supply, and when they get to other counties, they will pick and instigate, discount and discount.

The stepmother doesn't want to do this!

Therefore, after this situation appears, regardless of whether it is really angry or fake angry, as a local governor, even if it is pretending, you have to express your dissatisfaction to the imperial court.

This is also a form of political wisdom.

Children who can cry have candy to eat, and poor counties that can cry have money to take.

The First Emperor glanced at Shi Lu, who had a bitter face, and waved his hand lightly.

"Dissatisfied? Tell them that as long as they can bring millions of dollars to the court every month like the emperor's eldest grandson, I will also provide them with ......"

Shi Lu stopped talking very interestingly.

He didn't really want to speak for the governors of those local counties, and if he could get an explanation from His Majesty, everything would be fine.

What's more, even from his heart, he is willing to give some help to the emperor's eldest grandson.

After all, during this time, the emperor's eldest grandson helped him solve his troubles.

“…… Now that the treasury is sufficient, and the group of Xiongnu captives sent by the emperor's eldest grandson as laborers, the development of the Lingqu is progressing very quickly, and it is expected that it will be completely completed by the end of May......"

Soon the topic of the two of them shifted to another major project that Shi Lu was now responsible for.

Lingqu.

It is an artificial canal that Daqin made Shi Lu responsible for carrying grain and salary through Lingnan.

The digging of the Ling Canal communicated the Xiangjiang River and the Lijiang River, opened up the north-south water channel, and provided an important guarantee for the Qin Dynasty to unify Lingnan.

In fact, this spiritual canal was successfully dug and put into use in the 33rd year of Qin Shi Huang, that is, in 214 BC, and played an extremely important role in the process of unifying Lingnan.

As an important water conservancy hub connecting the north and the south, in recent years, the imperial court has not stopped the follow-up work of this canal, and has continued to expand and strengthen it on the original basis.

It's just that due to some tired incomes and overstretched labor, it has been strained slowly.

It was not until this year, with the income from refined salt and this group of captives of the Huns, that it was completely completed.

"With this spiritual canal, we can not only effectively prevent floods in the upper reaches and discharge floods, but also irrigate the farmland downstream, which alone can increase a lot of tax revenue for the imperial court......"

The First Emperor was also very happy.

After all, the opening of the Ling Canal is not only a matter of flood control and drought control, but also an important lever for the imperial court to control Lingnan, which is of great significance.

While the two of them were talking, they listened to the guards.

Zuo Prime Minister Li Si and Shangqing Meng Yi asked to meet.

Seeing this, Shi Lu wanted to bow down and retreat, but the First Emperor glanced at him and said lightly.

"It's okay, you stay and ...... to observe"

Shi Lu: ......

Although he didn't know the intentions of the First Emperor, he still obediently stepped aside, looked at his nose and nose, and prepared to be his own tool.

Although he is ranked in the ninth king, Li Si is different from Meng Yi, in a way, he is a retainer of the first emperor, and his consciousness as a tool man is very high.

The First Emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and coughed lightly.

"Invite them in—"

"See Your Majesty—"

Li Si and Meng Yi bowed respectfully.

"Two Aiqing, no need to be polite—"

The First Emperor smiled and waved his hand, his attitude was very gentle.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of officials from all over Hexi County sent by His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, please approve ...... Hexi County."

Hei consciously stepped forward to take it and handed it to the First Emperor.

Since Zhao Gao was asked by Zhao Ying to be a coachman, the First Emperor has not found a suitable Chefu order, and Hei Bian has consciously temporarily played Zhao Gao's original role.

The first emperor took it, simply flipped through it, and almost didn't look at it, so he directly lifted the brush and approved a quasi-word on it.

Seeing that Li Si's eyelids jumped, Meng Yi lowered his eyebrows, and he couldn't see any emotional reaction.

"Your Majesty......"

Li Si hesitated, but couldn't help but take a step forward and said with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that His Majesty the Emperor's eldest grandson's proposal is a bit inappropriate......"

The First Emperor quietly glanced at Li Si and motioned for him to continue.

"Your Majesty, the Hexi Corridor not only connects the Western Regions, but also can form a two-sided attack advantage against the Xiongnu, and the geographical location is very, but Wei Chen carefully studied the list proposed by the emperor's eldest grandson, except for the two old ministers of the court who followed the right minister to assist, most of them are young people who were born in the army and are only about twenty years old......"

Speaking of this, Li Si's expression became more and more serious.

"Although they are all quite meritorious, most of them have no experience in governing the local government, if they are just because they are the cronies of His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun, they rashly entrust important tasks, I am afraid that there is a risk of nepotism and ruin......"

Li Si was not worried that the First Emperor would be angry, on the contrary, as a left minister and presiding over the government, if he couldn't even see the problem with such an obviously absurd list, it would be really a dereliction of duty.

"Especially this nomination named Chen Ping—"

Speaking of this, Li Si couldn't help frowning.

"This person doesn't have any experience in governing places, but he is not an ordinary guest recruited by the emperor's eldest grandson, because he has won the trust of His Royal Highness the emperor's eldest grandson, so he directly proposed to make him the acting county guard of Hexi County - this is really a bit ridiculous......"

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible for the emperor's eldest grandson to stay in the land of Hexi for a long time, and the so-called acting county guard he personally proposed is the de facto county guard of Hexi County!

The county guard comparable to one-third of the territory of Great Qin!

Even if one of the nine kings of the court was transferred to serve as the county guard of Hexi County, it was not too much, and it was such an important county, His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun actually wanted to hand it over to a fledgling young man to himself!

Is the installation of cronies blatant to this extent?

No hiding at all!

However, in the next step, the reaction of the First Emperor made him unable to help but be dumbfounded.

"It's okay - I said that everything in Hexi County will be handled by the emperor's eldest grandson, then it will be handled by the emperor's eldest grandson, I believe that he can take Hexi so quickly, and stabilize the situation in Hexi so quickly, naturally he has his reasons, even if I don't believe in those young people, I should also believe in the vision of my emperor's eldest grandson......"

Reese:......

I can't talk about it this day!

Even if you favor the emperor's eldest grandson, you can't be such a favored law, you are tantamount to giving up such an important place in Hexi County to the emperor's eldest grandson!

As long as the emperor's eldest grandson has two hearts, Hexi County is almost a country within a country.

But he followed the First Emperor for many years and knew the temperament of this majesty. No one can easily change the will of the First Emperor.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun is still responsible for the position of the Jiangshan Society Division, and it is probably a little inappropriate to stay in Hexi for a long time, Wei Chen thinks that the situation in Hexi County has been stabilized, and the Emperor Eldest Sun has also selected a candidate to act as the county guard - it is better to recall the Emperor Eldest Sun to Xianyang as soon as possible......"

Just when Li Si was depressed in his heart, he suddenly heard Meng Yi's advice, which had been silent, and his heart couldn't help but move, and he said in a deep voice.

"Wechen seconded the proposal—"

He couldn't figure out Meng Yi's mind for a while, but since he couldn't stop the disorderly expansion of the emperor's eldest grandson's power, the best strategy to deal with it was of course to draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle and transfer him back from Hexi County.

This time, the First Emperor agreed very happily.

"But, let him come back quickly—"

His precious grandson has already proven his excellence, and he can rule a country, how can he stay in Hexi County and be lazy?

Of course, I'm coming back to help me deal with the government!

The First Emperor's promise was too refreshing, and Meng Yi's proposal made Li Si a little uneasy in his heart, and at this time he already had some vague guesses about Meng Yi's thoughts in his heart.

But the lesser of two evils is pleased.

Compared with leaving the emperor's eldest grandson in Hexi County, which has been built by him, transferring him back to Xianyang will undoubtedly have more advantages than disadvantages, after all, as long as the eldest son is still in Shangjun, even if the emperor's eldest grandson is favored, he will not be able to turn the tables.

Li Si and Meng Yi withdrew, and the First Emperor glanced at Shi Lu, who pretended not to exist on the side.

Faintly authentic.

"The emperor's eldest grandson is clever, good at management, and proficient in the way of accumulating money, you must listen to the emperor's eldest grandson's opinions more in the future, and cooperate well with the emperor's eldest grandson——"

Shi Lu's heart suddenly sank.

"No!"

He suddenly understood what the First Emperor meant by letting him stay, he wanted to let himself see his attitude towards the emperor's eldest grandson thoroughly, and let him understand how to correct his position!

Listening to more opinions should be secondary, and the most important thing is to cooperate well!

After the scene just now, at this time, these two words are particularly meaningful. Shi Lu didn't dare to think about it, so he bowed his head and retired.

……

Although the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhao Ying, has not yet returned, everyone knows that the emperor's eldest grandson has become a great trend and is about to become a force that cannot be ignored in the court.

For example, Li eats it.

"Childe, His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson has become a great trend-"

Li Shiqi picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of tea soup gently, squinted his eyes, glanced at Hu Hai, who looked a little flustered, and threw down a comment lightly, and then the old god put down the teacup on the ground.

Hu Hai was a little anxious.

However, for his reaction, Li Shiqi acted as if he hadn't seen it, and was still there patiently analyzing Zhao Ying's current strength with him.

"After sweeping the four countries of the Xiongnu, subduing the Yue clan, and pacifying Hexi, the entire Hexi County has all fallen into the hands of the emperor's eldest grandson.

"There are 3,000 elites under his command, and there are still more than 2,700 people alive now, and more than 2,700 people are now all put into the army of Longxi by His Majesty, and the 300,000 army of Longxi has almost fallen into the control of the emperor's eldest grandson, and the three holes of the cunning rabbit will become ......one of them."

"Shangjun Wang Ben, originally the father-in-law of the emperor's eldest grandson, the superintendent of the upper county, and the eldest son himself, the emperor's eldest grandson's raid on Hexi this time, Shangjun's reaction can be seen, it can be described as the third cave ......"

"What's even more terrifying is that now Hexi, Longxi, and Shangjun are connected into one, with a vast territory and many generals, if it is in trouble, who in the world can govern it?"

Hu Hai: ......

"Are you saying that Zhao Ying's dog thing may have bad intentions?"

Hu Hai's face was gloomy and uncertain.

Li Shiqi smiled and shook his head.

"The emperor's eldest grandson may not really have bad intentions, but His Majesty may not have any other thoughts......"

Speaking of this, Li Shiqi glanced at Hu Hai meaningfully.

"Childe should make plans as soon as possible......"

Hu Hai's nose twitched, and even his breathing became much heavier.

"Plan early, what can this son do early! Zhao Ying's-"

As soon as he said this, he suddenly remembered Zhao Ying's suffocating arm, and he couldn't scold anymore, that dog thing, rude and rude, is still a hob meat, and sometimes he doesn't reason with you at all......

"Please also teach me-"

Hu Hai, who was still a little flustered, suddenly caught a glimpse of Li Shiqi's calm look, and his mood suddenly became inexplicably much calmer.

Thinking about the legendary Corporal Lixian of Xinlingjun and others, he stood up and bowed to Li Shiqi with a serious expression.

Seeing this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly, revealing a subtle smile.

He put on a look of emotion, stood up, and returned the salute with meticulous respect.

"Since entering the house, Corporal Gongzi Lixian, treat me as a national soldier, although the old man is dull, but he knows the truth of treating him as a national soldier!"

With that, he straightened up and stared into Hu Hai's eyes.

"Now Childe has two plans-"

Suddenly, when he heard this, he was overjoyed, got up in person, and filled a cup of tea for Li Shiqi.

"Please teach me—"

Li Shiqi raised a finger with a solemn expression.

"One, the prince will want to take the position of the prince, and now the plan will be to contact the Huns. The Xiongnu are now powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and now they can fight against the power of the emperor's eldest grandson, and the only one who can resist the containment is the Xiongnu-"

Speaking of this, Li Shiqi turned around.

"Now that it is the time of the peace talks between the Xiongnu and Qin, please mobilize the power in your hands to promote the success of the peace talks, and preserve the strength of the Xiongnu as much as possible.

(End of chapter)