At the end of the hour, as the palace banquet came to an end, Mu Tang walked out sweating profusely with a white silk.

"Your Majesty, the villain presents this 'Liuyun Pavilion Palace Banquet Map' to Your Majesty!"

Everyone's eyes were drawn again.

Zhao Shanben led someone down to take the white silk, stood on the side and slowly opened the white silk.

As the white silk opened, the first thing to show was not Liuyun Pavilion, but Xianyang New Town! Although it is only ink and water, and it is a night scene, a full moon in the sky illuminates the entire new city, which perfectly shows the magnificent atmosphere of Xianyang New Town, although it is not history, but it is full of the feeling of eternal vicissitudes!

The picture scroll continues to unfold, until the Zhangtai Palace, only gradually introduced the main body of the Liuyun Pavilion, the pavilion at this time warm like spring, joyful and festive, singing and dancing atmosphere is also expressed through this black and white tone, the characters in the pavilion are lifelike, and the pavilion at this time is no different!

The inside of the pavilion is closed, and in order to show the scene inside the pavilion, all the wooden windows of the Liuyun Pavilion have been opened, and they are replaced by clearly recognizable glass windows!

When the picture scroll was fully unfolded, a picture of the ministers of the night banquet was perfectly displayed in front of everyone's eyes, which attracted everyone's amazement!

I was pleasantly surprised: "Mutang, how can you see the scenery of Xianyang New Town?" How many people are in the painting? ”

Mu Tang seemed to be a little weak, his lips were a little pale, I looked at him, Zhao Shanben hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to him.

Mutang was also polite, and drank it in a big gulp, which regained a little vitality.

"Back to Your Majesty, the villain learned that he was going to paint for His Majesty, and knew that he was going to enter the palace to meet His Majesty today, so he asked the right prime minister to allow the villain to enter the palace and look at Xianyang from afar in His Excellency Long Yun. There are a total of 132 people in the painting, the length of the scroll is limited, and the villain has not been able to copy all the waiters in the cabinet on the painting, please forgive your majesty! ”

I nodded with satisfaction, Longyun Pavilion is not a critical place, as long as you don't enter the pavilion, there are still relatively few restrictions around it.

What's interesting is that Mutang calls Li Si the right prime minister, you know, except for me, basically no one will call him the right prime minister, or Feng Zheng left prime minister, a bit of a comparison between the two, very few people can afford to offend the two of them.

But he's not an official, and no one cares about that.

"Very good, rare book, frame this painting and hang it in this Liuyun Pavilion! Reward! ”

Mu Tang looked happy: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

I smiled: "I want to put the poet and painter in Xianyang, so that he can collect style, collect poems, paint and compose poems, so as to highlight my Daqin culture, what do you think?" ”

Feng Zai agreed: "The minister thinks that it is okay, the Zhou royal family has a poetry collector, among whom you can know the gains and losses of political affairs and the rise and fall of customs. ”

I have mentioned the matter of culture a long time ago, and naturally no one has objected to it.

"The hall of the king is thousands of miles away, and the door of the king is closed nine times. Jun Er only hears the words of the hall, and Jun can't see what is in front of the door. I smiled and said, "It can not only be used as a model for me, but also widely spread the style of Great Qin." In Xianyang, the place was chosen as the Fengchen Pavilion, attached to the Yuefu, and under the rule of the Shaofu. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

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Early the next morning, the magistrates returned to various places, and the winter was getting colder, and Xianyang gradually quieted down.

In mid-October, Li Si took Tetsugo into the palace.

"Your Majesty, Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion has newly built 20,000 muskets, how to deal with it, please ask Your Majesty to decide."

I was a little surprised: "Shouldn't Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion mainly focus on providing rolled steel for Daifuku ships?" How did you make so many muskets? ”

Tetsugo said respectfully: "It has only been more than half a year since the construction of the Daifuku ship really began, and before that, in addition to improving the steam engine, horse-drawn carriage, railway, etc., the manufacture of muskets has not stopped. The manufacturing process of muskets has become more and more mature, and the manufacturing equipment has been changed many times, and now the output is very high, about 20,000 pieces can be produced in a year, which is still tightened by the ministers, otherwise it will be more. ”

I nodded: "Let's stop building, if you count the Ganquan Army as a backup, it won't be used so much." ”

Great Qin's main task now is to promote development, and if he doesn't fight, he won't need so many muskets, this is a gold-swallowing beast.

Li Si spoke: "Then what to do with these muskets?" Is it directly distributed to the Ganquan Army for armament? ”

I denied, "Naturally." ”

Just kidding, if someone directly uses these guns to pull up an army of 20,000 people, then Great Qin will be in chaos.

I looked at Li Si: "What does Li Xiang think?" ”

Li Si smiled slightly, in fact, he had already had an idea, but it was just inconvenient to act smarter than me.

"Since the completion of the Guanluo Railway, the Chuanjiang Canal, and the Henglu Road, all parts of Shandong have been higher than Guanzhong in terms of grain production and commerce, and they are far more." Li Si frowned and said: "But now the Qin army is almost all scattered in Guanzhong, Lingnan and Xindi, and there is not even a big battalion in Shandong!" This is not a long-term solution. ”

I touched my beard and agreed, "That's true, I'm also considering whether to station a battalion of Qin troops in Shandong, but there seems to be no choice. ”

The reason why there is no Qin army stationed in Shandong is that Daqin is now much more stable, and although there is a rebellion in the mountains, once a rebellion occurs, I would rather transfer troops from Guanzhong than take the risk of rebellion by the Qin army in Shandong.

Li Si seemed to have anticipated: "Your Majesty's worries are nothing more than soldiers stationed in the hinterland of Great Qin far away from the national capital, and the minister thinks that the garrison of troops elsewhere may need to be carefully considered, and there is one place that can be worry-free." ”

"Where?"

"Luoyang!"

I thought about it carefully and suddenly said, "Luoyang! What a great place indeed! ”

Luoyang is the end point of the Guanluo Railway, the starting point of the Chuanjiang Canal, and is surrounded by Shangdang, Nanyang, Sanchuan and Guanzhong.

In the past, the mountain would rather detour to Wuguan Road than from Hangu Pass, but now with the Guanluo Railway and the construction of cement roads, the location of Luoyang is becoming more and more important.

The most important thing is that it is at the gate of Guanzhong, even if something happens, Xianyang can react quickly, so that the rebellion has become a prairie fire, and Xianyang is still in the dark and doesn't know anything.

I made a final decision: "It's set in Luoyang!" However, this matter needs to be carefully considered. ”

I looked at Tiewu: "Bring the musket to Xianyang first." ”

"Yes!"

I thought for a moment and asked, "When will the first Daifuku ship be launched?" ”

Li Si naturally knew about this: "Back to Your Majesty, Bai Chong only reported to the minister two days ago, and it will be March next year at the earliest, because it is the first ship, many things have to be groped to come, and strive for the first success!" ”

"Hmm." I pondered for a while and said, "At the beginning of January, I went to Langya Port, this is a national event, and I must go in person!" When passing through Luoyang, I will think about the Luoyang garrison again. ”

Li Si did not stop him, he was very familiar with my temper, and he also knew the importance of the Dafu ship to the sea and the significance of Daqin's seizure of overseas opportunities.

Besides, Li Shiyun has given birth to the prince Yingyu, and the weight of this queen is different from the past!