Chapter 69 Endless Yearning (I) Update
Liu Jian said coldly, "People's hearts are like a gust of wind. Today the east wind is strong, and we tell it to blow east, and it will go east. Tomorrow the west wind will prevail over the east wind, and we tell it to blow west, and you'll see, it will turn around and blow west again. It keeps coming and going, a foul stench from beginning to end. Therefore, I never care."
"Don't ask me what I should care about."
Liu Jian said this and looked at his prince son.
"Prince, you are indeed my most intelligent son. Don't you know that?"
There was silence for a moment.
Liu Ziling did not answer, the blood on his forehead was still flowing, dripping and staining the prince's robe red.
Liu Jian just glanced at the silent prince and didn't ask any further questions.
The royal father and son remained silent, letting the blood from the prince's forehead flow into a pool on the ground before drying up on its own.
In the end, Liu Ziling collapsed in a pool of his own blood.
After the eunuchs in the palace frantically called for the imperial physician and carried the prince onto the carriage to be treated, the emperor's decree was finally announced from the Gande Palace.
Crown Prince Liu Ziling of the Great Zhou Dynasty has failed to oversee the construction of the fortifications, resulting in the embezzlement of treasury and the unwarranted exploitation of the people. As the principal instigator, though innocent of any wrongdoing, he bears undeniable responsibility. Starting today, the Crown Prince is ordered to remain in the palace for three months, cultivating his virtues. He is forbidden from leaving the palace without permission, and is prohibited from contacting the court without permission.
"Sir, you know me."
Liu Ziye had completely put Xuan Jing's unpleasantness behind him, and his thoughts returned to his own plan, and he immediately became much more excited.
She said to Du Hui, "There is one thing that Mr. Du needs to take care of next."
"Young Marquis, please speak."
Liu Ziye peered out the window of his study and said to Du Hui, "When I returned to Yucheng this time, I discovered that the people there had saved up some grain from the autumn harvest and earned money from labor, so many families were rushing to repair their houses before winter. Uncle Liu did a great job repairing our house, and it was done just in time. However, seeing this reminds me that our house might need to be renovated from the ground up."
Du Hui was subconsciously a little surprised: "Renovating the house?"
If the young marquis is not satisfied with the house that Liu Biao has renovated this time, why not call Liu Bing over, give him instructions one by one, and ask him to personally supervise the renovation, and then it will be fine, right?
Thinking of this, Du Hui also asked directly: "Young Marquis, what is there that you are not satisfied with? I will call Liu Bing here now."
Unexpectedly, Liu Ziye shook his head.
"Liu Bing can't do it alone. He can't do it alone." She said, "Because I want to repair more than just the house."
When Du Hui heard Liu Ziye say this, he realized it. He was no longer anxious and listened attentively to what Liu Ziye said next.
"Mr. Du, I wonder if you have ever heard the words of a sage, 'If you want to be rich, build roads first.'" Liu Ziye asked with a smile.
Du Hui, who had been listening attentively to Liu Ziye's words, thinking that their young marquis was going to say something philosophical, did not expect to hear such an extremely simple and crude sentence.
This is clearly the same as how ordinary people speak.
Moreover, he knew without thinking that no matter which book he read, there had never been such a "words of the saints".
Their little marquis is going to be naughty again.
It seems that the brief unhappiness brought by Master Xuan Jing has completely passed.
He also smiled. "The young marquis is quite knowledgeable and enjoys studying all schools of thought. I, a mere scholar, am ashamed of myself for never having heard such a statement before! However, from what the young marquis said, are you planning to build a road?"
"That's right."
Liu Ziye nodded. "Mr. Du, you are truly talented. These six words may sound simple, but they actually point the way to the most crucial path for a region's development. If we want to move from poverty to prosperity, from backwardness to advancement, the first thing we need to do is build roads. Build internal roads to promote circulation, and build external roads to open up communication. Starting with the first road, have you ever imagined a road network spanning Xiguan, or even all of Great Zhou?"
Having said that, Du Hui's expression turned serious. He was of course very clear about the strategic importance of roads to the local area and the country at all times.
However, he was used to reading those elegant and rhythmic classics, so for a moment he could not take such a plain and unpretentious statement lightly.
good.
As the young marquis's most important counselor and helper, he should serve as the young marquis's important think tank.
But surprisingly, I got bogged down in some trivial details and failed to plan in such a far-sighted and easy-to-understand way.
As long as we follow what the young marquis said and add what has happened in their Xiguan County since the death of the King of Xiguan, in the future, as the road network spreads little by little, a dazzling scene will develop!
He sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, my heart longs for it."
Liu Ziye smiled upon hearing this, and then continued, "For the first phase of the road network, we will temporarily build two roads from Yucheng and Qingcheng to the Queping mining area, centered on the Queping Mine."
"My fiefdom is quite remote. Since the mine began development, Mr. Du must have expended considerable energy in dispatching and transporting the manpower and materials needed. The mine has become increasingly connected to places like Yucheng and Qingcheng, but due to the location of my fiefdom, every trip to the Queping Mine takes an inordinately long time."
He gave his road plans and the newly designed road engineering machine to Du Hui for testing, so that he could allocate manpower based on the efficiency of the road engineering machine.
After hearing everything, Du Hui suppressed his surging amazement and diligently pondered and planned. He suggested, "This is a long-term matter that concerns the foundation of prosperity. Mr. Du, do you think we should set up a professional team of 'engineers' to oversee planning and design?"
Liu Ziye slammed the table and said, "The one who understands me is you, sir!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The two looked at each other and laughed.
Next, Liu Ziye repeated his ideas about the house construction. Du Hui, who thought he had been greatly shocked today, was once again shocked by the wild imagination of their young marquis.
Liu Ziye said, "In addition to our own mansion, we also have two important partners of the Xiguan Marquisate, the Patriarch of the Fu clan and the Patriarch of the Qingcheng Fuyu clan. We will select the first batch of twenty households from among our core engineers, professors, and key officials, and our Xiguan Marquisate will build new welfare houses for them."
"The thirteen towns are too scattered, so we'll select one or two from among them to join the first batch. Jin Jie's family is in Yi Town, so we'll select his family from Yi Town. This is what he deserves as the captain of the Marquis's private guard."
Du Hui nodded frequently and put forward his suggestions for revision based on Liu Ziye's ideas.
So in addition to the road engineering team, another group called the urban construction engineering team was also added to Du Hui's schedule.
After completing these two major tasks that Liu Ziye had planned, he felt very happy!
What about the living immortals of Buddhism, the Buddha's disciples who appear only once in a century? Others may believe in it, but she never will.
As a firm believer in modern socialism and materialism, doing things that can be seen with the naked eye gives her a greater sense of achievement!
That night, Liu Ziye calculated the points for the day and found that the points he had earned had changed again.
Yanjing and Xiguan County are far apart, and the Lianggong case in Yanjing that caused a stir in public opinion has not yet spread to the country.
However, based on her accumulated experience since crossing over, she has already established a preliminary calculation method for points. Every day, she can judge whether her points coefficient has increased or decreased based on the changes in the points value.
Today's liquidation is completed, and Liu Ziye is thinking about the integral coefficient that has been fluctuating like a roller coaster during this period of time.
I couldn't help but sigh, "With this kind of volatility, I live in constant fear every day. There's never a single day I can rest in peace! They say that being a crown prince is the hardest job in feudal society, and I'm right!"
Her Xiguan County is still the best!
The young Marquis of Xiguan has returned to Yucheng. This is a major event that no one can ignore.
When Wang Yanpeng heard the news, he personally brought a visiting card to visit the next day, hoping to meet him.
A year ago, the young Marquis of Xiguan was still in dire straits, struggling to make ends meet. But now, the young Marquis of Xiguan is undoubtedly the richest man in Xiguan County, with no one else like him!
Moreover, Wang Yanpeng, who believed himself to be the prince's man, had not been seen since the day he and the young marquis of Xiguan parted at the Salt Lake.
However, he was confronting the young marquis at the Salt Lake at that time, but he didn't arrive first. The young marquis of Xiguan unexpectedly possessed his own fiefdom again in the blink of an eye!
In order to open up the fiefdom that was once an uninhabited area, they even offered such shocking recruitment conditions throughout the county!
This has resulted in his salt lake transportation being stretched to the limit.
When he heard that the young marquis had left the mansion, he didn't even dare to leave without permission. He just found a wonton stall across the street from the mansion and sat down, waiting anxiously for the young marquis of Xiguan to return.
The wonton stall owner and secret guard silently observed the despised governor, and after his bowl of wontons came out of the pot, he sprinkled a handful of salt into it.
It was a pity that his duty was only to report matters related to the Xiguan Marquis Mansion. Otherwise, he would definitely report the fact that this governor was just sitting there doing nothing to Yanjing!
However, even though he guarded like this all day long, he still never got to see the young marquis of Xiguan.
Because the young Marquis of Xiguan only stayed in the Marquis' Mansion for three days when he came back this time, and then he returned to Yucheng with Xiying, the personal guard of the young Marquis of Xiguan. On the second day after meeting the young Marquis of Xiguan, he left Yucheng again with his personal guards and private guards!
On the day Liu Ziye left the city, Wang Yanpeng, as the governor of a prefecture, chased the young marquis's troop from Xiguan for a mile.
Only then did the young Marquis of Xiguan stop on his horse to take a look.
"Young Marquis! Young Marquis!..."
Panting, Wang Yanpeng gasped: "Your subordinate, your subordinate..."
The young Marquis of Xiguan, who was on horseback, clearly had no patience and was about to rush out of the city. Seeing his expression, he said, "What do you want from me? If you can't finish your words in three sentences, I have no patience to listen."
Wang Yanpeng's expression froze and he took a deep breath. What he was about to say was not suitable to be said in public, but he had no choice but to say it in this situation.
He took a few steps forward and lowered his voice to report, "The salt lake mining on the north bank of Xisai Lake is not progressing fast enough, and people in Yanjing are already blaming me. I, I would like to ask the young marquis of Xiguan, if you could share some of your craftsmen with me..."
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