In the past, it was Li Zhi who led the giant bear away.
Since Li Zhi couldn't see with his left eye, the giant bear has been leading Li Zhi away. Especially when going down the steps, the giant bear takes the first step and waits below, seeming to be worried that Li Zhi will fall. At the bottom, Li Zhi cannot be broken.
Li Zhi thinks the giant bear is very good and has kept it in vain all these years.
What he didn't know was that since he lost one eye, his walking speed had slowed down, but the giant bear's pace had not changed, which caused such a misunderstanding.
Li Zhi didn't want to think too much about the giant bear, just like he didn't want to think too much about Yunchu.
If you think deeply about everything, there won't be much fun in life.
When the sun came out, the dew in the forest had already dried. Li Zhi squinted his one eye to look at the sun, and said to the accompanying eunuch Ruichun, "Yunchu broke camp and entered Shu today, right?"
Ruichun bowed and said, "According to the plan, Duke Lantian has already moved into Shu at 10:00 on the fourth watch today."
Li Zhi said: "Let's go to Ziwu Valley. We can't reach Ziwu Valley now."
Ruichun said softly: "I still don't understand why Lantian County Duke, a famous general, would choose the far distance instead of the Baoxie Road. He chose the Ziwu Road instead of the Baoxie Road. The time was wrong for fifteen days."
Li Zhi said: "Yunchu's trip to the southwest this time is not to fight, but to caress."
Ruichun became even more puzzled. Seeing that the emperor seemed to be interested in continuing to speak, he said, "Since ancient times, the barbarians have been fearful of power and unethical. Is it possible to appease us?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "The reason why Southwest has not truly become a country and is willing to treat the Han people as brothers is because of Zhuge Wuhou's southern expedition.
It is more difficult to appease than to strangle. Besides, there is also the factor of military merit. When future generals face the southwest, most of them like to kill randomly and then return the favor with victory.
Little did they know that the conquests that consumed a large amount of national funds seemed to be successful on the surface, but in fact they were of no use. The southwest was still the southwest, the wilderness was still the wilderness, and even the people inside had not changed.
This time, what Yunchu had to do was conquer the forest. "
Ruichun shook her head and said, "This is beyond what I can guess."
Li Zhidao: "Consolidate the country without relying on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and dominate the world without relying on the benefits of military revolution. Many people know these two sentences, but few have the courage to practice them. From this point of view, you are already better than many." The more powerful the people are, the less they understand."
Ruichun helped the emperor chop down a bamboo shoot, peeled off the skin and washed it in the stream. Then he dried it with a handkerchief and sent it to the giant bear. While the giant bear was chewing, he said again: "Your Majesty, the southwest is a poor land. Even if we take it down, what good will it do to our country, the Tang Dynasty?"
The emperor squinted one eye and smiled: "Yun Chu once said a famous saying - God knows that land, God knows that the treasure will be found on that day."
Seeing that the emperor started telling jokes, Ruichun shut up and followed the emperor to dig bamboo shoots everywhere to feed the giant bear that never seemed to have enough to eat.
In the Zhaoyang Palace where the Queen was, brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi knelt down quietly in front of Wu Mei.
Wu Mei threw the document from Chang'an in front of Wu Chengsi and said, "Is this a good thing that you brothers are reluctant to part with?"
Wu Chengsi calmly collected the messy documents and put them in front of him again, still without saying a word.
Wu Mei said: "Wei Yuanqing failed me, will you two fail me too?"
Wu Chengsi said calmly: "Wei Chen has long said that if the Queen wants to enter Chang'an, Nancheng is the best opening. This opening was created after the Liushui sign exploded.
When Yunchu launched the Nancheng renovation plan, he had a very good calculation. He thought that he would get a large amount of money through short selling and continue to fill the bottomless pit of Liushui Brand.
Later, due to lack of financial resources, there was a way for the queen to enter Chang'an.
The two ministers worked hard in Chang'an and did not dare to be careless in the slightest, for fear that they would accidentally fall into the trap set by Yun Chu. After the completion of the housing project, the people of Nancheng did not miss the queen.
It's so good, even a guy like Yun Chu, who personally inspected the housing project, had to say yes after personally inspecting it.
Now that we have made a good start, let's just continue. The purpose of building the business district is to recover the funds invested by the Queen, not to make money, and it is not for Wei Yuanqing to make money with the Queen's hard-earned reputation.
Queen, do you really care about money?
This thing is very important to us brothers and to ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, even more important than life. However, talking about money in front of the Queen is a big joke.
The reason why we set the price of the commercial district so low is to recover the money invested by the Queen. After the money invested is recovered, we can repeat the pattern of Nancheng, whether in Chang'an or Luoyang. Go down.
Over time, the common people lived in the good houses built for them by the queen, so naturally they could only say good things about the queen.
Our brothers worked in Chang'an with this goal in mind.
Now, it's all ruined.
Wu Mei looked at Wu Chengsi who was talking eloquently in astonishment, until he finished speaking, Wu Mei said: "Since you have intentions, why didn't you explain it clearly to Wei Yuanqing when you left?
So that he was beaten by Yunchu again? "
Wu Sansi sighed on the side and said: "Wei Yuanqing just arrived in Chang'an. He didn't even check the accounts and told us brothers to get out. He also said that it was the queen who told us to return to Luoyang immediately without delay.
Wei Chen has never figured out why he came to Chang'an to take over the Nancheng Project. Why did he expel our brothers first instead of trying to understand what the Nancheng Project was all about?
It doesn't matter, our brother is stupid, he can just drive him away, why should he point at his nose and question him in front of all Yunchu's subordinates at the Wannian County Yamen...
Who is Yun Chu? Even if the Queen scolds him, he must weigh it, because our brothers have discovered that as long as Yun Chu is humiliated by the Queen, he does not dare to retaliate against the Queen, but when his anger persists, he will definitely confront the Queen. Vent to someone close to you.
Therefore, when Wei Yuanqing was beaten, Wei Chen thought that he had brought it on himself. 「
Wu Mei looked at the Wu brothers suspiciously and frowned: "Okay, let's not talk about Wei Yuanqing. Now, the Nancheng Project has become a big joke. How should we deal with it?"
Wu Chengsi said: "Wei Yuanqing ruined the Queen's good reputation in Chang'an. If the Queen still wants to get the money back, it is no longer possible. The more money she gets back, the worse the Queen's reputation will be. .
Wei Chen thought that it would be better to give up completely, and the Queen would convict Wei Yuanqing of all crimes. After dealing with it severely, the Nancheng Project would be handed over to Wannian County to deal with.
In this way, there may be unexpected benefits. "
Wu Mei smiled and said: "With so much money, if you give it up, you brothers are quite courageous."
Wu Chengsi intervened and said: "The queen got out of the quagmire of Chang'an as soon as possible and asked the Weichen brothers to start over in Luoyang according to the Nancheng project.
Queen, once there are profits here in Luoyang, we can copy this model to Yangzhou, Yizhou, and even Dayi, the capital of the entire Tang Dynasty. Measured against the profits in the world, Wei Chen thinks that the Chang'an South City Project should be abandoned Actually it's nothing. 「
Wu Mei looked at the two brothers with increasingly weird eyes, and said, "Could it be that this is what you two brothers gained in Chang'an?"
Wu Chengsi sighed and said: "Yun Chu's punches and kicks were very heavy. I wanted to die several times, but when he hit people, they only hurt a lot, but they never died.
After wandering between life and death several times, if our brothers continue to fail to make progress, wouldn’t we be sorry for the beatings we received? "
Wu Mei chuckled and said, "Is Dayi the capital of the whole world?"
The Wu brothers said: "Let every Tongdu city have a Queen's Square, and let every Tongdu city have a Queen's Street. The humble ministers thought that by joining forces, there would be a profit for the boss. Not to mention, the queen's kindness can be spread throughout the world. "
Wu Mei thought for a moment and said: "Why are you in such a hurry? I doubt it. If the situation in Nancheng is improved,
There will definitely be a huge profit, why don’t you even want this?"
Wu Chengsi waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Queen, we learned the tricks of our brotherhood from Yun Chu. What if we take advantage of his expedition to the southwest and he snatches it from you in the name of the prince? ?
Your Majesty, time waits for me. "
Wu Mei said: "Let me think about it."
Upon seeing this, the Wu brothers bowed and stepped back.
Just after leaving Zhaoyang Palace, Wu Sansi saw that no one was there, so he whispered: "Brother, if you say this, you are giving Wannian County an advantage?"
Wu Chengsi looked at Wu Sansi with an idiot's eyes and said: "If we continue, the sixteen thousand guan we took will definitely be exposed, although it may not be possible to find our brothers. If this matter is done, Wouldn't it be safer to have a headless case?"
"Ah? For sixteen thousand guan, the queen will give up hundreds of thousands of guan?"
"Idiot, is the queen short of money?"
"No shortage."
"So, are we short of money?"
"It's lacking, it's very lacking. My brother doesn't have a good mansion yet."
"That's it. Let me tell you, the Tang Dynasty is very big, but Chang'an is actually very small. With our two abilities, as long as we don't fight with those evil ghosts in Chang'an City, we brothers can't go anywhere in the world. ?」
Wu Sansi looked at his brother with admiration and said, "Brother still sees far away."
Wu Chengsi said: "Actually, it's not what I thought. I used to just want to repeat the Chang'an Nancheng Project in Luoyang. Yesterday I met a young boy in a restaurant talking about the Chang'an Nancheng Project to a group of people. I thought it was quite interesting. The truth was copied to the queen today, but the queen seemed to have this idea. "
Wu Sansi thought for a moment and said, "Is there a scam?"
Wu Chengsi chuckled and said: "Whatever, as long as it is beneficial to our brothers."
It was still unbearably hot in Luoyang in September. Yao Chong stood in a restaurant and watched the Wu brothers riding horses side by side. Then he looked at the palace wall not far away and said to the restaurant owner guarding the door: "Take some time to clean up. We will return to Chang'an tomorrow. There should be a result from the Nancheng Project."
The restaurant owner intervened and said, "I obey."
