Luonan County, where the Luoshui River and the Xuanhu River meet, is definitely a treasure land filled with spiritual energy according to the Feng Shui branch of the Kanyu family.
In ancient times, Cangjie once studied writing here, pedaling on the Yangxu Mountain, approaching the water of Huluorui in the Yuan Dynasty, carrying books on the tortoise, and teaching them red ink and green inscriptions.
Since then, writing has been created, and the history of human knotting to record events has come to an end.
Apart from this unique hydrology and history, looking at Luonan County from the perspective of a fiefdom, this is definitely a good fiefdom.
It is connected to Lantian in the west, Yin and Jin in the north, Lushi in the east, and Shang County in the south. It happens to be the intersection of Guanzhong, Hedong County, Yingchuan County, and Nanyang County, and merchants frequently come and go.
In an era of frequent wars and dilapidated roads, the intersection center of several counties, especially a city with rivers and easy water transportation, was definitely the favorite city of merchants. Such a city would often become a commercial transit center.
Luonan is such a city.
Although this city was not a large city, the heavy taxes imposed on merchants by the Qin State allowed it to develop into a medium-sized city, which was also the so-called city of thousands of families.
In Qin, a family usually has about five people. Luonan has a population of about 60,000, which is larger than ordinary Zhongyi.
The reason for this result, apart from commerce, is naturally the most respected farming war in Qin.
Luonan, with abundant water resources, has fertile land and convenient irrigation. Not to mention agricultural development, the rapid development of agriculture and commerce has created such a city with the potential to become a great city.
Three months ago, Ying Zheng really didn't want to see Zhang Ji jumping around in Xianyang City, so he waved his hand and made Zhang Ji the Lord of Luonan, and made the 60,000 people in Luonan County his fief.
The rich and fertile land of Luonan was sealed off, but it made Wang Jian, Wang Jie, Yang Duan and other military generals who had not yet become kings drool.
Luonan is a place in Guanzhong, only two hundred miles away from Xianyang. Not to mention how rich this place is, the climate with no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter is the retirement fiefdom that these old generals dream of. It is a pity that Got it by Zhang Ji.
After Zhang Ji was granted the title of Lord of Luonan, he immediately moved his wives and concubines to live in the fiefdom. He also knew how arrogant his behavior was recently. A king with a small belly would probably have him imprisoned and executed, even if it was a little bit. A tolerant monarch will also keep a small notebook in his heart, but it happened to be Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng was tolerant, but he was not tolerant. In history, he executed many scholars who came to advise him to take Zhao Ji back to Ganquan Palace after the defeat of Lao Ai. There were many brutal methods.
Ying Zheng's tolerance is more than that of his predecessors, but it is far from tolerant emperors such as Han Guangwu, Jin Wu Emperor, and Song Renzong. However, Ying Zheng has courage that these people do not have!
He knew that Zheng Guo was tired of Qin, but he still used him to build canals; he knew that Han Fei was devoted to Han, but he still had the intention to appoint him; he knew that Wei Liao was not loyal, but he still entrusted him with the important position of Guo Wei. This is Ying Zheng courage.
This courage makes Ying Zheng not so tolerant in many cases, but he can still make tolerant actions.
Zhang Ji, on the other hand, is using his own methods to help Ying Zheng eliminate the doubts and worries that may or may not exist in his heart.
He never thought that he and Ying Zheng could maintain the lifelong mutual trust that they had now. After all, the king and his ministers were not equal.
If a minister doesn't do anything, he is inherently wrong. If he doesn't do anything, it will be wrong. How much more should he be courteous to the king?
The story of Mi Zixia and Wei Linggong is just a microcosm of the eight hundred years of great strife. It is too common.
You can be a guest today, but you may be a prisoner tomorrow.
Today you drive a four-horse chariot, tomorrow you will be quartered by five horses.
What's more, if Ying Zheng knew about some of the things Zhang Ji did, he would be quartered for the sake of old friendship.
For example, Zhao Ji, whose belly is getting more and more bulging in front of her eyes, is already nine months pregnant.
In the house, Zhao Ji, who had long since returned to her original appearance, was dressed in a scarlet robe, lying lazily on the bed, with a little white turbidity at the corners of her mouth.
That was goat milk. Zhang Ji specifically asked Qiang You to purchase a large number of milk-producing ewes from the Longxi Qiang clan. The feed these ewes eat every day is sent from Longxi County at starry night, for fear of affecting the quality and nutrition of the goat milk. .
The Longxi Qiang clan is an ethnic group that was merged into Daqin after the Qiang people were civilized. Although they are called a large clan, they still have some customs of Qiang herdsmen, and they are definitely good at raising cattle, sheep and horses. In terms of war horses, there are rivals such as the Li family of Longxi, but when it comes to raising cattle and sheep, they are definitely top-notch experts. They account for 60% of the cattle and sheep trade in Guanzhong, and the milk produced by the ewes they raise is also unique in Longxi.
Although this goat's milk can also be used to prepare the unborn child in the future, it is more to supplement the nutrition of Zhao Ji, a pregnant woman.
Zhao Ji is not lacking in nutrition, which can be seen from the fact that her ambition ranks among the top three among wives and concubines.
"Can you stop drinking..."
Zhao Ji, who had always had sharp eyes, was like a young girl who had made a mistake. She crossed her fingers in front of her and begged Zhang Ji to let her go, but Zhang Ji had a heart of stone.
"This isn't much, it's just more nutrients than what you consumed when you were in Ganquan Palace."
Zhang Ji gently stroked Zhao Ji's cheek and comforted Zhao Ji.
"I don't!" Zhao Ji shook her head in a bad temper, pinching a piece of meat from her waist. The piece of meat stuck between her thumb and index finger was white and rosy, and her healthy skin suddenly became a little pale. Zhao Ji Ji's face turned bitter. She looked at the lump in her hand and couldn't help but protested, "I've already eaten like this. If I eat anymore, I'm worried about whether my waist can return to its original slimness."
"Madam, supplementing with some nutrition will not make it easier to have a miscarriage or dystocia."
"I don't care if the child cannot come into this world, but whether it is a miscarriage or a difficult delivery, it will pose a huge threat to my wife's life and safety, which makes me have to urge you to take supplements all day long."
Zhang Ji gently held Zhao Ji's waist, put his head on the bulging abdomen, and murmured softly.
Zhang Ji's voice was very soft, but Zhao Ji heard it clearly.
In fact, she originally felt that Zhang Ji paid too much attention to this child, and the child took away some of her love. She was jealous of the child, so she became a little rebellious and unwilling to continue to cooperate in nutritional supplements.
But Zhang Ji seems to be extremely open-minded not only when it comes to having boys and girls, but even the safety of the child is a priority after the mother.
To say that she is not moved is obviously false. This is one of the reasons why Zhao Ji has been taking supplements honestly for several months.
"Listen, the kid kicked me."
Zhang Ji put his head on Zhao Ji's belly and listened to the liveliness of this energetic child who didn't know whether he was a boy or a girl in Zhao Ji's belly.
However, compared to the excitement of Zhang Ji, who was about to become a father for the first time, Zhao Ji, who was no longer a mother, was much calmer. On the contrary, she felt a little troubled by the child's strong energy.
But this is his and Zhang Ji's first child after all. Looking at Zhang Ji's fatherly appearance, Zhao Ji also felt the taste of home. She gently hugged Zhang Ji's head against her belly and said charmingly: "Since you want me to continue drinking goat's milk, that's not a problem. However, besides goat's milk, I also want to drink some other drinks."
"Come to think of it, this thing..." Zhao Ji's scallion finger, painted with red nail polish, lightly touched somewhere on Zhang Ji, "The produce of this thing must be very nutritious, why don't you let me taste it."
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