Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 481
Chapter 477

Early in the morning, Li Shimin summoned Wei Hao to go to the palace. Wei Hao still had to go to the Bahe River. Today, the Bahe River was going to be poured, so he had to watch over it.

"Hey, okay, I'll go and have a look!" Wei Hao said hesitantly at the moment.

Li Shimin summoned him, but if he didn't allow it, he couldn't do it, so he could only go and have a look.

Wei Hao rode his horse to Chengtian Gate, and got off his horse. There was no court today, so the officials here came one after another.

Wei Hao seldom comes to the palace recently, he is always busy on the bridge side, at most three to five days, when he comes to the palace, he does not go to the Ganlu Hall, but to the new palace, which is almost decorated now , Wei Hao asked those workers to start transplanting some evergreen plants and move them to the palace. Moreover, they are also cleaning the palace now. In addition, those people in the palace are also starting to arrange the living utensils in the palace.

Wei Hao soon arrived at the gate of Ganlu Hall, before he arrived, Wang De saw Wei Hao and went to report first. When Wei Hao just arrived at the gate, Wang De let Wei Hao in.

"But what happened?" Wei Hao stared at Wang De and asked.

"It's a matter of the border, and I don't know the details!" Wang De said to Wei Hao.

When Wei Hao heard this, he was relieved a lot. The border issue is not a big one. Those generals can solve it, so they don't need to worry about it by themselves. Come here by yourself, probably just to listen.

Soon, Wei Hao went to Li Shimin's study and found that Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Li Daozong, Dai Zhou, and Li Chengqian were all there.

"I have seen my father!" Wei Hao went over and saluted.

"Excuse me, what have you been up to lately, kid? People who don't see you every day, come to the palace, and don't know to come to the Ganlu Palace?" Li Shimin sat there and said.

Li Chengqian is making tea at the moment.

"Father, my son is busy repairing the bridge, thinking about repairing the bridge before the frost! Now that the connecting roads have been repaired, the merchants also know that the bridge needs to be repaired, and they all hope that the bridge will pass quickly. , This can save a lot of time and money!" Wei Hao sat down and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, yes, you can't neglect the bridge repair, it will be repaired soon?" Li Shimin nodded, looked at Wei Hao and continued to ask.

"Father, today I want to build the bridge deck. It's very important. Father, but is there something important?" Wei Hao sat there, looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Tuyuhun still wants to fight against Tubo. They sent people to our side and sent some money, hoping that we will not attack them! But now, the generals at the front don't know how to make a decision, so they have to rush for [-] miles. , and sent it to the palace, it was this morning, so I want to hear your opinion!" Li Shimin asked Wei Hao, looking at him.

"Let them fight, the money will be kept, and they won't worry if they don't!" Wei Hao said immediately.

"Well, it's the same as what I mean!" Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction when he heard it.

"Then let them fight. How many people they die has nothing to do with us. Besides, the more people die, the better. When we attack, we won't face such pressure. So let's fight." !” Sitting there, Wei Hao said with a smile.

"But we took Tubo's money. Although it was planned like this before, it is still not good after all. What should we do if Tubo finds out?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao worriedly and said.

"At the beginning, I didn't say, let us attack Tuyuhun, that is, let us station troops at the border. I didn't say that we would fight. My contract is very clear. By the way, father, I will give you the contract!" Wei Hao As he spoke, he looked at Li Shimin.

"That's right, come and find that contract!" Li Shimin thought of this, and said, someone was looking for the contract immediately.

"Since this is the case, I'll accept it and let them fight. But I'm still worried, what others will think of us at that time, if we don't believe our words, it's still not good after all. It will still have a little impact on my reputation of Datang!" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao worriedly and said.

"How can there be any influence? Besides, what is the meaning of such an influence? Everything is in the interests of Datang. We don't care about other interests. Besides, there is no friendship between countries, only interests! "Wei Hao sat there and said very calmly.

When Li Shimin heard it, he sat there and thought about it. After thinking for a while, he said: "Gao Ming, you have to remember what Shen Yong just said, and it will be handed over to future generations. There is no friendship, only interests, this sentence is very suitable!"

"Well, Shen Yong's words are reasonable!" Li Jing also said, stroking his beard very satisfied.

"Well, father, it's okay, I'll go first!" Wei Hao couldn't sit still, and said to Li Shimin.

"Why are you in such a hurry, you didn't arrive for a while, and you just said to go, are you so busy?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao very unhappy and asked.

"No, father, the bridge deck is going to be repaired over there. It's the first time today. If I don't go, none of them dare to do it!" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin helplessly and said.

Li Shimin glared at Wei Hao when he heard it.

"Really, father, there is really something to do. Without me going there, there is no way to start work!" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin seriously and said.

When Li Shimin heard this, he could only nod his head helplessly, and let Wei Hao go first. Wei Hao immediately said goodbye to them, and then left the Ganlu Palace.

"This bastard, is he so busy? Isn't he just building bridges?" Li Shimin sat there and said very depressed.

He originally wanted to ask Wei Hao to come over for a chat, but he didn't expect this kid to leave without even sitting on the stool.

"Your Majesty, Shen Yong is not just such a person. If there is anything to do, we must hurry up and deal with it. This is different from many of our officials!" Li Jing immediately said to Li Shimin with a smile.

"Well, what the pharmacist said is right. Shen Yong is such an impatient person. By the way, Gao Ming, how are you preparing for the beautiful wedding?" Li Shimin stared at Li Chengqian and asked.

"The things are almost ready, and other matters of etiquette, I can't do anything about it. This needs to be done by the queen mother." Li Chengqian immediately replied to Li Shimin.

"Well, after the beginning of spring, we will have a big wedding!" Li Shimin nodded, then looked at the other ministers and asked, "Have you visited the bridge built by Shen Yong?"

Those people look at me and I look at you, but they have never been there.

"Have you never been there?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Your Majesty has never been there, but I heard a lot of people talking about it, but those comments were all bad comments, saying that the bridge was not repaired well, but some people knew that Wei Hao was repairing it, so they didn't dare to say more, but in their hearts I still think it's not good enough!" Fang Xuanling said at this moment, clasping her hands.

"Yes, I have also heard of it. They say that Shen Yong builds a bridge like this. He has never seen it before. He just erected a few piers in the middle of the river. What's the use of this? There are no such long planks to build. However, Shen Yong did a lot of things before. Many people, including the ministers of the court, did not dare to publicly say that Shen Yong was not good at cultivation, but were just waiting. I guess, Shen Yong is so anxious, and there is probably proof for him. Everyone sees what it means." Li Jing also cupped his hands and said.

Li Shimin heard it and looked at Li Chengqian.

"I've heard some things from here, but I haven't been there yet. Otherwise, I'm going to visit these few days?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Forget it, don't go, wait until it's repaired, and then go. Going now will cause trouble for Shen Yong, and I want to entertain you!" Li Shimin said while sitting there, waving his hands.

Li Chengqian stopped talking, and then Li Shimin said with emotion: "I believe that Shenyong can repair it well, um, not to mention other things, my palace is right next to it, you have all seen it, who would have thought before that it would be possible to repair it like this?" Gao's palace, I have sneaked in twice and saw the decoration inside, it's really nice, I really like it.

Especially those big windows. Standing on the fifth floor, you can see the situation outside Chang'an City. I look forward to moving in quickly every day, but I am afraid that it will cause trouble for Shen Yong. The child said that before the Spring Festival this year, we must Let me move in, so I thought, let him do it slowly, this kid is too busy now! "

"Your Majesty went down to see it?" Fang Xuanling and the others said in surprise.

Those ministers actually wanted to go in and have a look, not to mention anything else, just the appearance of the new palace, it was very domineering and majestic, every time those ministers came to court, they would turn their heads to look at the new palace, Not only is it beautiful, the key is that you can feel the majesty of this building from a distance
. "Well, I summoned Shen Yong's brother-in-law and asked about the situation. His brother-in-law said that it will be ready for use in a month at most, and then I will move to the new palace!" Li Shimin said to them with a smile.

Wei Hao ran all the way to the bridge, and those workers were still waiting for Wei Hao.

"Shen Yong is here, everyone is waiting, the materials are all ready, and all the people are in place!" Wei Chen came over when he saw Wei Hao, and immediately went to Wei Hao and said.

"Well, that's good!" Wei Hao dismounted after speaking, walked to the front of the incense table, and started to light the nine sticks of incense.

The sacrificial items were all ready, and when Wei Hao came to worship, Wei Hao announced the start of construction after worshiping the God of Heaven, Earth and River.

Today, the entire bridge deck is to be laid. The width of the bridge deck is 16 meters and the length is about 800 meters. According to Wei Hao’s requirements, it needs to be poured with a thickness of about 40 centimeters. Therefore, today’s labor is still very large. .

Soon, the construction site started to work in full swing. Wei Hao provided sour plum soup here, and he had it delivered directly from Juxian Building. Dozens of large barrels were placed here, and behind the construction site, there were Some women are working in the back kitchen. At noon today, they also eat at the construction site. After eating, they take a break and continue to work.

Wei Hao has been checking the construction of those people on the bridge deck. A large number of trolleys pushed the mixed concrete and poured it on the bridge deck. Then some workers began to level the bridge deck. Wei Hao was checking there.

"Use steel bars to insert it several times, and don't create hollow areas. It must be poured and compacted!" Wei Hao stood there and said to the workers.

The workers smiled and nodded. They had done such a thing before, so they understood what Wei Hao said now. Because both sides were poured at the same time, the speed was much faster. In one morning, Wei Hao found that one-third of the work was completed. Two, it's almost late in the afternoon, but there are still some finishing touches in the afternoon, so it may not be possible to finish work early.

At noon, Wei Hao also ate at the construction site. Of course, he did not eat with those workers. Wei Hao is a duke, so how could he eat the same food as those people? Send it over there.

"Come on, brother, it's time to eat, eat quickly, take time to rest after eating, there are still a lot of things to do in the afternoon, I think if you finish the work early, you can let those workers connect the road and the bridge deck, and do it together , It will take seven or eight days to make the railings! Once the railings are done, the construction can be completed by then, and the bridge can be regarded as finished!" Wei Hao said to Wei Chen.

"Well, I can't believe it, Shen Yong, you know that we have done such a big thing? With this bridge, it will be more convenient for Chang'an City and the people on the other side of the river. For those businessmen, I don't know how much more convenient it is, this is a great thing!" Wei Chen said with great emotion at the moment.

He didn't believe it at first, but now that the tapered shape of the bridge has appeared, he admired Wei Hao very much.

"Well, that's for sure. How good is it that Tianzhu will become accessible in the future? Right? Tomorrow, we will go to the Wei River to pour the bridge deck. It will take at most half a month. It must be open to traffic!" Wei Hao smiled at Wei Shen said.

"Well, but for the sake of safety, I suggest to let this time be longer, so that the cement can solidify better!" Wei Chen reminded Wei Hao.

"That's right, okay, I'll think about it when the time comes, and I'll ask His Majesty for instructions when the traffic will open!" Wei Hao nodded when he heard Wei Chen's reminder, knowing that Wei Chen was doing it for his own benefit.

In the afternoon, continue laying the bridge deck. After laying, Wei Hao asked those workers to continue laying the road, so that they were connected. Before leaving, Wei Hao asked Wei Chen to arrange a few people to guard here, so that no one could cross the bridge. The bridge deck is not solidified yet.

After everything was done, Wei Hao returned to the mansion. He was exhausted today, so Wei Hao went to bed soon.

The next day, Wei Hao went to the side of the Wei River to continue laying the bridge deck.

In the court hall, many people already knew that the bridge deck had been laid, and they were also discussing whether the bridge could be repaired, but no one dared to take a look.

On this day, Wei Hao arranged for people to bring in two huge stones and put them on the bridge head, with words engraved on them, saying that the bridge was built with royal funds, in order to make it easier for the people all over the world to cross the river. Write some words of praise.

Then began to repair the railings of the bridge. Now the surface of the bridge has solidified very well, but Wei Hao still did not let the carriage pass. After all, the railings of the bridge have not been repaired yet. It took two days to remove all the railings of the bridge. After it was poured with concrete, Wei Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and the next step was to wait until it was ready for traffic.

And Wei Hao lay down at home directly, and Wei Hao had already handed over all the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion to Li Tai.

This morning, Li Tai went to the palace to report the situation of Jingzhao Mansion. Originally, Wei Hao was responsible for this matter, but Wei Hao asked Li Tai to go, and Li Tai was also willing to go, knowing that Wei Hao deliberately gave him the opportunity to show his face. Show your face in front of Li Shimin.

"Well, not bad, really good. Jingzhao Mansion has done a lot of things in the past six months. It has so much food reserves, which is very good!" Li Shimin said very satisfied after hearing Li Tai's report.

Sitting here are Li Chengqian, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and other ministers.

"These are all thanks to Shen Yong. In the past few days, Shen Yong has been very busy, so he asked for leave for these two days!" Li Tai said with a smile while sitting there.

"Well, do you understand everything about Jingzhao Mansion now?" Li Shimin continued to look at Li Tai and asked.

"There's still a lot I don't understand, and I'm still learning from my subordinates. It's not easy to manage a Jingzhao Mansion. There are a lot of things to do. In the past few days, I have been arranging those people who don't have houses to live in affordable housing. Oh, father, those common people, but to you, father, to the court, they kept saying thank you.

At present, 1000 households have been arranged to live in, and there are still many vacant houses. We are also screening them one by one. Those who meet the conditions will let them live there.According to Shen Yong's account, every month they need to contribute 5 Wen to repair the house and clean the outside. This money is earmarked for special use, and the people are very happy.

Among them was a family, a woman with 5 children, the oldest of whom was 16 years old. They used to live in a hut, but after moving to a new mansion, they took their children and kowtowed 100 times in Jingzhao Mansion. They couldn’t pull it up. Jingzhao Mansion knew that his family was in trouble, so they introduced this woman to work in a paper-making workshop, and introduced his son to another workshop as an apprentice. Together, the family also had an income of nearly 300 renminbi. , It’s enough for their family’s daily expenses, at least, they won’t starve to death, and we also take care of the place to live!

Hey, father, son-in-law has only spent so much time with brother-in-law. I really admire what brother-in-law has done. Really, the people all praise him! "Sitting there, Li Tai introduced the situation of Jingzhao Mansion, thinking of what he saw before, he was also very emotional.

"Well, you, you need to learn more from your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law is really for the common people. Think about it, how many people have benefited from the things your brother-in-law did! However, you seem to have lost weight recently and become more energetic many!"

"Hey, I've lost 7 catties. I need to continue to lose weight. This is also due to my brother-in-law!" Li Tai said happily when he heard Li Shimin's question.

(End of this chapter)