Dahan first prince

Chapter 108 I finally came out and let out a breath
Liu Ying knew nothing about what was happening and what was about to happen in Chang'an City.

After Simamen left Weiyang Palace and met his uncle Lu Shizhi, Liu Ying and his party crossed the Wei River north of Chang'an and set foot on the Weibei area in the true sense.

As soon as the convoy passed the Weishui River, Liu Ying got out of the car impatiently and walked on the wide straight road on foot, greedily breathing the fresh air that filled the fields after autumn.

"Whoo~"

"It can be regarded as coming out to take a breath..."

Talking to herself with enjoyment, Liu Ying looked at the endless fertile soil and felt refreshed for a while.

The "come out" in Liu Ying's mouth does not refer to getting out of the carriage.

But counting from the previous life to the present, in the total nine years of the two lives together, it has been full of calculations. This is the fourth time Liu Ying has been able to leave Chang'an...
The first time and the third time, of course, are two life time travels, starting from the funeral of the Supreme Emperor Liu Xie, and without exception, he was driven back to Chang'an from Xinfeng by his father Liu Bang.

The second time was the previous life. Liu Bang passed away in April of the 12th year of the Han Dynasty. Liu Ying became the emperor under the support of his mother Lu Zhi and hundreds of officials in the court. Then he went south to Chang'an and went to Sheji and Jiumiao in the southern suburbs of Chang'an. The ancestor told the temple to go through the legal procedures of inheriting the throne.

Except for these three times, during Liu Ying's nine years in this world, whether it was the two years as the prince or the seven years as the emperor, she never left Chang'an even for a single step!
Taking advantage of the rare opportunity of "renovating the Zhengguo Canal" to run out of Chang'an, Liu Ying felt very comfortable in her heart.

In addition, the countryside, which is already completely barren, with only endless ridges left, becomes more and more "beautiful" in Liu Ying's eyes.

Seeing Liu Ying jumping out of the car, Lu Shizhi couldn't sit still in the car, so he also got out of the car, trotted forward with a smile on his face, and came to Liu Ying's side.

"But when you are a few years old, your family lives in a deep palace, and you feel a little depressed?"

Hearing Lu Shizhi's kind greeting, Liu Ying couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and nodded with feeling.

"Yes~"

"Since the second year of the Han Dynasty, when the father and emperor were defeated and left Pengcheng, my nephew stayed with my uncle Zhou Luling Marquis Wu."

"In the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Han Zuo was established, and the father and emperor made Chang'an the capital. Prime Minister Xiao was ordered to build Changle and Weiyang Palaces, and Gu Geng never stepped out of Chang'an..."

Saying this in a desolate tone, Liu Ying couldn't help but let out another long sigh, with a little self-mockery on her face.

"When I was five years old, my nephew could be said to be sitting in a well and looking at the sky, thinking that the world is so big, but Weiyang, Changle Palace, and Chang'an Eighth Street Jiumo..."

Hearing Liu Ying's sigh of resentment, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but bowed his head and smiled, and there was a little gentleness in his tone.

"The family was young, and the Han Dynasty was established, and the world followed Dading, but there were endless disputes."

"Your Majesty makes the family live in the deep palace, and it is also thinking about the safety of the family..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying only nodded with a smile, remained silent for a moment, and then unobtrusively changed the topic about her father Liu Bang.

"What good strategy does my uncle have for renovating the Zhengguo Canal this time?"

Liu Ying abruptly turned the topic away, and Lu Shizhi could see it, and he was just a little happy, so he followed the topic.

"It's a joke at home."

"Although I have received the grace of Your Majesty, I think I am a noble man, but I really don't know much about water conservancy and other important court affairs..."

"In the past, when your Majesty still had a rich and prosperous mansion, the ministers only followed the emperor's examination. In the early Zhou Dynasty, Lu Lingwuhou responded to the call of the Qin court to build Qugou in the countryside."

"Although it is called 'repair', it is nothing more than tamping the bottom and sides of the curved ditch with wooden stakes, and clearing out the silt and dust that block the flow."

As he said that, Lu Shizhi couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, with a look of nostalgia on his face.

"Thinking back in those days, it was Your Majesty who took us to build a gully in the countryside..."

Hearing that Lu Shizhi talked about the past with emotion, Liu Ying couldn't help but smiled and nodded.

But seeing Lu Shizhi ponder for a while, he bowed to Liu Ying slightly.

"This time, Chen Meng's family has a lot of trust, and he thinks that Zheng Guoqu is the supervisor of the renovation; however, most of the ministers are ignorant about the repair of the canal."

"I would also like to ask the family to show you, what should be the outline of this trip?"

Seeing a little seriousness on Lu Shizhi's expression, Liu Ying thought for a moment, then shook her head and smiled.

"My uncle is over half a hundred years old, and he personally witnessed the unification of the first emperor and the death of the second emperor of Qin; Xiang Yu made a great fortune, and my father established Han Guozuo."

"With such knowledge, my uncle is not familiar with the construction of canals, and my nephew is only fourteen years old, so how do I know?"

After a little self-deprecating, Liu Ying turned her head with a relaxed expression, with a little rigor in her expression.

"The detailed plan for the Zhengguo Canal renovation this time may be based on the idea behind the scenes, based on the ideas of Shaofu Yanggong and craftsmen who are proficient in hydraulic engineering."

"And the renovation of Zheng Guoqu, my uncle's prison..."

"Um······"

As she spoke, Liu Ying paused for a while, pondered for a moment, and then raised her head with a little seriousness.

"The construction of the Zhengguo Canal required [-] slaves, but there were [-] slaves from the Shaofu officials and nearly [-] private slaves from the families of the Baiguan Gonghou."

"Also, there may be no fewer than [-] Guanzhong people who went to build the canal themselves!"

"Young mansion official slaves, criminals who have committed many crimes and will not die, have their own court officials and yamen servants to supervise them, and uncle does not need to take care of them."

"Uncle, you should pay attention to the four thousand private slaves sent by the princes and hundreds of officials, and the tens of thousands of Guanzhong people who went to build the canal..."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but straighten up a little, and looked at the eunuch Chuntuo who followed her without any trace.

Receiving the signal from Liu Ying's eyes, Chuntuo hurriedly bowed, and after a while, the accompanying team quietly slowed down, letting Liu Ying, Lu Shizhi's uncle and nephew walk forward slowly about twenty steps ahead of the convoy. Row.

When there was no one around, Liu Ying turned her face slightly serious, and looked at Lu Shizhi with a little worry.

"This time, my nephew begged for the merits of the private slaves of the Hou Baiguan's family. Although he had to work hard to serve 4000 people, these [-] people are all the private money of the Hou Baiguan's family!"

"In the court of Chang'an, there are courtiers with thousands of stones and six hundred stones. The poor families have no slaves, so they take money and food to the two cities to hire strong labor for reward."

"Thus, although the 4000 people are still working hard, they must not die from hard work!"

"Especially those hundreds of people who have been hired to work hard for money and food, we must not let them die this winter!"

"Otherwise, as soon as my father's class teacher is known to those who are interested, I will use it to attack my nephew, my queen mother, and even my uncle!"

"At that time, I'm afraid that Xiao Xiang and Shao Fu will not be able to escape..."

Seeing Liu Ying's suddenly serious face, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but sink a little bit, and immediately bowed his hands with a serious face.

"I understand."

"To build the canal in the future, the minister must take this as the first priority. It is absolutely wrong to let the private slaves of hundreds of officials and meritorious lords die of overwork this winter!"

Seeing Lu Shizhi's solemn promise, Liu Ying couldn't help but nodded slowly, then turned her body slightly, and raised her head slightly in the direction of the grain transport truck that was suspended for nearly two miles behind the convoy and stretched forward and backward for nearly ten miles.

"As for the people who built the canal from the past, most of them are peasants, with a simple and honest temper, so don't be too harsh."

"As for those who go there, most of them live in Weibei, benefiting the people who have rebuilt the Zhengguo canal; building the canal for their own benefit must be done."

"So for the people who have been building the canal since then, my uncle should do a lot of gentle words and encouragement, and with this rice and grain of tens of thousands of stones, there should be no mistakes."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying pondered for a while, then with a slightly embarrassed smile, she leaned her upper body and moved closer to Lu Shizhi.

"This rice grain is tens of thousands of stones. This time, when the canal is being built, my nephew has to go by himself, and the people who build the canal are very concerned about it. I'm afraid it will be in the hands of my uncle!"

"Also, Zhi Lian Shao, my nephew may give some rice in front of the Weibei people."

"At that time, my uncle may be able to dissuade my nephew a little bit, saying that the rice grain is tens of thousands of stones, and it is not easy to come by..."

Hearing Liu Ying's slightly embarrassing 'hint', Lu Shizhi's complexion froze for a moment, and then he showed some meaningful smiles.

"Sir, take orders..."

In his heart, Lu Shizhi was secretly elated because of Liu Ying's words.

——This kind of slightly dark inside story, as the prince, Liu Ying can speak out without any scruples, is enough to show her trust in herself!
More importantly, from Liu Ying's unremarkable words, Lu Shizhi also felt a little bit of "the Lu family is not an outsider".

This is enough for Lu Shizhi to devote all his energy to running for anything related to Liu Ying's vital interests...
After talking about the business, Liu Ying thought for a while, and her complexion gradually returned to the previous one, that of a rich man going out for a spring outing.

Seeing this, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but turn his face slightly serious, and walked beside Liu Ying with a smile.

After doing this for only a moment, Liu Yinghan lowered her head with a smile, and kicked her feet lightly. It was obvious that there were several deep pits that had just appeared.

"Ah~"

"Sure enough, traveling thousands of miles is worse than reading thousands of books."

"If my nephew often walks in the countryside and sees the suffering of life, he will not order the Shaofu to transport stone and bricks on the straight road."

"Only in this way, it will take a lot of effort to level the straight road for hundreds of miles..."

Hearing Liu Ying's guilt-ridden self-talk for a while, but her face was full of joy, without any trace of guilt, Lu Shi smiled inwardly, and couldn't help clasping his hands in agreement: "In the future, if the family wants to go out of the palace, I should be a minister." Accompanying as a guard..."

As for what Liu Ying said about "accidentally breaking the straight road", Lu Shizhi pretended not to hear it.

——If a straight road is broken, can it be said to be careless, and every road from Chang'an to the Zhengguo Canal has been broken, can it be said to be careless?

To transport the stone bricks from Chang'an to Zhengguoqu, can't we just take one road, do we have to go all the roads?
This kind of words can only deceive those rural fools, and it is impossible to deceive Lu Shizhi, who is nearly sixty years old and has personally experienced the four periods of Warring States, Qin, Chu and Han, and the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ying nodded with a light smile, and was about to speak, when she saw a group of old, weak and rotten people with luggage and grain bags and slightly worn clothes appeared not far ahead?
Seeing this, Lu Shizhi turned his head slightly, and as soon as he met Liu Ying, he saw Liu Ying quicken her pace and trot towards the group of people in front.

　Huang Kao refers to the dead father, but it is not for the emperor.

　　Except for slaves, Qianshou and other lower classes, most people can use "Huang Kao" to replace "Dead Father".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)