Dahan first prince

Chapter 356 If you want to kill or slash

"how?"

"In recent days, there have been fewer servants of Hou's servants who have been spying on the vicinity of Shanglin?"

A hundred miles southwest of Chang'an City, Shanglin Garden, outside the area of ​​Shaofu Workshop.

Looking at the "industrial area" surrounded by a high wall of two feet high, eight feet thick, and one hundred feet wide, and there are marching guards on the wall and outside the wall, Liu Ying nodded with satisfaction, not forgetting Teased Yang Chengyan beside him.

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Yang Chengyan lowered his head with a natural smile, and bowed to Liu Ying slightly.

"In this matter, I should thank Your Majesty for your swift and resolute actions, and dispatched the forbidden army to garrison here. Fang Envoy, you can sleep peacefully for two days..."

Listening to the two monarchs and ministers playing riddles outside this inaccessible workshop area, Shanglin Ling Yang Li, who was standing behind the two of them, could not help but let out a low exclamation.

As the first person in charge of the first confidential project in Han Shaofu's history - the Wudong Salt Field Project, Yang Li is familiar with similar things.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, it is obviously normal for the court, especially a sensitive department like the Shaofu, to enclose an open area and do things that are obviously inhumane.

But anyone with a normal mind would definitely stay away from such a 'forbidden zone' to avoid getting into trouble.

But for those with prominent identities, especially those with an official background, or even those with a meritorious background, such a government 'forbidden zone' is like a piece of soft rice cake, which anyone can take a bite of.

For example, a few years ago, Yang Li led a dozen Shaofu craftsmen, a hundred officials and slaves, and nearly a hundred armed forces to open dozens of hectares of salt fields in the eastern coastal area of ​​Wu State.

It turned out to be a good thing—Yang Li's salt fields hadn't been dug out yet, and the meritorious marquis Guixun who enfeoffed his country in the Wu and Chu regions almost failed to infiltrate the counties near the salt fields into a sieve!

When the salt field was dug and the seawater was diverted to dry the salt, there were hundreds of "toll stations" inexplicably on the straight road from Wu Guo to Hangu Pass!
Moreover, these 'toll booths' do not stop merchants, and do not investigate criminals. They just stare at the Shaofu grain transportation team.

In order to find out whether these "toll stations" were created by the Emperor Liu Ying or the Queen Mother Lu Zhi, Yang Lileng stayed in Wudong Yantian for nearly a year, sending hundreds of letters and reports like snowflakes. To Chang'an.

In the middle of last year, the first batch of salt released from the Wudong Salt Field was finally sent to Guanzhong after staying in Wu for a year, and was included in the internal funds of the Shaofu.

And the 10,000+ stone coarse salt, from Wu Dong to Hangu Pass, cost Yang Li a deputy, a distant cousin, nearly ten subordinates, dozens of accompanying guards, and hundreds of lives The price of...

After Yang Li was transferred back to Chang'an, he was immediately mobilized and attacked by the imperial court. Big hats like "filling his own pocket" and "rebelling against him" also buckled Yang Li's head "not leaving an inch of ground".

If it wasn't for the emperor Liu Ying's secret help, and it happened that Yangchengyan, the Shaofu, was enshrined as a marquis, and the limelight was in full swing, I'm afraid that just one "Wudong Yantian" would make Yang Li doomed, and even his life would be in jeopardy... ····
"Ugh······"

"This is the reason why the first ancestor, Zi Mozi, wanted to use ink to achieve the Dao..."

With a sigh full of vicissitudes, Yang Li raised his head involuntarily, and locked his eyes on the Emperor Liu Ying who was walking forward not far away, accompanied by Yang Chengyan.

Yang Li, a little unlucky.

Unfortunately, three years ago, he was sent to Wu State to open the salt fields as soon as he revealed his identity as the "remnant of the Mohist family" in front of the prince.

But in a sense, Yang Li was also lucky.

——If it wasn't for Liu Ying's trust in Yang Li, and the thousand-strong Imperial Army team coming out to welcome them, Yang Li and the 10,000+ stone coarse salt might not even have seen the Hangu Pass... ···
"Officer Yang?"

While thinking about it, Liu Ying's hearty calling came from in front of him, causing Yang Li to raise his head quickly.

Not far away, Emperor Liu Ying turned her body slightly, looked back and smiled with a relaxed expression.

"Let's go inside."

"Be careful outside the wall, there are backstabs hurting people?"

There was a slightly deep ridicule, but it made the soldiers of the Imperial Army within a radius of [-] steps panic!
In the blink of an eye, no less than 30 people gathered around Liu Ying, pointing their halberds in all directions with full vigilance, and surrounded Liu Ying like a hedgehog!
After another ten breaths, groups of heavily armored infantry began to pour out of the wall, and they scattered without hesitation, and carefully searched around the wall.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom! ! !

Ten breaths later, a puff of black wolf smoke shot straight into the clouds from the wall, followed by a dull sound of horseshoes from far to near, from small to large.

"This!"

Seeing the flashes of light and flints, outside the originally empty wall, was filled with the soaring chill, Yang Chengyan was frightened, but still did not forget to take a step forward, raised his arm again, and moved Liu Ying slightly Protected behind.

But behind Yang Chengyan, Liu Ying smiled and walked towards the distance, nodded slowly in the direction of the galloping cavalry, then turned around, and walked step by step towards the workshop inside the wall.

"Send my edict!"

"—Shanglin Lieutenant Quanxu, who is able to manage the army well, won my heart. I will give you ten catties of gold and a piece of cloth!"

"Every soldier who rides and walks in Lin Wei will be given ten days of hard work, two buckets of rice and two catties of meat per month!"

A loud call sign sounded, and the soldiers of the imperial army outside the wall were stunned for a moment, and then they scattered under the leadership of their respective officers, and silently returned to their original garrison positions.

Seeing this situation, Yang Chengyan finally raised his head with lingering fear, and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

After turning around, she found that Liu Ying, who was still protected by her just now, had entered the wall through the doorway at some point, and she was nowhere to be seen...
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"Your Majesty~"

"His Majesty······"

Trotting to keep up with Liu Ying's pace, Yang Chengyan still couldn't hide the frightened look on his face, and there was still a little tremor in his tone.

On the other hand, Yang Li, who was walking beside him indifferently, was calmer than Yang Chengyan. He only took a deep breath, and calmed down his flushed face.

As for Liu Ying, with a playful expression, she reached out her hand full of playfulness, and touched Yang Chengyan's chest with the back of her hand.

"Young Mansion has been out of battle for a long time, but you've grown a bit old-fashioned?"

"Ok?"

Seeing that Liu Ying was still in the mood to tease him, Yangcheng Yanzi could only smile stiffly and rub his eyes, and said with a guilty conscience: "Your Majesty's words are very true..."

"The minister is old and old, and he has lost the courage of the past..."

As he said that, Yang Chengyan lowered his head in shame, thinking of 'retiring the old man and returning to his hometown'.

Seeing that Yang Chengyan took her joke seriously, Liu Ying had no choice but to smile, turned around again, and patted Yang Chengyan's shoulder with a smile.

"I'm just a joke, Wuhou don't have to take it seriously~"

"As the saying goes: There is specialization in the art industry, and specialization can also be distinguished."

"Young Mansion started as a military craftsman. Now that you are the master of the Shaofu, you only need to help me take charge of the various departments of the Shaofu, so as to repay the family and the country."

"As far as the army formation, the ranks of the ranks..."

"Hey!"

"My Han family, although I dare not say that the treasury is full, the country is rich and the people are strong, but there is no shortage of capable generals and brave soldiers?"

"If there is a war, even if it is me, I am afraid that I will not let go of the important officials like the Shaofu to fight the enemy bravely for the country..."

After softly comforting her, and implicitly expressing the attitude of 'I really didn't let you retire', Liu Ying patted Yang Chengyan's shoulder again, and then stopped with a smile.

When Liu Ying raised her head, there was another high wall with a diameter of about [-] feet, which was completely circular, and was reflected in the vision of the three monarchs and ministers.

Compared with the low-profile city wall surrounding the 'industrial area' just now, although this wall is also two feet high, it is not very thick. The wall is entirely made of dark stone slabs.

Step forward and push it with your hands, the wall will not move at all, and the yellow-white adhesive that tightly adheres the stone slabs is no different from telling Liu Ying straightforwardly: This wall is really expensive!

"White, when it is glutinous rice..."

"As for the yellowing..."

"Mixed with chicken?"

Almost at the same time as Liu Ying asked the question, Yang Li hurried forward and bowed his hands.

"Your Majesty's eyes are as bright as a torch."

Confirming the guess in her heart, Liu Ying withdrew her hand from the wall, patted it habitually, and raised her head at the same time, looking at the rows of copper spearheads emitting a cold light on the top of the wall.

Eggs are actually eggs; egg whites are egg whites.

Using glutinous rice and egg white as the adhesive for the wall is undoubtedly the most effective method in this era.

But just as Liu Ying thought before: This is the most effective method, but it is not the most cost-effective method.

However, the importance of the wall in front of him is enough to make Liu Ying abandon all considerations about 'cost performance'.

"Where is the doorway?"

After walking dozens of steps along the wall, but there was no entrance into the wall, Liu Ying asked subconsciously.

Seeing Yang Li hearing the words, he raised his head quickly, pointed to a wall section not far away, and walked away quickly.

When Liu Ying approached suspiciously, but still couldn't see the door, Yang Li also came back panting;

There were also three men who came together, and a wooden ladder that the three of them moved together.

"Ok?"

Suspicious light 'huh? With a sound, Liu Ying looked thoughtfully at the three men with different costumes and temperaments.

The first person, Liu Ying knew.

Dressed in armor, with a long sword around his waist, his thick upper body held his coat extremely tight, and even bowed to salute Liu Ying, it seemed a little difficult.

——It was Captain Shanglin who was rewarded by Liu Ying just outside Luban Garden: Quan Xu is undoubtedly.

The second person looked a bit unfamiliar, his skin was dark, and although his robe was not worn out, it was covered with black and gray stains. In addition, the sweat soaked half of his body had formed a thin layer of stains on his robe. Mud layer!

"Your Majesty."

"This is the head of the military craftsmen of the Shaofu, so the master craftsman of Qin Shaofu: Yuan Shuo and Yuan Craftsman."

Seeing that Liu Ying didn't recognize him, Yang Chengyan didn't forget to step forward and introduce him in a low voice.

Seeing Liu Ying said "oh~" for a while, she smiled naturally and nodded.

When Liu Ying turned her head again and looked at the third person, the expression on Liu Ying's face became more and more strange.

"hiss······"

"Lu..."

"Lu Ping?"

"Lu Ping?"

Seeing that Liu Ying recognized him, Lu Ping stepped forward with a smile on his face, and bowed heavily to Liu Ying.

"Lu Banyuan makes Chenping, see Your Majesty."

A somewhat festive salutation made Liu Ying frown slightly, and looked sideways at Yang Chengyan and Yang Li, who were puzzled.

From the identities of these three people, Liu Ying has roughly guessed: To enter this wall, I am afraid that these three people, and even Yang Chengyan and Yang Li are required to be present at the same time, in a way similar to "three swords combined". Even 'festivals' way.

It has to be said that this very post-modern way of opening the door with the meaning of "separation of powers" caught Liu Ying's eyes a little.

But even so, Liu Ying was still very puzzled by Lu Ping's appearance.

——Different from the brothers Lu Ze, Lu Shizhi, and the second-generation children of Lu Tai, Lu Chan, and Lu Lu, Lu Ping has almost no sense of existence among Lu's relatives.

As for the reason, it was mainly Lu Ping's background.

With Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi, the "Girl Generation Lu" who are more or less armed, and who are the brothers of the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi, or Lu Tai, Lu Chan, Lu Lu, etc., who were born by these two people The "Second Generation of Lu" is different, the connection between Lu Ping and the Lu family is due to Lu Ping's mother: Lu Changju.

——Lu Taigong Lu Wensheng had two sons and three daughters, namely: the eldest son Lu Ze, the second daughter Lu Changju, the third son Lu Shizhi, the fourth daughter Lu Zhi, and the fifth daughter Lu Wei.

Among them, Lv Ze, Marquis of Lv Ling of Zhou, had already died in battle on behalf of Bei, and his body was shrouded in horse leather; the third son, Lv Shizhi, was still alive when he was built;

As for the fourth daughter, Lu Zhi, she is undoubtedly the empress dowager of the dynasty; the fifth daughter, Lu Wei, is also the current wife of Marquis Wuyang.

These four people still have considerable influence both in history and in today's court of the Han family, including Lu Ze, the late Zhou Lv Ling Wuhou who has been deceased for many years, and has never been forgotten by the court.

Only this Lu Changju, even as the eldest sister of the Empress Dowager Lu Zhi, has never attracted the attention of outsiders.

As the eldest sister of the Empress Dowager, mother Lu Changju received no attention, let alone Lu Changju's only son: Lu Ping.

——In particular, Lu Ping was born to Lu Changju's son-in-law when he recruited a son-in-law in his early years; the son-in-law who gave birth to Lu Ping had already died at the foot of the Qin Great Wall, and Lu Ping also followed his mother's surname according to the custom of recruiting a son-in-law.

And "the father is the son-in-law" and "follow the mother's nature" are almost in this era, second only to the inferior origin of slaves and businessmen.

But Liu Ying's focus was not on Lu Ping's background, but why Lu Ping appeared here, and even grandiosely called himself "Lu Ban Yuan Ling"!
As if seeing Liu Ying's doubts, Yang Li had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward, bowing his hands indifferently.

"Initiate Your Majesty."

"Using Lu Shaojun as the order of Lu Ban, the minister went to ask for permission from the Queen Mother..."

"The edict of appointment is also the order of the queen mother..."

After saying that, Yang Li straightened up calmly, immediately raised the hem of his robe, and knelt respectfully in front of Liu Ying.

Although he didn't open his mouth to defend, nor did he kowtow to beg for mercy, but Yang Li's unwavering face clearly had such a line of words written on it.

——If you want to kill or cut, you can listen to it...

(End of this chapter)