Dahan first prince

Chapter 61 My Son, Strong ~
Sitting on the queen's phoenix chariot of her mother Lu Zhi, Liu Ying's mind was spinning rapidly, and one after another seemed to be feasible, but it did not meet the current conditions.

I have to say: Liu Bang's move of "renovating the water conservancy" before his departure really hit Liu Ying's side ribs firmly.

To be precise, Liu Bang threw a task that even the Han Dynasty could not easily complete on Liu Ying's head.

It is true that water conservancy in this era is not a large-scale project as magnificent as the Three Gorges Dam in later generations, which shocked the world.

Even in later generations, the Zhengguo Canal, which was called "the last piece of the puzzle of Qin's unification of the world" by historical researchers, was actually just an artificial canal with a length of more than [-] miles and a width of less than ten feet.

In later generations, canals similar in scale and size to the Zheng Guoqu can be found everywhere in the countryside, or at least one or two in every township and town.

But in this generation of extremely scarce materials and extremely backward productivity, even such a seemingly ordinary water conservancy project, which is no different from a rural canal, needs to mobilize the power of the country and consume countless manpower, material and financial resources. little chance of success.

——At the end of the Warring States period, in order to build the Zhengguo Canal, Qin almost emptied most of his family property in the past [-] years!

At that time, almost all the young and strong Qin people with two ounces of tendons contributed to the construction of Zheng Guoqu!

But even so, it took a full ten years to build the Zhengguo Canal, which is more than [-] miles long, with the full support of the entire Qin State and the great support of materials.

From this, it is enough to see what the word "water conservancy" means to this era.

——In this generation, a 20-kilometer-long, [-]-meter-wide man-made canal means that the entire place will be impoverished for three to five years!

And today's Han Dynasty, even under the small government and low-cost operation of "Huang Lao Wuwei", is already so poor that the capital Chang'an can't afford to repair it because of lack of money...
"Ah~"

"It's really..."

She shook her head with a wry smile. As soon as Liu Ying raised her head, she saw her mother Lu Zhi looking at her with surprise and joy.

"Uh······"

With a slightly stiff smile, Liu Ying sat down on her knees and bowed her hands obediently to Lu Zhi.

"My son makes his own decisions, don't blame the Queen Mother Wanwang..."

Kowtowing a little anxiously, seeing that Lu Zhi didn't respond, Liu Ying couldn't help but raise her head guiltily.

However, Lu Zhi seemed to have turned a deaf ear to Liu Ying's words, and still nodded to Liu Ying with a look of surprise and admiration.

Being stared at by Lu Zhi so directly, Liu Ying felt a little uncomfortable, so she stopped Lu Zhi and smiled warmly.

"My son was weak in the past, could it be that he hides clumsiness?"

Asked out of the blue, Lu Zhi looked at Liu Ying with even more admiration.

"Being a high-ranking prince without arrogance, hide your clumsiness to rest your Majesty's heart..."

"Even my mother was deceived by my son?"

Hearing the sarcasm in Lu Zhi's tone, Liu Ying's tense heartstrings relaxed slightly, and she only smiled honestly.

"The queen mother is joking..."

"The son grew up under the mother's knee since childhood, how could he pretend to be stupid in front of the mother in order to deceive the mother?"

"Only today, the father and the emperor suddenly launched a water conservancy incident, and my son was flustered for a while, and he was afraid that all the officials would ignore his son, so he had to pretend to be indifferent..."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Lu Zhi just smiled, and took Liu Ying's hand over, lovingly pressed Liu Ying's head on her lap, and couldn't stop caressing her.

"It doesn't matter if you deceive me or hide it, you will be my own child born in the ninth month of my pregnancy."

"Yu Wu, what evil thoughts can I have?"

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi's gaze towards Liu Ying softened even more.

"For so many years, it's only because of Ying'er standing in the reserve position and Mu Xiu Yulin..."

"Ah~"

With a long sigh in his heart, Lu Zhi's face was full of feelings, and he slowly closed his eyes.

And Liu Ying was lying on her side in the carriage, resting her head on Lu Zhi's lap, thinking secretly.

After the seven-year life of a puppet in the previous life, Liu Ying, who returned to the funeral of the Supreme Emperor, actually focused most of her attention on her mother Lu Zhi.

The reason is simple: according to the historical trajectory of the previous life, Liu Ying can be on the reserve no matter what, so there is no need to worry too much about this.

Liu Ying originally thought that she really needed to plan ahead and make early preparations. One and a half years later, when the emperor Liu Bang passed away and Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, the relatives of the Lu family who came to Liu Ying with all their teeth and claws, stretched out their hands to ask for power.

But after personal experience in this life, Liu Ying found out belatedly: without Lu's relatives, especially her mother Lu Zhi, Liu Ying has no possibility of keeping the crown prince!
If in order not to control Lu's relatives in the future, and refuse the help provided by Lu's relatives in keeping Liu Ying as the crown prince, Liu Ying will never inherit the throne!
But even so, Liu Ying once regarded her mother Lu Zhi, who helped and defended her, and the relatives of the Lu family behind Lu Zhi as "short-term friends and long-term enemies".

But it was only at this moment that Liu Ying reacted belatedly: Lu Zhi didn't seem to have any motive to harm Liu Ying.

Liu Ying couldn't do it, so Lu Zhi was so happy to help Liu Ying to the throne with one hand.

But if Liu Ying showed a good ability, then Lu Zhi, as the queen, didn't seem to be worried about it, or it was necessary to be on guard against Liu Ying.

Combined with Liu Bang's method, the increasingly aggressive "serial tricks" forced Liu Ying to cancel the plan of "low-key until Liu Bang died", and uncharacteristically showed her true face.

And judging from the results, Lu Zhi was really full of joy for his son's growing enthusiasm, without the slightest fear...

"Hi~"

"After all, it's my mother~"

"How could it hurt me..."

Thinking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but smile gently, lay down on her side, and looked up at her loving mother.

"Mother."

"Father entrusted me with water conservancy matters. Although my son has ordered Prime Minister Xiao and the Shaofu to enter the palace in the afternoon, he has no clue about water conservancy repairs."

"What should I do specifically, I am afraid that after becoming a mother, I will recruit my uncle, cousin and other Lu family's children to discuss a good plan together?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhi just smiled and lowered his head, lovingly touching Liu Ying's face.

"It's okay~"

"For mere water conservancy matters, there is no need to mobilize the teachers and mobilize the crowd, and call the Lu family's children to discuss together."

"After returning to the palace, my mother will tell you about the renovation plan. In the afternoon, Ying'er will discuss it with Xiao Xiang and the young mansion alone."

Saying that, Lu Zhi's motherly brilliance emanated a little warmth inexplicably.

"My son, you are strong~"

"Strong..."

(End of this chapter)