Dahan first prince

Chapter 88
Seeing a few old men revert to bearded and staring eyes in a short while, wishing to roll up their sleeves and fight, the expressions of the princes and officials at the base of the palace wall suddenly became a little weird.

As for the people who were watching not far away, they were also full of curiosity. They tiptoed and looked sideways, casting their eyes on the old men and the direction where Liu Ying was.

Xu Shi's own elders' naive appearance made people feel a little blushed, and in a short while, the three or five young people walked out of the crowd and came to their respective elders.

"Adult~"

"grown ups?"

"Your Highness is still at the side..."

Persuaded by their nephews and nephews to come down, the elders all turned around with glaring eyes.

After hearing this slightly guilty reminder, they turned their heads again.

Seeing that Liu Ying was still smiling and full of kindness, the old men could not help but smile shyly again, and bowed their hands to Liu Ying.

"Your Highness, face to face, the people are rude, rude..."

After apologizing, seeing that Liu Ying's expression was still not the slightest bit unhappy, the oldest man thought about it for a while, then changed the topic a little stiffly.

"Your Majesty just said, Your Majesty will personally march...?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying suddenly showed a look of "sudden realization" on her face, she laughed and took over the conversation naturally.

"Father and the emperor personally marched, ordered the boy to carry out the administration of the prince to supervise the country, and entrusted him with the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal..."

As soon as Liu Ying was halfway through her words, the old man let out a deep 'hmm' and nodded repeatedly.

"Exactly."

"Zheng Guoqu has indeed reached the point where it must be repaired."

"Last year, this old man went there and saw that the water from Zheng Guoqu to Lian Shao almost stopped flowing?"

Hearing the old man's exclamation, Liu Ying also nodded agreeingly.

"Father also knew that the Zhengguo Canal had reached an unknowable place without cultivation, so before the expedition, he asked the boy to insist on this matter."

"I got the order from my father, so I dared not neglect it, so I called the ministers of the court to discuss it. I knew that the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal would require tens of thousands of hard labor..."

Hearing this, the old man nodded again, and then let out a long sigh full of vicissitudes.

"Ah~"

"Tens of thousands of hard labor is really not that much..."

"Thinking back in those days, I... uh, Qin Wangzheng."

Hurriedly changing 'Shihuang' to 'Qin Wangzheng', the old man continued as if nothing had happened, and continued: "In the first year of Qin Wangzheng, the Qin court ordered the Zhengguo Canal to be built. There are hundreds of thousands of households in Guanzhong, and every household is full of young adults!"

"What's more, occasionally there are households with a lot of males, and there are even two or three young and strong people!"

"There are nearly a million young and strong in age, and they work three to five months during the slack season. Only when they are ten years old can the Zhengguo Canal be completed!"

"Now, the Zhengguo Canal has been in disrepair for nearly ten years, and the roads are almost completely blocked. It has been repaired by tens of thousands of people, not too much, not too much..."

Hearing the old man's exclamation, Liu Ying nodded in agreement.

"Very much."

"The renovation of the Zhengguo Canal required tens of thousands of labor, which is not too much."

"However, even if there are not many, the boy will not dare to conscript to serve in Guanzhong..."

Turning the subject around quietly, Liu Ying shook her head worriedly, and there was a hint of embarrassment in her tone of voice.

"Since the second generation, the world has been in chaos. Later, Xiang Yu burned Xianyang Palace, and Zhang He, Sima Xin and others fainted in Guanzhong."

"Wait for the father to return to Sanqin, recuperate with the people of Guanzhong, first conquer Xiang Yu's violence, and then quell the chaos of princes with different surnames..."

"From the second generation to the present, more than ten years have passed; the people in Guanzhong are extremely tired..."

"This time, Chen Xi once again caused chaos in Dai Zhao, and his father, the emperor, personally led the conquest. As a last resort, he summoned hundreds of thousands of people from Guanzhong, who either served as soldiers in the army, or used them as food delivery men."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying did not forget to smile at the old people with a bitter face.

"Just now, the elders also said that there are many children, grandchildren, nephews and nephews in the family who went out with the father and emperor."

"If this time, because of the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal, the boy will be recruited again to serve in Guanzhong..."

Stopping the conversation at the right time, Liu Ying finally shook her head with impatience, and then smiled bitterly.

"The boy can't bear to work too hard, and he doesn't dare to work too hard~"

After saying that, Liu Ying did not forget to force herself to raise her head, and forced a smile at the four old men.

Seeing Liu Ying's clearly hopeless face, but still unwilling to be conscripted to the peasant households, the several old men looked at each other for a while, and nodded one after another.

"As expected of Liu's son..."

"In terms of benevolence and love for the people, even if you compare it to Your Majesty, it will not be too much!"

While thinking secretly, the faces of the four old men slowly took on a bit of firmness.

——If necessary, you must help His Highness the Crown Prince!

After all, no matter how you say it, the people who benefit from the construction of the Zhengguo Canal in the end are the common people, the farmers in Guanzhong.

This is a good thing!
Thinking like this, several old men looked at each other for a while, and the oldest man took a step forward and bowed to Liu Ying slightly.

"His Royal Highness's renovation of the Zhengguo Canal is a good governance that benefits the country and the people. Thank you, Your Highness..."

Seeing the old men bending down with great effort, as if they were about to bow and worship deeply, Liu Ying helped the old men up with a terrified expression, saying that she dared not accept it.

After being supported by Liu Ying, the old man looked at Liu Ying suspiciously again.

"His Royal Highness wants to renovate the Zhengguo Canal, and tens of thousands of labor will be required; however, His Highness has no intention of conscripting the people. Where will this labor come from?"

Hearing this question, Liu Ying finally let out a sigh of relief.

——Finally got to the point!
Seeing that Liu Ying pondered for a while, she immediately made a look of pretending to be strong again.

"You old men don't have to worry about this matter."

"Boy, earlier, I ordered the Shaofu to send official slaves such as Chengdan, Guixin, Lichen and concubines, as well as prisoners in Tingweizhao Prison and Shuichuan Prison, and more than [-] people were forced to work hard."

Without changing his face, he spread the lie of "recruiting criminals for hard labor", and seeing Liu Ying sighed again.

"Even so, there is still a lot of labor needed for Zhengguo Canal renovation."

"And today, although the world is fixed, there is still a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt, and the treasury is empty."

"The war in the Kanto has been raging for years, and the father and the emperor have even personally conquered the country without ministers. The army's food, grass, and supplies are also very expensive."

"The kid has no hard work to build the canal, let alone money and food resources; in the past ten months, it can be said that he is physically and mentally exhausted, and it is difficult to sleep and eat..."

After complaining full of melancholy, Liu Ying turned her head sideways and looked at the officials under the outer wall of the palace wall, who still had a little panic on their faces.

"For the sake of your being frightened for no reason..."

"Just make it cheaper for you once."

Thinking so, Liu Ying glanced at the old men again, then turned sideways and raised her head slightly in the direction of Gonghou Baiguan.

"Kongzhong Gonghou and all the officials heard about the lack of coolies for the boy, so they played the boy's words: I would like to become a private slave in the house, and think of it as a labor for the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal."

As she said that, Liu Ying smiled miserably again, and pouted at the doorway of the studio, which was already crowded with private slaves from the families of Gonghou Baiguan.

"The kindness of the princes and officials, the boy had already declined, but he never thought that the public servant would bring his own private slaves to the outside of the palace..."

(End of this chapter)