The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 24 Establishing the Capital, Guirui
Less than a year after the establishment of Guirui, an unexpected siphon effect was formed, and many tribesmen from many surrounding tribes gathered in Guirui.In addition to building cities, people also began to build settlements.Gradually, around a mile around the market, at least six settlements with a population of thousands of people formed, and the population of Guirui reached tens of thousands.

The construction of Guirui's city attracted the attention of Emperor Yao. While lamenting Shun's leadership, he also wanted to see what scale Guirui's urban construction had reached.

In the eighth month, Emperor Yao sent Xizhong and Houji to inspect Guirui.Hou Ji was a famous Chinese agronomist in ancient times, and was also named the God of Ji in history.When he went to check on Guirui, he naturally first checked Guirui's achievements in agriculture.Xizhong is the chief commander of China. He organized the production of calendars and was an astronomer in ancient times.He checked Guirui mainly to check whether the city's planning violated the way of heaven. At the same time, he was ordered by Emperor Yao to investigate Shun's behavior.Because Emperor Yao has not met Shun so far, but Shun's achievements in the past ten years have given him a good reputation among the Lei clan, the Li clan, and some tribes in Dongyi. The world said that Yao Chonghua was a wise man, and Emperor Yao also wanted to investigate what kind of person Shun was by investigating Guirui.

When Xizhong and Houji came to Guirui, they were received by Ehuang, Nvying and Shun.Ehuang and Nvying were the daughters of Emperor Yao, so Xizhong and Houji were naturally polite to them.After Xizhong saw Shun, he was very surprised, because as the commander-in-chief, Xizhong was not only good at astronomical observation, but also good at face-to-face.Seeing that the Shuntian court is full, the ground pavilion is round, and there are double pupils in his eyes, he was shocked.

"This is the image of the emperor."

After one question, Shun was 30 years old and was born in the Youyu clan of the Dongyi tribe. After asking about Shun's birth date, Xizhong calculated that the day when Shun was born happened to be the day when Ziwei Emperor and Seven Killing Stars descended to earth. one day.He knew that the Seven Killing Star was Danzhu, but he had never found the Emperor Ziwei Star, but when Shun stood in front of him, he was very sure that he was the Emperor Ziwei Star.

Of course, this was just a preliminary speculation, he didn't say anything, but just observed Shun secretly, examining his character, character and talent.

Houji was an agronomist, so he naturally asked Shun about agriculture.The first thing he wanted to inspect was Guirui's farmland.Shun took him to a plain by the Guirui River, where more than 100 hectares of rice, wheat and corn were developed near the river.It was early autumn, and the rice would mature in two months. Houji saw that the ears of the rice were so thick that the stalks were bent.This surprised him, because even he, as an agronomist, could not grow such food himself.

Hou Ji was walking along the field, and saw a stench coming from a distance, as if there was a big hole.Some farmers use a wooden spoon to scoop up the stinky water from the pit and pour it into the soil in the field.

Hou Ji knew that the pit must be manure, but he couldn't understand why the field was poured with manure.Little Xingxing naturally knows about these. As a modern person, he knows that the organic matter needed by crops is hidden in the dung water, which is an important natural fertilizer.But the ancients didn't understand it, and even Houji, who was regarded as the god of agriculture by historians, didn't quite understand it.

"Ming Gong doesn't know, this big pit is actually a septic tank."

"What is a septic tank?"

Little Xingxing knew that Houji didn't understand the working principle of septic tank, so he tried his best to make him understand what a septic tank was in an easy-to-understand way.

"You see, there are currently 700 households in Guirui, and there are more than [-] people in total. The excrement produced every day is as much as several thousand catties. These filthy things are all ranked in Guirui. Is it smelly? So, we dug many sewers on every main road in Guirui, and drained the excrement into this pit. In fact, human excrement is also a treasure. We combined the excrement and water ginseng, and then Irrigate the soil in the field, so that the rice will grow very well in the coming year."

Listening to Little Xingxing's words, Hou Ji kept nodding his head to express his approval. Although he couldn't understand many words, as an agronomist, he knew that Shun's agronomy knowledge was not inferior to his, or even superior to him.Of course, all this knowledge comes from Little Xingxing. He doesn't know that there is still a modern soul in Shun's body.

After following Shun in the field for about two miles, Hou Ji discovered that there was an irrigation canal leading from the Guishui River in these reclaimed fertile fields, and this canal continued to divert to various fields, and part of the main canal led to the Guishui River. After being filtered by a piece of cotton cloth, the city center of the city converges into a three-foot-deep well, which becomes Guirui's main domestic water.

Both irrigation and domestic water use are derived from Guirui's practice, which Hou Ji admired very much.He kept admiring that this was a genius design, and at the same time kept praising Shun as a genius.Of the people present, only Shun knew that this ability came from another soul in him—Little Xing Xing, but it was inconvenient to explain further.

After visiting the agricultural facilities of Guirui, Ehuang and Nvying took Xizhong and Houji to the center of Guirui to visit the market, the city wall, and some residential areas that are still under construction.Different from the past, the residential area of ​​Guirui is planned intensively by Xiaoxing according to the modern urban concept. In addition to convenient transportation, it also has the function of flood prevention.Therefore, most of these residential areas are built on high ground.Either it is built against the mountain, or a [-]-meter-high rammed-earth building is built on the foundation, so that even in the event of a flood, the residential area will not be flooded.

In the center of Guirui market, there is a highland two meters high, 300 meters long and wide. Round stone pillars.

When Xizhong saw the round stone pillar, he knew it was an astronomical instrument.At this time, the sun is shining on the central stone pillar, casting a long shadow, which can be seen pointing to the northwest. Obviously, this is a timetable.

"Is this a sundial?"

Xizhong caressed the stone pillar and was amazed. He never thought that someone in Guirui could build such a precise sundial.He looked at Ehuang and Nvying, and suspected that they designed it, because there was a similar sundial in Pingyang City, the capital of Tang Dynasty, but it was much smaller than this one.But Ehuang shook his head.

"This is designed and supervised by Chonghua. Not only can you know the time of day, but you can also know the changes of the four seasons according to the angle of sunlight at sunrise."

Hearing Ehuang's words, Xizhong couldn't help being shocked. This stone pillar array is not only a timetable, but also can be used to observe the stars, the sunrise, and formulate a calendar.He immediately admired Shun even more.Shun just scratched his head uneasily, because only he knew that it was all thanks to Little Xingxing.

The two inspected Guirui for half a month, and had a preliminary understanding of Guirui's urban planning, land area, farmland irrigation, land resources, as well as the population and output value in the market. The scale of the city is not as large as that of Pingyang, the capital of China, but in time, it can surpass Pingyang.Xizhong is more optimistic, because Little Xingxing has designed flood control in urban planning. He believes that the people of Guirui are safer and richer than the people of Pingyang. It will surpass Pingyang.

After the investigation, Xi Zhong and Hou Ji were about to return to Pingyang. At this time, Ehuang and Nvying had left Pingyang for almost three years. Not only Emperor Yao, but also Emperor Yao's wife, Empress, missed their two daughters very much. Hou Ji told They, Emperor Yao and the Queen hope that they can return to Pingyang.Although Ehuang and Nvying miss their parents, they prefer to stay in Guirui.

Houji and Xizhong looked at Ehuang and Nvying blushing, and looked at Shun in front of him, knowing that they had feelings for Shun.

After returning to Pingyang, Houji and Xizhong reported all their investigations in Guirui for nearly half a month to Emperor Yao. They speculated that Guirui might surpass Pingyang and become the number one in China in the next three to ten years. metropolis.This surprised Emperor Yao very much.When Hou Ji mentioned that Shun's achievements in agriculture surpassed him, Emperor Yao was so surprised that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"Aren't you exaggerating? You are called the God of Ji by China, and Shun is only a young man in his thirties. He knows Jiarong?"

"I used to think that no one in China, or even in the whole world, knew more about farming than me, but since I saw Chonghua, I realized my ignorance. Since then, I no longer accept the title of God of Ji, Chief! Shun He is not an ordinary person, his understanding of Jiarong is far above mine."

"Oh?" Emperor Yao stroked his beard, a little unbelievable, "To be able to remove God Ji, this young man has such supernatural powers?"

"In my opinion, he is not only proficient in farming, but also knows astronomy and calendar, and his grasp of the four seasons is not inferior to mine, and even surpasses me."

Hearing Xi Zhong and Hou Ji praise Shun, a young offspring, Emperor Yao couldn't help being surprised and delighted.Hastily ordered, in order to celebrate the opening of the Guirui tax exemption for three years.

The news that Emperor Yao ordered Guirui to be exempted from taxes for three years immediately spread to the surrounding area, which really made the people of Guirui happy for a while.That night, Xizhong was restless, because he remembered that night 30 years ago, when he watched the sky at night, he saw two bolides drawing two beautiful tracks to the east and west respectively in the sky.One is the Seven Killing Star, and the other is the Ziwei Star.

That night, Dan Zhu was born. In this world, he was the only one who knew that Dan Zhu was the Seven Killing Star, but because of inner fear, he concealed this fact, and even deceived Emperor Yao into saying that Dan Zhu was the reincarnation of Ziwei Star.

Now, he confirmed that Shun was the reincarnation of Emperor Xing, if he continued to conceal this fact, it might cause irreversible consequences.Thinking of this, he went to the palace to see Emperor Yao overnight.

It was late at night, and Emperor Yao was still looking at the map and studying water control, and he couldn't fall asleep for a while. Seeing Xi Zhong came to him, he was in a good mood, because he remembered that when Shun was planning Guirui, he was very concerned about the irrigation canal. And the practice of flood control foundation is worth learning.

"Xi Aiqing, I was just looking for you. You said that the people in Guirui City drank the water from the Guishui, and it was filtered. How did this happen? After you said that, I also want to I wonder if it is feasible to bring the water from the Yellow River to our Pingyang City and filter out impurities in the same way?"

Xi Zhong didn't answer, and didn't even listen to what Emperor Yao said, but knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Emperor Yao to apologize.

"Emperor, I deserve death for my crimes."

Emperor Yao couldn't help being shocked when he heard Xizhong's words, and hurried forward to help Xizhong up.

"Xi Aiqing, you help me know the destiny, just like a mirror, so that I can see my faults at any time. I can govern China, govern with virtue, and let the people live in peace and well-being. This is all thanks to Xi Aiqing. What is the crime?"

"The minister explained the celestial phenomena without authorization, which caused the emperor to fail to hear the destiny, and the minister committed the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Listening to Xi Zhong's words, Emperor Yao knew that things might not be as simple as he thought.

"Where does this start?"

Xi Zhong thought for a while, and remembered that night 30 years ago.

"Dijun, remember that night 30 years ago, two bolides appeared in the sky, one was heading east and the other was going west?"

"Remember, Xi Aiqing told the widow that the two fireballs are the lower realms of the two stars in the sky. The one that falls eastward into the territory of Dongyi is the Seven Killing Star, and the one that falls westward into the territory of China is the Ziwei Emperor Star. That night, the empress gave birth to Danzhu. Xi Aiqing said that Danzhu is the star of Emperor Ziwei descending to earth. I hold Danzhu in high esteem, and Danzhu has not let me down. .”

"It turns out that the emperor remembers clearly. Most of what I said is correct. The only thing that is wrong is that what I said was wrong."

"Inverted?" Listening to Xi Zhong's words, Emperor Yao gradually realized what Xi Zhong was talking about, "In other words, the one that landed in Dongyi's territory is Ziwei Emperor Star, and the one that landed in our Huaxia territory is the star." Seven Killing Stars!"

"Exactly."

"So, Dan Zhu descended from the Seven Killing Stars?"

Xi Zhong knelt down on the ground again and didn't speak any more. Looking at Xi Zhong's expression, Emperor Yao confirmed that Dan Zhu was the Seven Killing Star descending to earth without a doubt.

"Why did you deceive the widow in the first place?"

"The Seven Killing Stars are evil stars in the sky, and they resemble war disasters. At that time, I was about to report the truth, but when I learned that the Queen had given birth to Dan Zhu, I realized that Dan Zhu was the Seven Killing Stars. At that time, Huaxia and Dongyi, There is a military turmoil, and Gun, Huandou, and Gonggong want to attack Dongyi, and the ministers are afraid. The emperor knows that Danzhu is the Seven Killing Star, and will send troops to attack Dongyi, and the three of them will even advocate annexing Dongyi. It will bring disaster to Huaxia and Dongyi, so I have the courage to conceal the truth."

Emperor Yao listened to Xi Zhong's words, thought according to the situation he analyzed, and accepted the result, but he still didn't know much about the Seven Killing Stars.

"The Seven Killing Stars are an ominous aspect, so will Danzhu bring disaster to China?"

"That's not true. The master soldiers of the Seven Killers, the people who come down to earth from the Seven Killers, can fight well, and can make a lot of achievements through battle. I just explain the astrology, but I don't know the destiny. Prime Minister, I dare not speak nonsense."

Hearing Xi Zhong's words, Emperor Yao was also relieved, at least it showed that Dan Zhu was not a bad face to China, but another question aroused his curiosity.

"Then who is Ziwei Dixing?"

"I learned that Yao Chonghua was born in the Youyu family of Dongyi. He is 30 years old this year. According to his birth date, it is speculated that he was born on the same day as Danzhu. I also heard that on the day he was born, there was a vision of a big rainbow falling from the sky, and his My father, Gusou, became blind only after seeing the light of the Eastern Rainbow, and there are various indications that Yao Chonghua is the Emperor Ziwei who came down to earth."

Listening to Xizhong's words, Emperor Yao remained indifferent. After realizing that Shun was the Emperor Ziwei who came down to earth, Emperor Yao also understood why Xizhong had deceived himself at that time.After all, Emperor Ziwei was born in the Dongyi tribe, and was an enemy of Huaxia.After learning the truth now, Emperor Yao still felt a little relieved.Because Shun joined the Youxin clan, not only did he not become an enemy, but he became a member of Huaxia. More importantly, Shun was indeed very good, even surpassing the legends. This is good news for China and the whole world.In short, Emperor Yao recognized Shun and had acquiesced that if nothing else happened, he would become his successor in the future.Thinking of this, Emperor Yao no longer blamed Xi Zhong for deceiving him.

After Houji reported Guirui's agriculture to Emperor Yao, Emperor Yao's wife, the Queen, called him away.Because Emperor Yao originally brought Ehuang and Nvying to Youxin's territory in order to allow Nvying to receive Cao Muzi's treatment.Unexpectedly, the two daughters have been away for three years, and the queen is also puzzled. These two daughters originally went to Youxin for an outing, and they were unwilling to come back for so long. As a woman, she guessed her daughter's mind to some extent, but she didn't confirm it. , called Houji to ask him carefully.Unexpectedly, Houji knew what the queen was thinking, and when he saw the queen, he praised Shun a lot.

"In my opinion, not to mention our Huaxia, even in the whole world, there is no man who can be as virtuous as Chonghua."

Hou Ji was called the God of Ji by the Chinese people, and he was also an important minister of Emperor Yao. Naturally, his words were very weighty, which surprised the Queen very much.

"Compared to Dijun?"

Hearing what the queen said, Houji hesitated a little.

"When it comes to expanding the territory and making achievements, no one can match the emperor. But when it comes to changing customs, harmonizing all nations, no one can embellish China. I dare to say that I value China's future achievements as much as the emperor, or even above the emperor. Moreover, Chonghua came from the Youyu clan of the Dongyi Alliance, Ehuang and Nvying can meet Chonghua, it is the combination of our Huaxia and Dongyi, this is the emperor's blessing, and it is also the blessing of the common people."

The hidden meaning of Hou Ji's words is already very clear.First, both Ehuang and Nvying fell in love with Shun.Second, Shun is so virtuous, it is possible to inherit the great rule of Emperor Yao in the future.Third, it is also a good belonging for the two daughters, and it is also a good opportunity for Huaxia and Dongyi to unite.

Listening to Houji's words, the empress also nodded secretly. The empress naturally believed what Houji said. If both daughters fell in love with Shun, the empress would not be unacceptable. It's just that the future will be long, and she still wants to spend some time getting to know Shun. , to sharpen him and prove his ability, and it will not be too late to talk about the ownership of the two daughters.

One year after the opening of the Guirui market, it showed initial prosperity.The number of residential areas increased to ten, and the population initially reached 1.The market gathers agricultural products, animal husbandry products, and handicrafts from more than 60 tribes in Huaxia and Dongyi, with as many as [-] products.In less than a year, the Guirui market has filled the entire warehouse with food and various handmade products. In the next three years, it will surpass the size of the Pingyang and Longshan markets.

The prosperity of Guirui makes Shun full of confidence in his future, and also has a deeper understanding of Little Xingxing.In particular, Little Xingxing has modern thinking, and in terms of urban planning, he can always make the city achieve higher production efficiency and quality of life, which Shun admires very much.It's just that little Xingxing can only let Shun feel his existence through telepathy. If he can talk face to face, Shun firmly believes that little Xingxing can become his good friend.With the help of Little Xing Xingxing, Shun initially achieved Guirui's current achievements, and he will continue to work hard to build Guirui into the most prosperous capital city in China and even in the whole world.

(End of this chapter)