Destiny Only Han

Chapter 325 Liu Ying: I Need More Money
"Brother, can we meet again?"

On the Chidao outside Luoyang City, a little girl like a ball of powder stretched out her hand to grab the corner of Liu Ying's clothes, her face was flushed, and there were two big bags of tears in her big eyes staring at Liu Ying.

This loli is Zang Er, the granddaughter of King Yan Zang Tu.

Ever since Liu Ying helped Zang'er find her family at Pingyuan Ferry, she has developed a fondness for Liu Ying. During this period of time, she lived in Luoyang, and even tried to sneak out to play with Liu Ying from time to time...

Of course, a little girl of her age would be caught by the nanny or the maids around her before she walked out of the inner courtyard.

Liu Bang has decided to return to Guanzhong to establish his capital, so the princes and kings who were forced to stay in Luoyang as bargaining chips can return to their fiefs.

Now, Zang Er is going to follow Zang Tu back to Yan State, while Liu Ying is heading west into Guanzhong.

Liu Ying stretched out her hand to touch the braid on Zang'er's head, and looked up at Zang Tu, who was about to send her family members to Guanzhong as hostages, but now repented again, and immediately retracted her gaze, comforting the crying Zang'er, saying Double meaning:
"Don't worry, we will meet soon..."

It's almost June now. If Liu Ying remembers correctly, in July, King Yan Zang Tu "rebelled", so Liu Bang took a group of old brothers and ran to the north for an armed parade. .

Then, Chang'an Marquis Lu Wan became Yan Wang Lu Wan.

Before combining with Liu Bang, he had secretly said that he wanted to make Lu Wan king...

And Zang Tu, who was persuaded to surrender by Han Xin with a letter, suddenly reversed...

Well, don't say, don't say...

While Liu Ying was comforting Zang'er, a four-wheeled carriage painted with vermilion lacquered slowly passed Liu Ying. Inside the carriage, Xu Ling, who was wearing a white gauze skirt, pouted vigorously, his heart gurgling. sour water.

"Hmph, I learned how to rob men at a young age!"

Xu negative pinched the handkerchief in his hand, but he complained more about Liu Ying in his heart.

With her messing around in the upper echelons of the Han Dynasty, her perception of Liu Ying has changed a lot.

For a "death for money", Liu Ying is not only the prince of the Han Dynasty, her man, but also her "financial father"...

So in order to help Liu Ying secure the position of the crown prince, she did a lot of tricks in secret.

For example, Liu Ying’s legends in Guanzhong in the past few years, of course, include Liu Ying’s self-proclaimed Spring and Autumn brushwork, and Lu Zhi’s Wang Po selling melons, plus Xu negative’s random fabrications...

Take a chestnut.

The nonsensical legend of "Han Prince Rebuking Xiang Yu in front of the array" that made Liu Ying look bewildered before was spread by Xu Negative using the power of the Yin Yang family among the people.

and so.

Bah, men are big pigs!

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Ten miles west of Hangu Pass.

Because it was a sunny day today, the carriage was stuffy and hot, so Liu Ying stopped riding in the carriage at all, but rode around in the convoy wearing a bamboo hat.

So, not only was Liu Le envious, but even Liu Fei, who was lying on the car window with sweat on his forehead, was also full of envy.

Liu Le knew how to ride a horse, but there were no women's riding clothes these days, and it would be inelegant for her to ride a horse in a skirt, so naturally she was flatly rejected by Lu Zhi.

And Liu Fei's envy at this time is Cao's fault.

Although there is no shortage of good horses in the Han Palace, Mrs. Cao dotes on her son more than Lu Zhi, and is worried that Liu Fei will be injured while riding a horse, so Liu Fei can only drive now, not ride a horse.

Liu Ying reined in the reins, controlled his food-loving filly to run alongside Liu Fei's carriage, probed her head, and saw that Mrs. Cao was not there, so she spoke bewitching words:
"Brother, when you return to Guanzhong, you come to live with me, and I will secretly teach you how to ride a horse. Aunt Cao will never find out!"

Liu Fei's eyes widened, and his face showed joy: "Really?"

But in the next second, he hesitated and said: "Is it easy to learn to ride a horse? I'm a bit stupid, don't laugh at me..."

Liu Ying waved her hand vigorously and said, "How could I laugh at you? We are brothers! Well, I will pick you a gentler one... Riding a horse is much easier to learn than driving a car!"

He was telling the truth.

Riding a horse is indeed easier to learn than driving a car. For example, when turning a corner, if you are familiar with the horse, you only need to shake your foot gently, and the horse will turn to the direction you want. Skills, but also need to calculate the distance and angle of the vehicle turning in advance.

Well, the operation of the carriage is more similar to a semi-trailer than a car.

Liu Ying saw that Liu Fei was still full of fear, so she leaned down and patted the neck of the filly: "Then this horse will be sent to you. Don't think it's big, but it's honest!"

Liu Fei looked at the round and huge buttocks of the filly, the strong muscles that trembled when the neck was shaking, and the hair that was as bright as metal. His heart was surging and he nodded heavily:

"Second brother, you are so kind! No matter what you want in the future, elder brother will give it to you!"

Okay, I remembered... Liu Ying also nodded heavily, and lightly tapped the horse's belly with both feet. The little mare didn't realize that she had been betrayed, and after a long hiss, she spread her hooves and moved forward. run.

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Hangu Pass.

Liu Ying took the lead and rushed forward with more than a hundred riders behind him.

After making a contract with Liu Fei, he greeted Liu Bang, and immediately left the brigade, leading Shentu Jia, Chen Xi and other followers who were good at hunting, through the wilderness on both sides of the road.

Thanks to the good ecology formed by the sparsely populated land at this time, although Liu Ying did not hunt wild animals such as tigers, leopards, and bears, she caught a lot of hares and saw them rushing, so she did not start hunting in time. Sneaky wild boar.

So at this moment, Liu Ying immediately stood under the top of the wall, looked at Xiao He who was standing still above, and said with a smile, "Teacher, let's eat a whole roasted pig tonight!"

Xiao He naturally came to meet Liu Bang.

In the dispute between Dingdu Guanzhong and Luoyang, Xiao He won a complete victory, so naturally he had to take the initiative to welcome Liu Bang to earn back his face...

So he nodded slightly and asked loudly, "Where is Your Majesty?"

Liu Ying stretched out her hand and pointed backwards: "About one or two miles away, I ran out to hunt, so I wasn't with them..."

Of course, when hunting, he was in charge of quacking, while Shen Tujia and the others were in charge of random killing.

Xiao Tong gently poked Liu Ying with the tip of his bow, and when Liu Ying turned her head in doubt, he gestured to Xiao He who was standing at the top of the city with his lips.

Liu Ying instantly understood.

He had so many things to do these days that he forgot that there were still a large number of good horses from the Western Regions detained by Xiao He.

So he jumped off his horse and ran to the top of the city.

"Teacher, long time no see, you miss me..."

He opened his arms and rushed forward, directly forcing Xiao He into a complete bewilderment.

The kind-hearted Xiao He didn't know that Liu Ying had other plans. As he got older and more emotional, he gently touched Liu Ying's head, and was instantly moved to the point of tears.

Liu Ying raised her head and looked at the weeping Xiao He. Suddenly she couldn't bear it, but when she thought of the old-fashioned leather armor piled up in the arsenal of Yong County and the horse she had held by Xiao He, she choked up and said:

"Teacher, you've lost weight..."

"Silly boy, it's better to be thinner when you get old..."

"Teacher, can you give me back the good horse you took off?"

"Silly boy, those horses have all been sent to the official racecourse, I'm afraid they can't be returned to you... Well, even if the state bought them, you can set a price..."

Liu Ying: o((⊙﹏⊙))o
Liu Ying: "Teacher, those were brought back from the Western Regions after a lot of hard work... need to pay more!"

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After a while, when Liu Bang's convoy approached, what he saw was Liu Ying who was happy and happy, and Xiao He who was standing beside him with tears on his face.

Liu Bang jumped off the carriage, ran to Xiao He in three steps at a time, held Xiao He's hand and shook it vigorously for a few times, his face flushed with excitement because of the reunion after a long absence:

"Prime Minister, you've lost weight..."

Xiao He smashed his mouth, suddenly felt that this sentence was very familiar, but when his eyes were wandering, Liu Ying had already whistled and slipped away as if nothing happened.

So Xiao He greeted Liu Bang while arranging lessons for Liu Ying in his heart.

He planned to make up all the homework that Liu Ying had missed in the past few years in the next month.

Well, cramming!

Liu Ying walked on the city gate without realizing it. The most magnificent pass in the world at this time was now ugly.

Well, it's really ugly.

During the years when Chu and Han fought for hegemony, this was the last line of defense for Han.

So when Xiao He gave great support to Xingyang, he used the extruded materials to heighten and widen Hangu Pass.

In the first phase of his project, the previous rammed-earth city wall was completely wrapped with cement and bricks.

But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

Only less than one-third of the Hangu Pass was rebuilt, and Han Xin conquered the Qi and Zhao countries one after another, and then defeated and beheaded the general of the Chu army, Long Qi.

And Lu Wan and Liu Jia also succeeded frequently, almost completely cutting off the Chu State's food supply.

The comparison of strength between Chu and Han was drastically different all of a sudden.

Therefore, the plan to strengthen Hangu Pass has been shelved.

Anyway, the Chu army couldn't get in, so the saved materials should be used to improve people's livelihood, such as renovating the road leading to Hanzhong, so that the materials transported from Bashu can reach Guanzhong faster, and then sent to the front line of Chu and Han.

Liu Ying walked around the Chengguan, and felt that Hangu Pass should be repaired or should be repaired.

For nothing else, it looks good!
But the city gate that exits the customs needs to be remodeled.

Nowadays, in order to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, the city gates are built small and narrow, which is not conducive to the heavy traffic in the future.

And he also intends to leave a little more space.

Here, will be the future railway trunk line.

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On the other side of the Chengguan, Liu Bang looked into the distance, only to see smoke rising from the kitchen and people coming and going in an endless stream.

In his heart, he really agreed with the plan to set the capital in Guanzhong.

So he turned his head and pointed to Lou Jing who was standing in the distance and said to Xiao He:
"This is the person who suggested that I set the capital in Guanzhong!"

"Lou Zhe, Liu Ye. In order to commend his achievements, Lou Jing was given the surname Liu, the official title of doctor, and the title Fengchunjun..."

(End of this chapter)