The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

After leaving the court, Zhao Yao returned directly to the palace.He got up too early today and hurried to the Yamen to attend court before he had time to have breakfast.Fortunately, there was nothing major in the morning, and it was over after an hour.

Zhao Yao did not set the place where he would go to court in the palace.First, because we need to distinguish between public and private matters.The second reason is that the palace is too small to accommodate so many officials in his small court.

There were many officials in the small court of the King of Han. The total number of officials, large and small, totaled 200.This does not include the guards and soldiers.If you add them all up, there are tens of thousands of people.

Zhao Yao used the former Yamen of Marsh Mansion to work for his officials, and it was barely usable.However, it will have to be expanded next year.Because there are now many officials working in the same room, it is not convenient to handle things.

Chu Huan and the others went down to court and followed Zhao Yao to the Han Palace to have breakfast at the Han Palace.

He Lianfang and Yan Huarong did not eat breakfast and waited for Zhao Yao to come back to eat together.

Seeing He Lianfang, Shen Sen and the four of them said hello obediently.Seeing Yan Huarong, Chu Huan and the four of them became like quails.

Shen Sen and the other four didn't know He Lianfang's true identity, but they still regarded him as their second uncle as they did when they were children.But Yan Huarong, they knew each other, and they had been beaten and bullied by Yan Huarong.Meeting Yan Huarong, the uncle, was like a mouse meeting a cat.

Today's breakfast was seafood porridge, which was very delicious. Shen Sen and the others were very satisfied.

He Lianfang held the teacup and drank tea slowly while asking: "How was your morning today?"

When he mentioned the morning meeting, Zhao Yao's face immediately became bitter, and he said with a helpless tone: "Oh, don't mention it, there are so many things, it's a headache."

He Lianfang asked with concern: "Is there anything big going on?"

"There are no big things, just small things." Zhao Yao sighed in distress and said, "There are so many things to do. I feel like I won't be able to finish them in a few years." Thinking about it now, when he came to the swamp, The government is as busy as a spinning top.He has been here for several months now and has not had a day off.When he was in the capital, although going to court every day was annoying, after going to court, he had nothing to do.You can go wherever you want every day and play however you want.When he arrived at Marsh Mansion, let alone playing, he even had less time to sleep.

Before coming to Marsh Mansion, he looked forward to being crowned king as soon as possible.After arriving at Marsh Mansion, he missed the days of "idleness" in the capital very much.

He Lianfang understood what Zhao Yao meant: "It's the infrastructure you mentioned."

"Yes, it's infrastructure." Zhao Yao put down the teacup in his hand and said with a slight frown, "Let's not talk about building roads or ships. Let's just talk about building houses. A lot of them will be built next year."

"What other house do you want to build?" He Lianfang asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Isn't it being built now?" As soon as this kid came to Marsh Mansion, he ordered people to build a house.In the past few months, many houses have been built.

"Not enough. The yamen must be expanded next year. The yamen is divided into several departments, and each department has its own office." Zhao Yao said, "By the way, a canteen must be built to be responsible for the officials' daily meals. Dormitories must also be built. , for officials to rest.”

Shen Sen quickly raised his hand and said, "Brother, our military camp also needs to be expanded."

"I didn't forget to expand the military camp for you."

Chu Ying said: "Boss, when you expand the military camp, you must also expand the training ground of the military camp." Now the training ground of the military camp is a bit small.

Song Jicai hurriedly said: "Boss, the horse farm also needs to be expanded. There are not enough horses now, so we need to buy more horses."

"Aren't there enough horses?" Zhao Yao looked shocked. "Over the years, I have asked my second uncle to buy back many horses from the Western Regions one after another. The total number of horses is not five thousand, but maybe two or three thousand."

"Boss, there are more than 3000 or 6000 people in our military camp." Song Jicai decided to make a calculation with Zhao Yao. "The total number of guards and soldiers assigned to you by the emperor is 6000. These [-] people need one person and one horse. Bar."

"Didn't the horses you bought have any cubs in these years?" Zhao Yao asked Liang Run to buy more mares and stallions.By the way, he also let horses from Dazhou mate with horses from the Western Regions.Although the horses born from mating are not as good as the horses from the Western Regions, they are much better than the horses from the Zhou Dynasty. "Although I don't care about horses, don't fool me. There should be more than two or three thousand horses in the racecourse now."

Chu Huan said: "Boss, there are six thousand horses in the military camp now, but it is still not enough."

Zhang He nodded repeatedly and agreed: "That's right, six thousand horses are not enough to ride."

Shen Sen followed up and said, "Boss, we need at least [-] horses."

"Ten thousand horses?" Zhao Yao looked at Shen Sen and the four of them speechlessly, "You are really a lion."

"Boss, ten thousand horses is too much for you." Song Jicai looked at Zhao Yao in disbelief, "Ask Uncle Rong, is ten thousand horses too much or too little?"

Zhao Yao turned to look at Yan Huarong and humbly asked for advice: "General Yan, is ten thousand horses too much or too little?"

"As far as the bodyguards His Highness currently has, [-] horses are too many. Six or seven thousand are enough." Yan Huarong said with a smile, "However, the more horses, the better, especially the sweaty horses."

There is a bloody horse in the stables of the Han Palace, which Liang Run spent a lot of effort to buy.Yan Huarong fell in love with it at first sight, but he knew that His Highness the King of Han had worked hard to buy it, and he would not bear the pain to give it to him.

At the mention of the sweaty horse, the eyes of Shen Sen and the four of them suddenly lit up, and their faces were filled with anticipation.

"Boss, you can find a way to buy back a few bloody horses from the Western Regions, one for each of us."

After Yan Huarong heard what Shen Sen said, he shyly said to Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, can you give me a horse as a gift when the time comes?"

Zhao Yao, who was drinking tea, was so shocked that he spat out the tea in his mouth when he heard their shameless words.

"Do you think that a bloody horse is just cabbage? Can you buy it casually?"

"Boss, if you are so capable, you can definitely buy it."

Chu Huan's mind was spinning very fast: "Boss, didn't you make glass and mirrors? I think people over there in the Western Regions will definitely like mirrors and glass. When the time comes, you can trade the glass and mirrors with them for their bloody BMWs. ah."

Shen Sen thought Chu Huan's proposal was very good and immediately clapped in agreement: "Boss, if you use glass and mirrors, the people over there in the Western Region will definitely be willing."

"Boss, then you can trade with them when the time comes." Zhang He smiled honestly, "I don't mind if I have two bloody horses."

Chu Huan and the other three hurriedly said: "I don't mind either!"

Zhao Yao laughed at the shamelessness of the four younger brothers: "I don't mind." Zhao Yao wanted to spray the four of them to death with a sip of tea, "Glass and mirrors are rare, but compared with other people's sweaty BMWs, they are far behind. . The sweaty horse is a national treasure. Do you know what a national treasure is?" The sweaty horse comes from Dawan and is the national treasure of Dawan, because it really takes a lot of effort to cultivate a sweaty horse.

He continued angrily: "The national treasure will not be sold easily. My second uncle asked my grandfather to sue my grandmother before I bought one."

"Don't they sell sweaty BMWs?" This was the first time Song Jicai and the others had heard of such a thing. "Not for sale, understand?" Zhao Yao said, "There are only more than 1000 bloody horses in the whole country of Dawan. Do you think they will sell them easily? If they can be easily bought, don't you think the imperial court will send people to buy them?"

Zhao Yao's words left Shen Sen and the four of them speechless.

Chu Huan suddenly said: "If we capture Dawan, all the bloody horses will be ours."

"Lao Bai is right. As long as we defeat Dawan, the entire Dawan will be ours, and then the bloody BMW will naturally be ours too." Chu Huan's childhood nickname was Xiaobailian.When he grew up, Song Jicai and the three of them called him "Lao Bai".

"Yes, let's knock down Dawan and let them train our bloody horses."

Shen Sen was impatient and asked Zhao Yao directly: "Boss, when are we going to fight Dawan?"

Zhao Yao: "..."

He Lianfang and Yan Huarong were slightly startled by what Song Jicai and the other four said just now, and then they both laughed.

Yan Huarong laughed very loudly: "Hahahahaha, well said, very well said!"

Zhao Yao stared at Chu Huan and the four of them with black lines on his head: "Are you serious?"

"Boss, you said that the sweaty horse is Dawan's national treasure and cannot be easily sold, so we can only knock down Dawan." Song Jicai felt that they were right.

Yan Huarong raised his hand and patted Chu Huan on the shoulder, encouraging them: "If you are ambitious, the four of you can lead troops to attack Dawan."

"Uncle Rong, do you think we can really do it?" Zhang He said with excitement, "Then we go to attack Dawan next year, how about it?"

Zhao Yao laughed at the "brainlessness" of Zhang He and the four of them: "You are so eager to die?"

The words "send to death" made Chu Huan and the four of them stunned.

"Do you think Dawan is a piece of tofu? He will hit you as soon as you say it, and it will be broken as soon as you hit it." Zhao Yao looked at the four younger brothers with disgust, "Who gave you the confidence to think that you four are going to attack Dawan?" Wan can succeed? You are so awesome, does your father know?"

Chu Huan and the four of them blushed at Zhao Yao's words.They were a little too excited just now.

"Boss, we were just talking." They were just talking about it, but it didn't mean they were really going to attack Dawan.

Zhao Yao mocked unceremoniously: "I saw how excited you were just now. I thought you were going to attack Dawan tomorrow, and then the day after tomorrow you would ride on a bloody horse and parade through the city."

Chu Huan and the others laughed and said, "Boss, we are joking."

He Lianfang suddenly said: "It is not impossible to attack Dawan, but now is not the time."

Song Jicai and the others asked hurriedly: "Second uncle, when can we go to Dawan?"

He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao, then raised her lips and said meaningfully: "The time has come."

"When is that time?"

He Lianfang did not answer this question.

Chu Huan and the others couldn't ask any more questions.

"Okay, put away the unrealistic ideas in your mind." Attacking Dawan, luckily they can think of it.Having said that, Dawan is not incapable of fighting.Those countries in the Western Region are all small countries. If they really go to fight, it is not impossible.However, if you want to attack those small countries in the Western Region, you have to beware of the Huns.

In recent years, although the Xiongnu did not go south to attack the Zhou Dynasty, they continued to do tricks, which was quite disgusting.If the Great Zhou Dynasty wanted to attack those countries in the Western Regions, the Xiongnu would definitely collude with other countries and join forces to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"I think you are too idle, that's why you have such mindless ideas." Zhao Yao suddenly said with a serious face, "Tomorrow, the four of you will take turns leading troops to go fishing."

"Fishing?" Shen Sen asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Boss, what are we doing fishing?"

"Of course I want to eat. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Don't you want to eat meat?" Marsh Mansion is too poor. There are not many people raising pigs and sheep. There are quite a few raising chickens, ducks and geese, but there is not enough to eat.Although there are many wild beasts in the mountains of Marsh Mansion, catching these wild beasts is very troublesome and dangerous. It is better to go directly to the sea to fish. "There are a lot of fish in the sea, and most of them are very delicious. If you go out to sea and catch some, everyone will be able to eat the meat."

"Okay, then Lao Bai and I will go fishing first." When Song Jicai heard that he could go to sea, he was a little ready to do it.

"You bring a few experienced fishermen with you. They know how to fish, and they also know what fish can and cannot be eaten."

"okay."

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. The soldiers should not train during this period. Let them do other things." Zhao Yao was calculating the manpower in his heart. "In the first half of the year, let them help expand the military camp. , wait until the Chinese New Year and give them more rewards.”

Shen Sen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements when I get back later."

"Build it with cement and red bricks. You can go to Zheng Cheng later and ask him to give you cement and red bricks." Both blue bricks and red bricks were made, but green bricks are not easy to cool, so not many were made.Red bricks cool easily and make a lot of them. "By the way, remember to expand according to the drawings I designed before."

"clear."

Zhao Yao explained some more words before letting Chu Huan and the four of them leave.

"Your Highness, I don't have much to do on weekdays. Why don't you let me help expand the military camp." Yan Huarong came to Marsh Mansion to protect Zhao Yao. He didn't come alone. He brought two thousand elite soldiers.

Zhao Yao was not polite: "Okay, then it's up to General Yan."

"Your Highness, why are you being polite to me?" Yan Huarong stood up, saluted Zhao Yao and He Lianfang, and immediately went out to find Shen Sen and the others.

After Yan Huarong left, He Lianfang reminded Zhao Yao: "What kind of thermal weapon did you tell me about before? When do you plan to make it?" He had been thinking about this matter.

"There is no rush for thermal weapons. After everything is built in the Marsh Mansion, I will concentrate on making thermal weapons." Zhao Yao said seriously, "The manufacturing of thermal weapons must be kept secret, so before doing it, a secret must be established. Base. Besides, the iron smelting plant has not been built yet. Once the iron smelting plant is built, we can better make thermal weapons."