Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 181 The boring days after Boss Liu left
This secret conversation lasted for half an hour and ended. I didn't know what the content of the conversation was; it also made Li Huan's originally happy mood a little dignified; what surprised Li Huan even more was that Wei Shaoer was waiting Looking at him, looking quite anxious.

Sometimes life is like this, all kinds of problems will stay in place, and when you are not prepared, they will attack you together.

Li Huan sat on the chair, took a sip of warm tea, and then looked at Wei Shao'er who wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it: "Madam, in the past, you brought me to play with those bold ideas, What happened to you today and you don’t even dare to speak?”

Wei Shao'er's eyes suddenly turned red: "Husband, can you not go to Huainan Kingdom?"

"What did the queen tell you?" Li Huan's expression became serious.

Wei Shao'er knelt at Li Huan's feet: "Do you want to vent your anger on me?"

"What's there to be angry about? I look like the kind of moody person?" Li Huan didn't pull Wei Shao'er up immediately, but just reached out and gently stroked her forehead. Only at this moment did he notice that Wei Shao'er was actually Trembling...

"What else did the Queen say to you?"

"It's said that someone wants to plot against my husband and goes to Huainan. It's definitely not a good thing." Wei Shao'er looked up at Li Huan with longing eyes: "The queen said that as long as your husband refuses, she will definitely speak for you!"

Li Huan held Wei Shao'er's aggrieved cheek, which was so tempting. He couldn't help but kiss her, and laughed and said, "Did the queen tell you to find a way to keep me as Liu Zhi's teacher?"

Wei Shao'er was startled, and all the grievances on her face instantly turned into panic. She looked at Li Huan in horror, took a few steps back with her knees, and threw herself at Li Huan's feet to apologize.

"You, you, are not very smart people. It is not a wise choice to get involved in these things." Li Huan pulled Wei Shaoer up: "There are differences between people, and this cannot be avoided. But you can tell me directly in the future, I always think that I am a couple who can share my heart and soul with you, not those couples who share the same bed and have different dreams."

"I am ashamed..." Wei Shaoer lowered his head, tears welled up, and his heart was full of regret; how many husbands in this world can say such caring words about themselves?
Li Huan gently stroked her cheek and wiped her tears: "You seek stability for your sister. This is what people should do."

"Husband, please stop talking. If you beat me, I will feel good." Wei Shaoer's eyes were full of shame, and he did not even dare to look at Li Huan.

Li Huan shook his head: "I just listened to Zhang Tang talking about a lot of changes in the court. Sometimes I really feel lucky that life is such a beautiful thing."

Wei Shaoer was a little scared.

This is the first time Li Huan has seen this kind of emotion on her body, but he feels that he needs to make Wei Shaoer clear that after your sister becomes the queen, she will be the queen first, and then your sister.

Otherwise, similar things will happen many times in the future.

"After the Battle of Henan, Your Majesty tried to make Henan develop greatly and use it as a forward supply ground for our attack on the Xiongnu. However, some people still made trouble in it. In one day, Chang'an City There were hundreds of dignitaries who were beheaded..."

Li Huan sighed and pulled Wei Shaoer up. Wei Shaoer's hands and feet were cold...

"You are not very courageous in the first place. Don't talk about these things in the future. If Your Majesty wants me to teach Liu Shi, it will be my honor, and it is not something that the Queen thinks can be done."

"Husband, am I...being taken advantage of?"

After being afraid, Wei Shao'er blushed violently, and she only felt waves of hot blood rushing to her face.

"Do you think your sister won't take advantage of you?" Li Huan felt that some people really grew up elsewhere and lost their brains...

Is that even a question?
You become your own woman, isn't it because the queen wants to see this matter come to pass, and then this matter will come to pass.

After the influence of the Wei family became too great, the emperor was no longer happy to see this happen, so he asked Princess Nangong to marry him.

Gillian's strange behavior gave Liu Che a strange thought. He also felt that fighting with the people of the South Vietnam Kingdom was a bit like fighting against the Huns who would turn into mad dogs on the battlefield. Hitting a human machine is so simple...

The only hard part is probably to go to the south to train troops; Zhang Qian hasn't brought back the watermelon seeds yet, so the only thing he thinks about in the Han Dynasty has become a luxury.

As for the ice?
Li Huan never thought about it. This thing is too luxurious. Although the royal family has an ice cellar, he can have some fun in Chang'an, but if he wants to do this in the south, it is completely impossible.

"I... I am..." Wei Shao'er hesitated: "I feel like my sister has changed."

"The only thing that hasn't changed is you." Li Huan stretched out his hand and pinched Wei Shao'er's nose: "If the queen doesn't change anything, how can she achieve the position of queen?"

"Concubine..."

"I don't care about this matter. What's more, the queen must do this if she wants to secure her position. Haven't I also been protected by the queen because of my relationship with you?"

Wei Shao'er slowly leaned on Li Huan's knee: "Husband, you are really a reasonable person..."

Li Huan gently played with Wei Shaoer's thick black hair and said to himself: If you knew how perverted the Voldemort and Fumei demons were after 2000, you would understand why I feel that such things are simply insignificant...

I am just being a teacher to my nephew, but I am not transferring my car or house to my nephew, nor am I asking to donate my kidney to my nephew...

Is it too much?
Really not too much.

The only bad thing is that Emperor Liu Che doesn't seem to want to see this...

The level of depression in Li Huan's heart at this moment was actually no less than that of Wei Zifu himself; in his mind, if the Han Empire really wanted to find a teacher to teach Liu Zhi, he was really the most suitable candidate.No matter in terms of identity, status, or knowledge.

However, Li Huan felt in his heart that Liu Che was shaken because of Gillian; what Wei Zifu was thinking was that the emperor did not want to see the Wei family become too powerful...

However, no one could have imagined that Emperor Liu Che was worried that his son Liu Zhi, after becoming Li Huan's disciple, would be like Zhang Qian, Sima Qian, and Huo Qubing who were close to Li Huan, and his face would always look like Li Huan's. Showing that kind of cheap expression of being good despite getting a bargain.

When he thought that his son would be led astray by Li Huan, with Li Huan's mean look on his face, Liu Che would feel a strong sense of suffocation coming from him...

In fact, Liu Che just thinks that Li Huan is too cheap...

However, over-interpreting this kind of thing is not exclusive to later generations, it has existed since ancient times.

As for teachers?

In Liu Che's view, there are really too many choices. Any of the three princes and nine ministers can be the prince's master.

The emperor of a country does not need to know how to make paper, burn cement, make four-wheeled chariots, etc.; he only needs to learn how to place the world's talented people in the appropriate positions. In other words, meritocracy is the first element of an emperor.

As for other imperial arts, Liu Che felt that he could let his successor slowly observe how he controlled his ministers and ruled thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the world.

Moonlight is like water.

After Li Huan and Wei Shaoer talked about life, they called Cuihua, Shengxueshi, Hongzhi, and Manguyin over to talk about life together.

This has the advantage of getting to know each other better.

Therefore, after deeply understanding each other's hearts, Xiao Cuihua still felt that the Marquis in front of her was the savior who rescued her from the fire cave.

Mangu Yin and Hongzhi still felt that Li Huan's enthusiasm was like being in a high palace.

Master Shengxue once thought that Li Huan was an excellent master who could talk about life freely, and could help lost people gain new life in the dark night and understand the meaning of life in the world.

After visiting the new buildings, Emperor Liu Che began to visit the factory area.

Sima Qian's cement factory became a key place for Liu Che to visit.

Because Liu Che was accompanied by a very bragging Zhang Tang, who said that after the large-scale promotion of cement factories, the vast territory of the Han family would be covered with clean, flat and spacious cement roads.

Li Huan thought that he had boasted a lot in his life, but he was not as strong as Zhang Tang. There was even a moment when he, who claimed to be eloquent and eloquent, didn't know how to catch Zhang Tang. Harsh words.

Fortunately, Sang Hongyang, who was nearby, knew the real situation of the Han Empire very well. He hurriedly said that building the main road into cement would be a great achievement in history. Of course, priority should be given to building the cement road in the north, so that the army can reach directly. north.

Zhang Tang had never fought in a war and could not figure out how easy it would be for the army to reach the north if there were spacious cement roads.

But Zhang Qian knew it. He made an analogy. In the past, when the Huns went south to plunder, they only lasted two or three days when they reached the edge of Ganquan Palace.

The Huns took the straight road built by Qin Shihuang. If the cement road is based on this basis, the fastest thing is not the speed, but the guarantee of logistical supplies, which will be extremely sufficient, especially the loss on the road. Conservative estimates can reduce the cost by five Sixty percent.If Li Huan's four-wheeled vehicle can continue to be larger to transport military supplies, it can even be reduced by [-] to [-]%.

Liu Che's eyes instantly became hot, which made Li Huan subconsciously feel that if he didn't build a train for Boss Liu, he would be sorry for Boss Liu's hot eyes and nurturing feelings...

However, steam locomotives should not be able to operate in the Han Empire...

Fortunately, Liu Che has always been the kind of emperor who beats his ministers to work for him and likes to give you a look and feel it for himself.

This has a huge advantage, to avoid saying it too bluntly, you can't make it, and everyone will be embarrassed...

Finally... Liu Che, who had visited various factories for two days, was ready to return to the capital.

The whole process was carried out in secret. Until this time, the sheriff of Hanzhong County, including some other officials, didn't even know that Emperor Liu Che had walked this way quietly.

The days returned to their usual leisurely state, especially now that Gillian was gone.

Li Huan, who plays several games of mahjong with Gillian every day, inevitably feels empty in his heart.

My original intention is actually to make this empire better and for the people to suffer less. Who would have thought that the struggle of high-rise buildings, once you reach this position, you can't avoid it even if you want to.

In this moment, Li Huanming realized the true meaning of Jianghu, that is - people in Jianghu can't help themselves.

The corn in the field was already filling. Li Huan rode his horse and walked around his own field. Apart from the damn bugs, it was all kinds of birds that were the most hateful.

After Huo Qubing came out of Sima Qian's class every morning, his favorite thing to do was to shoot birds with Dalang and Zhang Anshi.

The tenant farmers even went to battle with the whole family, young and old, frightening the birds, but it was still of no use. As long as people didn't pay attention, flocks of birds would fall into the ground.

This scene made Li Huan feel distressed, and immediately ordered people to weave nets to catch birds.

Although Gillian's imperial army has gone back, Li Huan's foreigners are still there. With the participation of these people, the birds caught every day are sacrificed directly to the Wu Zang Temple, so that the situation is finally a little better.

During the inspection that day, Li Huan sat under the big willow tree, looked at the fields in front of him, and couldn't help but ask Sima Qian: "Would it be better if the land here was turned into paddy fields and planted with rice?"

Sima Qian shook his head: "They may not like planting rice, and no one dares to take risks."

Millet is the staple food of this era, mainly because it has extremely strong vitality; but in the south, rice is the staple food; similarly, rice is also the product of intensive farming.

In the government office where Li Huan stayed, there was rice specially bought for him to eat, but he was the only one who liked to eat it, Huo Qubing didn't even like it...

"After the water conservancy is dredged, rice production will be better, and the hillside terrain here is very suitable for terraced fields."

"Terraces?" This was a new term that Sima Qian had never heard before. His feeling was extremely sharp and he thought that he could never let it go.

Li Huan looked around, asked the guard beside him to bring a large ball of dry-cleaning mud, and pointed at the mountains in the distance.

In the valley over there, there is water visible to the eye, gushing down. Although it is far away, the sound of the water can still be heard.

"Look, there are ups and downs on the hillside over there, but the ups and downs are not unacceptably large..."

Sima Qian glanced at Li Huan strangely. He felt that the unacceptably large ups and downs Li Huan mentioned seemed to be more than just a matter of the mountains and slopes...

Li Huan squeezed the mud with both hands, and the simple terrace model made from the mud stretched diagonally downwards leaning on the stones under the willow tree.

"You look good. A waterway is diverted from here to ensure that the water flows all year round. The growth of rice requires water. The Huainan country belongs to the land of Jingchu. Rice has been planted there. High-quality rice can be obtained from there. Seeds, you can try next year.”

While Sima Qian was still frowning, wondering if this method was feasible, Li Huan continued: "There are a lot of bugs, right? Fish are raised in the rice fields. The fish and the rice live in symbiosis and can eat the bugs, which can ensure more rice production. .”

Li Huan's eyes became brighter and brighter as he spoke: "This method is not difficult. Just follow the drawings I planned. Not only the mountain here, but also that side..."

He pointed to the distance, further away: "It can be like this!"

Sima Qian pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "Master Hou, haven't you thought about the problem of dry water?"

"Dry water? You mean, if the water on the top of the mountain might dry up because of our terraced fields?"

"It may not be exhausted, but the water flow will definitely decrease. What will happen then?" Sima Qian said confidently: "Water flows to lower places. This has been true since ancient times. After the Marquis opened the terraces, the water flow was not enough. Is it still possible? Can you make the water flow to higher places?"

After saying this, Sima Qian suddenly felt chills all over his body, and when he turned his head, he saw that there was something wrong with the way Anyang Hou looked at him.

"Master Marquis... you... your official may be straightforward in your words, but it has been true since ancient times that water flows to lower places. There is really no way to make water from lower places flow to higher places."

"I have never seen the world!" Li Huan said with disdain: "From tomorrow on, you will take people to burn the mountains there and build terraces according to my plan. The people don't like to grow rice? That is the people's business. I, Anyang Hou likes to grow rice, this is my business.”

Sima Qian urged: "Master Hou, think twice!"

Li Huan looked at Sima Qian leisurely: "Sima, Sima, if I really ask the water to flow to higher places and solve the problem of this terraced field, what will you do?"

Sima Qian looked at Li Huan in astonishment and shook his head: "This... this is impossible?"

"Hey! It might not be possible. That's my business. I'm just asking you, do you want to take a gamble?"

"This..." Sima Qian glanced at the tenant farmers who were chasing birds away in the field, gritted his teeth, and looked at Li Huan: "Master Hou, what's the bet?"

"If I win, you can remove the things I don't like in the biography of Marquis Anyang and make me more heroic..."

"Absolutely impossible!" Sima Qian categorically refused: "A historian has a bare pen and relies solely on truth to win the trust of future generations. How can he..."

"Then if you don't listen, what did I promise you?"

"How can I be moved by a high official and a generous salary?" Sima Qian was like the incarnation of justice, and his righteous words made his image even more majestic.

Li Huan ignored Sima Qian's refusal. This was not a TV series with brain damage. The hero had to explain to the heroine. The heroine shook her head and shouted, "I won't listen. I won't listen." She didn't cover the hero's mouth, so the hero really couldn't explain.

"I see that you pity the people. As long as you make a bet with me, my promise to you is to exempt these closed households from taxes for one year. How about that?"

Sima Qian was really moved. When he looked at Li Huan, his eyes became much kinder in an instant. He seemed to want to say: I admit that my voice was a bit loud just now.

But then I thought about it, when did Marquis Anyang suffer a loss?
There's something fishy about this...

Then, Li Huan saw Sima Qian pick up two stones, one large and one small, hold his chest straight and let go at the same time. After watching the two stones, one large and one small, fall to the ground at the same time, he looked at Li Huan with a thoughtful look on his face, then turned around and walked away. When I got to the edge of the ditch, I looked at the water carefully, and then suddenly gave myself a slap in the face.

This action startled Li Huan, and Sima Qian turned back and looked at Li Huan seriously: "Two years!"

"No, if you don't collect taxes for one or two years, won't they laugh out loud?" Li Huan pretended to be vicious and scolded: "These cheap bones should be beaten and beaten. When something happens, they will be fine." When the time comes, beat and squeeze it, or else I will drink the northwest wind?"

Sima Qian shook his head and said: "Master Hou, although I am sure there is no way in this world to make water flow to higher places, I am still a little worried...two years, I wanted to say three years!"

"Then..." Li Huan stood up and looked at the back of the woman who was holding her young son and chasing the birds in the distance: "Two years, maybe two years."

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Marquis. Sima Qian will definitely add a lot of color to Lord Marquis in his biographies. The promise of mountains and rivers going back may become a good story in the future."

Sima Qian had already begun his own praise: "Thousands of years later, people will also talk about a prince who made a promise to reverse the flow of mountains and rivers and exempt the people of the fief from taxes."

Li Huan opened his mouth, facing Sima Qian who praised him so much, he couldn't say a word.

(End of this chapter)