Molested Zulong at the beginning

After the voice fell, the entire hall fell silent.

Not to mention Hu Yan, even all the officials present looked at Bai Su dully.

I wonder if he drank too much, what a good idea.

Seeing the skeptical looks on everyone's faces, Bai Su couldn't help but smiled and said, "Don't laugh, this is an excellent strategy for governing the world."

Hu Yan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "You mean..."

Bai Su explained: "If you want to govern a remote place, it is useless to rely on the army to suppress it. First of all, you must keep the roads open. The pipelines are different, so you can dig canals and open up waterways to facilitate the dispatch of soldiers and horses. Reduce the cost of material transportation."

"The transportation of materials between these two places is convenient, which will lead to the prosperity of trade. This is the reason for building roads first if you want to get rich..."

"Secondly, the state of Chu has a vast land and few people, and the counties and counties of the imperial court are often limited to some key places. For those remote or sparsely populated areas, they can only be managed by local gentry and aristocratic families."

"It is easy to appear in the countryside where only the squires are known, but the court is not known, and it is difficult for government orders to go to the countryside..."

"The only way to control this situation is to encourage the people in the north to migrate to the south and develop the land in the south. The imperial court distributes seeds, farm tools, cattle, and land to encourage the people to reclaim good fields, have more children, and cultivate various types of land. Tree."

"As the population gradually increases, in the future, counties in the south can be further subdivided like in the north, and more county magistrates and grassroots officials will be dispatched to manage them."

"In this way, the land of Chu will be completely peaceful and peaceful, and there will be no worries about splitting up and dividing the river..."

After hearing Bai Su's plan, everyone's eyes brightened.

This is really a second strategy.

But some smart officials directly realized that Bai Su's digging a canal to open up waterways was only the first step, and his real goal was to develop the south.

After all, most of the south today is a swampy land, full of dense forests.

Nearly [-]% of the population in the Central Plains is confined to the northern area, while the vast southern region has almost no population.

If Xianyang opens up the canal and establishes effective control over the south, and develops this large piece of unowned land, it will be enough to increase the population, grain output, and tax revenue of the Central Plains by several times.

Hu Yan was overjoyed at first, and then seemed to think of something.

Her beautiful brows were slightly frowned, and she couldn't help but said: "But to dig the Grand Canal, we need a lot of labor and a famous person to cooperate with us to stabilize people's hearts, otherwise... the forced recruitment of corvees may cause disaster. what."

Bai Su said with a smile: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry, I already have candidates."

Hu Yan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Who is it?"

Bai Su smiled and said, "Don't we have a suitable Chu chess piece?"

Hu Yan frowned slightly: "You're talking about Xiang Yu, but that Xiang Yu has a tough personality and is unwilling to join us even if he dies. How could he take the initiative to help us and govern the land of Chu?"

Bai Su said with a half-smile, "The reason why she doesn't want to is because the time is not ripe. I believe that after seeing some scenery, she will slowly figure it out."

Although Hu Yan didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Baisu's gourd, it was because of his trust in his husband.

She nodded anyway: "That's very good, the task of persuading Xiang Yu is left to you."

Chapter 370 A Hateful Bad Thing

After the court will disperse.

Under the leadership of Gong'e, Bai Su came to a bedroom.

Gong'e retreated one after another and closed the door.

In the main hall, only Bai Su and Hu Yan were left.

She was sitting alone in front of the table, combing her hair gently, her back was facing Bai Su, her graceful body outlined a slender curve, with a hint of coquettishness.

Hearing the movement behind her, without turning her head, she said softly, "Husband, will you blame me for leaving this troublesome matter to you?"

After all, she and Bai Su have known each other for a long time.

I also know that my husband is a man of idle clouds and wild cranes, and he always likes to fish in water.

Generally, you will never work overtime unless it is absolutely necessary.

Bai Su looked at the girl in the bronze mirror, biting her vermilion lips lightly, with a worried expression, and couldn't help but smiled and said: "That's not true, in fact, I planned to do this in the first place, besides, as long as it's what you want, as your Husband, how could I bear to see the embarrassment on your face..."

Hu Yan put down the comb in his hand and turned around slowly.

She changed into a white plain dress, her jet-black and soft hair was coiled up high, and a blue hairpin was inserted on her temples. She had a fair and round pretty face with a hint of curled skin, and her rosy lips curled up slightly, smiling. Said.

"I knew my husband was the best, come, this is your reward..."

As she spoke, she took out a delicate box from the side table and handed it over, which was full of various homemade milk candies.

It's just that I don't know who made it, the technique is very jerky, and the shape looks crooked, which is very strange.

Bai Su couldn't help but said: "Which girl did this, it's too reckless."

Hu Yan's fair cheeks were slightly flushed, and he said in a low voice, "Perhaps that little girl has worked very hard. Although she looks ordinary, she tastes very good."

Bai Su glanced at her with a half-smile: "The little maid you're talking about, could it be you?"

Hu Yan looked a little flustered, and hurriedly said: "It's...it's not."

When Bai Su saw this, he didn't ask too much, picked up one and threw it in his mouth. Sure enough, it was sweet and soft, and the taste was very good.

Hu Yan couldn't help asking: "How does it taste?"

Bai Su nodded, and said, "Not bad, it's delicious."

When Hu Tan heard Bai Su say this, a sweet smile appeared on his fair and pretty face.

She picked up a piece of milk candy and put it in her mouth, and sat side by side with Bai Su. In a daze, the two returned to the time when they just met in Handan City.

At that time, she was still a willful royal highness, and Bai Su was still a humble scholar who set up a street stall.

Now she oversees the government and wields great power, and Bai Su has become her husband.

Now thinking about the journey along the way, she couldn't help but feel sweet in her heart.

Bai Su couldn't help but glanced at Hu Tan beside him: "Why are you suddenly so virtuous today?"

Seeing that Bai Su saw through, Hu Yan blushed slightly, and lightly slapped Bai Su on the back, a little shyly said: "I have always lost to my sister since I was a child, and I have never won."

"Whether it's the ministers of the government or the people in Xianyang City, they always only have my sister in their eyes, and never put me in their eyes."

"It's the first time I've encountered that feeling of attention, so... I want to do something for my husband."

After listening to her words, Bai Su couldn't help but hold her nephrite and warm little hand to comfort her.

Perhaps this is the tragedy of being born in the royal family.

Sister Zheng regarded Fusu as a successor, so she gave Fusu all the contacts and rights of the court.

However, as a price, Fusu was not given much family affection. On weekdays, all kinds of requirements were particularly strict, and he was punished at every turn.

Facing such a strong mother, Fusu was forced to be a loner since she was a child. She didn't even have a single friend with whom she could turn her heart. Except for government affairs, she could only stay alone in the deep palace, lonely.

But Hu Yan is just the opposite.

Sister Zheng felt that her character was not suitable to be the crown prince, so she gave Hu Yun the best mother, who was usually favored and rewarded constantly.

But correspondingly, no matter how hard Hu Yan tried, he never had a chance to gain power and gain the approval of others.

Even if she once won Fusu and supervised the government temporarily, the ministers in the court did not take her seriously.

Everyone felt that she was just lucky for a while, relying on her husband's support, she was temporarily on the throne, and sooner or later she would give up the crown prince to Fusu.

Until the day when Bai Su led the army and made a triumphant return.

Under the worship of tens of thousands of troops, she finally felt for the first time, the feeling of being truly recognized by others.

Although she also knows that relying on these prestige is not enough to completely win over her sister and replace her.

But this is enough for her lack of recognition since she was a child.

After Hu Yan pondered for a long time, he seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Bai Su with resentment in his eyes: "I heard that my husband brought back a beautiful woman from Jiangdong when he came back this time."

Bai Su was stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "Slander, this must be slander, don't you know my character, how could I do such a thing?"

Hu Tan glanced at Bai Su, and said with a soft snort, "Really?"

Bai Su had a righteous face on his face: "That's natural, no one in the world knows that, I, Bai Su, am an upright official with a clean hand."

Hu Yan curled his lips: "Ghosts believe you. No one in the world knows that you are a womanizer."

The corner of Bai Su's mouth twitched. Has his reputation as a womanizer spread all over the world?

Hu Yan stretched out his little foot and kicked it to change the speed, hesitantly said: "I heard that Concubine Yu is the daughter of Jiangdong's aristocratic family, with a scholarly air, very dignified and elegant, do you like that kind of woman very much?"

Bai Su was stunned, how did Hu Tan know this news?

Could it be that someone reported the news to Hu Yan, but neither Da Qiao nor Xiao Qiao would do such a thing.

He frowned slightly, and immediately asked tentatively, "Where did you hear about it?"

Hu Tan stared closely at Bai Su's cheek with a pair of strange eyes: "Don't worry about how I know, just tell me."

Bai Su touched his nose, and nodded under Hu Tan's gaze.

After all, he didn't want to lie to Hu Yan. This innocent and innocent princess has already paid a lot to him.

Moreover, he had a faint intuition that the purpose of Hu Yan's questioning him was not for interrogation, but for another purpose.

Hu Yan snorted softly, and immediately glared at Bai Su angrily: "Sure enough, I knew you were a womanizer, but there's nothing I can do about it. I can't do without you anymore..."

As she said that, a flash of determination flashed across her face, she slowly stretched out her hand, touched Bai Su's cheek, and approached.

Seeing this, Bai Su couldn't help but said, "You...what are you going to do?"

Hu Tan's face turned red, and he couldn't help but glared at Bai Su coquettishly: "Idiot, you didn't see my clothes, does it look familiar?"

Bai Su was taken aback for a moment, feeling that he had seen it somewhere before, so he didn't think much about it.

Hearing Hu Yan's mention now, he pondered for a while before suddenly reacting.

The white skirt, the cyan jade hairpin, and the jade belt around the waist, this... isn't this her sister Fusu's clothes?

Bai Su gave her a strange look, and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing in Fusu's clothes?"

Hu Yan's fair and pretty face showed a touch of shyness, his white teeth lightly bit his red lips, and then he said: "Since you want to pursue excitement, you have to follow through to the end, isn't it just dignified and elegant dressing, what others can do, I can do it too, absolutely no worse than anyone else."

The corner of Bai Su's mouth twitched, Hu Tan really couldn't see Yu Ji.

But that's right, dealing with Fusu every day on weekdays made her instinctively hostile to this dignified and elegant woman, and she didn't want to lose to the other party.

It is normal to make such a bold move now.

Bai Su felt that it was a stupid act for him to explain at this time, trying to calm down the resentment in Hu Tan's heart.

At this time, as long as he silently endured Hu Yan's dissatisfaction, it would be fine, after all...he won't be at a disadvantage.

Moreover, Hu Yan's appearance is three points similar to Fu Su's.

Now that he was wearing the exact same clothes again, he really thought he had met Fusu at first glance.

For a moment, he couldn't help recalling the scene when he accidentally walked into the wrong bridal chamber when he was married to Hu Yan, his chest started beating uncontrollably and his breathing gradually became short of breath.

Hu Yan pushed Bai Su down on the soft floor, and lay on Bai Su's body, his eyes fixed on Bai Su's cheek, feeling the pounding and powerful heartbeat in Bai Su's chest.

Suddenly, she seemed to feel something, and she couldn't help but froze for a moment, then she bit her lips lightly with her white teeth, her eyes were filled with mist, and she couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

"Damn, bad thing..."

Chapter 370 Jiang Dongfeng, the world is full

In the dark dungeon.

A petite girl, dressed in a white prison uniform, sat in a dungeon covered with straw.

She leaned against the cold wall, with black and white eyes, looking at the ray of sunlight falling from the window, she couldn't help asking: "Lu Zhu, do you think that Xia Jun will kill me?"

"Your Majesty, what nonsense are you talking about, you will definitely be fine."

Wearing a white prison uniform, Luzhu reached out and touched the girl's soft hair. She wanted to comfort the girl, but she didn't know what to say for a while.

Mi Xiongxin couldn't help sighing, and murmured: "Actually, I didn't want to be a king. I stayed there to herd sheep and learn medical books from the local village head. Although the conditions for eating and drinking are poor, as long as I can Living with you, I am actually very satisfied..."

Luzhu looked at the girl with a disappointed face, and suddenly felt a dryness in her throat.

Once upon a time, she only wanted to help her king, overthrow Baoxia, and restore Chu, but she never asked her king's wishes seriously.

She wholeheartedly thought that her king, what she longed for most in her heart was the promise that although Chu had three households, the dead Xia would be Chu, and she had been working hard for this for so many years.

But now she realized that this was just her wishful thinking as a subject.