Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 474 King Xi Ting is very careful

This is a very tall young man. He is very young. Judging from his face, he should not be the year of the crown. Although he looks immature, he is almost as tall as Chen Ping and the others, and his arms are indeed very long. Liu Chang looked at him seriously.

"Where are you from?"

"This subject is the son of Chengji Liang's family in Longxi, after the general Li Xin."

The young man explained his family background as soon as he came up. Liu Chang suddenly remembered something, and said in surprise: "Could it be Li Xin, the general of Qin who led an army of 20 to attack Chu and was defeated by Xiang Yan?!"

The young man's face was sluggish for a moment, and became tangled. After a long silence, the young man nodded and said, "It is the Qin general Li who broke Zhao, Poyan, captured King Yan, and destroyed Qi. letter."

"Oh, I'm very familiar with your ancestor, you know, the Marquis of Huaiyin always gave an example to my ancestor, and let me learn from his failure. When General Guo Meng said that 10 people could pacify South Vietnam, I still Take your ancestor for example! Was he your great-great-grandfather?"

"What's your name?"

"The minister Li Guang was promoted to middle-ranking officer for his meritorious deeds in the Western Qiang, and he has more than four months."

"Oh, your name sounds familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere."

Liu Chang stroked his beard and then asked, "I heard that you injured General Chai Qi today, is there any such thing?"

Li Guang said with some grievance: "Your Majesty has an order to discuss state affairs, and no one is allowed to disturb. General Chai is unreasonable and insists on entering, and he has repeatedly insulted the minister. "

"No problem, no problem, not to mention hitting him, even hitting his father, Chai Wu, is fine, you are my middle-aged man, you have to be a little bit daring, you can hit anyone you want, you know?"

"How can people under my command be afraid of things?!"

Liu Chang looked disdainful, and Li Guang widened his eyes. He originally thought that he was going to be reprimanded this time, but did not expect that His Majesty thinks that he was not hard enough? ?
"But Chaiqi is brave, you can easily hurt him."

Liu Chang squinted his eyes, and his eyes gradually became dangerous, "How about we practice??"

There is a special martial arts hall in the Weiyang Palace, which is used for Liu Chang to practice swordsmanship, riding and archery, and occasionally invite people to come here. After hearing His Majesty's request, Li Guang was not afraid at all and was eager to try. This is young The advantages of human beings are gone. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, because they have never seen the power of tigers.

When Li Guang changed his clothes and really stood in front of Liu Chang, he still felt a huge sense of oppression.

Li Guang's family background is not bad, and he was relatively wealthy since he was a child. Therefore, he is tall and big, but he is not young, but he is taller than many people who have established crowns. He also has the ability to ride and shoot, and his level of riding and shooting is quite high. Therefore, at a young age, he was directly sent to the emperor's side, Zhonglang.

Being around the emperor is actually the best way out for young people, because whenever there is a vacancy in the place or there is a war, these middlemen will be reused. After all, he accompanies the emperor every day. As the emperor's guard officer, the starting point is naturally higher.

There is still a big difference between Zhonglang and valet. Zhonglang is a young officer corps, while valet is equivalent to a secretary. Lu Lu is the biggest secretary in the world today.

Li Guang has never looked up at a person so much. When Liu Chang stood in front of him and lowered his head to look at him, Li Guang actually felt a huge sense of powerlessness and insignificance. He wanted to take a few steps back, but There was no way, as Liu Chang charged, Li Guang just stretched out his hand to block.

Liu Chang easily hugged his waist, lifted it up, and threw it on the ground.

In just a moment, Li Guang had fallen to the ground, his body was sore, Liu Chang smiled and stood in front of him, fortunately, the emperor still had a conscience and did not make a few punches.

"You can, with some strength!"

"Come again?"

Li Guang gritted his teeth and stood up abruptly, "Okay!"

This time, Li Guang learned to behave well. When Liu Chang came over again, he bent down and took advantage of his long hands to push the emperor away. When he grabbed Liu Chang's hands, a huge force spread. Come, he gritted his teeth and resisted with all his strength.

A hint of surprise flashed in Liu Chang's eyes, and then he grabbed his hand and threw him out. Li Guang fell to the ground again, but this time, he didn't want to get up.

The sky in Chang'an is really blue.

"Hahaha, yes, yes, powerful, very powerful!"

Liu Chang nodded, expressing his recognition of this young man. It was not easy to get strong praise from Liu Chang.

Li Guang smiled bitterly, "I can't even block it for a moment."

"Haha, you are still young, you young generation, you have a lot to do, study hard, work hard, and over time, you will become great!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

"Come again?"

"it is good!!"

Liu Chang then played Zhong Lang in the palace for a few days. Of course, his play was different from that of Liu Ying and Liu Heng. Liu Chang played rough, while Li Guang was brave and not afraid at all. He was thrown to the point of seeing Xia Wuqi, and Liu Chang just let him go temporarily.

Only then did Liu Chang remember the important things he had discussed with everyone earlier.

Feng Jing was summoned again. These few days, these people have not wasted their time. They are all thinking about ways to solve the problem in the mansion. The biggest problem is the transportation cost. Large-scale trade, I am afraid that Make ends meet.

In this regard, Luan Bu came up with his own method. He believed that the temples formed caravans, which could go to more distant places to explore, and reduce the taxes on those merchants who went to poison, and encouraged them to go to trade. The temples only need to pass the There are a lot of benefits from business tax.

As for the official large-scale trade, it can only be carried out after the roads in the Western Regions are completely opened up. It is best to build a galloping road there. The vassal state, with a good general and a hundred people in armor, cannot take on such an important task at all.

Zhang Budo thinks that it is necessary to establish contact with these countries first, let them pay tribute to the big Han, and at the same time guide them to come to the Western Regions for trade, and turn the Western Regions into a trade center for the big Han and the poisonous countries. Welcome to the poisonous country. The merchants went to the Western Regions, and at the same time carried out large-scale construction there.

Ji Bu's idea is the most bizarre, probably because he was in charge of shipbuilding before, he still thinks that more new ships should be designed to see if there is a way to rush to Shendu from the Nanyue National Waterway. If it is shipped by ship, it can greatly reduce the cost. , and the shipment volume will increase several times.
Liu Chang heard their thoughts one by one, and finally his eyes fell on Feng Jing.

"what do you think??"

Feng Jing had given up resistance long ago, "I think that what the dukes said is reasonable."

"Okay, since you think it's reasonable, then I invite you to take care of this matter seriously. The pedestrian army should also be withdrawn. They will all be mobilized by you. This matter should be done earlier!"

Liu Chang's face was full of smiles.

Feng Jing was not surprised. The people in front of him were all the emperor's confidants, and he was here to take the blame. He had already seen this clearly.As a pawn, diplomacy is indeed within the scope of his responsibility, but Feng Jing has no good idea about how to implement it.

It is best to send a large number of messengers first to make contact with the poisonous countries.

"Your Majesty, please go to the Western Regions and take charge of this matter."

Feng Jing also put forward his own request, and his request was not excessive. Chang'an was still too far away from the body and poison. If it was in the Western Regions, at least there was a place next to it, which would be convenient for him to deal with some things quickly. Otherwise, if If you want to command those pedestrian troops in Chang'an, there will be a big problem.

It would take a year for a letter to get to them, which is simply not feasible.

Liu Chang also agreed immediately.

When he walked out of the palace, Feng Jing still had a bit of bitterness on his face. Going to the Western Regions was not only for the convenience of doing things, but also to hide from the ministers. The ministers were still celebrating their victory, and His Majesty said that he wanted to If there is a solution, can you still stay in Chang'an? ? ?

After this news is announced, I am afraid that the ministers will form a group to come from the front of the house to make trouble.

Get out of this place before your reputation is ruined!

The matter was just as Feng Jing thought, when His Majesty the Emperor happily announced to the ministers, don't worry, Feng Jing has come up with a long-term plan and has already implemented it, the ministers are angry.

Feng Jing's reputation immediately surpassed that of Zhang Budo, and he became the number one traitor in the temple.

And Feng Jing left Chang'an long ago, no matter how angry the officials were, there was nothing they could do.

At this time, Liu Chang talked about the matter of Tang again, and proposed the "Relief to the People Outside the Border" proposed by Feng Tang, so the anger of the ministers suddenly took a direction.

In fact, Feng Tang and Feng Jing are really relatives, brothers who haven't played five servers yet, and seeing that each of the strategies these brothers came up with is worse than the other, the ministers couldn't help but curse: "You Feng family simply don't have a good thing!"

Of course, their ancestor Feng Ting had a good reputation in this era, probably because anti-Qin was the right behavior in the Han Dynasty, and Feng Ting directly offered land to Zhao in the face of the monarch bowing his head and ceding the city, provoking Qin Zhao. The act of war seemed to these people quite an act of bravery.

At the same time, Chai Qi also started all the way to the north, without stopping on the way, almost at the fastest speed, after a long journey, and after a long period of daily travel, he led his knights to Beiting Kingdom. .

Beiting Kingdom is the original Yiwulu (Hami) and Pulei Kingdoms. It is connected to the Hexi countries and is the absolute barrier between the Western Regions and Hexi. It covers a large area and has a small population. But in the Western Regions, It is already a big country, at least able to support thousands of soldiers, and has more than 40 cities of different sizes.

Chai Qi squinted his eyes and looked at the place. Overall, the environment here is indeed much better than that of the Dian Kingdom. Looking around, there are plains everywhere, there are a lot of pastures, and good farmland, and it is on the main road. You can often see businessmen coming and going.

Chai Qi couldn't help but want to laugh when he thought of his grandfather being a prefect here.

I didn't expect that one day, I would actually be on an equal footing with my father. Even in terms of population, my Taiwei is much stronger than my father. After all, I can command [-] to [-] Southwestern barbarians, and there are many domestic emperors. The strength is still much stronger than Beiting.

Of course, Bei Ting can actually mobilize the surrounding outer king's army, and can mobilize tens of thousands of troops when necessary, and the strength is not too weak.

Chai Qi stood under the city of Yiwulu, looked at the soldiers on the city wall, and said loudly, "Hurry up and tell me that the captain of the country will come and let them come out to meet you!"

Hearing the name, those armored soldiers were also startled, good guy, Taiwei.

Chai Qi waited for a while, then the city gate slowly opened, and a man who looked like a general came out, smiled and said, "Major General!"

The person in front of him, Chai Qi also knew, it was his father's old subordinate, he didn't expect that he was still following his father's side.

"This time, it's because of state affairs, so there's no need to talk about personal feelings. Where is the Taiwei of Beiting?"

The general smiled bitterly, "Major General, let's go in, the general is waiting for you!"

Chai Qi just thought it was boring, but he followed him into the city, and when he entered the city, Chai Qi couldn't help but comment, "You guys are all too small, our Dian Kingdom's buildings are not too tall, and you There are too few people here, there are no people in the city, we Dian Kingdom ah”

Boasting all the way, Chaiqi walked into the palace.

Before Liu Yudu could wake up, he was shaken awake by the soldiers, and he was promoted to the top. His clothes were disheveled, and he was still in a trance. Facing the sudden arrival of Chai Qi, he was also at a loss, while Chai Wu was With a straight face, he sat beside Liu Ang and waited earnestly.

After Chai Qi came in, he smugly greeted Liu Xie, and then greeted his grandfather casually, as if he had met his colleagues.

"I wonder why your Excellency came to my North Court?"

"Oh, I passed by here. I'm going to deliver a letter to King Xiting. I'll stop by to see the training of the soldiers here, inspect the military defense here, and report it to Your Majesty."

Chai Wu's face darkened.

That night, there was a miserable cry from the Taiwei's mansion, and the cry could not help but make people sigh. Do you still need to kill pigs in the mansion in person? ?
Chai Qi was lying in front of his grandfather, his face full of bitterness.

"I'm here to take care of your majesty's affairs. If you spank my ass, that's a slap in the face of your majesty!"

Chai Wu's face was stern, if he hadn't only had such a son, he would have wanted to clear the door.

"Father, look, now I'm also the captain of a country, and I've even been named a marquis. You always say that I'm not good enough. How do you feel today?"

"Ugh"

Chai Wu just let out a long sigh. From childhood to adulthood, this Shuzi has always caused trouble for himself. Now, because of His Majesty's favor, he has become an official, but Chai Wu is still a little worried. He always feels that his title will definitely be lost to this Shuzi. hand.

"Strange, now that you have become a Hou, you must put away your old habits and stop being so rude. Today, the King of Beiting is already very dissatisfied with you. If you continue like this, you will sooner or later lead to disaster."

"When you go to Xiting Kingdom this time, you have to keep some, and you must not offend the people there. Especially the king of Xiting, who is narrow-minded. Previously, people came from them to settle in Beiting, and he sent people. Asking for it, I don’t allow it, he actually sent people to kill those people, as a warning, and his citizens are not allowed to go anywhere else at will”

"You'd better not offend such a cruel but unrighteous person. I'm afraid you will cause trouble."

"Understood, I won't offend him!"

"Father, don't worry!!"

"Do you still call this a country??"

"Hahaha, one of our counties is stronger than your country, hahaha, I thought the Dian Kingdom was the weakest, you...hahaha~~~"

Chai Qi couldn't help laughing, and Liu Qi, who accompanied him to visit Xiting Kingdom, was also smiling at the moment, nodded his head, and said, "Yes, my Xiting Kingdom is weak and the national strength is not strong, naturally Far inferior to those of the Central Plains countries.”

Xiahouzao stood behind him and rolled up his sleeves several times angrily, but Liu Qi shook his head and arranged for the soldiers to send Xiahouzao back.

Chai Qi looked at this powerful country with hundreds of armors, and his words were full of pride.

"Did you offend His Majesty? It's really sealed here. Well, I'll send you some things in the name of a private person. It can be regarded as helping you a little bit. It's not much. I usually hunt , There are many dogs in the mansion, in the Central Plains alone, I have raised more than 300 hunting dogs, I can send someone to bring them over!"

"If you don't have anything to eat, you can mobilize the people to go hunting!"

Liu Qi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you!"

Seeing Liu Qi like this, Chai Qi couldn't say anything anymore, "I still have some sheep in my name, I'll give you [-] sheep!"

Liu Qi thanked him again and again, and Chai Qi said with emotion: "My grandfather also said that you are a person who holds particular grudges, so let me be wary of you. Now it seems that you are still a good person!"

Liu Qi smiled, "That's nature, that's nature."

When Chai Qi went to rest, Liu Qi finally took out Liu Chang's letter and read it carefully. After reading it for a while, he summoned the three princes in the country to discuss the major event.

Ji Tong, Zhidu, and Xiahouzao sat in front of Liu Qi with solemn expressions.

Xiahouzao couldn't help but say: "This fellow Chai Qi is too deceiving, Your Majesty, when this fellow leaves the country, I will find a place where there is no one and bury him!"

"They still give us hounds and sheep, how can they sell him?"

"Let's not talk about him, let's talk about this letter. Your Majesty wrote a letter and came to talk about the important matter of promoting agriculture again! The main thing is to increase the output of grain."

Xiahouzao's face was full of disdain, "There are no sages in the court. How difficult is it to increase the production of grain?"

"It is directly stipulated that the original one bucket should be renamed as one stone, wouldn't the grain output increase sharply?"

Even if it was Zhidu, he couldn't help laughing at the moment, Liu Qi and Ji Tong laughed even more, and turned their heads back and forth. After a while, Liu Qi said, "Your Majesty wants to have body poison to pay tribute and seize them. The food, His Majesty said, to focus on us, this is our opportunity!"

"Everyone who laughs at us now will pay the price in the future!"

"Everyone! Encouragement with you!!!"

(End of this chapter)