Father Han Gaozu

The eagle slashed across the sky and began to dive quickly towards the ground. On the flat field, countless sheep were looking for food with their heads down. From time to time, people could be seen riding horses, watching the flock of sheep, and dogs following them. Beside those people, there were bursts of barking.

The wilderness gradually became towering. When the wilderness turned into dry land, a solid city came into view. The scale of the city was not large, but people came and went, and it was extremely lively. A large number of merchants gathered on the road. Going through, one by one, among these people are Han merchants from the Central Plains, and Hu merchants from self-poisoning.

Even when they were waiting here, they didn't forget to sell their products. After getting out of the car, they looked for those big customers who seemed to be very wealthy. The two sides tried their best to negotiate a big business.

There were not many people in the city. After the eagle passed the city wall, there were some very simple dwellings below. Some people were negotiating with the merchants who came to rent their houses to them. The farmer with the tools is walking towards the gate of the city.

This is Xiting Kingdom.

Xiting Kingdom changed from its original decline and became the leading commercial center of the Han Dynasty. The two major civilizations trade here, and all kinds of unheard of commodities can only be found here. The poisonous merchants brought a lot from them. thing.

Unlike big men, merchants are not discriminated against when they are poisoned. On the contrary, in areas where Brahmanism is highly developed like the Maurya Kingdom, only high castes can conduct commercial activities, and untouchables are unworthy. These merchants are all carrying Jewelry, wearing the silk of a big man, can't wait to inlay gold in all the places that can be inlaid.

There are even merchants riding elephants directly. The back of the elephant is decorated with gold, and the body is probably not short of gold. The merchants who come from there basically wear gold jewelry all over their bodies. Women also like these things.

Although they are gorgeously dressed, they like to bargain very much when trading, even if it is the slightest profit, they will grab it.

With the thorough communication between the two countries, the roads took shape quickly. The road from Xiting Kingdom to Congling was built by the big men. After Congling, it was the Peacock Kingdom. The difference in strength between the two countries actually depends on their roads You can find the clue, the road from Xitingguo to Congling is so flat, three carriages can pass side by side.

In order to rejuvenate the country with business, Liu Qi also used up most of the aid, and all of it was used to build roads, just to create a better environment for merchants. In this Xiting country, which is not a shit, the length of the road is already The big man is the first, Liu Qi can't wait to build roads between the inside and the inside.

After his long-term infrastructure construction, the city here is still the same, but the roads are excellent, and the quality is comparable to Chang'an.

But once you get out of Congling Ridge, the terrain is obviously easier to walk, but the road there is hard to describe. According to the merchants, it is a disaster.

The road is bumpy, the car gets stuck from time to time, the soldiers along the road are even more vicious, comparable to thieves, the officials are greedy, and the side of the road smells bad, so Liu Qi has negotiated with the Peacock King many times, asking him to maintain the road with all his strength . …

Peacock King is also very wronged, this road is already very good, the roads in my capital are not as good as here.

Many big businessmen choose to build factories in Xiting Kingdom, such as Master Lu, who built textile factories, cotton plantations, several furniture factories, iron factories, etc. in Xiting Kingdom... The reason why they are built here is, It is for the convenience of selling to poisonous people.

In the Shendu market, the price of these items is very high. If you can transport them yourself, you will be the most profitable, but if you sell them to merchants from Xiting Kingdom, you can earn a lot and save a lot of shipping capacity. .

The entire Xiting Kingdom was completely lively, day and night, there were markets everywhere, merchants everywhere, and even the more distant Daxia Kingdom sent people several times to do business with the big man.

In the Shendu area, the number of countries that have established trade relations with the Han has reached six, and some countries are still waiting to see. They are afraid of the Huns, and of course they are even more afraid of the Han who is stronger than the Huns.

In the Shendu area, the reputation of the big man is polarized. The nobles represented by the Peacock Kingdom resolutely follow the big man, believing that the big man is the real co-lord, and
Taking the Holy Son of Heaven as the god, the Peacock Kingdom built a statue for Liu Chang in the capital to prove this point.

In the Peacock Kingdom, the common people called Liu Chang "the incarnation of Vishnu in the east" and "the guardian of the sons of Brahma".

In Baicheng Kingdom, Liu Chang is known as "God Bless the Son of Heaven, Great Mercy, Great Majesty and Great Respect".

In the Great Xia Kingdom, Liu Chang simply became the "Oriental Hercules", "the eldest son of the Eastern God King"

These are relatively close to the big man, and in the country that is hostile to the big man, Liu Chang is considered to be a demon who came to destroy them, a tyrant who came to conquer them, and even the big man is called a barbarian by them. Huns.

However, there are many merchants who come to Dahan to make money, even those national merchants who are hostile to Dahan, but they are all private behaviors and have no temple organization, so their competitiveness is inherently inferior to merchants from other countries.

Liu Qi stood at the head of the city, looking at the team below. The team formed a long queue, with no end in sight, and beside him stood two great figures from Xiting Kingdom, Zhidu and Xiahouzao. .

"Looks like they'll be waiting here for a long time."

"My lord, why don't we just tear down the city wall?"

Xia Houzao suddenly asked, Liu Qi was taken aback, and then explained: "This place is different from the original Xianyang. There are checkpoints around Xianyang, which can replace the role of the city wall. We are surrounded by fields or deserts. It is impossible to be like Xianyang. If you set up checkpoints like that, if you tear down the city walls, there will be big problems.”

Xia Houzao suddenly realized.

Zhidu said coldly: "Although the West Court has become prosperous, there are more and more problems. There are more and more people stealing, robbing, cheating... and these merchants, in order to pay less taxes, Making false accounts, changing receipts, and some people even use private coins of poor quality to deceive poisonous merchants.”

Liu Qi was not surprised, "That's why I asked Father Zhong to send you here. We have gathered all kinds of people here, and the officials are reluctant, and there are even many criminals. Only you can suppress I can live with them, with you here, I am not worried.”…

"My lord, that Ning Cheng, do you want to take care of it?"

Xia Houzao asked displeasedly.

Not long ago, Xia Houzao brought Ning Cheng back to Xiting Kingdom. Of course, he also brought a lot of talents, like the doctor Li Guang. Qing is also an official of Jiuqing, and those Tai students are even more important, they directly serve as county guards in Xiting Kingdom, and the last ones are county magistrates.

When Ning Cheng met Liu Qi, he got Liu Qi's attention.

Liu Qi needs talents like Ning Cheng here, mainly because there are too many immigrants from Xiting abroad, and there are a series of problems caused by the very small number of people in the Central Plains. Ning Cheng finally got the attention he dreamed of. When weeping, he was awarded an official position.

Served as Taiwei Changshi.

At first, Ning Cheng was very excited, and when he came, he made San Gong a long history? ?so good? ?He thanked him again and again excitedly, until he found out that the Taiwei was that reckless guy.

Ning originally wanted to do something small, but Liu Qi hosted a banquet that night to introduce the old people in the court to the newcomers.

When he heard Liu Qi say "the eldest son of the Marquis of Ruyin who killed the Xiongnu Shanyu, His Majesty's playmate when he was young, he was valued by the Marquis of Huaiyin", Ning Chengcheng immediately dispelled the small thoughts in his heart.

Can't afford to offend.

One day this fellow went mad and beat himself to death, no one dared to question him.

Ning Chengcheng was honest. Because of the lack of manpower, he, the Taiwei Changshi, took up the work of the county government, leading the soldiers to maintain the safety of the roads, merchants, and the market. Thorough investigation of thieves or something.

But when he started to do things, he showed his ferocity clearly, he was much more ferocious than Zhi.

In other words, he and Zhidu are not the same type of people at all. Zhidu is fierce and often cuts off people's heads, but Zhidu doesn't know how to behead innocent people. His ferocity is towards those rich and powerful. He is happy to be the master for the people, standing on the side of the people to kill the powerful.

So the rich and powerful were very afraid of him.

As for Ning Cheng, he was the type who hacked both the plaintiff and the defendant to death.

He didn't stand on any side, he treated everyone equally, he started killing, arresting the plaintiff and the defendant didn't count, he wished to arrest all the soldiers who escorted the defendant.

Zhi is a goshawk, hovering high in the sky, supervising all the officials, his eyes are like a torch, seeing all the evils, and Ning Cheng is a mad dog, once released by the master, he will bite to death everything he sees.

Xia Houzao is very dissatisfied with him. Recently, he has arrested many people in Xiting Kingdom. Of course, some of them are criminals, but they are not guaranteed to be innocent. Because of this incident, Zhi also came to him several times. Ning Cheng was very contemptuous of Zhidu at first.

I think that's all there is to it.

It wasn't until Zhidu pressed him to the ground, ready to cut off his head, that Ning Cheng woke up and shouted for help. The king sent someone to rescue him in time, but after that, he hid when he saw Zhidu. Goshawks are indeed more ferocious than vicious dogs.

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes. These days, he also heard a lot about Ning Cheng, and they all came to impeach him. …

"Lieutenant, you don't have to worry about this matter for now, I have my own arrangements."

Zhi Du reminded: "The king wants to use this person, I can understand, he can do many things, but if you want to use someone like him, you must hold the reins, otherwise you will easily bite yourself."

"Don't worry, the widow knows what to do."

Liu Qi stood at the top of the city, looking at the prosperous scene in the distance, but secretly thinking in his heart, Ning Cheng is still very useful at present, and now the Xiting Kingdom is in chaos, and if he wants to manage it well, he must crack down hard. But Liu Qi had to cherish his feathers again, for those aids.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he couldn't be that villain.Although Zhidu can be, but Liu Qi doesn't want him to be, Zhidu is deeply loved by him.

Only Ning Cheng can perfectly play the role of this villain, and wait until everything returns to normal... this villain.

A smile suddenly appeared on Liu Qi's face, but he looked particularly rash.

"Obviously I was the first!!!"

In Houde Hall, Liu An was furious, not as calm as usual, but a bit similar to Liu Chang, Liu Chang and Cao Shu looked at him very calmly, Liu An was full of grievances, and he frowned tightly, wishing he could Head banging.

"Gongsun Hong is the prime minister I plan to reuse... I went to a wedding, and when he came back, he became the prime minister of Ci?? Ci doesn't even have a state!! What's the point!!"

Liu An came out of the wedding and was ready to meet Gongsun Hong the next day, but Gongsun Hong refused the meeting with the excuse of teaching the son to give. Assigned to the son to serve concurrently as the sacrificial person and the future prime minister.

Liu An was so distraught that he went directly to the Hall of Houde to question his parents.

The love for talent engraved in the bones of the Liu family also exists here in Liu An. When facing talents, he does not want to let go of any of them.

But Liu Chang looked innocent, "This is all your mother's decision, it has nothing to do with me!"

Liu An looked at Cao Shu and called out, "Mother, why are you so partial?"

Cao Shu said with a cold face, "What is favoritism?! There is only one person around you. How about you, there are more than [-] people in the total number of Sheren and followers. There are all kinds of people. The entire Huang-Lao school is talented. Everyone is willing to be driven by you, and there is no one who is unwilling... Now there is only one person, and you still want to fight with your brother?"

"But he...he's different from the others, he can be a prime minister..."

Liu An was a little anxious.

Cao Shu said again: "Which one of the right ministers of the great man is not old enough to serve? The right minister wants to assist the king in governing the world. It is not suitable for young and inexperienced people. Gongsun Hong will live with you in Chang'an. What's the advantage of this?" ? Is it not good to follow your younger brother to sharpen your skills?"

"After we are all dead, you can order him to come over, and no one can stop him."

Cao Shu's words were very serious, and Liu An hurriedly apologized.

It was Liu Chang who stood up and said, "Okay, don't worry, Ann, you have enough people. The whole Huang Lao, in Chang'an alone, has tens of thousands of talented people. Whoever you want, you can just ask for it yourself. Taixue is also yours, who do you want, can Fu Qiubo beat you?  …

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"Gongsun Hong is very good, but no matter how powerful a person is, he still needs tempering. Before Zhou Chang became the prime minister of the state, he also served as the prime minister of the state of Zhao. Before becoming the prime minister of the state, Wang Ling also served in a local area. It's a normal thing, I know you love talent, but ah, this talent doesn't just mean gathering together, you have to be able to use it."

"At the beginning of the war between Qin State and Zhao State, you know that Qin State has a white start, but do you know who are the people in Zhao State? Tian Dan, Le Yi, Lian Po, Pang Yuan, Zhao Sheng... But what's the use of this? Talents are piled up like a mountain , but there is no one to appoint, it is in vain.”

"Many of the founding ministers you know, those who are absent and those who are still there, were once Xiang Yu's subordinates. Xiang Yu's subordinates were also full of talents. Your eldest father is simply incomparable. But, in the end, Xiang Yu still lost. No, he doesn't know how to use it."

"Instead of thinking about asking for more talents here, you should think about how to use your current talents, and recruit them when you feel that they are not enough."

Listening to my father's teaching, Liu An couldn't help lowering his head.

"only."

After Liu An left, Cao Shu looked at Liu Chang in surprise, and Liu Chang touched his face, "Is it oily?"

"No, His Majesty is really knowledgeable sometimes."

"Oh, I have always been very knowledgeable, especially the Battle of Changping. I know the details, but the world can't understand me. What's more, they think I'm ignorant. Those who think I am unlearned are the most unlearned."

Cao Shu smiled, unable to deny Liu Chang's words.

"By the way, His Majesty must visit Zhang Xiang sometime."

"Teacher?? What happened to him??"

"Several of his wives came to me, saying that Zhang Xiang didn't think about food and drink recently, and shut himself in the study all day long, compiling calendars, rhythms, and regulations... for fear that he would be ill, and wanted His Majesty to give him a few days Zhang Xiang is old after all..."

"Fart... I just saw him coming out of the Wuding Tower alive and well the day before yesterday. Let me tell you, I saw him when I was five years old, and he looked like this now. I'm in my thirties, and he still looks like this , I’m going to wait for another ten years, if he’s still like this, I’ll tie him up and torture him, and make him hand over the elixir!!”

Cao Shu couldn't help laughing when she heard that.

But he asked very vigilantly: "Your Majesty really saw him come out of the Wuding Tower with his own eyes?"

"Of course! I saw it with my own eyes. He still has two beauties in his arms. Those beauties..."

Liu Chang said halfway, then suddenly realized, and hurriedly looked at Cao Shu, "I said that Lu Lu told me, do you believe me?"

Cao Shu shook her head.

"Actually, I went to find my second brother. My mother asked me to go. It's true. My second brother used the name of Chan to play around all day long. He didn't do anything serious. A child named Lu was born. A dozen or so, that Lu Chan was almost beaten to death by his wife..."

"I couldn't bear it, so I went to look for the second brother. The second brother was over there. I had no choice but to go...You said the second brother is the same. There are so many people in Chang'an, why did he grab Lu Chan? Don’t let him go alone? You don’t know, Lu Chan and the others beat him so hard that Lu Chan’s beard was pulled off, and he became like Lu…”

"Now I'm worried that Lu Chan will be in a hurry one day, and he will go to assassinate the king with a knife."

Sure enough, Cao Shu was distracted and frowned, "Second brother didn't do well in this matter!"

"That's right, look at me, every time I go out, I always change. The last time it was the stove, the next time it was my wife, and the last time it was his... How is it like him, grabbing a sheep and squeezing it hard..."

Liu Chang happily talked about his wisdom, while Cao Shu narrowed his eyes again and stared at him.

"oh, I see."