Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 751 Suspicion takes root in the new city by the river, and the books on the car come from engravings

After all, he was a person walking in front of King Jiangdu, and he was often exposed to a lot of important affairs of his family and country. Therefore, after the accident, Huan Yi calmed down immediately, turned to see Zao Song, and asked: "Brother Zao, do you understand this news?" Know?"

"You look at me like this, do you think I knew it in advance? I just knew it too." Zao Song shook his head with a wry smile, and immediately noticed Chang Xu who looked different next to him, and asked: "What, Mr. Chang?" Do you know this?"

"No, no, it's just a matter of interest. Building a city has never been a trivial matter," Chang Zhu suddenly seemed to be in high spirits when he spoke. At the beginning, the Beirong stronghold was left behind, or it was built for many years like that of Zhao Qing and Dong Anyu before the city could be built, but the Chen family is a low-ranking official, but it costs money to build the city, which makes people feel weird."

He was talking weirdly, but his attitude was quite exciting, and he actually spoke more words——

"Ordinarily, there are still some signs of building a city in the north. After all, that area was originally a military garrison and was populated by border tribes. But it is different along the Sanggan River. Although I am new here, I have never been to the north before. However, before I came here, I had seen the local customs and knew that Dai County has always been an exodus of people, with few returning. Even if some refugees gather now, it is only temporary, and the number of people is not large. It is not possible to support them with a drop in the bucket. A city, not to mention Daijun is poor, has few resources, and the government does not have much surplus food. Where does the money to build the city come from? It can’t be the Chen family’s money to make a place prosperous, right?”

As he was talking, he noticed that the other people present were quiet and looked at him blankly. Then he suddenly came back to his senses, couldn't help but stop talking, and laughed a little embarrassedly.

Huan Yi smiled at this time and said: "Chang Junguo is a historian. He can easily pick up allusions from the past, and many key points can be hit in one sentence. Yes, this is also the strange thing. Lao Xie, can you find out the reason?"

"How can a villain see through this?" the old herdsman hurriedly handed over to the three of them, and then said, "However, the person who heard the message muttered that several brothers in the Chen family who were good friends with Chen Zhi also went there. Granges have been set up there, and there is a tendency to develop towards Wubao."

"Does the Chen family want to leave a branch here, or even use a city as the foundation to make a fortune? But choosing a borderland is too much, right?" Zaosong sighed, then looked at Huan Yi, Asked: "Huan Jun, I can probably guess why you came here this time, but considering the situation in Guangchang City, I advise you to cooperate with me first."

Huan Yi did not answer directly, but asked: "Brother Zao came to this county, why did he come?"

"Me?" Zaosong smiled bitterly, "I'm here to ask for someone. Wu Jie was imprisoned and sent directly to prison. There is no news until now. Wang Qian has also been under house arrest in Dai County for more than half a year. During this period, because of Da Sima wants to rectify government affairs, so he only occasionally sends people over to negotiate, but Mr. Chen is unwilling to let go, so I just came here in person now."

"So that's it. I understand. Da Sima really takes good care of the people who follow him, which is admirable!" Huan Yi nodded with a look of admiration, but he felt a sudden shiver in his heart, realizing that The situation is not that simple, I thought to myself.

"That Wang Jun is a relative of Wang Jun and a confidant. He is called uncle and nephew. His affection is more like that of father and son. He always discusses everything with him. He also knows many of Wang Jun's secrets. Such a person falls into the hands of others. Wang Jun, who is both emotional and rational, will not tolerate it easily regardless of public or private affairs, but Wang Jun can tolerate what others cannot do. He is truly worthy of being a tycoon in the North. However, he has not moved for a long time, and suddenly sent someone to negotiate. I am afraid that behind this , and there are other reasons.”

Could it be that... Wang Jun is already ready?

This guess made Huan Yi tense up.At the moment, it seems that the north is peaceful, and even the Xianbei on the grassland have not moved south much. On the one hand, it is because of the aftereffects of the previous wars, and on the other hand, because Murong Xianbei conquered the east and west and was still integrating the internal forces. At this stage, there is no time to look south.

However, for people at the level of Jiangdu King and Zu Ti, they all know that this is just the temporary calm before the storm.

Not to mention when Xianbei will invade again, let's just say that in Youzhou, the judgment that Wang Jun and Chen Zhi will have a battle has long been confirmed by many forces. Because of this, these forces appear to be somewhat conservative.

"The county prince made an agreement with Wang Jun before, saying that they would jointly force Chen Zhi to hand over single-shot cannons and other equipment, open the mines, and at the same time make his training methods of soldiers completely public to the public. But at the same time, he asked me to hide it from Wang Jun and others. I came quietly to this county just to make a private agreement with Chen Zhi. The reason is that I don’t know who will win if the war breaks out again and Wang Jun and Chen Zhi compete..."

Thinking of this, Huan Yi couldn't help but secretly admire him. After all, with the power of a county and the rivalry between the governors of two states above him, others could not tell which one would win. This could be regarded as showing Chen Zhi's ability from the side.

"It's logical for several families to place their bets, but except for the two Xianbei tribes, everyone else has reservations about their support for Daijun. Even several large clans in Jizhou, Youzhou, and even Bingzhou have not yet Sending their children to Dai County means that the Shu family and the Zhang family coincided with each other and made arrangements in advance, which actually shows that according to the normal comparison of strength, Chen Zhi probably has no chance."

These thoughts of his could not be expressed verbally, so he still expressed compliments on the surface, and Zao Song on the other side also looked complimentary. The atmosphere gradually became dull, and there was nothing meaningful to say, so after a while After that, the three of them took their leave.

Early the next morning, Zaosong got up first and invited Huan Yi and Chang Xu, saying that they would go on the road together to Dai County.

"I heard that the roads on this way to Dai County have been recently repaired. I saw that both of you came here on horseback. I happen to have a carriage, so why don't we chat on the way," Zaosong said with a very enthusiastic look, "This car There are also several books on it, some of which I think you two are familiar with, and they were printed using the engraving method."

"Is it the printed "Tongdian" by Chen Fujun? I have heard of its name for a long time, but I have never seen it." Chang Xu originally looked like he was going to refuse, but when he heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded in agreement.

Huan Yi also nodded in agreement, and Chang Can couldn't wait to get on the bus. Then he saw several small bookshelves placed in the corner of the carriage. He took out a book from the top and saw the words "The Analects of Confucius" written on it. , couldn't help but be stunned.

Zaosong looked at it and knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, the territory of Youzhou has changed due to the engraving matter, and we have to talk to you two. Let's talk on the way."

(End of this chapter)