The sun never sets in America

Chapter 122
Xijing City, the capital of Han Dynasty.

After several months of continuous construction (which continued even during the war), the entire city was divided into four districts and an inner city.

The four districts are the government district where land is at a premium, the central district in the center, the northern district where ordinary residents gather in large numbers, and the Niuling district where there are a large number of industries in the suburbs.

As for the so-called inner city, it is actually the Han Palace. This palace was built before the founding of the Han Dynasty. It has been repaired intermittently for several months. Because Liu Peng and Liu Yan have always advocated frugality, it has only been repaired for three months. A main hall, and several residences behind it.

The three main halls are the Jingtian Hall where ceremonies were held, the Chongde Hall where meetings were held in the future, and the Wende Hall where Emperor Liu Yan lived.

Behind the three main halls is the palace where the harem and concubines live. It is said to be a palace, but it is actually a house with a garden.

And only one pond was dug, and some lotus flowers were planted to enjoy them on weekdays.

Prince Liu Peng, Duke of Wei Liu Ming, and Duke of Wu Liu Tian basically have independent residences in the government area. Except for Liu Peng who is allowed to enter and leave the palace freely on weekdays, even Liu Ming who is allowed to enter the palace to participate in politics must be notified in advance.

From this point, it can be seen that Liu Yan is not at all wary.

Especially during this period, Liu Ming entered the Ministry of Industry and Commerce as the director, and managed the light industry that focused on people's livelihood under the bureau's management in an orderly manner.

It can be said to be quite outstanding.

The more outstanding Liu Ming is, the more worried Liu Yan is. After all, there have been many cases of brothers killing each other since ancient times. Although Liu Yan has been studying for several years because of his background as a pirate, he still knows about all this.

So he was happy for what Liu Ming did, but also worried because Liu Ming was so outstanding. Therefore, Liu Yan often said things like brothers, friends, and brothers on occasions like family banquets.

Moreover, Liu Yan also said to Liu Peng privately: "Your father and I once had the biggest dream of becoming the county magistrate. When you were young, you didn't know how powerful the county magistrate was at that time in our hometown in Jiangnan..."

"Later, he committed a crime and joined a bandit. He worked as a pirate for so many years. When I was young, my father was just like you. He had a tough character and would not tolerate anything. Because of this, he brought a group of people to North America..."

When he said this, Liu Yan was obviously silent, and his eyes kept reflecting on the time when he broke the boat and turned his back on the Red Flag Gang to gain a foothold in North America.

"Now that we have become the king of Han, our family is a royal family. This is something that my father never dared to think about..." Liu Yan had a complicated expression on his face. He was shocked that he could become the king, but also felt that he was the king. Life is indeed good.

"Did you know that when you were guarding Los Angeles, my father didn't sleep for several days? I always thought... If you have some shortcomings, even if my father takes over California and becomes the King of Han, what's the use? !" Liu Yan said what was in his heart to Liu Peng, and looked at Liu Peng, who was almost as tall as him, with a look of relief in his eyes.

"How will dad react when he knows I won?" Liu Peng teased Liu Yan.

"You don't know, but your mother knows that your father ate four bowls of rice that night. It was the most delicious meal your father has eaten in more than ten years..." Liu Yan replied to Liu Peng with some embarrassment.

"Dad never thought about making me another younger brother and sister that night??" Liu Peng joked to Liu Yan, "My name is Liu Peng, my second brother is Liu Ming, and my third brother is Liu Tian. If there is another one, It's up to Liu Sheng..." Liu Peng continued to say to Liu Yan with a smile.

"You kid, you are always joking. How can you live at your father's age?" When Liu Yan heard Liu Peng's words, he immediately retorted angrily, "But you, you should be fourteen next year..." It's time to get those two girls back." Liu Yan mentioned to Liu Peng the two fiancées who had made an appointment in the Monte tribe.

Because of Liu Peng's age, he has never married.

"Just get married and go home. After you get married, we can give our family a few more grandchildren, so that your father and I can also hold grandchildren..." Liu Yan's eyes were filled with the desire to entertain the grandchildren and support the heavens. years of desire.

"By the way, I will have to marry a few more. It's best to marry a Chinese princess. What's the point of marrying two Indian women..." Liu Yan felt a little regretful when he mentioned Liu Peng's two Indian fiancées. Who could have thought of it at the beginning? Liujiabao was able to start a rebellion so quickly, established a country, and became the king of Han.

If I had known this was the case, I would never have had this marriage.

How could Liu Yan's eldest son, the future King of Han, find an Indian woman to be his queen? Wouldn't this mess up the ancestors and the society? ?

"Dad, I'm not in a hurry myself, why are you more anxious than me?" Liu Peng looked at Liu Yan thinking about which girl could do it, and asked Liu Yan helplessly, "Besides, I have so many official duties every day. I'm so busy that I don't have time to engage in those personal affairs between men and women... Isn't this a waste of time for others?" Liu Peng looked unhappy.

"You bastard, what do you understand? Is it something you are happy or unhappy with when you marry any woman? That is a task!!" Liu Yan said categorically to Liu Peng, "I can't do it anymore, your father. You have to marry more." Ah." Liu Yan continued to urge Liu Peng sincerely.

Liu Peng nodded with a complicated expression. Of course he understood what Liu Yan meant.

It is nothing more than telling him that his marriage is not only a personal matter, but also a matter for the entire Han Dynasty. Who to marry and which women to find have strong political implications...

You can't act on your own initiative! !
"Also, you can't just look for Chinese women, white people also need to look for it. After all, we are occupying the territory in the hands of white people. We can't always suppress them. When necessary, we must also show our kindness..." Liu Yan said again He told Liu Peng.

Although Liu Peng felt a little embarrassed about all this, he still agreed.

"Peng'er, what do you think of your second brother?" At the end, Liu Yan finally said what he had been thinking all along, "You don't have to worry about me, just say it boldly, and I won't blame you for whatever you say." You." Liu Yan then added, worried that Liu Peng would not tell the truth.

"Second brother??" Hearing Liu Yan mention his second brother Liu Tian, ​​Liu Pengxian was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what his father Liu Yan meant.

"The second brother is talented and intelligent. In my opinion, he is an outstanding person!!" Liu Peng gave Liu Ming a very high evaluation. "I also understand what my father means. I will properly handle the matters directly with the second brother in the future. ." Liu Peng thought for a moment and replied to Liu Yan with a kind expression.

"Okay, okay..." After Liu Yan received Liu Peng's reply, he was so excited that he said three good words in a row, "Peng'er, you have to remember that no matter when, brothers are still brothers, broken bones , The tendons are still attached!!" Liu Yan couldn't help but remind Liu Peng in the end.

"Father, I understand." Liu Peng showed a solemn expression to Liu Yan.

"Okay, in a few days, our whole family will have a meal. I have something to discuss." Liu Yan finally looked at Liu Peng with mixed emotions and then said.

"Father..." Thinking of some recent news from the palace, Liu Peng looked at his father Liu Yan with shocked eyes and said.

Liu Yan, on the other hand, asked Liu Peng to go back to work. After Liu Peng left, Liu Yan stood in the attic of Wende Hall and looked at the entire Xijing City with some emotion. His eyes showed joy, and then he murmured to himself: : "I didn't expect that I, Liu Yan, would find the day to found the country and become king. It's worth it, it's worth it!!"

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The Han Palace is a grand palace imitating the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, with pavilions and palaces.

The only problem is that it is too small for economic and frugal reasons. If placed in China, it is simply inferior to the royal palace (excluding the three palaces).

The Han State was also aware of this problem, and its officials had been writing to build a larger palace for the King of Han to highlight Han's status as the second largest country in America.

Yes, the Han people quickly agreed with the outside world's view of them, and they always regarded themselves as a great American country.

But Liu Yan rejected all these suggestions.

After all, the country had just finished the war with Mexico and had taken over so much territory. Construction was needed everywhere. What was the use of spending money to build a flashy palace now.

Just show it to others and then be satisfied with yourself, right? ?

Since the palace cannot be repaired and used as a window dressing in the future, we can only find solutions elsewhere.What is the best way, that is antiques and art.

So you can see a large number of Eastern and Western artworks and even antiques everywhere in the Han Palace.

Where these things come from is self-evident.

"I said, today is a festival or a certain empress's birthday. Why is it so grand and decorated with lanterns??" The palace attendant who was setting up a ladder and hanging lanterns asked some old people in the palace in confusion.

"Who knows, let's just do it anyway, why bother so much." The person below replied disapprovingly, "Besides, knowing too much is not a good thing, and I don't want to think about what kind of place this is..." The person below said The man warned the attendant who was still hanging the lantern above.

Although the attendant above was very curious, he still kept his mouth shut. He still knew where this place was.

Outside the palace, several luxury carriages bearing the sign of the Duke's Palace drove directly in after showing their identities. You must know that in normal times, everyone except Liu Peng had to walk into the palace. I don't know what happened today.

So much so that when the guard who let him go received the order, he was a little surprised as to why he was so polite today.

On the carriage with the sign of Wei Guogong's Palace, Liu Ming was sitting in the carriage dressed in fine clothes. He gently opened the curtain of the window with his hand and looked at the attendants who were still working outside with a thoughtful look.

In fact, he himself was a little surprised that the carriage entered the palace directly, let alone the guards who just let them in.

He thought about it over and over, not knowing what his father's intention was. In the end, he simply stopped thinking about it and concentrated on looking at the situation in the palace outside the window.

Not long after Liu Ming entered, the carriage of Wu King Liu Tian also came in. Liu Tian was much simpler than the deep-minded Liu Ming. He didn't even think about why they couldn't be allowed to come in in the carriage before, but today they can.

This is also the point where Liu Yan is more helpless. Liu Yan once said privately: "The eldest son has the qualities of a dragon and a phoenix, and the appearance of the sun. The second son also has the appearance of a dragon and a tiger. Only the third son is like an innocent child..."

To say that Liu Tian is as innocent as a child is actually to say that he has no brains. Of course, Liu Yan will not say such words, but everyone understands the meaning.

In the palace, Liu Yan was dressed in the emperor's regular clothes, served by Queen An.

"Why are you wearing such formal clothes today? We are not going to court or having a meeting. We are just having a family dinner. Is that what it is?" An complained while helping Liu Yan adjust his sleeves.

"I just have to wear it today, and maybe I won't be able to wear it more than once." Liu Yan said to An.

"Why can't you wear it a few times?" Anshi didn't understand what Liu Yan meant. "Is it possible that you still don't want to be the King of Han?" Anshi rolled her eyes at Liu Yan.

In An's view, Liu Yan just had nothing to do and acted like a king in front of his children.

No matter how old you are! !
"Haha..." Liu Yan burst out laughing when he heard this. There was a hint of complexity in his laughter, but also a hint of fun.

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"Father..."

"My son sees my father..."

"My son sees my father..."

In the Hall of Wende, Liu Peng, Liu Ming, and even Liu Tian paid homage to Liu Yan one after another.

"You are here..." Liu Peng looked at his grown-up sons, and there was a hint of sigh in his greeting tone.

"Sit down...sit down!!" Liu Yan greeted everyone to take their seats.

"We haven't had a family dinner for a long time. I remember it was during the Chinese New Year last year. It's been a few months..." Liu Yan looked at the people at the table and said with emotion, "Peng'er, what have you been busy with recently? ?" Liu Yan then turned around and asked Liu Peng on his left.

"Dad, the navy introduced a group of naval officers from Britain at the beginning of this year, and they are still on the way." Liu Peng mentioned to Liu Yan the naval mercenary incident that had been causing quite a stir recently.

The most important reason why this incident caused such a fuss was that the navy invited foreign soldiers into the Han Navy. In the eyes of many conservative people, this was an act of inviting wolves into the house and could easily cause trouble.

In the end, under Liu Peng's insistence, he introduced hundreds of retired officers, gunners, and even sailors from Britain, and hired them as part of the Han Navy at a salary much higher than that of the British Navy. When necessary, they could participate in battles. .

He usually works as a teacher in the Han Navy, which is what the army calls the navy’s foreign teacher! !

Recently, Liu Peng has been negotiating with the British government, and it was not until a few days ago that an agreement was reached to introduce talents.

"Okay... By hiring foreign masters and learning foreign skills, our navy will be stronger in the future..." After Liu Yan heard Liu Peng's talk about British mercenaries, "Our Liujiabao also hired foreign mercenaries." Many white technicians and white teachers have just developed. You need to know that not being ashamed to ask questions is not a shame, but being arrogant and closed-minded will cause harm to the ages..." Liu Yan warned several people on the table with a solemn expression.

"Ming'er, what have you been doing recently?" Liu Yan then turned his gaze to Liu Ming, with a trace of expectation on his face.

"Reporting to my father, I am currently in charge of the people's livelihood industry at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and I have learned from it the hardships of our Han people..." Liu Ming then respectfully replied to Liu Yan, unlike Liu Peng who just called him daddy. Liu Ming has always adhered to etiquette.

"Second brother, do you think there are any problems with our people's livelihood industry in Han?" Liu Peng heard this and asked Liu Ming before Liu Yan could react.

"Brother, our Han country's industry basically falls into two categories. One is heavy industry with steel and coal as the core, and military industry, and the other is the textile industry with cotton as the core, and industries related to people's livelihood." Liu Ming immediately Liu Peng replied, "Our current heavy industry is still in the stage of developing and expanding production capacity, so we can't find any faults for the time being. The textile industry has just started, and we can't say much about it. Only this people's livelihood industry is important to us." It seems there is a problem..." Liu Ming then explained to Liu Peng.

"In our livelihood industry, those involving construction are better because localized production is better, but basic daily necessities such as matches and soap were too concentrated during the initial construction. As a result, in some places far away from the city, there are often problems due to roads and even Due to factors such as price increases by merchants along the way, in remote areas, the price of a piece of soap is two to three times that in urban areas..." Liu Ming introduced what he saw to Liu Peng.

"I think that our railways need to be repaired more. The [-] kilometers currently under construction are completely insufficient. Our country has a vast territory and is too scattered due to agricultural factors, making it difficult to effectively Including everyone in our construction track, so I think that some industries related to people's livelihood can be transferred to local areas as much as possible..." Liu Ming continued to explain to Liu Peng, "We only need to control the heavy industry that is the backbone of the country, and the military industry. Just..." Liu Ming suggested to Liu Peng.

clap clap clap...

As soon as Liu Ming finished speaking, Liu Peng's applause suddenly started.

"Second brother, it was indeed right to transfer you to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. You are indeed the material..." Liu Peng praised Liu Ming, "Dad, I think I will give you more courage to do more in the future." When it comes to the development of our Han country, it can be considered that people can make full use of their talents and materials can be put to good use!!" Liu Peng then turned to his father Liu Yan and suggested.

These words are indeed Liu Peng's sincere words. There are only a few people in the entire Han country who can see the industrial situation of Han so accurately. After all, this is not an era of knowledge and information explosion like that of later generations. Most people are not familiar with it. The understanding of industry is only how many factories have been built and how much has been produced, but it does not take into account at all whether the people of the country have consumed and enjoyed the benefits that industry has brought to them.

Of course, it’s impossible for anyone to consider it! !
"I called you here today because I want to discuss something with you." Liu Yan looked at his sons and said, "I feel more and more tired from dealing with official duties recently. The imperial doctor said that my body should not be overworked. It is best not to Handling so many government affairs... In addition, many government affairs in Han Dynasty have always been handled by the prince..." Liu Yan continued.

"So I decided that the place of zen is the prince." Liu Yan looked at Liu Peng lovingly and said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

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(End of this chapter)