Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 817 To Chang'an
Xiting country.

Liu Qi looked at the newspaper recently issued by the temple, and couldn't help shaking his head.

"Can this geomancer really turn stones into gold?"

"Luo Zuo actually discovered a large amount of iron, coal, and even gold mines in Yan State."

Liu Qi was a little dumbfounded at the moment, looked at the Kanyu newspaper in his hand in disbelief, and handed it to Zhidu beside him.

Because Xiahou Zao stayed in Chang'an for a long time, King Xiting lost his "capable minister". Many things fell directly on Zhidu. Governing politics, being able to fight wars, and being able to manage people, all abilities except fighting alone are above Xia Houzao.Under Liu Qi's heavy use, Zhidu quickly showed his full potential and became the mainstay in Xiting.

Zhi Du looked at the newsletter for a while, and then said, "It's hard to believe that everything can be turned into gold."

"The prince once said that turning stones into gold does not rely on the means of ghosts and gods, but a kind of investigation. The exploration of this geomancy is a kind of investigation. In this way, Luo Zuo has the means of turning stones into gold. It’s true, it’s just that his level of investigating things is too high.”

Liu Qi put down the newspaper and said with emotion: "Perhaps we should also think of a way to invite this man to come to Xiting Kingdom and use his methods to see if we can dig out any resources here."

Zhi Du's face was very calm, and he didn't have the slightest expectation for these.

Liu Qi laughed and asked, "How about the resettlement of the people in the country?"

"Account Completed"

Since being reprimanded severely by Liu Heng last time, Liu Qi has changed his mind appropriately. He no longer blindly pursues the expansion of territory and is active in foreign affairs. Instead, he pays close attention to governing the country. , in fact, the internal affairs are quite bad, the agriculture is in a mess, and the animal husbandry that could have been well utilized is also extremely backward, not even as good as Beiting Kingdom, and the economic crops are even scarcer, and they rely on the single profit brought by commerce to survive.

But after Liu Qi turned his mind to the inside, the situation was very different.

Because Xia Houzao had eliminated external enemies before, and the law and order were good, there was not much difficulty in governing the interior. Liu Qi's governance did not encounter too many problems, just as Liu Heng told him at the beginning, Xiting Kingdom Although there has been no external expansion in these years, many basic industries are developing rapidly, and agriculture is one of the best. At this moment, the Western Regions still have many excellent arable land and grasslands, which are very suitable for farming and animal husbandry.

There is no shortage of water sources. Xiting Kingdom has established many villages in a short period of time, improved its internal local administrative institutions, and the entire country has entered a stable period.

Zhidu talked about the several townships established recently, the resettlement of the people, the cultivated land reclaimed and so on.

Liu Qi listened very carefully, and finally took Zhidu's hand, and said enthusiastically: "I trust your talent very much. I will entrust these matters to you. I know you will definitely not let me Disappointed! You can do it with confidence, if someone dares to disobey, you can deal with it first, and then tell the widow!"

After being granted the power to kill first and play later, Zhi Du bowed three times to Liu Qi, and then strode out of the palace.

Liu Qi didn't doubt Zhidu's ability to do things. After delegating the matter, he went directly to the harem.

Since Li Ji was imprisoned, Liu Qi's life in the harem has become better.

Except for the queen who was silent, the other wives gave birth to several sons for him. After Mrs. Bo passed away, Liu Qi never saw the queen again. If it wasn't because the eldest son Liu Rong was still raised by the queen, I'm afraid that the queen will be abolished long ago, and the queen actually has no intention of fighting for the queen position. It's just because of Liu Rong that she can only hold on. Occasionally, facing some people's persuasion, the queen can only pretend that she doesn't know anything. .

Liu Qi finished his work and went directly to Wang Ji's residence.

Today's Wang Ji is a celebrity in the harem of the Xiting Kingdom. With Li Ji's downfall, she has become the woman who is most likely to obtain the status of queen. And she is different from Li Ji. She is extremely respectful to the queen, and her relationship with other wives is different. Excellent, she will treat Liu Qi's other children kindly, and she is a crushing victory for Li Ji in all aspects. Her reputation is actually very good, and those wives who are jealous of her can't say anything bad about her.

And her son Liu Zhi is currently Liu Qi's favorite child.

"Father!!"

When Liu Qi walked into the hall, he saw the little pig walking towards him staggeringly, calling out to Father, and almost fell to the ground, Liu Qi hurriedly hugged him up, smiling very happily , pecked hard on his face a few times.

The appearance of this little guy is very similar to Liu Qi, but it is much rounder than Liu Qi, with a round face, a big head and a small body, it looks like a big-headed doll.

The reason why Liu Qi likes this kid is not only because he looks like him, nor because his biological mother is the most favored, but also because this kid is very smart.

Among all Liu Qi's children, this Zhuzi was the first to speak. When he was just one year old, he was able to speak fluently like an adult. According to outsiders, he was precocious. Compared with other brothers, he rarely Crying, and knowing how to speak, this seems to be his innate ability. He always looks very considerate to others, and everyone likes it when he sees it.

Dou Ying, who worked as a doctor in Xitingguo, was the son of Liu Qi's uncle Dou Guangguo. He liked this child very much, and often expressed his desire to marry a clan daughter to her.

Liu Qi squeezed his face, hugged him and walked to Wang Ji's side, then sat down with a smile.

"Zhuzi, do you want to learn to run before you learn to walk?"

"What if I fall?"

"Isn't your big head about to swell even more?"

Liu She just smirked and shook his big head.

"With Father here, how could I fall and get hurt?"

"What a little pig, you know how to bump!"

Liu Qi patted his head, then looked at Wang Ji, he thought for a while, let the maid on the side take over his son, and then said calmly: "This Zhuzi is getting smarter and smarter, I see, it is now There is no problem with enlightening him, my second father, I heard that he was enlightened at the age of three, and he was smart since childhood, what do you think?"

Wang Ji knew that the emperor wanted to call his son into the temple.

Liu Qi told her about this very early on, and Wang Ji didn't show any strong reluctance for her son, nor did she cry, she always acted very calm.

"Your Majesty is right. It's just that the child is still young. Let alone the journey, even if he arrives in Chang'an, I'm afraid that he will speak nonsense and offend you. It's better to wait another year before sending him to the emperor's eldest grandson."

Liu Qi squinted his eyes, and said in a low voice: "You don't know, there are many children who are going to Chang'an, and Xiaozhu is not the only one."

Liu Qi didn't say it clearly, but his thoughts were obvious. The emperor's eldest grandson's playmate is not just one person, even if they are playmates, there are also differences of closeness. The sooner he goes, the higher the status among the crown prince and the emperor's eldest grandson will be. After all, the relationship between playing big since childhood and coming later is different. Liu Qi really wants Xiaozhu to become the real childhood playmate of the eldest grandson of the emperor, which is of course beneficial to his son.

Wang Ji also understood Liu Qi's thoughts at the first time. She lowered her head and felt a little hesitant in her heart.

She is not opposed to letting her son go to the temple. If he stays here, he can compete with Liu Rong for the crown prince, but the process is not easy. As the eldest son, he has no shortcomings. Liu Qi wants to abolish him for no reason. easy.Among other things, even the temple would not allow him to do this. Liu Qi has a lot of elders. Anyone who stands up can interrupt her plan, and if he goes to the temple, he can get a throne no matter what. This is something that has been proven.

Of course, Wang Ji also hopes that her son will become a vassal king in the future, prosperous and rich.

Therefore, he was very supportive of sending Xiaozhu to the temple from the very beginning. Compared with his son's future prosperity and wealth, the temporary separation is nothing.

However, she also has her own worries, that is, the time for her to teach her children is still too short. Her son is very smart, probably the smartest of all Liu Qi's sons. Wang Ji taught him how to communicate with others He can learn how to get along with each other.

But after all, he is young, so it doesn't mean that if he goes to Chang'an, he will become the emperor's eldest grandson's friend, and he will be loved by the prince and emperor.

Let yourself teach him for a while longer, and he will definitely be able to do better.

After all, Chang'an was the most dangerous place in the world, and she was still not at ease with her son.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Liu Qi smiled and said, "If that's the case, then wait a few more years."

Wang Ji suddenly said: "My lord, the child is still young, after all it is not appropriate to go on the road alone, why don't I take the child to Chang'an, and wait for him to be settled there before returning."

Liu Qi's expression changed, and he hurriedly said, "No."

Of course Liu Qi was unwilling to let his beloved wife leave him so far away, saying that he was going to settle the child down, but after such a settlement, he did not know how long it would take, and he still needed this concubine.

Wang Ji's eyes turned red immediately, and she hurriedly said: "I don't want to leave you, and I want to stay by your side, but as far as I, a shallow woman, know, you have been by the prince's side since childhood." , so I was named king, and because of you, my father entered the temple and became the censor. Everyone in the world respects him. I don't ask my son to be king, I only hope that he can treat you well in the future With help, I can treat you like you treat my father."

"For this, I can take my child to Chang'an and live there for a while."

Hearing Wang Ji's words, Liu Qi was quite moved.

Liu Qi pondered again, "What you said also makes sense. If you stay for a while, it will be fine. Although there is no such etiquette in the temple, my Zhongfu never cares about any etiquette. I can send someone to follow you Let's go together."

Liu Zhi stood not far away with his eyes wide open, completely unaware of what the two of them were talking about.

And according to my mother's teaching, when you hear something you don't understand, don't interrupt, just play yourself.

At this moment, Chang'an is still immersed in the enthusiasm for geomancy.

Liu An stirred up the popularity of Kanyu School. This little-known school rose rapidly in a short period of time, and the reputation of Luo Jian and others spread to the whole world.

In particular, the discovery of Luo Zuo in Yan State was a great gift for this grand ceremony of geomancy.

Luo Jian conducted exploration in many places in Yan State, and the results were extremely astonishing.

Yan State has gold mines, iron mines, even coal and copper. This place is simply the mineral treasure house of the great man. All minerals can be found here, and the content is huge. When the horse went to see Luo Zuo, he almost wanted to lead the horse for him, but the Kanyu family's method of turning stones into gold caused an uproar again, and the world knew it.It’s hard to say how excited King Yan is. Anyway, he built a huge mansion for Kanyu’s family in the royal city, claiming that all Kanyu’s disciples can live here, and Yan Kingdom will give them salary and residence. What do you want? Give something for their research.

The country subsequently announced a similar bill.

Luo Zuo's reputation in these places has reached a terrible level, and the county guards and ministers of the country could not sit still, and frantically sent people to invite Luo Zuo and others to come to their own territory for exploration.

These are all beneficial to Liu An's plan to support geomancy. Through this enthusiasm, Liu An held several conferences again, allowing geomothers to debate and compete with many schools of thought, and even appeared in person several times, which made the geomancy's reputation grow.

Liu Chang left all these matters about learning to his son, who didn't care too much.

At this moment, he is working hard to solve the difficulties of the low-level people, especially focusing on solving the problems of some low-level shops that are difficult to operate.

"Shop!! Serve three more meat dishes with me!!"

Liu Chang shouted.

The boss had probably never seen such an edible person before, and carefully delivered the meat to Liu Chang, nodding at him repeatedly, with fear written all over his face.

Liu Chang ate the meat again, and said to Xia Houzao beside him, "It must be a restaurant opened by the Yuezhi people. The seasoning on this meat is so delicious."

Xia Houzao asked suspiciously, "How do you know it was opened by the Yuezhi people?"

"That store just now has such a strong Yueshi accent, can't you hear it?"

Xia Houzao suddenly realized, "I said, why is it so familiar? It's the accent of a servant."

The two continued to eat, and Xiahou Zao ate a few more mouthfuls before asking, "You called me out alone to eat some meat, right?"

"Of course not. Meat can be eaten anywhere. I came to you for a very important matter."

Xia Houzao quickly cheered up and looked at him with great interest.

"Is it a recent debate? Has Your Majesty finally discovered my talent for debate? Tell me, which one should I go to?"

Xia Houzao spoke confidently.

Liu Chang was silent for a moment, looking him up and down.

"That's right! I'm going to let you go to Taixue to be a great sacrificial wine! From now on, I will be responsible for the affairs of Han culture!"

"real?!"

"Of course it's fake! You still want to learn in your brain?!"

Liu Chang cursed, and then said: "I'm not asking you to engage in learning, but I'm asking you to engage in a comparable opponent."

"I don't know who it is?"

"King Zhao Liu Ruyi."

Xia Houzao was a little surprised, "Your Majesty wants to punish the king?"

"Fart! The Kanyu family is very hot. My elder brother can't sit still. Zhao Guo's advantages disappeared before Dai Yan. He wrote to the temple to complain. Now I'm afraid I can't wait to bang my head against the wall. Shang Fang is going to be in Dai Yan Zhao Jian is looking for a city, setting up a smelting center, and turning the entire north into a steel center for the great man, Zhao Wan from Shangfang, do you know this person?"

"do not know."

"Hey, that means I'm going to send this person to Zhao, and he will search for cities among the three kingdoms, and you will be responsible for escorting him to set up factories and so on."

"Huh? Who is he? Do you still need me to escort you?"

Liu Chang shook his head, "You don't know, this matter was supposed to be done by Zhang Buyi, but I can't do without him by my side, and I have already ordered him to return. Just as you are fine for the time being, let's go for him Zhao Wan has a sharp tongue, but he just doesn't know what to do. None of the kings in the north, including the county guards, is easy to mess with, and there are too many conflicts of interest in this matter. I'm afraid that when the time comes There will be big troubles, but it will be different if you follow the past, no matter who it is, they will not dare to provoke you, and they will give you face."

When Xia Houzao heard what Liu Chang said, he felt very happy.

"Naturally, I am the name of the ever-victorious general, who among them is not afraid of hearing it?"

Liu Chang pursed his lips and said again: "This is a bit different from fighting. If you can't go up, you can beat those people. You don't say anything, don't do anything, just eat and drink with peace of mind. Wait until Zhao Wan confirms the position and assigns it to you." Manpower, you can just bring him back, understand?"

Xia Houzao nodded, "I know, just let me be a tiger, let Zhao Wan use my fame to not be bullied by others!"

"But why did we secretly come to this small restaurant to talk about these things? Why didn't we say it in the hall?"

Liu Chang said with a straight face, "What do you know, isn't this just to make the common people earn more money? Besides, there are many people in the palace."

Liu Chang explained a lot, but Xia Houzao didn't quite believe it.

However, the meat here is delicious. The two burly men finished eating. Because of Lu Lu's absence, Xiahou Zao could only pay the bill. When the two walked out of the shop, they were about to return to their carriage. At that moment, I met a group of knights, there were six or seven of them, and they were galloping in the city at the moment. , but did not dare to curse out loud.

Xia Houzao was furious, and before Liu Chang could speak, he jumped up, grabbed the leader and jumped from the horse to the other side, pinning the man under him, and then raised his fist, Just hit his face a few times.

"You dog, don't you know you can't ride a horse here?!"

The rest of the knights hastily reined in their horses and looked at them in surprise.

Liu Chang narrowed his eyes and looked at these people seriously.

"What are you guys doing?!"

"The horse that conveys the military information hastened."

Xia Houzao was taken aback, stood up quickly, and helped the man in front of him up, "Why is this horse riding so careless? Didn't you get hurt? You have to be careful when riding the horse backwards, don't accidentally fall and get hurt again."

The leader didn't seem to realize what happened, he was dizzy and nodded subconsciously.

It wasn't until he saw that the guy who beat him was about to flee here that the leader realized that something was wrong, and wanted to stop him from saying something, but he remembered his urgent matter, so he could only give Xia Houzao a helpless look, and then jumped on the ground. The horse galloped away again leading the people.

Liu Chang watched them walk away, and slowly narrowed his eyes, "He came from the south."

(End of this chapter)