Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

"Your Majesty has your reasons for giving money to these workers. First, these workers need to support their families. Giving them this money is to make their families live a better life and to make them work harder here. "

"The second reason is that His Majesty's payment of money to these workers will allow these workers to spend their money to buy more things, which will promote the circulation of business."

Song Chengzhou was too lazy to say anything anymore, because he had already seen through the thoughts of these staff, and it was a waste of time to talk to these people.

Completing the entire canal project quickly and with high quality is Song Chengzhou's biggest dream. As for other things, Song Chengzhou is not worried at all.

"How are the preparations for the defense line on the Jiange side? During construction, it must be built according to His Majesty's drawings. Everything must be constructed of cement, including steel bars, and no corners can be cut."

In the camp, Song Chengzhou stood in front of an imposing young man. This young man's name was Li Wei, a talent discovered by Song Chengzhou after he came to the northwest.

"Sir Song, the defense line was built entirely in accordance with His Majesty's drawings, and improvements will be made immediately if problems are discovered during the construction process, so you don't have to worry about the quality of this defense line."

Li Wei just came over from Jiange, his whole body smelled of dust.

However, from the answers, Song Chengzhou could see that Li Wei was very down-to-earth and a person worth trusting. He left the defensive line to Li Wei, so Song Chengzhou didn't have too much worry in this regard.

"His Majesty is very concerned about the construction of the defense line. I will go and see it in person in a few days."

Song Chengzhou stood up and said.

In the vast grassland, the last heavy rain had just passed, and the grass buds were covered with crystal water drops, while Ning Fan was riding a horse on the grassland.

Just after a fierce battle, a Huns tribe of thousands of people was completely submerged under the iron hoof of Dakang.

There was also the wailing sound of Hun women in the distance, but Ning Fan didn't have much sympathy after hearing it. These Huns had barbaric genes in their bones. In their eyes, the common people of Dakang were like two-legged sheep, and they could do it. Livestock slaughtered at will.

It's just that when the butcher's knife struck these Huns, their wails became even more miserable.

"How far are we from the border?"

In the camp at night, Ning Fan still studied the map as usual.

After dinner, Huang Chao will also come to Ning Fan's tent, and the two will discuss some things. After about an hour or two, Huang Chao will return to his tent to rest. This happens every night, almost forming a A tacit understanding between two people.

"There are still about two days to go. We can't go any further. Once the Huns discover our traces, we will be in danger once his hundreds of thousands of cavalry bite us."

Huang Chao frowned, already foreseeing the danger.

Ning Fan nodded. Just a month ago, he judged that the Great Chanyu's food and grass could not sustain it for too long. But a month later, the Great Chanyu was still facing off against Xiao Chong's 300,000 troops at the northwest border. , which shows that Dachunyu was very well prepared for this incident. He secretly stocked up on food and grass somewhere.

Otherwise, these Xiongnu armies would not have enough food at all, and they would not be able to persist for such a long time.

"If the Rakshasa people don't go wrong, they should have almost reached our border, and will soon break through into the northwest region, and a big war will begin."

Ning Fan sighed, this is an era of great changes, and the rise of Dakang is bound to wipe out all the monsters and monsters around him.

This is the game of geopolitics. The surrounding countries simply do not allow Dakang to suddenly emerge and become stronger. The first to bear the brunt are the Huns. They must interrupt the rise of Dakang, even if they sacrifice part of their ethnic group.

Secondly, there is the Rakshasa Kingdom across the vast frozen plateau. They have always regarded the entire world as their own territory, and in their hearts they do not allow Dakang to become stronger.

The two evil neighbors in the north tried their best to slow down the rise of Dakang. Naturally, Ning Fan couldn't agree. He prepared a table of dishes for the two guests.

"After this battle is over, there will be no foreign wars for about a hundred years, so this battle must be won. We are fighting it for future generations."

Ning Fan frowned tightly, with an astonishing murderous look in his eyes. He had been preparing for this war for a long time. Annihilating the Xiongnu had always been Ning Fan's ideal. As for the sudden intervention of the Rakshasa Kingdom, Although it was outside of Ning Fan's plan, it was also within reason.

"Your Majesty must have expected what happened today."

Huang Chao was really impressed. He only knew military affairs, but he knew nothing about geopolitical games.

"This principle is easy to understand. If there is an enemy who has a grudge against you, he will watch you become stronger and stronger. Will he watch you become incredibly powerful and destroy him? When you are strong He will definitely disturb you during the process."

Ning Fan waved his hand, not wanting to explain too much about this matter.

They were about to approach the northwest border pass. Ning Fan's plan was to fight back with the defenders at the northwest border pass and launch a north-south pincer attack.

However, this plan was strongly opposed by Huang Chao, because in his mind, the Huns were almost invincible, especially since the great remnant of the Huns in Wusu had assembled almost all the elite forces on the border.

"Your Majesty, we are still unclear about the specific number of the Huns' army. If we act rashly, we may fall into the Huns' trap. You must think twice about this matter."

Huang Chao is cautious and thoughtful in his work, but this kind of person is prone to make a mistake in military matters, which is to miss the opportunity for war.

"There is nothing wrong with being more careful and taking smaller steps, but you must be bold when it comes to military matters. Our battle with the Xiongnu in the northwest must not drag on for too long. The Rakshasa people have not yet entered the northwest. , we must take the first step to completely wipe out the Huns’ power.”

Ning Fan kept explaining to Huang Chao, trying to persuade Huang Chao, but Huang Chao tried to use his own ideas to influence Ning Fan. In the end, neither of them could influence the other and had to break up on bad terms.

A cold wind blew as he walked out of the camp, and Ning Fan tightened his robe. The night seemed particularly quiet. There were shadows of patrolling soldiers in the distance, and bonfires were burning under the night.