On the Self-cultivation of a Cannon Fodder

Li Xuannard sat upright in the sedan chair, but his palms were trembling.

However, in order to prevent the ink from getting wet with sweaty palms, he still stuffed the ball of paper into his sleeve.

After waiting in the carriage of the disaster relief team, Li Xuannard carefully took out the ball of paper from his sleeve, unfolded it in front of him, and looked down at the paper.

I don’t know what kind of dipped ink was used to write a few short sentences on it, the font is small: "Beijing is not safe now. Be careful in Zhennan, take care of yourself, I will wait for you to come back."

He rolled the piece of paper into a ball again and squeezed it tightly in his hand. He couldn't help but think of the person who gently tapped his finger with his fingertips, and suddenly felt extremely soft in his heart.

Lifting the curtain on the small bed on the side of the carriage, Li Xuannard poked his head out to look in the direction of the capital, feeling somewhat reluctant in his heart.

He used to always think that it would be great if he could leave the capital one day and not be a prince.But now that I really want to leave, I feel a little bit reluctant in my heart.

It must be because that person is still in the capital.

Li Xuannard leaned his head gently against the inner wall of the carriage, silently thinking about the future.

He must have left this deep palace.

Even if he had the chance to inherit the throne one day, he didn't want it.This palace is too desolate and cold, even if others treat you well, they may not always be sincere.

He has seen too many things in person and behind the scenes. On the surface, that person takes good care of you, but in fact he disdains you in his heart, just because your status is higher than him.That's why he made a fake look.Such things are common in the palace.

Li Xuannard closed his eyes wearily.

If Lin Yibai is willing to resign, he and Lin Yibai will go to those rare places and live together.

Of course, the premise is that Lin Yibai is willing.

If Lin Yibai wanted him to be emperor, even if he tried his best, he would be the most obedient "puppet" emperor and support all of Lin Yibai's decisions.

Thinking of this, Lixuanard fell asleep in the dangling carriage.

The carriage stopped and went all the way, and took them to Zhennan.

Zhennan was originally a deserted place, but the climate here is humid and the temperature is pleasant, making it very suitable for living.

The former emperor sent people here, and those people lived here for a period of time before they realized how suitable this place is for people to live. After reporting this to the emperor, they lived here for a long time.As time passed, more and more people naturally migrated here.

However, the first emperor of the dynasty preferred dry areas, so he established the imperial palace in Lijing.

Li Xuannard jumped out of the carriage, smelling the damp air, but there was nothing he couldn't get used to in such an environment.

Zhennan is close to the Xuan River, which is also the main cause of the flood.Some time ago, there was a lot of heavy rain in Zhennan, and the water level of the Xuan River soared, eventually flooding the fields.

For the people in Zhennan, the fields are what they depend on for their livelihood.Now that they have lost the food in the fields, they will be hungry for at least the next six months.

In the past, they had to pay a lot of taxes every year.However, compared to the grain they harvested from the ground, what they handed over was indeed not much.

Excluding the taxes paid every year, they still have a lot of food in their hands, which is enough for them to eat for a year, and they can take the excess out to exchange for many other things.Therefore, although the taxation in Zhennan is heavy, there are still many people who are willing to live here.

But this year's flood caused them to lose all their food, not only those in the field, but also those in the cellar.

In the next half a year, they will be hungry.

Some time ago, Zhennan officials reported the matter to the imperial court, and they were quietly waiting for the imperial court's response.If the court still ignores this matter, then the credibility of the court in their eyes will definitely be greatly reduced.

It's just that no one thought that the two imperial envoys sent by the emperor this time were both princes.

They didn't know the twists and turns in the court, and they didn't know that the third prince was the one who was least favored by the emperor in the palace.They only knew that these two were princes, which surprised them a lot.

Li Xuan Rende and Li Xuan Nade brought officials here to help them fight against the flood. Hearing that the imperial envoy was here, the common people lined the roadside to welcome them. Hearing that the imperial envoy was the two princes, they knelt down subconsciously. .

During the days in Zhennan, Li Xuan Nade was quite used to it, but Li Xuan Rende was a little uncomfortable.

For so many years away from Hennard, he ate cold food, drank cold water, lived in a small courtyard, and slept on a hard bed.He quickly adapted to this life in Zhennan, and even because he was the prince, the officials in Zhennan managed to provide them with good living conditions, which were more comfortable than those in the palace.

Li Xuan Rende is different.

Although he didn't have high requirements for life before, but during this time in the palace, he ate delicacies from mountains and seas and drank jade fat wine.He lives in a high-rise building and sleeps in a high-rise soft bed.Even now that Zhennan has provided him with the best conditions they can come up with, he still feels a little uncomfortable, and feels that he can't eat well or sleep well every day.

After Li Xuannard got used to the life here, he followed the officials to the Xuan River to see the situation.

An official with them was a water conservancy expert. He observed the Xuan River for a few days, and inspected the soil around the Xuan River and other details before formulating a more suitable plan.

First of all, they need to find a way to expand the channel of the Xuan River.

The Xuanhe River is narrow, so it is particularly prone to flooding.There is a lot of rain in Zhennan, especially in winter, there are often heavy rains.The temperature here is a bit higher, even in winter, the rain is hard to freeze, but it is easy to pour out from the river.

There has never been such a big flood on the banks of the Xuan River before. Although there are some small floods, the impact is not big. Compared with the benefits that can be obtained from farming along the banks of the Xuan River, people don't care about it.Such a big flood happened this time, but it made people pay more attention to this matter

The second is to lay stones in the river bed to prevent the deposition of a large amount of silt and cause the river bank to narrow.

This set of plans is easy to implement, but it is not easy to implement.

Although Xuanhe was calm and calm, there were still dark waves and turbulent waves after all.Whether it is widening the river or laying stones, some people need to dive into the river.This is actually a very dangerous behavior.

Fortunately, there is a lot of water in Zhennan, and many people grew up playing in the water, so the water quality is naturally quite good.

They originally thought that many plumbers would not be recruited to do these things, but they did not expect that a group of people rushed into the "Flood Disaster Department" just after posting the notice.

"Flood Division" is actually the name of the people, because the group of officials responsible for flood control, including the two princes, live here, and Li Xuanrende and Li Xuannard did not object, so they continued to call it that way. .

A barefoot man said to the official who was sitting in the lobby of the Flood Department and was about to register the list of water workers involved in the flood control: "We will definitely help you in this flood, we will do whatever you say, we don't want money In the past, there were floods every year, and the floods were not serious, but we still suffered losses. Now you have cured the floods for us, and we will no longer be afraid of this thing in the future.”

There was still a local accent in what he said, although the official was only a civil servant, he didn't care about these things.Hearing what he said still felt warm in my heart.

Li Xuan's superiors had a strict hierarchy, but the connection between these small officials and the common people was quite close, even if they didn't say anything about grassroots officials, no one would think anything of it.

But even so, this little official didn't expect many people to be recruited to do waterworks, but he didn't expect so many people to come.

He wrote down the names of the water workers stroke by stroke, and when they were about to leave, he yelled at them: "Don't worry, the imperial court will definitely cure the flood for you this time."

At this time, Lin Yibai was still busy with the New Year's Spring Festival.

Every year at the beginning of the Lixuan Dynasty, a spring festival will be held. This spring festival is especially grand, and it is usually to pray for God to let the Lixuan Kingdom have good weather and a good harvest this year.

In addition to preparing grains, cattle and sheep as sacrifices for the Spring Festival, a good string of incense should also be prepared in advance.

In previous years, the first-line incense was bought from an old incense maker.The incense made by the incense maker has a light taste and is not easy to break. It is the first choice for the spring festival in the palace.

It was only when Lin Yibai went to buy incense from the incense maker this year that he found out that the old incense maker had died last winter.The incense used in the court today is made by the sons of the old incense maker.But he can't do a good job with Yixianxiang.

This made Lin Yibai worry.

He found a few more incense shops in the capital, and the incense sticks he bought were either too strong and too pungent, or not strong enough and easy to break, so he couldn't find a suitable one.

Lin Yibai was a little anxious, although his face was still calm.

Fortunately, there was the "cheat" of Asi, and finally they found an incense maker in a small town closest to Kyoto, and bought two sticks of first-line incense.

Lin Yibai took the two sticks of incense and returned to the capital in a carriage. When he got out of the carriage, he saw Li Xuan Yude walking towards him, and couldn't help frowning.

In the past few days, Li Xuan Rende and Li Xuan Nade left the capital, he seldom went to the palace, and the chance to meet Li Xuan Yude was much less than before.I didn't expect that he would come to find me specially, but I was surprised.

But no matter how unexpected he was, he couldn't show it. He could only cup his hands at Li Xuan Yude and say, "Second prince."

A Zhuo also followed Lin Yibai out of the capital, and knelt on the ground with the driver at the moment.

Seeing Li Xuan Yude raised his eyebrows, he said to him, "Would you like me to come in and sit down?"