All your life is gentle

At the end of July in the third year of Yongqian (the sixth year of Tianyou), Changsheng only took Qin Xi and Ni Jian, made some modifications, and quietly went to Qingzhou Yuancheng.

The task of continuing to inspect the farmland was handed over to Yue Zheng and Shan Qi.

Ever since Changsheng discovered that Yue Zheng was a good overall planner, he asked him to gradually implement that set of efficient cooperative labor methods in various farm bases.At that time, His Royal Highness said this: "As long as you do a good job, it will be effective. Within two years, I will abolish the same-class company and allow intermarriage between men and women. If everyone in the farmland can keep their own place and work hard-five years later, according to Ding Allotment of land, permission to leave the country and become a citizen, and restore the body of freedom."

When Yue Zheng heard this, he was so excited that he fell to his knees and kowtowed.When General Shan heard this, he was so frightened that he almost jumped up: such a big matter, I just agreed to it casually, if His Majesty asks, how should I explain it?When Yue Zheng went out full of pride, Shan Qi immediately called out: "Your Highness!"

Changsheng smiled slightly: "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you admit that you are not as capable as Yue Zheng in doing those long-winded things, and you are not as patient as him in dealing with Xia people? We have to give people some hope when we want them to work hard for us. He has an upright temper and no selfishness. He doesn't care about his own life, but cares about the lives of others. I promised him to give benefits to all the Xia people, and he will spare no effort."

"That's true..." Shan Qi is also willing to deal with people like Yue Zheng.Honest but not arrogant, smart but not impetuous, really a first-class good partner.

"I know what you are worried about. You have to ask your father about the captives in the village to become civilians. But first, let's talk about making him happy. What does it matter? Five years later—who knows what year it will be ? You are allowed to withdraw from your nationality—it didn’t say that everyone will definitely be able to withdraw from your nationality..."

Shan Qi's mind buzzed, and he clearly saw His Highness smiling like a fox...

"Father asks, you just say so."

General Shan was in a cold sweat.

Changsheng put away his smile and stopped teasing him: "The local people returned to the land and returned to the fields. The conditions given by the imperial court are quite generous, and the captives in the field inevitably feel dissatisfied. Most of them are also good citizens from the three southeastern states, but they haven't caught up with the good times. Now I left my hometown, my whole family was a slave, and I was full of resentment when I worked. How can I expect others to do a good job and produce more food for us to eat? This word is released to inspire people. I don’t need what my father promises now It will be up to his old man to decide after five years."

As he said that, he squinted his eyes and looked forward to the future: After five years, I should have the final say, right?

Afterwards, in the end, he wrote a memorial in detail and asked Shan Qi to take the time to send it back to Shunjing himself.Fu Yang was about to save food and grass to prepare for the next year's war against Shu, and he agreed with the second brother's inspiring plan, which was like a blank check.

Ever since Yue Zheng took part in farming work, Chang Sheng has gradually left to do other things.Later, apart from arranging and managing the captives, Yue Zheng took over some matters such as data statistics and material distribution that Shan Qiqian could not come and was impatient to do.General Shan is in charge of the deployment and training of all the soldiers in the Tuntian stronghold.

Originally, General Shan was also in charge of guarding His Highness the Second Highness.After a few fights with Ni Jian, he was very frustrated to find that the Xia man was indeed better at arresting heads than himself, so he had to hand over two hundred carefully selected bodyguards to him for training.All those who were still unconvinced in the personal guards all ended up having a wheel battle with Ni Jian, and finally had to admit his identity as the new captain.

After seeing Ni Jian's strength, these people remembered that the newly appointed captain in front of them seemed to be captured by the Second Highness himself, and they respected Changsheng like a god for a while.It's a pity that General Shan issued the strictest password ban, and no one is allowed to tell the details of His Highness's kung fu, so there is no way to show it off to others.

Before Changsheng left, he first sent several confidant soldiers to send Zhuang Lingchen to the capital in a low-key manner, and became the housekeeper of the second prince's mansion, ordering all the left-behind personnel in the mansion to obey the order of the housekeeper Zhuang.

Then he said to Shan Qi: "I know you like going to the battlefield the most. Don't worry, there will always be a chance."

Shan Qi's heart skipped a beat.Looking at His Highness's calm and deep eyes, the blood all over his body suddenly boiled, and he didn't even understand the reason for this unreasonable excitement.When the momentary excitement passed, the ordinary and even boring life suddenly became less boring.Saluted solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Highness. Be careful on the road, Your Highness."

After entering Qingzhou and approaching Yuancheng, Ni Jian finally couldn't help asking Changsheng: "Your Highness, what are we going to do this trip?"

"I didn't ask until now, I've made a lot of progress." Chang Sheng praised him first.Looking at the headhunters and snitches following him, he casually said: "Money is too tight, it's hard to do things. I am wronged and come with me for alms."

"Of course it's good to ask for alms - but, Your Highness, where shall we go?" Qin Xi asked.

Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly, provoking an imperceptible smile: "Dong'an Mausoleum."

At the end of November in the third year of Yongqian, the second prince Fu Sheng returned to Shunjing after traveling around for nearly a year.

After rushing to harvest and plant in July, Changshengzuo asked to build Changping warehouses in several strongholds with suitable geographical location and climate conditions to store grain. Fu Yang readily approved, asking for people to give, and asking for money.After the construction of the official warehouse was completed, the Zhongyong Army troops involved in the construction stayed and garrisoned on the spot, and an additional thousand soldiers from the West were sent to supervise each place, all under the command of General Shan Qi.

After finishing this work, it's October harvest again.When the autumn harvest is over and all the grain is returned to the warehouse, the ordinary people and the captives still have no time to relax. They are busy building bridges and paving roads, digging ditches, renovating houses, and repairing farm tools... Changsheng finally has a little leisure time, holding Yue Zheng Take a look at the accounts of the grain delivered to the warehouse.

——Unexpectedly, this year's morning and evening seasons, not including the people's self-cultivation, the grain harvested by each farm base is more than ten times that of last year.

Chang Sheng read the accounts carefully from beginning to end, then turned them over again, and asked: "Yue Zheng, you must have an account in your mind about these figures?"

Thinking that His Highness questioned the reliability of the numbers, Yue Zheng replied seriously: "I went in and looked at every open warehouse by myself, and estimated the real number. When I entered the warehouse, at least three people stared at Huzi: Ten Fuchang, Lieutenant of the Zhongyong Military Academy, Tuntian Cao Shou. So..."

"I'm not asking you this." Changsheng smiled and looked at him, "If——this account book is burned, do you know it?"

Yue Zheng didn't understand why His Highness asked this question, but he still told the truth: "Although I asked someone to help with the reporting and transcribing, but the final summary was calculated by me, and I reviewed it several times. I don't necessarily remember all the details. , the approximate number is definitely no problem."

Changsheng knew that with his temperament, these words were conservative.Holding the account book that Yue Zheng spent many sleepless nights, he moved it to the flame of the oil lamp. A cluster of "bass" flames rose and ignited.

"Your Highness?!"

Looking at the burning account book, Chang Sheng said slowly: "Yue Zheng, you and I only need to know the account in our hearts. I will report the total amount in half to my father. The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first— ——Our soldiers and horses are really limited now, and we must firmly grasp this grain and grass. You and Shan Qi must take good care of these grains, and don’t let those greedy for profit secretly steal one and a half grains, and don’t let the soldiers withhold it The rations of the captives were taken, and troubles arose. In addition, while there is nothing to do in winter, you help Shan Qi to drill the loyal army guarding the warehouse. And there is..."

His Highness's first two sentences surprised Yue Zheng.Then listen to it, think about it again, and feel relieved.After waiting for His Highness to give instructions and say something, he nodded his head while thinking about how to operate these things.

Seeing that the account book was burned to ashes, Chang Sheng turned his head and looked at him: "And what's more--" laughed, "How to write this memorial to the father, we have to add it up together. Think about it quickly, how to make the report The figures listed are reasonable and reasonable. I asked my father to read it. He understands our hard work and is also satisfied with our achievements. After Longyan is happy, send more rewards..."

The second prince really didn't have any airs when he spoke.But the content and the meaning behind it often make the listeners feel agitated.Especially His Royal Highness's smile, that is so handsome, beautiful and kind... Why does it always make people sweat involuntarily?Yue Zheng thought: His Highness is eclectic and unconstrained in his actions.He took Brother Qin and Dani to steal the tomb and came back, and then arrested me and him to make false accounts together. ——But he didn't know that the prince in front of him used to smile very meanly.This love of laughing, and the love of serious laughter at inopportune times, was actually infected by someone.

When Ni Jian came back from the tomb robbery, his excitement lasted for half a month.Ni Butou was originally a bold and adventurous master. He followed the prince of this dynasty to steal the imperial tomb of the previous dynasty without any burden in his heart. It was simply the most exciting, enjoyable, proud and memorable thing in the world.However, this matter must not be publicized, so I had to drag Xiaoyue to tell it over and over again in the dead of night in a deserted place-making Yue Zheng, a seven-foot man with an iron bone and a red gut, get goosebumps all over his body...

"...His Highness personally found the bedroom of Qianhuling, the guard of Dong'an Mausoleum, and stole the map of the underground palace. The three of us pondered for a long time—or Qin Xi was born a thief. You can understand at a glance..."

Speaking of this, Ni Jian couldn't help laughing "haha": "Qin Xi and I followed His Highness to sneak outside the residence of the Qianhu leader and give him a lookout. Thinking about something as important as a map, it takes a long time to find it. , who would have thought that it would come out in a short time, and it was too fast. His Highness later said: The eighth uncle who is in charge of guarding the Dong'an Mausoleum is the most honest. It is probably because of this that the emperor left him here to guard. His Highness used to I happened to see Uncle Eight hiding money in the middle of the boot, this time I went into the room and went straight to the boot, and sure enough—hahaha..."

Yue Zheng glared at him: "Shut up!"

Ni Jian then grinned and held his belly and laughed silently, almost falling to the ground.After a long time, he gasped for breath and continued: "This eighth uncle is really real - the entire tomb passage is five steps, one whistle, three steps and one guard. We stepped on the footholds of the patrolling soldiers and went straight to the gate of the inner palace. Originally I was also worried about triggering a trap, which saved a lot of trouble. However, it took a lot of work to open the door of the inner palace tomb, and finally I found a soldier who had followed the emperor in before, so I could get some clues."

Although the other two were ruthless in extorting confessions, Ni Jian, who was a headhunter, was the most experienced.Eighteen-way Sanshou has just used the third set, and the opponent can no longer stand the full move.With the practical experience of the predecessors, coupled with the illustrations, in the hands of Qin Xi, a master of Buddhism, the problem was easily solved.

"...As soon as the door was opened, there was a golden light, and the sky was full of colorful clouds, piercing people's eyes. Qin Xi said that there should be a hail of guns and arrows shooting out at this time, but because the emperor took people in before, the delicate The organs have been destroyed, which happens to be cheap for us." Ni Jian said "cheap", but his face showed regret.Yue Zheng knew that this guy wished that the rain of guns and arrows would be more violent.

"Not to mention anything else, anyway, the ground and walls are covered with gold leaf and silver thread, and there are all kinds of treasures piled up everywhere. The whole treasure cave. The most surprising thing is that there is no coffin in the middle, but 72 coffins. Duobao Liuli Pagoda! The bottom of the tower is all emerald tourmaline lotus seat, and the eaves of the tower are hung with various gemstones, jade and agate. The outermost circle is three stories high, and in turn, it becomes five floors, seven floors, nine floors, and eleven floors. In the middle That one is the tallest and largest, with a total of thirteen floors. Although the walls of the tower are made of glass, the partitions on each floor, as well as the eaves and the top of the tower are all pure gold. There are eight corners on each floor, and a red coral faucet at one corner. There is a night pearl the size of a pigeon egg hanging in it... Tsk tsk, that is a treasure mountain, not only priceless..."

Ni Jian closed his eyes, drooling as he spoke.Yue Zheng interrupted him: "Let's talk about the key points."

"Uh... Your Highness said that because the tomb owner of Dong'an Mausoleum was an emperor who believed in Buddhism, he was cremated after death, and his ashes were placed in the glazed pagoda in the middle, hoping to ascend to heaven after Nirvana. Qin Xi said that these 72 glazed pagodas are actually a The Nine Palaces Eight Diagrams formation seems to have not been activated, probably the people who came in last time did not go in... Although the things outside are valuable, it is troublesome to take them out and change hands, so we only plan to move some gold. The gold bricks laid in the tower in the middle are the most suitable..."

"Aren't you allowed to enter the formation? How did you get it?" Yue Zheng couldn't help asking.

"Hey... you guessed it."

"Does Brother Qin have a way to break the formation?"

"No." Ni Jian shook his head and said, "At the beginning, Qin Xi and I both thought about how to break through the formation, but there was not enough time. Qin Xi told His Highness to think about it later, and come back next time. His Highness walked around the glazed pagoda formation for a while. circle, and suddenly asked him if it would disturb the formation if it passed through the air."

Ni Jian cleared his throat and showed off the newly learned Qin's secret: "No matter what formation, if you want to launch it in the air, you must set up a floating contact point. The contact points are real and virtual. The so-called solid point is like using transparent ice silk to pull A line net, invisible to those who enter the formation, and they don't know what happened when they hit the trigger mechanism; the so-called virtual point, for example, uses mirrors, wall lamps and other things to detect the formation through the changes in the reflection and shadow of the light beam-but this generally takes Someone is monitoring and cooperating..."

Yue Zheng stopped him: "Speak to the key points!"

"Uh... In short, the formation in the mausoleum cannot be false, but solid. His Highness took a long line, tied a copper coin to one end, and threw it out with a wave of his hand. The copper coin was on top of the tower formation with a thin line Huyou Huyou turned around, and returned to His Highness's hands impartially. In this way, he searched the sky above the tower array. I think His Highness's technique is completely the trick of the Xirong people. But it is so thin and so long. A thread, such a light copper coin, can be manipulated freely, and it is as light as weight. This skill should be used to practice hidden weapons, tsk tsk..."

Yue Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped it down with a palm: "Tell the key points!!"

Ni Jian was very depressed: "Okay. Anyway, anyway, in the end Qin Xi concluded that the real point of triggering the formation should be the spire of those pagodas. Because from the outside of the formation to the formation, it is ten feet long, which has exceeded the human limit. Even if it is extremely Experts, you have to rely on the top of the tower halfway to fly over. We moved two stone piles as bridge piers, and built a rope bridge above the tower array—fortunately, we had all the gear and headbands. Qin Xi walked like walking on a wire. In the middle, just hanging like that, holding a pocket steel drill, reaching in, prying off the gold bricks on the partition one by one, and throwing them to His Highness and me. Why do you think Qin Xi's two claws are so good? From the tower wall The hollowed-out window stretches in without touching the tower body at all..."

The gold bricks that Changsheng took from Dong'an Mausoleum, each three inches square and half an inch thick, only uncovered the top floor of the pagoda, totaled 60 yuan, a total of more than four thousand taels.The size is not big, 20 yuan per person for three people, and it is easy to bring out in the bag.The purity of this batch of gold bricks is extremely high, and with the appreciation of gold, it can be converted into about 8 taels of silver, which is a huge sum of money.

It is not a secret that Fu Yang opened Dong'an Mausoleum, and all the senior generals in the army knew about it.Although there was a map in hand and someone led the way, many soldiers died, which left many people with lingering fears.The one who stayed behind was the well-known idiot Fu Ba, not to mention that in recent years, everyone has made a fortune in wars and looting, but there is no one else who is as poor as the Second Prince, who uses his brains so much for alms.

A part of this money was directly distributed to Qin Xi to take away, and used it to support the underground struggle of the people of Chuzhou against Xirong.

When Qin Xi left, she smiled at Chang Sheng: "I'm running away with so much gold on my back, I'm afraid Your Highness won't be able to find me."

Changsheng smiled brighter than him: "I'm not afraid of you running away, I'm just afraid of your itchy hands—when can't help but touch and step on the Jiugong Bagua formation again."

"Hey... Your Highness really understands me..."

"If you have itchy hands, let's talk about it in a few years. If you can't hold back when you should bear it-I will chop off one of your hands as a souvenir. Think about my words when your hands are itchy."

"Yes……"

The remaining gold was loaded into the carriage back to Beijing.In addition to the batch of gold bricks from Dong'an Mausoleum, there was also a large amount of ill-gotten wealth in the car.

After the autumn harvest, before returning to Beijing, Changsheng specially went to Dongping to meet Fu Yi, who is currently Xuanfu of Yuezhou.Fu Yi is also a brother of Fu Yang's family, and his relationship is far away, but he has been with him the longest and is the most trusted.In the battle of Tongcheng back then, although General Fu felt that he had no regrets in his heart, the result of the incident finally made him feel ashamed to face the king.After all, Fu Yang did not treat this hero badly. After pacifying the southeast, he made him the highest official of Yuezhou.

Since the farming last year, whenever there is an opportunity, Changsheng will abduct him to Dongping to visit this clan uncle.It's just that he dared not approach Tongcheng no matter what, and made a slight detour every time.

Different from Fu Ding's arrogance, he is polite and thoughtful, saying "Uncle Yi" every time he speaks.After the courteous greetings, they began to complain, cry for poverty, and blatantly extort.

Fu also felt guilty towards him.When Jin Xia returned to Meili when he was an envoy, the concubine Zeng Meng concubine Jin summoned her to inquire and told about what she had seen and heard in Yanyang, and since then there has been a bit of hazy yearning in her heart.So seeing Changsheng, General Fu's love for the house and black feelings that he didn't understand would emerge.What's more, the days of peace and wealth are the most exhausting ambitions.General Fu has been the Xuanfu of Yuezhou for three years, and his courage has also become weaker. I always feel that the Second Highness represents the emperor to see if he is honest and dedicated enough?Fortunately, he has plenty of money, so it doesn't matter if he spends some money on his nephew.

As a result, the two parties who came to the door, the one who came to the door confidently, and the one who was knocked willingly, became the practice.

In the twelfth lunar month, because of the meritorious service of the second prince Fu Sheng in farming, a decree was issued to reward two hundred slaves and five thousand silver.Thousands of households led Shan Qi to give fifty slaves, and reward one thousand silver.Yuezheng, Ni Jian, and Zhuang Lingchen from the Xia Dynasty were exempted from slavery and given the post of lieutenant in the Zhongyong Army. The imperial decree encouraged them to continue to assist in farming.Among the courtiers, there was someone who liked to add icing on the cake, and Qi Zuo said that the residence of the Second Highness was in disrepair for a long time and was not grand enough.Although this is because His Royal Highness is dedicated to working hard for the country and the people, it seems to be unrespectable for the royal family... When Fu Yang heard this, he added 5000 taels of decoration fee on the spot.

After the court meeting, Fu Yang asked his son about the details of the past year, and it was time for dinner, so Changsheng accompanied his father to eat.The servant brought up the imperial meal, but there were eight plates of four meat and four vegetables.At the beginning of the founding of the country at this time, and just experienced a famine, the emperor attached great importance to thrift.Especially in terms of eating, set an example and never waste extravagance.

Changsheng lowered his hands and waited for his father to place the chopsticks.Fu Yang picked up the rice bowl, looked at it, sniffed it, and put it in his mouth to chew.Looking at his son with some doubts: "This is...?"

Changsheng smiled: "That's right, father, this is indeed the "Jade Brocade Bead" in Meili. Last time my fourth uncle went to the holy mountain to meet Master Wuhuo, I asked him to bring some seeds back. I tried to plant a small piece last year. , Survived, and planted two acres this year. It's a pity that the yield is not high, and it cannot be promoted. Putting it in the imperial dining room is a little bit of filial piety for my son."

Gu Zhifang sorted out the large carts of Xia Wen books that Fu Yi brought back, and singled out the agricultural books, and consulted the Xirong maid beside her carefully, and began to translate the parts suitable for the climate and geographical conditions of Meili.At that time, Xirong did not have its own script, and before moving inland, it recorded the language in the script commonly used by countries in the Western Regions.After the inland migration, the characters of the Xia Dynasty were used instead.

After the translation work was completed, Gu Zhifang handed over the manuscript to Fu Yang, and Fu Yang handed it over to Shang Shuling Fu Qian.Fu Qian was a caring person, so he found some people who knew Xia Wen to preach everywhere, and taught the tribal people the technical knowledge contained in the text, which was quite effective.To commemorate the virtue of the concubine Jin, later, the rice variety exclusively for the royal family was called "Jade Brocade Pearl" by the people of Xirong.

Fu Yang has had great ambitions since he was a boy, and he is a warrior.Nearly 16 years old, got the concubine Jin who was born for two decades.Since then, this foreign woman has been with him for [-] years, adhering to the unique character of Jin Xia's lady.The current hero who has struggled for most of his life is now over fifty.As people get older, it is naturally easy to think of the past, and they are more eager to get emotional comfort.Even if the iron and blood are as mighty as Fu Yang, holding this bowl of rice planted by his son with all his heart, he suddenly feels extremely precious.Although this momentary feeling is fleeting, it still makes him increase the reward for his second child on New Year's Eve.

On the third day of the first month of the fourth year of Yongqian (the seventh year of Tianyou), Changsheng reconciled accounts with the butler Zhuang in his newly renovated mansion.Zhuang Lingchen was dumbfounded while counting, and couldn't help joking: "Your Highness's ability to beat the autumn wind is so high, it's really beyond the reach of my subordinates. I don't know that Your Highness is a prince, so where did you learn this set of tricks? This subordinate is really surprised." It's the best."

Changsheng thought: Where did you learn it?When was the first time you followed him to fish in troubled waters? ...He was trembling in his heart, but he said lightly in his mouth: "I am a genius in heaven, and I am born to know it."

Hearing the words, Steward Zhuang choked back his laughter and almost got hurt internally.Finally, he said seriously: "Dare to ask Your Highness "Born to Know", do you know that His Royal Highness and His Highness Third have not been in a good mood recently, and may they come out for activities?"

"I'm afraid that he won't move." Chang Sheng pulled his thoughts back, concentrated on the matter at hand, and said to Zhuang Lingchen, "Call Ni Jian and the others in - we finally returned to Beijing, let's be more arrogant."