Joy of Life

Chapter 1358: ten villages

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(Busy, cold, stomachache, these three big mountains have tortured me for a few days, really hard, sigh.)

In late spring of the tenth year of Qingli, Fan Xian came to Shijia Village for the first time, this secluded mountain village he called Yuchang. This mountain village seems to be remote and peaceful, deep in the mountains, but the lights in the dark night are so dazzling that they overshadow the stars in the sky, which is very touching.

There must be more than ten families in Shijia Village. On the road leading from the main road to Dashan'ao, there are far more than ten peasant households by the spring beside the field. Those farmers are not real farmers, but inspectors used to block the inside and outside of the mountain and keep the secrets in the mountain.

Fan Xian was able to pass through these lines of defense and enter Shijia Village with ease. It was because of these lines of defense, these extraordinarily meticulous arrangements for security, that he had originally made them all by himself. The defensive arrangement that gathered the wisdom of countless officials from the second and sixth divisions of the Overwatch Council is indeed very powerful. Of course, when Fan Xian was making plans, the officials of the Overwatch Council only knew a few fragments, and never thought that these blueprints would become a reality on the outskirts of a small mountain village in the northeast of the mainland.

Walking along the mountain path, just passing a pond, I saw the dense and well-organized buildings, revealing their true faces under the starlight. Fan Xian's heart moved slightly, and he stood here, feeling secretly, thinking that even if people from outside strayed into this place by accident and only looked at the buildings from outside, they would probably only think that it was a huge rich family building in the mountains. manor.

As soon as he stopped, his figure was revealed under the starlight, and then more than a dozen crossbow bolts protruded from the darkness and aimed at him.

Fan Xian lowered his head, hid his face in the darkness, and then turned the hood over his back to cover his head, then took out a small token from his waist, and pointed at those murderous Sen Ran's crossbow arrows lit up.

A man with the appearance of a long-time worker came out of the night, approached Fan Xian cautiously, took the small token and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then waved his hand to make those crossbow arrows disappear in the darkness behind him.

The long-time worker led the way, and led Fan Xian around the bluestone roads between the mansions, and came to a remote place. After confirming that no one else was watching, he landed on his knees and knelt down excitedly. Said: "See Lord Tisi."

Fan Xian looked at him with a smile. This was one of the first members of the Qi Nian team, and Wang Qinian was also a good helper for him. It had been more than two years since we saw each other, and the spy obviously didn't expect Mrs. Fan to suddenly appear in Shijia Village, and he was very excited.

"You have worked hard these past few years." Fan Xian looked at the long-term worker and said, "Don't let the news of my arrival come out for now, take me to see some old shopkeepers first."

"Yes." The long-time worker lowered his body and saluted respectfully, then suddenly said: "My lord also came two days ago."

Fan Xian was startled, and asked, "When did it happen?"

"Eight days ago."

"Take me to him quickly."

Accompanied by the starlight, two dark figures walked through the building complex of Shijia Village. Fan Xian couldn't help but use his peripheral vision to look at these buildings that were different in height from ordinary houses, and looked at the specially designed doors, windows and ventilation equipment. , thinking to myself, I don't know if it is empty or full of things.

Although everything in this village was built bit by bit with the money he provided, after all, the relationship is very important, so Fan Xian has been separated from everything here in the past two years, including his most loyal people in Jiangnan. None of his subordinates knew that he had hidden such a village in a certain corner of the mainland.

This is also the first time for Fan Xian to come here in person, so while being moved in his heart, he can't help being a little curious. He doesn't know how those people, the money, and the blueprints have been put together for more than two years. What is it like.

The two walked to a small courtyard deep in the village. The room was still dimly lit, and Fan Xian's shadow was very slender and slender, hitting under the stone steps. Fan Xian whispered something to the secret agent of the Qi Nian team. The spy smiled and retreated. No one was arranged to guard the place. If someone could go deep into Shijia Village and threaten Mr. Fan , then it would be superfluous to send anyone else.

Fan Xian tidied his clothes outside the room, walked in, knelt down on both knees to the serious-looking middle-aged man behind the desk, and said sincerely, "My son has seen my father."

Retired Minister of the Household Department, Fan Jian, did not show filial piety to his old mother in Danzhou City, and traveled to the sea with the Liu family, but appeared in this small mountain village at the junction of Dongyi City and Northern Qi Dynasty. This is really an unexpected scene.

Fan Shangshu looked at his son in front of him, the surprise in his heart was fleeting, and it immediately became complicated. He smiled gently and helped him up. The father and son hadn't seen each other for more than two years, so they deserved Fan Xian's kneeling ceremony, but the ex-shangshu knew that his son was not a character who liked to kneel, and from this kneeling, he could feel it something.

It's just that Fan Jian didn't open his mouth to ask, and Fan Xian didn't say that from his sister's mouth and the stories back then, he had already guessed what a painful price the Fan Mansion had paid for his own survival.

"Father, why did you come in person?" Fan Xian supported his father on the chair and sat down. Looking at the faintly white hair on his father's head, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Counting the years, his father should also retire in his hometown, but Because of his own affairs, the old man has been tired in the past two years, especially when his father came to Shijia Village in person, which made him feel a little surprised.

Fan Jian smiled slightly and said: "Although my father is in Danzhou, he can also control the construction of this place remotely, but the accumulation of time and months in the past three years, the preparations for Shijia Village have been almost done. If you really have the plan to rebuild an inner warehouse here Courage, if I don’t come to sit in town in person, I won’t be at ease no matter what.”

The second inner library? It turned out that this remote ten-family village actually carried Fan Xian's great ambitions!

Since the time of the Kyoto Rebellion, Fan Xian has secretly rescued several old shopkeepers of Qingyu Hall from the capital. In addition, he has been in charge of the internal treasury for a long time, and he copied the technical sects of the internal treasury in northern Fujian a few years ago. After thinking about it again, plus his current financial resources and power, as well as the innate things in his soul who has traveled through time, if the gods are willing to give him ten years, maybe he can really make this remote mountain village into a new place. Into the second inner warehouse.

What is the internal library? It is the foundation that supported Qing's 30-year military power, and it was the inexhaustible source that the Qing emperor used to supplement the national treasury and people's livelihood. It is no exaggeration to say that the internal treasury is one of the two major sources of Qing's strength, and the other is naturally the emperor. His Majesty himself.

But Fan Xian actually wanted to rebuild an inner treasury outside of Qing Kingdom!

There is no doubt that this is the most important decision Fan Xian has made in this life. If this decision really becomes a fact many years later, the whole world will change because of it, and Qing Kingdom will never be proud of the world again. natural capital.

What exactly does Fan Xian want to do

The current situation in the world is complicated, and this matter is a key event that shakes the foundation of the Qing Kingdom. Therefore, in the past two years, Fan Jian and Fan Xian and his son have done it very secretly, and the progress has been extremely slow. Note that speed is not a luxury.

If in the future, a second internal treasury really appeared outside the borders of the Qing Kingdom, it would be hard to imagine what kind of blow and damage it would bring to the national strength of the Qing Kingdom. Therefore, Fan Xian kept this matter from everyone in the world, and only dared to carefully discuss it with his father in secret.

"You've been away from Danzhou for a long time, I'm afraid it will lead to discussions." Fan Xian didn't rush to discuss the issue of the second internal treasury with his father, but said slightly worried.

Although Fan Jian is old, but judging by the methods His Majesty used to kill people with swords and slaughtered more than a hundred tiger guards, His Majesty did not trust this trusted partner who grew up with him since childhood. He wanted to come to Danzhou City , There must be many eyeliners stationed by the court. If Fan Jian is not willing to live in Danzhou for the elderly, the news of leaving Danzhou should be sent back to Kyoto immediately.

"Your Overwatch Council combed it once in Danzhou, and it was combed again by the father." Fan Jian looked at his son with a gentle smile and said, "Your Majesty does look invincible, but he is not a god after all, and his energy is limited, so it is impossible Grasp all the subtle changes in the world, especially since you are hiding it from him. As for me leaving Danzhou, I was going to wander around Dongyi City."

The former Minister's smile seemed a little funny: "Before I entered the Household Department for my father, I was a famous prodigal son in Kyoto. Now that I have returned to my hometown, it is only natural to go to the bustling places like Dongyi City to draw pictures of beauties. Your Majesty always You can't get angry just because of that."

"It's still not right."

"I just come here occasionally to check on the progress."

Fan Xian looked at his father, feeling apologetic in addition to being worried. He didn't want his father and Chen Pingping to be involved in this extremely dangerous incident, but regarding the matter of Shijia Village, at the beginning, he had no idea how to rebuild a village from nothing. Internal library? He is not his mother, Ye Qingmei. Although he has a ready-made one in his hand, the old shopkeeper of the Ye family who has experienced the construction of the northern Fujian inner warehouse also has a lot of records of various technological processes of the inner warehouse, even for the entire northern Fujian inner warehouse. The setting of Sanfang is also very clear, but he still feels confused and shy away from building a new inner warehouse.

On the eve of leaving the capital, Fan Shangshu talked with him for a whole night, dispelling many of his doubts.

When Fan Shangshu found out that his son was going to rescue the old shopkeepers of Qingyu Hall in Kyoto by taking advantage of the rebellion of the eldest princess, he knew what Fan Xian was thinking, so he told himself frankly son said:

"Building another internal treasury is more difficult than you can imagine. This is a catastrophic event that will shake the state of Qing and change the general situation of the whole world." , Of course I don’t want you to do this, but if you can convince me, you can entrust me with the initial work.”

At that time, Fan Xian didn't think about breaking with His Majesty the Emperor of Qing, nor did he want to become a sinner of Qing, putting Qing, which he grew up in, into possible great danger, but he still subconsciously began to dig The foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

He persuaded Fan Jian with only two sentences.

"This is not the internal library. This is what my mother left to this world. If my mother is still alive, she certainly does not want His Majesty the Emperor to use her legacy to satisfy his personal ambitions."

"But your mother also wants the world to be unified."

"I don't understand those very mysterious things, but I understand women." In that quiet night, Fan Xian said to his father very seriously: "I only know that if my mother is alive, she will definitely not want the wealth she left to be destroyed forever. The man who murdered himself is in his hands."

Fan Shangshu was silent for a long time that night, then nodded.

This nod is more than two years later. The father and son, who had the most money in their hands on the mainland, began to secretly do this thing that was destined to shock the world. Perhaps what the two of them did was too unbelievable, so no force found a trace of it.

Of course, this was also the result of Fan Xian's extreme caution. For more than two years, except for the secret flow of money, he did not use any power at hand to help the growth of Shijia Village. This small village is like a child who has been herded to sheep, growing slowly among the green grass in the mountains. As for whether he will continue to herd sheep or be herded after he grows up, it will be many years later.

Fan Jian didn't ask him, what would Fan Xian do with Shijiacun if there were really two internal treasuries in this world after many years. Fan Xian also didn't ask his father why, as a subject of the Qing Kingdom, he would make such a choice just because of the grievances between his mother and that emperor Lao Tzu.

The old treasurer of Qingyutang, who escaped from the capital, came to Shijia Village. The craft secrets that Fan Xian stole from the internal treasury came to Shijia Village, and the most secret power in Fan Shangshu's hands also came to Shijia Village. The money collected from everywhere also came to Shijia Village, to the depression deep in the mountain.

Secrets, money, and military force are all fermented in this unknown little place. After two years of fermentation, even if the Fans and his sons are careful, Shijia Village is ready to expand, complete the construction of the foundation, and do a good job. It's ready to become the second inner library.

That's why Fan Shangshu asked the swordsman in black to give Fan Xian a message, and he needed a lot of money.

This point in time was actually much earlier than Fan Xian had originally expected. Because from the beginning of making the policy, he never thought that he could be compared with his mother Ye Qingmei—it didn't take many years for Ye Qingmei to build the inner treasury, that's because the entire royal family of the Qing Kingdom supported her, and Uncle Wuzhu protected her She, and her ability was far superior to Fan Xian's.

Fan Shangshu clearly saw Fan Xian's doubts, and said with a gentle smile: "Those old fellows in Qingyutang were all old people who participated in the construction of the inner warehouse back then. This second job should always be easier."

Fan Xian shook his head with a smile, and replied, "But it's still faster than expected."

"When the internal library was being repaired back then..." Fan Shangshu seemed to think of the bustling scenes in the wasteland in northern Fujian many years ago, and laughed, "Your mother is really impatient and unwilling to deal with these trivial matters, the fifth child He is even someone who doesn't speak once a year, so I do all these trivial matters."

It turned out that he was the chief engineer who built the inner warehouse back then. No wonder Shijia Village developed so rapidly. Fan Xian looked at his father, and couldn't help feeling admiration in his heart. He thought to himself that there was a reason why His Majesty the Emperor was so afraid of his father, that he would not hesitate to lose more than a hundred tiger guards, and to wipe out his father's strength in Beijing.

"And the location of Shijia Village is good. You haven't been here before, so I don't have a chance to tell you." Fan Shangshu still smiled, but the red thread in his eyes showed fatigue. After all, he was getting older. , or here, the former Minister of the Household Department was in charge of such an important matter single-handedly, and his mind was exhausted to the extreme.

Fan Jian spread out a large map on the table, and it was laid flat. Fan Xian leaned over and stared at the symbols on the map with the help of the dim light. Because of the labels, he could easily draw the map on the map of the mainland. In the central and eastern part of China, we found a small Shijia village.

His eyes gradually lit up. The geographical location of Shijia Village is just as his father said. This side of Jiacun has been quiet, but the people outside have no idea what happened inside.

"If you want to do it right away, there will inevitably be a large amount of supplies coming in. You can no longer move like the ants in the past two years. It will definitely attract the attention of many people, so even if your money is in the account, don't do it again. Think about it." Fan Jian saw the faint excitement in Fan Xian's heart, and reminded him with a smile.

Fan Xian's smile immediately turned bitter. If Shijia Village is really going to be turned into an internal warehouse in northern Fujian, the recruitment of workers is one of them, and the entry of a large amount of materials is one of them. The simple blast furnace and those refined steel settings are even more impossible to hide. The eyes of a fool, I am afraid that everyone will guess what is going on here.

As far as the significance of the Neiku to the Qing Kingdom is concerned, as long as the court finds the slightest change, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely send troops to attack the north without hesitation. At all costs, he will storm Dongyi City and destroy the prototype of the new Neiku in Shijia Village. .

"Of course, even if His Majesty sends troops to attack, Shijia Village's unique location makes it easy to ask for help, so it's not so easy to attack." Fan Jian's thinking at this time is not like a minister of the Qing Kingdom, but more like a traitor. , He said indifferently: "Shijia Village was originally Yejia Village. More than half of your mother's subordinates came from this village. In order to keep the secret here, Yejia Village has gone to a word, and it has become Shijia Village today. .”

"And this village was originally the first place your mother chose when she built the inner treasury."

"It's just because of some other reasons that she reset the location of the Neiku in the interior of Qing Kingdom, in northern Fujian, which is very close to Quanzhou."

"We chose Shijia Village again because we believed in your mother's vision." Fan Jian looked at Fan Xian calmly, and said, "Other than your mother and the fifth child, only I knew this position back then. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is one, and the key is that this is a place where the three forces in the world cannot devote themselves wholeheartedly."

After a long silence, Fan Xian said, "I'd rather be cautious and slow than let His Majesty detect any clues."

"Your mother is no longer here. With our father and son alone, although we have so many innate advantages in our hands, it is impossible to build an inner warehouse in Shijia Village without a few years of work and the power of a country. What happened." Fan Jian closed his eyes slightly, and said, "You intend to move the internal treasury out of the Qing Kingdom, and you just want to use this cover to threaten His Majesty. It is necessary to be cautious at the beginning."

His father easily broke his mind with a single sentence, but Fan Xian did not show the slightest surprise, and said softly, "Even if it's a pretense, we should be more truthful, and who knows what will happen many years later? Your Majesty is not a god after all, and he has The day you die."

"So when you agreed to draw a large amount of money into Shijia Village, I began to doubt." Fan Jian opened his eyes and sighed heavily, "Do you think His Majesty will really do something to Chen Pingping?"

After a moment of silence, Fan Xian said, "I don't know."

Fan Jian's gaze forced him coldly: "What if His Majesty really moves?"

Fan Xian remained silent, did not answer this question, but only thought about the Shijia Village where his cloth shoes stepped on.

This village is still very quiet now, but it will definitely be extremely glorious in the future. No matter how the internal affairs of the Qing court develop, no matter whether there will be a big war in the world, Fan Xian always holds an attitude in his heart.

The inner treasury is not the inner treasury. It came from a certain age, and it should benefit the people of the present age, instead of becoming a logistics department for someone with thousands of troops.

Presumably Ye Qingmei thought the same way.

If a certain person kills himself, his own things will help him conquer the world. If Ye Qingmei knows this, she will definitely feel pain in her heart.

Fan Xian felt sorry for his mother whom he had never met, the more he felt sorry for him, the more he didn't want to make her feel sad.

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