The reason why it was so slow was that although Gu Yun had rushed back and forth between the capital and Jiangbei before, there was still a lot of work to do on the front line, which just happened to allow Chang Geng to recuperate during this period, until Chang Geng's daily activities were not hindered, the two talents walking back.
On the way back, it happened to be busy along the canal.
The factories that are being built are always not very good-looking, and they are dusty. Regardless of whether they are craftsmen coolies or devolved civil officials and royal merchants, all of them are disgraced, but they are still orderly.
Working two meals a day, after noon, a group of young and strong refugees who had just put down their butcher knives gathered together to scavenge grains from the iron cart.
Gu Yun once went around anonymously, and saw that after the nest was opened, the inside was very solid, the grain was the grain, the face was the face, and it was very weighty in the hand. Fab, you can't even count rough meals, but when a group of men who just started working together, each holding a piece of dry food and dipping a piece of sauce brought by the foreman from home, when they eat together, it makes people feel at ease. .
Approaching the suburbs of Beijing, Gu Yun rode and followed Chang Geng's carriage, chatting about it along the way, Chang Geng smiled and said: "The craftsmen or something may have been hired from outside, come here to be the foreman, and lead everyone to work, and most of the rest are working. The labor force was directly recruited by Duke Du from the refugees in Zhao'an. In the future, wherever they have moved bricks, they will stay where they are and continue to hold the job. For this, I heard that Duke Du asked the Canal Office for an imperial decree. Guarantee, in the name of the imperial court, unless you want to leave, the factory will not drive people out, and you will be here for the rest of your life.”
No one is more looking forward to re-establishing roots than the displaced people, and letting these refugees build their own new homes. They can do their work practically and happily. There are very few people who cheat and cheat. Du Wanquan only needs to manage the food and even the wages. After saving a lot, there are often old ladies who call him "Du Shanren" behind his back. When worshiping the Bodhisattva, he always attaches his share. This person is really skilled.
"It's a good thing," Gu Yun thought for a while, and then asked again, "In this way, except that the family does not reduce the rent, it is a bit like a military household - but the civilian population is no better than the military, if there are people who do not work well or commit crimes? ?"
"The military aircraft office has issued regulations," Chang Geng said, "I told Jiang Hanshi before I left, and it has been sent along with the imperial edict. There are thirteen articles in total, and there are some detailed rules. They stop work every night, and there are special people to explain this, if The evidence is conclusive, and the local branch of the canal can be the owner of the expulsion. Why, are you still worried that there will be collusion between officials and businessmen in the future and bully the workers?"
Gu Yun was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said, "Why, is there a way?"
"Yes," Chang Geng said, "the old man who has worked in the factory for more than ten years, as long as more than half of them are willing to vouch for him, that person can stay, and he can report to the Canal Office at the next level - in fact, even this is the case. , it may not be without problems after a long time, and then change slowly, there is no reason to do it overnight.”
Gu Yun: "How long have you been planning?"
"That's not what I thought," Chang Geng laughed, "it's just that when I first started contacting with Duke Du, I had such a vague idea. For so long, while paving the way, I kept discussing with them for more than a year. , just grinded out such a thing. Duke Du and the others have traveled all over the world, and have traveled to the West many times in their lives. They are well-informed and quick to respond, but they lack a step. If I build a step for him, he will be able to Take the lead."
A scholar has the pedantic and sentimental attitude of a scholar, and a businessman has the cunning and craftsmanship of a businessman. There is no good or bad in quality. It only depends on where the high-ranking people are willing to take advantage of the situation.
"By the way, Zixi, I also heard Duke Du say that Westerners have a very large and long car," Chang Geng stuck his head out of the carriage window and said excitedly, "Put it on the rails and run It is very fast, but it is different from the eagle and the giant kite. It can pull many knots in the back. Isn't it possible to transport as many things as you want? It is much stronger than the canal waterway, but it takes up a bit of space, and it is not easy to coordinate on a long line. , I can just use the opportunity of this land acquisition to build a factory to save the place for that thing. Speaking of which, I really have to thank Yang Lu’s party for buying a house and buying a land. At the beginning, ask someone to build one and try it out—now the Jiangnan front line is a sticky method, and it will be troublesome to transport grain, purple gold and lighters from the capital, if it can be built one day.”
Gu Yun doesn't necessarily have any insights into the national economy and people's livelihood, but he is extremely keen on defense and military affairs. He just heard the meaning and quickly said: "Tell me more carefully."
Chang Geng didn't say any more, he waved at him, as if intending to whisper, Gu Yun urged the horse to catch up a little bit, then bent down slightly and asked, "Why, is there something that can't be leaked now? "
"It's not that I can't say it, it's just that" Chang Geng hesitated.
Gu Yun was a little confused for a while, and didn't realize what the secret of this matter was. At this moment, Chang Geng suddenly stuck his head out of the car and quickly took advantage of his lips.
Gu Yun: ""
Chang Geng turned his eyes and saw that no one was paying attention to the carriage, so he said in a low voice, "Let me go home at night, and I'll show you the blueprint."
Gu Yun held the reins of the horse and leaned back slightly: "How many times have I made you? It's not because of injury or cheating with me - there's no way."
Chang Geng is good at everything, but there is one thing, he has a strong desire for control, especially towards Gu Yun. On weekdays, he would deliberately restrain himself and try not to make Gu Yun uncomfortable, but when he got to the bed, he couldn't control that much.
Chang Geng whispered softly: "Foster father, you are not serving well, I can learn by heart."
Gu Yun: "Son, you don't have to work so hard."
After passing the Peking University camp, Gu Yun didn't wear any armor, he only wore a long robe with casual clothes, and the cuffs were wider than his waist.
Chang Geng grabbed his sleeve as soon as he reached for his hand, and shook it from side to side without saying a word.
When they passed a village and town on their way, they happened to see a three or four-year-old child weeping and pulling the adult's sleeve, begging for candy. Since then, Chang Geng didn't know which tendon was wrong, and he learned it as it is. There is great intention to carry it forward.
When he was a child, there was not a single sleeve in the world that he could pull. Now, even if he looks tall, he always seems to have regrets, and he wants to make up for it all from Gu Yun.
Gu Yun laughed and got goosebumps: "If you say no, you can't, let go - Your Highness, are you embarrassed?"
Chang Geng was unwilling to let go, and there is a tendency that he will not give up if he is not torn into a "broken sleeve" by the public.
When Shen Yi and Jiang Chong were leading people out of the city, they saw King Yan sitting in the car from a distance, sticking out his head to talk to Gu Yun, Gu Yun let his horse stroll lazily, with a smile in the corners of his eyes. , the corners of his mouth were taut.
King Yan said something for the first time, and Gu Yun tapped on the back of his hand, forcing him to let go of his hand involuntarily.
King Yan didn't seem to give up, and said something else, Gu Yun pulled down the curtain of his car, as if he was going to be out of sight and out of mind.
When King Yan pulled off the car curtain for the third time and exposed his head, Gu Yun finally couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand as if afraid of him, as if he had compromised.
Jiang Chong was taken aback for a moment.
Shen Yi sighed: "It's fortunate that the commander has no children, otherwise it's amazing, he has to favor a demon king who is out of the blue. I don't think he can say 'no' three times to His Royal Highness King Yan, and he can't ask for anything twice. Ask again for the third time, and he promises to agree."
Jiang Chong hadn't come back yet: "I thought that Hou Ye was not in the capital for a long time, and there was only a righteous father and son between him and Yan Wang. It seems that the relationship is really deep."
When Shen Yi heard the word "love", he thought about it, and just now he felt that Gu Yun's mood that he couldn't be a Yan father turned a corner, and he cursed in his heart: "Gu Zixi is such a foolish thing, he will never be serious in his life. At that time, what kind of virtue is scattered there in broad daylight?"
Gu Yun's nose was a little itchy, and he turned his head and sneezed. As soon as he turned his face, he saw Mr. Jiang, who was full of "I am very relieved to see the general reconciliation", and a forehead, "Pay attention to the influence, don't be ashamed. " Admiral Shen.
The dignified King Yan was invited into the palace before he could get out of the car.
Shen Yi stared at Gu Yun with condemnation. Gu Yun, who had just agreed to something that would be very disrespectful and humiliating to the country, was regretting it and asked angrily, "What are you looking at?"
The old pedant Admiral Shen rebuked righteously: "I didn't say it, you are too outrageous sometimes."
Gu Yun: "What happened to me?"
Shen Yi: "Like a lecher who was hooked by a fox spirit."
Gu Yun: ""
It's really a grievance like "Donglei Zhenzhen" and "Xia Yuxue", and there are hundreds of people who really want to cut off the robe with the surname Shen.
Fortunately, before he had time to kill Admiral Shen, Shen Yi blocked his mouth with business: "I figured that you should be here in a few days, so I didn't send someone to deliver the letter to you, two important things are important. Let me tell you—first, Calais Yinghuo from Beiman has sent someone here.”
Gu Yun's face changed.
Ever since Xuantie Camp took a sigh of relief and quelled the Western turmoil, it has been eyeing the north, which has largely eased the pressure on the defense of the northern border—Xuantieying has been Calais Yinghu's nightmare for a lifetime. With them there, the eighteenth The wolf king did not dare to act rashly.
But the northern Xinjiang has never been barren, and it depends on God's face to raise some cattle and sheep. In this battle, Daliang has been beaten to the core, not to mention Calais Yinghuo, who has been thinking about revenge and has been ignoring production.
In the long run, they can't afford it for granted.
Gu Yun: "Come and talk?"
"Well," Shen Yi nodded, "this matter didn't have time to go to the big court meeting. The emperor called a few of us into the palace to discuss each other's conditions - do you know how I feel?"
Gu Yun frowned.
Shen Yi said: "It's like when the old wolf king offered Zi Liujin and offered to take his body as a pledge. The words are familiar, humble and sincere, and the conditions are very straightforward. Zixi, do you believe them?"
Gu Yun pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "I don't believe it very much. The barbarians are different from the Westerners. The Westerners are just greedy, but the barbarians are feuds - especially Calais Yingyu."
Shen Yi hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?"
"Since Calais took over the Eighteen Tribes, he has not done anything other than revenge on the Central Plains," Gu Yun said, "they come to peace talks now, there are only two possibilities, or Calais will be taken by them from the Eighteen Tribes. Someone in here has usurped power, or he's holding up some bad idea."
Shen Yi: "I can't rule out the possibility that the Eighteen Tribes really can't survive."
"No, it's not winter yet, I don't believe they're exhausted," Gu Yun said, "Listen to me, Calais is a mad dog, a mad dog doesn't care whether it eats meat or grass, just bites people. "By the way, what did the emperor say?"
"Your Majesty" Shen Yi paused for a moment and said in a low voice, "This is the second thing I want to tell you. Your Majesty may not be very good recently."
Gu Yun was stunned.
"Now the big court meeting has been changed to once every 15 days, on the 15th day of the first day, other important matters that need to be discussed will be brought to the small court meeting, and will be handed over to the military aircraft office to preside over the Xinuan Pavilion. I can't stand the gang of people making noise at the big court meeting," Shen Yi whispered, "That's it, at the big court meeting at the beginning of this month, when the servant said that the court was going away, the emperor got up and stepped on his own. The dragon robe almost rolled off the throne hall on the spot, and was caught by the guards in front of the hall.
Shen Yi pointed at his calf: "I broke it directly, and I still can't get out of bed. I think this may be the reason why he hurriedly summoned King Yan into the palace."
Gu Yun was taken aback: "Can you break a bone with a somersault? It's too big."
"The imperial physicians did not dare to speak, and they couldn't speak for a reason. Later, I asked Miss Chen to see it. Miss Chen said that she was overworked for many years, coupled with an unbalanced diet, and her bones were loose, and they broke as soon as they fell - some legends The first emperor was
No wonder the doctors kept their mouths shut, so Chen Qingxu, who often ran outside the gate, dared to tell the truth.
This company is too boring.
Shen Yi glanced around and saw that all the men who came out to Yingyan King followed Jiang Chong. Gu Yun left his personal guards in the Beida Camp with only a few generals around him, so he lowered his voice and looked at Gu almost inaudible. Yun Dao: "Because of the Lu family incident, the imperial concubine was also implicated, and was directly cut off from the concubine position. Although it was not much on the bright side, in fact, Ji was in the cold palace, and the prince was so young, and the mother family had little help. , if the emperor is really what do you mean by saying that he is in a hurry to call King Yan into the palace? Is it Tuo Gu or"
Gu Yun glanced at him, and Shen Yi automatically shut up.
When the imperial city was about to break down, Li Feng mentioned the succession of the throne—not to the crown prince, but to King Yan.
With the situation in those days that the country was destroyed and Taishan overturned, the little prince really couldn't support a family with the surname Li. Now, although the country has not been recovered, Beiman has sent people to ask for peace. After a few years of recuperation, he must be With the power of a battle, will the emperor still pass on his younger brother instead of his son
Gu Yun suddenly remembered the time when the Yulin Army rebelled, and the irrelevant words Li Feng suddenly mentioned to him—"King Yan was abused by a barbarian girl when he was a child"—
Li Feng doesn't seem to be someone who would take the initiative to ask, so it is likely that Chang Geng took the initiative to tell him, what kind of occasion would it be
Although Chang Geng and Li Feng are brothers, they are not close. Gu Yun knows that Chang Geng is a little wolf cub. People who don't kiss don't even give family favors. There is no way to take the initiative to confess his childhood wounds to win sympathy, unless Gu Yun has a bright mind. In a flash, I suddenly thought of a possibility: By the way, Prince Yan has been crowned as an adult for several years, why no one cares about his life-long event, even if it is inconvenient for others to mention it, has Li Feng forgotten it
Therefore, Emperor Long'an's mindless words that day may have the second half of the sentence - "He has a grudge and is unwilling to marry a wife and have children"!
If King Yan has no heirs, it means that no one can shake the status of the little prince in the future, so he may be able to hand over the heavy responsibility of Tuogu to Chang Geng.
And Li Feng has been letting the little prince contact him, on the one hand to ease the relationship, and on the other hand to pave the way for his son!
The minds of these people
Shen Yi: "Do you think it is possible for the emperor to inherit the throne of Yanwang?"
"Shh—don't mention it again," Gu Yun said, "don't mix it up, remember what we do."
Shen Yi hurriedly responded: "Actually, I have one more thing, it's a private matter."
Gu Yun glanced at Shen Yi in surprise: "What?"
Shen Yi scratched his ears for a moment: "Are you familiar with Miss Chen?"
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