"Let's go to the mansion first." For the time being, he pressed the matter of assassination. Fusu stopped talking and motioned to Li Si to lead the way into the general's mansion.
"It's Li Si who's being rude, please, Your Highness!"
Li Si put on an embarrassed attitude, turned sideways, extended his hand to invite Fusu to go first, and immediately turned around to follow him after he passed him.
In this way, the other officials who came to pick him up followed him according to their status and entered the general's mansion one after another.
After entering the mansion, Li Si walked beside Fusu, and at the same time stretched out his hand to guide the way, "The mansion has prepared a banquet to welcome His Highness, I don't know..."
Li Si did not take Fusu directly to the banquet, but first asked him for his opinion.
Not to mention the bumpy journey, he also encountered an assassination. Due to physical and mental exhaustion, His Highness may not be in the mood to eat, drink or have fun, and just wants to rest.
However, Fusu's condition is not bad. Although the modified carriage is much slower, its stability has been greatly improved, and it is quite stable to sit on. As for the assassination, it is simply an expected farce and has no impact on him.
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"Lord Xiangguo, please lead the way."
Speaking of which, the land of Qilu is an out-and-out remote area of the empire. The central court’s control over this area is better than nothing, or almost zero.
These officials in Songhai City are basically from powerful nobles in Qilu. Many of them are even former Qi officials, and they have unclear connections with the Tianchen clan.
These officials have no loyalty to the empire, but Ying Zheng has to use them - there is no way, who will you use if you don't use them?
Being a political party does not mean just knowing a few words and reading a few books. You must either find truly capable talents or find local people with deep geographical connections.
Needless to say, everyone knows that the former is better. The problem is that you have to have someone to use it!
This is the Qin Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty where there were so many redundant officials that Wang Anshi died violently. There are so many scholars to choose from for you!
Because of this, after preparations for the Mirage Plan and the Eastern Patrol began, Ying Zheng asked Meng Tian to personally escort the Fuso Sacred Tree eastward, and then directly led troops to station in Songhai City.
The purpose is to let Meng Tian come and suppress the demons and monsters in Qilu.
Including later asking Prime Minister Li Si to go to Songhai in person, and asking his eldest son Fusu to inspect the eastward patrol route on his behalf and prepare for the enshrinement of Zen, this consideration was also included.
Otherwise, these old people and young people might do something to him.
Now that Fusu has come to Songhai, he naturally has to keep in touch with local officials. He needs to scare, win over, and suppress. A banquet is inevitable. If he doesn't take part today, he will have to set up a table later. Of course, there is no need for a deep connection. A banquet is enough, so it is best to cut through the mess quickly.
Li Si is well aware of this, and he is willing to resolve this inevitable banquet as soon as possible.
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Songhai City is very lively recently, every day.
Bustling people and tourists, soldiers patrolling day and night, after Gongshu Chou completed the final renovation of the mirage and the Gongshu family members were freed up, a large number of machine bat wings still fly in the sky every night as reconnaissance aircraft.
The common people are gradually getting used to this kind of excitement - so what if they are not used to it, how can they stay away from it!
But obviously they got used to it too early.
Today's Songhai City is much more lively than usual.
First of all, the night before, I didn’t know whether it was caused by monsters or gods. There was no wind and waves, which made people panic.
Then a large number of garrison troops entered the city and began comprehensive control. No living people were allowed to walk on the streets until the morning.
Fortunately, no one was wandering around during this time.
Not long after I relaxed in the morning, something happened again. A large number of soldiers poured into the city again and blocked the city gate. At the same time, the number of patrols was tripled. You can see fully armed soldiers almost anywhere and anytime.<
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Not only that, they also secretly dispatched a large number of spies, including those from the net, some from the military, and some from various forces.
Although the common people are not as capable as Shao Yu in seeing through their disguises at a glance, they can still vaguely feel that there are a lot of tough people around them.
For a time, people felt panic again.
It was not until Fu Su entered the city and asked Meng Tian to reduce the number of patrols and lift the lockdown, and everything returned to normal so as not to disrupt people's livelihood, that the situation calmed down again.
But this still didn't last long.
As evening approached, something happened at the pier.
Fortunately, this time the incident is no longer a torment for the people, but a lively event, or rather, a spectacle.
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"What are they doing in such a hurry?"
On the street, Tianming held a chicken leg in one hand and looked at the passers-by hurriedly by with confusion.
Regardless of men, women, old or young, everyone was walking in a hurry in the same direction. Some children even ran directly, with obvious excitement on their faces.
It seems like there are some group activities, but I haven’t heard that Songhai is holding any festivals or other activities recently?
Shao Yu, who was equally curious, immediately suggested, "Let's go, follow us and have a look!"
When you come out to play, you just want to have fun. With so many people coming together, it’s almost guaranteed to be fun, so there’s no reason to miss it.
Tianming thought the same thing, and while speeding up the chicken legs, he and Shaoyu kept up with the flow of people.
The sky in the evening is relatively bright in color, but today perhaps God lamented that the people of Songhai were indeed suffering from a terrible fate, so the red clouds were particularly dazzling.
Near the seaside port, the red clouds in the sky cast a dazzling color, and the usually blue sea was also coated with a layer of glow.
In the golden glow of the sky, a looming isolated island and mountain appeared in the sky. It was shrouded in clouds and mist, and its fairy spirit floated. It was like a fairy mountain dojo, which was dazzling and fascinating.
Outside the blocked Songhai Port, a large number of people gathered together. The reason was naturally the nameless 'fairy mountain' that suddenly appeared in the sky.
Everyone was pointing and looking at the floating 'fairy mountain', whispering to each other, and most of what they said was exclaiming and astonishing at the wonders in front of them.
Tianming, who had just finished eating the chicken drumsticks and was looking for something to wipe his hands with, opened his eyes wide. All his attention was attracted by the 'fairy mountain' in the sky, his eyes were full of reflected brilliance and deep yearning.
Unknowingly, he unconsciously grabbed a corner of Shao Yu's hair and wiped it all over a few times.
Shaoyu didn't care that his silk clothes were ruined by Tianming, and all his attention was focused on the sky.
The dazzling brilliance and the mesmerizing fairy mountain are two elements intertwined together, which can be called a miraculous workmanship and a magnificent sight.
The so-called rays of light and thousands of auspicious colors are nothing more than this.
