In the past, it was Li Zhi who led the giant bear away.
Since Li Zhi couldn't see anything with his left eye, the giant bear has been leading Li Zhi away. Especially when going down the steps, the giant bear takes a step first and waits below, seeming to be worried that Li Zhi will fall.
At the bottom, Li Zhi cannot be broken.
Li Zhi thinks the giant bear is very good and has kept it in vain all these years.
What he didn't know was that since he lost one eye, his walking speed had slowed down, but the giant bear's pace had not changed, which led to such a misunderstanding.
Li Zhi didn't want to think too much about the giant bear, just like he didn't want to think too much about Yunchu.
If you think deeply about everything, there won't be much fun in life.
When the sun came out, the dew in the forest had already dried. Li Zhi squinted his one eye and looked at the sun, and said to the accompanying eunuch Ruichun: "Yunchu broke camp and entered Shu today, right?"
Ruichun bowed and said: "According to the plan, Lord Lantian has already moved into Shu at 10:00 on the fourth watch today."
Li Zhi said: "Let's go to Ziwu Valley. We can't reach Ziwu Valley now."
Ruichun said softly: "I still don't understand why Lantian County Duke, a famous general, would choose the far side instead of the Baoxie Road. He insisted on taking the Ziwu Road. There was a total fifteen-day delay in the process."
Li Zhi said: "Yunchu's trip to the southwest this time is not to fight, but to caress."
Ruichun was even more puzzled. Seeing that the emperor seemed to be interested in continuing to speak, he said: "Since ancient times, the barbarians have been fearful of power and unethical. Is it possible to appease them?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "The reason why Southwest has not truly become a country and is willing to treat the Han people as brothers is because of Zhuge Wuhou's southern expedition.
It is more difficult to appease than to strangle. Besides, there is also the factor of military merit. When future generals face the southwest, most of them like to kill randomly and then return the favor with victory.
Little did they know that the conquests that consumed a large amount of national funds appeared to be successful on the surface, but in fact they were of no use. The southwest was still the southwest, the wilderness was still the wilderness, and even the people inside had not changed.
This time, what Yun Chu has to do is to conquer that forest."
Ruichun shook her head and said, "This is beyond what I can guess."
Li Zhidao: "Consolidate the country without relying on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and dominate the world without relying on the benefits of military revolution. Many people know these two sentences, but few people have the courage to practice them. From this point of view, you are already better than many
The more powerful the people are, the less they understand."
Ruichun helped the emperor cut down a bamboo shoot, peeled the skin off and washed it in the stream, then dried it with a handkerchief and sent it to the giant bear. While the giant bear was chewing, he said again: "Your Majesty, the southwest is a poor land.
Even if we take it down, what good will it do to our country, the Tang Dynasty?"
The emperor squinted one eye and smiled: "Yunchu once said a famous saying - God knows what treasures are hidden under that land! I deeply agree. If you don't need it for the time being, just put it there. God knows what treasures will be found one day.
It’s over.”
Seeing that the emperor started telling jokes, Ruichun shut up and followed the emperor to dig bamboo shoots everywhere to feed the giant bear that never seemed to have enough to eat.
In the Zhaoyang Palace where the Queen was, brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi knelt down quietly in front of Wu Mei.
Wu Mei threw the document from Chang'an in front of Wu Chengsi and said, "Is this a good thing that you brothers are reluctant to part with?"
Wu Chengsi calmly collected the messy documents and placed them again in front of him, still without saying a word.
Wu Mei said: "Wei Yuanqing failed me, will you two fail me too?"
Wu Chengsi said calmly: "Wei Chen has long said that if the queen wants to enter Chang'an, Nancheng is the best opening, and this opening was created after the Liushui sign exploded.
When Yunchu launched the Nancheng renovation plan, he had very good calculations. He thought that by buying and selling short, he would get a large amount of money and continue to fill the bottomless pit of Liushui Brand.
Later, due to lack of financial resources, there was a way for the queen to enter Chang'an.
The two ministers worked hard in Chang'an and did not dare to be careless in the slightest, for fear that they would accidentally fall into the trap set by Yun Chu. After the completion of the housing project, the people of Nancheng did not miss the queen's kindness, even Yun Chu was so colorful.
The guys who inspected the housing project in person would say "good".
Now that we have made a good start, let's just continue the matter. The purpose of building the commercial district is to recover the funds invested by the Queen, not to make money, and it is not for Wei Yuanqing to make money with the Queen's hard-earned reputation.
Queen, do you really care about money?
This thing is very important to us brothers and to ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, even more important than life. However, talking about money in front of the Queen is a big joke.
The reason why we set the price of the commercial district so low is to recover the money invested by the queen. After the money invested is recovered, we can repeat the pattern of Nancheng, whether in Chang'an or Luoyang.
Go down.
Over time, the common people lived in the good houses built by the queen, so naturally they only said good things about the queen.
Our brothers worked in Chang'an with this goal in mind.
Now, it's all ruined."
Wu Mei looked at Wu Chengsi who was talking eloquently in astonishment, until he finished speaking, Wu Mei said: "Since you have intentions, why don't you explain it clearly to Wei Yuanqing when you leave?
So that he was beaten by Yunchu again?"
Wu Sansi sighed on the side and said: "Wei Yuanqing just arrived in Chang'an. He didn't even check the accounts and told us brothers to get out. He also said that it was the queen who told us to return to Luoyang immediately without delay.
Wei Chen has always wondered why he came to Chang'an to take over the Nancheng Project, which is nothing, and why he didn't hurry up to understand what the Nancheng Project was about before expelling our brothers first.
It doesn't matter, our brother is stupid, he can just drive him away, why should he point at his nose and question him in front of all Yun Chu's subordinates at the Wannian County Yamen...
Who is Yun Chu? Even if the Queen scolds him, he must weigh it, because our brothers have discovered that as long as Yun Chu is humiliated by the Queen, he does not dare to retaliate against the Queen, but when his anger persists, he will definitely take it out on the Queen.
Let someone close to you vent.
Therefore, when Wei Yuanqing was beaten, Wei Chen thought that he was the one who brought it on himself."
Wu Mei looked at the Wu brothers suspiciously and frowned: "Okay, let's not talk about Wei Yuanqing. Now, the Nancheng Project has become a big joke. How should we deal with it?"
Wu Chengsi said: "Wei Yuanqing ruined the Queen's good reputation in Chang'an. If the Queen still wants to get the money back, it is no longer possible. The more money she gets back, the worse the Queen's reputation will be.
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Wei Chen thought that it would be better to give up completely, and the Queen would convict Wei Yuanqing of all crimes. After dealing with it severely, the Nancheng Project would be handed over to Wannian County for disposal.
In this way, there may be unexpected benefits.”
Wu Mei smiled and said: "With so much money, if you give it up, you brothers are quite courageous."
Wu Chengsi intervened and said: "The queen got out of the quagmire of Chang'an as soon as possible and asked the Weichen brothers to start over in Luoyang according to the pattern of the Nancheng project.
Queen, once there are profits here in Luoyang, we can copy this model to Yangzhou, Yizhou, and even Dayi, the capital of the entire Tang Dynasty. Measured against the profits in the world, Wei Chen thinks that the Chang'an South City Project should be abandoned
It’s nothing actually.”
Wu Mei looked at the two brothers with an increasingly strange look in her eyes, and said, "Could it be that this is what you two brothers gained in Chang'an?"
Wu Chengsi sighed and said: "Yun Chu's punches and kicks were very heavy. I wanted to die several times, but when he hit someone, it only hurt a lot, but he never died.
After wandering between life and death several times, if our brothers don't make any progress, wouldn't we be sorry for the beatings we received?"
Wu Mei laughed and said: "Is Dayi the capital of the whole world?"
The Wu brothers said: "Let every Tongdu city have a Queen's Square, and let every Tongdu city have a Queen's Street. The humble ministers thought that by joining forces, there would be a profit for the boss.
Not to mention, the queen's kindness can be spread throughout the world."
Wu Mei thought for a moment and said: "Why are you in such a hurry? I believe that if you clean up the mess in Nancheng, there will be a huge profit. Don't even want this?"
Wu Chengsi waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Queen, we learned the tricks of our brotherhood from Yun Chu. If we don't take advantage of his expedition to the southwest, what will happen if he snatches it from you in the name of the prince?
?
Your Majesty the Queen, time waits for us not."
Wu Mei said: "Let me think about it."
Upon seeing this, the Wu brothers bowed and stepped back.
Just after leaving Zhaoyang Palace, Wu Sansi saw that no one was there, so he whispered: "Brother, if you say this, you are giving Wannian County an advantage?"
Wu Chengsi looked at Wu Sansi with an idiot's eyes and said: "If we continue, the sixteen thousand guan we took will definitely be exposed, although it may not be possible to find our brothers. If this matter is done,
Wouldn't it be safer to have a headless case?"
"Ah? For sixteen thousand guan, the queen will give up hundreds of thousands of guan?"
"Idiot, is the queen short of money?"
"No shortage."
"So, are we short of money?"
"It's lacking. It's very lacking. My brother still doesn't have a good mansion."
"That's it. Let me tell you, the Tang Dynasty is very big, but Chang'an is actually very small. With our two abilities, as long as we don't fight with those evil ghosts in Chang'an City, we brothers can't go anywhere in the world.
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Wu Sansi looked at his brother with admiration and said, "Brother still sees far away."
Wu Chengsi said: "Actually, it's not what I thought. I used to just want to repeat the Chang'an Nancheng Project in Luoyang. Yesterday I met a young boy in a restaurant talking to a group of people about the Chang'an Nancheng Project. I thought it was quite interesting.
I just copied the truth to the Queen today, but I didn’t expect that the Queen seemed to have this idea."
Wu Sansi thought for a moment and said, "Is there a scam?"
Wu Chengsi chuckled and said: "Whatever, as long as it is beneficial to our brothers."
It was still unbearably hot in Luoyang in September. Yao Chong stood in a restaurant, watching the Wu brothers riding horses and bridles side by side. He looked at the palace wall not far away and said to the restaurant owner guarding the door:
"Take some time to clean up. We will return to Chang'an tomorrow. There should be a result from the Nancheng Project."
The restaurant manager intervened and said, "I obey my orders."