"Do you really think it's okay to build the city into a circle?" Li Chengqian stood in front of the model and asked Yun Ye suspiciously, stroking his short beard.
"It can't be helped. The terrain has created a city with this shape. I like this kind of city the best. It's round and looks festive." Yun Ye explained to Li Chengqian without any care.
"Speak nicely. Go and see if any of the cities in the Tang Dynasty are like this. If you report this, I will be scolded to death by the ministers. Reasonable." Li Chengqian couldn't help it anymore.
"Okay, let's talk about it. Look at the mountain to the north. It's called Acacia Mountain. Look at the mountain to the south. It's called Dayun Mountain. I like the name. It stretches for more than seventy miles.
One is directly connected to Mufu Mountain. If you look closely, you will find that these are two dragons fighting. Therefore, this land has never been peaceful. A mere small town has experienced many wars and fierce battles, not to mention the distance.
, the King of Hejian was almost killed here, and there were no corpses of the 20,000-strong army. This shows that this place is not a kind place prone to recruitment disasters.
Let’s make this city round. Look, does it look like a dragon ball? As long as it’s a dragon, who doesn’t want this bead? There’s a saying here, it’s called Two Dragons Playing with Pearls, Acacia Mountain Dragon Qi
Walking, twisting and turning, stretching and contracting, winding from the north, the dragon energy becomes more and more powerful when it reaches Yueyang, and stops at the Dongting Lake, where the energy is more subtle and vigorous, so it rises and falls nine times, which is the best.
Dragon Vein, it is really unreasonable not to build a round turtle city in such a good place."
Li Chengqian raised his head, glanced at Yun Ye, knocked on the table and asked, "When did you start to understand Feng Shui and Kanyu?"
"Ever since I discovered that Yuan Tiangang made a lot of money just by fooling around with a few words, this is a good craft that must be learned. If the Yun family declines in the future, at least I will have a skill to keep me from starving to death."
After Li Chengqian kicked everyone out, he pinched Yun Ye's neck and roared: "You bastard, you're done as long as you want to fool others. How can you even fool me?"
"You can't pinch it. If you pinch it again, you'll die. Okay, I'll tell you why." Li Chengqian let go of his hand and stared at Yun Ye's real words. Yun Ye poured a glass of water without drinking it and put it in his palms.
After a while, he said: "There is only one reason. I want to reduce expenses as much as possible and create more profits. This plain is so big. It is impossible to contain the two key points of water and land. According to the imperial court's plan
, a city should not only play the role of enriching the people. It should also play the role of curbing traffic between the north and the south, so that the traffic hubs in the north and south are under the nose of Yueyang City. This is understandable, but have you ever thought about this city?
It's too big, too big to look like. How many soldiers and horses do you plan to send to guard the fortress?
A city of ten miles and a territory of seven miles. These are not included. The city wall alone needs to be thirty-six miles long. Are you kidding me? Who can hold a wall of thirty-six miles long? How many soldiers and horses are needed? There are too many soldiers and horses stationed there.
, a lot of resources will be occupied for free, and the money to build the city will be wasted, and it will be a waste of national funds.
Do you know that there is a truth in arithmetic that among shapes with the same circumference, the circle has the largest area? Never heard of it? Oh, I didn’t tell you. I must build the shortest city wall and circle the largest land. When the time comes,
Just by selling land, the imperial court could maintain Yueyang's finances for a long time.
The four claws stretched out by this turtle can just strangle the land route. As for the water route, without a strong navy, who do you want to blockade? So, the city becomes a huge circle. As for the city wall, why is there no city wall?
It's because there is no need to build it yet. Who wants to build a city wall first when building a city in their own country? It's not too late to build the city wall after finishing the interior. Because the city wall will hinder the transportation of materials. "
Li Chengqian sat for a while, patted the table and said: "You are always so wanton and wanton. This is not okay. Wasn't your original idea very good? Why did you change your mind as soon as you arrived in Yueyang? When building a city, you must first build the city wall. This is a common practice.
, you easily want to change the ancient rules, but this won’t work. Do you know how much resistance this will cause to you? Even if you want to build a turtle city, you still need to erect the city walls first and worry about the transportation of materials.
, it’s very simple, you just need to leave a few more gaps, and it doesn’t take much effort. Tell me, what is the reason that makes you do this.”
After not seeing each other for a while, Li Chengqian has indeed become smarter. He is no longer the kid who can be fooled by just saying a few words. Yun Ye is very relieved, but also very disappointed. A person who knows how to think for himself has finally been cultivated by himself. He just wants to think about it in the future.
It would be very difficult to fool him. This is a standard self-inflicted crime. The violent and arrogant Li Chengqian in history disappeared at this moment.
"There's going to be a war in Yueyang. It's going to be a big war, a bad war. The water thieves in Dongting Lake, under the bewitchment of the thieves, actually created a twelve-chain dock. They are annihilating one after another and annexing the lake.
A small group of water thieves are searching for all the food they can collect. This is why when you come to Yueyang, you need to transport food. Because there is no food in Yueyang. Sooner or later, there will be a fierce battle in Yueyang, and it is about to break out. You have not seen Lingnan
Have the navy never dared to stay away from Yueyang these days? "
Li Chengqian jumped up immediately, crouched down to check the map of the two lakes, and whispered: "Not only are there police in the new city, but nearby Baling is not safe, and the prefectures surrounding Yunmengze are also in danger, and the police need to be called immediately.
I need to report this to my father."
"Your Majesty knows. Your Majesty knows clearly. Why do you think His Majesty sent you here and did not let Fang Xuanling come? It is because you are worried that the old man will find out something. It is best if you come. Your Majesty said, if
If you find a problem, tell the truth. If you don't find a problem, you will be sent back to Chang'an. You see, this is the order given to me by His Majesty before you came."
Yun Ye took out a secret letter and handed it to Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian shook his head, banged the table and whispered: "How could this happen? I always thought that the water thieves in Dongting Lake were scabies. How come they became scabies in an instant?"
A personal problem?"
"Because I sent people over to organize all the water pirates, and then accidentally a very powerful person took over the power. Now this very powerful person wants to fight me to the death and avenge his eagle."
"Is it them? Are you deliberately trying to get the water thieves together?"
"That's right, I came up with the names of the Twelve Links."
"And then someone else took away your power?"
"Yes, the guy named Water Dragon King is incompetent and can't hold his position, so it's not surprising that he was replaced by a more powerful guy."
"That Water Dragon King is not yours?"
"There have never been fools in the academy or the Yun family. There are at most two loyal fools sweeping the floor in the Yun family ancestral hall. The rest are human beings. They are not even willing to give others their right to eat one more bun. Let alone
Not to mention that if you want to take away a position like the King of Dongting Lake, you need to be at least ten times smarter than them, or ten times more powerful."
"So everything in Dongting Lake is under your control?"
"No, Your Majesty doesn't know how many spies are packed into the water thieves. Some of the young water thieves are former students of the academy. I don't know why they appear in the thieves' den."
Li Chengqian squirted out the water in one gulp. Will the students in the academy become water thieves? He wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death. These guys are now practicing in various yamen. How could they become the leaders of water thieves?
"Who in your family is in it? Or who in the academy is in the water thief?"
"Liu Fang, Mr. Liu, he is now the strategist of the new water bandit leader. He has three thousand powerful water thieves under his command, almost all of them are the best among the water thieves. The water bandit leader almost obeys him.
Thieves are also very prestigious."
Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief. He could control the direction of the water thieves' attack. In other words, by letting them attack Xincheng blindly, the situation could be controlled to a minimum.
"Now that you know everything, you understand why the new city doesn't build a city wall, right? The reason why we don't build a city wall is because we are building bunkers. Since ancient times, we have called thieves rogue thieves, and we are not afraid of them forming a group.
I am afraid that they will be scattered. Every time there is an encirclement and suppression, there will always be bandits scattered all over the place, secretly continuing to do the business of killing people and stealing goods. When one bandit is killed, many bandits will immediately stand up. It is very scary. So, this time we
We must accomplish all our efforts in one battle.”
Li Chengqian knew that there were some things that Yun Ye didn't say. The bandits were nothing to the powerful army of the Tang Dynasty. There was no need to calculate to such an extent. Only that group of people were the most terrifying. His father probably wanted to pass this test.
, find the exact location of these people. The importance my father attaches to these people is far beyond what a city can compare with.
The two people went out and walked along the small lake outside the door. The moonlight stripped their figures long and fell on the water. When they were blown by the evening breeze, they became distorted. Yun Ye kicked a stone into the lake.
, watching the ripples wrinkle and lengthen the reflection of the moon, I felt a little more comfortable. They talked too much, and both of them were too lazy to talk. There was really nothing to stay by the small lake at night. In May, the words kept coming.
Mosquitoes hatched out of the lake and flew towards the two men with their wings not fully extended. Dongyu and Li Chengqian's bodyguards waved large handfuls of lit mugwort in an attempt to drive away the insects.
Soon a light layer of mist covered the lake.
Being a scheming person doesn't make people feel better. Li Chengqian, who was sitting by the lake with his legs in his arms, suddenly sang a song. He sang it well and his voice was very soft. But his accent was weird and I couldn't understand it. It was a very gentle song.
Only if you listen carefully can you tell that this is not a Han song...
After singing the song, Li Chengqian bared his white teeth and smiled at Yun Ye and said: "This is what my mother taught me to sing when I was a child. Whenever I feel unhappy or depressed, I will sing it. After singing, I feel comfortable all over."
..." (To be continued... ps: The second section will be sent