Chapter four hundred and fiftieth seventh plot failed
The development of waterway transportation under the leadership of Wu Marquis once again deeply shocked Fan Qinghui.
From Gusu, we boarded a passenger ship and crossed Taihu Lake to Hucheng. From Hucheng, we followed the newly dug canal directly to Qiantang City, where the Hou Mansion is located.
There is no need to stop along the way, as all waterways can be used by passenger boats. It only takes more than a day to get from Suzhou to Qiantang City.
Fan Qinghui is not an ordinary person. She is a contemporary descendant of Cihang Jingzhai who has been carefully cultivated. She has gained a lot of knowledge in a short time while traveling around the world. She is also the best candidate to be the next master of Jingzhai. She has a unique understanding of the world.
His understanding, opinions, and political wisdom are not bad at all.
She knew very well what such fast water transportation meant.
Not to mention the economic and commercial benefits, the political benefits alone showed that the Hou Mansion's control over the territory had been greatly strengthened, which made her worried a little bit more.
When she stepped onto the pier in Qiantang City and saw another waterway connecting the pier with the same frequent traffic of ships, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
We have found out before that the waterway is the canal from Qiantang to Jiaxing, and the canals from Jiaxing to Hucheng and Jiaxing to Suzhou are basically about to be opened.
Similar to the previous land transportation, the entire Wuhou territory will soon be connected by waterways and canals that will make transportation more convenient and faster.
By then, with the dual convenience of water and land transportation, the Hou Mansion's control over the territory will be stronger than Fan Qinghui does not want to see.
It is said that Wu Hou likes to build roads and bridges and carry out extensive civil construction. She now understands this deeply.
The key point is that digging and dredging a canal that is thousands of miles long, and clearing out the section of Taihu Lake that is nearly a thousand miles away, did not consume much of the people of the Wu Marquis. This is really an incredible miracle.
Those who paid the price with their blood and lives for this miracle were the total number of Nanman Mountain Yue captives and criminal prisoners, numbering almost 150,000!
Speaking of this, no matter what Fan Qinghui thinks in his heart, he cannot but admire Wu Hou's far-sightedness and sharp methods.
They actually took advantage of the Sui army's frequent attacks on Nanman and Shanyue rebellions to buy young prisoners on a large scale, which lasted for nearly ten years. When the Hou Mansion planned to build a canal artery that ran through the entire territory, there was no need to expend energy and precious resources.
To increase the civilian power, just recruit these purchased prisoners and a large number of prisoners from the labor camps into battle.
Since the Hou Mansion was not stingy with food, in such a huge project as the construction of a canal within the territory, no more than one-third of the 150,000 young mountain barbarians and reform-through-labor prisoners died. Wu Hou Leihu can be regarded as quite merciful.
For example, the Renshou Palace built in Guanzhong not long ago, and the so-called "Yanggong Treasure" were presided over by Yang Su. A sea of people died, and even the cold-hearted Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty was alerted to knocking on it himself before giving up.
"General, Fan Qinghui, the contemporary successor of Cihang Jingzhai, would like to see you!"
In the backyard of the Hou Mansion, Lei Hu received a report from the guards.
"Invite her to the side hall of the central hall!"
Lei Hu spoke calmly, got up and hurried over directly. This contemporary successor of Cihang Jingzhai had a heavy responsibility, so he couldn't be too casual.
"I haven't seen Miss Fan for several years. It seems that her cultivation has improved to a higher level. It's really gratifying to congratulate her!"
When I met Fan Qinghui, I saw that this person's temperament was even more "immortal", with an unearthly aura lingering all over his body, and combined with his beautiful and refined face, it definitely attracted attention and even nostalgia.
"Nothing compares to Wu Hou, who is already the number one martial artist in the Central Plains!"
Fan Qinghui stood up and said with a chuckle: "He also managed the territory to make it prosperous and prosperous!"
This is not an exaggeration, but is based on facts.
It is said that Lei Hu and the Turkic warrior Bi Xuan made an appointment to fight on the bank of the Yangtze River. He suppressed Bi Xuan and beat him wildly. In the end, he was even blown away to nowhere.
As a result, Martial Lord Bi Xuan came back to life the next year, and it seemed that he had recovered from his injuries.
He didn't dare to run arrogantly through the Central Plains again. Instead, he directly invited Ning Daoqi, a Taoist disciple, to fight in the land of northern Shanxi at the junction of the grassland and the Central Plains.
Ning Daoqi went to the appointment, and under the witness of many heroes from the Northland, he fought with the martial master Bi Xuan for a day and a night without a winner. From then on, Ning Daoqi's status as a grandmaster was confirmed, and at the same time, his status as the number one martial arts person in the Central Plains of Thunder Tiger was confirmed.
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The Turkic warrior Bixuan was beaten so badly by Lei Hu, and he fought to a draw with Ning Daoqi. Obviously, Ning Daoqi's real combat power was much inferior to Lei Hu's.
As for the Goguryeo Yijian master Fu Cailin, he was evenly matched with the Heavenly Sword Song Que within a hundred moves. Although the Heavenly Sword was suppressed in all directions in the end, the strength of the master was at the same level as the martial master Bi Xuan, which was obviously still inferior.
There are many thunder tigers.
Therefore, Lei Hu was soon regarded as the number one martial arts master in the Central Plains, and even the number one master in the world.
Fan Qinghui's compliment can only be said to be true and not deliberately exaggerated.
Just saying it from her mouth, if it were another top powerhouse in the world, no matter how good his xinxing is, he would not be able to help but feel proud.
Lei Hu didn't have such thoughts. As he said, he had even seen the reincarnation of immortals in the world of Red Mansions. Although Fan Qinghui's immortalization was getting deeper and deeper, it was incomparable to real fairies. Naturally, he wouldn't
There is that 'flattered' thought.
This is also the point where Fan Qinghui is most confused, but has no choice but to do anything about it.
The warriors in this world specialize in 'jing' and 'god', and the aura of heaven and earth is very lively. They can easily manifest themselves with powerful 'spiritual power', and there is a precedent of shattering the void. The real top masters in the world are not afraid of immortality.
There is something called the fairy world that is quite fascinating.
It is a pity that this world can truly break the void. There are very few strong people who have entered the so-called immortal world, and there may not be one who will appear in hundreds of years.
Therefore, the "immortal transformation" effect achieved by Cihang Jingzhai's successors made many top experts in the world think that this was what a fairy in the immortal world would look like. They transferred their obsession with martial arts to the "immortal transformation" achieved by Cihang Jingzhai's cultivation.
'This is one of the main reasons why the descendants of Cihang Jingzhai are so popular in the world.
Not every big shot in the world loves beauty, but the descendant of Cihang Jingzhai will definitely be their guest when he arrives. In addition to the fact that the Buddhist sect is so powerful and must be given face, the descendant of Cihang Jingzhai also has many advantages.
"Miss Fan is so polite. I wonder what's important about Miss Fan's sudden visit?"
Lei Hu laughed and didn't take it seriously, and went straight to the topic. He didn't want to be wordy with the successor of Cihang Jingzhai who was full of "righteousness in the world".
It can only be said that the success of helping Longting with Yang Jian made Cihang Jingzhai’s senior management determined on this bright and promising path. They were obviously very successful in brainwashing when cultivating core disciples. Look at what happened after Master Xuan came out of the mountain.
You will know what is going on by your words and deeds.
If the Master Fairy hadn't been brainwashed and believed that "Selecting the Emperor in Fulongting" was the righteousness of the world, she wouldn't have said those words with righteousness and awe, which even modern people would find very embarrassing.
After getting to know the successors of Cihang Jingzhai, Lei Hu naturally had no intention of wasting words on them.
Fan Jingzhai's concept of "national integration" is quite normal. At least she knows that she needs to use Confucian teachings to tame the barbarism and unruliness of the Hu people. However, later, the concubine Xuan believed that Li Er was the rightful emperor, and she had to ask all the heroes in the world to give him to her.
Second, it is much better to give way. Not to give way means that you are not considerate of the people of the world.
But so what?
At this time, the "great ethnic integration" was still dominated by the Hu race in the north, and the right to speak was all in the hands of the Guanlong military group and the northern aristocratic families. However, the orthodox Han people in the south were the objects to be integrated. This was called belonging to the south.
The first series of Thunder Tigers were quite unhappy.
If he cannot control the fusion of initiative, does he still need to participate?
Fan Qinghui obviously didn't know what Lei Hu was thinking, but she didn't have any lengthy thoughts. She directly opened the small baggage in her hand and said with a smile: "After my master learned about Wu Hou's dilemma, he specially asked me to bring "Cihang" with me.
Come over and let Marquis Wu read the copy of the Sword Code!"
The corners of Lei Hu's mouth twitched slightly. The core executives of Nima Cihang Jingzhai had really tried their best to deceive him. They even agreed to the rude request to send him a copy of the Sword Code.
"Oh, I have to take a closer look at what is so subtle and surprising about Cihang Sword Code, one of the four most wonderful books in the world!"
Since the other party had already delivered the manuscript to his hands, Lei Hu was naturally not polite and asked Fan Qinghui to wait a moment before picking up the manuscript and reading it slowly.
Fan Qinghui sat aside calmly, but her mind was involuntarily focused on Lei Hu who was reading the sword canon.
It's a pity that she was disappointed. The look on Lei Hu's face didn't change from the beginning to the end, and he didn't even have any mental fluctuations. It seemed that what he was reading in his hands was not one of the four great books in the world (Cihang Sword Code), but
It is an ordinary miscellaneous travel book.
If this person had not controlled his own spirit and blood to a very fine level and worked hard to suppress his turbulent thoughts, then (Cihang Sword Code) would really have little effect on Lei Hu.
She wasn't sure what the situation was now, so she could only wait calmly and slowly.
"Well, well, well, it is indeed one of the four great wonders in the world. Although the description of the realm of the unity of heaven and man and the broken void is relatively brief, it is an incredible method of Wuqing practice!"
Not long after, Lei Hu flipped through the manuscript of the Sword Codex in his hand. All the contents were imprinted in his mind. He closed his eyes and pondered carefully for a while and couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised.
As he said this, he sent the manuscript of the Sword Code back to Fan Qinghui's hands. He didn't mean to be greedy at all, and he didn't have any overreaction. Fan Qinghui was confused and his heart suddenly sank.
The plan failed!
"I wonder what Marquis Wu has realized, what is the path of ruthless cultivation?"
Although her heart was heavy, Fan Qinghui's expression did not change at all and she asked directly.
"There is nothing else but the sword. This is the ruthless way!"
Lei Hu smiled and said: "The practice of sword canon is basically a ruthless way, but it is comparable to Song Que's She Dao in Lingnan!"