Chapter 927: The Magnificent Power of Han (Fifty-One)

No matter how delicious the sashimi of Dayan Lake is, how can it compare to the eight living rooms he had when he was in Qi State, where he could respond to a hundred requests? Putting aside these things, Qi is currently at war with its own country, with external powers eyeing it, and the Chu people sharpening their knives and occupying the country. After Linyi, they were planning to attack Judu again, but Zhengdong Mansion's Gao Yuan's intentions had long been obvious. Through the civil war between the two sons, they were using both sides to extort money, but Tian Fucheng and Tian Yuanyuan had to bite each other. Gao Yuan sent a large amount of money to Zhengdong Mansion in exchange for his non-interference. When Gao Yuan squeezed them out and the two of them were exhausted, Zhengdong Mansion's army would probably march into Qi in due course. .

The countdown to the fall of Qi has begun from now on.

After eating some sashimi with no taste, Tian Dan returned to his residence by the Dayan Lake. To be fair, Gao Yuan went above and beyond to meet his daily needs and did not treat him in the slightest. His residence was nothing compared to Zhou Yuan's. Wow, the large courtyard with eight entrances and eight exits is so empty that it makes people feel panicked. Apart from themselves, there are other people in it, from the guards who are nominally protecting themselves, to the doormen who open the doors, and the cooks who cook. The supervisory guards from the Zhengdong Mansion Supervisory Office, although these people were dressed in ordinary people's clothes, the obviously different aura from ordinary people in their gestures could not be hidden from Tian Dan's eyes.

Of course, the other party didn't bother to hide it from him, and the people stationed here were probably good people from the Overwatch Council. They usually looked after and supervised themselves, and at the same time, they also isolated outsiders who revealed their intentions.

On the bank of Dayan Lake, besides myself and Zhou Yuan, there are many other vacant houses of the same size. I don't know who will live in them in the future, but at least their status will definitely not be lower than that of myself and Zhou Yuan! This place has almost become a place of exile for Gao Yuan to exile his defeated opponents. Gao Yuan is really broad-minded and is not afraid of raising his former enemy. But on the other hand, this is Isn't it another way for Gao Yuan to show off his martial arts?

Climbing up a small building in the courtyard, standing here, you can see far away. A few miles away from the shore of Dayan Lake, there are villages one after another. Those places are full of soldiers of the Eastern Expeditionary Army and their families. , while the soldiers were fighting, their families would open up wasteland and farm here, and further away is the core of Dayan County, Dayan City. Zhengdong Mansion took several years to build this big city here, which is no less than their political and economic center. Jishi City looks like twin sisters to Jishi City in appearance. Jishi City once withstood an attack by tens of thousands of people from Tan Feng and Zhou Yu of the Yan Kingdom with thousands of people. Naturally, Dayan City is not far behind.

The Zhengdong Prefecture relied on the existence of Dayan City to firmly control the Hetao area. With Dayan City as the center, its influence radiated to the prairie and the Donghu area. The yamen of the Liaodong Protectorate was located here.

Dayan City is becoming another prosperous place in the Hetao area.

Tian Dan sighed deeply. He had to obey Gao Yuan. In less than ten years, he started from scratch and created a huge foundation, including Jishi City, Dayan City, Pioneer City, and Tongwan City. The existence of these cities has brought all the prairie and Liaodong under the control of the Central Plains countries. Adding these territories together, the area controlled by Zhengdong Mansion can be said to be the largest country in the world. It is only because of the scarcity of people that Zhengdong Mansion's power is limited.

A large part of the 780,000 to 80,000 Qi troops captured with him were assigned to the Hetao area to open up wasteland and farm fields. It was winter now, but Zhengdong Mansion did not let them idle. These Qi troops were building Dayan City to Tong. Wancheng, Pioneer City's Chi Road. The Chi Road is more than ten meters wide and can accommodate two carriages running in parallel. The cushion layer is first laid with stones, then filled with Sanhe soil, and flattened with stone rollers. Such a road, Even in the rainy season, it is still extremely hard. Tian Dan can imagine that when this road is completed, the time required for Dayan City's soldiers and horses to drive to Tongwan City and Pioneer City can be shortened by half, and no matter what the weather is. And When this road is completed, materials from Donghu can be transferred here faster without having to cross the vast mountains, which will save a lot of costs.

I heard from Zhou Yuan a few days ago that Zhengdong Mansion has produced a large number of iron ore, copper mines, and coal mines in the Liaodong Peninsula and is now preparing to mine them. The mining of these mineral deposits will undoubtedly increase the strength of Zhengdong Mansion. A new level.

Perhaps in this world, only the Qin people can stop Gao Yuan's footsteps. As for the Chu people, although they have a vast territory and few resources, they have always been conservative and weak. How can they be the opponent of the wolf-like tigers of the Eastern Marching Army?

He lowered his head, was he really going to die here?

The sky gradually became dark, Tian Dan sat silently in front of the window, staring at the village in the distance, and the lights gradually turned on.

"Prime Minister Tian, ​​it's time for dinner!" The respectful voice of a servant came from outside. When he came here, the only thing he could bring with him were two old guards who had followed him for many years.

It was almost midnight, but Tian Dan couldn't sleep. Ever since he came to Dayan Lake, he had gradually become accustomed to this regular schedule. His body had not collapsed, but he had gained some weight. But today, he had insomnia. , not because of anything else, but because of what Zhou Yuan said to him, Tian Yuanyuan wanted to save him, Tian Fucheng wanted him to die, and now Zhengdong Mansion is busy building a country, and everyone is very busy, so Both of these young men wanted to take this opportunity to make a move.

Really naive, where is this place? This is the most tightly controlled area by Zhengdong Palace, even more tightly than Jishi City. Jishi City is the political and economic center, and Zhengdong Palace cannot prevent people with ulterior motives from sneaking in, and now Dayan City is actually a military fortress. The people who live here are either soldiers and their families of the Zhengdong Army, or people who live in the fields. But these people who come here voluntarily are die-hard loyalists of the Zhengdong Mansion. , the others are all prisoners, prisoners under strict supervision, let alone a stranger, even if a raw dog breaks in here, people will know the clues, whether they come here to save themselves or to kill themselves. , they are all meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return.

Tian Dan was not angry at Tian Fucheng's disobedience. On the contrary, if he were in Tian Fucheng's position, he would do the same thing. But now he hates his two sons very much. A man plays with applause without realizing it, a brother clings to a wall and resists his humiliation without even understanding this, how can he support the state of Qi?

Suddenly there was the roar of crossbows and the cry of killing outside. He sat up from the bed with a roar. At the same time, the two personal guards living outside also rushed in and guarded nervously around Tian Dan. .

Tian Dan opened the window, but unfortunately although he could hear the sound, he could not see the situation.

"There's nothing to worry about. No matter who comes to kill me or save me, they can't succeed." Tian Dan described the situation as bitter and comforted the two veterans in a low voice.

"Is it the eldest young master or the second young master?" A veteran asked in a low voice, his face full of anger.

"No matter whose it is, it doesn't matter!" Tian Dan sighed, "It all comes and goes. Gao Yuan put me here for no reason."

The fighting outside was extremely brief. In the blink of an eye, torches lit up in the courtyard where Tian Dan lived. A group of people walked in from the outside. They were the supervisory guards of the brigade. Among them, there were many people tied up with big flowers. The two of them, looking at the blood-stained steel knives in the hands of the supervisors, feared that the others had already returned to the underworld.

"Prime Minister Tian is frightened. We have captured the assassin who came to assassinate him, and the place is safe." A gentle voice came from outside, and Tian Dan opened the door and walked out.

"My subordinate Yi Bin from the Supervisory Council came to Dayan Lake on business, but I didn't expect to find out that there was a group of people planning to assassinate Prime Minister Tian, ​​but I got some credit." Yi Bin said with a smile.

Yi Bin, the big boss in charge of the Secret Service of the Overwatch Council, is in charge of assassinations, espionage and other matters. How could he appear in Dayan City for no reason? Of course, at this time, he is specifically here to handle these matters.

"Come here, drag these two leaders up and let Xiang Tian take a look at them!" Yi Bin waved.

Two people covered in blood were dragged up and held down in front of Tian Dan. Two supervisory guards grabbed their hair, yanked upwards, and raised their faces.

"Tian Feng, it's you!" Tian Dan exclaimed in surprise. This person is Tian Fucheng's personal guard. He has strong martial arts and has always been the most relied upon by Tian Fucheng. Tian Fucheng even sent him out, which shows that he really wants to let himself go. Dead." Do you really want me to die that much?"

Tian Feng stared at Tian Dan with blood-red eyes and roared angrily: "Xiang Tian, ​​why don't you die? Do you want to bring Qi down? If you die, everything will be fine, you know ? You are alive and now you are a burden to Qi Ren, why don’t you die?"

As if Tian Dan was struck by lightning, he stood frozen on the spot, and only Tian Feng's roar could be heard in his ears.

Why don't you die?

Yes, why don't I die? After I die, Tian Fucheng will no longer have any scruples. Those who are worried that they may go back and take revenge may turn to support Tian Fucheng. After all, in terms of military strategy, Tian Fucheng is To be stronger than the boss, Qi may now need a military madman instead of a political master.

Yi Bin snorted coldly, stepped forward, and hit Tian Feng on the head with his backhand. Tian Feng snorted and his head immediately dropped.

"Drag him down and bring him back to Jicheng." Yi Bin ordered.

Looking at Tian Dan who was dumbfounded, Yi Bin sneered and walked up to him, "Xiang Tian." Seeing Tian Dan's lack of response, Yi Bin raised his voice and shouted again.

"What?" This time, Tian Dan finally came to his senses.

"I came to Dayan Lake this time to see how Mr. Tian is living here. Of course, there are some things that I can also report to Mr. Tian. The eldest son has just paid the second installment to Zhengdong Mansion. Two million taels of silver, so we will release another five thousand Qi troops back to the eldest son as promised."

Tian Dan's face turned pale. Obviously, the reason why the Zhengdong Army was so generous and released 5,000 Qi troops back must be because the second brother had the upper hand on the battlefield, so the Zhengdong Army wanted to maintain the balance of power in Qi.

"In addition, our Zhengdong Mansion just had a fight with the Qin people!" Yi Binpi said with a smile: "But the result may disappoint Prime Minister Tian. The Qin people were defeated by us, and the Qin people's general Lu Chao was convicted for this and was taken back to Xianyang for questioning. Our army sent troops from Shannan County and advanced so vigorously that Wang Jian cowered in Jiuyuan County and did not dare to come out. If the Qin people had not compensated our army with a large amount of silver, Jiuyuan County is about to become ours. Now the Qin people have signed a peace treaty with us, and both parties have agreed not to invade each other, so our army of hundreds of thousands is now free."

Looking at Tian Dan's increasingly pale face, Yi Bin chuckled and said: "So, Prime Minister Tian, ​​you should now think about how to make yourself live longer. If something happens to you, our Zhengdong Army will have to bring the army to Qi. Our army has always been restless. Once idle, they will itch."

Tian Dan took a deep breath: "I remember what Vice President Yi said. I will live well."

"That's good. Oh, by the way, on the first day of the new year, my Zhengdong Mansion officially established a country. When I came here, the governor asked me to inform you that the new country of my Zhengdong Mansion is called Han, the Great Han Dynasty. We have invited your two sons to come and watch the ceremony. It would be a wonderful thing for the two sons to meet in Jicheng."

Yi Bin laughed. (To be continued)