Chapter 413 The 412th City Order

Sakura garden in the mountains.

When the classics from Longxi were sent to Guanzhong one by one, they finally reached the hands of Zhao Shuang and were placed in the cherry garden in the mountains at the entrance of Ziwu Road.

These classics are now neatly placed in the house, rows.

"It seems that this Guifang man named Mokdu is very ambitious!"

Han Fei was sitting in the room, shaking the wine bottle in his hand, casually looking at the map on the table and sighing.

"I didn't expect that a little barbarian could hide such valuable things?"

Zhao Shuang sat opposite Han Fei and smiled slightly after hearing Han Fei's words.

Compared with the captured goods and weapons accumulated in Mokdu City, these books are the most precious.

"I have sent out all my scouts to verify the authenticity of these books."

"Then why did you come to me?"

"Thanks to the king's gift, Mokdu's territory has been given to me. I was just about to find someone to discuss how to deal with it. No, you happened to be in Xianyang, so I pulled you over."

Han Fei glanced at Zhao Shuang, who smiled and curled his lips.

Zhao Shuang's fiefdom spans hundreds of miles, and now that he has added this enclave, he is already a great lord in the Qin Kingdom. In fact, lords like him can be said to be rare.

It's just that when people choose fiefdoms, they always go to wealthy places, but this man, after receiving military merit, chose a barren land, and it was as if he had found a treasure.

“What are you going to do with this land?”

"Mokdu's territory is dozens of miles away, and it has five small towns under its jurisdiction. Now, the credentials of the Dayue clan have arrived, and the trade routes will be open, and this land is at the heart of the access road."

Han Fei frowned, as if he thought of something. To push Qin's defense line westward and even build this place as a trading stronghold, population is indispensable.

But where do these people come from?

What's more, this is Zhao Shuang's fiefdom and does not belong to Longxi County.

"During the Tunliu Rebellion, many of Cheng's disciples and subordinates were implicated. According to Qin law, it was not a death penalty but also a tattoo and a ban. You played a great role in it and saved many people, but many others were sent to prison. Longxi Didao. In addition, during the Lao'ai Rebellion, his retainers and family members were either sent to Shuzhong or to Longxi. Are you plotting against them?"

Zhao Shuang looked at Han Fei and poured him a glass of wine.

"Thanks to the king's grace, along with the land, a population of 3,000 was also allocated."

Three thousand people, if placed in the Central Plains, would not make a splash among the crowd; but if they were placed in Longxi, they would be quite a lot.

"In that case, what else are you going to do?"

"Brother Fei is a high minister and a minister that the king respects. Every word has important weight. Now the Qin State's focus is on the Zhengguo Canal, and it does not attach much importance to this trade route."

Today, the biggest piece of Qin's internal affairs lies in the Zhengguo Canal between Jingshui and Luoshui. However, the construction of this canal took a lot of manpower and material resources and took nine years, and it is not yet completely completed.

This canal slowed down Qin's attack on the six kingdoms of Shandong and also consumed Qin's military strength. But once this canal is built, it can turn millions of acres of wasteland into fertile farmland and greatly enhance Qin's national power.

"However, this land is outside the Great Wall after all, and Mokdu's city is too small, so it must be expanded."

"You want to build a city?"

Han Fei's eyes were full of surprise. Because building a city requires a lot of manpower and material resources. If Zhao Shuang wanted to build more of his main city in Nanzheng, Han Fei would understand. After all, Zhao Shuang's main city in Nanzheng was not enough to accommodate his 200,000 tribesmen. But this is just a small town on the border of Longxi.

For a moment, Han Fei's somewhat casual gaze changed and became sharp.

"What kind of city do you want to build?"

Zhao Shuang chuckled and took out a design drawing from his sleeve.

"With this small city as the center, build a city outward and connect it to the surrounding water system for defense. Eventually, this city can become an important border town. Together with the surrounding acropolis, a complete defense can be established."

Han Fei saw Zhao Shuang's ambition from this place. This city has established a complete storage system. If it is completely filled with grain and grass, it can supply the needs of an army of 10,000 for a year. Not to mention, the arsenal, stables and surrounding guesthouses, markets, fields, and pastures are all described in detail.

This city is not big, and if it is completed, it can at least push Qin's influence to the west for hundreds of miles.

This is a big project. Although it is not as good as Zheng Guoqu, it still consumes a lot of financial and material resources.

For a moment, Han Fei had a question in his mind.

"Do you have that much money?"

After all, this was Zhao Shuang's territory, and it was impossible for the Qin court to pay for it.

"I can barely handle the money issue, but the most important thing is manpower."

It was okay not to ask, but Han Fei felt very melancholy after asking.

If you say build a city, then build a city. You are such a Zhao Shuang!

"Brother Fei, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I suddenly remembered that we have eaten so many times and it seems like you have never paid the bill!"

"Brother Fei really knows how to joke." Zhao Shuang laughed, waved his hand, and naturally changed the subject, "The most important thing right now is manpower. I want Brother Fei to propose an order to allow the border areas of Longxi to During non-war times, time for corvee service could be purchased with money.”

"There is no war at the border right now, and there are no major projects. Spending money to purchase corvee service time can indeed increase the financial resources of the Longxi border and improve the people's livelihood in the Longxi border area. But..."

Han Fei was a little worried that this would eventually become an evil law.

"Actually, it only takes two years to build the main part of the city. The rest can be added later. After that, you can just cancel this order."

Han Fei nodded, and finally thought of a way, with a smile on his face. Just add enough prerequisites so that only Zhao Shuang can use this order.

"Okay. This time, you owe me a favor."

Changping Junfu.

"What's going on with this order?"

Mr. Changping was a little annoyed. What is recorded on the bamboo slip in his hand: In the land of Longxi, feudal lords with a title of Zuo Shu Zhang or above can use property and purchase corvee time from the Longxi governor to build the fief within two years of obtaining the fief. And the fiefdom requirement is more than twenty miles.

"Who else can meet this requirement except Zhao Shuang!"

Lord Changping looked at the ministers in his mansion and asked.

"Who gave this order?"

"This is Your Majesty Han Fei."

"Han Fei?" Chang Pingjun bit the name, even more worried about his identity and the power behind him, "What is he going to do?"

Lord Changping drew a stroke on the bamboo slip and rejected the order.

However, the subordinates beside him reminded him in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zuo has approved this order. This is just for filing."

"If you want to file it, what are you doing here with me?"

Lord Changping roared angrily and slapped his hand heavily on the table. The surrounding maids and ministers all knelt down.

"It should be that the clerk below brought it over according to the old practice."

Lord Changping waved his hand, and everyone retreated. There is only one word difference between Prime Minister and Right Prime Minister, but there is a huge difference.

For a moment, the whole room was silent. The anger subsided, and Chang Pingjun suddenly felt empty in his heart.