After Dressing Up As a Princess, Engaged In Infrastructure Construction

In June, Western State, Silver Mine.

Discovering the Silver Mine was originally a happy thing, but looking at the corpses under the cliff of the mine, Shen Liu was angry again.

"Bury them all in one place." He said to Yuzhu'er: "According to the age, some of the corpses are thirty or forty years old, but they were less than seventeen or eighteen years old when they died, and some of the corpses were recent, not yet. If it has time to rot, it can be claimed by people.”

But the possibility of recognizing it is very small, and now in June, the weather is hot, and the body will stink after a long time.

So in the end, the biggest possibility is to dig a pit, bury the corpses with the bones, and set up a monument to give them a place to live.

These skeletons are all miners who were caught to mine.

Thinking of this, Shen Liu wanted to propose another group of people to kill the remaining aristocratic families in the two states.

A month ago, Shen Liu and Yu Zhuer made a final deal with the Wang family, and they began to enter Luzhou and Xizhou. At the beginning, there was nothing strange about the people in this city. The city masters and generals surrendered. Calm, seems to have been prepared for a long time, asks food for food, asks for silver for silver, and keeps his posture very low-of course, with the reputation of Gu Xiqiao in front of him, Shen Liu thinks that they should be Study well.

Ben is also very happy, people are obedient, he is also generous, and the right should be given to the right. They just arrived, and many things are not familiar to the local officials, so if they can use it, they still have to use it first.

So everything is normal. If Shen Liu had A Guyan by his side, he would happily take over the city, and then went to the border to find the Chu general Gongsun Yao to play with him.

Shen Liu had heard of Gongsun Yao's reputation and wanted to meet him at the border with the guy. It would be even better if he could fight. To be honest, he did not have a good fight with Lu Guo at all.

But everything is subject to change, and the secret that the two states have maintained peace for decades was discovered by A Guyan, a geographical genius. Then it was discovered that the aristocratic families in these two states had already rotted from the inside. They treated people as livestock, and enslaved countless people to mine.

Yu Zhu'er looked solemn, "We have been on this mountain before, and we didn't notice anything unusual. Fortunately, A Guyan was there, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Shen Liu: "Yeah, fortunately she found out, if she didn't find out... This place is not taken seriously by people, I'm afraid they can continue to abduct people and sell them for mining - thirty or forty years, the imperial court Didn't find out, it's really amazing."

Even though he had killed countless people, it was still a frightening moment to stand on a high place and look at the piles of bones below. There were new corpses on the bones, and the new corpses didn't even wear any clothes, because after they died, the clothes were stripped off by the living miners. For them, this was a new set of clothes and a fortune.

There are even children born in the mines, some of whom are five or six years old. They don't even know that there is a world outside. Their parents only know how to mine every day and have no soul.

This is a place where people are not allowed to mention the outside world. At first, some people came here and might want to escape, but after a lot of torture, they couldn't even think of escaping.

The torture here gave Yuzhu'er insight. When they passed the torture room, they seemed to return, and found that there was blood everywhere in it, which shows that the bleeding never stopped.

She sighed: "These aristocratic families should really let Gu Xiqiao do the cramps and skins. Only he can cure these inhuman things."

She and Shen Liu were also aristocratic families, and they were also wealthy and noble in the past dynasties. There were also vicious people in the Kingdom of Yu, but such a large-scale murder and enslavement had never happened in the Kingdom of Yu.

Shen Liu said: "If something like this happens, you don't need Gu Xiqiao to use his censorship. Just kill the big ones. If they know the matter, kill them. If the small ones are exiled, they should atone for their ancestors."

The purpose of cramping and peeling is to reveal their secrets or to scare other people, but the people involved in the silver mines in Xizhou and Luzhou don't need to be investigated at all, they just need to be killed.

The involvement is very extensive, and anyone who participates will be killed. Checked one by one, searched from house to house, and none of them escaped.

Yuzhuer has no objection. Anyone who has seen the piles of corpses under the cliff can't sympathize with any of these people who enjoy the bones of others.

Their fathers have done such a sin, and there is no room for them.

"Let's go, everyone inside has been taken away, let's go in and see the mine." Yu Zhu'er said: "Such a big silver mountain stretches across two states, and it is the largest silver mine I have ever seen."

However, such a large silver mine has been kept secret by the leaders of these two states, and no news has been leaked. It has been dug for thirty or forty years.

The emperor of the state of Lu was extremely incompetent, and there was no one capable.

The two entered the mine, and A Guyan brought people to sort it out. When they saw the two, they said, "This mine has enough mining. Now there are many refugees, there must be enough manpower. If there is a steam engine, we will see if it can be recovered. If you can't improve it, you will transport the stones out of the cave."

Yu Zhu'er touched her head, "You don't have to worry about these things. You can go back to the capital after the handover is done. Don't you still worry about the Western Regions?"

Shen Liu also said: "Yes, thanks to your discovery, otherwise the remaining miners here would not be able to survive."

Aguyan frowned and said: "They dig it purely by human power, and they are stingy. If they don't get food, they will starve to death. This year's drought has caused more people to starve to death, and some people have long wanted to run away. However, they were all captured, and several died."

"But death is not in vain. They left traces on the road. I felt strange, so I followed the traces to find the mine."

The mountain was originally desolate, and almost no one went there. The mine was still in the mountain in the mountain, winding a stone cave, and only when you went in can you see another world.

If it wasn't for A Guyan's discovery, it would take a few years to discover the situation here if she wanted to come to the Yu Kingdom's court. And because the aristocratic families here are extraordinarily well-behaved, and generally know this kind of knowledge, the Yu Kingdom has always given them to them according to their original status, and will not deliberately suppress them.

Who knew that all of a sudden, everyone was caught off guard. Shen Liu took people to contain them overnight, but only a few were caught floating on the water. At the beginning, there were still people who wanted evidence, but there was no evidence to live and die. , Shen Liu chopped off the head of a criminal in front of them, which made people shut up.

"Our Yu country has too much benevolent governance, which led them to have a wrong understanding of us, so they put their noses in their faces. But they forgot that our Yu country has a lot of benevolent governance, but the laws are also strict, the emperor and the empress dowager At the beginning of each year, Her Highness will kill a group of people to sacrifice to the sky, have they forgotten?"

A Guyan said a sincere sentence, "It's too far, just like our Western Regions, I only heard the benevolent government of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, but not her strict discipline."

Yuzhuer: "..."

Also, who is okay to say that Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess murdered a lot.

Shen Liu laughed, "Now I know how strict our Yu Kingdom's laws are, so I will kill the chickens to warn the monkeys, and see if there will be any monkeys who dare to jump up and down."

Yu Zhu'er pondered another matter: "This time, the family has almost been killed, and the official position in the city will be replaced."

...

"This Luzhou and Xizhou are different from other states. In other states, even if Gu Xiqiao kills many people, he will not kill them all, right? But Luzhou and Xizhou, you see, now there are still aristocratic families left. How many are there?" Wang Wei, Wang Mao's son, said: "Father, this Shen Liu seems to be okay, but the method of killing is more ruthless than Gu Xiqiao. If his son is a soldier under his command, he will be killed sooner or later. ."

Wang Mao held back his anger and said to his son, "There is a reason for this too, Shen Liu's heart attacked, and he was angry that these noble families had killed a lot of innocent people, so he got angry and opened the killing ring, but for his subordinates, he Still good."

He explained as clearly as possible and said, "Shen Liu promised his father that he would give you a chance to compete fairly. There are many people who died this time, but it is actually beneficial to us. With your talent, it will definitely be used. If you If you don't go, do you want our royal family to sink forever?"

Wang Wei was still reluctant, he said, "So, I should have been married to the princess in the first place. I am stupid, and if I die, I will die. My brother is smart, so I can keep it for you."

When he mentioned another son who had died, Wang Mao's heart sank and sank, and it hurt and hurt, and because the old wife gave birth to only such a direct son, and he was reluctant to beat him, he was reluctant to scold him, and said, "Don't talk to you. Brother Xue, he is obsessed with a woman, knowing that the princess is taking advantage of him, and willing to be taken advantage of, it is a shame for our royal family."

Wang Wei paused and said, "Father, I never asked you, did you bury my brother and princess together? That was his biggest wish before he died."

Wang Mao nodded stiffly, "Buried together, I don't care for him anymore. When someone dies, it should be to satisfy his wishes, so Dad came to ask you now, instead of forcing you to become an official, you know. Is it? Your brother is dead, and your mother is gone, and now there are only the two of us left."

The concubine Wang Gu who was standing outside slowly withdrew.

In the eyes of his father, he had never been a person.

That night, he sat in the room for a long time, and the next day he said to Wang Mao, "Father, my son wants to study in Kyoto."

Wang Mao hadn't paid attention to this son, so he thought he should go to school, so he gave him a few hundred taels of silver, "Go ahead, if you have anything, just write back."

Wang Hao nodded and left that afternoon. When he left, there were no servants, no **** team, only one person carrying a suitcase, bought a horse, and went to Beijing alone.

At the same time, his brother-in-law had been coaxed by his father to apply for a job at the recruitment office.

This is different from the other officials Wang Wei has seen applying for a job. There is a process for looking at the resume. First, you must write the resume, such as what you know, what experience you have as an official before, etc., which are all bonus points.

And I went in with my resume. The first round of interviews will ask you some random questions. If the examiner thinks you are good, they will let you enter the second round. If you can answer the second round, there will be a third round. The third round is over, there will be a fourth round, some important positions, there will be a fifth round.

So these days, the next-door state of Chu has been organizing people to come to the border in the evening to steal sweet potatoes and water every day, while Xizhou has been selecting talents day and night.

People from all over the world heard that they were going to select candidates directly, so they rushed over on horseback.

Wang Wei thought this approach was very absurd, because he saw a few small soldiers who he despised before also holding resumes, and some ragged or dusty people, all of which were not very gorgeous.

He clicked his tongue, and instantly felt that these people were with him, which simply lowered his grade.

His resume was prepared for him by Wang Mao long ago, and it was written on the skill line: he had read history books, had served as a general of darts and flags, had considerable experience in marching and fighting, and was proficient in formation.

In fact, apart from reading the history books, Wang Wei's other writings are not very correct. Because he has always been just famous, but he has never fought a lot. Because the war with the Chu country was too fierce, he would die in one day without killing anyone. His father was reluctant to let him die, so he kept him behind.

Later, he fought with Yu Guo... Forget it, not to mention it, he didn't fight at all, his father directly disarmed and surrendered.

But this resume, Wang Wei does not think there is any problem. He did read history books thoroughly, and he did serve as a general of the dart flag—his father was appointed by the emperor, although he did not do it for a few days, but he read a lot, which did not affect his experience of marching troops on paper.

So confident and sworn, but the first round of interviews made him sweat a lot, his back was cold, and he felt guilty and retreated, like sitting on pins and needles.

Because the examiner asked him not to! For example, what he wanted to be the county magistrate of Jing County, the examiner asked him, if he was the magistrate of the severe drought this year, how would he lead the people of Jing County to overcome the difficulties?

Wang Wei: "..."

What else can we do? With such a severe drought, we can only wait for the disaster relief food from the imperial court. The drought has become like this. What else can he do with the people?

But you can't say it directly, you can only: "Um...um...um..."

After three times, the examiner frowned, looked at his resume, and said, "You read history books—then give an example, in the Six Kingdoms History, how did the imperial court get through the drought with the common people, and then How did you stabilize the people after the disaster? If it was you, what better way do you have?"

Wang Wei: "...ah this... this... this..."

He only read the historical records, and there is no detailed description of the disaster management process in the historical records.

Examiner: "...don't do this, do you know?"

Wang Wei neither nodded nor shook his head. The examiner could only hold back his anger and looked at his resume again, "Have you ever been a general of the dart flag? If you are not good at writing, if you are good at martial arts, then it will be fine. Now we still lack a lot of positions for generals, let me see... Why don't you write clearly on your resume when you were the general of the dart flag?"

The examiner raised his head, picked up the pen, and asked, "When did you become the general of the dart flag, and which emperor of Xianlu was appointed by you, and how long have you been doing it?"

Wang Wei: "...Yes, it's Emperor Wencheng."

Examiner: "Which one?"

Wang Wei: "Emperor Wencheng."

The examiner was new from Kyoto. He believed that he knew the history of the state of Lu, and asked his partner, "Who is Emperor Wencheng?"

There are indeed quite a lot of emperors in the state of Lu. Is the third prince the first to grab the throne? Is it Kou Qi, the sick child at the back, or the milk baby emperor, who has disappeared now, or some refugee army...

He thought about it, but he didn't guess it right. He just listened to Wang Wei: "It's the king's impostor."

Examiner: "..."

I'm so speechless. Wang rebelled and didn't arrive for a few months, and he has proclaimed himself emperor? I didn't realize there was a badge.

He coughed and said, "Okay—how many days have you worked and how many battles have you fought?"

"Wait—your surname is Wang too. Who is Wang Mao?"

Wang Wei: "It's my father."

Examiner: "..."

Hey, it's so annoying, this kind of person can't get into the first round of interviews in their capital, okay? They have no face.

The examiner asked directly, "If you were given five hundred soldiers and asked you to fight against the mountain bandits, the map in the mountain was like this drawing, there were three thousand bandits on the mountain, and there were some old, young, women and children. to win this battle.”

Wang Wei: "Um...um...um..."

Examiner: "..."

He said speechlessly: "You go out, you are not qualified."

Wang Wei had already been beaten and had no strength to resist, so he came out in a slump. Wang Mao had been waiting outside for a long time. Seeing his deteriorating appearance, his heart suddenly burned with anger, "What do you look like— "Why, didn't you come?"

Wang Wei started to poke at his father's heart, "I told you to keep your brother."

He is trash.

...

"You are trash!!!"

Chu Tianqi believed that he could not give birth to such a stupid son, he threw the history book on the ground and said: "I have worked so hard to manage the country, I am so busy, and I have to teach you personally, how can you be like this? I don't understand things, I know I want to teach you Yu Shi, and I don't do my homework in advance, so it's a waste of my time to be so confused."

Chu Tianqi's eldest son, the eldest son of Mrs. Qi, who is now ten years old, said: "Father, why don't you let the second brother be the emperor, the son really doesn't want to remember these messy historical records. , With this time, it’s not enough to paint a few paintings.”

Chu Tianqi's eyes were dizzy, and he said, "It's your mother who spoiled you all. Now, when the country is in crisis, how can you not think about making progress and still think about painting?"

His son glanced at him and said, "Painting can cultivate one's self-cultivation and self-cultivation, but Dad, you should also paint more... According to the people of the Yu country, it is to improve my personal quality. At this level of Dad, I'm afraid there is no cure, so I'd better listen to my mother and burn more paper money for Erniang, lest she come back to you."

Chu Tianqi: "..."

He couldn't help but slapped the eldest son on the face, "Niezi, what nonsense are you talking about!"

When he was beaten, his son didn't care, he spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "Father, you didn't kill my mother, so I'll call you father, but if you kill the second mother, the younger brother will hate him to death. Yours, I will teach him not to recognize you in the future, and you will never hear a father from him in your life."

Chu Tianqi's hands trembled, "Get out, get out!"

Chu Tianqi's son stood up obediently, picked up his book, and said, "Father, I'll remind you at the end of being a son, you're still a personable person before you turn into a dazzling pig. Beautiful man, even if you are a pig now, you should pay more attention to your body, if there is a drought today, the people of Li are suffering all their lives, so don’t eat too much meat.”

"Even pigs are lovable slender pigs."

Chu Tianqi: "...Go away!"

His son took a few more steps, then stopped again, and said, "Father, Zhao Tian killed the former emperor of Chu, because the former emperor of Chu was cruel, you killed Zhao Tian because Zhao Tian began to enjoy himself, and now what about yourself? Have you started having fun too? Dad, the world is in chaos, and there are many more powerful than you. Be careful that one day your head will be chopped off, and then we will also be implicated."

Chu Tianqi: "Niezi!"

He threw a book that said that the drought needed the support of the imperial court, "Go away!"

Chu Tianqi's son lowered his head and picked up the book, threw it back with a click, and said, "Father, you are blushing and angry now, but you look like a roast suckling pig... Abu, roast old pig. ."

Chu Tian was very angry and said sarcastically: "You call you Laozi pig, you are born of a pig, so what are you?"

His son glanced at him calmly, "Father, I follow my mother. It's a human being, and there are differences between people and animals. In the future, don't ask your son to enter the palace."

He walked out slowly, and the little **** Ashu who was guarding outside quickly came over and said, "Eldest son, are you okay?"

Young Master Chu shook his head, "It's okay, it's not me, it's someone else who is angry."

And the chief **** inside also cautiously said to Chu Tianqi: "Your Majesty, there are few eldest sons, don't be as angry with him, he doesn't understand."

However, Chu Tianqi was no longer angry, and said with a smile: "Whatever I am angry with, he can use words to block Lao Tzu, and I will not suffer any losses in the future. If this is the case, I am relieved."

...

"Everyone is begging for rain now, and the temples everywhere are offering incense."

Emperor Yan sat on the dragon chair, listening to the people below him talking about begging for rain recently, he nodded his head lightly, and motioned them to continue.

He closed his eyes and rested himself, propping his head with one hand and tapping the table lightly with the other, proving that he was listening.

Such a posture is like a sleeping tiger. Although its eyes are closed, it exudes an aura that no one dares to touch.

The courtier couldn't help but glanced at the majestic face of the young emperor, and felt deeply offended, and said, "Your Majesty, there are many people asking for rain, but not for rain. There has already been a city turmoil, but we responded promptly and sent The turmoil has subsided."

Emperor Yan said softly.

The courtier knew what he meant by continuing to tell him, and said, "But Your Majesty, when the news came from the Yu Kingdom earlier, we sent someone to make a copy of the Yu Kingdom's geography book, and follow the instructions above. , began to block water and make dams, and now one or two have been built, although the effect is not as good as that of the Yu Kingdom, but it is better than the dry one before."

He said: "However, that rumbling... Abu, steam engine, we still don't know how to do it."

Emperor Yan finally opened his eyes, "Is there no one in the country of Yan?"

The courtier nodded, "No, we have brought a few from Yu, but they haven't learned it. They only know one, but don't know the other. Those who know how to do it will be guarded day and night, and it will be difficult for us to capture them."

Emperor Yan's fingers finally stopped knocking on the table, and said, "People who eat whole grains are always mortal. As long as they are mortal, they will always have their own weaknesses. You should think of ways to make their weaknesses. exposed."

The courtier sighed, thinking that they were just tying up their family members, but these people are just ordinary students, even if they tie up their family members, they won't know.

But His Majesty has issued an order, and he has to do it, so he said: "Your Majesty, now there is a severe drought, and the state of Chu has experienced civil strife again. We... It is rumored that we are going to attack the state of Chu."

This courtier was considered to be an old courtier with Emperor Yan. Hearing what he said, Emperor Yan said lazily: "What are you fighting, I have managed the state of Yan without pain or disaster over the years. What kind of battle are you fighting? Let’s talk about it first, otherwise the soldiers won’t have enough to eat, and even if I lead them to fight, they won’t be able to win.”

The courtier nodded, he finally had a bottom line in his heart, then thought about it, and said: "Your Majesty, time waits for no one, if the few people caught can't make a steam engine, what should we do?"

Emperor Yan: "If it really doesn't work, we can only hurry up and go to Yu Kingdom, and trade some talents to come and build a steam engine for us. There is always a way."

He sighed, "I was pushed down by a girl."

Then he touched his chin and said, "A few days ago, the new emperor of Chu State ordered someone to send the letter asking us to send troops to attack Yu State with Qin State. Is it still there? As a sincerity, send it to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Yu State together. Bar."