Chapter 1478: The Han Banner (One Hundred and Sixty-Eight) The Night of Jicheng

In Jicheng under the night, the lanterns gradually come up. In Jicheng, which has no curfew, the bustling silk pavilions at night are inferior to those during the day. Especially when the Spring Festival, the most important solar term of the year, is approaching, every household has hung up red lanterns. Looking down from above, the entire night in Jicheng is like a river of stars in summer, dotted with stars dotting the night sky.

Although the weather is still very cold, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of the people of Jicheng. Now even an ordinary citizen of Han will no longer doubt Han's ability to unify the world. Even the Chu State, which had a dynasty of 800 years and 5,000 miles of territory, collapsed in less than half a year under the powerful offensive of the Han State. At the same time, they also hunted rabbits and eliminated the main force of the Qin State. Most of the two have been destroyed. Although all the armies have stopped their offensive and started to repair, everyone is convinced that next year will be the deadline for the fall of the last country on this continent, Qin, which has dominated the continent for many years.

!Pig!Pig!Island!Novel.zuzudo. ; Because just early this morning, the messenger with a red flag on his back rushed into Jicheng again, using his hoarse voice, he kept shouting at the people he passed. The local troops loudly conveyed the good news ahead. Commander He Lanxiong of the Third Military Region drove his army to break through Shannan County, an important town in the Qin State, opening the door to attack the northern part of the Qin State.

At this point, both the southern and northern gates of the Qin State have been breached by the Han State. The Qin State is facing a situation of being attacked by the Han State from both sides. In addition, most of its main force was wiped out by the Han State in the process of destroying Chu. It can be said that the situation is extremely serious. .

However, for Jicheng merchants, every big victory is a business opportunity for them, because the people of Jicheng will celebrate the victory ahead. Every household has to buy something more or less, and restaurants, restaurants, and teahouses are even more happy to have it, and they can have no sleep again tonight.

Carnival is a celebration for the people, but for them, it is money.

In the midst of Jicheng's night-long celebration of fireworks. Gao Yuan returned to Jicheng quietly. For ordinary people, after being away from home for a long time and returning to their hometown, they naturally have to be picked up by their family members to wash away the fatigue and dust, and spend a beautiful time in the warm greetings and soft embrace of their relatives. However, For the king of the Han Dynasty, these were a bit of wishful thinking. Before others entered the palace, the big bosses of the political hall were already waiting for him with countless official duties. As for Ye Jing'er, He Lanyan and their three children. So he could only drag Ning Xin, who had returned to the harem, to find out what Gao Yuan was doing during this period.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty!" The political leaders headed by Yan Shengxu bowed to Gao Yuan and saluted: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, the unification of the Central Plains is just around the corner."

"Thank you for your hard work!" Gao Yuan smiled and waved to everyone, "I was on the front line, but I didn't do anything. I just focused on fishing, and I didn't catch anything. It's really annoying. Even Yang Dasha can do it. I caught nothing."

Everyone laughed, and Yan Shengxu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are a god descended from heaven. Of course God will not make you perfect.

There is always a little bit of regret left. "

Gao Yuan laughed loudly: "We haven't seen you for a few months, and our chief assistant is already flattering you. Eh. No, when you say that, why do I think you are saying that you are more humane because you don't know how to fish?"

Everyone laughed again.

Everyone was in a light mood. In the past two years, the big national strategies they have painstakingly planned together with Gao Yuan are now becoming reality one by one. When the world is unified, these people will also be recorded in the annals of history along with the king and will be remembered forever.

"Everyone, sit down. I think I don't have to sleep tonight, right?" Gao Yuan sat down, "I have told He Weiyuan to prepare supper for a while. If you have any questions, let's talk about it at once tonight. Next, I want to give myself a few days off to relax. You stay in Jicheng, your wife and children are hot on the bed every day, and you can't be full of people and not be ridiculed by hungry people. "

There was another burst of laughter in the study, but outside the room, a figure was grinding his teeth. He Weiyuan was standing against the wall with a wry smile, because his throat was being pinched by a delicate little hand. He did not dare to resist, because The person pinching him was the second princess He Lanyan.

"These people are so ignorant." After dragging He Weiyuan away from the study, He Lanyan gritted her teeth and said, "I just entered the door, and I didn't let my eldest brother take a break. There are several children behind who are crying and want to see their father. Sister Jing'er The table of delicious food prepared was in vain. He Weiyuan, I will prepare their midnight snack today. You are not allowed to interfere. Just bring it in honestly when the time comes. If you dare to reveal a little bit, I will take care of it in the future. you."

He Weiyuan stared at him and said, "Empress, what do you want to do?"

"Prepare a late-night snack!" He Lanyan laughed evilly, "Prepare a good late-night snack for them. Come with me and start the attack."

The frowning He Weiyuan was dragged by He Lanyan all the way to the kitchen. He knew that if this aunt interfered, nothing good would happen. He would definitely be blamed for it in a short while.

Naturally, the people in the study were unaware of this little episode that happened outside, and were reporting it one by one.

Wu Kai was the first to speak, and Yan Shengxu was the chief assistant. Naturally, he was the last to make a concluding speech, and Wu Kai was the second in line, Lao Yizheng.

"Your Majesty, in the past two years, the old minister has been mainly responsible for the renovation of Jicheng's old city. Now it has basically come to an end. The expansion of the new city has been completed. In this process, not only did we not spend a penny, but we passed various This kind of business operation made a lot of money. Wang Wuyi was salivating and came to the minister every day to make noises, asking the minister to hand over the money to the state treasury. However, the old minister had another idea. Jicheng has been renovated, but how many cities do we still have in the Han Dynasty? This kind of transformation will be needed in the future, so I want to use this money to set up a company that will be responsible for this kind of transformation of the old city in the future. Now that we have experience and manpower, when this work is carried out, it will not only greatly change the appearance of the old city , and you can still make money, so as for this money, I want to use it as the first start-up capital, what do you think?”

"Yes, this is a good idea." Gao Yuan glanced at Wu Kai appreciatively, "I think this company is called City Investment Company. Tell Wang Wudi that you need to take a longer-term view. Only by thinking about making money with money can you make money." Money keeps growing, so you can’t just focus on depositing it into the treasury. When money is deposited, it will always be used less and less. Only by constantly flowing can more and more money be made.”

"That's the truth. Wang Wudi is a miser. It's easy to get money into him, but it's hard to get money out of him." Wu Kai was a businessman, and he was most dissatisfied with Wang Wudi's temperament. He caught him I'll sue him when I get the chance.

"Mr. Wu, as the steward of our great Han Dynasty, Wang Wucheng is very qualified." Yan Shengxu on the side interjected. If you are not a steward, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. As the first assistant, with a steward like Wang Wucheng, he is still quite qualified. Satisfied, many things that were inconvenient for him to come forward for could be settled by Wang Wudi, the dark-faced butler. At this time, seeing Wu Kai's accusation, he naturally had to come forward to defend this general.

Wu Kai laughed and said nothing.

Wu Qi smiled and said: "It is indeed difficult for Minister Wang to find money, but I have a plan next, which is to ask the country to pay, and the amount is very huge. Your Majesty, the two main arteries in the north, south, east and west of our Han Dynasty have been built. It’s done, but now that we have captured Chu State, and Qin State will also be in the pocket next year, the current traffic arteries are obviously lagging behind. So in the past six months, I have worked with Minister Sun Xiaosun of the Ministry of Construction to formulate a plan. If this plan can become a reality, then the unified Han Dynasty will be connected through this huge transportation network. Didn’t the king say that if you want to be rich, build roads first? Well, the experience we have accumulated over the years is enough in terms of technology to complete this grand plan. "

"Three vertical and three horizontal?" Gao Yuan was shocked. Former Minister of Industry Guo Quan worked hard all his life, but eventually died of exhaustion in office. He only built two traffic arteries, one vertical and one horizontal. It was better now, as soon as Wu Qi took action , that is, three vertical and three horizontal.

As for Wu Qi, in the previous general election for chief minister, he only lost to Yan Shengxu by a narrow margin, which gave him great confidence. The term of a chief minister is only five years, which for a politician The words passed in a blink of an eye, and if he wanted to win the next election, he needed to have glorious political achievements. You must know that according to the election bill, starting from the second election, as long as he is a Han citizen, anyone can After announcing his qualifications to participate in the election, looking at the political hall, he may not have many opponents, but looking at the entire Han Dynasty, it may not be impossible. For example, Fang Shu, who is currently serving in the Liaodong Peninsula, has become famous in the past few years. When he was just a county magistrate, he successfully attracted the attention of the whole country with a series of people's livelihood policies, and even received strong praise from Gao Yuan, saying that he was talented. After serving as the governor of Liaoning County at a record speed, in just one year, Liaoning County's finances improved several levels. Liaoning County is a large mineral county, with many big businessmen gathered in the county, and its financial resources are huge. Strong, and more importantly, he is a confidant of the current chief minister Yan Shengxu. Yan Shengxu, who will no longer participate in the election, will definitely support him strongly.

In addition to Yan Shu, another person Wu Qi regarded as a strong enemy was Tian Yuanyuan, the governor of Dayan County. This person had experience in governing a country. After Qi was conquered by the Han Dynasty, he surrendered and lived in Dayan Lake, but he has been committed to After reentering the political arena, I am afraid that no one has studied the policies of the Han Dynasty more deeply than him. After several years of dormancy, he also successfully became the governor of Dayan County. The political power behind this person is no weaker than his own, and If this person participates in the election, Qilu and other places will definitely give their full support and should not be underestimated.

Therefore, he needs a project that attracts national attention to improve his political performance, and in his view, this three-vertical and three-horizontal transportation network is what the Han Dynasty must do next, and he, since the Guo Quan era From the beginning, I have been in charge of the Ministry of Construction and the country's transportation construction. It is only natural that I make this suggestion.

However, when he saw the amount of funds required in the plan, Gao Yuan felt his head ache. The start-up funds alone amounted to hundreds of millions of yuan. (To be continued.)