Hongfu's arrival made Li Hao find his backbone like a child who left home, and he became bolder inexplicably.

If this were left half a day ago, he would not have someone go to Chang'an to find Yuan Tiangang to ask for asphalt. At most, he would just think of a solution himself.

But now there is no problem, I'm here.

Although I can't help with the advice, I can fight.

Moreover, his mother also has the identity of a first-class lady of imperial edicts, and her every word, deed, and every move represents Li Jing. This is different from being a young man, he is a young man.

The same thing happened to Li Hao and Hong Fu were completely different concepts.

It’s like killing Qishan County Magistrate this time. If Hong Fu takes action, there will be no follow-ups left. What about Li Er and Zheng? You dare to say that I will lose.

Looking at the barracks where my mother was still on, Li Hao shook his head with emotion.

It turns out that a mother's child looks like a treasure. You don't have to worry about the future of life being difficult. Who dares to provoke him, close the door, let it go... Uh, just think about it, can't say it, can't say it.

The next morning, more than ten fast horses took enough dry food and water away. Xi Junmai took people to run around Qizhou, including county and government cities, and whenever they encountered beef tendon, they would not ask about the price and would take them away.

Want money? OK, I want to go to the envoy of Yan. I didn’t collect these things for myself, so I asked for what money I had.

...

At the same time, rumors appeared near Chang'an: This drought was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster, because God could not see the willful acts of the world, deceiving the king and disregarding the superiors, and regarding the law of the Tang Dynasty as a person without anything, thus causing disasters.

As soon as the rumor came out, it spread throughout Guanzhong for several days. Everyone who was well-informed understood that this should be the move of the Zheng clan, whether it was harmful or disgusting people, in short, it was a counterattack of the Zheng clan.

In the East Palace, Li Chengqian was already having a headache about Li Hao's affairs. He didn't know if he should persuade the old man not to be as knowledgeable as that bastard. When he heard the news, he cursed: "These bastards, beasts, and Guanzhong have had such a big drought. They don't think about how to appease the people, but they still want to fight internally, not to be sons of man, not to be sons of man!"

Eunuch Chang had never seen Li Chengqian so angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Your Highness calms down, according to the villain, this is the way someone is diverting his attention and deliberately disgusting people. Don't take it to heart."

"Get out, you know nothing." The angry Li Chengqian kicked Eunuch Chang: "Is this disgusting? This is called a pity. His Zheng family thought he was. After a disloyal and unfilial person died, he attacked the pillars of the court. He also wanted to learn from all the civil and military officials of the court. The people of their aristocratic families were humans, and the people were not humans."

Eunuch Chang was kicked and blinked aggrievedly: "Your Highness, the villain thinks it's better not to intervene at this time. Believe that Shidu Li can handle this matter well."

"What do you mean?" Li Chengqian looked at Eunuch Chang and said in a stern tone: "What do you mean is to let me abandon my friends and ignore them?"

Eunuch Chang waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, this is not what the villain means. It just means that if your Highness, you will easily misunderstand His Majesty, so..."

"Okay, okay, let's put away your little thoughts." Li Chengqian interrupted Eunuch Chang impatiently: "Let's go and meet my father with me. There must be an explanation for this matter."

Seeing this, Eunuch Chang shook his head depressedly. He clearly made it for the sake of His Highness, so why didn’t your Highness understand?

Without saying a word all the way, Li Chengqian rushed to Li Er's imperial study in Tai Chi Palace. After sending someone to report it, he met his father who had lost weight due to the drought.

Li Er's face was full of fatigue. He stared at Li Chengqian for a while and asked in a deep voice: "Crown Prince, what's wrong with me?"

Li Chengqian lowered his head and thought for a while, and plucked up the courage and said, "Father, my son... wants to go to Qizhou."

"Why?" Li Er asked calmly.

There are all kinds of news outside now, and it is very controversial. Li Er is too lazy to guess what his son is thinking.

"Father, the son minister is as close as a brother to Dejian, and I want to help him."

"Oh?" Li Er glanced at his son in surprise. On weekdays, this kid is almost the same as a quail in front of him. This time he was so tough that he was a little surprised: "I can't tell that you have a good relationship with that kid Li Dejian."

Not only should Li Chengqian answer, he could only lower his head and continue to ask for help: "I hope my father will be grateful."

Li Er buckled the table with his fingers without comment. From this small move, he could see his inner entanglement at this moment.

Li Dejian is a character with good intelligence and courage.

But one thing is, this kid is too young.

As the saying goes, if you are young, you may not be good. Who can know what this kid will develop in the future? How many people are far superior to others when they are young, but they are not famous after they grow up.

Moreover, in his opinion, many of Li Hao's behaviors are all urgent and wise. It is okay to deal with some emergencies, but he has rarely done anything in some major events that determine the fate of the country.

After thinking about it, Li Er shook his mind and said, "Don't go, it's going to cause trouble."

"Father..." Li Chengqian wanted to explain, but he suddenly stopped halfway.

When did the old man become so easy to speak? Shouldn’t he be stern?

In the past, no matter what the situation was, as long as the situation was a little unhappy, the old man would either beat or scold him.

Is there a conspiracy?

Li Chengqian shrank his neck and looked at his father secretly, ready to escape at any time.

There is no way, I learned it from Li Hao.

Well, I know I can't learn anything better with him.

Seeing his sneaky look, Li Er glared at him and said, "Don't interfere with this matter. If that kid Li Dejian needs your help, you can cooperate in Chang'an to help him. As for Qizhou, it's not very useful for you to go there, so you should stay in Beijing honestly."

"Uh, Erchen... I understand."

Although the goal was not achieved, the old man rarely did not turn against each other. This made Li Chengqian feel flattered. While nodding and agreeing, he asked casually: "Father, do you think Dejian can win this time?"

"It doesn't matter whether you win or not. Let that kid know that there are people outside of people, and there is a sky outside of heaven." Li Er rarely turned serious and pointed to the chair on one side and asked Li Chengqian to sit down, and then continued, "Your servant, don't look like he is usually stupid, in fact, that kid is very arrogant. There are only a handful of people who can get his respect in the whole court."

"Ah?!" Li Chengqian opened his mouth wide and looked in disbelief: "Father, have you read it wrong?"

Li Er snorted: "Hmph, if you can read this wrongly, how can I sit at this position today? Prince, you are still young and will continue to surrender the throne in the future. You must remember that you should never let your personal feelings dominate your judgment."

Maybe because he felt that he was not clear enough, Li Er continued: "Sometimes, if you want to make trouble, let them make trouble. As long as it doesn't affect the overall situation and as long as the means are reasonable, I will never interfere. I know what you want to say, don't worry, if they make trouble in the future, I will naturally take action. As for whom I help, it depends on who has a high winning rate."

Li Chengqian blinked his eyes, not understanding.

Today, the old man said a lot. He felt that he could understand the meaning of every word, but what does it mean together?

Do you care or not?

And what does the old man mean in the last sentence of who has a high winning rate? Which side should he help? Or is it a timely help or icing on the cake?

He returned to the East Palace with a lot of questions. Li Chengqian kept himself at home and thought about it for several days, and finally decided what to do and what to do. If that kid Li Dejian came to ask for him, he would naturally have a responsibility. If he didn't ask for it, then...

"Your Highness, there is an envoy sent by Yan Feibai, the envoy from the Qizhou envoy, to seek his visit."

Hum? Qizhou Assassin? Isn’t it Li Dejian?

Li Chengqian said in a muffled voice: "Can you ask Yan Feibai's purpose of sending people here?"

"When you go back to your highness, you said that you were advised by Shiduo Li. Envoy Yan wanted to ask Your Highness to send two hundred craftsmen who rely on water pumps to Qizhou for support." Eunuch Chang answered truthfully.

Li Hao: When did I say it was 200? It was obviously fifty.

Li Chengqian was almost angry and laughed: "Two hundred craftsmen, it's a pity that Li Dejian also had the nerve to say that he didn't know how many craftsmen there are here in this palace."

To be honest, when Li Chengqian was responsible for laying the entire Tai Chi Palace, there were indeed craftsmen who built a water pump, but the number of people...there were only twenty at most.

Now that the year has passed, with the sect of these twenty people, some people have been trained, but the total number will not exceed fifty or two hundred. What a joke.

Finally, the three words Li Dejian played a role. Li Chengqian waved his hand generously: "Forget it, bring people in, let me see who is so bold and dares to come to this palace to ask for so many people."

"No!" Eunuch Chang responded, turned around and sent the order. Soon, a silly sixth-rank official walked in naturally: "My teacher..."

‘Baji’.

"Ouch!" The visitor was not sure if he was too nervous or something, but before he finished speaking, he tripped his left foot and looked at Li Chengqian with a five-body head.

Otherwise, what if the fools are lucky? The person who came to the scene made Li Chengqian forget the originally prepared reprimand in Jawa Kingdom, laughed out loud and said, "Okay, OK, I know your loyalty, but I'll forget this kind of gift in the future. We won't promote this."

The person's face was so red that he wanted to have a crack in the ground to let him crawl in. After a while, he said quietly: "I don't want to be the Lan Weidong in Qizhou, I'll pay homage to the Prince."

"Lan Weidong." Li Chengqian smacked his lips and looked upright: "I ask you, what happened when the Qizhou Instigator Yan Feibai sent you here?"

"Go back to Your Highness, the envoy sent the officials to borrow the people." Lan Weidong thought for a while and continued, "Qizhou has a severe drought and has not rained for several months. Fortunately, Li Zhidu passed by Qizhou and suggested to the envoy to dig a deep well and then use a water pump to get the water. However, there is no craftsman to build a water pump in Qizhou, so the envoy sent the officials to borrow from Your Highness...to borrow two hundred craftsmen for use."

"Haha..." Li Chengqian smiled coldly: "Two hundred people, Qizhou's thorns were so big, Lan Weidong, do you know how many craftsmen are there in the prison who can build water pumps?"

"No, I don't know." Lan Weidong shook his head and said to himself, "How can I know, we are not in Qizhou anyway."

"I can tell you that there are only 47 people who can build water pumps in the entire city. Two hundred people are worthy of what you said."

"Ah?!" Lan Weidong was confused and there were only 47 people in total. What's wrong with this?

Lan Weidong didn't know that the so-called two hundred people were just Yan Fei and Bai Lion's words. As the saying goes, asking for a lot of money to pay off the money, Comrade Yan was also afraid that only fifty people would cut off a piece of the prince and only ten people in the end would be the end.

Li Chengqian and Lan Weidong were both confused by Yan Feibai's operation. They thought it was Li Hao's request. They thought it was a dilemma for a long time, and finally made a decision to get him all.

Isn’t it just two hundred people? There are not so many craftsmen who independently build pumps, but there are still many who can cooperate with them. There are only a few craftsmen. Even if they send more people to solve the problem of severe drought in advance, the old man probably won’t have any objection.

By chance, although he felt that Yan Feibai's request was a bit too much, for Li Hao's sake, Li Chengqian still allocated 200 people to Lan Weidong.

Lan Weidong didn't know whether he was afraid of Li Hao's ruthlessness or was really responsible for the people of Qizhou. After taking over two hundred people, he didn't even have to take a break. He immediately urged everyone to go on the road and rushed back without stopping.

...

A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and Qishan County, which was originally deserted, suddenly became lively in the early morning of one day.

Trucks of supplies followed one after another, and gangs of craftsmen with a population of up to two hundred flocked to them.

What is strength? This is strength.

After months of drought, I wrote countless memorials for help, but what was the result? The stones fell into the sea.

Now, the prince’s attendant stationed in Qishan County, and in a few words, he asked for people and supplies. Even though there were still rumors everywhere in the capital, the support he should have remained unabated.

"Why? Because I have money."

“…”

"I tell you that these days, problems that can be solved with money are not called problems."

“…”

"What? What do I want to do? Of course I want to go home, yes, yes, I want to go home."

At Qishan County Inn, Li Hao walked out of the gate with a toothpick in his arms, and Yuan Tiangang ran out angrily: "Criminal, rumors are everywhere in Chang'an, I advise you to give up the idea of ​​going back..."

"Be calm, be calm, and you can't solve the problem in a hurry." Li Hao turned around and said seriously: "I'm not a fool, the Zheng family is not. They should know that such a child's method cannot deal with me, so... feel free to solve the problem of water intake here. When the problem here is solved, the mastermind behind the scenes will naturally surface. Then we will meet that guy together."
Chapter completed!