After entering the palace, Gongsun Lan first asked Zhang Chengye, the eunuch of the Palace Chief, and then he found out that Li Jing was not in the Political Affairs Hall, nor in the South Study Hall, nor in the Qinzheng Hall, but in Zhongnanhai. There are three major lakes in Yanjing, Zhonghai, Nanhai, Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai are all on the west side of the Forbidden City, so they are also called Xiyuan. However, it is still the first month of the year, and it is a bit surprising that Li Jing ran to the Ice Lake.

When he found Li Jing in the pavilion by the lake in Zhonghai, he found that he was surrounded by screens. There were several large charcoal basins inside and were in a warm conversation with a tall, elegant, fair-looking and noble woman. On the other side of the soft couch, a graceful and graceful girl was playing Goji game with Wan'er. When she reappeared, Wan'er had already lost the bracelets, arms and necklaces on her hands to the little girl, and a small pile of jewelry of pearls, gold and silver were piled up in front of her.

Gongsun Lan stood there, watching Wan'er lose again with interest, and pulled down a hundred birds on her head to pay for her gambling debts.

Li Jing turned around and smiled at Gongsun Lan: "My intelligence officer is here, and it must have brought good news."

The luxurious woman sitting in front of Li Jing also looked up and smiled at her: "It's Sister Lan who is here. She originally said that she would take the Blue Bird to visit the mansion in a while, but my sister came first."

Gongsun Lan also smiled at Zhang Yingying who had not seen for a long time and said, "I don't know at all when Her Majesty the Queen came. If I had known, I would have gone to Tianjin to greet her."

"Just Sister Lan called me Yingying. I just approached the shore yesterday, but I didn't dock in Tianjin. I went ashore at Dalian Port. Then I took the track carriage and walked along the coastal road in western Liaoning. It was originally just a blue bird shouting to ride a carriage. Who would have thought that the coastal road had been built so wide and flat, and it was actually four lanes in both directions, and there were two lanes on track. Taking a carriage is no slower than taking a boat, and it is more comfortable. The road is also very prosperous and lively. There are many station towns, which is really shocking."

Li Jing was very proud and proud when he heard this. The earliest road was built in the Qinfan vertical line plan. Until now, from Lushun and Dalian Port, along the coast, to Tianjin, this section of the road has basically completed the construction of the two-way four-car avenue, and two-way rails have been laid. This has made the northern sea-ring section of Yanjing to the southernmost end of the Liaodong Peninsula more quickly, greatly shortening the contact time between the three provinces of Beiping, western Liaoning and Liaodong. Next, Qinfan will also build from Tianjin to Dengzhou, and the third phase of the project will also be built from Dalian to Yalu River Estuary. From Dengzhou to the entrance of the Huaihe River. There will be fourth phase projects, fifth phase projects, etc. In the future, first build the railroad track in the core circle of the Bohai Rim, and then there will be other routes in the future.

If you want to be rich, first build roads. Building roads will not only help and boost the economy. In addition, building roads will also play a huge role in the central government's control over local areas. Especially for the original areas outside the pass, these newly occupied areas need to fill the control vacuum left by the tribal army after the defeat, they need to control more closely. On the huge land, convenient and well-connected road network is an effective means to expand control.

Of course, you have to take your time to build roads. In this era, building roads requires large-scale manpower and material resources. Although the project is much smaller than digging a canal. However, the scale of the road construction plan of Qinfan was too large, which made it a long-term and difficult task. For this reason, Li Jing even established a new Ministry of Transport in Yanjing, which is responsible for roads and river transportation, sea transportation and other transportation, road construction, canal dredging and other affairs. A new Ministry of Construction was also specially responsible for the construction of roads and river transportation, sea transportation and other transportation, canal dredging, etc.

The entire Qin vassal state, especially the construction of cities, military towns, fortresses, etc. in the newly occupied areas in the northeast. Li Jing even had a plan to gradually gain strength in the future. After the control of the Northeast gradually became stronger, a new Great Wall outside the pass will be established on the line where the Mongolian Plateau intersected with the grassland outside the Xing'an Mountains, and several important fortresses will be established in those major mountain passes to isolate the Mongolian Plateau from the Northeast, use the Great Wall to prevent the nomadic tribes on the plateau, and use the Great Wall to protect the future granary of the Northeast region.

Li Jing knew that Gongsun Lan must not be here to talk to him about the newly established two new ministries, the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Construction. He guessed that if he calculated the time, it would probably be Zhu Wen's case.

"Did Zhu Wen chop Li Keyong's head, or did Li Keyong chop Zhu Wen's head?" he asked.

Gongsun Lan smiled, "Your Highness might as well guess."

"I want to guess, I think that in general, as long as Li Keyong is not underestimating the enemy, Zhu Wen cannot cut off his head. With Zhu Wen's cunning, it is difficult for Li Keyong to cut off Zhu Wen's head. But looking at your smile when you came here just now, I think the result may be very interesting. If you guess correctly, there must be someone's head landed, and the biggest possibility is that Li Keyong's dog head was chopped."

Gongsun Lan couldn't help but be surprised. She didn't expect Li Jing to guess so accurately.

"Your Highness is really a godly presumption."

"There is nothing or no god. If you compare the personalities of Zhu Wen and Li Keyong carefully, you will know that this is the inevitable result. Li Keyong is indeed very fierce, but to put it bluntly, he is more brave and lacks wisdom. And Zhu Wen, don't look at all this he seems to have just gotten lucky. But if you have good luck, you can't get these. This shows that Zhu Wen is a very strategic person, at least with a very accurate vision, and every time you make the right choice. Li Keyong ran to Zhu Wen's territory this time to find trouble with Zhu Wen, but he was meant to underestimate the enemy and arrogantly. Besides, we remind Zhu Wen that if Zhu Wen can't beat Li Keyong, it would be unreasonable."

Gongsun Lan looked at the man who was talking, with a smile on her face. It was like this, which always attracted her so much. She glanced at Zhang Yingying and found that the Queen of Korea stared at Li Jing like the eyes, with a strong reverence in her eyes.

"Tell me the specific situation." Li Jing was not surprised to confirm that Li Keyong was dead at Zhu Wen's hands. Although in history, the battle for hegemony in Liang and Jin was the theme of the late Tang Dynasty. Li Keyong and Zhu Wen were the most important enemies of life and death. Zhu Wen had plotted against Li Keyong, but Li Keyong escaped. From then on, the two vassals began a war of dozens of generations. But in this life, the situation was still different. Liang and Jin were no longer top-level powerful vassals. Moreover, this time, Li Keyong wanted to kill Zhu Wen first.

Gongsun Lan told the detailed information sent back from Guo Wei in Bianzhou. When Li Jing heard that Li Keyong was attacked by Zhu Wen at the banquet and used musician crossbowman and dancer assassin to deal with the unprepared Li Keyong. But when he heard that before Zhu Wen killed Li Keyong, he had hoped to marry his sister to Li Keyong twice, and the two families married, he had to be glad. Fortunately, Li Keyong has always looked down on Zhu Wen. Otherwise, if they really had a marriage between Liang and Jin, it would be really troublesome.

"So, Tian Lingzi is still interfering in this matter." Li Jing said whether he was happy or something, his face was very normal. It was expected that Tian Lingzi would interfere in this matter. After all, the information Tian Lingzi received was given by Qin Fan. Li Jing had already buried the back when he first formulated the agreement with Yang. Otherwise, why would Li Jing cease the battle with Chang'an?

The signing of the armistice agreement does not mean that Li Jing will really sit idly by and watch the Chang'an court recuperate and integrate the forces of each town. Li Jing just wants to deal with the second towns in Hebei with peace of mind. As for the Chang'an court, Li Jing does not go barefoot in person. It does not mean that Li Jing will make them feel better. Just a few pieces of paper, Li Jing successfully picked out Tian Lingzi, who was huddled in Chengdu.

Yang Fuguang asked Li Keyong to kill Zhu Wen, and they all underestimated Zhu Wen, but Li Jing did not underestimate Zhu Wen. Li Jing knew very well that as long as he had an ally for Zhu Wen and he was not so entangled with him for the time being, the Yang brothers would not be able to swallow Zhu Wen. Not only could they not swallow Zhu Wen, but they could not expand the power of the Chang'an court. It would also become a powder keg, and eventually involved the two major forces, Chengdu and Chang'an courts.

What a great thing it is to go your own way, let others fight, and finally reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Yang Fuguang was really misunderstood this time and did a mess. Not only could he not swallow Zhu Wen, but he could not expand his strength, he also pushed Zhu Wen directly to Tian Lingzi in Chengdu. It was lively now. Tian Lingzi was so embarrassed by the Yang brothers that he had shrunk in Chengdu and did not dare to move. Now it's better. With Zhu Wen's surrender, Tian Lingzi had already threatened Luoyang and Chang'an in a blink of an eye. The time for dogs to bite the dogs, and now, no one will disturb us from seizing Hebei."

"Zhu Wen is really so powerful. Although he killed Li Keyong, the Hedong Army also captured the outer city of Bianzhou. Now the Hedong Army is calling on Yang Fuguang to send troops to Xuanwu again. No matter how you look at Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen is already in trouble. Even if Tian Lingzi wants to save them, their nearest soldiers are still on the west road of Shannan, and they are still separated by thousands of mountains and rivers." Gongsun Lan was not very clear about Zhu Wen's strength, but no matter how you look at it, Zhu Wen had no good results this time.

"Don't worry, Zhu Wen was not killed so easily. Just look at him so quickly, he knew that this person was not simple. Although he was careless, he was a little happy and sad, but he was not a soft persimmon. With just 20,000 Hedong Army, it was impossible to destroy him. Even if Yang Fuguang was added, it would be difficult."

"Li Keyong was killed by Zhu Wen. Now the Hedong Army in Bianzhou is dominated by Li Cunxu, the four-year-old son of Li Keyong. This is the weakest time for the Hedong Army. The old master was lost, the new master was young, and 20,000 elite troops were trapped in Bianzhou. The Hedong Taiyuan is empty. Should we simply send troops to Taiyuan and take the opportunity to swallow Hedong Town?"

This is a very tempting proposal, but Li Jing rejected it without hesitation. At this point in Qin Fan, he has the strength to not be affected by other forces and can act completely according to his own plan. "What we need is to implement step by step according to our strategic plan, rather than being led by the enemy. Although Hedong is important, it is not as important as the second towns of Hebei at this stage. If we attack Hedong now, maybe Yang Fuguang will let Zhu Wen go and contact the towns to fight against us. As a result, it will be a confrontation or a decisive battle again. This is not what we want, at least not what we want now. Let's keep our troops and let Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi fight. When the two major forces in Chengdu and Chang'an are in a difficult situation, the time when both sides are injured is the time for us to take action. Now, we just need to prepare for the battle in Hebei as planned."

"Do you really ignore the Central Plains War at all?"

Li Jing thought for a while, "Well, it's okay to ignore it at all. In this way, let's add a fire to them. He then ordered the monk Qin Zongquan to tell the fourth army of Qin Zongquan, Ge Congzhou and Zhang Guimu, that as long as they are willing and capable, we support them to send troops to the east of Shannan to attack the prefectures and counties controlled by Zhu Wen. Even if the states of Shannan East of Shannan controlled by Zhu Wen can still be captured. Whoever captures the territory will belong to it. I will not take a penny of the money and grain population, and even I, Qin Fan, can provide supplements of the weapons and allow them to exchange them for weapons."

These four legions are now nominally affiliated with the Qin vassal, but are actually independent of the Qin vassal. Li Jing originally incorporated them and was only used to deal with the Chang'an court, and he only cut a nail in western Henan. At present, Li Jing felt that it was time to use this nail again. Since Chang'an and Chengdu were about to start fighting, the status of Shandong East Road has become more important. Shandong East Road has more than a dozen states, closely sandwiched between Chang'an, Luoyang and Chengdu, and is also close to Zhu Wen's territory. It turns out that a small number of prefectures and counties are under the control of Zhu Wen.

No one knows that Zhu Wen is very powerful, he is a powerful man with strong strategies and tactics, but Li Jing knows it. In order to prevent Zhu Wen from becoming a big fight between joining Tian Lingzi against Yang Fuguang's brothers, Li Jing planned to use several forces such as Qin Zongquan. Anyway, these guys don't need to be useless and let them march towards the Shandong East Road, which is exactly in line with their wishes. As for whether Qin Zongquan and others really take the opportunity to take down the Shandong East Road, will they turn against Qin Fan, Li Jing is not in a hurry.

First, Qin Zongquan and others were united by four unparalleled military forces. Second, even if they were to conquer the south of the mountain, they would be getting farther and farther away from the Qin vassal, and would only get closer and closer to the major forces in the west. Let them go to the vanguard of the Qin vassal and add some fire to Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi and the others, and be lively and lively.
Chapter completed!