Jinling City.

More than 20,000 migrant workers and craftsmen are digging trenches in full swing, laying bricks on the walls of Jinling, and building towering forts.

Outside the city.

Along a post road, tens of thousands of civilians were paving bricks and roads, preparing to pave all the way to Danyang County, a hundred miles away, to build a spacious, straight and sturdy road.

...

Chu Tianxiu took the three major infrastructure and civil engineering work of sanitation, roads and urban defense, and let Shaoyin Zhengbai and Shaoyin Wang Mu lead the team to work hard in Jinling City.

Just digging soil, building roads, and building turrets, these jobs are easy.

"The turret positions are ten feet apart!"

"Drop this house near the city gate to build a military warehouse, a gunpowder warehouse, and a wounded barracks! How was it designed at the beginning? Once a war starts, there will be a lot of open space near the city gate."

"These houses have been demolished and a ditch is dug straight!"

Chu Tianxiu, the prefect, led officials and yamen runners to inspect and guide the construction in Jinling City.

It is estimated that Jinling City has not been attacked since its founding, and it is far away from the northern Huns. The officials and people in the city all felt that the war would not happen in Jinling City.

Although Jinling City is a giant city, it also has many weaknesses.

He drew it with a random stroke.

The officials followed behind his butt, complained in their hearts, nodded and bowed.

The demolished people happily received a fifty taels of silver and found another place to build a house.

The house is not worth a lot of money.

There is no concept of school district housing in this era, and you can live anywhere you want.

Fifty taels of silver are almost worth their ten years of income.

Soon, the people in Jinling City were surprised to find that the income was quite rich, so they enthusiastically gave Xiaohunhou a new nickname.

"The prefect who demolished the city!"

"The people of Jinling warmly welcome the prefect to come for inspection and demolition!"

...

When the officials of Jinling Prefecture saw Xiaohunhou carrying out demolition, they were very popular with the people. They all complained sorrow in their hearts, but they were all cold-eyed and could come out to stop them.

"Mr. The prefect is so willing to spend money! Spending money is like flowing water. I demolished hundreds of houses a day and squandered thousands of taels of silver."

"This group of villains took some money and flattered the prefect!"

"Hmph, his good days are not many days away.

If he continues like this, the silver in the Jinling treasury will be empty in at least two months. There are still ten months left this year, and the large amount of money, grain, taxes and taxes will have to be waited until next year. How can he, the prefect?"

"Of course I'm going to the Prime Minister's Mansion and beg my grandpa to sue my grandma!"

Zheng Bai and Wang Mu muttered behind his back.

...

Of course, Chu Tianxiu knew that his money was spending like flowing water, and the silver in Jinling ku was decreasing day by day.

It is estimated that in two months, the treasury and silver in Jinling Mansion will be empty.

Without money, he, the governor of Jinling, could not do anything big.

This means that large-scale construction is probably the only political achievement of his Jinling Prefecture in a year.

Two months later, if you want to achieve great political achievements, it is certainly impossible to have no money.

However, it doesn't matter.

What he wants to fight for is these two months.

Calculate the time, the "Order for the Prohibition of Private Crushing of Copper Coins" has been promulgated for a long time. The copper mines in the Great Chu Dynasty have been investigated and banned.

The princes suffered a lot and had a large amount of income cut off. They had long been so angry that they gritted their teeth.

The reason why they are still enduring is that they are actively "preparing for war" and recruiting troops to prepare for food and grass.

The princes could not bear it all the time, and they would rebel sooner or later.

Moreover, Emperor Xiang Yanran would not stop after promulgating the bronze ban. This ban on private casting of copper coins almost doubled the income of the treasury.

After tasting this sweetness, the emperor will definitely increase his investment bit by bit, pressing forward step by step, forcing the princes to the end of their lives.

Can the princes still tolerate it?...The longer they endure it, the less money and food they have in their hands, how can they raise soldiers? The smaller the chance of rebellion.

Both sides could not bear it anymore, so they naturally exploded.

Chu Tianxiu guessed that in two months, Emperor Xiang Yanran could not help but do another move similar to harvesting silver, and the world of Chu would change.

The princes would never be stupid enough to start a military force after running out of money and food. That was to sit and wait for death.

At that time, the newly built roads and forts in Jinling City were just in handy.

Once a war begins, winning a battle is the greatest political achievement.

Other political achievements are all over the world.

Although he, the governor of Jinling, had no right to command troops, he had hundreds of soldiers under his command. If he could shoot, he would have combat power.

These dozens and hundreds of turrets can be as good as tens of thousands of soldiers to defend the city.

Jinling City is as solid as a rock, so naturally there are very few troops to defend the city.

No matter how many troops the rebels came, they could only leave under the city of Jinling.

The emperor saw the power of the giant cannon with his own eyes and naturally knew how great this achievement was.

Maybe he, as the prefect, can still gain some military achievements.

...

Chu Tianxiu was demolished and built in Jinling City.

Xiang Tiange, the prince of the Eastern Palace, has been depressed during this period.

During this period, he had to go to Wanghou Academy during the day and learn new studies with the Jinshi. At night, he had to follow the Donggong teacher and learn old Confucianism, so that his beloved archery and horse riding had no time to practice.

The prince also wanted to squeeze out some time to practice martial arts and bow fighting skills. Maybe he could go to the battlefield in person and imitate Emperor Taizu's "West Chu King" and immediately kill seven in and seven out. He was very majestic and famous for his name.

But the teachers of the East Palace refused to let them go.

The teachers of the East Palace were all anxious, afraid that the prince would take the wrong path of "showing off his power", so they wanted to break the prince back, and tried their best to urge the prince to govern the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality. Force is not omnipotent, and they should not indulge in force.

The young masters of the East Palace and the young masters naturally tried their best to stop the prince from spending time practicing martial arts.

The emperor is the king of Wancheng, with countless generals and soldiers under his command, and he has almost no chance to go to the battlefield. Where do you need to practice any martial arts?!

When Emperor Xiang Yanran was in charge of the army, if it were not for the Grand Marshal Li Rong's desperate efforts to protect him, he would have been almost captured by the Huns.

The prince actually wanted to practice martial arts and had the terrible idea of ​​taking action personally. Wouldn't that put the Great Chu Dynasty in danger?

They simply refused to allow the prince to practice martial arts.

But the prince Xiang Tiange was fourteen or five years old, and he was young and energetic and competitive. How could he listen to the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the teachers in the East Palace?

If you are powerful, you can do everything!

At that time, Emperor Taizu relied on extraordinary force to conquer the world immediately, kill the Qin Dynasty, swept the princes in the world in one breath, knocked all the princes down, and convinced them.

My father also led the army in person!

It’s his turn to Xiang Tiange. Why can’t he step onto a tall horse and go to the battlefield with his long tassel?

How could the emperor personally fail to fight for such a huge thing?!

The prince and the Eastern Palace had a dispute over the martial arts practice.

The prince could not say that the young master and the young master of the East Palace could not say that the young master and the young master and more than ten teachers were angry and left the East Palace and came to Jinling City to relax.

Prince Xiang Tiange came to Changle Street and found Chen Wanbao and asked Chen Wanbao to judge him. Why should Teacher Donggong not let him practice martial arts?

"Prince, it's useless to find me! The evil people still need to be beaten by the evil people, of course they have to use the teacher to deal with the teacher! If you want to practice martial arts, you still have to find another teacher to support you!"

Chen Wanbao said with a smile.

"who?"

"Who else do you think?"

Prince Xiang Tiange's eyes lit up, "Yes, why didn't I think of it?! When it comes to debate, Xiao Hunhou is the top one. Only then can he convince the old stubborn people in the East Palace!"

The two of them found Chu Tianxiu, who was supervising the construction in Jinling City.

They hope that Chu Tianxiu will help and persuade the teachers of the East Palace to give Xiang Tiange time to practice archery and horse riding so that he can lead the army in person in the future.

"Crown Prince, there is really nothing in the world that cannot be solved by force!

If it cannot be solved...it must be because the force is not worth enough!"

Chu Tianxiu pondered for a moment and agreed.

"Yes, that's the reason! I'm not worth enough now and I need to strengthen my martial arts practice. Otherwise, I will break the young master and the young master's and make them stupid.

In the future, I will lead the army to personally fight and will take you with me to the grassland to be powerful."
Chapter completed!