Chapter seven hundred and seventy-eight ways to deal with
Di Xin could probably guess that this matter should be King Cheng's method.
After all, Cheng Wang is the only one left in the capital who is hostile to him and has this ability.
But he couldn't refuse.
This was a reward from the imperial court and represented the old emperor's recognition. If he dared to refuse, it would be contempt for the emperor.
When the time comes, no matter how great the credit is, what awaits Di Xin will not be a good end.
Although he has established his own power now, he has not expanded to compete with the master of this country.
Regardless of whether he can win or not, even if he wins by chance, Da Li will weaken due to internal friction, and by then the strength and potential of his future power will be lost.
Di Xin would not do such a thing of cutting off his limbs.
King Cheng knew this, so he suppressed and restrained him in the name of imperial edict.
It has to be said that Cheng Wang did make a good move. If it were an ordinary person, it would be very difficult to resolve this move.
But Di Xin has a way.
The reason why the grassland is difficult to manage is that it is not only vast, but also only a piece of grassland is left there after the remnants of the Turkic people migrated away.
The solution is simple.
Just follow the example of Dali and build a city on the grassland, then move the people there, and then use the city as a barrier.
Anyway, the imperial edict stated that the grassland would be left to him to be fully managed, and he would not need to ask for additional permission from the court to do whatever he wanted to do.
And this requires solving an important problem.
That is the cultivation of food.
The reason why nomads become nomads is that the land they live on is not suitable for growing crops, and they have to graze cattle and sheep in order to survive.
Therefore, they have to constantly change places.
Building a city means that the people there can only settle in one place.
In this way, grazing alone cannot meet the food demand, so it is necessary to cultivate land and plant crops.
But as I said before, the land where nomads live is not suitable for growing crops.
The grassland was formerly the place where nomadic Turks lived. Although there is grass growing everywhere here, there are not many places suitable for growing crops.
The requirements for crops to survive are much more stringent than those for weeds.
This is much difficult for others, but it is not difficult at all for Di Xin.
Thinking of this, he had to feel lucky.
Fortunately, when he broke through and awakened the magical power of the Imperial Land, although it did not help his own strength, it had a great effect on his own power.
And now, it helped him solve a huge problem.
Since the land was not suitable for cultivation, he sealed off some land so that these fields would gradually become fertile.
There is no need to worry about water sources. There are several large water sources on the grassland. When the time comes, the city can be built there.
However, in order to prevent the arrival of the freshwater season, Emperor Xin will still consecrate several Shuibo River Gods.
But before that, the first thing is to build the city.
Subconsciously, Di Xin wanted to hand over this task to the think tank. They had always handled similar matters.
But before pulling the rope to summon Laifu from the ear room, Di Xin stopped.
These days, for the sake of the remnant Turkic people, the three think tanks have been busy day and night. When Xizi came back yesterday, there were two faint dark circles on his beautiful face.
Although it did not damage Xizi's beauty, Di Xin felt a little distressed.
He had just forced Xizi to rest for a few days. It would be too much to leave these matters to her and become a hands-off shopkeeper.
With a sigh, Di Xin gently pulled the rope.
As the bell rang, Laifu, who was waiting in the ear room, appeared in the study room within a moment.
"Laifu, prepare the carriage and go to the Construction Department."
"yes."
Laifu first went to the training ground to notify Zeng Hongshen, and then went to the stable to lead the carriage to the door.
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The Construction Department is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Works set up in each city. It is responsible for the construction work of a place. They are responsible for large projects such as palaces and city planning, as well as small projects such as bridges.
Things that Di Xin wants also have to go through them.
When the people at the Construction Department heard that Di Xin was going to build a city on the grassland, everyone was speechless.
Building a city is not just about digging a hole and building surrounding walls.
How to better defend against external enemies, the planning of internal streets, how to divert water and prevent water leakage, etc. are all issues that need to be considered.
However, after Di Xin said that the budget management was sufficient, all the objections disappeared.
As an official of the Building and Construction Department, who doesn't want to build one or two buildings that can last for a long time, so that they can also have the opportunity to be famous in history.
However, after many years since the founding of Dali, everything that should be built and should not be built has basically been completed.
The only chance is that the emperor used to build a palace when he traveled, but now that there are palaces and gardens everywhere, the royal family is too lazy to build new ones.
It's not that I think it's a waste of people's energy, but it's just that there are too many palaces and I'm a little tired of it.
Therefore, more of the work of the Construction Department every day is repairs and the like.
But now, His Royal Highness King Yu wants to build a city.
No, there may be more than one.
Cities are buildings that can really be preserved for a long time. To put it bluntly, even if one day Dali is conquered, these cities will continue to exist.
What they worry about is the bad reputation that may come from wasting money and people.
But now that Di Xin has promised to ensure a sufficient budget, and has proven that Yanque Pass has the financial resources, naturally no one will refuse such a great thing.
Even in front of Di Xin, the fight for the position of the general manager began.
Di Xin did not stop this, nor did he specifically specify it.
He only has one requirement, and that is not to cut corners.
After their promise was made, Di Xin left the Construction Department.
He also needs to go to some other places to ask them to cooperate with the Construction Department's work.
So, three days later.
A group of excited Construction Department officials, protected by soldiers, left Yanque Pass from the north gate and headed for the water source closest to Yanque Pass on the grassland.
Ten more days later.
After the surveying and mapping results were sent back to Yanque Pass, more Construction Department officials as well as coolies and migrant workers set out under the protection of more troops.
Afterwards, Emperor Xin's memorial was sent to the capital.
In the same way, cut first and play later.
The memorial listed in detail the benefits of building the city to Dali, and repeatedly guaranteed that the people would not be exploited for their wealth and anointment.
Therefore, except for King Cheng's expression becoming gloomy, documents of commendation and support from the court were quickly sent back to Yanque Pass.
