The problem of money shortage has objective factors. The Han people are accustomed to using money for transactions, and they have a hard demand for coins. Ping An Tongbao just replaced the collapsed five-baht coin system and gradually became the mainstream currency in the northern states.
Apart from restricting the large-scale sales of coins overseas, Liu Xiang had no other good solution.
That's it, you can still take advantage of the opportunity to control other people's financial lifelines. The temporary difficulties will eventually pass if you grit your teeth.
The winter of the second year of Chuping came as promised, and Liu Chong finally connected the territories of the five countries into one, occupying Yanzhou Dongping Kingdom, Rencheng Kingdom, Shanyang County, southern Jiyin County, Yuzhou Chen Kingdom, Liang Kingdom, Lu State
The country covers a territory of nearly seven counties, and can be regarded as a great prince who rules a state.
The auspicious day for the alliance was chosen to be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the coming year, on which to sacrifice Taiyi, declare heaven and earth, form a formal alliance to defeat thieves, and raise troops to revitalize the Han Dynasty.
Liu Xiang was not invited to join the alliance.
Are you afraid that you will compete with him for the position of alliance leader?
Haha, I'm so petty.
Even if I can't go there, I won't delay in getting things done. The prince of King Pei has been brought back by Shi A, and he still has a letter asking for help, and he is waiting for them to make a sacrifice to the heaven.
Yuan Shao is the first test for this alliance of princes and kings surnamed Liu.
Whether they dare to send troops or not depends on whether they can succeed. Whether they want to enclose the territory for themselves or participate in the game of fighting for supremacy in troubled times depends on their courage.
Winter was not suitable for large-scale military deployment. Xun Yu felt that his lord had to return to Ye County to do some serious business. Having no heirs would be detrimental to his great cause.
Liu Xiang followed the good example and left a large army in Langya to prepare for any eventuality. He ordered Cui Yi to take charge and returned with only Su Wei.
The new city in Ye County had been relocated long ago, but at that time he was fighting in Qingzhou and had never seen what the new city would look like after it was built.
He has never seen his own palace.
After getting rid of the officials who rushed out to greet him, he rode horseback to see the city with great interest.
This time he rode back quickly without informing anyone. There were only 500 knights around him, and the other half of the soldiers were still marching behind.
The new city is seven miles from east to west and five miles from north to south. There are three main avenues in the city, one horizontal and two vertical. The city is divided into six parts. There are seven city gates, three in the north and two in the south, and one in the east and west.
The three north gates each have their own purposes and cannot be passed by the common people. The other four gates are the passages in and out of the city on weekdays.
My palace is located in the middle of the northern half of the district. It is a palace city three miles long and three miles wide. The area exceeds most county towns. The wall is three feet six feet high, two feet wide at the top, and three and a half feet wide at the bottom. It is made of cement.
Wrapped with city bricks.
The height of the palace wall is the same as that of the new city wall, and the materials are the same. The city wall is wider, three feet wide at the top and five feet wide at the bottom. It is taller and narrower than the rammed earth city wall of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, it cannot exceed the capital.
According to the specifications, this kind of city wall made of masonry and cement can be built up to five feet.
Twelve-meter-high masonry city walls were not uncommon in later dynasties.
To the east of the palace is a military camp, and to the east is the treasury area. There is a city gate specially used for transporting supplies, and no other people are allowed to pass through.
To the west is a large military camp that is two miles long and wide. It has special granaries, stables, forage yards, maintenance workshops, and a special city gate for the movement of large armies.
To the south of the military camp are several military offices, such as Junzhengcheng, Gongcao, Changshifu, etc.
If Liu Xiang is willing, thirty thousand Chinese troops can be transferred to the military camp in the city.
The palace city, protected by the army, feels extremely safe.
The palace walls are very high, but the palace inside is even higher. Standing on the street, you can see the ridge and crown of the palace.
But when you get closer, you can't see it. There is a double-story tower on the palace gate, and there are turrets at the four corners. There is a small square outside the south palace gate, about two feet wide and one mile long, adjacent to the main street three feet wide.
Liu Xiang has seen the drawings of the palace city. It is square and square, with two main gates in the north and south. The south gate leads to the government offices and official residences in the middle of the southern half of the area. The north gate is the gate leading to the outside of the city. There are two gates on the east and west sides.
There are two side doors to facilitate the passage of troops and servants.
The palace is divided into nine areas. Near the south gate is the front palace. In the middle is the main hall where subordinate officials are summoned. He named it the Qinzheng Hall. It is used for offices and can hold small court meetings. On both sides are the offices of the officials directly under the General's Palace.
The buildings, warehouses and palace guards are also stationed here, and the south side doors are opened on both sides of the front palace.
Behind the front palace is the residential area separated by the palace wall. Liu Xiang did not allow the construction of the main hall because it was too expensive, but a two-foot-four-foot high platform was still built in the central area, which is more than a mile long and wide.
A bright hall and pavilions were built on the high platform, and cloisters, pavilions, and watchtowers were built against the high platform. It was the residence of him and his wife and concubines, and it was named An Ningli. He really couldn't stand the messy palace fighting, and hoped that it would be a place that would make him feel at ease.
A place to rest.
On the west side of the high platform are the kitchen, warehouse and the living quarters of the rough servants, and on the east side are the garden and his stables, where Bai Xi, Chi Tu and Rouge's family live.
In fact, there are four horses that live in separate stalls. Baibai doesn't let other horses share the stable with him.
The area near the city wall at the back is again separated by the palace wall and is the main garrison area for the guards. The north side door is opened there to facilitate the deployment of troops.
The palace is not small, but there are not many people inside. There are dozens of secretary-general's scribes, a dozen of Cangcao's planners, less than a hundred children from the Tiger Army, and servants of Zhen Jiang and Cai Yan.
Not counting the thousand soldiers specially transferred by Sima You of the infantry battalion to guard the palace city, there were only about 300 of them.
At night, dozens of officials return home, and the inner city with only more than 200 people can't be like a ghost town?
Need to fill up the staff.
Liu Xiang walked through the Qinzheng Hall, which was seven feet across from the platform base, with upright pillars one foot and two feet apart, with five bays, cornices and brackets, and a towering roof. The total height was about five feet, and could accommodate thousands of people.
Then he walked through the second palace gate, climbed the seventy-one steps, and entered the main hall of An Ningli, thinking about how to fill the staff.
No one discussed this issue with him, and neither Zhen Jiang nor Cai Yan was seen.
Although he came back suddenly and no one was notified, but neither of them stayed at home. What was the situation?
The maid reported back that Zhen Jiang went out to check the accounts.
Her own merchant fleet has more than 200 large ships, the land caravan has more than 600 large vehicles, and dozens of shops throughout Youji and Hebei states. If it weren't for the thousand hectares of fertile land under her name that Liu Xiang divided
If it is given to the people, the dowry of this little rich woman can be even more.
After Zhen Yi's death, his legitimate son was still young, so Zhen Jiang took care of the Zhen family's property.
A proper business tycoon, completely inconsistent with his cute appearance.
Okay, I won’t bother this business woman anymore.
"Where's Zhao Ji?"
"Reporting to Sir, Mrs. Cai is in the bookstore."
Okay, Miss Zhaoji now has an official position and is working seriously in the sea of books. This is a cultural and educational matter, and it is not easy to disturb her.
Liu Xiang leaned back and lay on the soft couch thinking, is this considered to be alone in an empty room?
But before the mournful tone could brew, the maid reported that someone wanted to see him.
The person asking to see is Zhao Aier.
This time I was wearing a chest-length underskirt. Although the robe was quite conservative, I couldn't help but have a good figure. It still showed off my curvaceous and graceful figure, which made me look much more attractive than when I wore men's clothing before.
Liu Xiang felt that he must have stayed in the army for too long recently, and his self-control was a little weak, and his eyes were always wandering.
This is not good, it is demeaning.
I am a decent person and I cannot look like a pervert.
Having nothing to say, he asked, "I haven't seen you for more than a year. Is Miss Zhao okay?"
"Not good." Zhao Aier looked quite sad.
Huh? Liu Xiang was confused. He didn't provoke her, did he? Her expression was the same as that of a resentful woman who had been abandoned eighty times.
Zhao Aier angrily revealed the answer: "The Lord promised to teach me magic, but it has been almost two years and there is still no news. How can I be better?"
"Well, you're nowhere to be seen, how can you blame me for breaking my promise?"