I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 220 [6 More] 220

Liu Tanqian urged Li Buyan and Wei Buyi to be more honest recently, and then went to write a letter to Lu Xuan, intending to thank him for his help, and thank him for opening the door to the new world for him.

The idea of ​​using captives to build a city could not be more perfect, and it can save money.

Well, the most important thing is to save money. Liu Tan guessed that the reason why Huo Guang didn't talk to him at length was because he saved a lot of money.

Recently, Huo Guang is almost turning white because of the treasury. He can't take his eyes off the fresh copper coins coming out of the mint every day.

Liu Tan also felt that he was tortured a bit miserably, and once asked whether he should borrow money from the court, and then the court would pay interest according to time when the money was returned.

In fact, he thinks this method is very good, because the national treasury is obviously only temporarily closed. If the Huns hadn’t directly destroyed Shuofang City, they would not have invested in it all at once, but would have built it in batches. The first possibility is to repair first. Add the sewer system to the road, and then dismantle it a little bit.

Such a long flow of water will not make it easy for the treasury to be overwhelmed.

However, Huo Guang refused, and said that there is no court to borrow money?

Liu Tan didn't force it, and Huo Guang was justified in worrying. The court borrowed money from individuals, and even princes and kings were prone to problems.

In fact, Huo Guang was thinking about whether to start selling officials like the court.

There are actually a lot of officials missing in the northern border country, but the exam will not be until summer. Liu talked about the exam in June. It is only March now, and there are less than three months left. These three months will be the northern border. The busiest three months in the country.

Selling an official can be said to kill two birds with one stone. If someone under Huo Guang is available, it can also ease the treasury.

But Huo Guang thought for a while, and now the only people in Shuofang City who are able to buy officials are the four great masters.

Liu Tan has long wanted to deal with them and then sell them officials. Isn't this a hindrance?You must know that selling an official these days is not about selling a name, but actually having real power.

Who has no real power to pay so much money to buy it?

If it was a false job, Liu Tan would turn a blind eye, but he would definitely not give these people positions of real power.

The real power officials who can be bought and sold are relatively low, but in other words, these are all people-friendly officials. In fact, if these officials do evil, they will do the most harm to the people.

Now it's all right, finally I can pay a part of the money less. As for the treatment of the prisoners, they can get it if they don't starve to death, so why don't they pay for it with food and drink?

While thinking about this, Huo Guang asked people to interrogate the Huns.

After all, it was very strange that these Huns suddenly followed by themselves. He took a special look at the soldiers under Li Buyan and Wei Buyi. Not to mention killed in battle, there were almost no wounded, and some of them were too excited to rush over at first. When I was walking, I stepped on the pit covered under the grass and twisted my foot.

Huo Guang instinctively felt that there must be something wrong, but the leader of that tribe refused to say anything, and just said that he wanted to see the King of the North.

In the process, he also revealed that he really took refuge in him, and the part he didn't say was why they sincerely took refuge in them.

After hearing this, Huo Guang was curious, put aside what he was doing, went to the place where the Huns were imprisoned and looked around, and found that the situation of this tribe was indeed not good, and most of the young and strong were not very strong, all of them were skinny, and the leader was a little better , which is just a little better.

The leader judged from Huo Guang's clothing that he must have a higher status, so he asked in blunt Chinese, "Are you His Royal Highness the King of the North?"

Huo Guang glanced at him, and said in Hun language: "No, I am the Prime Minister of the country, just tell me if you have anything to do."

After hearing this, the leader tilted his head and thought for a long time before he seemed to confirm Huo Guang's identity. Although he regretted that he couldn't see Liu Tan, he still simply said, "Your words are useful."

Huo Guang asked: "What happened to the Huns, and why did you surrender with your family?"

The leader of the Huns was excited and chattered a lot in an instant.

After Huo Guang was dizzy, he realized a truth—the Hun language also has dialects.

Just now this person may have spoken the Hun language that everyone recognizes for communication, but now their dialect popped up out of excitement.

If I had known this, it would be better to let him communicate in blunt Chinese. Huo Guang didn't use Chinese because he was worried that the other party would not be able to describe it, and his brain hurt after listening to the other party's words.

After the man finished speaking, Huo Guang stood on the spot for a while before chuckling: "You also want to follow the example of Jin Shizhong?"

This Jin Shizhong is referring to Jin Ridun, who was defeated and surrendered to Huo Qubing, but was not executed, and was taken to Chang'an to raise horses.

Jin Rixun was only 14 years old when he surrendered. According to the habits of a big man, he was not at the age to be killed. Later, because he was good-looking, he was taken by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This person has a little similarity with Huo Guang, that is, He never made any mistakes when he was by Liu Che's side.

If we compare the backgrounds of the two people, we can draw a conclusion—Jin Ridun is actually very smart, and he should know Liu Che very well.

You must know that even if Jin Ridun was good-looking, Liu Che's attitude towards him at the beginning must be different from that towards Huo Guang.

Huo Guang didn't have any opinion on Jin Rixun. Now Jin Rixun also reads Chinese books and knows Chinese. His thoughts and behaviors are the same as those of Han people. He doesn't think he is a Hun, that's enough.

But when it came to these people, Huo Guang didn't believe so much.

He said that he wanted to follow the example of Jin Rijun, but he might be stabbed in the back at some point.

Huo Guang said very simply: "If you want to emulate Jin Shizhong, it depends on whether you are loyal enough."

The leader said very loudly: "All sons and daughters of my family can fight for His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory!"

Huo Guang flicked his sleeves: "No need, the kings and kings in the north have been destroyed, and now he is angry. I'm afraid he will be angry if you appear in front of him. Why don't you build the city first? If you behave well, you will be treated equally with the people of Shuofang." .”

The leader was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the first thing the big man did was to do coolies.

Seeing that his brows were tightly frowned, Huo Guang couldn't help raising his eyebrows and said, "Why? Can't this be done?"

As if making up his mind, the leader looked up at Huo Guang, and asked cautiously, "Can... can I eat enough?"

Huo Guang: As the co-author, you have been entangled with this matter for a long time?Really promising!

Huo Guang chuckled, "You're full."

It is not enough for them not to feed the prisoners. After all, they have to work. If they don’t have enough to eat, they will work slowly. This is what Liu Tan specially emphasized.

After Huo Guang ordered people to find a place for these people to be strictly guarded and find something for them to do, he turned around and went to talk to Liu Tan.

At this moment, Liu Tan had just finished writing the letter to Lu Xuan, and when he heard Huo Guang, he almost tore up the letter with a trembling hand, and finally had to scramble to stuff the letter under the bamboo slips before Huo Guang came.

When he saw Huo Guang walking in with a frown, Liu Tan was very guilty. Could it be that Huo Guang knew that he was going to trouble other countries in the Western Regions?

It shouldn't be possible, he just gave orders, and told Li Buyan and Wei Buyi to be stricter, how could he know so soon?

He asked a little anxiously: "What's the matter, Prime Minister? What worries you?"

Huo Guang said, "Something may have changed in the royal court of the Huns."

When Liu Tan heard it, he asked excitedly, "How do you say it?"

Huo Guang sat down and said: "Just now I went to meet those Hun captives. Their leader said that the royal court is in chaos recently, and many tribes that were originally attached to the royal court have begun to come out to find new places, so it must be the Hun royal court that appeared. Changes, otherwise these tribes will not leave."

It is precisely because these tribes have come out to grab territory, so it seems that some small tribes are more difficult to mix. This tribe just couldn't get along, and now it is run on and is about to be exterminated. After meeting Li Buyan and Wei Buyi, he simply gave up Heng directly followed.

Liu Tan stroked his chin and said, "Maybe it's because something happened to the court of the Xiongnu? Maybe it's because Wushilu is killing people like crazy?"

After he finished speaking, he found that Huo Guang was looking at him quietly, coughed lightly, retracted his unreliable guess and asked, "Could it be Captain Zuo who is about to start doing something? Do you think we should send someone to contact him?" What about Captain Zuo?"

Huo Guang sent out a soul torture: "Aren't you afraid that Gongsun Ao will write a letter to impeach you for colluding with the Huns?"

Liu Tan couldn't help looking up to the sky and shouting loudly: "Ah, why don't His Royal Highness get him back, it's too difficult for such a big waste of firewood to be here."

Huo Guang dismissed his thoughts: "Beating the Xiongnu is something His Majesty has to think about. I came here to tell His Highness that I want to tell His Highness, don't mess around!"

Liu Tan suddenly froze: "Got it."

After Huo Guang finished his warning, he left, and Liu Tan carefully pulled out the letter and sent it to Lu Xuan quickly.

However, what he didn't expect was that after ten days, Liu Tan received Lu Xuan's second gift: nearly a thousand prisoners.

When Liu Tan received the news, facing Huo Guang's death gaze, he quickly said, "It's not me, I didn't do anything!"