Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 726: Cousin who helps in times of need

"Little Master, the water is here. Do you want to take a bath now?"

The maids and servants who were in charge of serving the guest house also knew that this young master was the sister of their master.

However, he is a monk after all, so they can only call him that.

But compared to their respect for other guests, they felt a little more intimate with Fan Qing.

"Oh, yes, please bring in the water."

Fan Qing came to his senses, quickly opened the door, and asked them to bring in the water.

"Just leave it here. I can mix it myself later."

Fan Qing sent a few maids out, closed the door, and was about to take off his monk's robe when there was a knock on the door.

"Clap clap clap!"

The voice was urgent and the force was a bit strong.

Fan Qing lifted the bolt in surprise, and the door suddenly opened. Mei Zhen held his head high and walked in like a little rooster with high morale.

"The girl is..."

In fact, they had met each other just now in the flower hall.

But there were so many younger generations brought to see her by their elders at that time that Fan Qing couldn't remember them all at once.

Mei Zhen said angrily: "Aunt, I have something to ask you."

little aunt?
Then she must be the daughter of one of my brothers.

"Ah, just ask if you have anything to say, what's the big deal."

Fan Qing smiled, trying to look kind.

Oh, being an elder is so tiring.

"Don't touch me."

Mei Zhen raised her hand, opened Fan Qing's palm, and glared at her angrily with her beautiful big eyes like lacquer.

The two people's eyes are very similar. The genes of the Wu family are still very strong.

"Auntie, I hate you. Why did you try to steal my man?"

Although Mei Zhen felt that she should appear strong in front of her love rival, she couldn't help but cry when she opened her mouth.

Fan Qing widened her eyes and said in astonishment: "I... I am a monk, how could I possibly steal your man?"

Mei Zhen curled his lips in anger: "What's wrong with being a monk? Who knows if you abide by the rules and regulations?"

"How dare you! You...besides, who is your man?"

Mei Zhen straightened his chest: "Yang Yuan!"

Fan Qing's eyes widened: "He also raped a woman?"

"He's strong... How strong is he! My father promised me to him. Everyone in the Wu family knows it, and everyone in Pengzhou knows it too.

You...you are my aunt, how can you steal my man? I am almost dying of laughter."

"No no……"

Fan Qing was so shocked that her eyes widened like bells. She waved her hands hurriedly: "I swear in the name of Buddha that I did not rob Yang Yuan."

"Really? But the news has spread all over the mansion."

Mei Zhen glared at Fan Qing angrily: "You are my aunt. You returned to the Wu family and did not live in the backyard. You wanted to live in a dormitory and specifically asked to live next door to Yang Yuan. You still say no?"

"No, I...I'm just his personal bodyguard."

Mei Zhen's eyes widened: "You? Nun, a bodyguard?"

Fan Qing smiled, and there was a kind of flawless beauty on her pretty face.

It was like the brightest ray of sunshine, shining on the whitest lotus.

"I, your aunt, have already returned to secular life."

Mei Zhen immediately pointed his spear at Fan Qing, with flames spewing from his nostrils.

Wu Meizhen complained angrily, "Wu Youyao, you really want to steal my man!"

……

Wu Yuan left Fan Qing and turned back to Yang Yuan's residence.

As a bodyguard, Fan Qing lived near Yang Yuan.

Just to make it convenient for Yang Yuan to entertain guests and friends, he had a larger living space and a main room to himself.

When Wu Yuan saw Yang Yuan, he smiled.

His mentality has become more stable.

His younger sister and Mei Zhen both wanted to follow Yang Yuan.

With twice as many relatives, are you still afraid that Yang Yuan won’t treat you differently?

As for aunt and nephew and so on.

The Tubo in the west, the Xixia in the northwest, the Jin people in the north, and the barbarian tribes in the south including Dali all had the customs of levirate marriage and cross-generational marriage.

People in this place are influenced by it and don't care much about it.

Although there was no such rule in the Song Dynasty, it was a restriction on wives. There were no restrictions on taking concubines or mistresses.

Wu Yuan was happy to see this happen.

Yang Yuan had just finished bathing and came out wearing a light robe.

In the hall, Da Zhuang had placed braziers in the four corners of the house, and the temperature in the room was just right.

Yang Yuan casually tied her hair loosely and asked Wu Yuan to sit down.

In the past, Wu Yuan only dared to sit with half of his buttocks, and his back had to be bent.

Now I dare to sit with most of my buttocks raised, and my back doesn't have to bend so obviously.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Master Wu, you came at the right time. I was just about to ask you to help me with something."

Wu Yuan was flattered and said hurriedly, "General Fu has something to ask you, but you can tell me. I will tell you everything I know."

Before he could finish his words, a long laugh came from outside the door: "General Fu, is it presumptuous of Lian Gao to come here?"

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Oh, it's Debu, come in quickly."

Yang Liangao lifted the door curtain and walked into the hall.

Seeing that the owner of the house was here, Yang Liangao hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: "I was wondering who you were, it turns out you are the owner of this place. Thank you for your care, Yang." After saying that, he bowed deeply to Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan was a frequent business traveler, so he naturally knew very well the potential influence of the Dali Yang family in the country.

Therefore, he was thinking of taking advantage of the opportunity that Yang Liangao was staying at Wu's house to have a good contact with him.

So Wu Yuan quickly stood up and returned the greeting to Yang Liangao.

The two exchanged a few polite words and then sat down.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "De Bu has traveled a lot and has seen a lot. I have a plan here, and you can help me with some advice."

Yang Liangao repeatedly said he didn't dare, but his ears were already perked up.

Yang Yuan took a sip of tea before slowly telling the two of them his plan.

He planned to resign from the post of Tongchuan prefect and move the Tongchuan Road government north so that he could take care of both Lizhou Central Road and Tongchuan Road at the same time.

When Wu Yuan heard this, his heart started beating hard.

Where is Yang Yuan going to move his government seat northward?
If he could move to Pengzhou...

Wu Yuan almost fainted from happiness just thinking about it.

However, in Yang Yuan's plan, he obviously never considered making Pengzhou the capital.

Yang Yuan did not hide anything from them and told them his purpose directly.

He wanted to move the capital north to Pu'an, Jianzhou.

Jianzhou is connected to Lizhong in the north, Lixi in the northwest, and Chengdu Fu Road in the southwest.

If you go north through Jianmen Pass, you can drive straight into Lizhou.

For him, it was obviously the best choice.

However, this would place him further away from the southern border of Tongchuan.

Although Tongchuan Road has been in operation for a long time, it has been basically mastered.

However, it is obviously inconvenient to govern a state capital that is too far away.

Therefore, Yang Yuan planned to build a highway with the new capital Jianzhou as the center, extending south to the Nanzhao border and north to Nanzheng City.

This is equivalent to building a highway in addition to the original national highway.

In addition, if Jianzhou is upgraded to a prefectural seat, new government offices will need to be designed and built, and the city will also need to be overhauled and expanded to improve its defense standards, which is a considerable amount of work.

Therefore, Yang Yuan considered unifying the standards and contracting out sections, with local government officials and local gentry contracting out construction of different sections of the road.

The construction of Pu'an City and the office of the Generalissimo also had to be contracted out.

When Wu Yuan heard this, his original frustration disappeared.

This is a huge business opportunity. If he takes it all, he cannot do it, and he will offend all the big and powerful people in Sichuan.

However, even if he could get a part of it with the help of his special relationship with Yang Yuan, it would be no less than getting a mountain of gold.

After hearing this, Yang Liangao's eyes sparkled with surprise.

Build highways and cities?

He repaired post roads, organized military training, relocated the government seat, and through major projects, he streamlined agriculture, industry and commerce.

Yang Yuan wants to use this trick to control the farmers, workers, businessmen, and local tyrants in Sichuan, all under his control for a common interest!

Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, all are included except for one scholar!

If he could really accomplish this, he would be the local emperor of Sichuan, and his words would be final and no one would dare to disobey him.

Look at them, look at them!
I, Yang Liangao, am proud of my talent and I am determined to achieve great things.

But now I am about to reach the age of thirty, but I am still wasting my time and achieving nothing.

Look at other people, they are granted titles at a young age, hold great power, are handsome and heroic, and are very proud!

Alas, the gap between encountering and not encountering in life is so huge!

This person is my great opportunity, I must grab it firmly!

Wu Yuan cheered up and enthusiastically gave suggestions to Yang Yuan.

You know what, he is a professional after all.

Although Yang Yuan had thought about this matter for a long time, there were indeed many issues that he had not thought of, but Wu Yuan was able to fill in the gaps.

After hearing this, Yang Liangao did not want to let Wu Yuan take all the credit, and also made many suggestions from his perspective.

Yang Yuan nodded as he pondered, and when the two had finished offering their suggestions, he smiled and said:
"If Patriarch Wu is interested in this project, and I am willing to rely on him, I would like to ask Patriarch Wu to help me accomplish this great project that will benefit the present and future generations. What do you think?"

Wu Yuan was so surprised that he stood up from his seat and bowed to Yang Yuan: "I am willing to serve you as a dog and horse."

Yang Liangao felt so empty inside that he wanted to jump out and volunteer immediately.

But, he was a native of Dali, and he had only discussed some border trade business with Yang Yuan. On what basis did he have the audacity to ask to interfere in these affairs?

"Sit down, Master Wu, we are discussing this in private, there is no need to be so formal."

Yang Yuan pressed his hand, asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "In this case, please ask Patriarch Wu to go back and help me draft a detailed charter."

This is great. Not only can I get a big piece of fat meat, but I can also use this opportunity to build more friendly relationships with many powerful people and establish a cooperative relationship with the Yang family of Dali.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan said excitedly: "Yes, Wu will submit a charter to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible after returning."

"No hurry, no hurry. I have one more thing I want to ask of Patriarch Wu."

Yang Yuan picked up the cup, gently wiped the tea leaves, and asked with a smile: "Sichuan's papermaking and printing are first-class. In terms of culture and education, people at that time all said that the study of Yi was in Sichuan, and Sichuan had many alchemists.

As for Shuxue, which is highly respected even by the government, it is originated from Bashu. Last year's runner-up Yan Anzhong and third place Liang Jie were both from Sichuan.

Therefore, I want to establish a library, academy and printing house under the jurisdiction of the General Administration and Pacification Commission, and invite famous scholars from the four routes of Sichuan and Xia to compile a unique book on Sichuan and Xia based on Shu studies.

Everything from astronomy and calendar, geography, humanities and arts, philosophy and crafts, unique skills and military tactics, and the theories of various schools of thought... are included in it.

Last time, I was in a hurry to take up my post and did not stay long in Pengzhou.

This time, I want to meet the talented scholars and celebrities in Pengzhou, listen to their opinions, and invite them to participate in the event. I would like to ask the head of the Wu family to introduce them to me. "

Yang Liangao thought to himself: "Here it comes, here it comes, he didn't let this 'scholar' go either!"

Yang Liangao's eyes turned red, and he never wanted to do it again.

Yang Liangao thought to himself: I have to take another strong dose of medicine and make sure my cousin Feifei and Yang Yuan get together as soon as possible.

If it's too late... who knows how many Cai Yuan, Li Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan will follow his example and send their girls away.

Adding icing on the cake is nothing compared to providing timely help!

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