Chapter 11                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen asked, "Who is it?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "When the Marquis of Fengcheng and Tumaochuan fought, the Beijing camp was very popular. The court, including Your Majesty, was overjoyed. The Marquis of Fengcheng who was in charge of this matter was even more prestige. Some even said that the Duke of Feng was alive. Many of my colleagues discussed that this Marquis of Fengcheng would be posthumously given to him even if he was not a Duke in his lifetime, he would give him one after his death. He was a hot figure in the capital. Although it cannot be compared with the two cabinet masters, he has his authority in many things, especially in border affairs."

"After all, the nobles are close to the royal family. Although the heroes have repeatedly caused trouble, in general, Your Majesty still believes in the heroes. Moreover, you and the Fengcheng Hou family are also considered in-laws. Some things are easy to say between you."

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "How should I impress Fengcheng Hou?"

Zhou Mengchen and Fengcheng Hou family, the family of the family, have not even had a single horoscope. The boy who wanted to marry a wife, even peeed his father today. This kind of family of the family is just verbal. If something really happens, it will be cancelled.

So, it's fundamentally still profit.

But where does this benefit come from?

Zhou Mengchen couldn't remember for a moment.

Seeing that Zhou Mengchen had listened to his words, Zhang Juzheng didn't want to leave more here. He said, "By the way, the teacher asked me to pass on the message, so that you can go to the Xu Mansion. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen said, "I was ready. But how could I not know what Brother Zhang said? I would like to tell the cabinet master that Zhou did not receive the sacred order and did not dare to make friends with ministers."

Zhang Juzheng said, "I have said everything I should say. What do you do if you have the rest depends on yourself? Now it is not the time to reminisce about the old relationship, so I will say goodbye."

Zhou Mengchen did not stay either.

The situation in the next few days is as Zhou Mengchen expected. Jiajing held a banquet in Xiyuan. Dozens of generals below Ma Fang attended.

Jiajing was so powerful. A few words at the banquet would cause these generals to die. After three or two bowls of cat peeing, these generals became even more slutty. Some even took off their coats when the palace took off their coats and let Jiajing see his wounds.

Zhou Mengchen may have some selfish intentions in the arrangement of senior generals. After all, political factors must be considered when arranging the arrangement of middle and higher generals. However, the arrangement of middle and lower generals is selfless. It can be said that one of the generals who can enter the capital, one of them dares to ride alone to the Tatar cavalry, and kills them from below with one sword and one shot. They are all light in scars.

Many generals have very eye-catching scars on their bodies, which are all traces left by suturing wounds.

The surgical procedure that has just been developed is not yet time to consider the appearance, as long as the person can survive, it is considered good.

Jiajing even rewarded tens of thousands of taels of silver at the banquet, and gave him clothes to his wife and son.

It can be said that after a banquet, Emperor Jiajing immediately became different in the eyes of these generals. The generals from Datong had not complained about the court in private, and even took the emperor's old man for a while. But now, they all felt that the emperor was good, and there must be a treacherous minister who was involved in the treacherous minister. This treacherous minister was naturally Yan Song.

After a banquet, Jiajing won the morale of the army.

Jiajing drank very happily, but nothing else. These generals were all rough. Even if Ma Fang was thick and thin on the battlefield, he was very smart. But in such occasions, his head was not enough. After all, Jiajing was very skilled in being an emperor, and fooling them was almost a dimensional reduction attack. In addition, the emperor had a halo of wisdom in this era. Many people were personally invited by the emperor, just to be happy, and did not think about the reason behind the relationship.

Jiajing also likes these people very much. Nothing else, Jiajing can see through them at a glance. And those smart people like Yan Song and Xu Jie are different.

Well. By the way, Zhou Mengchen was also included in this ranks by Jiajing. It was too much trouble to deal with these smart people.

Huang Jin helped him and returned to the palace tremblingly. Jiajing said, "All of my good men in the Ming Dynasty. They are much better than Qiu Luan."

Huang Jin whispered: "Be careful, be careful under your feet."

It took a long time to help Jiajing on the bed and immediately changed her clothes for Jiajing. Jiajing's eyes suddenly opened wide and asked, "What are Zhou Mengchen doing?"

Huang Jin said: "Zhou Mengchen goes to the palace gate every day to get the sign, and then goes home to see his son. By the way, I seem to hear that he wants to see the progress of the Xishan Canal."

The divine light in Jiajing's eyes dimmed a little, and he asked, "That's all?"

Huang Jin said: "That's all."

Jiajing murmured, "Young children have grown a fox tail, so they are not cute." His voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself. Huang Jin didn't hear it clearly, so he walked forward carefully and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your instructions?"

I heard Jiajing snoring loudly, but I was already asleep.

Huang Jin quickly changed clothes for Jiajing, served Jiajing to bed, and called two palace maids to warm up the quilt. Then he quietly put down the curtains and let several eunuchs stand at the foot of the bed to serve him. He quietly retreated and had to squint in the small house outside for a while.

Zhou Mengchen packed up his things and took the family with him, which was a bit like a autumn outing. He was guarded by more than a hundred cavalry and headed northwest of Beijing. Before he could reach the foot of the mountain, Xu Gao came out to greet him. When he saw Zhou Mengchen, he immediately bowed and said, "Disciple, pay homage to his mentor."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Get up. How are the arrangements?"

Xu Gao said: "It's already arranged. Will the teacher go there immediately?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "No hurry, let's take a look at the Xishan Canal first, how is it going. This canal is very important for Datong's military logistics. I don't feel at ease if I don't see it myself."

Xu Gao said, "I am ashamed of my disciples, and I let my teacher down."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Why do you say this? This is the first time after all. It is normal for a problem to occur. It is normal for this canal to be built for two or three years. Although I think the canal is getting better and better, we must respect the objective laws of reality. Is it true that the canal is here?"

Xu Gao said with admiration in his tone, "He has been at the construction site this year and has hardly returned to Beijing."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Go and have a look."

There is still a distance from the foot of the mountain to the first sluice gate. Fortunately, in order to build the canal, I forced myself to build a road on the banks of Lugou River. Now, it should be said that a road was built on the bank of Lugou River. Of course, it was just a little smoothed. It was just a carriage.

The Sanggan River and the Lugou River can be said to be the names of different sections of the same river.

The dividing line between the Sanggan River and the Lugou River is the Taihang Mountains. To the east of the Taihang Mountains is the Lugou River and to the west of the Taihang Mountains is the Sanggan River. However, there is no specific demarcation. After all, the geographical divisions in ancient times were all rough, and there was no specific point of the dividing point between the Lugou River and the Sanggan River.

There are few people in this section of the river in Taihang Mountains. No matter how you say it is, there are all things.

Beijingers think that this canal is in the mountains, so they call it the Xishan Canal. This name has become the name of this project.

In the afternoon, Zhou Mengchen arrived at the first sluice gate. There is a garage station called Yanhekou Station. It is a hundred-household station. The first sluice gate is called Yanheguan.

When Zhou Mengchen came here, he knew that there was not a reason for choosing here. The rivers along the river estuary are relatively wider and there are also many flat lands on both sides. However, here along the river estuary, the river estuary has a large turn of nearly 180 degrees. He bypassed a mountain. The river studded by nearly half.

Military, only a little troops are needed to block the enemy troops down the river. In terms of engineering, the construction of dams here will be much smaller. Moreover, this mountain that has to avoid the river is clearly a stone mountain with a solid foundation. If you build it here, you won’t have to worry about the river diversion from both sides.

Of course, the idea is good. The problem is that it is the first time that such a large project was built. New materials were used. There was inevitably problems. Last winter, Pan Jixun and Xu Gao worked together to build this sluice gate.
Chapter completed!