Fight the Giants

  Emperor Yongkang built the joint burial mausoleum of himself and Empress Xu in Changping County, Shuntian Prefecture. The intention is self-evident.

   This time the capital is really going to be moved.

  The aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, all civil and military officials mourned.

  Qin Shihuang built his own mausoleum and recruited 700,000 prisoners, civilian husbands and military craftsmen. After 38 years of repairing, he died directly in the second generation. Now that the emperor's mausoleum has recruited 200,000 people, it's unknown how long it will take to build it.

  People in central Beijing are in panic.

  Huo Xi knew how long he had been cultivating. Later generations called this imperial mausoleum "Changling". In history, the mausoleum of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was also called Changling.

   "Chang" means Jiuyuan, which means "the country is long-lasting".

  The underground palace of the Changling Mausoleum was completed within a few years, but the ground buildings were all completed, and it took a full eighteen years.

   Qin Shihuang dared to use hundreds of thousands of military craftsmen to build the mausoleum. After the unification of the six countries, there were no more battles to fight, and the soldiers were wasting food for food. But now that the Wei Dynasty is unstable, Emperor Yongkang dared not use soldiers to build the mausoleum.

  So many civilian craftsmen need to eat and drink, food is indispensable.

  Huo Xi hurriedly discussed with Shen Qianzhong, Yang Fu and others, asking his own fleet to collect more grain, stop selling grain in Beijing, and transport it all to the north.

  Now grain is transported northward through the canal, and there is no river crossing fee. An additional boat will be added every month to transport grain northward, and some cloth and clothing materials will be transported there.

   Within a few days, Shen Qianzhong escorted two boats of grain and headed north with the boat.

  Yang Fu, Zou Sheng and the others were busy selling goods while preparing various goods to go to Toyo this year.

   A few days later, Pei Youjing came to ask Huo Xi if he wanted to buy some property in the north.

   "Xiao Xi'er, Brother Wei is going to kiss Peiping this time, and buy more properties, do you want Brother to buy some for you?"

  Huo Xi saw that he had come to inform her, and was grateful in her heart: "I asked you to buy it before. Didn't you say that the north is sparsely populated, and it takes a lot of time to take care of it?"

   "Hey, sister, one moment and another moment."

  Moving the capital is such a big event, how can it be done with a touch of lip service? There are many onlookers. It's a pity, now that the emperor has built his mausoleum in the north, can they still wait and see?

  As long as Zhu Weichao survives, it seems that the roots of the Pei family will also move northward.

   "Thank you, brother Tete, for letting me know. I'm also planning to buy more property in the north."

   "Sister, you are this..." She gave her a thumbs up.

  He asked his father-in-law if he wanted to help him buy some properties in the north, but the father-in-law was still hesitant. At this time, the merchants of all the clans in the south of the Yangtze River have come to their senses, and the Wan family is still waiting and watching. Pei Youjing didn't know what to say.

  Huo Xi listened to his complaints, and smiled: "Your family is well. I heard that you can make a lot of money by selling wood, and you also get a lot of dignitaries. Tsk tsk, rich and powerful businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, your family must be this..."

   also gave him a thumbs up.

  Pei Youjing is modest, "My Pei family is still far behind those big families, and I have to work harder."

  The two chatted for a while.

Before leaving, he told Huo Xi: "Go to the north to buy more land and grow more grain. If you can't buy it near Beiping, you can buy it from Daxing, Wanping, and Tongzhou. Don't buy a few yuan like you are in the capital now." The land has to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

   "Okay, I see." Huo Xi nodded and sent him off.

  At the time when Beijing heard the news, at the end of March, Princess Changning passed away.

  Emperor Yongkang, who was far away in Beiping, was deeply saddened, and gave sacrifices, sent Dongguan to offer sacrifices, and ordered a funeral for the camp. Noble concubines in the palace, all concubines, the prince of the East Palace, the princess concubine, the prince, the prince, and the princess, all sent officials to sacrifice.

  Mu Yan hurried back to Beijing.

   After reading the handwritten letter given to him by the princess, he was silent for a long time. When the princess was dying, she actually entrusted Mu Jie to him.

  The princess and her fourth uncle were deeply in love, and in the end she entrusted her only son to herself.

  He couldn't help but think of his biological father. His mother was still there, but she was no longer in his eyes or in his heart. Suddenly, she understood what the princess wanted.

  In the world, a mother is strong, and a loving mother is only for her children. No wonder people in the world say that Ning would rather follow the beggar mother than the official father.

  Mu Yan let out a long sigh, and went to the mourning hall to burn incense for the princess. Seeing his cousin Mu Jie, whose eyes were swollen from crying, mechanically throwing paper money into the copper basin, he lost his anger. Mu Yan looked uncomfortable and carried him out of the mourning hall.

   "Brother, mother is gone."

   "...you still have a father."

   "My mother told me to listen to my brother."

   "Well, my brother is here."

  Mu Jie lay on his shoulder and wept loudly. In the end, she cried and passed out in Mu Yan's arms.

  Mu Xin's eyes were red, and he came over and took his son into his arms: "It's been hard work, my fourth uncle will take him to sleep."

   After walking a few steps, he turned his head and said to Mu Yan: "The princess entrusted me, and I know about it. From now on, Yan'er, I hope Yan'er will take more care of her."

  Mu Yan nodded: "Don't worry, fourth uncle."

  In mid-April, Huo Xi went to Zhuangzi to check the situation of spring plowing.

  At night, when the quilt was about to be thrown into bed, there was a thud on the window lattice. At first, she didn't pay attention to it, but then she heard the bang again. Huo Xi walked over and opened the window lattice, and saw Mu Yan standing in the dark, looking at her.

  Huo Xi went out of the room.

  Walking over, before he could speak, Mu Yan hugged her and flew up to the roof with her in his arms.

  Huo Xi was so frightened that he almost yelled out, but finally held back. Clutching the hem of his shirt tightly, still in shock, she glared at him fiercely. Can you give me a voice in advance, it scared her a lot.

  Mu Yan had already sat down on the ridge of the roof, Huo Xi was unsteady, so she had to sit next to him, grabbing the hem of his clothes.

   "Why did you come to Jiangjun Mountain?"

  After asking, I suddenly remembered that Princess Changning passed away. "The princess will be buried in Jiangjun Mountain?"

  Mu Yan shook her head: "The princess will not be buried in her husband's house, but in the southern suburbs."

  Huo Xi sighed, twenty-three years old is just the right age for the blooming season, and people are gone at a young age.

   "Ji Laozhuang led the servants of the village to Jiangjun Mountain to worship." Bao Xia also went, and it was only then that Huo Xi knew that Bao Xia's family was also from Mu Yan.

   Bao Xia came to apologize to Huo Xi, but Huo Xi didn't say anything.

  The Bao family is loyal to their family, and now she has a cooperative relationship with the noble young man in front of her, so she is not afraid of the Bao Xia family's betrayal. Besides, it was common for rich families to send servants to each other, and she didn't think it was a big deal.

   "You sent Bao Xia?"

"kindness."

   "Then you know what he and his wife did on Zhuangzi?"

  Mu Yan was silent before nodding: "I know."

  Huo Xi inhaled.

  Mu Yan turned her head and glanced at her, "What you want to hide is full of loopholes. The transaction with Wu Youcai thinks it's hidden, but it can't stand the investigation. If I don't help clean up the end, can you hide the sugar in your village?"

   "Then I thank you very much." What the other party said was the truth, Huo Xi gritted his teeth, and thanked him generously.

  Mu Yan didn't care if she thanked her or not. At the beginning, he just saw that she was living a difficult life just like him, and when others refused to let her live, he wanted her to live a good life even more. Later, he got used to protecting her.

   Mu Yan looked at the stars in the sky, thinking of the princess' entrustment, and felt heavy in his heart.

   "Shall I put my cousin in your house for a while?"

"What?"