Father can be an enemy to the country

"No?" After hearing Li Fangyuan's reply, Shen and Gu were stunned. Just as Lao Liu expected, they heard that His Highness had given the Iron Window Faction cabins on ten ships. They couldn't sit still and came to seek benefits from the Returning Faction.

Unexpectedly, His Highness did not even see them. Shocked, the former asked in silence: "Why?"

"If you don't see it, you don't see it. How can there be so many reasons?" Li Fangyuan scolded angrily: "Unruly thing!"

"Oh..." Shen Rong thought he understood, and quickly took out a gold lock and stuffed it into the other party's hand. But Xiaobangzi threw him to the ground and scolded him with a black face: "Who do you think I am!"

Shen Rong then remembered that the other person was the god-grandson of His Highness. The son of the current regent of the Goryeo Kingdom naturally regarded money as dirt.

The two hurriedly apologized without any words, and pressed for more questions. Xiaobangzi said calmly: "My grandpa is very angry, and the consequences will be serious."

"Ah..." Shen and Gu turned pale and stood at the entrance of the palace for a long time before leaving in despair.

After watching the two of them walk away, Li Fangyuan stepped on the golden hammer on the ground. "Why didn't these two people take it away?"

He muttered to himself and bent down to pick it up and put it in his sleeve. "I'll keep it first and return it to them later."

The guards at the entrance of the palace were dumbfounded. This little stick that was both acting and standing was so shameless. I wonder if he is an exception, or are all Koreans so shameless?

~~

Over there, Shen and Gu, one foot deep and one foot shallow, were walking on the wind-soaked street, falling into great fear.

There is a saying that 'only after you have lost do you know how to cherish'. The two of them were able to make a comeback, all thanks to the support of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Now that His Highness has disappeared from them, the two of them are very worried. Will everything that has been lost and recovered be lost again?

Shen Rong was puzzled. From the day he followed His Highness, he had worked conscientiously without slacking off, and he had never done anything to disgrace His Highness. Then he asked casually: "Lao Gu, is there something wrong with you?"

"..." Gu Yuanchen's face was very ugly and he was speechless for a long time.

When Shen Rong saw this, he became furious, grabbed him by the collar, and asked, "Tell me, what good things have you done?"

"Let go first!" Gu Yuanchen broke away from Shen Rong's hand, straightened his collar, and said gloomily: "I won't do it even if I die, and I'm sorry for your highness. But how can I care if others want to do it?"

"Speak clearly!"

"In the past few months, the subcontractors in the Dyeing and Weaving Bureau have not been very honest." Gu Yuanchen sighed: "They thought labor was too expensive and refused to increase wages, so many workers have switched jobs to work behind bars. ."

"Then if they can't complete the orders from the Dyeing and Weaving Bureau, how can they deliver the goods?" Shen Rong Qiqiao said.

"Use food stamps to buy it from the behind-the-scenes faction." Gu Yuanchen said feebly: "They pay half a percent more than the Dyeing Bureau. If the behind-the-scenes faction needs food stamps, they will naturally sell it to them."

"Take the food stamps given by the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, buy silk from the behind bars sect at a premium, and pay for it to the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau?!" Shen Rong was stunned for a moment after hearing this. "What is he trying to do?"

"What else can you do? I just don't have confidence in the food stamps. I'm afraid that when the one-year period comes, they will all turn into waste paper." Gu Yuanchen said with a sad face: "I can't convince them. Besides, they all deliver their work on time. I am a weaver and dyer." The bureau chief has nothing to say."

"You are confused. This situation should be reported to His Highness as soon as possible!" Shen Rong stamped his feet and said: "His Highness is angry with us, mostly because we knew and didn't report it. As a result, we suffered for them."

"Oh, we are all old brothers who have shouldered the stone together and suffered hardships. I was looking for an explanation for all aspects, so I just turned a blind eye." Gu Yuanchen also regretted and said: "How can I expect that His Highness knows everything?"

"Isn't this nonsense? Haven't you heard that His Highness has a guard in uniform who can penetrate every corner?" Shen Rong said angrily: "Besides, they actually made a deal with the behind-the-scenes sect, and they reported them without turning back? Are they still here? Are they celebrating the New Year?!”

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be so serious. I just thought it was a harmless little trick." Gu Yuanchen said in frustration: "I really deserve to die for betraying His Highness's trust."

"It's not that he should die, but it's true that he betrayed His Highness's trust." Shen Rong said with a dark face: "For some people, His Highness uses his ability; for some people, His Highness uses his loyalty, we are Whether it's the former or the latter, you know it yourself. If you lose His Highness's trust, what else can you have?"

"You don't need to say anything, I understand." Gu Yuanchen gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "I will go to the palace gate to apologize. If Your Highness does not forgive me, I will kneel down and die!"

After saying that, he turned around, returned the same way, and knelt down straight outside the gate of the palace.

After a while, Shen Rong also came over and knelt down with him.

"Brother Rongfu, you didn't make any mistakes, so why did you..." Gu Yuanchen's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Don't say anything, just go through this level first." Shen Rong sighed.

~~

In the palace, Li Heng, the prefect of Suzhou, was using a map of Suzhou City to report to His Highness his preliminary selection of several royal palace sites.

The palaces of other vassals were built under the leadership of the chief envoy of the province and under the supervision of the prince and his father-in-law. But this is Nanzhili, there is no provincial administrative unit, and His Highness has no father-in-law, so only Magistrate Li has to worry about it.

"My subordinates have initially selected three places. One is Suzhou Jiuzhi, which is located in the center of the city. This place is in the center and has the best location. However, I have to explain to His Highness that it was originally the location of Zhang Shicheng's palace. Later, Wei Guan wanted to move the government office there, but he was impeached and said that he was 'destroying the foundation of the king', so he was cut in half."

"Fuck..." Zhu Zhen only gave a one-word evaluation.

At this time, Xiaobangzi came in and reported in a low voice: "Grandpa Shen Rong and Gu Yuanchen are kneeling outside."

"Kneel down if you like." Lao Liu snorted and said to Li Heng, "Go on."

"The other place is the northeastern part of the city," Li Heng shrank his neck and added: "That area is relatively empty and can meet the regulations for building the palace. The disadvantage is that the terrain is a bit low-lying, and many ponds and ditches need to be leveled first. Raise the foundation.”

"No, no, no." Lao Liu shook his head decisively and said: "Back then, my old man just listened to my master's lies, filled up the Yanque Lake, and built the palace on it. The result was good. When there is tide all year round, it can grow under the bed. Do you believe in mushrooms?”

"Is this so serious?" Li Heng asked: "Then there is only the third place left, northwest of the city. The terrain there is higher, there is no risk of moisture, and the feng shui is good, but it is densely populated and the residents need to be relocated. Tens of thousands of households can satisfy the land needed for the palace.”

"Is it such an exaggeration?" Lao Liu also took a breath of air: "I will demolish tens of thousands of households to build a royal palace. This kind of thing is not allowed."

"According to regulations, the perimeter of the Prince's Mansion is three miles, three hundred and nine paces and a half. The width from east to west is one hundred and fifty feet, two inches and two inches, and the length from north to south is one hundred and ninety seven feet, two inches and five cents. Suzhou is densely populated and the city is narrow. If you want It is too difficult to find a piece of land that complies with the regulations of the Prince's Mansion without disturbing the people." Li Heng said with a wry smile.

"Does the palace have to be built inside the city?" Zhu Zhen asked, "Can't it be built outside the city?"