After Li Shimin had a meal at the farm, he took the prime ministers back to Beijing.

I had mushrooms stewed with charcoal chicks at noon. When Li Shimin left, he held a toothpick in his mouth and was very satisfied.

Li Chao was lying on a rattan chair under a big tree in front of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air. Li Chengqian also moved a rattan chair and lay there. Li Shimin didn't take him away when he left. Li Chao looked at this kid and was a little proud, as if he was already having fun on Bashang.

Although the wind is a little hot, it still makes people lazy.

Li Chengqian was holding a braised duck neck in his hand, and he was having fun gnawing. The duck neck was filled with a lot of spicy oil and sesame seeds, which tasted numb and spicy. Li Chengqian was also despised at the Li family at first, but after eating it, although he kept drinking water with spicy food, he reluctantly stopped.

Nowadays, Li Chengqian takes various Li Ji cooked food from the Li family every day and eats it with Haisai. Today, rabbit head, duck neck, chicken feet, fried crab, big, spicy strips, dried five-spice beans today.

Dad came over.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was still gnawing on the duck neck, Li Chao patted his arm with a fan.

"I didn't see my dad coming, give up my seat."

"That's your father, why should I let the orphan give up my seat?"

"You are already engaged to my daughter, and your son-in-law is half a child. My father, that is your father-in-law's father. Shouldn't you give up your seat?"

Li Chengqian stood up helplessly and gave up his seat, then squatted under the top of the tree and continued to chew the duck neck.

"You really want to go to Shannan?"

"Well, that's how I think. Your Majesty agreed just now. I guess after Alisha and the others gave birth, I will officially leave Beijing." Li Chao said.

The father asked in confusion, "You really have the ability and don't need the court to spend a penny, but you can build a new capital in five years?"

"All military orders have been established, of course I am sure."

"Building a new capital is different from building an ordinary city. Not to mention anything else, the palace is magnificent and its materials are extremely particular. Many pillars of the hall must be excellent wood. When Emperor Yang built Luoyang, a lot of wood was cut down from Shu, then went down the river, and went to Huainan and then moved north. A high-quality wood was exhausted. There were also many stones needed to build a palace, and many of them had to work hard to get stones, and then transported them hard. Why is it said that building a palace was a waste of money? It was because it was very expensive. For a piece of wood, it might take hundreds or thousands of people. For a stone, it also takes hundreds or thousands of people."

Li Chao smiled and said, "I understand this naturally, but don't worry, I know it in my heart. In fact, building a palace does not necessarily require a large wood that is hundreds or thousands of years old. There is no need to spend time and effort to cut down and transport it in Shu."

The father hurriedly said, "The palace is so big, and it is not as big as a pillar of hundreds or thousands of years old?"

"I have an alternative method. I use cement and steel bars to directly pour out columns and beams like thousand-year-old trees, and then paint them on the outside. It's the same. It's even stronger than wood, and I'm not afraid of burning or damaging."

"Cement? Rebar?"

Dad is confused.

"It's a very good building material. With cement and steel bars, you can directly pour out thousand-year-old columns and beams, and also pour out giant stones. It can save time, effort and money!"

"I can't understand what you are, nor can I understand it, but you have to grasp it yourself, don't leave a handle for others. In the future, it's better to leave less military orders. It's better to leave the court and stay in Shannan for a few years." said the father.

Li Chao required strict confidentiality to keep the news of building a new capital.

The main purpose of keeping the confidentiality is to choose the address of the new capital between Xiang and Deng in Shannan and then acquire land to immigrate.

Xiang Deng, that is, Xiangyang and Dengzhou, was in the later generations, in the Nanyang Basin in Henan, which is located in the intersection of Shaanxi, Henan and Hubei provinces.

In Chinese history, there have been six proposals to move the capital to Xiang Deng.

The first time was that Emperor Wu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yuan Xiu, had moved the capital to avoid Gao Huan's general and entered Luoyang. Yuan Xiu planned to move the capital to Jingxiang, and later ministers suggested moving the capital to Chang'an. Later, Yuan Xiu moved westward to Chang'an, so the Western Wei began. In the second year, Gao Huan entered Luoyang and established the Eastern Wei in Ye.

The second time was when Li Yuan planned to avoid the threat of the Turks and moved the capital to other places. Finally, he sent the Secretariat Yu Wenshi and the Shannan area to select a place where Xiang and Deng can live to build a new capital. Because Li Shimin tried his best to persuade him, it was not implemented.

The third time was when Emperor Zhaozong Li Ye of the late Tang Dynasty, a minister proposed to move the capital to Xiang Deng, saying that the country was difficult to move the capital, and that the capital should be preserved. In fact, the land of Xiang Deng was only in the Central Plains. People were very kind-hearted and had a short distance from Qin, but there was no limit to Shangluo, and there was no risk of barbarians invading him. This was the ultimate choice for building a capital. Emperor Zhaozong of Tang wanted to be a thousand capitals, but because of Zhu Wen's restraint, it was not finally achieved.

The fourth time was in the first year of Jingkang of Emperor Qinzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. Because the Jin soldiers went south and were about to cross the Yellow River, they invaded Tokyo. The prime minister and others wanted to flee to Xiang Deng to avoid the Jin people's edge, but later Li Gang, the capital, refuted him and fled to Xiang Deng.

The fifth time was during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Jin soldiers approached. Emperor Gaozong wanted to move to avoid the edge. At that time, the court officials also discussed avoiding Xiang Deng.

The last time was during the reign of Emperor Aizong of Jin, when the Mongolian army surrounded Bianliang, and Emperor Aizong of Jin also planned to retreat to the Xiang Deng area. However, in the end, the country was destroyed and he died.

Although the capital was not built in the Xiang-Deng area in the end, the six proposals to move the capital to Xiang-Deng also show that Xiang-Deng is indeed a very good place to establish the capital.

In the late Tang Dynasty, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin and others were about to move but not moved, and the country was finally destroyed.

In terms of situation, Dengzhou is backed by the Qinling Mountains and facing the Jianghuai River and Huai River. It can station heavy troops, retreat and defend, advance and attack. Relying on the two heavenly prefectures of Guanzhong and Bashu, and a Jianghan-Yuncai trunk line, it has military sources and millet resources. What is particularly important is that Dengzhou is actually the Central Plains and the center of the world.

In fact, although there were six unsuccessful plans to move the capital in history, Dengzhou has also built its capital four times in Chinese history.

Yudu, Deng's territory during the Xia Dynasty, was not only the capital of Deng State, but also the capital of Xia Dynasty. Dengzhou was also the capital of Deng State and the other capital of Chu State.

Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty once established Xinshun Kingdom in Xiangyang and changed Xiangyang to Xiangjing.

The Nanyang Basin is located in the center of the world, with all connections.

To the north is Luoyang, to the south is Jingzhou. To the northwest is Chang'an, to the southeast is Jiangxia, to the west is Hanzhong, to the northeast is the Central Plains. No matter which aspect it is, it is the center of one side.

When the Western Han Dynasty was established, Chang'an was the capital, and the Guanzhong system was established.

Later, the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties were actually Guanzhong's system. At the beginning, their actual control was only in the west, and their control over the Guandong region, especially the distant southeast region, was actually very weak.

To put it bluntly, the Guanzhong system is to develop Guanzhong behind closed doors.

Why did Yang Guang build the eastern capital Luoyang? Because the Sui Dynasty unified the north and south, and the world was reunified, Chang'an was already a bit insufficient as the center of this unified empire.

This era is not later generations, with less developed transportation and less developed communication. Chang'an lives in the northwest, and is far from the southeast and northeast, which is really apart from thousands of mountains and rivers.

Moreover, although Guanzhong is known as the Qinchuan River at 800 miles, the Guanzhong Plain is indeed only 800 miles.

What is the 800-mile plain? There is a lack of good farming areas and Loess Plateau around Guanzhong, which makes it very restricted. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the population in Guanzhong had reached the upper limit. The population was too large, and the damage to the water, soil and other water, and the gap in grain and other materials became increasingly large. Any disaster situation would lead the emperor to take the imperial officials and the army to Luoyang to eat.

But if the capital is established, it will be different. Not to mention that the Nanyang Basin is much larger than the Guanzhong Plain, and the Nanyang Basin is surrounded by grain production areas. The Guanzhong Plain, Jianghan Plain, Central Plains, etc., Xindu can withstand more population, and it is quite convenient to turn around.

The merchants in Chang'an are extremely well-informed.

Although Li Chao asked the emperor and the prime minister not to disclose the news of the capital moving, there were still many people who were involved in this matter, and the news was finally leaked.

Although Li Chao is still staying in Bashang.

But many people have come to visit.

The first person to get the news and visit are mostly businessmen with backgrounds, or simply servants and managers of famous families.

Building a new capital, what a big project.

I heard that the emperor handed over the entire project to Li Chao, and Li Chao even claimed that he could build a new capital within five years without a penny from the court.

Business opportunities, many businessmen smelled about business opportunities.

I heard that many nobles have sent people to Xiang Deng area to buy land and buy land.

Now there is Kuan Township, with few people and lots of land, and the land is not worth the money. But once the new capital is built there, it will immediately become lively and prosperous, and the fields will not appreciate exponentially at that time.

"These people!"

Ma Zhou, who came to check the prince's homework, talked about this with Li Chao and couldn't help but shake his head.

Li Chao just smiled.

"This is nothing. If they want to buy land, they can't buy it. I have asked His Majesty for a decree. The land in Xiangzhou and Dengzhou will not be traded within five years. If the people want to sell land, they can only sell it to the court." Frozen land transactions, a decree can greatly stop those people's attempts to speculate.

If you have money, you can go and buy any land you want to buy? Come and follow me to build a new city.

"The Prime Minister, there are several officials from noble families outside who come to pay their respects." The housekeeper came to report.

"Major, do you need a small person to block them?"

Li Chao thought for a while, "Let's do this, let's talk to these people who are visiting, and I will hold a press conference here in three days, Bashang Li Town, where I will explain the matters of building a new capital in detail, and accept everyone's questions at that time. If you are interested, you can come and participate."

"Press conference?" Ma Zhou couldn't help feeling unfamiliar and puzzled by this word.

"It is to gather all the merchants who are interested in Jianxindu, and then talk about some situations in Jianxindu and inform them of some news. Well, it's that simple."

Ma Zhou was half-believing and half-doubting.

"It's really just a message, not a persuasion to donate or something?"

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, Li Chao couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "Please advise me to donate? Do you think I am such a person? Since I don't need the money from the court to build a new capital, I will definitely not persuade the merchants and the people to donate and give extra classes randomly. I really just talk about it with them. Let's see who is interested in working together and discuss it in detail later."

"Anyway, not only will I not persuade the merchants to donate extra classes, I will still give them money."

"Send money?"
Chapter completed!