Xuanwu Gate is one of the five city gates on the north side of Chang'an City, and it is also the north gate of Miyagi.The eunuch informed Zhao Yunze that Li Shimin would leave the city from Xuanwu Gate at four o'clock.It was not four o'clock, that is, two o'clock in the afternoon of the Hereafter.After Zhao Yunze had lunch, he hired a carriage and left Chang'an City from the Fanglin Gate on the west side of the Xuanwu Gate, and detoured to wait outside the Xuanwu Gate early.But when he arrived, Yan Liben and Fang Zhi were already waiting there."
Mo Daojun is early, and there are even more early pedestrians, the two adults came early" Zhao Yunze got out of the carriage and walked over while arching his hand at Yan Liben and Fang Zhi."
Lord Zhao is also here," Fang went straight to Zhao Yunze."
We've only just arrived for a while."
Yan Liben said to Zhao Yunze."
Brother Yan, do you know what His Majesty's intention is to call the three of us to drive with you" Zhao Yunze inquired to Yan Liben.Yan Liben said: "When the palace people informed me, they asked me to bring drawing tools, yes, Yan secretly thought that His Majesty was going to take us to the site to see the site for the establishment of the arsenal. ”Zhao Yunze suddenly realized: "In this way, the so-called ascension is just a disguise" Yan Liben said: "This is also my private guess, as for Your Majesty's real intentions, only Your Majesty will know when you come." ”Zhao Yunze nodded, then bypassed the topic and chatted with Yan Liben and Fang Zhi.The three of them didn't wait too long, and Li Shimin rode out of the Xuanwu Gate.accompanied by Yu Chi Gong and Yu Chi Baolin, as well as a team of guards.As soon as Li Shimin came out, he didn't even stop, and waved directly at Zhao Yunze and the others: "Come with me" Yan Liben and Fang Zhi both came on horseback, Zhao Yunze was very helpless to ride with Yan Liben, followed Li Shimin's brigade, and marched to the north of Chang'an.In the first few days, Zhao Yunze still wanted to find Yu Chi Baolin to learn to ride a horse, but because he was busy preparing for various matters of the arsenal, he delayed it.Now that he was in trouble again, Zhao Yunze couldn't help but secretly decide, no matter how busy he was, he had to learn how to ride a horse first.Otherwise, there is no need for others to laugh at themselves, just in front of the newly recruited apprentice Cheng Chumo, his waist is not straight.At this time, in the Tang Dynasty, even the women of rich and noble families could ride horses, but Zhao Yunze couldn't even ride horses, which was also a wonder.Yan Liben did not guess wrong, Li Shimin did go out of the city to handle the affairs of the arsenal under the guise of ascending the Chongyang Festival.The brigade marched all the way to the north, about 20 miles, and the team suddenly broke away from the official road and turned west.After another five or six miles on the rugged mountain road, we came to the mouth of a valley.Everyone dismounted and walked into the valley on foot under the leadership of Li Shimin.This valley is a gourd valley, with only one entrance to the east, and the other three sides are surrounded by cliffs and steep slopes.The area of the valley is about twenty acres of land.The valley is not flat, full of rocks and weeds."
This is the address that Li Jing chose for the Arsenal Special Administration, what do you think?"
Li Shimin stopped in a slightly flatter place and asked everyone."
The place is secret, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is simply that God specially created this place to build an arsenal."
Wei Chigong said.Li Shimin nodded: "Li Jing is worthy of being a veteran general in the army, and the terrain around Chang'an City is in his heart every inch of it." ”"Yun Ze, you are the head of the arsenal, tell me your opinion."
Li Shimin asked Zhao Yunze directly.Zhao Yunze thought for a while, raised his hand and pointed while saying, "This place is indeed very suitable for building an arsenal.At the bottom of the valley, the valley is set up to set up a sentry post and send soldiers to garrison it, so that the valley can be safe.However, this valley is not accessible from the outside world, and the amount of work may be larger. ”After listening to Zhao Yunze's words, Li Shimin looked at Yan Liben: "Liben, when it comes to engineering construction, you are an expert.I would like to ask you here, if the craftsmen and materials are complete, within a month, can you establish the Arsenal Administration" Yan Liben silently calculated in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the construction plan of the Arsenal Administration, Zhao Decree has talked deeply with the ministers, if it is in accordance with the requirements of Zhao Decree, the defense, life, engineering, storage, and test sites are divided into areas to build, and then consider the needs of road transportation, the amount of work is indeed very large.However, if the craftsmen and materials are used to the best of their ability, the minister guarantees that the arsenal will be completed within one month. ”Li Shimin nodded and said, "Yun Ze's planning has also been carefully studied and considered.Unlike other yamen, security is the top priority, and it is better to spend more manpower and materials than to accommodate at will. ”"The minister must go all out to build an arsenal," Yan Liben said."
In this way, I will leave the matter of supervising the construction of the arsenal to Liben.After the holiday, you will come to the palace to get the decree, and then collect money and food from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and choose an auspicious day to start the construction of the arsenal. ”Li Shimin said to Yan Liben."
Obey the order" Yan Liben bowed down to receive the order.Li Shimin said again: "I won't bother you, the three of you, plus Yu Chi Baolin, will discuss the specific plan of the arsenal here."
When the original palace was established, it was necessary to show me the plan of the arsenal and the budget for the project. ”"The ministers obey the order" Zhao Yunze, Yan Liben, Fang Zhi, and Wei Chi Baolin received the order together.Li Shimin waved his hand at Wei Chigong again, and said with a smile: "Jingde, let's go, let's get out of the city once, and we should also have a good taste of the scenery on the outskirts of Chang'an." ”So, Li Shimin and Wei Chigong took those guards and left, leaving only Zhao Yunze and the four of them, referring to the field, and started the project planning very hard."
Is this considered overtime," Zhao Yunze suddenly asked."
Overtime" Yan Liben, Fang Zhi, and Wei Chi Baolin glanced at each other in surprise, Yan Liben smiled and said: "Of course it's overtime, it's still a holiday" "Then will Your Majesty pay us for overtime" Zhao Yunze asked again.Yu Chi Baolin glared at the two bull's eyes and scolded: "What good thing do you kid think, Your Majesty uses ministers, and he is not on call, Lao Tzu has never seen anyone like you, so much for a day or two." ”Zhao Yunze said: The evil feudal society, the evil Li Er, there is not even overtime pay, I resolutely ask for overtime work on holidays to pay three times the salary Of course, the so-called triple salary is just Zhao Yunze's YY, he will not be really stupid enough to ask Li Shimin for overtime pay.Li Er, I curse you for stumbling and killing you, a wicked capitalist Zhao Yunze drew a circle in his heart while watching Yan Liben draw a picture
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