I don't know when, Liu Bi suddenly had a gray sheep bone in his hand, flickering in the hazy moonlight, it was a small piece that fell during the struggle of the prisoners on the first night, and was quietly picked up by Liu Bi while he was unprepared. Now, the bone has been sharpened to an exceptional sharpness. It was secretly sharpened by Liu Pi during the Han army's drills every night, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing just covered the sound of him grinding bones, but the grinding was in a hurry, and the incision was not very smooth.

Liu Bi whispered to Lao Wang: "Stretch out your hand." ”

Lao Wang couldn't help but be moved, this is to let him go first! Lao Wang hurriedly stretched out his hand and walked away, and whispered: "Liu Da, thank you very much, I'll help you cut it later." ”

These prisoners usually gossip together, but most of them do not tell their real names and the crimes they have committed, after all, crimes are not a glorious thing. Liu Bi committed the crime of treason, so naturally he didn't dare to tell others, only said that his surname was Liu, and he was the eldest in the family, so everyone called him Liu Da.

"Liu Da" smiled faintly, turned around, and carefully cut the rope on Lao Wang's hand, he was not worried that Lao Wang would escape quietly by himself. Don't look at these twelve people tied to a rope, usually anyone who wants to escape seems to be inconvenient, but Liu Bi knows very well that as long as the rope on one person's hand is untied, everyone else will be able to be liberated. Moreover, Liu Bi didn't plan to escape with only Lao Wang, he wanted to let go of the thousands of prisoners gathered in the middle of the camp. When the time comes, the camp will be in chaos, and he will be able to fish in troubled waters.

Because Liu Bi's movements did not dare to be too big, the uneven incision at this time played a vital role. Such an incision is somewhat similar to the appearance of a zigzag, and as it comes and goes, the rope tied to Lao Wang's hand gradually relaxes.

Although Liu Bi's movements were very careful, these twelve people were tied together after all, and the others were inevitably awakened by him. However, Liu Bi was not worried, because he had planned to let these people go together, not to mention who didn't want to be free? Liu Bi didn't have to worry about someone among them telling the truth.

Soon, with a soft sound of "poof", the rope tied to Lao Wang's hand broke in response, Liu Pi let out a long breath, moved his shoulders slightly, and the rope in his hand was loosened. Lao Wang said that his words counted, threw off the rope in his hand, and immediately came to help, and completely liberated Liu Pi in three strokes and two strokes. Liu Pi didn't say a word, grabbed the "bone knife" and began to rescue other victims.

These days, Liu Bi has figured out that there are all kinds of people in this refugee friend, but none of them have really rebelled. With his many years of experience, as long as so many people are in chaos together, even if the Han army guarding around him can arrive in time, and no one else can escape, he is sure to escape.

Just when Liu Pi was secretly happy, something unexpected happened. The two groups of prisoners who had just been rescued by their own hands, except for him and Lao Wang, the other twenty-two people pounced on them almost at the same time, and the other prisoners around them also shouted in unison: "Come on!" Someone is trying to escape! ”

As a result, Liu Pi and Lao Wang were arrested in a daze, and they were actually arrested by fellow refugees who were going to work together in labor. Liu Pi looked around in surprise, but there was irrepressible excitement on the faces of those fellow refugees.

The drills for many days played a role, and the soldiers living in the tents reacted extremely quickly, hearing the commotion from the prisoners' side, they jumped out almost subconsciously, and quickly secretly controlled the surrounding key places, the arrows were wound, and the knives were unsheathed, in this case, even if all the prisoners were together, it was impossible to escape one person.

Liu Xin also walked out of the tent with his clothes on, looked at the camp that was gradually returning to calm, and turned back. After a while, Dian Wei brought a team of guards to escort Liu Pi and Lao Wang in.

Lao Wang's face was already as pale as earth, and as soon as he entered the tent, he shouted loudly, saying that Liu Da had pulled him to run away, and he didn't want to leave, it was all Liu Da's force.

Liu Xin turned his head to look at "Liu Da", it turned out that this prisoner actually knew him, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Liu Bi, I have opened up to you, but you don't regret it, and you don't participate in labor reform, it's really self-inflicted, and you can't live!" ”

Liu Piqing knew that he would die, sighed, and said: "I can't figure out one thing, I can help them escape together, why do they want to arrest me in turn?" ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "It seems that when you participated in the training in Xiangyang, you were not very active, didn't you hear that prisoners serving hard labor can get a reduced sentence as long as they make meritorious service, and if they catch a person who wants to escape, they can be credited with a great merit, and the range of commutation is even greater." Such a good opportunity, in exchange for you, to catch or not to catch? ”

Liu Bi unconsciously lowered his head and glared at Lao Wang in annoyance. He was thinking about finding an opportunity to escape all day long, and he really didn't pay attention to the class, of course he didn't know these regulations, but why didn't Lao Wang listen to the class seriously? But he didn't have time to figure out these things, and as Liu Xin waved his hand lightly, several guards stepped forward and dragged him and Lao Wang out.

The sky was bright, the team was assembled, and continued to march towards Chang'an.

Outside the south gate of Chang'an City, a large number of officials had already been waiting there, and Liu Xin entered this magnificent Han capital surrounded by Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Xiang Lang, Jia Xu and others. In the carriage, Yan Rui looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenes around her in a silent daze, while Lu Qiling was obviously a little excited, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of Minchan's mouth, she knew that her future home would be here.

Only a year later, Chang'an City has changed a lot. The city wall is still the same wall, but when you enter the city, the neat and wide road is eye-catching. Busy construction sites on both sides of the road are everywhere, full of engineers in uniform and men in patched coarse cloth clothes, and prisoners with numbers on their vests. Liu Xin couldn't help but admire: "Juda, the speed is quite fast." ”

Xiang Lang arched his hand and said: "Back to the lord, the city wall of Chang'an has almost not been damaged, and the subordinates have only properly repaired and strengthened it. The roads in the city were repaired by soldiers in the snow, and this year after the snow melted, stone slabs and fine bricks were laid, and street trees were planted on both sides of the road. Now that the main streets have been built, if the necessary materials can be supplied in time, the subordinates will present a new Chang'an in front of the lord by the end of the year. ”

Liu Xin saw that Xiang Lang's face was not the slightest excited, knowing that he had something to say, he nodded, and said, "Juda, is there any difficulty in the materials?" ”

Xiang Lang smiled bitterly: "I can't hide anything from the lord." Now not only the bricks and stones, but also the wood all need to be transferred from outside the customs, and sometimes there are no materials for drying, and the project can only be stopped. Not only that, but a batch of materials will have to be sent to the grassland, and if you don't think about a way, I'm afraid this year will be ......."

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Juda, do you want to open a brick kiln, build a stone quarry, and cut down trees in Guanzhong?" I can tell you unequivocally, you don't have to think about these things! However, it is also true that there is a shortage of materials, and I will send an additional army to speed up the transfer of materials from Kanto. But no matter how difficult it is, the grassland new city must be completed before winter, and all materials must be prioritized to ensure the construction of the grassland new city. It's really not good, the construction of Chang'an City will stop for a while! ”

When Jia Xu and the others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. Although Liu Xin has been emphasizing that he will wait for the day when the world is calm before appointing another Ming Jun, these people under him can't wait, and they all hope to support Liu Xin to ascend the throne on the day the capital is moved to Chang'an. If the construction of Chang'an City is delayed, it means that Liu Xin's ascension to the throne will also be postponed, and the day when they will be crowned with his wife and son will naturally have to wait for some time.

Almost everyone present had this idea in their hearts, but they did not communicate with each other, and no one said it, just silently buried it in their hearts and waited until the right day to put it into action. They are different from Yang Biao, Huang Wan and other former ministers of the imperial court, they are all Liu Xin's cronies, and they are old people who follow Liu Xin to fight the world. They don't need to be like Yang Biao and others to wave the flag and shout for Liu Xin to be the emperor, Liu Xin will not forget their credit.

However, Jia Xu still couldn't hold back his anxious mood, stepped forward, and arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiqi, the forests in Guanzhong are luxuriant, even if you cut down some, there is no big problem, and you can save a lot of time, especially a lot of manpower and financial resources. Why should the lord go far and near? ”

In fact, the reason is very simple, Liu Xin comes from later generations, and knows that if the trees on the mountain are cut down now, and then the soil in the field is taken to burn bricks, it will cause serious ecological damage. However, these truths couldn't be explained to them for a while, so Liu Xin had to say haha: "Not for anything else, just because I like the green waters and green mountains here!" ”

This reason is strong enough, he is the master here, and what he likes, others naturally dare not destroy it, and no one dares to put forward any opinions. However, everyone still muttered secretly in their hearts, just to see a few more green waters and green mountains, they would have to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources, when did Liu Xin, who has always been thrifty, become so extravagant. They didn't know that such fresh air and such clear river water were luxury goods that could not be bought with no amount of money in Liu Xin's original era!

Of course, Liu Xin also understood everyone's thoughts, and seeing Xiang Lang's somewhat gloomy look, Liu Xin patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "How to solve the problem of material shortage, we might as well change our thinking." ”