Since the first time in the palace to enjoy the emperor's treatment, Hua An has been a little addicted, for this reason, every few days will be inspected and trained the ability of the palace maid as the reason, into the palace, and by the way in the emperor can lie on the dragon couch to pamper their princess, of course, Hua An every time to bring a different person, after all, as a competent husband, is to achieve rain and dew evenly, and let them all experience it, on the dragon couch to be pampered.

In this way, a month passed quickly, and the queen and several princesses were all pampered by Hua'an on the dragon couch, and a few lucky ones were favored by Hua'an many times.

Although Hua'an has repeatedly ordered all those in the know not to leak the matter of his overnight stay in the dragon bed, but whether this matter will be leaked out, Hua'an himself is not sure, after all, he is too high-profile, and he has pampered his princess on the emperor's dragon couch many times for more than a month, and the possibility of leakage is not small, but even if the matter will really leak out, Huaan is not afraid, after all, he has a very large strength in his hands, and he is not afraid of anyone's provocation, even the emperor is no exception, Secondly, there is no monitoring in this era, even if it spreads, you can use rumors to explain, after all, those who see what they do are some low-status people such as palace maids, how much credibility can they have when they say it?

In short, Hua'an is fearless, and he doesn't care about any consequences at all, so before the emperor arrives in Luoyang City, he regards the palace as his home, and he can go whenever he wants, and he comes and goes very freely.

However, because he has been thinking about things in the palace, Hua'an's state has changed a little. Often when dealing with government affairs in the main hall of the North Palace, he unconsciously fell into contemplation, and even inadvertently showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, which made the people under his command feel a little stunned.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Seeing Hua An in a daze again. One of the subordinates whispered.

Hua An was stunned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The subordinates hugged their fists and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor's Luan is still far away in Xudu, and according to the speculation of his subordinates, now, there should not be much grain and grass under General Wang's command, should we allocate a batch of grain and grass to the south, so as not to lack food in the army and cause unnecessary trouble!" ”

"Oh. General Wang's command is running out of food and grass, isn't it? Hua An was slightly surprised.

"Yes! Wang, when he left Luoyang City, the army under General Wang only brought more than two months of grain and grass, and now, the time should be about the same, so. The subordinates believe that the soldiers and horses under the command of General Wang. It should be about to run out of food. The subordinate said truthfully.

Another subordinate also hugged his fists and said: "That's right, Wang, General Wang has already brought fifty percent more military rations according to the planned itinerary when he went south this time, but he didn't expect that the emperor's Luan drive was more than twice as slow as expected." And it seems to be going slower and slower, so that the grain and grass that General Wang brought are insufficient. After speaking, he looked at Hua'an.

When Hua An heard this, he nodded approvingly, and the two subordinates were right. Emperor Luan drove so slowly, the original plan had been completely disrupted, that is, it was necessary to transport grain and grass to the south in time to avoid the situation of running out of food for the army.

"Report, Your Majesty, General Wang sent an urgent report that the grain and grass in the army are already insufficient, and the king wants to immediately allocate grain and grass to the south." At this moment, the news came that Wang Meng asked for food.

When Hua An heard this, he hurriedly asked: "How many days can the grain and grass in the army be used, and also, where is the emperor's Luan?" ”

"Back to the king, according to the urgent report, the grain and grass in the army are only enough for five or six days of consumption, even if the rations of the soldiers are reduced, it can only support more than ten days at most, however, General Wang has already begun to collect grain nearby, and, according to General Wang, the emperor's Luan will rest in Xuchang City for three days, and then set off."

"What, the army is already short of food and grass, and the emperor's Luan drive still has to delay time, what's going on."

"Yes! The emperor's Luan drove slowly enough, he used to meet the city and rest for a day, but now he has to rest for three days, according to this calculation, in another half a month, Luan will not be able to go to Luoyang. ”

"General Wang shoulders the responsibility of protecting Luanjia, won't he persuade the emperor to let the emperor go early."

"Hey! Even if General Wang persuades him, as long as the emperor doesn't agree, there is no way! As a general of the First Army, General Wang can't force the emperor to leave immediately! ”

When all the subordinates heard this, they seemed to be a little anxious at this time, after all, the lack of food in Wang Meng's army was completely caused by Emperor Luan's stop-and-go.

When Hua An heard this, he was not only not anxious, but a little happy, after all, the slower the emperor's Luan drove away, the later he arrived in Luoyang City, and in this way, he could enter the palace more and pamper his princess on the dragon couch.

"Since General Wang's army is short of grain and grass, immediately allocate 5,000 denier of grain and grass to the south, the sooner the better." Hua'an directly issued an order to allocate grain and grass to the south.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The subordinates accepted the order and immediately went to prepare.

"Your Majesty, the corridors outside the city have all been completed, and the construction inside the city is almost over." A subordinate hurriedly ran over and couldn't wait to tell Hua'an the good news.

When Hua An heard this, he was very happy, and hurriedly said: "Okay, it's really good, this king wants to go and see it in person, and you should go with you!" With that, he strode out of the hall.

Soon, Hua An and his subordinates came to the south gate, and at this time, the corridor outside the south gate had been completely completed, and it looked quite spectacular.

In front of the city gate is a wide road paved with bluestone, this wide road has been extended to the outside of the city for two miles, on both sides of the road, there are naturally two rows of corridors, the length is also two miles.

These corridors were built very solidly according to Hua'an's requirements, and the outer side was all blocked by brick walls, so that it could be a good anti-theft, and at the same time, it was also convenient for the soldiers at the city gate to manage the pedestrians entering and exiting.

In each corridor, five tall arrow towers are evenly spaced, and in two corridors are ten arrow towers, on which all five soldiers have been stationed, between each two opposing arrow towers. A few simple horses were arranged, and there were ten soldiers tasked with scrutinizing passers-by.

Hua An looked at it for a long time, nodded with great satisfaction, and looked at the subordinates who were responsible for building the corridor, and said: "The corridor is built very well, and this king is very satisfied." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise. This is what subordinates should do. The subordinate hurriedly said politely.

Hua An smiled and said, "Let's take a closer look." After saying that, he rode his horse along the bluestone road and ran out of the city.

Along the way, they stopped from time to time to carefully inspect the quality of the buildings, especially to see if there were any cracks in the buildings and if there were any corners, after all, the corridors outside the city. It is the first impression of foreign merchants on Luoyang City, if the corridor is full of cracks, there is a situation of cutting corners, it will definitely leave an extremely bad impression on the merchants who come and go, and at the same time, it will also greatly damage the ruling image of Hua'an.

However, Huaan's fears did not materialize. After careful observation, there is no situation in the corridor where zài is cutting corners. There are no cracks and other building quality problems, even the paint and spraying are very uniform, the columns in the corridor are waist thick, and the ground is all paved with city bricks, so there is no need to worry about it. Muddy conditions on rainy days.

The height of the corridor is only more than one zhang, but the arrow tower at intervals is as high as four or five zhang, although it looks a little abrupt, but it is also very domineering.

"Let's go. Let's go to the top of the arrow tower and have a look. Hua An jumped off his horse and walked to an arrow tower, which he wanted to climb himself to test the range that the arrow tower could cover.

More than a dozen subordinates followed Hua'an into the Arrow Tower, while more subordinates stayed in place and waited, after all, the area of the Arrow Tower was not very large, and if everyone went up, it might not be able to accommodate it.

Hua An and his subordinates walked to the top of the arrow tower step by step along the stairs inside the arrow tower, and saw that the five archers in the arrow tower were on duty.

"See the king." When the five archers saw Hua'an, they quickly knelt down and saluted.

"Okay, get up!" With a gentle wave of his hand, Hua An asked the five archers to get up at once and let them continue their duties.

The area at the top of the arrow tower is not very large, the radius is only about two zhang, and it can only accommodate a few dozen people at most, and if it is to meet the enemy, the surrounding edge can only accommodate less than twenty people, however, the arrow tower here is only used to deter the young, for this reason, there will not be much problem.

In order to prevent the soldiers on the arrow tower from being exposed to the sun and rain, at the highest point of the arrow tower, there is a circular roof, which blocks the sunlight very well and makes the soldiers in it very comfortable.

Hua An took a closer look, the attack range of this arrow tower is enough to cover one arrow around it, and in this range, there are three arrow towers, that is to say, the ten arrow towers here are enough to cover a large area from the city gate to the two miles outside the city, as long as there are thieves in this area, the soldiers on the arrow tower can react quickly, and cooperate with the soldiers below to capture the thieves.

The road between the two rows of corridors is full of pedestrians coming and going, and on the outside of the corridors, there are grass and trees, which looks very desolate.

"Your Majesty, the grass over there is moving." One of his subordinates looked at the grass outside the hallway and said vigilantly.

When Hua An heard this, he took a closer look, and the grass that his subordinates were referring to was indeed moving, and the movement was not small.

Due to the depth of the grass, Hua An did not know what was underneath the grass, but he still snatched the bow and arrow from the hand of a soldier and aimed at the swinging grass.

"Fox, it's a fox." Suddenly, one of his subordinates noticed a cunning fox in the grass.

Hua An naturally also saw the fox that appeared, so the arrow in his hand shot out violently.

With a "whoosh", the arrow hit the fox's forehead, and then, the fox's body shook and died in the grass.

"Good archery, good archery for the king." Seeing Hua An shoot the fox, all his subordinates congratulated loudly.

The location of the fox is only fifty steps away from the arrow tower, and at such a distance, Hua'an can naturally shoot the fox very easily, and even, many soldiers with good archery skills can easily do it, and there is nothing surprising about it.

However, being able to shoot the fox, Hua An was still in a good mood, and looked at his subordinates, and said: "This king just shot a fox, it is conceivable that if there are thieves hiding in the grass, it will be difficult to avoid the attack of the arrow tower soldiers, so with these arrow towers, the safety outside the city gate will be greatly guaranteed, and the thieves' actions will become more difficult." ”

When all the subordinates heard this, they all nodded very approvingly, and felt that Hua'an was prescient, and ordered the craftsmen to build two rows of corridors outside the city gate, so that there were several more checkpoints in and out of the city gate at once, which was a powerful deterrent to thieves, and would make the cost of thieves' violations more expensive.

After looking at the corridor of the south gate, Hua'an felt very satisfied, it is conceivable that the situation of the east gate, the west gate and the north gate must not be much different, that is to say, the construction quality of all corridors outside the city is very guaranteed.

For this reason, Hua'an greatly praised the subordinate who was responsible for the construction of the corridor and gave a high reward to encourage the subordinate for his merits.

Looking at the messy open space outside the two rows of corridors, Hua An suddenly felt that the space here could not be wasted, all the trees and weeds could be removed, and this place could be reclaimed into a vegetable field belonging to the army, which could greatly reduce the consumption of the army, and the clearing land was reclaimed into a vegetable field, which looked pleasing to the eye, especially the soldiers on the arrow tower and the city wall, seeing the green vegetable field, the mood must be very good.

Of course, the reclamation of these large areas of open space into vegetable fields, there is also a great effect, is to increase the defense of Luoyang City, after all, as long as the open land is transformed into vegetable fields, it will lead to the unevenness of the ground, and the location of planting vegetables, the ground is also relatively soft, such a ground, which is very unfavorable to the march of siege equipment, can well block the enemy's attack, however, for now, there is really no force that has the ability to attack Luoyang City, so this role can not be considered for the time being.

After listening to Hua'an's plan, the henchmen were slightly taken aback at first, and then they all agreed, after all, the open space outside the city is idle, since it is useless for the time being, it is still a good choice to use it as a vegetable field for the army, so that the army's expenditure on food will be reduced a lot, and the financial expenditure can be greatly reduced. (To be continued......)