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Chapter 201: Building a city, a city bigger than the imperial city!

Chu Yang watched this group of playboys leave with a slight smile on his face.

These idiots, do they really think they are building a mighty city?

"Your Highness, are we really going to build a city?"

"According to our current military strength, we can build a camp in about 15 days, but the Xiongnu are all cavalry, so this camp is meaningless!"

At this time, Wang Zheng walked into the tent and asked in confusion.

"Fifteen days? What can we do with that? What I want to build is not a camp, but a real town!"

Hearing this, Wang Zheng became even more confused: "Your Highness, please forgive my stupidity. Why are we building a town? Isn't this a waste of money and manpower?"

Chu Yang walked to the table, poured himself a glass of wine, and spoke slowly.

"Wang Zheng, you just don't have a long-term vision."

"The Xiongnu have repeatedly invaded our borders. Although we have repelled them, there is no guarantee that they will not come back again."

"Let's build a town. Firstly, it can serve as a base for future expeditions, and secondly..."

Chu Yang paused, a hint of wisdom flashed in his eyes, "It would be good to have another town on this vast grassland for trade."

Wang Zheng was stunned. He originally thought that Chu Yang was just looking for an excuse to delay time, but he didn't expect that he actually had this idea!

"Your Highness is wise! I am stupid, not even one ten-thousandth as good as Your Highness!"

Wang Zheng quickly flattered him.

"Okay, don't worry about this matter. Just focus on training the soldiers and wait for news from the king. Why are you panicking?"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Wang Zheng took the order and withdrew, his admiration for Chu Yang increasing a little more.

Early the next morning.

Ma Su and other playboys came to Chu Yang's tent excitedly, with the words "seeking praise" written all over their faces.

"Your Highness, we have already contacted our family, and they are all willing to fully support your City of Heroes plan!"

Ma Su said this proudly, as if this magnificent city was built with money from his family.

Chu Yang nodded, pretending to be pleased.

"Good, very good! You are all pillars of our Great Zhou. I was right about you!"

"It is our honor to serve Your Highness!"

Everyone said in unison, with a look of pride on their faces.

Chu Yang suppressed his laughter and cleared his throat.

"Since you are so generous, I will not refuse it."

"However, building a city is no small matter. It requires a large amount of materials and manpower. Everyone should be mentally prepared!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. This little thing won't be a problem for us!"

Ma Su patted his chest and promised, "We will go back and collect supplies and ensure that everything is delivered in the shortest possible time!"

"Okay! With your words, I feel relieved!"

Chu Yang nodded with satisfaction, then took out a blueprint from his arms and slowly unfolded it in front of everyone, "This is the blueprint of the city that I seized before. You can take a look at it first. If you have any comments, feel free to raise them."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around, their eyes all fixed on the drawing.

However, when they saw the contents on the drawing clearly, the expressions on their faces froze instantly.

All I saw on the blueprint was a variety of streets densely drawn, with towering city walls, wide moats, and even a huge square and a towering palace!

This is not a blueprint of a majestic city at all, it is clearly a planning map of an imperial city!

"Your Highness, this..."

Ma Su pointed at the blueprint and stammered, "Is this city built...too big?"

"Big? How can this be called big?"

Chu Yang said with a serious face, "Think about it, this is the frontline fortress of our Great Zhou to defend against the Xiongnu. Of course, the scale must be grander to show the national prestige of our Great Zhou!"

"But……"

Ma Su wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Chu Yang.

"Okay, it's settled! After you go back, hurry up and collect supplies so that we can start construction as soon as possible!"

"I can't wait to see the day when this magnificent city rises from the ground!"

Everyone looked unhappy when they heard this, but they did not dare to disobey Chu Yang's order, so they had to agree to it.

Watching the crowd leaving, Chu Yang shook his head helplessly. He had thought these nobles were very difficult to deal with, but it seems that they are just that simple!

at the same time.

Ma Su and others left Chu Yang's tent, each of them looking uglier than someone who had eaten bitter melon.

"Brother Ma, what do you think the Seventh Prince is up to? He is giving up a good war and building such a big city. It will take a long time to complete it!"

A dandy young man frowned and said that he felt that if he emptied his family's fortune to build the city, his father would break his legs!

"Who said it wasn't true? My father is waiting for me to make military achievements and bring honor to the family. Now, you want me to move bricks!"

"I am really impressed. Now the remnants of the Xiongnu and the Japanese cannot even gather 20,000 troops. If we don't take action now, when will we take action?"

"This is going to be difficult. If we keep going this way, it will probably take at least half a year to build a city!"

Ma Su snorted coldly and said unhappily: "You ask me, who should I ask! Who can guess what the Seventh Prince is thinking? But one thing is certain, this city was definitely not built for the court!"

"You mean! His Highness the Seventh Prince wants to..."

The dandy young man opened his eyes wide, but didn't dare to say the rest, but everyone knew what he meant.

"Hush! Don't say this nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, the others quickly made a gesture to keep quiet, "Be careful, the walls have ears!"

"What are you afraid of? How can you have ears in this remote place?"

Ma Su disagreed, but his tone softened a bit, "However, what the Seventh Prince wants to do is his business, and we, as his subjects, just need to obey his orders!"

"Besides, if this city is built, we will also be the heroes!"

"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Ma is right!"

Several people nodded repeatedly, hope rekindled in their eyes.

at the same time.

When the news reached the capital of the Great Zhou, all the noble families and court officials were in an uproar.

"What? The Seventh Prince wants to build a city? A city bigger than Kyoto?"

"Oh my God! This is going to drain our family's savings!"

"Is the Seventh Prince crazy? Why is he building a city instead of fighting a good war?"

For a time, all kinds of rumors were flying around, and people from all walks of life were talking about it.

Those noble ministers who had originally hoped that their sons would follow Chu Yang to gain fame now regretted their decision.

"I should have known I shouldn't have let my good-for-nothing son join in the fun. Now, he not only didn't make any money, but he also had to pay for it!"

"Alas! Who says it's not true? This Seventh Prince really doesn't play by the rules!"

Although they cursed, these aristocratic ministers knew in their hearts that the Seventh Prince was no longer the same as before. He had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command and was not someone to be trifled with.

For the sake of their sons' future, they had no choice but to accept it and collected supplies to transport to the Xiongnu border.