Chapter 1535: The Unexpected Noble

The teenager with mud spots on his face was none other than King Yao's fourth son, with the single name Rui! King Yao's eldest son died in Beijia, the second son died young, and the third son was twenty-five and had also been sent to Beijia. The fourth son was fourteen and usually stayed well in the palace, occasionally coming out to experience the people's feelings; who could have expected him to be dressed like this?

Why did the monarch send the prince over, was it because he didn't trust You Rongzhi and He Xiao? But the fourth prince was only fourteen.

Prince Rui held his head high and said clearly: "I requested to come here for research, and my father agreed."

He Lingchuan stood on the side with his arms crossed: "Prince Rui carried soil and stones for an hour and laid board lines for two hours, never letting others do it for him."

The fourth prince had a good reputation in the country, which He Lingchuan had heard of long ago, but he didn't expect this teenager to request to come to the construction site for research, and even less did he expect that King Yao's son could truly lower his head to dig soil under the scorching sun, working hard and enduring labor.

Of course, with his clear mind, he figured it out in the blink of an eye.

He Lingchuan lifted Prince Rui's palm, and when everyone saw it, they all hissed: this teenager usually lived in luxury, but after gritting his teeth and finishing three hours of work, blisters had formed on his palms, and his fingers were swollen like carrots.

"Oh my, how can this be? Get water and medicine!" Huang Shilu turned to shout for medicine, and then turned back to say, "Your Highness, just come to guide us, if you damage your body, how can we explain it to the King?"

His attendant turned and went out to find medicine.

Prince Rui replied: "Since it is research, I must do it myself."

The ministers suddenly realized and said one after another: "Prince Rui is humble and eager to learn, the blessing of our great Yao!"

Prince Rui smiled: "I also signed a military order; if something happens here, you don't need to be responsible!"

The officials all expressed their admiration, and the praise was like a tide.

You Rongzhi then stepped forward: "Alright, Prince Rui has worked hard all day, it's time to apply medicine and rest."

He Lingchuan interjected: "Need to move bricks tomorrow."

Prince Rui said: "I'm not sleepy yet, can Island Master He take me to see the expansion plan?"

He was here for research; since he wanted to learn, he also wanted to study.

He Lingchuan smiled: "Sure, I'll take you after you apply medicine. Ling Guang—"

Before the words fell, his exclusive medical officer jumped in from the big tree outside the house, took out a silver needle from his bosom, blew a breath, and the tip of the needle ignited a bean-sized flame, which was actually green.

"Reach out!"

Prince Rui was stunned and reached out, seeing this monkey quickly treat his injury, light, fast, and good, actually exceptionally skilled.

He couldn't help but secretly touch the soft hair on Ling Guang's head: "Is this a Medicine Ape?"

"You know?" Ling Guang shook his monkey head.

"I saw it in a book." And it could talk? "I heard that in the extremely distant west, there is a race of ape monsters that are proficient in medicine, called Thousand, Thousand..."

"Thousand Heart Flow!"

"Right, right, Thousand Heart Flow Medicine Ape!"

Ling Guang was happy and took out two purple fruits the size of grapes from his small pocket: "Eat it."

The guard on the side immediately said: "Your Highness, no, this fruit has an unknown origin."

Just now the Medicine Ape suddenly needled the fourth prince, the movement was too fast, they were already startled, and now it was giving some inexplicable fruit?

How come this Medicine Ape was like its master, without any sense of boundaries? Prince Rui rolled his eyes at them: "Island Master He will not harm me."

After speaking, he took the fruit and ate it.

Use your brain, who would poison him in full view? "Wow, so sweet!"

Ling Guang didn't look up: "That is a Mulberry Bullet Fruit, which has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain."

The man and the ape talked, surrounded by countless Yao Nation officials and guards.

Ling Guang moved very fast, and in less than half a cup of tea, he had applied the medicine for him.

Immediately after, Prince Rui followed He Lingchuan and You Rongzhi to look at the plan, not letting the officials follow.

In fact, when he stood up, his movements were a bit staggering.

Working at high intensity for three hours, he was truly tired, but now he had to grit his teeth and hold on.

The officials also dispersed, after all, everyone's work was very heavy now, and there was only a three-quarter-hour break even when the noon sun was poisonous. Some officials had already brought their own meals, not wanting any delicacies, just simple and delicious food, stuffing it into their mouths and then finding a place to nap.

Tired.

The most miserable was You Rongzhi. Because every project involving money, big or small, had to be signed by him, he basically had to accompany He Lingchuan all day.

What was He Lingchuan's work intensity? Magistrate You only suffered this kind of hardship when he joined the army in his youth. Fortunately, his foundation was good and he didn't get sick, but after half a month of torture, he became dark and thin, and the dark circles under his eyes were invisible.

Of course, today's topic among officials was: what did the fourth prince come for.

From the perspective of the officials, there was only one conclusion: perform well.

"The monarch has not established a crown prince, and both the third prince and the fourth prince have opportunities."

More than three years ago, the Yao Nation's crown prince unfortunately died in Beijia. Since then, King Yao had not established a crown prince.

"Yes, the monarch originally liked the fourth prince, saying he was diligent and eager to learn. The capital's eastward expansion is a major project that is rare in decades; if he can perform well here, the possibility of the fourth prince being established as crown prince is still very great."

Who let the third prince be far away in Beijia? He couldn't reach. So this was the fourth prince's stage.

The officials heard this and felt it made sense.

Magistrate Xu said: "Our eastward expansion project has achieved such speed and such spirit, and the monarch is greatly shocked. It is reasonable for him to send the fourth prince to observe and study."

As a prince, the way of governing the world and the art of controlling subordinates were all compulsory courses.

Not to mention anything else, although they had some complaints about the torture they had experienced in the past few days, they had to admit that Island Master He's flexible methods and efficient handling of affairs were truly eye-opening.

Not only was the seven-day construction period caught up, but the road repair project looked like it could be completed ahead of schedule.

Such talent, the prince observing from the side, was not losing face.

The next day, You Rongzhi's third son, You Xuhe, also appeared at the expansion construction site, and after arriving, he took over the work assigned by his father and worked hard.

He was sixteen.

Two days later, Magistrate Xu's little nephew also came, seventeen.

Others were curious, these were teenagers of fifteen or sixteen, seventeen or eighteen, with no position or title at the construction site; coming here was just working for nothing, what exactly were they plotting? Busy with a foul sweat, stepping on two feet of mud, just for those few wages?

When others asked Magistrate Xu, he only said that the children in the clan needed training, and bringing them here to be influenced was quite good.

But two days later, those with a heart found that these two teenagers were always hanging around Prince Rui, intentionally or unintentionally, often going up to chat and ask for some insights.

Oh my, understood! After this, the capital expansion project often saw the figures of official noble children, all saying they didn't want fame or status, just wanting to stay here to learn experience.

When their number grew to thirty or forty, the Soul-Absorbing Mirror finally couldn't help it: "What are they doing, always stuffing people here! Are they addicted to suffering, and since they can't suffer enough themselves, they pull their family and clan members over to have a taste?"

Indeed, thirty percent of the official noble children couldn't bear the hardship and went home after the second or third day, never appearing again.

He Lingchuan took a moment to hide in his cool shed to close his eyes and rest, and laughed upon hearing this:

"Usually, the difficulty for their family and clan juniors to contact the prince is how great? They have to pay money to enter the candidate list, and they have to go through layers of screening; the probability of truly being selected to be a companion or a langguan by the prince's side is one in a hundred."

The mirror seemed to understand, and said oh.

"Now Prince Rui is at the construction site every day, although he is not as hard as the first day carrying bricks, he is also facing the yellow earth and back to the sky, following me everywhere, which is the most intimate time. Isn't this a rare opportunity? If they don't send their family juniors over now, when will they contact Prince Rui?"

"Understood!" The mirror made a click sound, "Truly understood! They want the juniors in their family to mix a familiar face with Prince Rui!"

"If they can be picked by Prince Rui and become companions or martial companions, it is equivalent to clinging to the future crown prince in advance." The fourth prince was originally liked by King Yao, and recently he performed excellently in the capital expansion project, adding a lot of impression points to his old father.

Even He Lingchuan reported to King Yao, using "diligent and eager to learn" to describe the fourth prince.

He didn't care about Prince Rui's character at all, but the tenacity, agility, humility, and eagerness to learn shown by this teenager indeed had the appearance of a crown prince.

"So, these official noble children also have to perform well."

So, He Lingchuan was not polite to them at all, sending them wherever people were needed, without giving any special treatment.

Commonly known as working to death if they couldn't be worked to death.

After a few days, the originally delicate young masters were all sun-peeled, one by one dark with red. You Rongzhi's son even lost four pounds.

For this matter, King Yao specially summoned He Lingchuan to the palace. The latter's sentence "Those who can survive in this project will be talents in the future" made King Yao ponder for a long time.

There is a saying, jade is not polished, it does not become a tool.

At this time, the main road was also repaired, and officials, dignitaries, commoners, and even idlers with nothing to do could go to the new city expansion site to pick up the wind and publicize it after returning to the city.

So, every step of the expansion project was under the eyes of the people of Tianshui City.

The whole city was watching.

In just half a month, that is, eight days after the main road was repaired, the street block model was built. King Yao was also very curious and even personally drove to the site for inspection.

He went, and the officials followed.

Although the paint smell was a bit pungent, the roads were wide, the ground was clean, the houses were neat, and the vegetation was lush.

Everything looked like something, in stark contrast to the surrounding wilderness, making people want to imagine how comfortable it would be to live here in the future.

At least it was more comfortable than living in the crowded, narrow, and waterlogged old city of Tianshui, right?

This unprecedented efficiency and unprecedented speed shocked not only the officials but even King Yao.

Could the officials of the Yao court really achieve this efficiency? Were they really the goods under his hands? The project progressed too fast and went too smoothly, unlike the truth, so King Yao had a bad premonition instead.

Soon, this premonition came true when he saw the report. ===== CHAPTER 1536 =====