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Yuan Shan took a second look and found that it was quite beautiful. The moves of this dance were very fancy, as if he was dancing. After a second look, he found that this was Guo Xiang, the daughter of the magistrate of Guo. introduced.

The woman is not very old, but she has a slim figure and light movements, especially her big eyes are piercing, and she has a heroic look all over her body.

"Guo Xiang, good swordsmanship." Yuan Shan immediately clapped his hands and applauded as he looked at him elated, but he couldn't get rid of this habit of watching the excitement.

Guo Xiang has been practicing swordsmanship very attentively. She already knew that someone was coming, but she didn't finish the swordsmanship practice yet, and she ignored the person who came, but she didn't expect the other party to be yelling next to her, and the meeting was broken all at once. Her unskilled sword moves.

Guo Xiang was not angry when she was interrupted to practice swords. This was the first time she heard someone praise her, and she had a good impression of Yuan Shan for a while, but she was afraid that she would always say some beautiful words to deceive her like her father, so she directly Said: "I know you, you are the young master of the Yuan family, do you know swordsmanship?"

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"I understand a little bit." Yuan Shan said immodestly.

"Then show me a dance." Guo Xiang immediately said with interest.

"Okay, look at my Taiji swordsmanship." Yuan Shan was not polite, and immediately started dancing.

How can this kind of thing be difficult for Yuan Shan? How can I say that I have learned martial arts for several months when I was young. I can play Changquan and Huaquan back and forth, and this Tai Chi sword is better. During college, he took physical education courses, Taijiquan and Taijijian, etc. If it wasn't for accompanying his sister, he wouldn't have chosen this course. It's a pity that he studied in a polytechnic.

"Young Lord, why is your Taiji swordsmanship so slow?" Guo Xiang asked suspiciously.

"It's not that your sword skills are slow, but your eyes are too fast." Yuan Shan joked casually.

Obviously the little girl was a little confused, so she immediately called out: "Really?"

"Pfft..." Caiyi laughed loudly from behind, and immediately said to Guo Xiang: "Miss Guo Xiang, the young master is joking with you, don't take it seriously."

"Meteor chasing the moon, unconstrained style, closing momentum." A set of 24 Tai Chi sword dances is finished.

Guo Xiang was immediately attracted by Yuan Shan's verses while dancing the sword. She had never seen such a slow-motion sword dance. This is not a sword dance, it is clearly teaching sword skills.

Every movement has a move name, if she can't remember it like this, then her kung fu learning in the past few years will be in vain.

Guo Xiang took back the sword and immediately danced the Tai Chi sword like a gourd painting.

What surprised Yuan Shan was that he could learn this Tai Chi sword in three weeks of lessons. He didn't expect that this little girl, Guo Xiang, could dance very well after watching it once. It is also impressive.

"Guo Xiang, it seems that you are very talented in swordsmanship, but there are still many deficiencies. For example, the movement of the three-ring moon set should be like this, the hands must be natural, you must control your breath, and be calm and composed. Take your time." Saying that, Yuan Shan began to correct Guo Xiang's irregular movements like a physical education teacher.

"Ahem, um! So you are here, Young Master." County Magistrate Guo pretended to be coughing. Just now, Liu Lizheng was going to look for him, but Yuanshan hadn't been seen for a long time, so he and Liu Lizheng came out to meet him, but they didn't expect to see him. A Yuan Shan actually taught his daughter how to practice swordsmanship, and taught him hand in hand, which really made him a little embarrassed as a father.

Datang's open folk customs, in fact, these are nothing, but after all, it is the daughter of the county magistrate's family, it is not very good to hear it, even if Guo Xiang is still young, but the marriageable age of Datang is very young, such as the eldest grandson Princess Didn't it just marry Li Shimin at the age of 13, and most of the princesses in Datang also married at this age.

"Magistrate Guo, I'm sorry, I passed by here just now and saw Ling Qianjin dancing a sword, so I started to communicate with him on a whim, but I made County Magistrate Guo wait for a long time." Yuan Shan really almost forgot the business, his attitude He also expressed apology.

After several people entered the study, Yuan Shan didn't show politeness to County Magistrate Guo, and he didn't like polite manners very much. He felt that it was a waste of time, so he said directly: "Magistrate Guo, in fact, the Lord Ben Hou came here today to discuss investment with you. matter."

"Young Lord, what is investment?" County Magistrate Guo asked immediately.

"Investment is very complicated to explain, that is, Master Ben wants to spend money, so you can just understand it like this." Yuan Shan was not in the mood to explain the concept of income and value-added to him.

"Oh, then how will Lord Hou spend the money?" County magistrate Guo was speechless, and most of the places to spend money were to ask the county magistrate for what.

"The Marquis wants to build a commercial area between the neighboring county town and the official road, so this time I came here to buy land." Yuan Shan said.

Buying land again, is this Lord Hou crazy, but Guo Shouyi just murmured these words in his heart.

"Oh, I'm going to get the map right now." Just like last time, Guo Shouyi couldn't be happier. Anyway, if the wasteland is built, his county will be able to get some credit. The construction of this city and county is also a political achievement.

The map was spread out on the table. Just like last time, Yuanshan picked and picked, all of which were undeveloped lands. The development cost was high, but it was considered superior because it was close to the county seat and official roads.

"100 taels of gold can buy less than half of Yuan's manor. It's a bit expensive, and you've seen the environment. It can't be the Marquis." Yuan Shan said with a frown.

"How can it be? The environment is a bit poor, but this is already the largest open space in the county, and the surrounding mountains are worth the price." County magistrate Guo argued.

Yuan Shan felt that it was not bad, but the money would be lost if spent, so he thought about it and said: "Well, this land and these mountains belong to Lord Ben Hou, let's go through the formalities."

"Okay, I'll do it now." County magistrate Guo dealt with it immediately, and it was done quickly.

Later, County Magistrate Guo led the team to the newly purchased land, which was not far from the ready-made area, and the place was quite big including a few mountains, but the traffic was really bad.

"Magistrate Guo, this road is really difficult for oxen and carts, and it needs to be corrected. It is about ten miles away from Wulizhuang. I don't know where I can hire workers nearby." Yuan Shan said.

This would not be a problem if Steward Zhou was around. In fact, every place has a hundred households, and it is not easy to hire people.

And the price of Yuanshan's hired labor is not to mention hundreds of people, it is easy to hire thousands of people.

Just as County Magistrate Guo was about to say something, Liu Li was the first to say: "Your Majesty, this matter is easy to handle. There are many Zhuangzi nearby, and the nearest one is the village, which is only two miles away. If you want to hire someone, I will do it." Go for a run."

Now this old man is not the first old man wearing patched clothes. Now he is dressed in clean coarse clothes and has a slightly fat body. You don't think he is a peasant unless you look closely.

"Master Hou, originally I was going to post a recruitment notice at the gate of the county government office. If Liu Lizheng went to recruit people himself, it would be faster." Guo County Magistrate said.

"Okay, the employment standard is the same as Yuanjia Manor, five yuan per person per day, but no matter the food, try to level a county town and official road in the shortest time." Yuan Shan has already started planning for his new site up.

"Master Hou, if we just level out a road, it can be done in a day by hiring a hundred or so people." Liu Lizheng said beside him.

"It's just right, then Master Ben Hou will go with you today." After Yuan Shan finished speaking, Guo Shouyi unexpectedly followed, riding in the same bullock cart, the large truck drove without bumps at all.

"Master Hou, this is Blue River Village." Liu Lizheng introduced.

This village deserves to be called Lanhe Village. It’s all good fertile land. It’s a good place. Yuan Shan observed the surrounding environment. At this moment, he heard Guo Shouyi say: “Master Hou, there is Lanhe Township in front of you. Tens of thousands of people can be regarded as a big village in Lantian County."

Yuan Shan didn't have much interest in these things, anyway, he came here to hire workers, and the bullock cart here quickly entered the village, and when someone saw the county magistrate Guo in official clothes at the entrance of the village, someone immediately ran back to call for someone.

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Soon a lot of people gathered in the village, they didn't know what had happened, they thought they were here to conscript corvee.

The first ones to come were a few Lizhengs from the village. Lanhe Village is a big village near the county seat, with a population of tens of thousands. At this moment, only the households near the entrance of the village gathered, and hundreds of people came over in a short time.

Yuan Shan took a look at the clothes that most of these farmers wore with patches, but compared with the original Wulizhuang, the conditions were much better, but now there is no comparison at all.

Seeing these simple people, Yuan Shan's heart softened and he directly increased the number of employees to 300. There is really no need for more, and then Mali in this village just said that he will start work tomorrow.

There are so many people and strength. Originally, it was only planned to build a road first. Now the plan has been changed and the width of the road surface has been doubled, and the planned open area has to be leveled. It is all hard work and not difficult. , just tired.

But the daily salary of five cents is enough to make up for this. The trip went very smoothly, and with the county magistrate Guo in charge, it is much more reliable than his status as a baron.

As for the work supervisor, Yuan Shan directly asked Liu Lizheng to help, all of which were paid, so Liu Lizheng agreed.

At dusk, the ox cart returned to Wulizhuang, and the first thing Yuanshan did when he got home was to tell Dugu Ruolan about the land purchase.

"Husband, after spending 100 taels of gold, our family will not have much money." Dugu Ruolan was a little happy at first, but when she heard the price, she immediately regained her composure.

"If you have a husband in Ruolan, you don't have to worry about money, I will take care of it." Yuan Shan said softly.

Yuan Shan couldn't sleep because he was running out of money. Since he arrived in Datang, he didn't have enough money to spend.