I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

Liu Yiyi glanced at Li An helplessly, and immediately said, "My lord, I found out before that you are disrespecting the imperial power, this is not good."

"If it's a crime of treason, then it's not just a matter of hitting the board, it's about beheading."

Chapter 43 Interrogation of Wang Shilin

"It's really not good." Li An nodded solemnly, don't play it off one day, the old emperor really beheaded, and forced to stage a wave of fatherly kindness and filial piety.

"Then I let them call me Qiantui?" Li An started again after a few seconds of seriousness: "Why does it sound like calling me a eunuch? Chitose is not acceptable either.

Hundred years old?That's not cool enough. "

Liu Yiyi looked at Li An speechlessly, did she listen?

Fearing that Li An would continue to say something surprising, Liu Yiyi had no choice but to say, "My lord, it's time to deal with Wang Shilin."

Li An nodded, and waved to the merchants below, "What should I do?"

After speaking, Li An took the people away, and the merchants under the city wall were still grateful to Li An.

Li An not only helped them get rid of treacherous ministers, so that they no longer have to worry about ruthless exploitation, but more importantly, Li An's behavior gave them a way out.

The same is true for the people of Qingshui County. No matter how much others have done, it is not as important as the way of life given by Li An.

Zhou Qiang was the happiest one, showing off to everyone he met: "Do you know that I helped the lord get out of customs, and the lord killed these treacherous officials, and I also have a little credit for it."

"Also, it is rumored that the prince is the reincarnation of Lei Gong, this statement is true..."

……

In a courtyard under the city wall, this is the place where the city guards rest and where they handle official business on weekdays.

Someone had already bandaged the wound of Wang Shilin, who had a broken arm, and he was kneeling in the middle of the lobby while being held down.

Li An in the high seat sipped tea leisurely.

"Wang Shilin, you really know how to enjoy it. The tea you drink is the imperial tea dedicated to the emperor. It seems that you have made a lot of money in Yuyi Pass?"

Wang Shilin's face turned pale due to excessive blood loss, but he still looked at Li An with disdain.

"Li An, I, Wang Shilin, made a lot of money, but you, Li An, made a lot of money? You lived in Qingshui County for a year, and the money you made was worth a million taels, right?"

"I haven't calculated it carefully, but it should be more than a million taels." Li An nodded solemnly.

"So, you, Li An, are the biggest corrupt official in Qingshui County, you and I are the same kind of people.

I just wish I didn't lead troops to Qingshui County sooner and kill you alive. "Wang Shilin gritted his teeth.

"Don't be an afterthought, if this king hadn't pushed you into a corner, would you have the guts to rebel?

If you really had the guts to rebel, you would have already expanded your army on your own after making so much money in Yuyi Pass these years. "

As he said that, Li An gave Wang Shilin a contemptuous look: "You said that this king is the same as you. You are right, but not entirely right."

"This king loves money, and I wish that all the money in the world belongs to this king, but this king sticks to one point and takes it in a proper way!"

"As far as your humble state is concerned, don't be ashamed to compare yourself with this king, are you ashamed?"

Faced with Li An's ridicule, Wang Shilin's face was ugly. He glared at Li An angrily, gnashing his teeth: "Li An, now I'm in your hands, if you want to kill me, I'll cut you to pieces!"

"If you want to have a good time, it depends on whether you can satisfy me." Li An's face was sinister.

Wang Shilin couldn't help but tremble.

"Let's talk about it first, are you a member of the Three Princes' Party or the Four Princes' Party?" Li An asked.

Wang Shilin's expression changed, his eyes dodged a little: "I don't know what you are talking about, I am just a border guard, how can I participate in the court battle?"

"Mr. Yuyi Guan Accountant's account book has been read by the king. Every year, tens of thousands of taels of silver are sent to the capital. As far as I know, your hometown is Hanzhong, right?"

"If you send it to the capital, it will naturally go into the national treasury." Wang Shilin just refused to admit it.

"You think this king looks like a fool?" Li An looked at Wang Shilin coldly.

After Li An's voice fell, Liu Qing stepped forward and kicked Wang Shilin's severed arm.

"Ah~" Wang Shilin let out a shrill scream, and the blood instantly stained the cloth belt wrapped around his shoulders red.

Injuries added to injuries, and Wang Shilin was so painful that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his whole body was shaking.

"I'll give you another chance." Li An said coldly.

Wang Shilin glared at Li An, clenching his teeth: "Come on, you torture me to death, I won't say anything."

Li An didn't answer Wang Shilin's words, but looked at Liu Yiyi with a smile: "Yiyi, go down first, the next scene will be very bloody and cruel."

Liu Yiyi looked straight into Li An's eyes, feeling a little flustered in her heart for some reason.

When she realized that she was scared, she took a few steps back abruptly.

How can I be afraid of the prince?If the prince hadn't saved him back then, he might have been lost in the world of mortals and become someone else's plaything.

"My lord, I'm going to step back first." Liu Yiyi's voice was a little hurried, and she stepped back quickly.

Li An noticed Liu Yiyi's expression, but he didn't say much.

In this society where people can only survive by "cannibalism", they can only survive if they are ruthless.

No one knew about it before, but Li An found out on the first day he traveled over. The reason why Ninth Prince Li An was weak and sick was because he was poisoned since he was a child.

The toxicity is not strong, but it will eat away at this body little by little.

If the Ninth Prince hadn't practiced martial arts since he was a child, he might not have survived the adult ceremony.

The reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince died was probably not a simple accident.

In addition to the enemies on the surface, there are also a pair of black hands manipulating behind the scenes.

After Liu Yiyi left, Li An looked at Wang Shilin with a sinister face: "The opportunity is very precious, are you sure you don't want to take it?"

"Come on, Li An, I, Wang Shilin, won't be afraid of a big scar on my head!" Wang Shilin roared sharply.

Li An got up, "I'll go out for a while, Liu Qing, you can play freely."

"Yes!"

As soon as Li An left the lobby, heart-piercing screams came out.

Li An didn't go to Liu Yiyi, but took a few personal guards and patrolled Yuyi Pass.

The city wall of Yuyiguan is very high, but there are traces left by the war all over the city wall, and some stones have been loosened.

This idiot Wang Shilin only cared about making money here at Yuyi Pass, neither training troops nor repairing the city walls.

Now Li An has taken over the Yuyi Pass, and when he returns, he will immediately recruit a group of craftsmen to renovate and strengthen the Yuyi Pass.

After looking around, Li An already had a blueprint for strengthening and expanding Yuyi Pass in his mind.

When they returned to the lobby, Wang Shilin had disappeared, only a pool of glaring blood remained in the middle of the lobby.

"Have they been interrogated?" Li An asked.

Liu Qing nodded, and immediately took out a pile of confession documents and handed them to Li An: "Wang Shilin belongs to the third prince, and most of the customs duties he embezzled and withheld over the years have been sent to the third prince's residence."

"All the evidence of his collusion with the third prince is here."

"Yeah." Li An nodded, "You keep these evidences, I will use them later. By the way, where is Wang Shilin?"

"Probably can't survive anymore." Liu Qing said conservatively.

"It's a disaster to keep it. If you die, you can die." Li An didn't care, and immediately looked at Wang Hu: "Find a few carriages, and bring all the dirty silver that was seized back to the Ping An Bank. This time, we will send it."

"My lord, you don't need to order this trivial matter. I have already asked people to load all the money into the carriage. If it can't be transported all at once, I need to make several trips." Wang Hu grinned.

"Okay, old Wang, you're getting better and better." Li An grinned, and patted Wang Hu on the shoulder in satisfaction.

Chapter 44 Bidding

In the evening, Li An and others left Yuyi Pass and returned to Qingshui County.

Yuyiguan has been replaced by Li An's people, and the guard has been replaced by a personal guard strongly recommended by Wang Hu. Li An first left [-] personal guards and [-] soldiers recruited before to guard the pass here.

The remaining [-] guards cooperated with Tian Qi's government soldiers and escorted the captives back to Qingshui County.

The county government is still being rebuilt, and all these soldiers are being held in Nancheng District near the Pingan Bank.

Excluding those who resisted and were killed, there were also some officers-level soldiers who had been executed. There were a total of 500 prisoners captured this time.

Li An didn't plan to recruit these people into his subordinates again. These people stayed in Yuyiguan all year round and misbehaved.

The reason why they were not all executed on the charge of treason was because these people were free laborers. Li An was vigorously developing Qingshui County, and what was lacking most was labor force.

"My lord, I heard that you are going to rebuild the Yuyi Pass?" Tian Qi didn't return to his temporary county office either.

"Yeah." Li An nodded, took out a blueprint and threw it to Tian Qi: "I've already drawn the blueprint, go and help me recruit some reliable craftsmen."

"Leave it to me, my lord. When is your lord going to start work?"

"It will take a few days to start work, so you can help me publish a project bidding notice."

"Project bidding notice? What is that?"

"This king wants to build several large brick factories in Qingshui County. I don't have enough manpower here. Help me find some powerful and wealthy businessmen to invest in building factories."

"My lord plans to build a brick factory to burn bricks to build Yuyi Pass?" Tian Qi looked at Li An in surprise.

"Old Tian, ​​you've learned to be smart." Li An smiled.

"My lord, how can bricks compare to stones? To build the Yuyi Pass, it is better to send people to mine the mountains for quarrying."

"It's a waste of time and manpower to open mountains and quarry stones. This king has a unique secret recipe for burning bricks. The bricks fired by this king's secret recipe may not be as hard as stone alone, but the city wall built with bricks is no worse than a stone wall. .”

"Besides, I will pave all the roads in Qingshui County with blue bricks in the future. I don't need bricks to build the palace? In short, bricks have many uses, so you just have to do it as soon as possible."

"Ah, green brick pavement?" Tian Qi widened his eyes, is it so extravagant?You must know that Qingshui County is just a small county.

Even county towns and state capitals seldom use blue bricks to pave roads.

But Li An said so, Tian Qi knew that he just had to follow suit, after all, when did his prince make a mistake?

……

Two days later, several wealthy businessmen with capital gathered in the temporary county office, and they all came to bid.

Li An led Liu Yiyi into the lobby, and all the wealthy businessmen stood up and saluted: "I have seen the prince."

Li An nodded and signaled them to sit down. Li An scanned around and found that there were many familiar faces in the room.

Zhou Qiang was among them.

"You don't go to Yuyiguan to work anymore, and you plan to build a brick factory?"

Zhou Qiang grinned: "My lord, the villain has also saved some money at home over the years, it is enough to open a brick kiln."

"The people present are all well-known and respected businessmen in Qingshui County. Their capital is more than that of a small person. They will definitely be able to undertake the important task of building brick kilns."

Li An sized Zhou Qiang a few times, "Did you find these people?"

Zhou Qiang chuckled: "I'm not afraid of the lord's jokes, the villain's connections are reasonable, and I know some people."

"Yeah." Li An nodded in satisfaction, "It's not much use if you just build a brick kiln, so don't participate in the bidding for the construction of a brick kiln."

Hearing this, Zhou Qiang was a little disappointed. He actually wanted to do his best to help the prince. Of course, he also knew that with his own capital strength, it would be difficult to meet the prince's request.

"My lord, the villain knows."

Although lost, Zhou Qiang still showed a bright smile.

Although I can't open a brick kiln, I can also work in a brick kiln by myself, and it is also a contribution to burn bricks by myself.

Li An has long seen Zhou Qiang's careful thinking, and continued: "I am planning to set up a quality inspection department, and there are no suitable candidates right now, so you can temporarily serve as the head of the quality inspection department."

"The bricks they fired, you have to bring someone to inspect each piece carefully for me. If there are inferior bricks, I will ask you!"

Zhou Qiang was stunned for a while, and then knelt down to Li An in ecstasy: "My lord, Xiaomin will definitely check it out and won't let you down."

After that, Li An asked Tian Qi to approve the land for building brick kilns for these wealthy merchants, and then handed over his secret recipe for firing bricks to these wealthy merchants.

After receiving the formalities, the rich merchants immediately recruited workers and started building brick kilns.

As time passed, more than half of Li An's restaurant had been repaired, and nearly one-third of the Qingshui county government office had been repaired.

The construction period is faster than expected.

Recently, the business of Ping An Bank has become more and more popular, and the serious exploitation of Yuyi Pass has been dealt with by Li An, and more and more merchants are running this business route.