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

"I said the prince never mentioned this to me, do you believe me?" Wang Hu looked innocent.

"I don't believe it, our lord has such a good memory, how could he forget such an important thing?" A guard stood up to support Li An.

"That's right, the prince has always been reliable in his work."

Several others echoed.

Wang Hu was helpless, and sighed: "Okay, even if I feel sorry for the brothers, I will treat the brothers to drink another day."

"Just drinking is not enough, you have to drink flowers."

"That's right, don't change the day, just tonight."

"It just so happens that we haven't gone to drink flower wine with you, deputy commander, for a long time."

"I won't go with you, I'll give you the silver, and you can drink it yourself." Wang Hu reluctantly took out the silver.

After finally sending them away, Wang Hu looked at the direction of Li An's departure, and secretly decided in his heart, no, this debt must be reimbursed by the prince anyway.

Otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

……

Yuyi Pass.

The construction of Yuyiguan is in full swing. The prisoners captured before are all working hard under the scorching sun. For them, there is no time to rest.

As long as there is a slight pause, the supervisor's whip will fall on him: "Move faster, Lao Tzu."

A supervisor noticed Li An's arrival, and hurried over to salute: "My lord."

Li An nodded, and continued to scan the construction site. He was very satisfied with the progress of the construction site at Yuyiguan, which was much faster than other construction sites.

Chapter 61 Ballista Blueprint

Ang Li frowned slightly when he noticed that a supervisor was frantically whipping the prisoner in the distance.

Seeing this, the supervisor in front of Li An said nervously: "My lord, I'll tell them to be gentle!"

Li An looked at the supervisor puzzledly: "Why did they have to be gentle? When they wanted to kill me, they didn't think they should be gentle."

"Then you, my lord?" the supervisor asked cautiously.

"This king is just thinking, it won't last long if they are built like this, but they will die of exhaustion before my pass is repaired.

They have to fight for this king. After all, they have to pay attention to the beginning and the end of this life. "

"Uh..." The supervisor didn't know how to answer this question.

"How many hours a day do they work now?"

"My lord, five hours."

"Poor thing,

Add another hour, it's cool to work at night. "

"My lord, what if I'm exhausted?"

"Isn't it just human beings? There's a lot of dissatisfaction here, so grab a bunch of them?"

The overseer nodded suddenly.

After chatting with the supervisor, Li An went to find the craftsman again.

"Meet the king."

Li An nodded to signal the craftsman to get up, and took the blueprint from the craftsman.

"I'll ask you to add two more gaps on the city wall, just here and here." Li An said and circled two more places on the drawing of the city wall.

The craftsman nodded, still confused: "What is the prince planning to do with so many gaps?"

"You don't need to know these things, just do as I tell you."

"Yes."

……

After returning from Yuyi Pass, Li An called all the carpenters and blacksmiths in the county together.

Immediately he took out a sketch and placed it on the table in the middle of the lobby.

"You have almost practiced your hands these days, it's time to make a big guy."

"What is this drawn on the prince's drawing?" A carpenter couldn't help asking.

"A heavy crossbow can also be called a ballista."

In Dahua, the weapons are just knives, guns, swords and halberds, and the only long-range weapons are bows and arrows. The range depends on the archer's arm strength.

Li An plans to get some continuous crossbows and more lethal ballistas to improve the quality of weapons.

When there is a real war, Li An takes out gunpowder, Liannu and ballista with his backhand to deal a dimensionality reduction blow to the enemy.

Only when one's own strength is strong can one stand firm anywhere.

Compared with the continuous crossbow, the interior of the heavy crossbow requires more precise small parts, so Li An also called in some handy craftsmen.

Carpenters are the leaders in making continuous crossbows and ballistas, while blacksmiths are mostly laymen, responsible for making some parts needed for ballistas.

In order to create more precise parts, Ang Lee asked them to keep practicing.

"My drawings are not detailed enough, you all brainstorm, see what is wrong, what needs to be improved, just improve, I just need to see the finished product."

As a time traveler, although Li An has a certain sense of superiority, he will not be so arrogant that he feels that he is an amateur and can far surpass these expert craftsmen.

Many craftsmen fell into contemplation looking at the drawings given by Li An.

After a while, everyone smiled and assured Li An, "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will leave the ballista and the crossbow to us."

After explaining everything, Li An returned to the Ping An Bank.

"Yiyi, what's the income of Ping An Restaurant these days?"

"The income of Ping'an Restaurant is still good. These days, wealthy businessmen have been recharging memberships in the restaurant one after another. It's just that the popularity of the newly opened restaurant has dropped a lot, and the restaurant's recent passenger flow has slightly decreased."

"Yeah." Li An nodded, and the heat after the opening would be less than he expected.

Now the main customers of the restaurant are merchants, and merchants will not stay in Qingshui County forever.

"How many people go to restaurants for consumption?"

"There are not many people. Except for the large number of people on the first day, there are basically no ordinary people going to the restaurant after that."

"These gangsters have earned some money during this period of time. They don't want to pay back the mortgage and car loan. Why don't they keep the money they earn?"

"There is no pattern at all. The wages that the king gave them are temporarily stored in their hands. Why are you so ignorant and don't know how to take the initiative to send it to the king?"

"My lord, what are mortgages and car loans?" Liu Yiyi looked at Li An curiously.

"Mortgage and car loans are creditors for most of my life. Don't mention this, I don't plan to make money from this." Li An waved his hand casually.

"Yiyi, ask someone to go to the street and help me find some common people."

Liu Yiyi saluted and left quickly.

Not long after, in a deserted yard not far from Ping An Bank.

Li An shouted at the chattering crowd with a self-made loudspeaker: "Be quiet."

"This king gives you a mission, you will go to various towns and villages later..."

……

After a quarter of an hour, the people left contentedly with ten copper coins in their hands.

The job given by the prince today is quite easy. You only need to go to various townships and villages and say a few words in crowded places. When you come back at night, you can still get the final payment.

……

A certain town in Qingshui County.

"Hey, you heard that our prince opened a restaurant in the county town."

"I've heard about it a long time ago, who hasn't heard of it, I went to have a meal on the first day of opening, I have to say, the food in the restaurant is amazing, I guess it's almost the same as the imperial meal in the palace. "

"Isn't that right? Why don't we have another meal tonight and have a drink by the way?"

"Don't go, it's a restaurant owned by the prince, and a dish costs a lot of money, right?"

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. I went there again later. The prices are very cheap and they are all cheap dishes. It doesn't cost much more than eating at home. The key is that the food in Ping'an Restaurant is delicious.

Besides, we are desperately earning money these days, so why do we earn money if we earn money? "

"You seem to be right. I earn money desperately, and now I don't have to worry about food and clothing at home. I should enjoy it and reward myself. Otherwise, life would be so boring?"

"Then go now?"

"Go now, the business of the prince's restaurant is booming, and there will be no tables if you go late."

After speaking, the two left together.

Because the two spoke loudly, some people around could also hear their conversation.

There is one sentence that they are very concerned about. Now the living conditions are much better than before, and they have saved some money. If they save the money and don’t spend it, then why did they earn so much money in the first place?

What many people don't know is that the two chatting before are the people sent by Li An.

……

A certain village.

"Congratulations, Boss Wu, you have added a boy to your family."

"Let's be happy together, everyone don't leave tonight, just eat some simple food at my house."

"Boss Wu, we don't need you to worry about it, but you have to take good care of your wife, and you can't treat her badly. She has given birth to three leaders for your old Wu family."

A middle-aged woman smiled brightly: "I think, when your wife is confinement, you should take her to a restaurant to have a good meal, and help the child to have a full moon wine or something, and call your relatives and friends over." .”

"Ah, go to a restaurant? That will cost a lot of money, right?"

"It doesn't cost much, you go to the restaurant opened by our lord, it's full of cheap dishes, and it doesn't cost much for a table, besides, your relatives and friends are all here, why don't you give you a gift or something?

Now that everyone has some money at home, this gift money must be indispensable to you. "

Boss Wu was lost in thought, this trick seems to be feasible, if he invites relatives and friends to eat in a restaurant, he will gain face, and the money from relatives and friends will be used to pay for the meal, isn't it equivalent to not paying for it?

If you meet relatives and friends who spend a lot of money, maybe you can earn some gift money...

Chapter 62 Seems to be Playing Off

"It's been a long time since we two got together, why don't we go to Wang Ye Restaurant for a drink today?"

"Forget it. Although I have saved some money, when my eldest son is older, I want to send him to study. If my eldest son can be selected as a scholar or something, it will be regarded as a glorious ancestor."

"Didn't you hear that the prince is building an academy in Beicheng, Qingshui County? I heard that the academy is bigger than the county government. I heard that the prince plans to let us poor families send their children to study there without charging money!"

"Really?"

"Of course, what the prince said is false?"

……

"Ma'am, shall we continue to Ping An Restaurant tonight?"

"Is it too extravagant to go every day?"

"It's not extravagant, Ping'an restaurants are all cheap dishes. The money I earn is enough to spend. Isn't the purpose of making money to improve my life?

And the prince also said that the economy of Qingshui County will get better and better in the future, and our people will become richer and richer. "

……

……

The next day, Li An showed a satisfied smile when he saw the long line of people waiting for dinner outside Ping An Restaurant.

It will be good if people's consumption concept is opened up.

……

A few days later, Tian Qi came back.