I'm playing tricks in Daqin

While the two families were preparing for the wedding, the bride suddenly disappeared. It was clear that the young lady of the Zhuang family ran away after refusing to get married. This made Su Yuejiao feel very humiliated and naturally in a bad mood.

Li Gang stroked his long beard under his chin and said with a smile: "Ma'am, I'm so anxious, my unicorn, are you afraid that you won't be able to find a daughter-in-law?"

The Li family did not stop preparing for the marriage because the young lady of the Zhuang family ran away from the family, on the contrary, they made more intensive preparations.

The east family is not bright and the west family is bright. It is said that the young lady of the Kong family is also quite famous. The Kong family is also a family with a century-old foundation. It has always dominated the Qingchuan provincial government. It has a close relationship with the Li family. It is more in Li's interest to marry the family.

Su Yuejiao is very satisfied with this marriage. The only thing she worries about is that her future daughter-in-law is so jealous that she can't tolerate Li Wei's concubines. After all, the Kong family is also a wealthy family that has inherited hundreds of thousands of dollars. cents.

The Li family is just such a single seedling. If they don't marry more wives and have more sons, how can they spread their branches and leaves?

Sometimes in retrospect, she felt that she was sorry for the Li family. If she hadn't been so jealous and agreed to the master's concubine earlier, the Li family would not have been like this.

The marriage of marrying the young lady of the Kong family is in full swing, and while she is worrying about this matter, she is also thinking about another thing, should Li Wei take Qing'er into the house first?

Outside the West City Gate, at the foot of the rolling, towering and steep Wuyun Mountain, Li Wei and Zhuang Xi strolled along the path, Qinger Xiaoyu stood not far away tactfully, Li Er and Li San stood guard at a distance.

It's March in Yangchun at this time, and the flowers are blooming, especially beautiful and beautiful, but Li Wei is not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery. He is looking at this large wasteland outside the west city. , with a little modification, it can be converted into an extremely spacious military camp.

This place is very ideal, very much in line with the military camp he planned. There are a dozen or so hunters living nearby. It is necessary to relocate. As long as they are given a demolition fee and divided into a few acres of fertile land, they will not be able to close their mouths with laughter.

He went on an expedition with Daddy Cheap, and he found many problems, such as war horses. In this era, saddles and double stirrups were invented, but there were no horseshoes.

Don't underestimate this thing. The outer layer of the horseshoe is cutin, which often rubs against the ground and will be corroded by accumulated water. It will fall off quickly. The horseshoe can not only protect the horseshoe, but also make the horseshoe grip the ground more firmly. , and even used as a weapon for kicking people. If this person is kicked, he will not die or be disabled.

For another example, the weapons equipped by ordinary soldiers in the army today, in addition to bows and arrows for long-range attacks, are long spear axes and iron swords, and cavalry are all iron swords.

The sword has the reputation of being the king of a hundred soldiers, and its usual attacks are mostly cutting and stabbing. However, on the battlefield where thousands of troops are dueling, the power of the sword is far inferior to that of the knife. The single-edged knife can show the terrifying power of slashing.

Moreover, as far as the current iron smelting technology is concerned, if the thick-backed knife and the iron sword collide violently, the iron sword must be broken. In a duel with thousands of troops, if the weapon is lost or broken, it means death. The influence is very great, and the morale of the army, sometimes like the plague, can quickly infect the entire army and cause collapse.

There are still many things to reform and innovate, and all of these must be supported by huge financial resources. Fortunately, the Li family is not short of money.

Li Wei doesn't have too much ambition, he is quite content with the status quo, the reason for all this effort is just to help Cheap Dad consolidate his existing foundation, protect his family, and live a more stable life.

The purpose of going out of the city today is already. In the next time, I can take a walk with Zhuang Meimei, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and talk about life ideals. Of course, it would be even better to explore the true meaning of life and the mysteries of the human body together.

From time to time, Zhuang Xi secretly looked at the handsome man in front of her. When he looked into the distance with his hands behind his back, it made her feel indescribably calm, profound and wise. When he smiled, it was like the sunshine in March, bright and warm, making her feel It felt indescribably tender and affectionate, and seemed to have a bad taste, which made her blush and heartbeat inexplicably.

Zhuang Xi couldn't help but be infatuated, isn't the wishful man in her dream just like this? "ah……"

Something tripped under her feet suddenly, and she suddenly lost her center of gravity, which made her instinctively let out an exclamation.

"Be careful."

Li Wei's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he reached out to hug him in time. He hugged him warmly and softly, making him grin his teeth in a strange way. That feeling was really refreshing.

"Li Langjun..."

Zhuang Xi was startled and ashamed, more joyful and sweet, but hugging and hugging in broad daylight was really embarrassing, and the reservedness of a woman made her struggle instinctively.

"Ah... Which... Are you okay?"

Li Wei felt his impoliteness, so he covered it up with a few dry laughs.

Zhuang Xi, who was looking for cracks all over the place in shame, rolled his eyes at him, and said he was okay even if you hugged him? "Miss Zhuang, you are so beautiful..."

Li Wei swallowed with difficulty, the beauty's shy and charming appearance completely exposed his hidden wolf nature.

"You... if you do this again, people will ignore you..."

Zhuang Xi's voice was as low as a mosquito, apart from a little bit of sweetness in her heart, she didn't have the slightest intention of blaming someone for her frivolity.

"Hehehehe..."

Li Wei scratched his head and smirked. Miss Zhuang's shy and angry expression had a charming charm, which was really provocative, and he even misinterpreted it as a hint of temptation and encouragement.

This fellow boldly stretched out his hand, held Miss Zhuang's soft and slippery little hand, giggled and said with a low smile: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so sweet, ha ha."

Zhuang Xi was so ashamed that she struggled instinctively, but she couldn't break free from the grasp of that big hand, so she half pushed and half let him hold her, her heart was beating wildly, almost jumping out of her chest.

Her mood at this moment is both shy and happy, even with a bit of sweet happiness. Isn't what she is looking forward to like the current situation, romantic and warm?

Li Wei grinned, giggling in his heart, it turns out that being an ancient girl is so easy and fun to learn.

Chapter 20 Earn [-] million first

It took more than ten days for five thousand prisoners of war to cut down the large forest at the foot of Wuyun Mountain. The rest of the time was to erect fences, fill with soil, and build two military camps, one large and one small, according to Li Wei's plan. There are dozens of towers built around it.

The dozen or so Orion households who used to live in this area have all relocated. Not only did they live in spacious new houses, they were also allocated more than ten mu of fertile land, and they also received a relocation fee of 100 taels of silver per household. They couldn’t close their mouths with laughter. .

After the walls of the two barracks were built, thousands of carpenters and craftsmen settled in and built orderly rows of barracks, dividing the Ruoda barracks into several large and small barracks, leaving a large open space at one end as a playground.

After building the prototypes of the two barracks, five thousand prisoners of war dug an artificial river surrounding the barracks and directly leading to the moat under the lash of the leather whip, leading the Cang River near Wuyun Mountain into it.

After the artificial river was excavated and flowed through, nearly 2000 of the [-] prisoners of war died of illness or accidents, and nearly [-] were injured. If it weren’t for Li Wei’s humanitarianism and ordering the medical soldiers to do their best to treat them, otherwise they would have survived Half is not bad.

Not only Li Gang and Su Yuejiao paid close attention to such a big event, but Tian Ce and other advisers and generals were also paying attention. No one knew what Li Wei was playing, everyone was full of curiosity, but , Li Wei's prodigal hand is really getting bigger and bigger.

Li Wei also felt that he was a bit of a prodigal. Although the [-] prisoners of war were free labor, their food expenses were all paid by the treasury. There was no need for a logging permit to cut down the forest, and there was no need to pay any fees. You can cut as much as you want. The woods these days More than you can cut.

After the completion of such a large project, 1000 prisoners of war died and 30 died. One prisoner of war was discounted at two to thirty taels of silver, which was equivalent to losing tens of thousands of copper coins and tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Although more than a thousand craftsmen and carpenters are requisitioned in the name of preparing for war, they still need to pay a certain amount of wages, and three meals a day are all included, two meals are white rice, and two meals are a little meat. A few days of statistics is a big expense.

These days, although Li Wei verbally directed inspections, he felt very busy and had no time to spend time with Mrs. Zhuang. Fortunately, Zhuang Xi understood very well, and accompanied him by his personal maid, Xiao Yunu, disguised as men.

Although Zhuang Xi didn't understand what Li Langjun was busy with, she could feel that he was doing something big, which made her very happy, and she was glad that she was right.

These days, no matter how advanced a woman is, she is still affected by the millennium feudal system in her bones. A man should study hard to win fame and glory in the imperial family, and she is no exception.

After the barracks are built, the next step is to recruit new soldiers. These days, the common people have food and shelter, and no one wants to serve as a soldier unless they are paid well.

Nowadays, the annual salary of ordinary soldiers stationed in the normal army is fifteen dong, and on this basis, Li Wei promises each soldier five buckets of rice per month. After three years of military service, the annual salary increases to [-] dong. The specially rationed military houses cultivated the military fields, and the harvest was handed over in a certain proportion, and the rest of the food was all owned by themselves.

When a conscription notice was posted, it immediately caused a sensation, and everyone in the streets and alleys was discussing the method of military settlements. The treatment was so good that people couldn't believe it.

Li Gang and his confidants and advisers have been silent all this time. They acquiesced to Li Wei's nonsense, and they regarded it as a pilot before the official implementation of the new military law. If the effect is obvious, it will be easy to implement.

Naturally, people flock to such superior treatment. On the first day, tens of thousands of young and strong people signed up. However, the conditions for conscription are extremely strict. They must be under the age of 20 and be physically strong, at least able to lift a stone lock that weighs three stones.

Of course, if you are good at archery or have a strong arm, you are specially selected to join the army.

In just one day, Li Wei recruited 1000 young men, [-] of whom were strange men or rangers with thaumaturgy. These people will undergo various intensive special training according to the training methods of modern special forces. Li Wei's goal is to create an ancient Ye Bu Shou with modern special operations awareness and tactics.

The 3000 recruits will undergo intensive training for five months, during which half of the recruits will be eliminated, and the remaining [-] recruits will be built into an excellent cavalry unit with high combat effectiveness and mobility.

Three thousand cavalry is a small number, but the amount of money to be invested is definitely an astronomical figure. No matter how ambitious Li Wei is, he can only be suppressed within this figure.

In the entire Cangyun Continent, except for the Golden Empire, which is rich in war horses, most of the other empires are short of war horses. Even though the empires also have a large number of military horse farms, the war horses bred are not as fat and majestic as the war horses on the grasslands outside the Great Wall. An ordinary war horse can be sold for [-] to [-] yuan, and the better ones can be as high as [-] yuan.

Furthermore, the cost of raising a cavalry unit is several times higher than that of an infantry army, and this cost alone is enough to kill people, which is why the great empires did not form a large number of cavalry units.

Enough recruitment of recruits, Li Wei seconded dozens of low-level officers who had experienced many battles from the elite troops of the cheap daddy to serve as military instructors. Commander, and self-proclaimed young marshal, the cavalry was named the young master's army, and the battle flag was the black flying eagle.

The young master's army, as the name suggests, is naturally Li Wei's private army, and has nothing to do with the government office. Since it is a private army, all the expenses have to be borne by him. This is a bottomless pit, and the little money from his own house is not enough to fill it.

Li Gang has been paying close attention to the toss of his precious son. He knows that he will grow old one day, and this huge family business will be handed over to his son sooner or later, so he hopes to encourage his son to get in touch with government and military affairs early and build his own team. When you take over the foundation, you can go through smoothly and smoothly.

He also supports his precious son in forming a loyal pro-military guard. The reason why he agrees with the separation of the young master's pro-army from the government office is because the treatment of the young master's pro-military is too good. If he does not separate, it will cause dissatisfaction among his generals and soldiers. However, this The expenses are too huge for him to be cautious. No matter how rich the Li family is, they can't squander the prodigal like this.

Public is public, private is private, the formation of the young master's pro-army, he didn't allocate a cent of the government's money, but only allocated 15 yuan from his own name, which should be regarded as support for his son, if the performance of the young master's pro-military can Satisfied him, he would not mind spending more money, but at present, 15 hanging money is his bottom line.

Li Wei was very busy, and all kinds of huge expenses also made him burnt out. While busy with these things, he had to find a way to make money. The cheap father allocated 15 yuan for him, and 13 aunts and sisters also sponsored [-]. Hanging money, plus his own private money to fill in, is still far from enough for the grand plan he implemented, and all of this is all caused by money.

He scratched his head desperately, racked his brains, and finally thought of a short-term way to make money.

Chapter 21 Wedding Anniversary

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and having no descendants is the greatest. Li Wei's marriage has become the top priority of Li's parents.

Taking a concubine is generally not publicized. Li Gang originally planned to invite a few confidants to drink and drink, but Li Wei is the future Lord of Jiayue, so flattering must be slapped hard, and small things will naturally become Big deal.

When the news of the young master's concubine came out, all the officials in Jiayue Province brought gifts to congratulate them. The older prefect's mansion was so crowded that Li Gang had to throw a big banquet to reward the guests.

The young master took a concubine, Xu Jun and other cronies naturally came to congratulate him with heavy gifts, and they didn't get drunk and smoked away until the middle of the night.

This time, the new couple should be Qingqing and me, crossing the sky together, right?

Outside the bridal chamber, a few playful maids who were usually close friends with Qing'er sneaked out from the dark place, put their ears on the wall sideways, desperately trying to eavesdrop on what was going on inside the bridal chamber.

"Ouch... Sister Yun'er, it hurts to death..."

Yun'er suddenly appeared behind them, stretched out her hand to grab their ears, and scolded with a smile: "Is it all spring?"

A few girls covered their mouths and laughed lowly, and ran away in a hurry, Yun'er looked around, turned her head and pressed her ears to the wall, but her pretty face showed a bewildered expression.

There was indeed a lot of movement in the bridal chamber, but it wasn't that kind of movement. She was someone who had been there, so she could hear it naturally.

On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, a moment in the spring sky is worth a thousand gold, the young master and Qing'er are busy counting the money while not doing their business, and Qing'er seems to be in the room too, this... really makes people speechless.

In the bridal chamber, Li Wei, who was wearing the bridegroom's auspicious clothes, was indeed busy counting the silver. The gifts in the room were piled up like a mountain. Qing'er was helping at the side, one took a pen to copy the gift list, and the other unpacked it, sweating profusely.

Qing'er was in charge of unpacking, and her beautiful eyes would sneak glances at the miser-like young master and the bride Qing'er from time to time.

After these days of observation, she found that the young master has really changed. He is no longer as dandy as before, harming the little lady of a good family, and seems to have become much more sensible.

Today's sister Qing'er, Feng Guanxiapei, is very beautiful and charming. After so many years of hard work, she has finally made it through. At least she has a reputation. She can be regarded as a sparrow that has become a phoenix. What will happen to her future?

This heart is both confused and uneasy.

Li Wei grinned. He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth when he smiled. The gifts in front of him were piled up like a mountain, each of which was worth a lot of money. I don't know how much discounted silver there is. It is estimated that there will be 10,000+ hanging money. ?You can earn so much by marrying a daughter-in-law. If you marry a few more, wouldn't it be crazy?

Seeing Qing'er's resentful eyes, he remembered that tonight was their bridal chamber wedding night, and they were busy counting money while not doing business, and they were really sorry for Qing'er.

He coughed lightly and said, "It's getting late, Qing'er, you should go and rest too."

"Yes."

Qing'er hastily put down the gift box in her hand, bowed her head to give a blessing, and left in a hurry.

It was just like that, on the wedding night in the bridal chamber, the young master ignored his business and even dragged her in to count the gift list. Sister Qing'er didn't say anything, but she complained a lot in her heart.

"Qing'er, hehe, Xianggong almost forgot that tonight is our big day, hehe, I'm sorry, let's get down to business and try to make a villain..."

After Qing'er left, Li Wei rubbed his hands with an evil smile on his face. The modern era is a century-old project, education is the foundation, and Li's purpose is a century-old project, creating people is the foundation.

"Master..."

Qing'er was so ashamed that her cheeks flushed red, she had served the young master for many years, what absurd thing didn't go his way?

However, it was the first time she saw Guoguo with such a mouthful of words and such a wolfish expression.

Wedding candles in the bridal chamber are worth a thousand dollars at the dawn of spring, and a couple is affectionate and lingering.

Early in the morning, the two newlyweds got up to wash up and greet the old lady. Although the two looked good, they were obviously tired. It was no wonder that Li Wei was in a good mood because he made a lot of money at once. It's a bit ruthless, and getting up so early again, naturally there is not enough rest.

Li Gang and Su Yuejiao were both happy and distressed, even if they were anxious to continue the incense, they didn't have to toss so hard, right?

Alas, this child is real, and he doesn't know how to cherish his own body. The days to come will be long. After a few days, it will be a good day to marry the main house. In the future, Qing'er will also take over the house.

All the older ladies cared too much, hinting to Qing'er on the spot that this kind of thing should not be overindulged just because of playfulness, which exhausted Li Wei. The man is the head of the family, without the backbone, this trouble will be big , telling Qing'er that she was both ashamed and panicked.

Under the extreme care of all the elders and younger mothers, Li Wei was forced to drink a bowl of black bone ginseng chicken soup before he was able to escape.

After breakfast, he immediately hid in the room with Qing'er Qing'er and continued to count the gifts. It took him a long time to finish counting the mountains of gifts.

In addition to leaving a few valuable exquisite ornaments for Qing'er and Qing'er, and a dozen pieces of cloth, Li Wei picked out more than a dozen pieces of jewelry and cloth, and found someone to give to the thirteen aunts and two sisters. Yun'er waited for the maid to deliver them, and he asked people to sell the remaining antiques, calligraphy, paintings and jewelry for cash.

It is estimated that selling these things can earn 10,000+ hanging money, but Li Wei still feels that it is not enough, and he is still racking his brains desperately to find a way to make a lot of money.

He sent people to call Xu Jun and other gangsters and gangsters, even some family members who wanted to curry favor with him, but the amount was not enough, and they couldn't find a way out, or the prodigal sons of rich merchants. big table.

Those merchants and prodigal sons who were able to step into the gate of the prefect's mansion for the first time were both excited and nervous. They had long tried to hug Li Wei's thick thighs. If the pie suddenly fell in the sky today, why not make them so happy that they couldn't close their mouths?

When meeting for the first time, you must leave a good impression on the young master. This gift must not only be given, but also be given seriously. They firmly believe that no one in the world will bite their hands because of too much money.

Li Wei is now a money fanatic with an eye for money. If someone gives a gift, he will not refuse it, the more the better.

Seeing that he accepted the gift, those prodigal sons from aristocratic families who didn't have enough weight also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the young master loves money, it's easy to talk about. Their family lacks everything, except money.

Seeing that there were so many people, Li Wei simply asked the servants to put together the dinner table, which made it more lively, and also flattered the prodigal sons of the aristocratic families who were not enough, the young master was giving them face and treating them as his own.

After drinking and eating, the servant girl withdrew the banquet, and Li Wei asked the servants to bring all his dandy possessions up.

Chapter 22 Young Master Transgender

"Look, gentlemen, this is the young master's most precious canary bird. It can bless you with promotion and wealth, and bring you good luck."

In front of a square table in the courtyard, an articulate domestic slave was yelling. On the square table was an exquisitely crafted rattan birdcage. In the cage, there was a colorful bird singing along with the slave, "Gong Xi Fa Cai!" ,May you be happy and prosperous."

"The starting price of this canary bird is 100 taels. If you want to be lucky, hurry up. There is only one in the world. You will regret it later."