A few days after the memorial was handed out, as Liu Zhubo expected, the imperial edict of reprimand came, with harsh words, as if Xie Jing'an was regarded as a tyrannical prince who didn't know right from wrong, and wronged people at will for money.

Even if Xie Jingan was mentally prepared, he was still very angry, and almost couldn't hold back his anger and smashed the imperial decree.

Liu Zhubo took the imperial decree and looked at it, but his face was livid, and he handed it to Lin Yan, saying: "It seems that the Holy Majesty really believed the prince's words, and was so angry. I'm afraid Chang'an is not peaceful now, and I don't know about Concubine Hui. Is there any involvement with Princess Kang An?"

When mentioning Concubine Hui and Kang An, Xie Jingan was a little bit worried in his anger, and sighed for a while: "This king is careless, and he underestimated the prince's suspicion. I originally thought that this king would explain the Liu family's affairs clearly, even if the prince No matter how much you value the Liu family, as the crown prince, he will handle it fairly, but I don't want him to turn black and white like this."

Xie Jingan said so, and asked again uncertainly: "The letter from this king was delivered to the crown prince, right?"

Master Liu was startled, and was about to reply, but Lin Yan said first, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the people who are doing this job are all good hands, and those from the Liu family can't hurt them at all."

Since Lin Yan said so, it means that this matter is absolutely safe. Xie Jing'an was relieved immediately, but the anger in his heart was a little bit stronger. The prince received the letter, but he still favors the Liu family so much. It's really outrageous .

Xie Jing'an wanted to scold a few words, but he held back his words, looked at Lin Yan and asked, "Can you choose the escort for the testimony and material evidence and Miss Yang?"

Lin Yandao: "Returning to Your Highness, the final general has already been selected. His martial arts are among the best among His Highness's old guards and city guards. Just in case, the final general has been selected. He is very familiar with the martial arts methods and has a tacit understanding, and he will definitely be able to send the testimony and Ms. Yang back to Chang'an safely."

"That's good," Xie Jingan nodded, "Then let's leave early tomorrow morning without delay."

……

As the weather gets warmer, more and more merchants come to Mozhou. It has reached the point where there are no inns to live in. Some merchants have to spend huge sums of money to buy houses. Thanks to these merchants, the price of Mozhou houses has risen very much. After a wave, although it is not as prosperous as Yangzhou and other prosperous places, it is really not cheap.

It wasn't long before Xuegang turned into merchants, and the various families could still sit and live, but now seeing that almost all merchants from all over the world flocked into Mozhou, suddenly there was a fire under their buttocks.

Xie Jing'an excused his busy schedule and refused to see them, but Mr. Liu couldn't evade it. Even if he lied that there was no one at home, he was always blocked by people at the gate of the city.

Liu Zhubo used to envy those courtiers who were courteous and courteous, but now he has tasted the taste, but he is worried that he has two more wrinkles.

He had just left the mansion that day and was blocked again. He refused in every possible way and was invited into a restaurant for a delicious lunch. He was afraid that the meal later would be the same as yesterday. It seemed that he had a stomachache for a day, and as soon as he came out of the restaurant, he went to the palace in a hurry.

Xie Jing'an almost didn't laugh out loud after hearing his complaints, but only after seeing his condemnation did he pick up his little bit of sympathy, patted his shoulder and said, "It's because your skin is too thin, if you take it up The airs of my confidants are not willing to go, let's see who dares to force you."

Mr. Liu came to be comforted. Hearing these words, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved, and said: "I'm just a low-ranking low-ranking official. Even if His Highness appreciates him, he only dares to do his job diligently. How dare he do it?" What kind of airs are you putting on in front of those aristocratic families? Please don’t make fun of me, please think of a way to save me.”

"Don't you dare?" Xie Jingan laughed a little, his expression became a bit serious, his tone became more serious, and he said, "Why don't you dare? Although you are only a seventh-rank official in the court, but in front of this king, you are a real confidant. It’s all right for you to be a low-key person in Chang’an, why are you so cautious in this king’s fiefdom, do you feel that this king wants to let the family three points, and can’t keep you in front of them?”

Since Xie Jing'an traveled through time, he rarely said such harsh words to Liu Zhubo. Liu Zhubo couldn't help being stunned. He was stunned for a moment, and then broke out in a cold sweat: "I... I didn't have such intentions, Your Highness, please be careful. .”

Xie Jingan wasn't trying to scare him, but just to wake him up. Seeing that he hastily restrained his expression, put on his usual friendly smile, and said slowly: "This king is not reprimanding you, you don't have to be so panic, this king just wants to Let me tell you, in this king's fiefdom, you can stand up and be a man, as long as you don't commit crimes, you don't want to do anything you don't want, no matter who he is, he will never let you back down."

Xie Jing'an said these few words in a particularly majestic manner, something Liu Zhubo never expected.

With such a lord, he really used up all the good luck in his life.

Liu Zhubo's heart was relieved, and then the two of them got to the point, Liu Zhubo said: "Nowadays, there are more and more merchants in Mozhou, and even a lot of rich merchants from Chang'an, Yangzhou and other places have come. , the aristocratic family is completely restless, like ants on a hot pot, according to what I see, the time His Highness has been waiting for is almost here, if things go on like this, troubles will happen in the city, what does Your Highness think?"

Xie Jingan took out the paper from the patent department from the piles of papers full of plans on the desk, pondered for a moment, and said: "It's almost there, then let people spread the word that this king intends to select a new one from among the merchants." Several companies work together and let them officially come to the door."

The plan that had been laid out for a long time was finally put on the agenda. Liu Zhubo felt a shock and straightened his back, hesitatingly said: "The aristocratic family..."

Xie Jing'an sneered, put the paper on which the Patent Department's plan was written back on the stack of papers, and said indifferently: "What about the aristocratic family has nothing to do with this king, this king agreed to supply them with the goods, and also accepted the real thing Gold and silver sold them regional sales rights, but it didn't say that this product can only be made in my workshop, and not sold to others. If they are also interested in the patent department, they can come to me with silver, This king only earns money, but it doesn't matter who you are."

……

Liu Zhu Bo just let the wind out, and within half an hour, someone came to the door impatiently.

Xie Jingan was inquiring about the cement workshop at that time, the snow had melted, and spring would not be far away. Although it was a fantasy to pave all the official roads from Mozhou to Tanjiping and Pingzhou into concrete, it would be impossible to pave the official roads from Mozhou to Tanjiping. It is still possible to repair the city walls against the barbarians and replace the main streets of Mozhou with cement.

The steward of the cement workshop said: "Returning to your highness, the craftsmen are now familiar with the craftsmanship of making cement, and the materials are not rare, and they can keep up with it, but there are fewer people in the cement workshop, no more than the craftsmen in the soap and perfume workshop. There are many young and strong, so the finished products produced every day are limited, and the trial production of cement is later than other workshops, and now the winter is almost over, and there are only three warehouses."

There were only three warehouses, Xie Jingan frowned. Although he purposely made the warehouses bigger when the cement workshop was completed, no matter how big they are, there is a limit to how big they are. The three warehouses add up to a total of tens of tons. It sounds like There are many, but if the road is paved, I am afraid that one street from the south of Mozhou City to the north of the city will not be enough.

It seems that there is still too much shortage of people, Xie Jing'an said: "This king knows about this matter, you should go back and do errands first, cement is a thing that is very useful for this king, you must watch the people in the workshop and don't slack off, if anyone If you work diligently, are more diligent than others, and are willing to endure hardships and work day and night, you should write down your name, and this king will let Master Liu reward you."

There are not enough people, so we have to use money to motivate them first.

After sending the workshop manager away, Xie Jingan subconsciously wanted someone to send Liu Zhubo, but thinking of the current situation in Mozhou, he was afraid that he had finally left the city and would be blocked by others when he came back, so he had no choice but to give up. Command Cui Tongdao: "You send someone to the workshop outside the city to inform Liu Zhubo, and tell him to pass on the order of the king, ordering him to stop recruiting workers from other workshops except the cement workshop, and will come to recruit workers. All the young and strong craftsmen in the factory will be dispatched to the cement workshop, and some people from other workshops will be selected as appropriate, and if there is any dissatisfaction with the family, just let them come to the king."

Cui Tong heard this and hurriedly went down to do some business, but Xie Jingan sat in the study and began to ponder.

There are still too few people in his fiefdom, even if he encourages birth now, it is far from quenching his thirst. It seems that he has to find a way out of other ways.

Xie Jing'an stood up from his chair, found the map and opened it, staring at the other two fiefs near his fief in a daze, he wondered if he could use the newspaper to run a wave of advertisements, obviously poaching people would not work, but the common people inadvertently knew about his fiefdom The workshop on the ground is recruiting workers, and they are willing to drag their families to find a job, so it's no wonder he is.

Xie Jing'an thought of this, and had an idea, he wanted someone to call the head of the newspaper, Yu, and saw Cui Tong enter the study, reporting with some helplessness: "His Royal Highness, Mr. Chen is asking to see you."

Xie Jingan's mind is now full of how to poach a corner, he couldn't remember who Mr. Chen was for a while, and asked in a daze, "Which Mr. Chen?"

Cui Tongdao: "It is the Chen family, Chen Songting, whose ancestors had a grand master and a royal concubine."

After being reminded by Cui Tong, Xie Jingan picked up this Mr. Chen from his memory, pondered for a moment, and said: "Then invite him into the flower hall, and then have someone call the master. If the king returns when he comes, Not free, let him wait in the outer hall first."

Cui Tongying said that Xie Jingan was just about to leave the study, and suddenly remembered something, stopped in his tracks, hesitated for a while and asked: "In the past two days, General Lin left the residence at Maoshi, and returned at Zishi?"

Cui Tong was asked many times by Xie Jingan recently, he was no stranger to the strangeness, his face did not change, and he replied: "Returning to His Highness, it is true."

Still angry with him, Xie Jingan was a little distressed, Lin Yan also seemed to be a free-spirited person, why was he kissed him, and he didn't calm down after so long, or was he not angry, but shy?

Xie Jing'an secretly imagined Lin Yan's shy look, and suddenly felt a little itchy, and couldn't help recalling the warm and beautiful touch when he kissed him that day, and he didn't turn back until Cui Tong called him. God, coughed in a concealed manner, and said solemnly: "General Lin has worked hard these days, so I ordered the dining room to make General Lin's breakfast and deliver it to his room before Mao hour, and then let the medical officer open it. The decoction prescription for Peiyuan Guben, let the dining room deliver a copy every few days, be sure to watch General Lin finish it."

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