Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

"My lord, Mr. Lei's words are justified, and I second my opinion." A lean and thin old official suddenly opened his eyes and said something. Li Xu glanced at him. He often saw this old man, but the two basically had no communication. Except for bowing to him when saluting, the rest of the time he looked like he was about to fall asleep.

But Li Xu still didn't underestimate him, because this old man is the head of the Zhong family, one of the great families in South Vietnam, and Zhong Shuiqing is just one of the collateral descendants of the Zhong family. It may be related to the Zhong family.

But the Zhong family is different from the Lei family. The Lei family started as a businessman, but the Zhong family is a well-established family. The number of children in the family who have become officials can easily count to over a hundred. Generation after generation, a huge network of relationships has been formed. He moved Lei's family, but he didn't dare to touch Zhong's family casually.

"What if this king insists on promoting Ji Hanyu?" Li Xu asked, staring at old man Zhong.

"My lord is the master of Nanyue. If you insist on this, how dare we criticize it." The old man curled up on his seat without even raising his eyelids.

The rest of the officials immediately agreed, and everyone put on a "helpless" expression, as if Li Xu was a stubborn and ignorant child.

Li Xu took out Kou Xiao's token to play with, and drew along the lines with his fingertips a few times, thinking: When I first took over the group, how did I deal with those old foxes?

When his biological father passed away suddenly, a will let him take the position of president of the group, but at that time, who would obey such a brat?He was still an illegitimate child, and anyone who looked at him would look at him with a bit of contempt.

It took Li Xu a few years to stabilize the throne under his ass, and he cleaned up the top management of the group. Naturally, he used some tough methods, framing, framing, and fighting a group of old foxes. He was exhausted physically and mentally.

Unexpectedly, in a different world, he would still have to fight with a group of old foxes, and he was very tired. Compared with this, Lei Ming is so cute.

Everyone's eyes fell on the badge in his hand, and a chill came out spontaneously. Lei Ming remembered the month when Lei Mansion was besieged. At that time, people were panic-stricken, and no one was afraid that they would not see the sun the next day.

They have all seen the ferocity of the Kou family army before, and know how ruthless that General Kou is, so no one dares to argue with General Kou. If the person sitting here is not Shun Wang Li Xu, but Kou Xiao, I am afraid no one would dare Saying "no", any proposal or secondment is bullshit.

But, who knows that this is not the second Kou Xiao?

Many officials panicked and changed their answers silently. Does it matter to them who takes the position of Jun Cheng?As long as their monthly salaries are not shorted and their contributions are not erased, it doesn't matter whoever becomes the county magistrate.Moreover, Lei Zhan is a mediocre person, and everyone doesn't necessarily like him very much, it's just that he doesn't want a young man to climb over his head.

Li Xu lightly placed the token on the table, made a slight noise, and immediately someone said loudly: "My lord, I feel that Mr. Ji is very talented and comes from a famous family, and he is the most suitable for the post of county magistrate."

"That's right, Mr. Ji has a famous teacher to teach him. Needless to say, his ability is too small to be a county magistrate."

Seeing that everyone changed their minds one after another, Lei Ming looked unhappy, and seeing that none of the officials were descendants of the Lei family, he was even more upset. He somewhat understood why Li Xu didn't resign his post, it was to appease him. The Lei family, appease the officials of South Vietnam, and get a county magistrate to control the government affairs and empty themselves.

What a way to draw the salary from the bottom of the pot, what a ruthless method!

But the old man Zhong sat like a clock, only opened his eyes when Li Xu dropped the token, and then closed his eyes and ignored the matter.

Li Xu laughed softly, and shook the token, "Are you afraid of this?" At this moment, he very much hoped that Kou Xiao could be present, so that he could experience the ultimate state of "the shadow of a famous tree".

He thought, at such a young age, Kou Xiao must have had no choice but to use his blood and life to establish himself as the king of Hades, so that others would no longer dare to ignore his opinions.

There is nothing wrong with this, at least he has stabilized the situation in Nanyue and has become Nanyue's pinnacle of stability.

But how could the Dinghaishenzhen be so easy to do? Arm yourself day in and day out, and dare not relax for a moment, otherwise, once the taut string is loosened, the Dinghaishenzhen will fall down.

Li Xu put away the token, flicked his sleeves, got up and took Ji Hanyu away.Before leaving, he glanced at the drooping head behind him, and said with a sneer: "If you can insist on refuting this king with reasons and evidence, then I will accept it. Now it seems that the county guard's mansion is still in disarray. If your will is so uncertain, how can you be a good parent? If a strong enemy strikes in the future, will you be so half-hearted?"

After leaving the sheriff's mansion, Ji Hanyu took a careful look at Li Xu's gloomy expression, intending to liven up the atmosphere, "Don't be angry, your lord. In fact, what they said is true. You are young and inexperienced. It is best to start as a county magistrate." choose."

Li Xu didn't speak, and took him to the nearest mountain. After climbing to the top of the mountain, he looked down at the city of Minzhou, "Look, the main city of Nanyue is not as big as the county outside the capital city, and the people here are uneducated and rude. , although there has been no war in recent years and they can recuperate, but do you think they can withstand a little twists and turns?"

"The prince underestimates the resilience of the people. The poorer the people, the more tenacious their vitality. They have been fighting for survival all their lives. Maybe they are ignorant and rude, but they are working hard to survive."

"So, they lived a hard life." In his previous life, Li Xu thought that he had a hard life when he was a child, but compared with the children here, he is so happy, it's nothing to be hungry occasionally, and none of the children here have ever been hungry.

"Lingnan is a place of exile. A group of desperadoes borrowed the courage from the sky and dared to do anything. The connection between Nanyue and Lingnan must be the first place to be impacted. Besides, there are countless overseas islands. Naturally, There are also countries where if foreign enemies invade, South Vietnam will be the first to bear the brunt.”

Ji Hanyu doesn't think that Li Xu is worrying about the sky, internal and external troubles, every dynasty and every generation, the law of the jungle is like this, if you don't want to be the one who gets beaten, you can only become stronger.

This is a truth that countless politicians and students understand, but it is not easy to do it.

"What does the prince want to do? I alone can't stand up to the county guard's mansion, let alone Nanyue."

"Who says you're the only one? This Nanyue is my king's Nanyue. No matter how bad it is, it belongs to Kou Xiao. When will it be your turn to stand up?" Li Xu said with a smile: "And in terms of physical strength, you can't fight it. Kou Xiao."

"General Kou..." Ji Hanyu thought about Kou Xiao's stature and strength, and felt ashamed, "General Kou is very talented, and Xiaosheng is far inferior. With today's situation, the prince should understand that General Kou has a lot of prestige. With him, No one dares to make a mistake, at least it means that there will be no turmoil in South Vietnam in the short term, and the prince can plan it slowly."

There was a smile on the corner of Li Xu's mouth, looking to the southeast, wondering if Kou Xiao had arrived at the base, in today's scene, he should be called as the background board, he is much more useful than the door god.

"But he is a military general after all, and military generals are the cornerstone of Anbang. To govern the people, you still have to rely on civil servants, but you have to strive to be a minister who can respond to all calls and save the people."

Ji Hanyu was said to be full of passion, but he still said modestly: "My lord thinks too highly of me."

"Can't you do it?" Li Xu looked at him and asked very seriously: "Isn't your ideal just to be in the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister, to be full of peaches and plums, and to be immortal forever?"

Ji Hanyu said awkwardly: "This is the ideal of every student, but how easy is it?"

Li Xu took out the quill pen and paper that he carried with him, and drew a topographic map of the city below the mountain. "Look, there is only this small piece of land in Minzhou, and there is no one to develop the large forest land in the suburbs. Here," he wrote on the map A circle was drawn on it, "This is the western suburbs. I am going to build a factory here. The cement factory is already under construction, and the brick kiln factory is also completed. As long as these two things are needed, we can earn countless gold and silver from other places. "

"There is also here in the eastern suburbs, where Kou's army's barracks are located. Nearby are tea gardens and farms of officials from various clans. With the growth of the Kou's army and the expansion of the barracks, the farms in this area will be demolished. I plan to let them open up wasteland in the northwest direction. Go, there are more mountains and more water, which is more suitable for building Zhuangzi."

"On the east coast, the construction of the dock has already started. I want to build a large ship that can go to sea, build a navy, sail to the sea, go to the vast overseas world to make gold, and sell things made in South Vietnam overseas. There is a large port, where cargo ships and passenger ships will berth in the future, and the area from the city gate to the port will be the center of future urban expansion.”

"There is also the Sheriff's Mansion here. The dilapidated houses next to it are about to be demolished. A school is going to be built here. Those who want to go official must come to this school to learn what is called people's livelihood and what is called a community, not Guan. Get up and make knowledge."

"Of course, this is an advanced school. In the future, every child will have to go to school, and they will be able to graduate after they have read the thousand-character script. It will only take a year or two. They won't be delayed, otherwise these people will go out in the future. You can't even recognize or write your own name, isn't it embarrassing to me?"

Ji Hanyu looked at Li Xu with burning eyes. This was the first time Li Xu showed his ideals in front of him. Following the blueprint he drew, Ji Hanyu seemed to have seen a great land where the world is peaceful and the country is prosperous and the people are strong.

"My lord, your ambition is far more than that. This little Nanyue may not be able to accommodate your ideal."

Li Xu smiled, "Don't say that, the road has to be taken step by step, we can't become fat with one bite, do you know what is the big problem to be solved right now?"

Ji Hanyu replied without thinking, "No money."

"No." Li Xu said: "There is no one. The population of South Vietnam is too small, or the population under control is too small. There is a shortage of people in the fields of agriculture, industry, commerce, and industry. Tell me, where can we get a large number of people? Woolen cloth?"

Ji Hanyu pointed to the distant mountain peak, "In the mountains, it doesn't mean that there are many barbarians entrenched in the Nanyue Mountains. We met them when we came here. If you can catch them down the mountain, at least they are a labor force."

Li Xu pointed at him and laughed, "This king has reason to suspect that you are avenging private revenge, but it is true. There are still many hunters who live on the mountain by hunting. If they don’t serve corvee, it’s time for these people to take care of them.”

"After another two years, the people will have surplus food in their hands, and the children born will be able to support them, so the population will increase. I heard that the birth rate of children among the people is high, but more than half of them die young. Most of them are still Parents killed it with their own hands, because they couldn’t support them, so this kind of human tragedy can’t happen in the future.”

Having said so much, what Li Xu wants to emphasize is: "These things require the concerted efforts of officials at all levels. Once something goes wrong in any link, it will easily lead to changes in people's hearts, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, you must take up the position of the county magistrate. And increase your popularity and influence in the shortest possible time, and quickly gather a group of officials to be loyal to you, even if you are bound by financial interests, you must tie the lower-level officials by your side."

Ji Hanyu was full of enthusiasm immediately, and promised without hesitation: "Don't worry, they will be convinced." He paused, then looked at the drawing and asked, "My lord, where is your palace built?"

Li Xu really forgot about this, he always forgets that he is a homeless wretch, and looking at a piece of paper that is full of arrangements, it is really difficult to pick out another feng shui treasure to cover his mansion.

Finally, he drew a small circle on the open space next to the Kou Mansion, "Forget it, just build a small garden villa to live in for a while, and when you officially take office, you can move to the back house of the government office." With fewer people, his villa would be more spacious.

Ji Hanyu looked at that poor little circle, probably not as big as the Kou family's Xiyuan, and felt wronged for him, "You don't have to wrong yourself like this, I will save all the money I earn from Wansheng in the future to build the palace for you."

Li Xu waved his hand indifferently, "You want to save your money to marry a wife. Do you still want to live in the palace after getting married? It's enough that the house is big enough, I'm afraid of getting lost if it's too big."

Ji Hanyu fell silent for a moment, his expression a little stagnant, but he no longer insisted on the idea just now.

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Back home, Ji Hanyuguan wrote the challenge post for half a day in his room, and sent it out overnight, some to officials at all levels, some to local students, and some influential family gentry, inviting them to come tomorrow at noon In the Fengjiu Tea House in the west of the city, he wants to prove his literary talent and strength by fighting against a hundred heroes with one enemy.

This battle is said to have caused a sensation in the whole city, and the alleys were empty. A stage was set up outside the Fengjiu Tea House, surrounded by circles of people.It is said that anyone who has not received the post but has the confidence to challenge Mr. Ji can apply to take the stage. One-on-one or many-to-one challenges. As long as someone can knock Ji Hanyu off the stage, he will lose. If he loses, he will stay away from officialdom for the rest of his life. , I will feel at ease to be a teacher who teaches children.

Li Xu felt that what he did was too extreme. If he didn’t leave a way out for himself, even if he lost this time, he could start over in another way. He was still very young in 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

Wen Wu is the first and Wu is the second. No one can guarantee that Ji Hanyu will be able to beat hundreds of people and thousands of people. As long as he is stumped by one question, he will lose.

But Ji Hanyu said slyly: "Don't worry, the scope of the challenge is only limited to the Four Books, Five Classics, and Biography of General History. These are my strengths."

Ji Hanyu can be a teacher in a top university in the country, so his knowledge is naturally top-notch. In addition, he is very talented. Lu Shanzhang has set extremely high demands on him since he was a child. Over the years, even his master dare not say that he will be able to. beat him.

Li Xu went to listen to it for a day, and his mind was dizzy because of the people who were talking about him. He couldn't understand at all. He could slowly guess the meaning when he read the text, but he couldn't do anything after listening to their debate sentence after sentence, so he started to stop from the next day Ask for trouble.

It happened that the dormitory building started to be built, so Li Xu took He Zun to supervise the construction site the next day, and Wu Jin went to study with his wife.

The mottled walls of the old palace were completely torn down, and then a dozen three-row dormitory buildings were built on the original open space. Each building has two floors, and the stairs are built on the outer wall. Each floor is divided into ten. The room, as well as a public toilet and a public bathroom, almost look like a tube building in the 80s and [-]s.

This group of craftsmen have been working day and night to lay a good foundation, as if they had taken a stimulant since they saw cement.Building walls with red bricks and cement is very fast. It doesn’t take much advanced technology. An ordinary person can learn it immediately. What’s more, there are a group of craftsmen with dexterous hands and feet. Hundreds of people work together, and it takes only two days to build the frame. up.

Looking at the neat rows of buildings that looked like a military parade, Li Xu's eyes were a little dull. He remembered that he and his mother lived in such a building when he was a child. The inside and outside of the house were all the color of bricks, no cement, let alone whitewashed. The walls, only the floor is concrete, and every household has a stove for cooking at the door, and there are noisy voices in my ears all the time, couples quarreling, beating and scolding children, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fighting, there is almost no quiet time.

"My lord, you see, with the red bricks and cement, building a house is really fast. With a good foundation, dozens of individuals can build a two-story house in one day. If the common people can Living in a building like this, you don't have to worry about wind and rain, hail and snow." Cen Jin said excitedly.

Li Xu walked around the first floor, and then went into the room to have a look. In his eyes, the decoration, which is not even considered as a rough-made room, was very unqualified, and even the floor did not use cement.

He stomped his feet and asked, "Why don't you use cement to pave the floor?"

Cen Jin and a group of craftsmen asked in astonishment: "How can such a fetish be used to pave the floor? It's too extravagant."

Li Xu thought to himself: I haven't asked you to lay tiles and floors, but he is going to build roads next, and the cement is really a bit tight, and there is still time for the cement floor of this dormitory building to be laid in the future.

He asked again: "What about the windows, what are you going to use?"

"It will be summer soon, and the weather will be hot. Make a wooden window first, and then paste it with paper after winter. According to your requirements, the window will be opened very large, the light will be bright, and the front and rear ventilation will be good. Very comfortable to wear."

Li Xu immediately put the glass factory into the plan. The main raw materials for glass production are silica sand and soda ash, which are easy to find. After mixing, they are melted at high temperature into molten glass, and then flow out to cool down. After solidification, it becomes glass, which is to be made into architectural glass. Or glass handicrafts, you only need to make a fuss about the step of cooling and forming.

"If we build more toilets, people from the farm will come to clean the cesspools regularly, pay attention to hygiene, and those who need to live in dormitories can apply to Mr. Cen, and pay [-] yuan a month as a board and lodging fee. Open fire in the dormitory building, do you hear me?" Li Xu didn't have firefighters and fire extinguishers to put out the fire, so many people live together, safety is paramount.

Hearing that they could eat together in the cafeteria, everyone was overjoyed. They were all men, and most of them had never been in the kitchen in their entire lives, so naturally they didn’t know how to cook. Moreover, the cafeteria in the palace was delicious, and everyone outside could eat whatever they wanted. less than.

"The beams of the house are still built according to the previous method, and the roof is covered with green tiles. The construction is more solid and practical, and some beautiful twists and turns will be avoided."

The craftsmen originally wanted to make a fuss on the roof. This one wanted to carve a town house beast on the beams of the roof, and the other thought that a roof without cornices and corridors was not a real roof. As a result, the prince said that they could only honestly put the extra things are discarded.

"This kind of house has no soul." The carpenter who presented the whole manor model to Li Xu said.

Li Xu sneered, "This is just a place for you to live in for a while. It's really your own home. You can build your own house however you want when you have the ability. You can carve dragons and phoenixes. Also, it's only a temporary loan. Three years, after three years, all those who cannot build a house by their own abilities will be expelled and sleep on the main road." His dormitory is not allocated by the unit, but is still owned by the collective.

Everyone's faces turned red, and they didn't dare to hang around Li Xu anymore, so they hurried to start construction. Three years was not a long time, so they had to work quickly to save money.

Li Xu called Zhang Shuo to stop, "Only you, first work as a part-time dormitory manager, and from now on this area of ​​the dormitory will be under your control. You have to take care of health, security, and neighbor relations. Mr. Cen."

Li Xu established Zhang Shuo's position as the head of the dormitory with a single sentence, and everyone dared not show it even if they were dissatisfied in their hearts.

"Let's add all the furniture in the house. You can get the wood from the forests in the suburbs, but according to the rules, if you cut down a tree, you have to replant another tree. Otherwise, it's considered stealing wood, and you will be fined [-] yuan for stealing a tree." arts."

Cen Jin hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hands, "Don't worry, Xiao Lei has explained everything clearly. He asked someone to cut down the wood, and hired a farmer's wife to help with the tree planting. You can start making furniture tomorrow. Everyone is used to it, and it can be done in a few days.”

"That's good. The roads in the inner city will be repaired in a few days, and the drawings will be handed over to Mr. Cen. Although the name of the Ministry of Industry has not yet been established, things can be done."

Cen Jin is not someone who cares about fame, otherwise he would not have wandered around for decades just for a picture. From the moment he saw the cement, he knew that his dream could come true, and everything he does now is for this Do bedding.

Thinking of this, he is full of energy every day, eats well and sleeps soundly, and his health is much better.

The rest of the people were also very excited, "Why don't we start building the road tomorrow, and just come back to make the furniture at night. The weather is not cold, and it will be no problem to lay the floor for a few days." There is no wages for building dormitories, but the wages paid by the road repairing prince Extremely high, they can be full for a whole year after cooking for a month.

"Yes, yes, I can't wait to show the world what the cement road looks like, it will definitely shock everyone."

Li Xu called the two people who had just spoken to him, "Naturally, there are laborers for road construction. Mr. Cen can choose a few people to be technical guides. As for you two, report to the cement factory after the house is built." One of the two is good at Counting, one was originally the accountant, so it was so lively.

Moreover, Li Xu wanted to make this concrete road Ji Hanyu's first big project after taking office, and open the first chapter of his official career, so he had to wait until he took office before starting construction.

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small theater:

Old Gong: "Wow, my daughter-in-law admires me so much, I'm so happy."

Li Xu: "It's appreciation, not worship, figure it out."