Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Let He Zun go to the back kitchen to pick up a roast duck, Li Xu was about to go back home, He Zun turned around every step of the way, and said reluctantly, "Your Highness, let's build a house like this."

"Ha, is such a simple house more comfortable than the mansion built with carved railings and jade in the Kou Mansion?"

The corners of He Zun's mouth twitched, "The Kou Mansion is not considered a mansion built with carved railings and jade, but at best it is a simple rural mansion."

Well, as a child who grew up in the largest mansion in the country, his vision should be higher, "Then you like that bare brick house?"

He Zun thought for a while, "That house looks solid and bright. If you take a good rest and build it bigger, it must be comfortable."

As a former big real estate developer, Li Xu patted him on the shoulder and said, "You don't know how to be blessed." You know, in modern times, no matter how rich you are, you can't buy a mansion with a garden of more than a thousand acres. , especially in the city center, a villa plus a small garden is a sky-high price.

But people like rare things, this brick house is a new thing, it's not surprising that He Zun would take a fancy to it, but they can't live in such a simple red brick house, at least it is a small western-style building.

"Since you like it, let's build a small villa first, a European-style palace style, just to sell glass, perfect."

He Zun didn't understand half of what he heard. He had never heard of European style or glass, but he was used to Li Xu's endless new things, and they were probably shocking good things.

Li Xu stopped suddenly, turned around and took off the mask on He Zun's face, and lightly touched his scarred face with the other hand, "I already asked Lei Yang to look for good scar medicine when he was out. Doesn't that face cause you a lot of trouble?"

He Zun subconsciously avoided his hand, lowered his head to avoid Li Xu's gaze, "This kind of scar can't be cured, so don't worry about it, Your Highness."

"Do you want to marry a wife?" Li Xu only thought of this question when he saw the group of bachelors. He Zun is not young, and he originally had a fiancée. If these things hadn't happened, he would have gotten married this year, maybe by this time next year Just hug the big fat son.

He Zun smiled self-deprecatingly, "Anyone who sees this face of my subordinate will not be afraid, it's better not to harm the girl's family."

"It's harder to find true love, but it's okay if you want to carry on the family line." Li Xu himself doesn't care about the lineage lineage, but he knows that the ancients cared about it, and if they don't have a son, they will be poked in the back. I am deeply touched.

He Zun closed his eyes, and finally shook his head, "No, He Zun is dead, and the He family has no shortage of descendants. The child is also born with the surname Mu, so it doesn't matter if there are any."

"But children are very fun. Look at the little princess, she is well-behaved, sensible, smart and cute. It is much more lively to have a child in the family."

He Zun looked at Li Xu strangely, and asked, "Does the lord want to separate his subordinates?"

"how come?"

"It's enough to have a little princess in the house, and I can't take care of it if there are too many, and it's too noisy." Thinking of Ji Hanyu who was kicked out of the house, He Zun always felt that he would have such a day.

But thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible, he was the prince's personal bodyguard, how could he live in a separate residence.

Maybe it's because the house the prince wants to build is too small to accommodate too many people, and thinking about it, even Liu Shu, the personal eunuch, has been abandoned, and I'm afraid I will not escape bad luck.

He tentatively asked, "My lord, how big a house are you going to build?"

"It's not big, maybe a few hundred square meters." Considering that He Zun doesn't know the size of the square meter, Li Xu made a gesture, "It's about the size of the courtyard we live in now, with two floors, more than a dozen rooms, and an additional household. small garden."

He Zun staggered a little, the size of a dozen rooms and a yard? "Are you joking?"

A side hall of the East Palace has more than a dozen rooms, and the West Garden of the Kou Mansion also has dozens of rooms. Is the prince really planning to bring them by his side?

"Let's make do with it first, and build a big manor later when we have money, the kind with a racetrack and a swimming pool."

He Zun wanted to go to the suburbs to enclose a piece of land. Isn't there a racecourse immediately? Is it difficult?It turned out that the prince's request was so low, he was really wronged.

He Zun took the mask and put it on, "The prince wants his subordinate to marry a wife, does he want his subordinate to move out?"

Li Xu retorted with a straight face, "Why, you are different from Ji Hanyu, you want to protect this king personally, I can't leave you."

He Zun's heart warmed up, and he said solemnly, "This subordinate doesn't want to leave you either."

Li Xu really wanted to tell him, son, you are going to leave this house after all, but your mental state is not stable now, it's better to stay by my side.

But He Zun's face will probably be a pain in his life, and he hopes to find a wife for him who doesn't care about his appearance.

Ji Hanyu became famous in the first battle, and he is the most discussed person in the city recently, and he surpassed Li Xu and Kou Xiao to become the most sought-after son-in-law.

Ji Hanyu hasn't moved out yet, and the matchmakers come and go in Xiyuan every day, almost breaking the threshold. Fortunately, Liu Shu is not here, otherwise these blind matchmakers will definitely be thrown out.

Li Xu spent a day carefully investigating the backgrounds of these people who came to ask for marriage, and the character of the girls at home, and asked Wu Jin to make a handbook and send it to Ji Hanyu.

Ji Hanyu looked embarrassed, flipped through the booklet without saying a word, then looked at Li Xu hesitantly.

"You are not too young, you can consider starting a family, and while you are in the limelight, you can choose a suitable candidate, and if you are not satisfied, you can choose again." Li Xuyu persuaded earnestly.

"It's not about these problems," Ji Hanyu said without opening his face, "My lord also knows that the next few years must be very busy, so I don't care about taking care of my family."

Li Xu leaned in front of him and carefully studied his expression for a while, "Is this really the problem? It's okay to start a family first and then start a career. It's a bit busy, but wouldn't it be better to have a woman at home to take care of you? At an older age, wait a few more years and you will become a leftover man, with no market."

Ji Hanyu didn't know what a leftover man was, but he could guess the meaning. If Junior Sister Lu hadn't been coveting him all the time, the teacher must have promised him a kiss. Fortunately, such a thing didn't happen.

He sent Wu Jin out, and stammered a word, but Li Xu didn't understand at first, "What do you mean you don't want to find a woman to live with?"

Ji Hanyu closed his eyes, and said with difficulty: "Late students have a habit of breaking sleeves."

This sentence is easy to understand, Li Xu said "Oh", and said lightly: "So that's the case." Then he put away the booklet, "Then this booklet is really useless to you, I will save it for others Well, it's a pity."

Ji Hanyu didn't expect his reaction to be so flat. He thought he would persuade him to marry a wife and have children. It's not that there are no masculinity among the children of the aristocratic family. Those who are more relaxed in the family allow them to raise male pets, but it is necessary to marry a wife and have children, otherwise they will People seem to be deviant.

If Ji Hanyu liked women, he might have really married his younger junior sister back then, but he is not willing to violate his preferences, even if he can't find someone he likes in his life, he will never marry a wife.

"Okay, I will help you find out if there are any like-minded people, and I will introduce you if there are suitable ones." As Li Xu walked out, he filtered through the young talents around him, but he didn't find anyone who was gay like Ji Hanyu .

Oh, no, there is a suspected homosexual, but unfortunately the other person seems to have a crush on me, so it is difficult to introduce to Ji Hanyu, and that person is so crazy, Ji Hanyu may not be able to suppress him.

As for the others, he really couldn't see it, which was normal, after all, he didn't have a radar in this area, even Ji Hanyu, if he didn't say it himself, he wouldn't know.

But I didn't expect that this kid was quite honest, saying that he would not marry if he didn't like women. This is something that many men can't do in modern times.

Back in the study, Li Xu casually put the booklet on the shelf, and then forgot about it.

Taking advantage of the peach blossoms in the suburbs, Li Xu borrowed the Kou family's villa to hold a flower appreciation banquet, and invited various officials in the name of Ji Hanyu, which was considered to be a promotion banquet for him.

Ji Hanyu himself doesn't want to hold any promotion banquet. He has been too popular recently, and he will be stopped in the sedan chair as soon as he goes out, throwing flowers and handkerchiefs, and he will continue to challenge him, endlessly.

Li Xu wanted him to move out because of this, otherwise he would have to walk for two hours to get there.

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Early in the morning, Ji Hanyu changed into a green official uniform and hat, and appeared in front of everyone in a dignified manner.

The official uniforms of Nanyue are different from other places. They are self-contained. The colors are mainly green and blue. The colors of the borders and belts of officials of different ranks are different, and the color used by the Juncheng is red.

Li Xu looked at Lord Ji who was dressed in red and green, suppressed a smile, and handed over his congratulatory gift, "Master Ji is very energetic in this official uniform, work hard, and don't disappoint the king's expectations."

Ji Hanyu made a deep bow, and said solemnly: "The lower officials should govern diligently, strictly discipline themselves and others, and dare not live up to the prince's entrustment."

"Okay, don't be so serious, just do your best and have no regrets in your heart. Don't be too hard on yourself. Feel free to come to me if you have any difficulties. I brought you to Nanyue, and I will definitely be responsible to you to the end."

Ji Hanyu blushed slightly, glanced at Li Xu and then lowered his head, "Thank you, my lord, for your appreciation, and thank you for your promotion."

The two got into the same carriage, and Li Xu told him in the carriage: "The gift is a gadget made by the king himself, you can keep it for yourself, and don't give it to others."

Ji Hanyu opened the box and saw three pure white feathers. He had seen this before. The prince recently brought a pen made of this feather with him. He was curious about it, but the other party only said that he used it casually. Not a good thing.

Ji Hanyu couldn't figure out the purpose of this gift for a while, could it be that he quoted the phrase "light as a feather and heavier than Mount Tai", the prince means that the gift is light and affection is heavy?

Seeing his confused expression, Li Xu knew that his gift was a bit biased. He asked Wu Jin what kind of gift he should give, and the other party said with certainty that his master is eager to learn. After comparing the gift he bought with the gift he made himself, Xu chose the latter, after all, what he made himself is more sincere.

Of course, he won't tell Ji Hanyu whether these are the three quill pens he made in a large batch, or the three he just picked up at random.

Li Xu took out a goose feather, took out an ink bottle from the box, unscrewed the stopper, dipped the tip of a pen in ink, and wrote the words "One Heart for the People" on the box lid.

The thin lines and strong strokes are completely different from the characters written with a brush. Ji Hanyu also took a brush to try, but he couldn't grasp the strength well and his writing was not coherent, but he also knew that this brush was a good thing , easy to make and low in cost.

"The late student has never seen a pen made of goose feathers before. In the past, there were poor scholars who couldn't afford a brush and made it out of pig and rabbit hair. But it is much more difficult than this. The prince's idea is really ingenious."

How could Li Xu have so many ingenious ideas, but he just learned from the experience of his ancestors, "This quill pen is easy to make and low in cost, but it should not be widely promoted. You can keep it for fun."

Ji Hanyu practiced brush calligraphy since he was a child, and he must not be used to hard pens. If these three goose feathers are not used, there will be only three feathers left in this box.

What did he do with the three hairs? Ji Hanyu didn't dare to say or throw it away, so he had to put the box away. At least it was a gift from King Shun. It might be a family heirloom in the future, but I don't know if it will grow worms after a long time.

"Why can't the quill be promoted?"

Of course, Li Xu didn't feel sorry for the plucked goose, but because brushes and hard brushes are two different cultures, and he didn't want to ruin the thousands of years of calligraphy in his hands.

There were fruits and vegetables thrown into the carriage on the road, Li Xu was smashed several times when he couldn't dodge, Ji Hanyu's official uniform was also painted, and the red flower ball smashed a mark on the official uniform.

Li Xu lifted the curtain of the car speechlessly, and said to He Zun who was beside him: "Anyone who throws something into the carriage will be detained for murdering the royal family, regardless of gender." , Fruits and vegetables can still be eaten by throwing them over, what if a knife flies in?Where is he going to find the murderer?

In fact, He Zun had already blocked most of them. Some young scholars who were defeated by Ji Hanyu but were not convinced hid secretly and threw stones aside, and naughty children followed suit, throwing whatever they picked up, but the Yan Dynasty's Such is the atmosphere, even Kou Xiao is not immune.

Regardless of these, whoever caused trouble for him will be in trouble. After this rule was spread, no one dared to throw things away.

The carriage soon arrived at the villa. They arrived early enough, but there was still a circle of carriages, ox carts and sedan chairs at the gate, blocking the road.

Faced with this kind of problem, Wu Jin is not as smart as Liu Shu. If it was the latter, someone would have cleared the road long ago, and all the places would be cleared. No idlers are allowed where the prince passes hinder.

Li Xu beckoned to Wu Jin, "Go and tell the steward of the villa to ask the servants of each family to move the carriage and sedan chair to the open space on the west side, and send a few more people to guard, so as not to block the door."

The steward of this villa is a servant of the Kou Mansion, and he may not have seen Kou Xiao much in his life, so he listens to Li Xu very much, and it is estimated that as long as Li Xu says a word, this villa will change hands .

Ji Hanyu came here for the first time. When he got off the carriage, he was fascinated by the peach blossom forest of the whole mountain. Against the pink background, the antique villa was a little more elegant and quiet, and even the red lanterns hanging at the gate were very special. Chic.

"I heard that the prince has improved the method of sowing rice. Is it here?"

"Yes, it's in the paddy field over there. I'll take you to see it when the banquet is over." Li Xu was a little proud when he talked about it. After all, he is not a professional farmer, so it's great to be able to successfully experiment for the first time.

All the way into the villa, the mud along the way was replaced with flat bluestones, and the trees on both sides were covered with red lanterns, which was very festive. Li Xu praised: "The manager of this villa is very good at coming, and the venue is well arranged. It’s just that the cooks here are not good enough, so I specially borrowed the chef from Fulai Restaurant to come over to organize the banquet, and for this reason, I also gave the shopkeeper Xu a secret recipe.”

Ji Hanyu has a smile on his lips. He has always known that King Shun is a unique person, but he didn't have much contact with him before. Only after getting along with him recently can he realize the uniqueness of this unique person. When getting along with him, he will always forget his identity , as if they were just friends they had known for many years.

"Fulai Restaurant has also made a lot of money by using the prince's secret recipe. It's too stingy to borrow you as a cook."

"In business and business, the king also took money for those secret recipes, so he didn't take advantage of it."

There were already many officials standing in the yard, all of them came in official uniforms. Li Xu almost thought that what he was going to hold was a uniform party. He asked Ji Hanyu, "It's just a banquet, why do you all come in official uniforms?"

Ji Hanyu tugged at the clothes on his body, smiled, and raised the corners of his lips and said, "Of course it's for showing off. It's the first time you meet formally. It must be more solemn to wear official uniforms."

Li Xu's prince also has an official uniform, but he has never been made by anyone, and all the hair from the court fell into the river. Now he stands alone in the yard, and it is difficult to not be conspicuous.

Today is a cloudy day, with the sun occasionally showing its face, which is especially suitable for outdoor activities. Li Xu asked people to place the tables and chairs on the grass in the yard. When you look up, you can see the mountains full of red flowers and green leaves. Drink some wine, it's very relaxing.

When the food and wine were served, Li Xu took the lead in holding up the wine glass, and said to everyone, "Master Ji is the protagonist today, and I shouldn't be the king, but he is young and has just entered the officialdom, so people can't recognize him well. Let’s throw a brick to attract jade, and I would like to offer a cup to all the adults, and hope that we can drink wine made from grain in the coming year.”

As soon as these words came out, some people sounded like they were looking forward to a bright future, while others sounded like the prince was going to fight General Kou. The prohibition order was issued by General Kou. If the prince wanted to make wine, wouldn’t it be against General Kou?

Zhong Shuiqing is now a die-hard fan of Li Xu, and he was the first to flatter: "My lord, according to your idea, if you can plant another season of grain this year, you can indeed use some of the grain to make wine. I haven't touched wine for three years. I almost forgot the wonderful taste."

Someone took a sip of the fruit wine, groaned a few times, and sighed: "Yes, although this fruit wine is sweet, it is not bold enough to be considered a real wine. I want to drink too."

Li Xu scanned around, everyone here is from the officialdom, and those who can resist the temptation to drink alcohol are few. Although Nanyue cannot make wine, it does not prohibit the entry of wine from other places, so as long as you have money, you can still buy wine.

After Li Xu drank a glass of wine, he gave up the home court to Ji Hanyu, and sat and ate the dishes by himself. This chef's level is different. Every dish is delicious, delicious, and even better than before.

Li Xu had planned to open a restaurant chain before, but he couldn't find enough chefs. This plan has never been implemented. Now it seems that the chef from Fulai Restaurant can be recruited to hold a chef training class for him, and he will train for a year and a half. If it is loaded, and combined with your own recipes, it may be able to open in various places next year.

Don't underestimate the income of a restaurant, a big and well-established restaurant is making a lot of money every day, and it can also sell goods for him. The restaurant is also a good place to collect information, killing three birds with one stone.Most of his reputation outside today is related to food, and opening a restaurant will not attract too much attention. Maybe in a few years, he will be able to become a local tyrant prince who hides in the city.

When Ji Hanyu took office as a new official, all the officials toasted to him one after another. The officials who opposed him before seemed to have lost their memory.

"Master Ji, the official surname is Wang. When I was a small official in the capital, I was lucky enough to meet Lu Shanzhang from afar. I never thought that after decades, the official can still have dinner at the same table with Lu Shanzhang's lover. .”

Thanks to the lack of news from Nanyue, the news from Cangzhou couldn't get through. Otherwise, if they knew that Ji Hanyu had been kicked out by his teacher, they might not be able to laugh.

"Where is Mr. Wang's ancestral home? Judging from your accent, you seem to be from the north."

"That's far away. The lower official is from Yangdu, Chenjun. When I was young, I went to the capital with my father. I spent three years in the capital before I came to Nanyue as a county magistrate. Now that I'm old, I can't go back to my ancestral home." The reason Mr. Wang objected to Ji Hanyu's ascension was that he himself had worked hard for decades and tried his best to get into the position of captain. After ten years in the county magistrate's position, Ji Hanyu was on the same level as him as soon as he entered the officialdom. This gap is too great up.

Chen Jun is in the west, so it is far away, but it is not impossible to go back, Ji Hanyu flattered him a few words, seeing that he always wanted to turn the topic around Lu Shanzhang, so he found an excuse to avoid it.

He has a thorn in his heart, a master-student relationship, he and his mentor may not be able to get back together in this lifetime, besides, the news of Cangzhou cannot be spread forever, one day, they will know that they are disciples who were expelled by their mentor, At that time, what kind of eyes will they look at themselves!

But by that time, I should not be afraid of any gossip, if I can't even do this, the prince will be disappointed.

To paraphrase the words of King Shun, if you stand tall, you will see far away scenery, and those gossips can only hurt a few hairs on your feet, and they can't hinder anything.

While observing each official's attitude towards him, Ji Hanyu wondered in his heart, what kind of expression would he use, what kind of words would he say if the prince were to deal with him, and would he be as inconsistent as himself?

He looked back at King Shun who was sitting and eating seriously. At some point, the guard surnamed Mu and Wu Jin sat beside him, serving him dishes from time to time, and he would reciprocate when he ate something delicious. The subordinate picked up his chopsticks, Guard Mu was wearing a mask and he couldn't see his expression, but that boy Wu Jin smiled shyly, apparently in a very good mood.

Ji Hanyu withdrew his gaze, and sighed secretly in his heart. He is an excellent and courteous corporal. What evil did King Shun do to be demoted to South Vietnam? Are the emperor and courtiers blind?