Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Jiang Qiuming thought that he would not see Ji Hanyu today, but he still came and brought King Shun with him. He could not help but mutter in his heart that the rumors outside were probably true.

There were rumors in the army that Shun Wang was a manly man, and that Eunuch Liu was his confinement, but Eunuch Liu went to the beach to dry salt, and I am afraid the new one will be Mr. Ji, otherwise why would he soar into the sky!

Jiang Qiuming respectfully saluted King Shun, and then served tea and water to the two, with a very low posture, but the more so, the more sure Li Xu was scheming.

"Why don't you go and have a look at the piece of land that Army Master Jiang mentioned?"

Jiang Qiuming is confident that he can fool Ji Hanyu, but Shun Wang Li Xu, he really doesn't have that ability, so he hesitated in his previous plan, "Actually, Jiang lied to Master Ji yesterday. It's useless, so I want to take this opportunity to sell it to Mr. Ji, since the prince is here, let's go and have a look together."

Sure enough, they didn't even go out the gate, they went out of the Jiang Mansion directly through the side door, and came to the open space next door, "This land is not very big, but it is enough to build a house with four entrances. Master Ji will marry a wife and have children in the future, and the family will flourish , it’s best to choose a bigger place from the start.”

Li Xu was sour again, the house he entered was not very big, so only the landlord could say that it was modern enough to build a multi-functional community.

Ji Hanyu shook his head frequently after walking around, "It's not right, it's too big, how can a lower official have the ability to build such a big house, not to mention the prince's new-style house, and there is no need to build such a large area."

Jiang Qiuming glanced at King Shun, seeing that he hadn't expressed his opinion, he raised his original idea. "If Mr. Ji thinks it's too big, you can buy half of it, and the other half can be kept by the lower officials to build a house."

This is a good choice. After all, the location is good, the surrounding environment is also good, and it is not far from the Sheriff's Mansion. All aspects are top choices.

Ji Hanyu asked Li Xu for his opinion, and the latter asked Jiang Qiuming with a smile: "What price does Jiang Junshi offer?"

"In terms of business, this is Jiang's ancestral house after all, and the market price is no less than 500 taels. If Mr. Ji wants it, Jiang is willing to sell it for 480 taels."

This price is really not expensive, the land of the same size in the capital is more than ten times more expensive, but the land in Nanyue is sparsely populated, the land is really worthless, Li Xu retracted his previous sour words.

But even the 400 taels, Ji Hanyu couldn't get it out. He had some savings, and he had been receiving a monthly salary for the past six months, but it was still not enough.

"Or, let's go to other places first." The cash-strapped person blushed and suggested.

Jiang Qiuming had already guessed that he couldn't afford it, but he was just not sure about King Shun's intentions, and if King Shun wanted to help pay, he would have nothing to say.

He looked left and right, smiled, and made another suggestion, "I heard that the house built by the Wangfu is stable and beautiful. It just so happens that Jiang also wants to build a new house. If Mr. Ji can help with it, the land will be given away." Here you go."

Li Xu raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Jiang Qiuming. It turned out that the other party had this idea. When he left the field, Ji Hanyu would help find a construction team to build the house, including labor and materials. It was very easy, but this business can be done.

This piece of land is hard to come by. One house is also built, and two houses are also built. To be honest, the cost of building such a large house may not be 500 taels. After all, the labor cost is very low, and the materials can be made according to the factory. cost price.

"Yes." Li Xu made a decision for Ji Hanyu, "Then find a time to measure the land some other day, how to divide it and how to build the capital and make a written record, and the construction can start after a while."

After Li Xu had spoken, Ji Hanyu naturally had nothing to be pretentious about, so the SEPA agreed on a time to sign a contract.Both of them were very satisfied. Jiang Qiuming didn't expect to get the job done so easily, and happily treated the whole army to a mutton meal.

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It was still early to come out of Jiang's mansion, He Zun asked Li Xu: "My lord, are you going back to the mansion?"

"No, while the rain is light, let's go to the Minjiang River to have a look." Li Xu and Ji Hanyu parted, went out of the city in a carriage, and asked He Zun to ask Kou Xiao if he was free when they passed the military camp.

The carriage stopped by the side of the road, there was the sound of pattering rain outside, and the interior of the carriage was exceptionally quiet, Li Xu couldn't help raising his arms to look outside through the gauze curtain.

The green hills under the rain are extraordinarily green, and the rice seedlings in the rice fields are growing lush. If the weather is good, this year will be a bumper harvest.

However, Li Xu is not worried about the lack of food. If there is not enough food, he can go to other places to buy it. What he is afraid of is the flood. Once a large number of people are killed or injured, and the plague is rampant, then his efforts in the past few months will be in vain. .

The door curtain was flung open, Kou Xiao got in wet, and sat down opposite Li Xu, all wet, and immediately said: "Why did the prince choose this kind of weather to go out of the city? It's too unsafe."

Li Xu found a dry cloth and threw it to him, "Didn't you have an umbrella?"

"What kind of umbrella does a big man hold, he won't die in the rain." Kou Xiao said indifferently.

Li Xu kicked him away, and said with disgust: "You won't die, but you will wet my carriage, my health is weak, if you catch a cold and have a fever, will you be responsible?"

Kou Xiao sat back by the car door, pulled his belt, and quickly took off his wet clothes, revealing his strong chest. He wiped his hair with a dry cloth, then wiped it down his neck, with a smirk on his lips, " The last general wants to be responsible, but you don't agree."

Li Xu glanced at his chest. As a man, he really envied Kou Xiao's figure, and then glanced at his abdominal muscles. Li Xu curled his lips jealously, then looked back and said, "Don't talk about those hypocrisy, accompany me. Wang went to the river to see, where is the section of the river that was more prone to accidents in previous years?"

"Ten miles to the west, there used to be a big town there. A few years ago, the big flood washed away this town, and all the eight nearby villages suffered, and thousands of people died. Since then, the river area has changed. wide."

Kou Xiao gave an order out of the window to let someone lead the way, ten miles is not far away, and the carriage will arrive soon.

"My lord, what do you want to see, don't go by the river, just go to the end of the river by yourself."

"Don't go to the river, just find a place with higher terrain." Li Xu just looked casually, without a target, he parked the carriage on a slope, and bent over to get out of the carriage.

Kou Xiao put on his clothes and jumped out of the carriage, then turned around and hugged him, Li Xu was still not used to this kind of physical contact, besides, except for the few days when he was injured and unable to walk, he always jumped out of the carriage by himself.

It was still raining outside, Wu Jin walked over holding an umbrella, Kou Xiao snatched the umbrella, pushed Wu Jin aside, and graciously held the umbrella for Li Xu.

Li Xu just glanced at him and didn't refuse. He looked at the river below. It rained for two hours. Although the rain has subsided now, it can be seen that the water level has risen a lot and the river has become muddy. .

He looked at the nearby, uninhabited open space. In the distance, he could vaguely see ruined walls, indicating that people had lived here, but now there was no one in sight.

I don't know if the large area was flushed by the river or the terrain was originally flat. The size of the area is unimaginable, and a new city can be built.

"Is there no one farming that area?" Li Xu asked, pointing to the flat wasteland.

Kou Xiao's expression became inexplicably depressed, "After the ten miles and eight villages there disappeared, there was an epidemic, and no one dared to go there after that. Some people always said that there were ghosts there, and people passing by would get sick for no reason. Hey, that piece of land used to be the most fertile near Minzhou."

Li Xu doesn't believe in ghosts, and he will get sick for no reason. It may be because he drank the water in that area, or it may be caused by fear in his heart. Recalling the way he came just now, Li Xu went to the carriage and took a pen and paper to draw a sketch. Show the map to Kou Xiao, "Are we at this location now?"

Kou Xiao looked carefully at the map he drew. Minzhou City was marked with a five-pointed star, followed by four city gates, and then all the way west to the military camp. The route was drawn accurately and clearly at a glance.

"It's right here." Kou Xiao glanced at the quill pen in his hand. This kind of pen is very popular in the barracks now. Soldiers will bring one when they go out to do missions. It is said that it is convenient for taking notes at any time.

"Look, this land is very flat, facing the river on one side, and surrounded by mountains on the other three sides. If the military camp is moved here, a military town can be built, and the arsenal and granary can be built here. There is enough space. Narrow terrain is better."

"Relocate the entire military camp?" Kou Xiao never thought about such a thing. After all, the military camp cost a lot of money to build, and the armory in the back mountain is also very secret. How much does it cost.

"You don't have to worry about money. It won't work this year. Draw the design first, so you won't be so nervous next year."

Kou Xiao stared at the land and pondered for a while, unable to believe that the other side of his military camp said that he would accommodate and build it as soon as he said it, and it felt as simple as drinking water.

If it was when Li Xu first came to South Vietnam, Kou Xiao would have thought he was joking, but after seeing the industrial area in the western suburbs, and thinking about the Yantian and naval bases in the southeast, Kou Xiao understood that he was not joking, he was completely have this strength.

Kou Xiao has always known that money is a good thing, but only now did he know that it feels so good to have money, he can get whatever he wants, if Li Xu builds a new military camp for him, he can call him Grandpa.

"Then the general will wait to live in the new barracks."

Seeing his joyful expression, Li Xu raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, thinking that next year even if he sells everything, he must develop this piece of land, otherwise Kou Xiao will be so disappointed.

Even he himself didn't realize that when facing Kou Xiao, he would always soften his heart unconsciously.

"Go ahead and have a look." Li Xu walked forward along the hillside. After the river area here widened, the river surface became much shallower. In addition, there were no people living in the surrounding area, so there was no danger.

Along the way, they saw almost all the situations like this. Flooding in places where there were no people was harmless. They kept going all the way and did not stop until they encountered the first village.

This side is a bit far from the river, and the terrain is higher. Li Xu walked around the village and disturbed the villagers to come out to watch. He found a family to borrow tea and asked some daily questions. He presented them with a string of copper coins under cautious and defensive eyes, and then took his leave and left.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Xu didn't intend to go any further, and led the crowd back to the city, Kou Xiao still stayed in the carriage, talking to Li Xu one after another.

"I heard that the prince has raised a lot of money from the rich gentry. Is it going to be used for road construction?"

"Yes, the road from the city to the wharf and to Yantian will be completed this year, and the two ports are also tasks within this year. When these two ports are completed, salt can be transported from Yantian by sea or by sea. We can go by land."

Kou Xiao thought, Li Xu gave all the salt out of the sun to the people, without any income, and the wages of the salt workers over there were also replaced by salt, no wonder he was going to cheat money to build roads, he didn't know this Where else can he get the money after the wave of money is used up.

Oh, I forgot, he still has a whole warehouse of tea leaves and half a warehouse of brown sugar. Naturally, the sugar is easy to sell. Will the tea leaves in that warehouse really become garbage?

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At this time, the team of tea sellers had already left South Vietnam. They first went to Yangzhou Prefecture by sea, and then dispersed to various places from Yangzhou Prefecture. The farthest team will go northward along the sea area until Goryeo and Donghu. If the market is good In the coming year, they will continue to walk from Donghu to the west to the Western Regions, and then to Dawan and other places. The whole area is the gold market circled by Li Xu.

Each team leader holds a very detailed sales plan written by Li Xu, which is so detailed that it includes when and what to do, and a hundred frequently asked questions to deal with all kinds of difficult problems from customers.

Li Xu even made up a story about a fairy descending to earth and a tea farmer loving each other. This story is quite long, but it is also very in line with the aesthetics of people of this era. Soon someone made it into a drama and staged it in various places, saving Li Xu's life. A large publicity fee was paid.

In the story, this fairy is the youngest daughter of the Jade Emperor. She is smart and beautiful, but she doesn't like the boring and unchanging days in the fairy world, and yearns for the excitement of the mortal world.So one day, this little fairy sneaked down to the world when the gate of the fairy world was opened, and turned into a mortal to travel in the world. When she came to a certain mountain in South Vietnam, she was bewildered by the beautiful scenery there and decided to stay for a few days. In those few days, the tea leaves on the mountain happened to be picking season. In order to earn money for buying books, a poor scholar went up to the mountain to pick tea with bamboo baskets on his back.

He knew that there were several century-old tea trees growing on the edge of the cliff at the top of the mountain, and the quality of the tea was the best, so he climbed the mountain for a long time to the edge of the cliff, and then retreated in fear as he looked at the abyss.These tea trees not only grow on the edge of the cliff, but some of them grow directly on the cliff. It is not easy to successfully pick tea.The scholar wanted to give up, but when he thought about his poor family, in order to support himself in studying, his parents cut down on food and went on a diet, and sometimes they had to go hungry for two days just to buy him a pen.

If you miss the Grain Rain season these few days, it is useless to pick tea leaves again, because the tea leaves picked in these few days are the tenderest and most delicious.The scholar couldn't back up, he stubbornly climbed up the tree, he didn't even dare to look down, otherwise his legs would shake like a sieve, and he wouldn't even be able to stand firmly.It took a day for the scholar to pick a tea tree, but there was only half a basket of tea leaves in the basket. Looking at the bright and crisp tea leaves, the scholar felt refreshed after smelling them, and the fatigue of the day was gone. Mostly.

The little fairy hid aside and watched for a long time. She came to take a look when she saw the aura wafting from these tea trees. Unexpectedly, she saw a young man clumsily climbing up the tree to pick tea leaves.

After picking a tree, it was getting dark, the young man had no intention of going back, so he found a big tree to rest on, and then took out a piece of hard rice cake from his bosom to eat, he forgot to bring water, the dry rice The cake stuck in my throat and was difficult to swallow.

"I saw a stream when I came here, so let's go drink some water." The young man glanced at the tea leaves in the basket, and didn't want to carry it on his back. It's a bit heavy.

He looked around, picked some branches and leaves to cover the bamboo basket, and then hid them in the grass, before looking for water in peace.

The little fairy looked curious, so she turned the bamboo basket out, and took a piece of tea from the inside and gnawed it. Although the tea was a bit bitter, it was full of spiritual energy. After eating it, it made people feel refreshed. The little fairy hadn't seen it for a long time After eating such a spiritual plant, I couldn't hold back for a while, so I ate up the tea leaves.

After eating, she felt that it was not good for her to steal other people's things, but thinking about it, this tea tree grew on the edge of the cliff, it must be an unowned thing, and the young man picked it was not his own, so she felt more at ease, and then Hide the bamboo basket again.

When the young man came back, he found nothing unusual. He slept under the tree with his clothes together. At night, the cold wind blew up on the top of the mountain. The young man curled up and shivered from the cold. After all, the little fairy ate his tea, and she couldn't bear it, so she cast a spell Let the cold wind not get close to his body, let him spend the night safely.

In the early morning of the next day, the scholar woke up refreshed and in good health. He even jumped a few times to move his body, secretly thinking that he slept so well last night and was not cold.

He didn't think much, and went to take out the bamboo basket to continue picking tea leaves, but he never thought that there was nothing in the basket.He was shocked, "Where are the tea leaves, where are my tea leaves?" He searched around, thinking that the tea leaves might be scattered around, but he didn't find any.

"Who stole my tea?" He looked around vigilantly. Because the mountains are high and there is no food here, even wild animals are unwilling to come, let alone people.The scholar was angry and sad. He finally picked half of the basket. Today, he only needs to pick one more tree to go down the mountain. The tea in this basket can be sold for a lot of money, which is enough for him to spend in the second half of the year. But now the tea leaves are gone for no reason. Yes, the scholar was very sad.

But it was useless to be sad, the scholar searched around but couldn't find the suspect, so he continued to pick tea leaves with a sad face, and he decided not to let the basket leave him no matter what.After picking the two trees on the edge of the cliff, and the bamboo basket was not yet full, the scholar looked at the tea trees on the cliff, and then at the steep mountain wall. He really didn't have the guts to go down.

The little fairy watched from the side incognito, and felt that the young man was very interesting. She was afraid and angry and had to bravely climb up and down. Several times she saw the young man hugging the branches tightly in fright, with a look of wanting to cry but not daring to cry. appearance.The little fairy doesn't understand the sufferings of the people, even if she sees the poor people, she doesn't have much sympathy, but at this moment, she feels that the young people are a bit pitiful.

The scholar was hungry, and he had finished eating the pancakes he brought yesterday. If he hadn't lost the half basket of tea leaves, he could go down the mountain and go home by now.Feeling his empty stomach, the scholar went to yesterday's stream with a basket on his back. There were a few fruit trees there. Although the fruits were still green and immature, they could at least fill his stomach after eating a few.

He found another long, strong vine and dragged it back to the top of the hill.Standing on the edge of the cliff, the scholar rolled his eyes. The wind on the top of the mountain was extremely strong, shaking his clothes, as if he could be blown off at any moment, "It doesn't matter, it will definitely be done."

The scholar did a good job of mental preparation, tied the vine to the trunk of the big tree, and pulled it hard to ensure that it would not break. Then he pulled the vine and climbed down the mountain wall bit by bit. Every step he walked was very difficult, and soon , the palm of the hand was worn out by the rope, and one of the shoes on the foot was lost, and the sole of the foot was scratched with blood by the sharp stone.

After climbing like this for a long time, the scholar finally climbed to the top of the tea tree. He was very happy, but he didn't know how to do it after he was happy. He had to use his hands to pick the tea leaves, but both of his hands were holding the vine tightly. One...he looked at the bottomless abyss, but he really didn't have the guts.

But he climbed all the way down, and he was not reconciled if he didn't finish picking the tea leaves. The scholar gritted his teeth, hugged a branch with his legs, slowly let go of his right hand, and carefully picked off a leaf.

call!It's okay, the scholar heaved a sigh of relief and started picking tea leaves.

The sun was slanted, and at some point a dark cloud floated over, covering the sunlight, and soon even the sun was blocked. The scholar only felt that the sunlight was getting darker. When he came back to his senses, he found that the sky was already covered with dark clouds. It's about to rain soon.

What can I do?The scholar was frightened. The mountain wall must be slippery after the rain, and it would not be easy for him to climb up.

The scholar resolutely gave up picking tea leaves and began to climb up hard, but the steep mountain wall was easy to come down, but it was very difficult to go up.And the rain fell as soon as it said it, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and the torrential spring rain, the scholar soon became a drowned chicken. The clothes and bamboo baskets on his body were like a thousand catties, pulling his body down.

The rain blinded his eyes, and the scholar dared not raise his head, otherwise he would not even be able to open his eyes. He felt that he had no energy, his palms were worn out, and he was numb.

The little fairy floated aside and watched him try his best to climb up. Several times, he saw the young man finally climbed up a few steps, then slipped and slid a long way, and then continued to struggle upwards.

She really wanted to help him, but she also wanted to see how far the young man could do it, so she just watched from the sidelines, the rainwater flew away automatically a foot away from her, and not a single drop of rainwater fell on her body.

Seeing that he was about to reach the top of the mountain, it was already dark, and the rain was still heavy. The scholar was very excited when he saw the two tea trees on the top of the cliff.

"It's only a few steps away." The scholar wiped his face with one hand, and then slowly explored the protrusions on the mountain wall with his feet. Only when he stepped firmly on the mountain did he dare to use force. When he climbed to the top of the mountain with both hands, The stone under his feet suddenly slipped, and he fell rapidly. The scholar screamed, thinking that he was going to be smashed to pieces. It's a pity that after two days of busy work, not only did he not gain anything, but he also cost his own life.

In fact, it's good to die, without him in the family, there will be less burden. Parents, brothers and sisters can always get enough food and clothing by relying on a few acres of fields. I don't know if they can find his own bones. miserable situation.