Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

When Chen Guanshi came to Kou Xiao the next day and explained his future intentions, Kou Xiao directly refuted, "The new-style farm tools have been posted by the prince a long time ago, and they are sold in the blacksmith shop. Since the prince said that they cannot be given away Give it to us, then send someone to buy it.”

Chen Guanshi said with a grim expression: "I'm afraid the general doesn't know the price of the farm tools sold outside, right? According to the amount of land in our Kou Mansion, it would cost hundreds of taels of silver to buy it."

The Kou Mansion originally had blacksmiths, but the Kou family’s army had a hard time a few years ago, Kou Xiao put all the blacksmiths in the mansion into the barracks, and went to make weapons for General Kou, so much so that the Kou Mansion had to buy even a needle from outside. .

This kind of thing can't be told to outsiders, after all, Kou's army is named Kou.

"Don't dawdle here. Farm tools are not that expensive. You have to spend this money, and you have to hurry up, otherwise you won't be able to buy it after a while."

Chen Guanshi was shocked, and after thinking about it, he realized that it was true. There were many families who could not get farm tools, and these families also owned a lot of fields. They must want to buy farm tools. If they went late, they might not be able to buy them.

But not everyone is willing to spend money to buy, Wang Yonglian is one of them, he complained to his confidant subordinates: "What is the meaning of this, my lord? Although my Wang family is a merchant, I also pay the most taxes every year. Why is there a good thing?" Just leave us alone?"

"Maybe it's because there are not enough farm tools. There are more than [-] farmers in South Vietnam. Even if the prince has gold and silver, it is not enough to give it away for free. What's more, he gave each person three taels of salt before. The salt alone, the prince gave away a few. One hundred thousand catties, what a huge number, master, do you dare to think about it?"

Wang Yonglian was also stunned by this number, "Tell me, where did the prince's salt and iron come from? It was said that there is a salt field in the palace, and the prince has a very convenient method to dry salt, but no one has seen it, and he doesn't know the salt field. Where, if there is, why haven't you heard of this method in other places, is it possible that only King Shun knows it?"

"There is no other explanation." The subordinates respect King Shun in their hearts. Apart from building roads and wharfs, the prince should be admired by all people just by sending salt and agricultural tools, but he dare not say it, or even reveal it. come out.

Wang Yonglian didn't believe it, he felt that King Shun must have other treasures, maybe it was left to him by the Han family, or there was a fairy island overseas, and the palace was eager to build a ship to go to sea, it might not be the reason.

Thinking of those huge seagoing ships, Wang Yonglian's eyes turned red with envy. He is also in the shipping business. He has dozens of cargo ships, but they are all boats running on inland rivers. When they are parked at the pier, they are as small as grains of sand. Well, if he can also own such a large ship as King Shun, then the shipping business can go all over the world.

It's a pity that he couldn't send his daughter out last time, otherwise he could have a little relationship with the prince, and it would be much easier for him to cooperate.

"My lord, the government has issued a notice saying that one more season of rice can be planted in July, and a new sowing method will be taught at that time. If we want to keep up, we must buy not only farm tools, but also grain seeds. Look at this, the government issued a notice. The grain seeds will definitely not take care of us."

Wang Yonglian laughed angrily, "It's strange for you to say that. In the past, the government always cared about the powerful or the rich when they had good things. Why did they take care of the poor peasants when they came to King Shun? Even if they were all planted on the land, Can the harvest compare with ours?"

The subordinates are also from the poor, and thought: This shows that the prince is kind and loves the people. Aren’t those who don’t have enough to eat and wear warm are all poor peasants?I have never heard of any rich man starving to death because of lack of rice.

But he dared not say that.

"My lord, I can see that King Shun came to Nanyue to do a great job. Look, Lei Ming, the governor of the county, is almost speechless now. He listens to a young scholar, and he is just Shun." It’s nothing more than a dog in the Wangfu’s mansion. Let’s talk about Kou’s army. General Kou doesn’t know what kind of evil he has fallen into. If it is under control, then my life's efforts will be in vain."

"My subordinates don't understand, will King Shun's move have any adverse effects on the master?"

"Idiot." Master Wang scolded him, "Do you think King Shun is a fuel-efficient lamp? Looking at his recent behavior, you can see that he is ambitious. In order to build roads, he tricked us into buying expensive cement. You think everyone Are they all stupid? It’s just to gain a good reputation and not offend King Shun.”

"Then why do you still buy the most?"

"That little money is nothing. The prince must have built the pier for shipping. I have heard that there are fairy islands overseas, and there are mountains of gold and silver on the island. There is even a secret recipe for immortality. If you can get on the prince's boat, We can get a share of it too."

There have always been such rumors that South Vietnam is close to the sea, but almost no one who dared to go out to sea to find the island has returned. As for the mountains of gold and silver, it is just a legend, who knows if it is true.

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The new palace has started construction. In addition to the original construction team of the palace, many people in the city spontaneously came to help, and many were family members of factory employees. Even children aged seven or eight would come to help move bricks, but Li Xu Impressed.

I think when he was a child, people were not so indifferent at that time. The relationship between neighbors was better than that of relatives. Whenever there was something, they helped each other. When everyone lived in high-rise buildings, the neighbors became the ones to guard against. Old Wang next door may not be able to call out his name when he sees everyone.

Li Xu called the kids moving bricks to him and asked them, "What do you usually do at home?"

Some said to help with laundry and cooking at home, some said to feed chickens and ducks at home, and now they also need to feed pigs with pigweed, and some said to take care of younger siblings. In short, no one is idle.

"Then you came here to help, does your family know? Who will do the housework?"

"We... the little people just dropped by to help, and we went home after a while. You see, our bamboo baskets are outside. The pigweed has been harvested, and the wild vegetables have been dug up."

Li Xu looked over according to their instructions, and sure enough, he saw a pile of bamboo baskets and dustpans, which were brought by people who came to help, and passers-by saw the movement here, put down their things and came to help.

Li Xu asked people to make some snacks to share with everyone, and those children also gave an extra bunch of grapes, watching them eat a few of them cherished, and then put away the rest, obviously to take home.

He said to He Zun: "Such a child is very cute, isn't it?"

He Zun looked at the sweaty but excited child, turned his face away and said, "Do you remember? When you were your age, you were either studying or learning to ride and shoot. You were so busy every day that you didn't have any free time. At that time, you said, if It would be nice to be a child of an ordinary family, and you can play freely, do you still think so now?"

Li Xu didn't expect the original owner to be so naive, so he shook his head with a wry smile, "It's not the same comparison between good and bad. Back then, my king envied their freedom, and they even envied my power and wealth. People always want extravagance." something you don't have."

At this time, Lai San led the clerk from the grocery store to deliver food, and he personally took a food box and handed it to He Zun, "Mu Guard, this is the steamed bun prepared for you and the prince, please try it."

The business of the grocery store is getting better and better, but it doesn’t make the most money. Lai San’s former partners have all gone to other places with the caravan. The canteen in the suburban factory is equivalent to controlling the food and drink of thousands of people.

Li Xu looked at Lai San who had gained weight for more than three times, and asked with a headache: "Lai San, you have never thought about changing jobs. How about this king promoting you to be an engineering manager?" Let him do engineering everywhere, and he will definitely be able to thin.

"Thank you for the promotion, my lord, but the villain thinks it's good now, and now the villain has also learned a good cooking skill. Whenever you need it, you can summon the villain."

Tsk, Li Xu is speechless, Lai San is going further and further down the road to become a fat chef.

"Okay, as long as you like it."

He Zuncong took a steamed stuffed bun from the food box and ate half of it, then gave Li Xu one, and said in a cold voice, "I heard that Manager Lai is getting married, congratulations."

Although there was no joy in his voice, Lai San was used to this taciturn guard, and it was quite touching to hear his congratulations.

He smiled and said: "Thank you, Mu Shiwei, on the day of welcoming the bride, I will invite the two lords to have a glass of wedding wine."

Li Xu asked curiously: "Which girl did you marry? How did you meet?"

Lai San said a little uncomfortably: "It's the little girl who opened the tofu shop next to the street. Last month you asked the villain to pass on the tofu recipe, and one of the people you selected was my old Yueren. He got to know him every time he came and went. gone."

Wu Jin came over with water, and after hearing the second part of the sentence, he teased and said, "I heard that Guanshi Lai is the first to get the moon when he is close to the water, and the little girl of that family is a well-known little beauty. There are many people who want to marry him."

Li Xu asked him teasingly: "Xiao Wu also wants to marry a wife? Don't worry, if you like beauties, my lord will definitely find you someone more beautiful than her."

Wu Jin blushed, and said falteringly, "I'm still young."

To be honest, he is not too young. There are many boys who get married at this age. Li Xu neither agrees nor disagrees. It all depends on whether they want to marry or not.

The construction of the new palace is being supervised and supervised by the stewards. Li Xu doesn’t have to worry about it at all. He only occasionally goes to see if the building suits his wishes. His blueprint shows a large villa combining Chinese and Western styles, and there is a Chinese-style villa in the middle. In the big garden, the pool is a natural lake with a very large area. Behind it is a row of dormitory buildings where employees live. can live.

Liu Shu left him a guest bedroom on the first floor of the main building, and Li Xu lived on the second floor. There are study rooms, a gym and a collection room on the second floor. Hyundai is priceless treasure.

When the palace is built, Liu Shu should also come back. In fact, according to Li Xu's thinking, Liu Shu's capable assistant should be dispatched to work as a steward, which is much more useful than staying with him.But he was born as a eunuch after all, and he could not leave the palace according to the law. He could move around freely in Nanyue. If he left Nanyue, he might not be safe.