Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Li Xu found a total of two such small villages, one to grow chili peppers and the other to grow cotton. These are the two pilot sites he selected. As long as they are profitable, they will definitely be promoted next year.

On this day, the three of Li Xu entered a city. The gate of the city was tall and majestic. It was built with huge stones, and it was actually stronger than the city tower in Minzhou. The word "Yongzhou" was engraved on the gate. Li Xu asked, "This Yongzhou is near Shanghang County that Yongzhou?"

Lao Qi nodded and said: "It's very close, do you plan to stay in Yongzhou for a night?"

"No, stay here for a few days and find out about the situation over there."

Now that they are close, Li Xu is not in a hurry. There is Kou Xiao on the other side of Shanghang, and his rush to go there may disrupt his arrangement, as long as he knows they are safe.

I found an inn in the city to stay. The first thing Li Xu did was to get someone to bring water to take a bath. Xiaoer was a young man with squinting eyes. He was dressed in nondescript clothes. He was always unhappy when he heard that he needed a big bucket of hot water. "The well in the back Bring it up by yourself, who will heat water for you in the summer, don’t you need money for firewood?”

It's not that Li Xu can't take a cold shower, he often takes a bath in the river along the way, but there are pots and stoves, why should he treat himself badly.

Lao Qi shrugged him off, "What are you talking about! If you are asked to boil water, you can go, and you will have the money."

This made Xiao Er annoyed, "Hey, it's really rich and rich. Since I came to this barren Yongzhou City, I still want to be the Jade Emperor. Do you know how expensive the firewood in Yongzhou City is?"

He Zun walked up to Xiao Er, lifted him up with one hand, patted his face and asked, "Go or not?"

Xiao Er stared at the silver mask on his face, and suddenly stretched out his hand to slap his mask away, revealing a face full of scars under the mask, He Zun looked at him expressionlessly, and couldn't help but tighten his hands.

The little girl shrunk her neck in fright, but still bravely shouted: "Ha, I was originally an ugly monster, no wonder I didn't dare to see people, you weird people, how many stinky money do you have? Ask for hot water Burn yourself."

He Zun's eyes suddenly changed. Anyone who heard "ugly monster" after being disfigured would be angry. His heart was full of hostility, and he stared at that fragile neck for a long time. With just a slight twist, this head can be moved at any time. up.

Li Xu was also really angry, "This is the first time I've seen a waiter with such a service attitude, where's the shopkeeper?"

"It's useless to find my father, I have the final say on this inn."

"Oh, so it's the Young Master's family. I'm sorry, no wonder you dare to be so arrogant." Li Xu broke He Zun's hand, let the man fall to the ground, and then kicked the young man in the stomach. Screaming, he hit the wall hard and rolled to the ground.

The guests staying in the inn heard the voice and came out to watch the excitement. Seeing the young man's miserable appearance, they all clapped their hands and applauded: "Yes, we have to teach him a lesson."

"It really ruined his father's good reputation accumulated all his life. I think this inn will close sooner or later."

"Poor Lao Qi spent his whole life running this inn. To become the largest in Yongzhou City, he will be ruined by this unworthy descendant."

"If I were him, I would sell this inn quickly and go away with the money. Why bother to look at people's faces and offend people here every day."

"Do you think he doesn't want to? That's because Lao Qi is still alive. I heard that the brothers in the family are about to fight over the family wealth."

Li Xu cupped his hands towards the spectators, and asked curiously, "Are you all locals?"

"We are all merchants from the nearby villages and towns, and we come and go frequently. We have been resting in this inn since the early years. At that time, Lao Qi was in charge, and he was very enthusiastic about everyone. He knew that it was not easy for us to go into business, so he thought for us. Thoughtful, I did all the laundry, cooking, sewing, and mending, but I didn't expect that Lao Qi, a kind-hearted man, would not have a good life. He was only in his early forties and his health was failing, and he raised three unfilial sons."

"That's really pitiful." Li Xu didn't want to make a big fuss. Seeing these businessmen who often walked around Yongzhou, he said kindly: "It's fate to meet each other. If you don't dislike it, why don't you have a cup of tea with me?" .”

Everyone saw that he had an outstanding temperament at a young age, and he went out with two servants. He was obviously born in a wealthy family, so they were naturally willing to socialize.

Li Xu asked Lao Qi to get the tea set and tea from the carriage, and then sat around a square table in the lobby.

A customer saw this and exclaimed: "Hey, this is a new rock tea produced in Minzhou this year, and looking at this set of tea sets, you can tell that the specifications are very high, and the tea must be good. Is your son from Fujian? "

"Yes, I live in Fujian Province. This tea is a gift from relatives. It's nothing." In addition to a young owner who pretends to be a mistress, there are two rough servants who help the cook and three clean the inn. How much money did Lao Qi spend? He sent a rough servant to boil a pot of water, and he went to the room to clean and make the bed for Li Xu.

This is what Chief Manager Xiao Wu told him before going out. It’s fine if you can’t spend extravagantly when you’re staying in the field. If you’re staying in an inn or staying with someone else, you must use things from the palace so that the prince won’t sleep well.

Lao Qi can understand this very well. When a majestic prince goes out, there is no guard of honor to greet and hug him. This point is still necessary, so he has done it with extra care.

A few cups of tea started the conversation, and Li Xu took out refreshments and distributed them to everyone, chatting with them about the local customs.

"This is the first time I've come to Yongzhou, so what's special about it?"

"The characteristic of Yongzhou City is probably that there are many rocks, haha." A middle-aged man laughed at himself: "Our Yongzhou City is not favored by God, there are very few fields, and there are rocks everywhere in the mountains. When you enter the city, you see that. The tall and strong towers are the characteristics of Yongzhou. Almost all the ten miles and eight villages here are built with stone houses. When the pirates were in turmoil, we Yongzhou was the safest place. But because of this, Yongzhou city lacked few clothes. Grain, we people just bought some grain, meat and vegetables from other places and sent them to Yongzhou for sale."

"Based on that, what do the local people do for a living?" Having no land to cultivate is indeed the worst thing for the common people.

"Well, everyone has their own way of life. Although there are few fields, there is still some. Some people make a living by selling stones, and some people go to other places to make a living. They just live by it, as long as they don't starve to death. "

"It is indeed a good livelihood to make a living by quarrying stones, but the stones will always be quarried, and not everyone is in this business, and there are countless demands nearby."

"Everyone understands this truth, but what else can be done? Stone Mountain is not good, but it is also good. At least Yongzhou City must be safe when other counties suffer disasters. I heard that Shanghang County next door was flooded by mud and rocks. In a few villages, it is impossible for our Yongzhou City to have this kind of problem."

Li Xu immediately caught up with the topic, "I've heard about this, is it true? I don't know what's going on?"

"It's true, we've all heard it from people who came and gone, but we just don't know if the casualties are serious or not."

"It must be big. I've seen the Kou family's army go there. If it's not big, how could they alarm the Kou family's army? Those people in the government, if it's a trivial matter, they want to smother them to death, how can they report it to the sheriff's office."

"That's true. Then we can go there a few times next time. If there is a disaster, there will be a shortage of food. This business is good."

"I'm afraid that once your food enters the city, it will be detained for disaster relief. It's not like this has never happened before."

"Uh, it's really possible. Kou's army is so unreasonable that they might even go after the grain depot of the county master's house. We still want to do business, so why don't we just put it in someone's pocket?"

Li Xu thinks about Kou Xiao's behavior style, it is really possible, if the relief food is not enough, these merchants who send the food to sell must be the first to be targeted by public relations, naturally they would not give money when they had no money, but now In his pocket is the 1000 taels of silver that he gave him.

Li Xu pretended to be casual and asked: "Then I don't know what's going on now, I originally wanted to go to Shanghang County."

"Then I don't know, but there must be people from there in the city. You can ask a few people." The person who said this still has some contacts. After drinking a cup of tea, he stood up and said, "Wait, it just happens There is someone I know, go and invite him over for tea and chat."

Li Xu thanked him first, and then asked the others present, "I read the notice from the government before, saying that we can plant another season of grain this year. Do any of you have land?"

A man with white temples rubbed his hands awkwardly, "There are fields, and a few acres of land is enough for my own rations. It is not so easy to open up wasteland and grow food. Even if the government gives seeds, it is not certain whether they can be planted. "

Some people echoed: "No, it's the season and we're still planting seeds. If the harvest is not harvested before the frost, will the millet still grow? I think it's just the random instructions from the superior."

"I heard that winter wheat is grown in the north, maybe that person thinks that rice can be grown in winter too."

After listening to Li Xu, he just smiled and did not refute. He has heard this kind of view a lot along the way. Before the second season of rice harvest, this kind of public opinion must be indispensable.

He Zun put it heavily on the teacup and made a noise. Everyone was a little afraid of him. Everyone saw his face the moment his mask was photographed off.

A person with such a face is definitely not a good person, just listen to him say: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know, several adults in the county guard's mansion have tried planting in the experimental field, the rice can be harvested in three months, and The production has increased greatly, don't you want to collect more food?"

"Brother, it's not that we want to criticize political affairs, it's just that it's not easy for us to wait for the common people to live. What if it doesn't work out? How much effort was wasted in it?"

He Zun twitched his lips and said with a sneer: "Is there any loss? The fields are grown from wasteland, the seeds are distributed by the government, and the farm tools are new. It's nothing more than three or four months of labor. I'm not willing to pay for such a small amount of money." Come on, do you still want to wait for the pie to fall from the sky?"

The people who said this were shameless. They wanted to do business without money, but they also knew that it was impossible. The government's policy this time was really good, but they didn't believe it.

"Actually, I want the salt from the government more. The salt is really good. Unfortunately, I don't know the source, and even the people in the government don't know where it came from. Our King Shun is really a wise master. Since he came to South Vietnam, It brought a lot of good things."

Li Xu smiled and said nothing, the rest of the people agreed, they all got the freshly made salt, the quality and taste are really good, there is nothing to say, people everywhere are asking where the salt comes from, some people only inquire whether it is Shun The method of sun-drying salt invented by Wang Xin has been found to be produced from the southwestern coast, but no one knows exactly where.

After they finished discussing, Li Xu casually asked: "If there is such a salt for you to sell in other counties, would you like to go?"

Everyone immediately stopped discussing and looked at Li Xu in amazement. It took a long time before someone smiled wryly: "Young Master, you really know how to joke. Not only Nanyue, but also Quan Dayan. Selling private salt is also illegal. We ordinary people, how dare we do it?" This kind of business? That is a serious crime of ransacking one's family and exterminating one's family."

"What if the government allows it?"

"Haha, that's even more impossible. If the government wants to sell salt, it's natural for the government's salt officials to go. How could it be the turn of ordinary people like us."

"Yeah, the young master is young. I don't know that the water in the salt tunnel is deep. This salt merchant is not from a big family. Let's just say that the previous Jun Cheng lord, he also sold private salt, but look, who dares to expose him ?”

Li Xu didn't know this happened yet, so he asked in surprise: "Is this news true? The previous Juncheng Lord was Lei Zhan, how dare he?"

"Why don't you dare, the Lord Sheriff is his own brother, maybe it's the Lord Sheriff who agrees."

Li Xu narrowed his eyes, and then gave a chuckle, "Don't mention this, don't mention this, if you have this idea, you can go to Minzhou to seek opportunities."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, what the young man said was so sure that they were tempted. Selling salt is a lucrative business, not to mention that the salt in Nanyue is so good that it can be sold.

But they are not fools, how could such a good thing happen to them.

Everyone smiled mischievously and dismissed the topic. At the same time, they thought Li Xu was a frivolous young man.