Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

It took Li Xu three days to finish the backlog of official duties on hand, and then went to the sheriff's mansion to get a sense of presence, intimidated a few undisciplined old officials, and discussed it with Ji Hanyu in his office Xia Bo's progress, and then went to his new palace on the outskirts of the city with a good mood.

A fence has been built around the palace, with white walls and blue tiles, with hollow patterns. Looking in from there, you can see the freshly planted bamboo. He stopped in front of the main entrance, thinking that the group of craftsmen would leave the gate behind. Finally, it was modified, and it turned out that the gate had been erected magnificently, the plaque was empty, but the stone lion at the gate was lying there majestically.

Liu Shu excitedly ran over and touched the stone lion's head, "This is really great, this is like the gate of a palace."

Not to mention how the eaves of the gate were decorated with carved columns and columns, Li Xu walked into this new home. After entering the gate, there was a large courtyard paved with blue bricks, with large lawns on both sides, and a few trees he didn't know were planted. In the center of the courtyard is a rockery connected to a pool. There is clear water flowing down from the rockery. The pool is still empty. It is estimated that a few beautiful koi will be raised later.

Bypassing the pool is the big living room of his house. The first floor is mainly the living room and tea room, and the second floor is the study room and storage room. The rooms are very large. A living room is like a large conference room, which can seat thousands of people. .

Each room is still empty, the floor is paved with cement, the walls are painted with white plaster, and there is no other decoration, obviously the craftsmen are uncertain and waiting for him to make a decision.

At the beginning, Li Xu only drew the outline drawing, and did not explain the interior decoration, but to be honest, there is not much decoration in such an empty room.

Liu Shu walked upstairs and downstairs, figured out the purpose of each room, and suggested: "There should be a lounge behind the study. The prince often handles business until midnight, and he can rest in the study when he is tired."

This is very necessary, Li Xu nodded in agreement, but Liu Shu asked again: "Why are there dressing rooms upstairs and downstairs, and there is more than one."

The dressing room is the toilet. In ancient houses, the toilets were almost all built outside. The owner’s house is better, and the toilet is usually placed in a separate space from the room. When Li Xu wants to build a new house, the first thing he considers is how to build the toilet. , He even had someone design a flushable toilet with a pipe running down to the septic tank.

When the craftsmen first saw this design drawing, their foreheads were full of question marks, but it was not difficult to make it. After successful completion, they all wanted to go home and remodel their toilets.

In addition to this, Li Xu also connected water pipes to each floor. Not far from his new home is the river. At this time, the river water can be drunk directly. He built a water truck by the river to bring the water all the way to the house. Then install the water pipes to lead to each room.

The first building is mainly an office space. His private space is in the backyard, separated by a very large open space, with ponds, small bridges, and pavilions. It looks like another style of Chinese garden. However, in order to get closer to the style of the building, Li Xu abandoned the exquisite style of the garden, but adopted a simple style. The pavilion has no winding cornices, and no exquisitely carved patterns. It is just a circular pavilion with a roof. The conical hat, those craftsmen couldn't bear to look directly when they built this pavilion, wishing they could carve a dragon on each pillar.

There is a large lawn next to the pool, which is specially reserved for the little princess by Li Xu. You can ride horses and shoot arrows, play cuju and skip rope, and set up a stage to watch theatre. Although Li Xu has no interest in watching theatre, but in case he My daughter likes it.

Behind them is their bedroom, which is also a small two-story building, but much smaller. Next door is the little princess's boudoir, which is the same size as his. Other people's residences are further back. This new palace is even more It looks like a group of modern villas, which looks very novel.

Liu Shu ran wildly in the backyard, looked back and forth for a long time, and felt that everything was very novel, "My lord, is that next to your bedroom a slave's room?"

"Uh, no, that's the dressing room." In the literal sense of the word, Li Xu just thought that if he got married in the future, maybe his wife would need a dressing room. After all, women have a lot of clothes and jewelry, so there is a dressing room The room will be more convenient.

"Where does that servant live?" Liu Shu asked cautiously.

Li Xu pointed to the buildings that were still under construction and said, "You can live in whichever building you like in the future, and choose by yourself."

"I only have one slave, so I don't need a building. Can I choose a small room downstairs to live in?" As Li Xu's personal attendant, Liu Shu should live in a place closer to Li Xu. Li Xu thought about it. Thinking about it, he said, "It's fine for now, but if another owner moves in in the future, it depends on what he wants."

Liu Shu said with a smile: "Don't worry, when the princess enters the house in the future, the anteroom will naturally be given over to the servant girl, and the slave will not be too late to move out."

Kou Xiao's figure flashed in Li Xu's mind, thinking: Maybe there won't be a personal maid.

When this topic was brought up, Liu Shu also reminded Li Xu: "My lord, it stands to reason that one year after the loss of the first wife, you can continue to take it. This servant is thinking that next year the emperor should appoint a new concubine for you. Do you want to choose this person first?" First of all, we still have some useful people in the capital, and if we work hard, we might be able to marry you a favorite princess, if someone else intervenes, we might appoint some kind of monster for you."

Li Xu's expression froze for a moment, as if he hadn't considered this issue, but this issue is really difficult to solve. If the emperor wanted to marry him a wife, he would definitely not first ask him if he would like to, who he liked. selected.

Based on the emperor's current attitude towards him, he would definitely not be given a very powerful Yue family. He would probably choose a daughter from a noble family with no real power.

"It's time to think about it." Li Xu decided to think about how to make the emperor give up on marrying him a wife, and it is best to give him the autonomy of marriage.

Liu Shu squeezed his fingers, and said reluctantly: "If the prince is worried that this matter will not be done, the slave has another way. Why don't you write a letter to His Majesty, saying that you have taken a fancy to the daughter of an official in South Vietnam, and you are not afraid of it." If you marry, the Kou family in South Vietnam is worth three points of fear, and is always shorter than the daughter of a noble family in the capital, no matter who you want to marry, the emperor will definitely agree."

Liu Shu is shrewd and can understand the truth here, but Li Xu doesn't want to choose this way. If he doesn't like it, marrying him will also harm him.

"My lord will think about it carefully." Li Xu temporarily put this matter aside, and summoned the craftsmen to study the interior decoration.

After the meeting here was over, Li Xu saw that it was still early, so he stopped by the military camp and discussed with Kou Xiao about conscription. Originally, they planned to issue the conscription order after the autumn harvest, but the incident on the island made them feel urgent. I feel that the sooner the conscription is done, the better.

"The lord and the general thought of going together. The general also discussed this matter with the military adviser just now, but there are some differences in the number of people. The original plan was [-], but the general felt that it was not enough. What do you mean?"

Of course Jiang Qiuming also wanted to add more troops to Kou’s army, but he felt that South Vietnam’s finances might not be able to afford excessive military expenditures, and South Vietnam’s population was limited, so conscription was not something anyone could ask for. Already quite a few.

Li Xu already had an answer to this matter, and said directly: "The Kou family's army recruited 5 troops, making up 2 people, and the navy recruited 1 people. At the same time, a naval base was established in Pushang. 1000 people have passed, and the coastal defense line must be established bit by bit, what can only [-] people do?"

Kou Xiao and Jiang Qiuming didn't expect that Li Xu would be generous when he came up. For the border, tens of thousands of soldiers are really not many, but South Vietnam has always been sparsely populated, and there are no major foreign enemies. Coupled with financial poverty, they cannot afford to support too many soldiers. There are many soldiers, and it has never been full.

Kou Xiao touched his little heart, and asked with a smile: "Can the prince afford so many people?"

Li Xu snorted twice: "If you can't afford it, let the Kou family army farm for me, so that you can be self-sufficient."

This is actually a good way. Now even slope land can be reclaimed to grow grain, and the planting period is greatly shortened. It is really nothing to let the Kou family's army plant some fields in their spare time.

"The general thinks this method is feasible, but isn't the wasteland near Minzhou almost open? You are not allowed to move the remaining mountainous land. If you want to plant tea trees, you may not be able to take care of it if it is too far away."

Li Xu laughed loudly, "Haha, I didn't expect General Kou to be such a real person. Don't worry, I haven't reached this point yet. The two of you should write a military budget for me to see. I will do my best to raise money. gone."

Jiang Qiuming has never been so comfortable. In the past, their military pay and rations were all difficult to squeeze out. Now that there is a rich man lavishly taking over the military expenses, he has nothing to worry about.

Kou Xiao didn't plan to go back today. He had to calculate the budget overnight and write out the conscription order. He was very busy. He sent Li Xu to the gate of the barracks and sent twenty Kou family soldiers to escort him, "My lord , Today is different from the past, since you already know that there are enemies watching, you must pay attention to your safety, these 20 people are the personal guards of the last general, you must take them with you wherever you go."

Li Xu didn't pretentiously refuse. If he dies, the whole of Nanyue will return to its original appearance. This is what the enemy wants to see most. If he is that Wudao lord, he will definitely try to kill him.

After returning home, he ate dinner in a hurry, and Li Xu summoned various managers to start checking the accounts. For any business, the initial investment is the most. Li Xu has opened up so many business routes, but new projects come one after another. Not much money was left.

Lei Yang is now his confidant, and his status is faintly at the head of all the managers, even Lei Zhan has to give three points to this cousin.

In the first half of the year, the income from brown sugar was good, but a few factories were built and it was completely consumed. Later, tea sales were booming, and the income was even higher, but road construction was like a bottomless pit, burning money every day. Thinking of conscription, The army is a place that burns money every day, Li Xu feels overwhelmed.

No matter how much money he earns, he still feels that it is not enough to spend, and the speed of getting money is still too slow.

Lai San saw the profits of several other places, and then looked at the flow of the grocery store, and suddenly felt that he was left far behind. The business of the grocery store has always been very good, but the money he made was only small money, and it was still the local people's money. Money, to Li Xu, is really not worth mentioning.

He gritted his teeth, stood up and said, "My lord, now the grocery store has more than [-] recipes, and there are dozens of best-selling foods among them. The villain thinks it's time to open branches in various places."

Li Xu nodded, the words touched his heart, he really planned to open the restaurant chain to the whole country.

"Grocery shops in the local area are only places for the common people to eat fresh food. It is better to open restaurants in other places. The Lei family has more experience in this matter. Tomorrow morning, Lei Yang and his son and Steward Lai will come to the mansion to discuss this matter in detail."

Everyone cast envious eyes on Lei Yang and Lei Luo, Lei Yang is really amazing, not to mention that he is highly valued by the prince, and the three sons are also in their early years, the eldest son and the second son are out in charge, and the third son stays in Minzhou to run for the prince After running, they are all the confidantes of the prince.

Not to be outdone, Lei Zhan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, according to the books, the glass factory earns the best income. The supply of those exquisite glass products is in short supply and the price is expensive. Do you want to pay more? It just so happens that the tea business is coming to an end. "

"Things are rare and expensive. You all know what glass is like. It's not a precious thing. Now it's just taking advantage of other places to make a fortune. If there are too many things, it's worthless. It's still at the original speed." , send out a ship every month, and sell it in different places, and the money from the sale is best exchanged for the local tight freight back.”

"There are a lot of things piled up in the warehouse now, and there are all kinds of miscellaneous things. The prince has thought about how to deal with it? Or open a business to sell it yourself?"

"Someone will go to the warehouse to pick up the goods in a few days. You can give him whatever he wants. You don't need to ask about the rest." Those things were prepared by Li Xu for Ye Changqing's firm. sell away.

"Lei Zhan will also come tomorrow afternoon, I have something to tell you."

Lei Zhan agreed excitedly, and felt that he was taller than others when he sat down.

Li Xu asked about the progress of the garment factory, and the answer he got was: "The wool has been cleaned and dried, and the looms have been put in place, and they are all knitting recently. Other than that, the rest of the workers are rushing to make wool." Uniforms, there is no spare manpower for anything else."

Li Xu originally wanted to make a second set of military uniforms for Kou's army, but now he has a plan for conscription. The garment factory is already struggling to complete this batch of orders, and there is really no way to make extra fabric.

"It's too slow to recruit workers only. Ask around, if there are other cloth and dyeing factories willing to cooperate with the garment factory, you can spread out the list of military uniforms."

"What if the method of printing and dyeing the camouflage uniform is leaked?"

"Let each of them send one person to study and sign a non-disclosure agreement. If it is leaked, no matter who leaks it, they will be compensated at twice the total price of the order. Those who are willing to sign will accept it, and those who are unwilling will forget it. Tell me They, after reaching a cooperation, as long as the two parties cooperate happily, the wool business can also cooperate together."

The person in charge of the garment factory nodded frequently and wrote down these words verbatim. He suddenly remembered something and said, "My lord, a few days ago a young man named Gan Shun came to the door with a letter of recommendation. , said that a young gentleman introduced him to learn experience, and his subordinates recognized your handwriting, do you really want to teach him printing and dyeing techniques for free?"

"It's him." A little smile appeared on the corner of Li Xu's mouth. At that time, he just thought that this young man was good at making progress, so he gave this opportunity. He didn't expect him to come so soon.

"Gan's family has a cloth dyeing workshop. Talk to him about your first business. It's okay if you don't agree. Let him stay in the dyeing workshop for a month and teach him some new techniques."

When the boss spoke, the employees naturally wouldn't object, but secretly sighed that the young man was so outstanding that he could be treated differently by the prince.