Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Kou Xiao was still thinking about what Li Xu said just now when he was lying on the bed with Li Xu. He said, do you know that raising you is very expensive.

Coupled with the helpless sigh afterwards, Kou Xiao himself blushed.Calculating carefully, Kou Xiao had to admit that what Li Xu did for the people and the Kou family army after he arrived in South Vietnam, was right.

Before Li Xu came to South Vietnam, he couldn't be more clear about the life and situation of everyone in this land. Looking at the current changes, who dares to say that it is not the credit of King Shun.

"What are you thinking? Are you still sleepy?" Li Xu knew Kou Xiao couldn't fall asleep when he heard Kou Xiao's breathing disorder. Seeing him staring at him with a pair of beautiful eyes.

"Think about what the prince said just now, and how I can repay you."

Li Xu raised his hand and touched his face. Although Kou Xiao is one year younger than him, his face is not well maintained. His facial features are very handsome, but his skin is not delicate, instead it has a sense of vicissitudes. So he would always ignore Kou Xiao's actual age.

Kou Xiao held his hand and put it on his lips to kiss, then put that delicate palm in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. He fell in love with Li Xu's hand early in the morning. It was so beautiful, with distinct joints and slender roots. The finger pulp is also round and cute, making people want to take a bite, and he did.

"Hiss! Is it a dog?" Li Xu withdrew his hand, lifted the quilt, covered Kou Xiao, and held him down to prevent him from moving, "Lie down and sleep, otherwise, I'll sleep on the floor."

Kou Xiao finally got on this bed, how could he be willing to make a bed on the floor, lay down obediently, then moved to Li Xu's side bit by bit, clinging to him, holding Li Xu's hand dishonestly, and then Close your eyes and sleep.

The two of them had been in close contact last night, but today they were surprisingly honest, no one thought about having a skin-to-skin kiss, and they slept peacefully, like an old married couple.

Li Xu woke up at dawn, and the people next to him still got up early and left. He lay in bed and thought about it. The money-maker in this family sleeps until dawn, but the one who spends money wakes up earlier than chickens and sleeps faster than dogs every day. Even late is rare.

After a good night's sleep, Li Xu wakes up in great spirits. It seems that it will be the day of moving in two days. He told Liu Shu to go there to make arrangements in the next two days. He has made a list of what to buy, plus With Liu Shu's addition, a whole booklet was written.

He has no idea how many things need to be added to a complete palace, but he knows that there are a lot of ingredients and utensils that need to be prepared to entertain thousands of people, not to mention that there is a lack of everything there.

Xiyuan has already started to pack things. The big and useful things have been delivered to the new home in advance. The little princess is not too tired to go back and forth with the convoy every day. She even wrote a post to her friends, inviting them to visit her. New home to play.

Naturally, everyone was extremely happy, that was Prince Shun's mansion, there were too many people who wanted to have a relationship with King Shun.

Lei Ming walked into the Sheriff's Mansion with his hands behind his back. It was getting late at this point. The Sheriff's Mansion had been raided several times because of the prince. The officials are very active in their work, commuting on time. No one dares to skip get off work for no reason, except Lei Ming. .

When he walked past Ji Hanyu's office, he knocked on the door and greeted him before returning to his office.

As usual, the accumulated official documents have already been sent over with instructions, and he can issue them for execution as long as he stamps a seal. If it is an official document that has been approved by King Shun, he will definitely add a point to the revision plan, and relevant officials will sign their opinions. It was delivered to him, and all affairs were arranged in an orderly manner.

Lei Ming flipped through the official document for a few minutes and then put it down. He leaned back on a comfortable chair and closed his eyes to rest. This chair was imitated by him after the chair in Wang Ye's study room. It was soft and the backrest was also very comfortable. Undoubtedly lovable, but sitting too long can lead to lazy bones.

"Is the palace housewarming banquet the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, my lord."

"The congratulatory gift has not been prepared yet, do you have any suggestions?" Lei Ming asked the attendants beside him with his eyes closed.

"This is really a difficult problem. Gifts are nothing more than money and beauty, but the prince has plenty of money, but he is not close to beauty. Why don't you ask the fourth master, he should know the prince's preferences better."

Lei Yang shook his head, and for the first time put his feet on the table without any image, "What do you think of me giving the position of Lord Sheriff to the prince?"

The entourage turned pale with shock, "Sir, you are..." He hurriedly lowered his voice to persuade: "Why do you do this, the prince doesn't seem to be bothered by you, this seat is very good, why do you want to throw it away?"

"My lord really respects me, but the times are different. Many of my political views are different from your lord's. It will be ugly in the future. It's better to get out as soon as possible. Back then, I just squeezed into the officialdom and wanted to exchange money for rights. Now this right, Instead, it can be spelled out in another way.”

"what do you mean?"

"This official resigns from this official position to become a housekeeper for the prince, will he be willing to accept it?"

The corner of the entourage's mouth twitched, and he said with a concealed smile: "I don't know if the prince is willing or not, but Eunuch Liu must not be willing."

"Oh, I forgot there is still him, so let's go to another place. I am in my early forties this year, and I am in good health. It is suitable for me to go out of South Vietnam and look around. The fourth father and son have been to the bustling place in the capital, but I haven't been there yet. pass."

The follower knew that he had been thinking about this matter recently, and it should not have been a sudden whim, so he stopped persuading him.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this county guard's mansion will definitely become a subsidiary of the prince, and even the Kou family's army will not escape, let alone civil officials like them.

Lei Ming opened the official document written by Li Xu last night and handed it to him, "After taking office, the lord will be kind to the common people, to the officials, to the soldiers, and he will always give to the best of his ability. In a few years, the lord's reputation in South Vietnam will be unmatched, and those old guys who want to make bad plans are afraid that they will die."

"Aren't you going to tell the prince about this?"

"Of course I want to say it, but why spoil the prince's interest at this juncture, the housewarming is a great joy." Lei Ming patted his sleeves and stood up, and went out with his entourage, "Let's go, go pick out gifts for the prince."

At this moment, Man Nanyue is struggling to give gifts to King Shun. There are not a few people, even Kou Xiao. The relationship between him and Li Xu has made a breakthrough. Last night, he not only received flowers but also ate the delicious food he cooked himself. No matter what, I have to return the gift.

He walked around in the barracks, hearing the roar of tens of thousands of people practicing, it was deafening, he looked at these young faces, and thought about how much money these people would spend on Li Xu throughout the year, he laughed again after thinking about it, and cursed To put it bluntly, I have been cheated by Li Xu so badly that I actually have such thoughts.

Jiang Qiuming watched his unpredictable expression and asked in a low voice, "General, did you not sleep well last night?"

Kou Xiao glanced at the fan in his hand, and said with a sneer, "When will you get rid of this problem, why do you use a fan when it's winter, don't you think it's cold?"

Jiang Qiuming pulled off his collar and showed him, "I'm wearing two sweaters. It's not cold at all. The prince is really ingenious. This sweater is so good. It's light and warm. Wearing two sweaters won't damage my slender figure. Cotton clothes look better."

Kou Xiao couldn't say anything about his pretentious habit, but when it came to the sweater, he pulled Jiang Qiuming and asked, "Who knitted the sweater on your body?"

"Don't you know? This sweater is only sold in the garment factory in Wangfu, and no one outside knows how to weave it. I heard that the factory is full of female workers who have signed a non-disclosure agreement. The method of knitting sweaters will not be leaked."

"That's it." Kou Xiao had an idea just now and wanted to knit a sweater for Li Xu himself, thinking that it would be considered a thoughtful gift, and it must be more meaningful than buying it from outside.

But he didn't know whether it was difficult to knit a sweater. He didn't wear it himself, because he didn't need it, so he ordered Jiang Qiuming to take off a sweater. After studying it inside and out, he felt that it was not something he could do. How light and delicate fingers can weave it, it is too difficult for him to be a martial artist.

He was still thinking about this question when he returned to the city from the barracks, and seeing that it was still early, he simply wandered the streets.

The common people avoided one after another, but different from the previous fears, everyone now retreated politely when they saw General Kou, and just made way for him. Kou Xiao did not notice such a change before, but today he can see it clearly.

He thought, he didn't do anything good, why did he suddenly change his mind.

"General Kou, what a coincidence, I ran into you again." Lei Ming greeted him not far away.

Kou Xiao temporarily put away the question just now, frowned and asked Lei Ming: "Why did Master Lei appear here? Shouldn't he be in the Sheriff's Mansion at this time?"

Lei Ming cupped his hands at him and made a bow, "Don't make it difficult for me to be an official. I came out to choose gifts for the prince, and I'm at a loss. I wonder if the general has any good suggestions?"

Kou Xiao suddenly felt that he and he had a common topic, and the two went into the antique shop on the street together, but the items in this shop were not as good as those in their house, and they couldn't give them away at all.

Lei Ming followed Kou Xiao through several shops, and naturally noticed the change in passers-by's attitude towards Kou Xiao. He hesitated and said, "My lord once said a word to my subordinates. He said that people feel inferior because of suffering. Cowardly, afraid of anyone or anything that threatens them, but when they live affluently, they will begin to recognize the world and discover the beauty of life."

Kou Xiao was noncommittal about this, "The lord is too kind-hearted, he doesn't want to see the suffering of the people, so he can't wait to turn into a boy who spreads wealth, and raise these people as children, food and clothing, parents, these four words are the most suitable gift for him."

"At first, I also thought this was the case, but recently I always walked on the street, saw completely different streets from before, and looked at the satisfied smiles on their faces. I felt that the prince's words also made sense. I heard that the prince has ordered to let The people have learned the official language, the next step, the prince should open a school, he is step by step to let the people out of ignorance, after a few years, who would dare to say that South Vietnam is a land of barbarians."

Kou Xiao is proud of it. Of course the person he has his eyes on is extraordinary, but his relationship with Li Xu cannot be exposed so early. Although he doesn't care, but for Li Xu's plan, he doesn't mind living a low-key life.

A group of children came running from the end of the street, carrying a cloth bag and carrying a basket or bag in their hands, selling goods to passers-by, some selling wild flowers and some wild fruits, which looked quite strange.

"Aren't these boys the beggars who live in the deserted house, and the government helped them?"

"They were all taken in by the Salesian Bureau, but Mr. Ji himself wrote the rules, but children over the age of seven are only provided with one meal a day, one set of clothes every year, and a place to live, and they have to earn the rest on their own. , and taught them to sell some small things, the money they earn belongs to themselves, and they can exchange their grades for food.”

Lei Ming said with emotion: "Master Ji is young, his brain is active, and his thoughts can always keep up with the thoughts of the prince. We old bones can't do it anymore, our thinking is too rigid."

A seven or eight-year-old girl walked up to Kou Xiao with a basket on her shoulders. She was scared at first, she lowered her head and dared not speak, but when she saw a group of patrolling yamen servants coming over there, she became more courageous and asked in a low voice: " Do you want to buy flowers?"

It was the first time for Kou Xiao to be asked such a question, what flowers to buy?What does he, a big man, buy flowers for?In the past, his concept of flowers was the decorations that the female relatives put on their buns, but when he thought of the bouquet of paper flowers he received last night, he couldn't help stretching out his hand, "Give it all to me."

The little girl thought he was trying to steal it, so she protected her basket and said, "This...these costs a total of ten Wen, you pay first."

Kou Xiao touched his face, and asked Lei Ming, "Does this general look like someone who would renege on his debts?"

Lei Ming laughed loudly, nodded and said, "You have done this kind of thing a lot." When they were the poorest, they couldn't even raise rations for the army. Didn't they survive to this day only by robbing and repaying debts?

Kou Xiao asked his personal guards to buy flowers with money, and he threw the basket to the people behind him without carrying the basket. He had sharp eyes, saw many people pointing at him, and smiled like a fool.

He thought to himself: I have never seen the market, what's wrong with a big man buying flowers, are he not allowed to buy flowers to coax his wife?

As the sky darkened, Lei Ming offered to invite Kou Xiao to dinner. Kou Xiao refused at first, and he wanted to go back to have a reunion dinner with Li Xu, but Lei Ming whispered: "I have something to say to the general. Business."

Kou Xiao sent a bodyguard back to tell Li Xu about this, and then entered Fulai Restaurant with Lei Ming.

When Shopkeeper Xu saw the two of them coming in, he naturally warmly greeted them up to the second floor, "There are no empty boxes at this point, why don't you two go to the box designated by the prince."

Kou Xiao curled his lips and said to Lei Ming: "Look at your Lei family's slaves, you have reserved a special box for King Shun, but you, the official owner, have to borrow the prince's face."

Lei Ming smiled wryly and shook his head, "Now Fulai Restaurant is not considered to be the property of the Lei family. You don't know that in just two months, the prince has opened the restaurant all over Dayan, and now there are more than a dozen branches."

Shopkeeper Xu immediately complimented: "Yes, I heard that the branch in the capital is doing very well. If the villain is not too old, he still wants to apply to be a deputy shopkeeper."

After sending the person into the box, shopkeeper Xu ordered several dishes according to the tastes of the two, and then exited the box, leaving space for the two adults.