Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Old Mrs. Kou left after lunch in the palace, Kou Xiao personally sent him back, when he arrived at the door, he couldn't help saying, "Ah Weng, you are not very old, do you really want to live like this? "

The old man blew his beard and stared at him: "What do you mean? Do you think I can't do business with my old bones? Or are you going to hand over the position of general?"

Kou Xiao said helplessly, "Even if your grandson gives up, will you accept it?"

The old man gave a "bah" and said angrily: "I know and ask? I am at this age, what else can I do? You think everyone has such good luck as Lei Ming, and when he is old, there are people who will plan his future. It's really an elbow turn, why didn't such a good opportunity be left to my family?"

The old man was very clear about Lei Ming's level of knowledge, and he thought it would be embarrassing to ask him to take the South Vietnamese students out on a tour, but he could only keep this matter in his heart, he knew himself well, and he couldn't do it well.

Kou Xiao wanted to tell him about Li Xu's decision, but in the end he didn't say it. He didn't know if Li Xu had changed his mind, and the consequences of talking too much might make the relationship that had just eased become tense again.

It's just that he feels that the old man is too idle, so he thinks about marrying a wife and having children every day, so he has to find something to do for him.

After returning to the palace, Kou Xiao asked Li Xu for advice, "Do you still want my grandfather to take care of education?"

Li Xu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head sincerely: "Forget it, if he makes a mistake, it's not a good thing for the county guard to embarrass him."

"Is there anything suitable for him to do?"

Li Xu understood Kou Xiao's thoughts as soon as he heard it, and immediately thought about it seriously, and asked the old man's preferences, and finally clapped his hands together, and said: "Let him take care of Nanyue Academy, give him the title of mountain chief, and start from the site selection." Do you think it’s feasible to let him personally inquire from construction to enrollment?”

Don't think that the official position of the chief of the county guard is higher than that of the academy's head, but the latter is an honor. When people hear what kind of academy's head you are, they immediately respect you, and it's not based on the official position.

And this errand has an advantage. If you are willing to take care of things, there will be endless things to do. If you are not willing to take care of things and want to find leisure, you will naturally have the help of the people below you. It is a very flexible position.

Kou Xiao knew that since he dared to bring it up, he must have considered it carefully. His grandfather may not be very knowledgeable, but his reputation is not bad, so he should be competent.

"The planning map of the academy has been released, but I haven't had time to find a place. The king is also busy, so why not leave it to the old man? He has lived in Minzhou for decades, and he is very familiar with every inch of the land."

Seeing that he had an idea, Kou Xiao went back to the Kou Mansion and told the old man about it. Taking advantage of the old man's good mood today, it might be easier to make sense.

The old man took a sip of tea and coughed violently: "Ahem...you...what did you say?"

The maid at the side hurriedly patted him on the back, and it took him a long time to calm down.

The old man pushed away the maidservant's tender hand, stared at Kou Xiao and asked, "What did you just say? Say it again."

Kou Xiao looked at him helplessly, repeated what he said just now, and persuaded him: "You are really young, and you are not yet ready for retirement. This Nanyue Academy will definitely be the place where officials from all walks of life will be selected in the future. This mountain chief The position of the Kou family is assumed by us, isn't it tantamount to regaining control of government affairs?"

On the way Kou Xiao came here, he had already planned his speech. When talking to his grandfather, don’t use reason to move him emotionally. Just explain the benefits directly, and he will definitely be moved.

Sure enough, when he heard that there was such a benefit, the old man’s eyes narrowed. "You are the one who came up with such an idea, but can the prince agree? He managed to drive Lei Ming away so that I can take over Nanyue Academy?"

Kou Xiao naturally wanted to speak well for Li Xu, "Of course I agree, we are a family, the Kou family is good to everyone, and he had this idea before, but he didn't bring it up." Kou Xiao secretly changed his position Tell the old man, let him know how much Li Xu values ​​him.

The old man sat upright, and nodded slightly, "For sure, he has vision, but the ugly words come first, I don't listen to other people's foolish orders, let me be the head of the mountain, and everything has to be obeyed by me!"

Kou Xiao showed him the academy design drawn by Li Xu, "Others can be discussed, but the drawings must be from the prince. The prince said that if you think something is not good and you want to change it, you can report it to him, so as not to hurt your friendship." .”

The old man held the blueprint and refused to let go. Li Xu's design drawing had clear lines, even the dimensions were marked, and the places and uses were also listed one by one. The old man was very moved when he saw the specifications. This Nanyue Academy will definitely be able to His name will last for thousands of years!And I will become the first head of this academy, what an honor it is!

He was very excited, and immediately agreed, and even said in a good temper: "Go and let the prince send some capable stewards, don't worry, I am not a person who does not know what to do, I know how important this academy is, and I will not mess around Yes, I will ask more questions, listen more and think more about what I don't understand, and I will definitely get things done!"

Kou Xiao knew that he was getting excited right now, so he left the drawings for him to review slowly, talked about the site selection, and then went back.

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After Ji Hanyu sent the letter, he was depressed for a whole day. He was raised by his master since he was a child, and he treated him as his biological father. He never thought that the two would come to this point.

He wanted to write letters many times to mediate the conflict, but he was afraid that he would bring up the matter of getting married, so he never dared to contact him.

Sometimes he thought, maybe he should get married too, so that he would not have to worry about the future. He was sure that he could be faithful to his wife. After all, love is not everything in life. He is not Kou Xiao. Not to mention King Shun, who can bow down for his life.

But he was somewhat unwilling, especially after seeing Kou Xiao and King Shun achieve positive results, he occasionally wondered if he could also find a lover who would accompany him for a lifetime instead of marrying a woman to live his life with respect and respect.

"My lord, there is your letter." The attendant strode in with a letter.

Ji Hanyu asked casually, "Where did you send it?"

The entourage replied with a strange expression: "It should be Jiang Junshi."

Well, it was that annoying guy again, Ji Hanyu raised his forehead, and didn't really want to open his letter.

But in his last letter, he wrote a lot of what he saw and heard along the way, like a travelogue, which is particularly fascinating. He didn't have a chance to go out by himself, so it would be good to see the world through other people's eyes.Moreover, Jiang Qiuming is very good at writing stories. Sometimes he only wrote half of the story, and the other half said that he would wait for the next chapter to break it down, which whetted Ji Hanyu's appetite.

It was like this last time. The letter mentioned that there is a small village in Guilin. The villagers there have a frightening custom. It is said that after every baby is born, it must be carried to a certain mountain to worship the mountain god. The child must be allowed by the mountain god. Bring him back, otherwise he can only be swallowed by wild beasts on the mountain.

Ji Hanyu looked creepy, but he also knew that some customs in various places, especially in remote places, were so incredible and inhumane.

Jiang Qiuming said in the letter that the group of them originally wanted to take a detour, but they encountered this incident accidentally. They saved a baby from the mouth of wolves, and then went to the village in a rage to look for the child. parent clan.

Jiang Qiuming didn't write about what happened after that, but since he was able to send the letter back, it means that they must have passed through that village without incident, half of the writing was just to whet his appetite, it's really bad!

"Bring it here." Ji Hanyu stretched out his hand to ask for the letter, but resisted not opening it. He didn't open the thick letter until Xia Ya went back, finished eating and taking a shower, lying on the bamboo chair.

He thought, he would like to see where this Jiang Qiuming will break the story again this time.

I couldn’t avoid some greetings at the beginning, and then I saw Jiang Qiuming wrote in the letter: The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Guilin is hot and humid, the land is sparsely populated, and forest barriers are everywhere. There are more than a dozen people in our group suffering from varying degrees of pain. He carried a lot of pills with him, and no one died of illness for the time being.

But after we discussed it, we decided not to continue westward, but to go north, maybe the next destination is Shu County.Walking slowly along the way, the places we pass are not beautiful everywhere, and we often see injustices, which makes us feel a little heavy. Everyone can only look forward to the prosperity of the Central Plains, and maybe we can see another scene.

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Ji Hanyu read every word carefully, and he felt right when he saw that they were going to change their route to the north. There are many deserted places in the west, and there are too many dangers in the deep forest. Although they have a hundred guards, humans cannot defeat the sky, fierce beasts and poisonous snakes Enough to kill someone.

Ji Hanyu couldn't reply to his letter because they didn't know where he was now. They could only tell where he had been and what had happened from the letters and items sent by Jiang Qiuming.

Lian Shun Wang also said that this line of business may not be peaceful, and if he really loses troops and generals, he may regret it.

He even wrote to Lei Ming and the others, allowing the thirteen aristocratic family children to return midway, but no one has turned back so far. I think everyone cherishes this rare opportunity.

Ji Hanyu said to himself: "It would be much better to go north. The prosperity of Dayan is in the Central Plains and the North, and the south is indeed too desolate."

It wasn't until he put down the letter that Ji Hanyu realized that Jiang Qiuming didn't continue the last story, but wrote another letter directly, and he was furious, "This bastard, who can do such a thing, is really a villain !"

After scolding Jiang Qiuming, Ji Hanyu frowned again and asked, "Could it be that he was too busy and forgot? Maybe he was also sick and lost his mind?" No matter what, Ji Hanyu couldn't see what he wanted to see.

But this matter was on my mind, and it was really uncomfortable not to solve it, so Ji Hanyu went to the Nanyue Library the next day when he was resting, and searched through various travel notes and historical biographies, trying to find out news related to the small village in Guilin County, but nothing.

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Two days later, Mrs. Kou sent someone to tell Li Xu that he had found a suitable place to build an academy, and he picked two places in total, and wanted King Shun to decide which land to use.

Li Xu went to see it in person. One is not far from the palace, at the foot of the mountain in the suburbs, backed by the mountain and facing the river, and not on the main road, so it is very quiet. There are no mountains and rivers, so you can build whatever you want, without being trapped by the terrain.

Li Xu immediately decided to choose the second place. It doesn't matter if it is farther away. Minzhou City is bound to expand the city. There are already many people living together in the western suburbs of the factory. Some are migrant workers and bring their families here. Settlement, some are small shops selling goods, it seems like a small town.

There is also a large piece of flat land to the west, which can be included in the new city's territory. Moreover, after the academy is completed, the surrounding area will inevitably develop. He only needs to ask the county guard to supervise the planning, and this area must be developed.

After the address was selected, the old man was not very satisfied with it. He felt that Nanyue Academy should be built on a famous mountain like other academies, so that it would have aura. It felt too much to build an academy on a random piece of flat land. Hasty.

Li Xu doesn't want to go to an academy in the future and have to climb mountains and wading through water. He thinks that the academy should be built in a popular place. Living away from the world is a fairy, but without popularity, what he wants to train is a group of officials who can be pragmatic. It's not a group of scribes who recite poems and fight against each other.

The old man felt that this was reasonable, and immediately went to supervise the construction with vigor and vigor. He even built a small house outside the academy and lived here without even returning home.

Mrs. Kou scolded him when she found out. Could it be someone outside who is so alive suddenly?

However, Kou Liuniang's husband has been fighting with the old man, and the old lady can feel at ease only after he reports back and forth.

Speaking of this son-in-law, although many people look down on him, he is very popular with the old man. He is clever, quick-spoken, and able to coax people. The attitude of the Kou family towards him is not bad. This time the old man When he was about to become the head of the Nanyue Academy, he felt that the opportunity had come, and he followed the old man on saddle every day. At the beginning, he only did the work of serving others, and he didn't say a word. After a while, the old man saw that he was calm, so he confessed. He did some small things, but he didn't expect him to do well. Gradually, everyone looked at him differently.

Li Xu even complained to Kou Xiao in his spare time: "You didn't like him at the beginning, how do you look at him now?"

Kou Xiao is the one who easily admits mistakes, "This person is eager for quick success. He sees the benefits of the academy and wants to take advantage, so he will try his best to help. If he doesn't get what he wants in the end, you can see if he will turn his face."

Li Xu pointed at the person and scolded with a smile: "Your request is too high. If it were you, in the end, you would find that you didn't get any benefits. It's no wonder that you want to kill people if you are angry. He is utilitarian, but most people in the world Those who are utilitarian and not utilitarian are the ones I can't order. I really don't like it. You are a good brother-in-law. You are willing to endure hardships. You have done a few errands well. It seems that you are still stable. In the future, he can be placed in the academy as a steward, but I don't know how high his vision is."

Kou Xiao didn't like this brother-in-law, but he didn't hate him either. Of course he was willing to work harder than a salted fish. After all, it was the Kou family who benefited, and with him and the prince watching over him, he couldn't make a big fuss.

"Stop boasting, isn't that kid's most worthy of boasting is his face? We'll have to see what he is capable of."

Li Xu knew that he was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, so he immediately suppressed his laughter and stopped talking. Anyway, he has already been taken out, so what happens in the future depends on his own fate.