Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

After dinner, Li Xu led Kou Xiao to the bedroom. His yard is not big, and there is no spare room for him to use as a study. Li Xu let him sit by the bed, and took a pen and paper to draw pictures on the small desk.

Seeing this, Kou Xiao repented and said: "Your lord has been wronged. There are many courtyards vacant in the mansion. If your lord doesn't dislike it, why don't you move to Xiyuan, where there are four small courtyards connected, and the space is bigger."

Li Xu was not familiar with the Kou Mansion, so he didn't know where Xiyuan was, but when he heard that it was a few small courtyards connected together, he asked him: "Is it convenient to go in and out there? If it's in the inner courtyard, forget it."

"There is a small side door in Xiyuan. I'll send someone to rest for a while, and I'll send two people to guard it. No one else is allowed in or out on weekdays. It should be convenient."

Li Xu wanted this result, but he still symbolically refused. "My king's living in the Kou Mansion has already disturbed everyone, I think it's better to find a place to move out."

Without waiting for Kou Xiao to dissuade him, he continued: "Besides, it's not very convenient to go in and out of Kou's mansion. You will always meet the ladies and maids in the backyard. Because of this king, the older girls of the Kou family have avoided the suburbs. I have gone, I really feel guilty, I might as well move out so that the girls can come back home."

Kou Xiao looked at him seriously, and couldn't tell the truth from his expression, but he judged others by himself, and felt that Li Xu really didn't like living in other people's homes, after all, he was a guest, and it was not convenient for him to stay at his own home.

No matter what the reason was, Kou Xiao didn't want him to move away, so he said generously: "How about this, I'll find someone to separate the Xiyuan, build a wall, and open a small door, so you don't need to go through the inner courtyard to get in and out. , In this way, the prince will never meet the female family members of the inner house again."

Li Xu looked at him in surprise, he didn't expect him to go with him, he always felt that this young man was too kind to him, but he also knew that Kou Xiao wanted to keep him under his nose and watch him, To prevent myself from messing around outside, I really can't underestimate this young man.

Li Xu should have been happy when his goal was achieved, but he felt overwhelmed because of his guess. Being guarded by others is not always a happy thing.

"Aren't you afraid that this king will occupy your mansion?" Li Xu asked jokingly.

"The land deed is in my hands. The prince is not someone who bullies and dominates the market." Kou Xiao grinned brightly and arrogantly, obviously he didn't regard Li Xu as a threat.

Li Xu secretly rolled his eyes, thinking that I am kind, otherwise it would be hard to say what the family name is.

Kou Xiao did what he said, and immediately arranged for someone to tidy up Xiyuan, and asked the housekeeper to find someone to build the fence and repair the gate tomorrow.

"What does this kid mean? Why did you separate your mansion from one piece of the house?" The old lady complained.

The old man thought more, "I see that King Nashun's behavior is not like a master who can't figure it out. Today he hosted a banquet for all the officials in the city and won a good reputation. There must be other actions in the future. It is right to stay in the Kou Mansion, we will know as soon as there is any movement."

"Then let's live like this. There is no need to build a special wall for him. Is Xiyuan still part of the Kou Mansion?"

"It must be that King Shun proposed to move out to live in Xiao'er so strongly to keep him. Anyway, Kou's mansion is big and there are too many yards to live in. It's okay to allocate Xiyuan to King Shun. If King Shun can become a big power in the future, we, Kou The family may be able to take it to the next level.”

"What do you mean?" The couple looked at each other, and they both felt that this was a good idea. After all, King Shun was a former prince with talent and virtue. In the future, His Majesty will be old, and there may be a possibility of restoration.

Mrs. Kou became much calmer when she heard the news. Except for Kou Xiao's affairs, she didn't pay much attention to the rest of the family. She just listened to it and let it go. However, the aunts and aunts in Guining were a little moved when they heard the news. .

It is said that the closeness to the water is the first to get the moon, and their daughters and nieces are not completely without opportunities. The position of Princess Shun is still very attractive.

It's just that with the lessons learned from the past, everyone didn't dare to be too presumptuous this time. Fortunately, people live in Xiyuan, and they can always find opportunities.

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It took Li Xu a few hours to draw the blueprint of the bow and crossbow. Thanks to his spare time, he learned a little about architectural design, and he had some drawing skills, so the drawing of the crossbow would not be straight.

The drawings of this kind of bow and crossbow are not complicated. He also drew several styles of arrows. Different styles of arrows have different effects and can be used in different arrays.

When Kou Xiao got the blueprint, he knew that Li Xu didn't just send him away. Kou's army also used crossbow arrows, but it was different from Li Xu's drawing. The design of the mechanism is very novel, and Kou Xiao can see the value of this kind of crossbow with just one glance.

"I didn't expect that the bows and crossbows in the north have developed to such a degree. South Vietnam is really lagging behind. In the past, Kou always thought that the Kou family army would not lose to any army. Now it seems that Kou is conceited."

Li Xu rubbed his nose and comforted him: "This blueprint is my improvement on the basis of the original bow and crossbow. It is not available in other places, and Nanyue is the only one."

Kou Xiao was happy when he heard this, and couldn't help but take advantage of it. "I didn't expect the prince to trust and value me so much. How about I promise you with my body?"

Li Xu sneered, "Don't, General Kou has such a burly figure, I can't hold him in his arms, so why do I need your muscles?"

Kou Xiao winked at him, and said ambiguously: "But I can hug the prince, do you want to try it? I heard that the nobles in the capital also have many captive male pets, you can try it."

Li Xu kicked him in the stomach and was not annoyed when he avoided him. He sneered, "It seems that General Kou had a good night in Xifeng Tower and learned a lot. Could it be that you are not looking for a girl but a young lady?" ?”

When Kou Xiao heard the words "Xifeng Tower", his expression changed suddenly, "How did the prince know about this?" Could it be that his whereabouts are already in Li Xu's hands?There were only a few people around him, and they were able to monitor him.

Li Xu knew from his expression that he was thinking wrong, and he was even more angry, "I'm afraid General Kou doesn't know his popularity in the city. You just entered Xifeng Tower with your front foot, and the whole city will know it with your back foot. If you miss others I don’t know, General Kou had better change his face next time before going.”

Kou Xiao coughed twice before turning to business, "Everyone in Kou's army is good at shooting. If they are equipped with bows and crossbows, the odds of winning in the mountains and forests will be greatly improved. It's just that the expenses are high. To tell you the truth, the tax revenue of South Vietnam Even Kou’s army’s military salary is not enough, let alone equipped with new weapons.”

Li Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a half-smile. "How did this king hear that General Kou is diligent in his administration and loves the people, reducing and exempting taxes for the people every year?"

Kou Xiao put on a serious face and said seriously and could not refuse: "South Vietnam suffers from floods every year, and the people are starved of food. If the tax is not reduced or exempted, the number of people will starve to death every year. Does the prince want a desolate fiefdom?"

Of course Li Xu knew this, and seeing what he said was serious, he was no longer joking, "The spring plowing will start soon, General Kou will find a small official who understands farming to take me to the countryside to have a look."

"My lord still knows about farming?"

"I don't understand, let's have a look first." Li Xu didn't say too much. He had never farmed, but he knew the general process. He felt that the soil and water conditions in South Vietnam shouldn't produce such a low yield. He wanted to go See how the people here farm.

"I heard that the lord held a tofu feast, won't you give me a taste of your tofu?"

Li Xu sneered in his heart and wanted to eat my tofu, you are so beautiful. "General Kou send someone to pick it up from the old palace. There should be freshly cooked tofu nao at this time."

After the publicity of the officials in the city, the new "tofu" in the Shun Palace was quickly known to everyone, and Kou Xiao also heard it, saying that it was cheap and delicious, of course he wanted to try it.

"The general is young and strong, but you should be more restrained in sex. It's good to have a good night, but you have to rest for a day to recover your strength. Be careful and die." Li Xu joked.

"No, I didn't." Kou Xiao faced Li Xu's half-smile eyes, and didn't know how to explain his purpose of going to Xifeng Tower last night, he couldn't say that he went there to make sure he liked men.

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At dawn the next day, a tofu shop opened on the east side of the old palace, and delicious tofu was served early in the morning. Dare to come forward to ask the price, everyone knows that this house is the mansion of King Feng, the one who can open a shop here must be the new King Feng, the things he sells must be sky-high prices, the common people don't even have the courage to ask .

Until a servant came running with a food box and asked nervously, "Is this a tofu shop in Shun Wangfu?"

"Yes." In the restaurant, Lei Yang sat down in person and asked kindly when he saw someone coming, "Whose servant are you?"

"Little man... The villain is a servant of Du Shuicheng's family. My master ordered the villain to buy tofu."

"How much do you want to buy?"

"The old man didn't say anything, he just asked the villain to bring this food box." The servant, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, put the food box half a person's height on the shop table, and then saw the fat old man who was smiling kindly. He lifted the food box over and handed it to Xiao Er beside him. "Give him 30 yuan tofu, and then five bowls of tofu."

After finishing speaking, he asked the servant: "Does your master like sweet food or salty food?"

"Sweet, my master likes honey the most."

"Success, add sugar to those five bowls of tofu nao. You are the first customer at the opening. Our lord has said that all guests who come today will be given another pot of soy milk, soy milk with sugar."

The servant did not expect that there would be a gift, so he happily returned with the food box. After that, servants from official families came to buy tofu one after another. These people's official positions are generally not high, and some of them really miss tofu. Some of them came here to support King Shun's business.

Anyway, tofu is not expensive, and there are many ways to eat it. If they don't eat it themselves, they can still add food to the servants. Even if they buy it every day, it is not a problem.

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small theater:

General Kou: "When will I be able to eat King Shun's tofu?"

Li Xu: "Daydreaming!"

General Kou: "I just want to eat some tofu, why is it so difficult!"