Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

This hidden small arms factory relies entirely on labor and is inefficient. It often fails to produce equipment for 8000 people in a month. This makes the weapons of the soldiers in the army worn out and old. In addition to lack of money, it is also due to renewal and maintenance. The speed is too slow.

It is not difficult to solve this problem. After the production line is formed, people can be added as appropriate, and there is no need for skilled craftsmen. Simpler parts can be handed over to apprentices, and some unimportant parts can even be outsourced to merchants. Production, and then back to the weapon factory for processing.

Li Xu told Kou Xiao his thoughts, and the smile on the latter's face grew bigger and bigger, "My lord is right, you are really the smartest person in the world, there is no problem that can trouble you."

"Yes, I have."

"What is it?"

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, no matter which one can stump this king, this king is only a little more knowledgeable than General Kou, not smart, let alone number one in the world, but I accept your praise."

Kou Xiao shrugged, it doesn't matter if he is number one in the world, as long as he is number one in his eyes.

At noon, the rain was a little lighter, and the light rain was fluttering, which was more annoying than the heavy rain, and it was useless to hold an umbrella.

But in this kind of weather, only Li Xu tirelessly held up the umbrella, and the elders in the army didn't even frown, what to do.

After lunch, Kou Xiao came and asked, "Does the lord want to go hunting?"

Li Xu's eyes lit up, he looked at the weather again, and said hesitantly, "It's just the beginning of spring, and wild beasts are in estrus, so it's not good to hunt at this time."

Kou Xiao has never heard of this kind of saying, they only know that spring is here, those hibernating guys have come out, and the mountains are also bustling, it is time to buy some wild game for dinner, as for whether they are in heat, does it have anything to do with themselves?

Liu Shu leaned into Li Xu's ear and whispered, "My lord, I haven't found a big goose in the city, but I heard that there are lakes to the northwest."

Li Xu thought of the difficulty of drawing pictures with a brush, nodded and said: "Then go and have a look." Then he said to Kou Xiao: "General Kou accompany me to hunt a wild goose."

Kou Xiao only thought he wanted to eat goose meat, and immediately ordered someone to take Li Xu to the northwest.

It was not far to ride this road. They walked along the river bank, and what they saw was green mountains and green waters. The scenery was as beautiful as a painting. Li Xu originally wanted to go back to the city before dark, but seeing such a beautiful scenery, he couldn't walk. .

In the 21st century, after busy work, Li Xu would occasionally go to the so-called tourist attractions to see the scenery. Pretentious, more importantly, there are no noisy scenes of crowds.

Seeing him stop to enjoy the scenery, Kou Xiao rode beside him on horseback, "My lord, are the mountains and rivers in South Vietnam beautiful?"

"Beautiful." There is no doubt about the beauty.

"Compared to the Central Plains?"

Li Xu thought about the places he had passed through on the way south, turned his head and said with a smile: "Everywhere has beautiful scenery, but the way of beauty is different. The vastness of the plains, the steepness of the mountains, the grandeur of the sea, and the winding rivers all have their own unique features. beautiful."

Kou Xiao has never traveled that far. He has been living in South Vietnam since he was born, and he often walks this road. He never thinks the scenery is so beautiful. .”

"No." Li Xu shook his head, "You are used to this, but to me, it is very precious."

There is a modern saying that the so-called travel is to go from the place where you are tired of living to the place where others are tired of living. When the locals see you taking pictures everywhere in front of their house with a camera, they think you are like a fool.

Just as it is impossible for northerners to go to the south to see snow, it is almost impossible for southerners to go to the north to see mountains.

"Let's go. You can see this kind of scenery every year in the future. Maybe after two years, this king will get tired of it."

Kou Xiao looked at his back and said: "This world is huge, if you get tired of looking at this one, you can change it."

Li Xu turned his head and gave him a thumbs up, "I didn't expect that General Kou has big ambitions, so it's settled, and we will have a chance to venture out together in the future." The two looked at each other and smiled, and they both understood what the other said. the meaning of.

Kou Xiao's eyes are really bright. He never thought of going out of South Vietnam before, but now, he really wants to travel all over the world with Li Xu and see all the different beautiful scenery. Maybe one day he will linger in front of a certain scenery. Willing to leave.

After walking and stopping for two hours, the group finally arrived at the unnamed lake before dark. Li Xu stood by the lake and looked around. He probably knew why this lake had no name because it was really small. It is the lake that is putting gold on its face, maybe it will dry up in one summer.

"There are really geese here?"

Kou Xiao smiled and said nothing, took out his bow and arrow and shot an arrow towards the opposite reed forest. The sound of the arrow was not loud, but it startled a group of birds resting in the reed forest.

The soldiers behind him swiftly took out their bows and arrows and shot them into the air. Li Xu saw the flock of wild birds falling down, some fell into the water, and some landed on the shore.

Such a big movement suddenly awakened the nearby creatures. The lake seemed to come alive, the calm water surface was sparkling, and groups of fish swam towards the place where the wild birds fell. Spread out quickly.

Several kinds of birds took off by the lake, Kou Jiajun picked the big ones and shot a few, then took off his clothes and jumped into the water to pick up the birds.

When they came back one after another, Li Xu finally saw the wild birds they had caught. All of them looked like geese, and there were a few that looked like swans.

Li Xu wiped his eyes and tried his best to distinguish those big pure white birds, they really looked like the swans he had seen.

Kou Xiao ordered those big birds and brought them to Li Xu, and asked, "My lord, are these enough?"

"Is this a goose?"

Kou Xiao picked up a swan with a damaged wing and looked at it, and said uncertainly: "It should be, these ducks, geese, and geese are all similar in size, and they don't have a specific name. What kind do you want?"

Li Xu looked at the swan in his hand, its slender and elegant neck, its snow-white feathers, and even its hoarse cry were so beautiful, it was really unbearable.

After being injured by someone's wings and being caught by the base of the wing, this swan also got angry. It turned its head, twisted its slender neck, and pecked at Kou Xiao's arm. Don't underestimate the lethality of the swan. You can see blood when you go down.

Before Li Xu could worry about Kou Xiao, Kou Xiao's other hand was lightly snapped off, and this elegant neck was broken, completely turning into a dead goose.

Holding the goose's body, he asked, "I forgot to ask, my lord, do you want to live or die?"

Li Xu suddenly didn't want to be a quill pen anymore, and said weakly: "Let's live, I want to raise two in the yard."

Kou Xiao shook his head and said, "Even if it's difficult, this kind of big geese only come to South Vietnam in winter, and they will fly away when the weather gets warmer."

"Oh, that's it, then forget it, it's the same when it's cold."

Kou Xiao thought about it and felt something was wrong, the prince wanted to see the goose, but they wanted to eat the goose, wouldn't it seem that they were too cruel.

"If I don't get you a few feathers with their wings clipped, they won't be able to fly away."

"No, let them be at ease."

For dinner, they ate roasted bird meat. Kou Jiajun was all masters at processing wild game, and they managed to pluck the feathers and guts in minutes. Li Xu finally got a lot of long goose feathers.

In fact, there is nothing to be hypocritical about. Many animals are not on the verge of extinction. They are just human food. Wild beasts like tigers and brown bears will attack humans when they are extremely hungry. If the ecology is not destroyed, this relationship will continue forever.

When the day they need human protection, they are not far from extinction.

After dark, the group returned to the barracks. Li Xu was soaked through and had no change of clothes, so he simply went back to the city overnight.

Before leaving, Li Xu told about his upcoming trip to the coast to inspect Yantian. What he meant was to ask Kou Xiao to borrow some soldiers to serve as his guards, otherwise his life would be ruined if there was another pirate disaster. Gone.

Kou Xiao immediately said, "Your Highness's safety is very important, and the general will escort you personally, so you can rest assured."

In this way, Li Xu was really relieved, and agreed with him to set off in three days, and bring people back to the city.

Kou Xiao called the deputy general to discuss the matter, and said to his confidants: "What do you think of King Shun's character?"

In fact, everyone is not familiar with Li Xu, and after only one day of contact, they can only see that he looks modest and generous, and it's hard to say anything else.

Jiang Qiuming pondered for a while, then asked: "I heard that the prince mentioned yesterday about building a tea garden, and he wants to sell the tea to the whole country and even outside the customs?"

Kou Xiao nodded, "That's right."

"Does the general think it's feasible?"

"If we do it, we will definitely fail, but it's hard for the prince to do it. Even if he is a deposed prince, his connections in the capital and around the world should not be underestimated. As long as there are people in the upper class who are accommodating, it will not be a problem to sell some tea."

"According to my subordinates, if King Shun can bless Nanyue, he will be a virtuous king. It is better to eat meat with him than to eat chaff and vegetables."

Zhao Gang immediately retorted: "The military division is too exaggerated. When did we eat chaff and swallow vegetables? He is really so powerful as King Shun, how can he be reduced to this?"

Kou Xiao pointed at Guo Fu and said, "You have been with King Shun for a while, what can you see? Just tell the truth."

Guo Fu rubbed his nose and laughed mischievously, "Even if the general doesn't call the roll call, I still want to say a few words. Do you know who did I meet during the days when I followed King Shun?"

The middle-aged lieutenant kicked him, "What's your appetite, tell me quickly."

"In addition to the prince's close servants, the prince also met many craftsmen, as well as Lei Yang of the Lei family, the one who was in charge of the external affairs of the Lei family. As you can see, the prince's attitude towards craftsmen is better than that of lowly positions. His words and deeds are polite. Don't be arrogant, if those craftsmen do well, they will all be praised and rewarded with money, and they are more valuable than humble jobs. Not only that, the prince gave the tofu workshop full power to Lei Yang to manage at first, and he didn't have any precautions at all. I have full trust, I dare not say other things, but when it comes to being a corporal, no one can do better than the prince, I am really impressed."

The middle-aged deputy general asked him incomprehensibly: "That's it? What does this mean? Isn't it just that the prince has a good temper? What can those lowly craftsmen do to win them over? They just don't want to offend people when they first come."