Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Kou Xiao threw a teacup at him, and scolded: "Zhao Gang, you've been so old all these years, don't you have a brain, don't you understand?"

Jiang Junshi also laughed and cursed: "This shows that our prince not only has a good temper, but also knows people and uses them well. This is a great virtue of a king. What's more, when he arrived in Nanyue, he was not in a hurry. He was not in a hurry to grab the political power, but went into business to get rich. This alone is enough to prove that the prince is a smart and reasonable person. Not everyone can meet this kind of master."

Kou Xiao nodded in agreement, "That's why I didn't touch him. I originally wanted to see what he would do after he arrived in South Vietnam. If he wanted to seize power, he would be placed under house arrest. I didn't think so. I underestimated him." he."

"Then the Lei family has no chance of winning against King Shangshun. This regime will belong to the prince sooner or later. Will the general obstruct it?"

"The Lei family is useless. Lei Ming has been in charge of government affairs all these years and has not seen the common people eat a few more grains of rice. It doesn't matter if they are seized power, so as to save this general from being ungrateful."

Recalling what Li Xu said, many of the Lei family's children are in the officialdom. It's not that he doesn't know about this, but it's hard for him to say anything before it makes a big mistake.

Jiang Qiuming poked Guo Fu's arm beside him, winked and said, "Look, our general has been bribed by King Shun in just a few days. This Kou family army is often afraid that he will change his surname."

Everyone laughed in good faith, Kou Xiao was not annoyed, and calmly drank his tea, "Don't be poor, don't ask for the money from the prince, don't ask for the equipment from him, but he said, when you return from the beach, I personally designed a military uniform for everyone, and said it would definitely be a big surprise.”

Everyone was puzzled, "Can there be surprises in military uniforms? Could it be that they gave us a pair of armor?" If so, it must be the real father, and they will never have second thoughts.

"I don't know, just wait." Kou Xiao put the topic aside and began to discuss the normal military affairs of the barracks with everyone. Lei Yang said that Kou Xiao was the leader of the South Vietnamese army, but in fact he was just the leader of the Kou family army, and he was responsible for everything big and small. Make a decision.

Thinking of what Li Xu said, Kou Xiao moved his mind, glanced at everyone present, and began to assign tasks. "From now on, the entry and exit of the supplies in this barracks will be in charge of General Jiang Junshi; the kitchen and daily meals will be in charge of Guo Fu, and there is no need to come to the general for instructions; the armory in the back mountain will be handed over to Zhao Gang, and it will be put into storage every day. Keep a clear record of how many new weapons you have in stock and how much you have in stock. The drills of the soldiers are handed over to Cao Ji. No matter if it is windy or rainy, you must not slack off. In addition, the boy from the foreign race sent by the prince is also handed over to you. Let him practice with the soldiers first. , if you have talent, let’s start a little bit to cultivate it, lest His Highness say that we are not dedicated, do you have any objections?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, except for Jiang Junshi who didn't want to accept it, and Zhao Gang said bluntly: "General, you also said that I have no brains. What if I can't do it well?"

Kou Xiao glared at him, "I didn't ask you to forge weapons, but to control the entry and exit of weapons, is it difficult?"

Zhao Gang scratched his hair, and said in embarrassment: "Isn't that a humble job and illiteracy, how can I manage it?"

"If you don't know how to learn." Kou Xiao finally understood Li Xu's intention of asking his master to teach. Look at these illiterate guys, apart from killing people, they can't even handle accounts well.

He still remembered the last time he came back from suppressing the bandits, and when counting the military merits, everyone was scrambling, how many small soldiers he couldn't count, and he couldn't even count how many people he had killed.

Guo Fu carefully exposed his head, and asked with a bitter face: "General, can I change my humble job?"

"It's just two meals a day. There's nothing wrong with that. Don't you know what you're going to eat today?"

"No, then I have to eat as much as I want, what if I eat up a month's military rations in half a month?"

Kou Xiao sneered, "Then let everyone wash and cut you into pieces and boil them, at least you can get some pieces of meat."

Guo Fu felt cold all over, and immediately straightened his back and patted his chest to reassure him: "Don't worry, general, I will definitely not make such a mistake in my humble position, and I will definitely plan my daily meals well, so that no one will be hungry."

"One grain of grain cannot be wasted."

"Yes, as ordered."

Seeing that Kou Xiao's expression softened a bit after Guo Fu finished speaking, he asked with a playful smile, "General, why don't you mention it to the prince, we don't want any new military uniforms, let him fold them into food and meat and give them to us. Where do we wear them?" It's important to eat."

Kou Xiao really couldn't hold back this time, he drew his sword and slashed at him, causing him to fall to the ground in fright, "It's worthless, the money we sent last time was cut into cloth and clothes by us, why didn't you say eat more important?"

Guo Fu touched the new clothes on his body. Although the clothes were made of the most common fabric, they were new and very soft, so there was no patch. But for clothes, a new set is enough, no more Eat it as a meal.

"Are you stupid? Since the prince said it was a surprise, it can be seen that it is not an ordinary military uniform. Don't you want to see what it looks like?"

"Maybe the lord is just talking." Zhao Gang thought of Li Xu's age, and said that he would not be able to do things well if he had no hair on his mouth. Then Wang Shun was white and clean, and he looked about the same age as his own bastard. I'm afraid I'm still hanging out in the brothel and tavern.

He completely forgot that General Kou sitting across from him was one year younger than King Shun, but he had been in charge of the military for several years.

Kou Xiao swung his eyes, Zhao Gang moved the chair back silently, and sat far away.

Kou Xiao didn't bother to look at him, "Guo Fu, I've given you the task of building the tea garden. First, I'm familiar with it. If you have any problems, go to the city to find the prince. The tea garden must be built within half a month."

Guo Fuying was terrified, "But you want to dig up the tea tree and move it?"

"The lord said that there is no need this time, and it will not be too late to move after the spring tea is picked this year."

Guo Fu patted his chest, "That's good, the humble job will definitely complete the task." The resoluteness on his face, in fact, he had already burst into laughter in his heart, and he was doing a good job for King Shun, with good food and rewards. Or, the prince has a good temper and is handsome. If he can see him every day, he will be in a much better mood. He is much easier to serve than General Kou with his bad temper.

Kou Xiao didn't know that his love would slander him in his heart, so he took out the roster, ordered a hundred soldiers to come out, and planned to take these people to escort Li Xu to the seaside in three days.

"Isn't 100 people too small? If you encounter pirates, it's too dangerous." Everyone objected.

Kou Xiao threw the roster on the table, "Then Xu Chang is dead, and most of his subordinates are also dead. They won't go ashore in a short time, and the rest of the pirates are not yet in power. Most of these 100 people are the general's personal guards. They are all elite, don’t worry.”

Guo Fu knelt in front of him and hugged his leg and said pitifully, "General, take your subordinates with you. Your subordinates are also your personal guards."

Kou Xiao kicked him away, "Okay, then you can be downgraded, and the military salary will be reduced by half."

Guo Fu immediately jumped up, patted the dust on his knees, and said with a righteous face: "My subordinates will go and see the size of the tea garden first, and the construction will start today, so I will leave first."

Kou Xiao waved his hand and continued: "During the general's absence, what should be done or what should be done, everything will be handled at the discretion of the military division."

The military adviser said that his head hurts, "The general doesn't need to personally escort the prince, just point out any young general to lead the troops to follow. You are the magic needle of the Kou family army. If you leave, everyone will be in chaos."

The lieutenants nodded one after another. They were actually very happy to help. Traveling with the prince is a good job. I heard that the prince is best at cooking, and my mouth is watering thinking about it.

How could Kou Xiao let them get what they wished, and said grandly: "After all, it is the new lord. This general needs to get in touch with him for a while before he can see through him. This opportunity is very good. We can go in and out together every day. If he is out of line For example, this general can stop it in time, what's more, he is going to inspect the salt field, saying that there is a way to improve the method of boiling salt, so as to obtain more and finer salt, this is a big event, this general has to see it personally."

"It's tea and salt. If it succeeds, Nanyue's prosperity will be just around the corner. The prince is really a genius." Jiang Qiuming did not object. If King Shun is really such a genius, he must be taken care of by General Kou himself. lost heavily.

Zhao Gang was puzzled and said: "I'm afraid that this prince will use South Vietnam as a springboard and aim for the world."

"The general fights for it, maybe he can become a king of the country." Kou Xiao stretched his waist, "Okay, let's go, the general packed up and went."

Guo Fu circled around the door, saw him come out and hurriedly followed, he usually packed the general's luggage when he went out, so he naturally thought it would be the same this time.

Unexpectedly, after following up the general's room, he didn't let himself do it, but hummed a little song and packed his luggage happily.

Seeing that he stuffed five sets of regular clothes in a row, Guo Fu reminded him kindly: "General, you have too many clothes, don't you only bring one set for changing when you go out on weekdays?" It's all bells and whistles that you don't wear on weekdays.

Kou Xiao picked up a suit of clothes and gestured on his body, and asked, "How about this set? Does the crimson red make the general dark and ugly?"

"This... isn't this dress made by the eldest lady of the Lei family for you? You said it was too ugly and never wore it."

"Oh, that woman did it, so throw it away, so as not to cause trouble."

Kou Xiao took another gesture, this is a deep lake blue dress, which looks more elegant, but Kou Xiao used to think that the clothes were in the way, so he kept it idle.

"Does it look good?"

Guo Fu nodded stupidly, "Good-looking is good-looking, that is..." It doesn't look like a general, when did he wear such flamboyant clothes.

"It's fine as long as it looks good, how about this one?"

"Your sister sewed this one for you. There are plum blossoms on it. Don't you think it's too fancy?"

"Plum blossoms are quite fancy, but don't the north admire the four gentlemen of bamboo, chrysanthemum, plum orchid, it's very good." Said Said and walked into Li Zhong.

When he took out the next one, Guo Fu automatically explained: "This is from Mrs. Kou, along with the three items below, which are said to be for you to wear to the banquet." Guo Fu highlighted "" "Going to a banquet", thinking to himself, his general's trip is a mission, not to drink a wedding, so he shouldn't wear such a fancy dress.

Unexpectedly, Kou Xiao stuffed all his brains into the baggage, which is really unbelievable.

"Look for me again, where is my jade crown?"

The corner of Guo Fu's mouth twitched, and he replied, "Didn't you hit me last time?"

"Really? General Ben is willing to smash the gold-encrusted jade crown? Don't you remember it wrong."

"That's right, you smashed it with your own hands when you quarreled with Vice General Zhao last time." After finishing speaking, Guo Fu found Yuguan's body and showed him.

"Damn it, tell Zhao Gang to run [-] laps along the barracks, and you won't be allowed to eat lunch until the end of the run."

Guo Fu responded with a smile, and then saw that General Kou had stuffed a fan into his luggage, and suddenly became uneasy, "General, that is the military division's fan, right? How did it get into your hands?"

"Oh, I borrowed it and used it." Kou Xiao didn't know if he could use it, anyway, it would be a good idea to bring more things.

"Are you going on a trip?"

Kou Xiao said bitterly and bitterly: "It's not that you don't know that King Shun is obsessed with cleanliness and coquettishness. He wears exquisite and coquettish clothes all day long, attracting bees and butterflies. This general knows better if he doesn't wear them. How can he stand in his place?" Beside."

Guo Fu beeped in a low voice: "Even if the prince is wearing rag clothes, he is also handsome and prosperous. This is his temperament."

"This general also has a lot of temperament." Kou Xiao drove him out, packed his luggage, then told Jiang Qiuming to take care of the barracks, and rode back to Kou's mansion by himself.As soon as he got home, he immediately asked the housekeeper to find a tailor and embroiderer, saying that he wanted to make clothes.

The Kou Mansion has many craftsmen, but recently all the ones that can be borrowed have been borrowed by King Shun. The old housekeeper said with a bitter face: "General, King Shun is too much. He lives in the house of the Kou family and eats the food of the Kou family." Mi, and even dragged all the people over there to command, but they are not worthy at all."

Kou Xiao didn't think it was wrong, "That's good, it means that the prince and the Kou family are inseparable. He needs the Kou family now, and he will naturally make up for it in the future."

Kou Xiao never doubted this point, otherwise Li Xu would not have given all of the money to himself as soon as he made a little money. It can be seen that he values ​​and trusts him, what happened to the people who use Koufu?

"But the embroiderers and tailors in the mansion were also borrowed by the prince, and no one made clothes for the general."

Kou Xiao glared at him, "If there is no one in the mansion, go out and look for it. There is no second tailor in this huge Minzhou."

When the old butler saw him getting angry, he immediately lowered his head and shrank his head and replied: "Yes, the old servant will do it now."

Kou Xiao went to see the elders, said a few words, and then hurried to the next door, but Li Xu was not at home, he did not come back after going out yesterday.

Kou Xiao went directly to the former site of the palace, and as soon as he got close to that street, he saw that the people in front of him were bustling with people, and it was no longer the cold and cold state of the past.

Walking in, there was a long queue in front of the store facing the street, and there were a lot of shoppers. Kou Xiao touched his chin with a thoughtful look on his face, and then he was bumped by someone, who didn't turn his head back in a hurry until he got angry. He ran forward quickly, shouting as he ran: "Hurry up, I heard that there is a new roasted chicken with honey sauce today. It is very delicious. Hurry up and queue up, it will be gone if it is late."

A few young men came running quickly behind him, Kou Xiao stepped aside and stood aside to watch.

He didn't expect that the business of King Shun's grocery store was so good. It's only been a few days. Has it already become famous in the whole city?

An old man was sitting next to Kou Xiao. Seeing Kou Xiao standing still, he asked curiously, "Isn't this gentleman going to line up? If it's late, you won't be able to buy delicious food."

Kou Xiao looked down at him, "Why is the old man sitting here?" He didn't think the old man looked like a beggar, so it was a bit strange to sit here.

"I came here to smell the scent, but unfortunately the price is too expensive to afford, so I can only sit here and smell the scent."

Needless to say, Kou Xiao also smelled the aroma, it was the smell of barbecue, and it was a bit different, thinking of Li Xu's ingenious food, the roundworm in his stomach also became active.

"This Liji grocery store will produce a new food every day. A few days ago, a brown sugar was introduced, which made the people in the city very happy. People came to buy sugar in an endless stream from morning to night. Recently, there is a new There are many delicacies made with brown sugar, but the old man has only eaten one brown sugar cake, which is really sweet."

"Yesterday, it was braised pork. Pieces of square, fat and thin pork were stewed in a jar. The aroma was amazing. You could smell it from several streets away. It's a pity that the old man was picked up by several nobles before he had time to take a look." Divided."

"I sold soybean oil the day before yesterday. My lord sold tofu to replace a lot of beans. When I couldn't use it all up, I came up with the idea of ​​extracting oil from beans. This oil can be used for cooking or frying things. The taste is really delicious. I heard that my lord even made it out of beans. Sauce, it’s just that the altar can’t be set up before the time comes, the old man stays here every day, and he’s willing to buy some cheap and delicious things.”

Kou Xiao watched from a distance, feeling a little hungry, said goodbye to the old man, walked to the door of the store, pointed to the row of brightly colored roast chickens above and said: "Two roast chickens."

The people who were queuing at the side all glared, "Why don't you line up? The prince stipulates that anyone who dares not line up is not allowed to come to buy things later."

Kou Xiao turned his head and looked at the row of customers with a calm expression. Naturally, someone recognized him, and then exclaimed: "So it's General Kou, please go first."

What a joke, who dares to argue with this guy?

Lai San was guarding the shop today, and he naturally recognized Kou Xiao, but stopped the clerk from moving, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Forgive me, General, the rule of queuing is set by my prince, if it is broken for you alone, in the future But it's not easy to obey, look, the prince is in the mansion, and he roasted a few chickens with his own hands, why don't you come to the mansion to get together?"

As for whether the prince is willing to share the chicken with General Kou, Lai San doesn't care.

Kou Xiao glanced at him, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "That's fine, but I heard that the food in the store can be ordered, but is it true?"

Lai San nodded, "Yes."

"From then on, ten copies of new products will be sent to Kou's house every day, and the bill will be settled at the end of the month, is it possible?"

Lai San said embarrassingly: "It is possible to make a reservation, but the small store is short of manpower, and delivery is not included. You can ask your servants to come and pick it up every day. It is okay to pay at the end of the month."

When the people around heard his words, those with money at home also followed suit, but Lai San said with a straight face: "There are a lot of reservations, first come, first served, and only General Kou can handle the credit, and the rest have to pay a deposit before picking up the goods. "

In a class society, being able to achieve this step is already a concession made by Li Xu without offending everyone, and this has to rely on his status as a prince, otherwise this business would not be so easy to do.

Kou Xiao walked to the main entrance of the palace, and saw that the dilapidated gate had been repaired, but it was too simple and without decorations, it really didn't look like a palace.

The soldiers guarding the gate were borrowed from the barracks, and when they saw Kou Xiao, they saluted immediately.

Kou Xiao went inside and walked towards the crowded place, and he saw Li Xu surrounded by the crowd. He was wearing a crescent white long gown, his hair seemed to be freshly washed, hanging loosely behind his head , he smiled like a spring breeze, even redder than the peach blossoms in March.

Kou Xiao stopped in his tracks, admiring this man who was more attractive than the beauty from a distance.

Lei Yang said excitedly: "My lord, all the brown sugar has been made now. There is a warehouse full of goods, and Nanyue alone will definitely not be able to eat it. Why don't you take some to other places to sell?"

Li Xu chewed a piece of candy, nodded and said: "It must be sold to other places, let's discuss the price carefully, and then think about how much each county should share. In addition, the people who travel must also be trustworthy. This first battle is crucial."

Lei Yang understood the truth of this, but he did not expect that King Shun wanted to sell brown sugar all over the country, "My lord, will this stall be too big? We don't have so many sources of goods." It is said to be a warehouse, but there are branches in various places. One point is certainly not much.

"Insufficient goods make you look expensive, first you need to make a name for yourself, and when the sugar cane is harvested in the second half of the year to make sugar, it will be easier to sell." Li Xu looked at him and saw that he was embarrassed, so he asked: "Is there not enough manpower? "

Lei Yang smiled sheepishly, "Indeed, although Lei's family has a big business, everyone is running around, going to so many places at once, and the manpower is really short."

"Then let's recruit people." Li Xu also has no one, but no one can recruit, and after another month of training, he will be used first, and people will never appear out of thin air.

He said to Lei Yang: "It's not about recruiting in South Vietnam. Those who don't have enough to recruit from all over the country don't need them to come to South Vietnam. They just need to work in the local branch. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you dare to fool me, let them go." They come to see you."

Lei Yang agreed, they still have more products to sell in the future, it is best to have fixed shops in every place, otherwise it would be a waste of time to organize people every time.

"By the way, save half of the brown sugar, and I want to sell it outside the pass."

"Ah?" Lei Yang rubbed his hands, carefully suggested: "My lord, why don't you stabilize the market in the Central Plains first, and then slowly figure it out?"

"No, wait a few months for the tea to be ready and transport them to the outside of the pass. But this is the way, we can't take that mountain road again. This king will try to find sea ships and transport them by sea."

Lei Yang exclaimed: "Transporting goods by sea to the outside of the customs? This... How can it be done? The sea is not like an inland river. The wind and clouds are changing, and the waves are rough. Any big wave will be the result of the ship's destruction. Moreover, We don't have ships."

Li Xu didn't know this, but the ship must be built, even if it is not for sea transportation, he still needs to build a navy, otherwise this coastal area will only become a meal for pirates and pirates, and as long as they return to the sea, they can escape. without a trace.

"It's just a temporary decision, let's see when the time comes."

Lei Yang patted his chest, still in shock, "My lord, I just found out today that this strategy and courage are really not acquired by practice, but destined by nature."