It wasn't until the bowl of soup was finished that Qi Rongxiao said slowly, "Lord Hou, although this is not the mansion of Lord Hou, it is also my mansion of Qi Rongxiao, your young...young master? He speaks so rudely, and you can't believe that you will back down immediately!" Come on, do you put me in your eyes?"

The clothes on Lord Hou's back were soaked in cold sweat. As far as he knew, although this Lord Hou had been deprived of his military power and driven to this small rural place, the emperor's favor for him had not diminished.Now that I offend this person, it's a small matter that I can't be promoted, but if the construction of the palace can't be completed on schedule, it will be a big problem!

"Get up, because we are both serving the emperor, ask your young master to apologize to our young master Fanzhi, and I will not pursue it." Qi Rongxiao put down the soup bowl, "From now on, you As long as you finish the errands ordered by the emperor, don't do unnecessary things!"

"Yes!" Master Hou didn't dare to wipe off the sweat on his face. The look that Master Hou gave him just now made his neck feel chilly.

"Get back!" Qi Rongxiao took the rolled scallion pancakes that Si Wei handed over, "Wait! Master Ben doesn't tolerate the word 'no' from others. Do Lord Hou understand what this Marquis means?"

"Your official understands, this official understands! My official resigns!" Lord Hou bowed and bowed before retiring.

When the person disappeared, the staff around Qi Rongxiao immediately said: "Master Hou, this Lord Hou's background has not yet been figured out, you are cutting his face like this..."

"It's okay, he still expects me to help him, and he doesn't dare to come up with any tricks." Qi Rongxiao looked at the food on the table, but after all, he was still reluctant to let everyone eat together, "I have already ordered Ping An to let the kitchen prepare it." After lunch, you can go back to rest after using it."

After everyone had left, Qi Rongxiao took a big bite of the scallion pancake, not a single bit of his former elegance remained.Seeing this, Si Wei was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to find his jaw: "Master Hou's eating has always been so... heroic?"

"Heroic? Hehe," Qi Rongxiao laughed, "It's about the same. I was young when I joined the army, and everyone said that a half-grown man would eat a poor man. At that time, I was able to eat. If I didn't eat boldly, I wouldn't be full. Later Once you have a title, you don’t have to grab food, but if you eat with soldiers at the bottom, if you eat too elegantly, you will look out of place, and the soldiers will think that you are different from them, and it will be difficult for them to agree with you.”

"So it became like this?" Si Wei dragged a chair and sat beside Qi Rongxiao, listening to him talk about the past.

"Yeah, but I was embarrassed at the beginning, and I still retained the elegance of the young master. After a few days of starvation, I didn't even have the strength to hold a weapon. Once a person is extremely hungry, how can he care about etiquette and elegance? It's best to fill your stomach. Important. Later I became a general, and I got used to the officialdom for a while." Speaking of the past, Qi Rongxiao raised the corners of his lips.

He remembered that he hated his father when he just joined the army and couldn't eat enough. After he was named a general, he only hated his father who often caused trouble. Now, when he recalls the past, he just smiles lightly .The past is like smoke, it is true at all!

"It's not easy for you to be Lord Marquis!" Si Wei sighed.Everyone in the world only saw the glory of his conferment as Marquis and Prime Minister, but they didn't know that it was all because of his life! "Wait, if you cut the face of Master Hou like this today, will he trouble you? Isn't his backing very strong?" Vi will be very upset.

"You think too much, it was his father and daughter who were rude first, and I just blamed it, it's not as serious as you think!" Qi Rongxiao talked to Si Wei while eating, without delay.

"But..." Si Wei saw that Qi Rongxiao said it very easily, without the slightest embarrassment, and swallowed the worry that came to his lips, "I heard from the gentlemen that Lord Hou wants you to help the cultivation palace? "

"Well, the wood for the construction of the palace needs to be transported from Weishui County. Weishui County has to go through Yangqu County so far. A few days ago, Yangqu County encountered an earth dragon turning over, the official road was blocked, bandits were rampant, and the wood could not be transported. .” Qi Rongxiao explained.

"What does this have to do with Lord Hou?" After listening to it for a long time, Si Wei didn't think it had anything to do with Qi Rongxiao.

"The garrison of Yangqu County used to be the captain under me. Master Hou wanted me to find him and ask him to help escort the timber." This matter sounds simple, but the garrison cannot act rashly without mobilization. This is the founding of the Daqing Dynasty It has been a rule since then that the army can go wherever they want, and it will be a big problem if a certain general wants to go to the capital one day!Moreover, in Yangqu County, there is both disaster relief and bandit suppression, so the garrison troops are simply too busy. Even if the Yangqu garrison is willing to help, it may be powerless.

"You just said that the wood comes from Weishui County? It's also the county seat of Linshui, right? Why don't you take the waterway?" Si Wei asked strangely, "Aren't the two rivers connected?"

"No, Weishui is a tributary of the Lanzhang River. Water transportation is not impossible, but the Lanzhang River is much shallower here, and large ships are easy to run aground. If you change to small boats, there will be a large number of them, which will block the river, which is extremely inconvenient." Qi Rongxiao did not say that the cost of the two modes of transportation was similar.

Si Wei suddenly remembered a story in his middle school history textbook. He couldn't remember the time, place, and protagonist of the story, but he remembered that when the protagonist rebuilt the destroyed city, he dug up the streets and channeled them into rivers to transport garbage and construction materials. , The excavated soil can also be burned on the spot.

Si Wei told Qi Rongxiao the general story, and Qi Rongxiao thought while listening, "This is a good way. But where did the people who dig the canal come from?"

"Linhe County!" Si Wei said with an expression of "children can't be taught", "Did the emperor exempt Linhe County from taxes this time? Even if taxes were exempted, wouldn't the people in the county have to eat? The land is gone. Harvest, they will naturally have to work to make money."

"This is a good way!" It was neither Si Wei nor Qi Rongxiao who spoke, but a few staff members who had been standing outside the door for an unknown amount of time. "Master Zhi's method is very good!"

"Why are you here? Didn't you tell you to go to dinner?" Qi Rongxiao was very unhappy with the appearance of his staff, it was rare for him to talk to Fanzhi alone, even if it was business, but how long?

"It's been a long time since we finished eating, and we were worried about Lord Hou's call, so we came here to wait for orders. Master Hou hasn't eaten yet?" The head of the staff looked at the empty dishes.

Si Wei and Qi Rongxiao followed his gaze and saw that there was only some vegetable juice left in the dishes that Si Wei brought over, not even side dishes. "You guys discuss the business, I took the dishes away!" Si Wei stood up quickly to clean up.

Qi Rongxiao grabbed Si Wei's hand, "Leave these to the servants, you stay here, we will carefully study the method you just said."

Si Wei felt that the hand being held was very hot, and soon the heat spread to his face, "There is nothing to say, oh, you can ask Mr. Hou to contact the magistrate of Linhe County to discuss this matter."

"Let Mr. Hou approach this matter? I'm afraid Mr. Hou will not be willing to give money!" Everyone knows that working for the royal family is a fat job, and the money saved is their own. Who is willing to give their money to others?

"It's up to him not to give it! If he doesn't give it, no one will dig a canal for him. If Master Hou is not willing to give a lot of money, that's the best! Let the magistrate of Linhe make beams from him. Master Hou will definitely be willing, It’s a big deal for him to buy timber, and buying more general-grade beam timber should save a lot of money.” Si Wei began to calculate.

"But what do Lin and Zhixian want beam wood for?" Although this wood is valuable, if it can't be sold, it can only grow mushrooms.

"Beams are of course used to build houses! My idea is to let Linhe County and nearby villages and towns live in brick houses." In the eyes of everyone, Si Wei's idea is like the society in the eyes of modern people. It is a beautiful but helpless society. goals achieved. "Nothing is impossible. We have to dredge the river and dig the reservoir. The soil has nowhere to go. It is better to find a way to burn bricks to build a house, which is much stronger than ordinary adobe houses."

"It's not easy!" Qi Rongxiao also admitted that Si Wei's idea was good, but it was very difficult to realize.

"It's not too difficult! When master Hou's craftsmen were burning bricks, they asked the villages and towns in Linhe County to send people to help. After the people in the villages and towns learned how to burn bricks, they told them that the mud and sand at the bottom of the river were dug. From that village, and let the county magistrate pay the beams as wages..." All the people present were smart people, and they all figured it out without Si Wei finishing his sentence.

"But what's the benefit of this to Lord Hou?" They couldn't do their work in vain.

"The good thing is that if something goes wrong, Lord Hou can't be held accountable!" Si Wei said the truth, "Also, Lord Hou can ask them to pass by your farm when they are digging the canal. I heard Steward Zhao say that the emperor rewarded you." The land given to you is in a place that is prone to disaster? Then let Lord Hou dig a reservoir for you to regulate the water flow."

"Master Hou just cut Lord Hou a meal today, how could Lord Hou help?" a staff member pointed out.

"He will know how to make money!" Si Wei is a business student, and he knows how to mobilize a person's enthusiasm with profit, "You can run a big boat in the upper reaches of Linhe County, but once you pass Linhe County, the big boat will run aground, but Large ships usually do not arrive at Linhe County, because the river channel in Linhe County is too narrow, and it is inconvenient for large ships to turn around. If there is a wide area of ​​water for large ships to turn around, then large ships can transport timber to Linhe County, and then change to smaller boats in Linhe County. The errands of transportation and boat transportation are naturally not cheap for outsiders. Moreover, the shorter distance of boat transportation can save a lot of money, Mr. Hou!"

Qi Rongxiao couldn't take his eyes off Si Wei's high spirits. "Sounds good..." Just listening is a great prospect!

"If it can be done according to my idea, the effect will be even better!" Si Wei understands that what he said is too idealistic, and it is not easy to practice. Just choosing the location of the reservoir is not as simple as talking about it, and if the river What should I do if the bottom sediment is not suitable for firing bricks?These are all questions, "But whether my idea can be implemented is your problem! Zhan Zhan should get up from his nap, he will make a fuss if he doesn't see me, I'm going to have a look, and I'll leave the rest to you!"

The author has something to say: ╮(╯▽╰)╭Forgot that yesterday was Double Festival, I send belated blessings~

Ye Zi is doing stupid things again. I just found out that there is a post on the post bar. Ye Zi is very uneasy and left a message.It’s okay if the income is reduced by one-third, and the leaves are recognized when the income is smashed, and the hair is also like autumn leaves (biting the corners of the quilt)

Look at the booming look in the post bar, Ye Zi can't stand the bird~ (tears run...)

Uh, come back and say one more thing: Roll for a payoff (☆_☆)

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