I'm playing tricks in Daqin

"200 taels."

"250."

"three hundred."

"five hundred."

"..."

All the young masters raised their hands to ask for the price. Firstly, they were very interested in this novel auction method; Maybe it can really bring you good luck.

"Look, gentlemen, there is no need to say much about the size of this great general who is victorious. You are all experts and have seen its power. It is an invincible general who is victorious in every battle. With it, you will be invincible , earn money every day, 100 taels, let’s start.”

A cricket was sold for a sky-high price of 600 taels of silver, and five of them were auctioned in a row, followed by the auction of a rooster. Li Wei made more than 5000 taels of silver in the blink of an eye.

"As the saying goes, there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book. Please look, gentlemen, these beauties are painted lifelike. These poses, well, gentlemen understand, but they are all secret techniques not handed down by Tantric sects. After you learn it, you will be invincible, invincible in a hundred battles, and invincible with a golden spear..."

In the inner courtyard, Su Yuejiao and the 12 sisters looked at each other after hearing the maid's report. Could it be that this child is crazy about money and sold all his favorite gadgets before? "Elder sister, Li Wei, he...is there nothing important?"

"Well, I'm also worried that after Li Wei's serious illness, there is nothing wrong with it, right?"

Although all the young ladies accepted the things taught in the Dream of Longevity, but out of doting on the young master, they couldn't help worrying about his huge change, worried that his brain was burned out by the fever last time, whether they should invite A famous doctor in the city to take the pulse? "What are you talking about? Li Wei is proud to be taught in the dream of immortality. Now he has been reborn, become sensible, and self-motivated. We should be thankful. That is because God has eyes and ancestors have accumulated virtue."

A group of sisters chattered non-stop, making Su Yuejiao feel dizzy. For the Li family, Li Wei's change is a great thing. It's easy to change the country, but hard to change the nature, but Li Wei really changed his nature. It's too late for the joy of being a mother.

These days, Su Yuejiao knows exactly what her precious son is tossing about, but the movement is so loud that she has to worry and worry, it's full boxes of silver thrown into the water! , Prodigals are not defeated like this.

He wanted to raise funds to help, but he was worried that he was just in a rush, and the matter was messed up, and all the money would be thrown into the water.

Well, according to the master, let's observe for a while.

No matter how spoiled Su Yuejiao is, she is still calm and rational in dealing with things. She decided to listen to what the master said and observe for a while. If her precious son is really a big deal, she doesn't mind taking out all the properties under her name to support her precious son. Fan big business.

Li Wei is poor and crazy now. He is a miser who has an eye for money. A copper coin can't wait to be broken in half. Even his future father-in-law would be cheated, not to mention Xu Jun, a gang of playboys with too much money to spend.

An auction will dispose of all the dandies left by his predecessor, which also made him a small fortune. He also knows that this gang of fox friends is not really rich and stupid, but just trying to curry favor with him. Pay so much wronged money to buy these dude's belongings.

He is not the kind of person who crosses rivers and destroys bridges, who is ungrateful and ungrateful. Whoever respects him a foot, he will pay him back. Although these gang of cronies are dudes, they are quite righteous, and he will remember it.

After fooling around for a long time, the exhausted Li Weicai sent the gang of dandies away, and was about to go back to count the silver, but a middle-aged man with a thin stature and a wretched appearance hurried over and saluted respectfully.

"The commander of the inner guard, Ding Xi, has seen the young master."

"Commander Ding, what's the matter?"

Li Wei is naturally displeased with people with triangular eyes. This kind of people looks wretched, and they are very sinister. They are the standard villains in movies and TV shows. However, he is still polite. The inner guard is one of Daddy Cheap's confidant guards. Its duties are a bit similar to the notorious Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, who specialized in dealing with their own people.

Ding Xi briefly explained the purpose of his visit. The inner guard discovered that there were secret spies from the Jinwei Tang Han Empire sneaking into Jiayue, and tried every means to get the secret design of the Thunderbolt Cannon. However, their every move was closely monitored by the inner guard. middle.

Ding Xi reported the situation to Li Gang immediately, and what surprised him was that Li Gang didn't give any instructions, but asked him to tell the young master about the situation. This is not only a test of the young master's ability, but also a training of the young master, who is the future The Lord of Jiayue must curry favor.

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help being happy, he was worrying about the money, so the gold master came to send the money?

My brother's luck is not so good.

"Commander Ding, your internal guards are doing well."

Li Wei, who was in an extremely good mood, took Ding Xi's arm and said with a smile: "Come on, let's make a careful calculation, this matter cannot be messed up."

Of course, this matter cannot be messed up. All the large sums of money he needs have fallen on those people. They are only allowed to succeed, not to fail.

The terrifying power of the catapult is obvious to all, but after the war, the Jiayue Army did not mass-produce and equip the army. To be precise, except for intentional or unintentional publicity, none of them were produced, and even touched the construction of the catapult. Those craftsmen and carpenters were put under house arrest in disguise. Li Wei's purpose was to make a fortune before the catapult leaked the secret.

"Commander Ding, this matter is done, I will remember you as a great achievement. We can't give you a promotion, but there must be benefits, haha."

"Serving the lord and young lord is the job of the subordinates."

Ding Xi's heart was full of enthusiasm when he heard it, who said the young master came from a dandy?

This ability to win people's hearts alone makes people feel moved to serve them.

The two muttered for a long time, Ding Xi left in a hurry, and Li Wei happily went back to the room to count the money.

Early in the morning, a shrewd and capable internal guard came in to report that Commander Ding had finished the matter.

"it is good."

Li Wei, who was having breakfast, stood up happily. After Commander Ding finished all the things discussed, it was his turn to act next.

Chapter 23 Phishing Enforcement

Wei Laojiu is a well-known market group leader in the Xicheng area. He has more than a hundred rogues under his command. They have various means of making a living, and most of them are shady. .

In fact, Wei Laojiu's other secret identity is the inner guard, the official rank is the fifth-rank school guard, and he is only ranked under the commander Ding Xi, which shows that Wei Laojiu's ability is not bad, and Ding Xi trusts him. Most of them are also inside guards.

Wei Laojiu used this identity as a cover, and it was really effective. At least a dozen plots to assassinate Li Gang were thwarted. Those assassins who sneaked into Jiayue City had to ask local snakes like Wei Laojiu because they were not familiar with their places of life. In some cases, it is natural to fall into the trap and die in a muddleheaded way.

Li Gang knew who wanted to assassinate himself, but he couldn't get mad because he didn't get any evidence. Those killers and assassins were all real dead men. Once they were in desperate situation, they would take poison and commit suicide immediately.

This time, Wei Laojiu is acting as an intermediary to arrange a business meeting with the guests to ensure their safety. No matter how the business between the two parties is, he will charge a heavy hard fee, and the negotiation is doubled.

This kind of thing is inherently shady, and if you don't do it well, you will lose your head. If you receive less rewards, it will make people suspicious. It is normal to receive more rewards, and it is also reassuring.

After careful arrangements, Wei Laojiu flashed into a broken wing room and reported the situation to his immediate superior, Ding Xi.

It is naturally very important to let Ding Xi, the commander of the inner guards, take charge in person, and he must be careful.

In the wing room, Li Wei and Ding Xi, the commander of the internal guards, were listening to Wei Laojiu's report. The reason why he hurried over to sit in the guard was not because he doubted the abilities of Ding Xi, Wei Laojiu and others, nor would he go out in person and risk himself. When there is a serious shortage of money, there is a gold master sending money to the door, of course you have to pay attention.

He considers himself not a gentleman, but he bears in mind some famous sayings and rules of a gentleman, such as a gentleman speaks but does not act, a gentleman does not set up a dangerous wall, safety is the first, life is over, money and beautiful women are not enjoyed up.

Li Wei did not interfere with Ding Xi's arrangements, and Ding Xi arranged for a clever and articulate subordinate to negotiate business with a businessman who claimed to be from the Jin Empire.

Although the guest claimed to be a businessman, he had an extraordinary demeanor, revealing the intriguing aura of being in a high position for a long time. His status must not be low in the Jin Empire.

In the battle between Qin and Tang Dynasties, the catapult was born out of the sky. Its terrifying power made the soldiers of the Tang army tremble with fear, their fighting spirit was low, and they were completely defeated. The war that would have lasted at least half a year, or maybe a year, would end soon.

Such a powerful weapon for attacking fortifications, coupled with the intentional or unintentional promotion of Li Wei's people, has been officially named by Li Gang.

In fact, only Li Wei knows how powerful the catapult is. The catapult can throw large rocks weighing hundreds of catties, which can cause great damage to buildings such as cities, but not to soldiers. At most, it can shock the enemy and boost the morale of one's own side. Moreover, this thing is too large and heavy, and it is very inconvenient to transport.

The prestige of the thunderbolt car has spread throughout the Cangyun Continent. All major empires have successively sent a large number of secret spies to infiltrate Jiayue City. They want to get the design draft of the thunderbolt car at any cost. Buying a lot of money is only one of the methods. Well, well-informed local snakes like Wei Laojiu naturally became the first targets of secret spies from various empires.

The businessman from the Jin Empire was very generous, offering a price of 20 cranes. The condition was not only the design draft of the Thunderbolt car, but also a prototype car, which seemed very cautious.

One side asks wildly for the price, while the other bargains desperately, and finally the deal is settled at a price of 23 dong. It's too expensive.

Next, Wei Laojiu arranged to go out of the city and go to the farm outside the city to inspect the prototype of the Perak car. Even if the businessmen of the Jin Empire had doubts, they saw the servants in the farm hurriedly installing the Perak car according to the drawing, and even launching it into the field. After one shot, he was completely relieved, this is indeed a genuine Thunderbolt car.

23 taels of money, even if it was transported by ox carts, at least dozens of carts would have to be loaded. The merchants of the Jin Empire paid with gold, and the 300 taels of yellow gold ingots made Li Wei's eyes full of glittering gold.

In the next few days, Li Wei completed transactions with the secret agents of the Tang Zhouwei Empire, and even secret agents from Hongfeng Province and the imperial capital. A design draft of a thunderbolt car was sold for 21 to 25 yuan. The varying prices made Li Wei a huge windfall.

Li Wei made a huge windfall, and he was in an indescribably happy mood. He also rewarded Ding Xi, Wei Laojiu and other inner guards, and everyone was happy.

Li Gang smiled even more happily. He didn't expect his precious son to be so good at making money. He didn't want to interfere with how his precious son spent this windfall, and he didn't ask.

Although Li Wei made a lot of money, he knew in his heart that the various plans he wanted to implement were like a bottomless pit, and no matter how many times more money was poured into it, it would not be enough to fill it up. Money must be used to make money.

He has a deep understanding of the so-called pulling one hair to move the whole body, but he can't rush it, so he can only take it step by step.

He spent part of the money to buy war horses everywhere, build an elite young master's army, and at the same time provide intensive training for recruits.

What is jaw-dropping is his training method for the young master. In addition to high-intensity physical training, he also conducts queue training, such as one-two-one walking back and forth, which makes those experienced military instructors look dumbfounded At a loss, is it useful for the young master to mess around like this?

Regardless of the strange gazes and doubts, Li Wei went his own way, and ordered the military instructors to just follow the training outline drawn up until the recruits' queue drills met his requirements.

While the young master was practicing with the army, Li Wei invited several well-known blacksmiths in the province to study how to improve iron smelting technology and improve the quality of steel.

The iron made by today's iron smelting technology is brittle and easy to break. After a battle, there are broken weapons everywhere. It can be seen that the quality of iron is really poor. In the era of cold weapons, weapons are regarded as the second life. A good iron sword can often be sold for a sky-high price of tens of thousands, or even 10,000+.

How to smelt steel, Li Wei didn’t know, but one time when he went online, when he was bored, he browsed some ancient steel-making materials on Baidu, and he had a vague impression, as if there was some kind of iron carburizing, steel-making, frying, pouring, etc. The method and how to do it are the business of the blacksmiths. He just gave a theoretical direction so that the blacksmiths can develop their ideas and avoid detours.

Li Wei's novel theory made the blacksmiths suddenly enlightened, and the advent of the first bellows filled them with confidence and admiration.

Li Wei was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, he still took some time out of his busy schedule to spend time with Mrs. Zhuang, love each other.

Chapter 24

In Zhuang Xi's eyes, Li Wei is a perfect man full of knowledge, talent, ideals, ambitions, humorous, gentle and considerate. His heart has long acquiesced, and he naturally acquiesced to some of his excessive petty actions, which are also regarded as Intimate pet.

However, when Li Wei wanted to break through the last line of defense and attack the city, she could only restrain herself and resist desperately. In fact, her resistance was very weak. If Li Wei insisted, she could only half push and half give in.

Although Li Wei thinks he is not a good bird, he is not bad enough to be a bully. From modern times, he still respects his sisters, and he finally restrained himself from attacking the city.

However, it is necessary to have a hand addiction, and this is also a normal phenomenon of small intimacy and tenderness among couples in love.

Jade's cheeks were flushed, she was panting, and her soft eyelashes were both shy and nervous, but also sweet and happy. Li Wei finally stopped the aggression, which made her quietly relieved, but also gave birth to an inexplicable sense of loss. It made her feel mixed and entangled in every possible way.

Fortunately, she has already confessed her heart through Xiaoyu. It is good to have servants and maidservants these days, and some words that are too embarrassing to say can be conveyed through them.

What made her heart secretly happy was that Li Wei gave a promise very readily, and he would come to propose marriage in a few days. Now she can't wait to go home and prepare the dowry. However, she dare not go back now, fearing that the notorious Young Master Li forced the marriage.

She also asked about Li Wei's relationship with the Li family in a disguised form. Li Wei's ambiguous answer made her think that Li Wei should be a collateral relative of the prefect Li Gang. Bar?After Li Wei sent Zhuang Xi back to the city, he plunged into the barracks. The "invention of the bellows,"

Coupled with his advanced iron smelting theories, the blacksmiths have forged several iron swords after a few days of exploration. According to the current level of smelting, although these iron swords have not yet reached the level of cutting iron like mud, they have already It is a coveted sword with a price of at least [-] to [-] yuan.

Li Wei asked the blacksmiths to test the swords on the spot. The iron swords commonly equipped by soldiers in the army could not withstand a few chops before breaking, and the new swords had only a few small cracks at most.

Li Wei shook his head and smiled wryly. He didn't meet his expectations at all, so he had to continue to explore and experiment. However, such a rotten sword can be sold at such a high price, so he accidentally found another way to make a fortune.

He let the blacksmiths continue to explore and experiment, and at the same time made fifty exquisite iron swords for sale, each of which cost 15 yuan. Unexpectedly, as soon as they went on the market, these iron swords were sold out, and the last few even sold for [-] yuan. The sky-high price made Li Wei make another small fortune.

Li Wei not only rewarded these blacksmiths, but even confiscated them and enjoyed the treatment of low-level military officers. The whole family was converted into military households, and they would move into designated neighborhoods in the future.

In modern terminology, these blacksmiths and craftsmen are technological elites, they must be protected and given preferential treatment, and their families will also receive special care. However, there is no unified urban planning yet, and the relocation cannot be implemented for the time being.

This kind of treatment made the blacksmiths very pleasantly surprised. Being a military household and enjoying a normal salary, the status and status are different. With such a good master at the stall, anyone is willing to work hard.

On the playground on the side of the barracks, groups of soldiers lined up neatly, roaring loudly and striding forward. The steps were uniform and rumbled. It was hard to believe that these were recruits who had just been conscripted into the army.

On the other side of the playground, a group of ten soldiers carried a giant log on their shoulders, gritted their teeth, and rushed towards the destination. These military training subjects were learned by Li Wei from modern military movies to strengthen the collective consciousness and teamwork of the soldiers. The spirit of cooperation eliminates their self-awareness and instinctively obeys the team.

In order to turn these recruits into heroes of all battles, Li Wei spent a lot of money. The food and treatment of the young master's pro-army are much better than those of the standing soldiers. Although I dare not say that the meals are big fish and meat, white rice, one or two Meat is still guaranteed.

After five months of intensive training, they will be brutally eliminated. The remaining [-] soldiers will be tailor-made, uniformed uniforms, shoes, leather armor and weapons, etc., to become real professional soldiers.

Anyway, the treatment is so good that people are envious. I don't know how many people have sharpened their heads and want to squeeze in. Who can squeeze in, who doesn't desperately want to stay and become a part of the young master's army?

Therefore, during training, the instructor's whip is not used at all, and the soldiers are training, training and training hard.

Li Wei was very busy. Apart from steelmaking being the top priority, war horses were also a big headache. The local horses could only be used as a means of transportation, which was not within his consideration at all.

The best war horses in the mainland come from the prairie outside the Great Wall. They are really strong and fat horses. And sometimes there is no market for the price. The Golden Empire, which controls the resources of war horses, sells at most about 10,000 war horses at a time, and half of them are old war horses that are about to be eliminated.

In order to build his own young master's army, Li Wei had no choice but to bite the bullet and send people to the Golden Empire to buy war horses in batches.

While busy with these things, Li Wei also had to consider the construction plan in Jiayue City. He wandered around the whole city, and Jiayue City had been expanded twice. Some houses on the Internet are randomly built and occupy land. As long as they are cleaned well, a lot of space can be freed up. Several rows of houses can be built in these places for the families of the so-called technological elites to live in.

When Li Wei told Dad about the planning intention, Li Gang thought about it for a while before nodding. The city planning proposed by his precious son was dispensable, and he even thought it was a waste, but he also acquiesced without using the provincial treasury bank. .

Li Wei has also budgeted for various expenses. When the barracks was built, the forest at the foot of the Wuyun Mountain in the west of the city was cut down. Those trees were ready-made building materials, which saved a lot of money. Carrying the wood into the designated place in the city and stacking it saves transportation costs. The simplest wood processing and house building can be done by the recruits, which can save a small amount of money.

He didn't worry about those people who were unwilling to move, and replaced the dilapidated houses with two-storey new houses, which were larger than the original ones. He also paid some relocation fees, so fools would not want to move.

For the next ten days, the common people in the city could see a group of ten soldiers carrying huge logs on their shoulders, yelling, and trotting into the city. At first, people were still curious, but they got used to it after a few days.

Li Wei, who was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, usually hugged Qing'er when he came home, after eating and taking a bath, but tonight, he had something to do, and after taking a bath comfortably, he waved the gold-painted folding fan , swaying and going out, Qinger, Li Er and Li San followed closely behind.

Chapter 25 is messing around, right?

Since An Suyun gave up the game and changed jobs, Lin Ruoying is now the head of Tianxianglou. bigger.

However, the grievances and grievances between her and An Suyun became more and more mysterious, which made her feel very upset. She wanted to find someone to confide in, but after thinking about it, only Li Wei could understand her, so she invited Li Wei tonight. guard.

Regarding the notorious Li Wei, she was entangled in every possible way, and she had been quietly inquiring about his recent affairs. It was not reported that Young Master Li had done any evil deeds recently, but hid in the barracks all day long, as if What kind of young master is messing with him?

The young master's pro-army conscription once caused a lot of trouble in the city, and almost everyone knew about it. After a while, people gradually forgot about it. It is said that the young master's army is a prodigal army, which also means that young master Li is a prodigal army.

Although Lin Ruoying was curious, she didn't understand these things, so she didn't pay much attention. However, the news that the young master was about to marry the young lady of the Kong family in Qingchuan Province made her feel an inexplicable sense of loss.

In fact, why didn't she know that even if the young master had feelings for her and was willing to marry her, with her status, she was destined to be only a concubine, but she still felt uncomfortable when she heard that he was about to marry a wife, as if she was lost. It's like something precious, and the whole person is a little lost.

Lin Ruoying refused all the receptions on the grounds that she was unwell, and greeted Li Wei at the back door in person, and welcomed Li Wei into her attic.

In ancient times, men were not allowed to enter the attic of the fragrant boudoir of an unmarried lady. If you are invited or acquiesced to enter, any idiot knows what it means.

Although Lin Ruoying has fallen into prostitution, she does not sell herself as a performer, and for a red-hot head of a family like her, the savings she has saved are long enough for her to redeem herself. The favorite Langjun, she invited Young Master Li to go straight to the attic, which also meant that she regarded Li Wei as her guest of honor.

Even if Qing'er was upset, she didn't dare to show it. It's not her turn to taste it. Only the original wife is qualified. In fact, she has some sympathy for Lin Ruoying, because her status is too special. However, if it is an ordinary woman, even a village girl who is too poor to eat three meals a day, she is much better than her. If she wants to enter the Li family, it may be more difficult than going to heaven.

It was the first time for Li Wei to enter the boudoir of an ancient girl, and he couldn't help looking around curiously. The furnishings in the room were simple, elegant and elegant, reflecting the temperament and habits of the owner.