Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Li Ji’s grocery store is famous, and the autumn wind is colder and colder every day. There are not too many people wearing sweaters in the streets and alleys of the capital. In this weather, a knitted sweater that grows to the calf has become the latest fashion. It’s like you can’t get out the house without a sweater.

But a sweater is not cheap. Ordinary people have to grit their teeth and save money if they want to buy it. However, the people in the capital are richer than other places, and they like to show off, so they will buy one even for the sake of face.

The silver was continuously shipped back to South Vietnam, and Li Xu also received the second batch of wool from the north. This time, five boats of wool were shipped back. This winter’s sales are all here, and the next batch will be available next year. It's spring.

Lei Yang knew that the sweater would be very popular, but he didn't expect it to be so popular. It has become the most sold item in the grocery store. The soap, which he thought would be sold out, is not as good.

With more money, Lei Yang's mind also moved. South Vietnam is too far away from the north. The wool is shipped back to make sweaters and then shipped back to sell. The cost has increased several times. He wants to be safe at the border. Build a wool factory in the place where wool is produced.

But after all, it is not their territory, and the risk is huge. First of all, the risk of technology outflow is multiplied.

Li Xu never thought about this problem. If he could build a factory in the north, he would indeed save a lot of money. But before he had no soldiers or generals, and the factory was built, he couldn't keep it. It's not as safe as South Vietnam.

But this year when sweaters become popular, the purchase cost of wool is bound to increase significantly, and he will have to consider this issue next year.

"Brother Lei has been to many places, do you have any recommendations? It doesn't matter if you are far away from the capital, or too close to the border. The border is in turmoil and it is too unsafe. Just choose a place in the middle."

Looking at his expression, Lei Yang suggested in a low voice: "My lord, what do you think of King Zhenbei's territory? King Zhenbei governs the entire northwest region, which is very large, but the only place where war will be fought is the border area, other places are still very safe If King Zhenbei is willing to take care of us, no one will dare to move. The most important thing is that King Zhenbei has an army of 20, and there are nearly [-] generals with high grades alone. Sweater, we don’t have to worry about the whole year’s income.”

Li Xu pondered this sentence over and over again, and found that it was true. The military supply business must be profitable, but the premise is that the big brother is willing to cooperate.

Li Xu recalled the relationship between the original owner and the elder brother, and felt that the possibility was not high. When the former owner was the crown prince, the eldest prince disliked him. Now that he has been abolished, he can still treat him well .

"This king will consider this matter, but don't hold out too much hope."

Lei Yang knew Li Xu's temperament, and knew that he would do his best in whatever could be done, so he talked about another matter, "Xiao San proposed to open Li's branch stores in other places, is this too hasty?"

"It's too high-profile to open Liji's grocery chain into a chain store. When the time comes, someone will investigate the owner behind this store. Once my enemies know that it is my store, it will be strange if I don't make small moves. Other places will only open restaurants. The branch store and the garment store branch, these two stores, Fulai Restaurant is owned by Nanyue Lei's family, and the tailor shop can be affiliated with any Jiangnan surname, so don't let people know that these two are from Nanyue."

Li Xu's private business houses already have several, and outsiders will search in different places if they want to check, and they will never know that these seemingly unrelated business houses are all from the Shun Palace.

A few days ago, Li Xu received a secret letter from Ye Changqing, saying that after Qin Zuxin's fleet went out to sea, they met people from Shelter Island. Now that Shelter Island has gold mines, it has seldom attacked the fleets that come and go. Instead, it is very friendly. Invite them to visit the island.

Qin Zuxin couldn't ask for more, he took three ships of goods out to sea, in order to go to the sheltered island, he agreed after a little hesitation on the face.

Now most of the entire fleet has landed on the island, and only a few people stayed on board. The situation is still unknown. Li Xu is concerned about the safety of the caravan, and he has been a bit lazy lately.

However, Kou Xiao has been busy recruiting troops recently, and there is always no sign of anyone. Liu Shu is also running between Xiyuan and Xinwangfu, and he has no one to talk to.

"My lord is too tired recently, I should rest more, and there is not even a hostess in the mansion, and no one is asking for her warmth. How can my lord take a few concubines in the mansion first? Now the situation in South Vietnam is stable, and the major families Bow down to the lord, you can find any kind of girl you like." Lei Yang said casually.

Li Xu glanced at him. During this time, Lei Yang has been busy too. He has lost weight visibly to the naked eye, and he has aged a lot. He has been running back and forth all year round. It's worrying.

He has a good relationship with Lei Yang. He is a few years younger than Lei Yang in mental age. He always feels that he and he are of the same generation, and they are both in business and have many common topics.

"Brother Lei, have you heard any strange rumors?" Li Xu asked angrily.

Recently, more and more people want to match him, and all of them pull the strings to marry him a concubine, probably knowing that he can't decide the position of the main wife.

Lei Yang was a little ashamed, and hurriedly vetoed, "Nothing, just seeing your house is deserted, and I feel sorry for you."

"Is it deserted? Xiao Liu has been recruiting newcomers recently. There are more than [-] people living in this small Xiyuan. How is it deserted? As for the bed warmers, let's not think about it."

Lei Yang didn't dare to pollute Li Xu's ears with the rumors he heard, he felt that such rumors were completely nonsense, as long as the prince randomly placed someone in the room, it would be resolved.

After he left, Li Xu asked He Zun: "What nonsense is being spread outside?"

He Zun went in and out with him all day long, shaking his head to express that he didn't know, "Maybe Liu Shu knows, you wait for him to come back and ask."

"Don't you know what Xiao Liu's character is? If there are rumors that are unfavorable to me, he will definitely deal with them privately and will not tell me."

"Then the subordinate went out to inquire about it."

Li Xu shook his head, "As soon as you show up, whoever dares to gossip, don't go out to inquire, just go to the next door and eavesdrop on people chatting."

The mansions of rich families are really the best places to collect news. Those servants like to talk about the family's family affairs, and matters related to him are a must-have topic for killing time.

The corner of He Zun's mouth twitched, he didn't really want to listen to the foot of the wall, but this was indeed the most trouble-free and convenient way, so he promised and went out quietly.

Li Xu walked around the study room, took a book and glanced at it, but couldn't get it in, then glanced at the map, wandered around in the northwest, he had never been to that place, I couldn't see anything just by looking at the map, so I had to give up.

A servant girl knocked on the door of the study room, came in with afternoon tea, and said softly: "My lord, before you leave, Manager Liu will tell the servant girl to bring you some snacks at this hour."

Li Xu glanced at her, still a little surprised, this maid was recruited by Liu Shu, and she didn't know where she came from. She was gorgeous and charming, with a charming figure, and her voice was very gentle and graceful. It was a pleasing picture for Yingying to pay her respects. painting.

"Let's put it aside." Li Xu looked back and said.

Not to mention that there is Kou Xiao watching over him, but in his current situation, he is really not in the mood to find a woman to fall in love with.

Of course, in the eyes of others, he doesn't need to have sex, as long as he has a companion on the bed to relieve boredom, but he has never done such a thing casually in his previous life, and of course it is even more impossible to do it in this life.This is not to say that he is noble and dedicated, but that he really doesn't have much interest in these people.

The maid had some thoughts in her heart, and she was slapped around by Director Liu, her heart was full of fire, and she had already secretly agreed to it when she looked at the young and handsome prince.

She boldly took the tea cup and handed it to the prince, and gently persuaded: "My lord, you have been busy all day, drink more tea to refresh yourself."

Li Xu said bluntly: "Put it aside, the king will take it himself if he needs it."

"My lord." The servant girl bit her lower lip, her beautiful eyes flickered, and she continued: "Then servant girl, bring you some pastries. Aunt Xu made your favorite bacon shortbread today. You can go back to work after you finish eating." .”

Li Xu turned around, looked at her angrily, and said emphatically, "The study is important, you don't have to come here without my orders from now on, just do your duty."

The servant girl was startled, her hands shook, and the whole cup of tea was poured on the floor, splashing the tea on Li Xu's trousers. He was wearing crescent-white silk clothes and trousers today, and the brown tea splash was particularly obvious.

"Your Majesty, this maidservant deserves to die! This maidservant will clean it up for you." The maidservant hurriedly knelt down to apologize, and took out her handkerchief to wipe Li Xu's trouser legs.

Kou Xiao saw this scene as soon as he entered the door. A woman with a strong wind and weak willows was kneeling on the ground, half of her figure was hidden behind the desk, and Li Xu was standing behind the desk facing the woman. The two seemed to be stuck together .

He kicked a chair away heavily, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "The last general Kou Xiao will see the prince, and your body is in good health."

Li Xu took a step back and looked at the girl kneeling in front of him with a frown. It is true that he is not very good at getting angry with a teenage girl, but tolerance has a limit. You change positions, and don’t appear in front of this king if you have nothing to do in the future.”

The servant girl didn't expect such an ending, and the water flooded the golden mountain in an instant, but there was an outsider in the room, she didn't even dare to beg for mercy, she silently packed the tea cups on the ground, and retreated.

Li Xu turned around from behind the desk, looked at Kou Xiao who was still kneeling on the ground, sighed, walked over to help him up, "What's wrong with you?"

Kou Xiao glanced at him up and down, saw tea stains on his trouser legs, and joked with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, there are many strange faces in the prince's mansion, where did you find that beauty just now? Such a beauty Nanyue is not easy to find, the prince is really blessed."

Li Xu went back to the desk and sat down, and said calmly: "Little Liu is in charge of this servant's affairs, and this king has nothing to do with it."

"Little Eunuch Liu is fortunate to be loyal to the prince, otherwise all the dirty and smelly things will be drawn to your side, and your body will be lost."

"Don't talk about this, why come back today when you are free?"

Kou Xiao curled his lips, took out two books from his sleeve and handed them to him, "This one is the list of newly recruited soldiers, and the other is the list of generals who are going to be promoted this time, please have a look at it, Your Highness."

Li Xu casually flipped through the second booklet. There were hundreds of people who could be promoted this time, which was considered a very big personnel change. One can imagine what kind of chaos the army will be in this period of time.

"Is this the final list?"

"Of course not. You can only do it under the command of the prince. If you don't like anyone, just cross it out."

Li Xu threw the roster back to him, and said with a smile: "Are you a foolish king when you think I am a king? It's not pleasing to the eye just by looking at the name." To be honest, ordinary people in this era choose names casually, called Da Niu Da Zhu Er Not too many dogs.

"Okay, General Kou can decide on his own. Just send a copy of the final list to the king. It's the autumn harvest, so we must pay close attention to the drill. I suspect that the owner of Wudao Island will make a big move at the end of this year. No defense."

"Why is it the end of the year?"

Li Xu sighed and said, "Because at the end of the year, those restless people are prone to wandering minds. I guess they want to make a fortune before the end of the year."

Kou Xiao thought about it carefully, and it was really the case, but he said confidently: "Then let them come. Although the soldiers recruited this time are new recruits, maybe you are too famous. There are a lot of people who signed up for the seed delivery, and a lot of good seedlings have been dug out, do you know? There is a tribe that moved down from the mountain, and all the young men of the tribe have enlisted in the army. All of them are good at archery. Jiang Junshi’s mouth is almost laughing Crooked."

Li Xu was also surprised when he heard this, "Many small tribes moved down from the mountain before, but do they have such a strong sense of belonging to Nanyue?"

Kou Xiao smiled mysteriously at him, "You don't understand this, the tribes on these mountains are not good at farming, they are better at hunting, even if they move down the mountains and have land, they may not be able to grow enough food, and they are warlike in nature , Enlisting in the army is actually a good opportunity to get ahead."

The corner of his mouth twitched after he finished speaking, "It's just that everyone can't even speak official Chinese. They speak bird language all day long, and they can only communicate by gesticulating. They are so tired."

Li Xu took out a copy from the official document on the side and handed it to Kou Xiao, "This is the notebook sent by Mr. Ji yesterday. It is about language. This king has approved it, and it will be delivered to all counties and villages in a few days." , all people over the age of three and under the age of 50 who can listen and speak are required to learn official Chinese. They are not required to be able to read and write. If you can pass the customs, the grain tax for that year can be reduced by [-]%.”

Kou Xiao applauded, sincerely admiring the current government's ability to handle affairs, "I learned this from the lord, and they always give preferential treatment to the people. Can they not be active? This is better than any punishment."

Of course Li Xu knew this, the life of poor people is not easy, as long as they have a little bit of sweetness, they are willing to work hard, not to mention that as long as they just learn the official language, it is not too difficult.