The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Chapter 120 The Golden Egg Hen
Xia Jing thought of the properties on the list, and suggested: "Actually, if these hidden households are found out, all the fields of the Lou family can be re-measured. If the hidden households re-register and divide the fields according to population, I don't believe that there are still hidden households who will not take the initiative. Cooperate."

Now King Qian himself was in pain, and he said with embarrassment: "These properties are the cornerstone of my king's raising soldiers and horses. If they are allocated to those hidden households, then this king's house raid is not a waste of work?"

The most hateful thing is that he bears the notoriety, and the benefits are all given to those ordinary people, he has lost a lot!

After hearing what he said, Xia Jing rolled her eyes at him blankly, "Now Lingnan is your fiefdom, and the people in Lingnan are your people. The land will be allocated to them again, and you will collect more taxes at the end of the year. Not the same thing?"

The truth is this truth, and King Qian actually understands it in his heart, but the property he got has to be given away unconditionally, which is just a pain in the flesh.

The illegal building of the Lou family's ancestral house is now for King Qian to live in, which is quite suitable for his status. The large courtyard is surrounded by small courtyards, and with winding paths and corridors, it took them half an hour to walk from the front yard to the back yard.

Xia Jing didn't look at the other courtyards, but as the courtyard where the ancestors of the whole family lived, she definitely wanted to check it out.

The largest yard in the main yard is located in the best location. There is a garden in the yard, which is very elegantly arranged.

A group of people walked around the yard and found that there are countless precious flowers and trees cultivated in the yard. The yard alone is like a small show of precious flowers and trees.

Xia Jing took a deep breath of the fragrance of flowers and trees, and said with emotion: "I have finally experienced the luxurious life of aristocratic families. Living in this kind of place can really wear down one's will."

As a person from the end of the world, she has lived in this kind of place for a long time, and she wants to lie flat and live a retirement life.Not to mention young people who should struggle.

Qian Wang was sweating all over, found a stone bench and sat down.

Even so, the hot weather still couldn't stop his enthusiasm, "Princess, are you satisfied with this courtyard? Do you need to go inside to have a look?"

Xia Jing must be concerned about where she lives, she nodded: "You rest here for a while, I'll go in and have a look."

"This king will go with you." King Qian really worked hard today, enduring his weak legs, and stood up again.

The rooms in the main courtyard are as exquisitely decorated as the outside, and there is basically no furniture to be added. Xia Jing looked around and found that the bathroom and the mouth need to be remodeled, but everything else is fine.

Let Hongmei remember this matter, and then go to the porcelain factory to order some squatting toilets and wash basins to be remodeled.

There is no need for renovation in other places.

On the way back, since it was already time for lunch, King Qian invited Xia Jing to go to a restaurant outside to taste Lingnan specialties.

Xia Jing did not refuse, and King Qian remained in a good mood on the way back after eating.

It's just that when he arrived at the government office and saw Aunt Wang waiting outside his small courtyard, his mood was not so good.

"How did you come?"

Aunt Wang said with a smile: "It's been a long time since the concubine has visited the prince, and the prince is also cruel, and has never visited the concubine."

She said complaining words, but her tone and expression didn't mean complaining at all.

What King Qian likes most is her generous attitude of not fighting or grabbing.

For this little concubine who has been with him for decades and has no strong sense of existence, after listening to her words today, I feel a little guilty.

He lifted his feet and stepped into the yard first, "Isn't it hot to stand outside, come in."

Aunt Wang smiled at Anu before steadily following in.

When King Qian returned to the house, he asked the boy to prepare warm water to wash off the sweat stains on his body, and then he walked out wearing thin obscene clothes.

He sat on the main seat and drank a cup of tea before asking, "Why do you think of coming to see me today?"

Apart from her own maid, only Anu was left in the room. Seeing no outsiders, Aunt Wang said bluntly, "The prince confiscated a lot of good things, why did he only give them to the concubine and Aunt Sun, but forgot about our fourth room?"

King Qian scratched his nose guiltily, glanced at Anu, and smiled: "There are no secrets in the backyard of the Wangfu."

Aunt Wang said helplessly: "Knowing that there are no secrets, the prince should level the bowl of water."

Anu of the Qian Dynasty signaled, "Go and prepare some silver taels and send them to the other houses."

It's not easy to miss the eldest and second wife from Aunt Sun and Aunt Wang.

She smiled on her face, but in her heart she had already remembered Aunt Sun who was not strict with her mouth.

It cost him money!
Why was he so sure that Aunt Sun had slipped her tongue?

Because Xia Jing went out with him after choosing the house, it was impossible for the news to reach Aunt Wang so soon after she came back.

Back in her small courtyard, Xia Jing yawned after washing up and lay down on the bed for a lunch break.

After waking up after a good night's sleep, someone sent a message to shopkeeper Ding, asking him to start selling ice cubes at the salt shop tomorrow.

King Qian even asked Zeng Yan to go to the salt shop to buy ice the next day. He had had enough of the hot weather during his stay in Lingnan. Now that he knew there was ice for sale, how could he miss this opportunity to enjoy it.

King Qian's use of ice meant that the entire palace could not hide it. Everyone knew that Wang Hao's salt shop sold ice.

When Aunt Sun got the news, she didn't want to wait for a moment, so she went directly to Zeng Yan, "Zeng Yan, I heard that the mansion bought a lot of ice, and asked someone to send some ice to my yard."

Zeng Yan took the account book to check whether there were any omissions in the purchased materials, and after listening to Aunt Sun's instructions, he turned around and told the truth:

"The ice that I sent someone to buy today is only enough for the prince to use. If Aunt Sun wants to use ice, she can send a carriage to the princess's salt shop to buy it. I just want to remind you that there is no ice cellar in the backyard of the government office. How much do you want to use?" Just buy as much as you want, if you buy too much, it will be melted if you can’t use it, it’s a waste.”

How could Auntie Sun be willing to pay for it herself? Her face was not very good-looking, "I'm a woman who doesn't go out of the door, how can I know the truth outside, I still need to trouble the housekeeper to send someone to go again."

Zeng Yan hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, since Auntie is inconvenient, then this old slave will send someone to go again, but you have to pay for the ice."

Aunt Sun frowned, "Now that there is no separation, why do we have to pay for the ice? Isn't the ice in the mansion every summer distributed according to the head of the mansion?"

"In the past, in Gyeonggi, our mansion had its own ice cellar. Every winter, a large amount of ice was stored. In summer, it is convenient to use ice in the mansion, and there is no need to spend money to buy it. Of course, everyone uses ice for free."

Now the mansion can't make ends meet, Lingnan summer is hot for a long time, ice is a commodity that is in short supply, and the price is definitely not cheap.

The prince had already ordered in the morning that anyone in the mansion who wants to use ice to pay by himself is not allowed to take the account of the public.

"Since the mansion used to have ice in summer, why is it not allocated ice in Lingnan? Could it be that the share of ice used in summer has been greedy by you, an old servant?"

This was a bit of nonsense, Zeng Yan just pretended not to hear it, and argued with the woman in the backyard, if the trouble broke out, the prince would only punish him as a slave.

Not caring about it doesn't mean he will give her a good face.

Zeng Yan's face darkened, "Aunt Sun, if you have any questions, you can ask the lord, this old slave is busy checking today's supplies, if you delayed sending today's ingredients to the kitchen, and the lunch meal cannot be provided on time, please wait for me. When the higher authorities investigate it, the old slave will directly explain the reason to the prince."

The situation on Zeng Yan's side quickly spread to the ears of the other rooms.

Everyone complained about using Bing to pay their own money, but they didn't dare to show it, at most they only dared to complain a few words in their respective rooms.

A piece of ice is fifty yuan, and ice basins are placed in the four corners of a room, which is four pieces of ice.

A room needs eight pieces of ice a day to meet the needs of the day.

This is only the amount used by King Qian for a day. There is more than one master in the other rooms, and more than one room needs to use ice.

Take the most representative house in Dafang, Li Chengshang and his wife live in one room, and there are two sons below, and the eldest son has children, and Li Chengshang's concubine's room, the daily consumption is calculated as eight rooms.

It costs about seven taels of silver to use ice a day, and 210 taels a month.

Besides, the summer in Lingnan lasts more than three or four months.

Calculated, the silver used for ice in one summer would cost nearly 1000 taels.

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This account is not ignorant, and it is shocking.

The amount of ice used in these few rooms of Guangwang Mansion is several thousand taels. How many generations of country gentry are there in the entire prefecture?
When summer is over, Xia Jing can earn a lot of money just by selling ice.

It would be a lie to say that the other rooms are not envious.

"You said that Princess Yantian has a share in the mansion, so shouldn't this ice also give some dividends to the mansion?"

When Li Chengyi was chatting with his wife, he asked this question.

The fourth lady took a bite of the pastry and shook her head: "How is it possible? At the beginning, the method of drying salt was handed over to the mansion. I guess she made this plan because everyone just arrived in Lingnan and wanted the palace to establish a firm foothold in Lingnan as soon as possible. Now the palace Everything is on the right track, how could she hand over the hen that lays the golden eggs to the mansion!"

Besides, except for Xiao Wu, the others are not biological children, so how could the princess be selfless and dedicated all the time.

Li Chengyi was a well-known dude in Gyeonggi back then, and when he spent his days and nights outside, he had the industry support allocated to him by the palace, which was barely enough for him to spend.

Fleeing to Lingnan now means that all the industries in Gyeonggi are gone.

Lingnan belonged exclusively to their Sifang property, only a dozen hectares of wasteland given to them by Xia Jing, and 1 taels of silver given by King Qian.

If you want to buy property again, you will use the fourth lady's dowry money to buy it.

Later, they were allowed to recruit soldiers, but he has only recruited less than soldiers because he has no money.

Raising two thousand new recruits consumes a lot of food every day, and this is not counting the consumption of ordnance and uniforms.

Li Chengyi's current situation is penniless and in debt.

As a person who is in debt and unable to repay, he is especially envious of Xia Jing's hen that can lay golden eggs.

He sighed, "Now that we are in Lingnan, we have to start from scratch. Do you have any ideas for making money?"

The fourth lady swallowed the pastry in her mouth unhurriedly, took another two sips of tea to moisten her throat, and then said, "Even if I have something, you must be willing to earn it."

Li Chengyi was asking casually, but hearing his wife's tone, it seemed that he really had an idea to make money.

His eyes lit up, he moved closer to her, and asked with a smile: "Madam, if you have any ideas, why don't you tell me, so I can help you as a reference?"

The Fourth Madam didn't seem to believe him, and her tone of voice was suspicious: "Even if I have thousands of ideas in my mind, can you endure the hardship?"

Li Chengyi was a little hesitant when he heard this, but when he thought of the current situation, there was a trace of expectation on his face, "Don't worry about whether you have to suffer for your husband or not, please tell me first, you know our situation now. People, if you are forced to rush, you may realize your unlimited potential!"

Seeing Li Chengyi's expression, the fourth lady couldn't help but believe him a little bit.

But it's okay to talk about it.

"There are ways to make money in every place, it just depends on whether you can find it. I don't know anything else in Lingnan, but there are ways to make money in our mansion. If you are determined to work hard, you can try it."

Li Chengyi's appetite was whetted by her words, and he urged: "Is there any connection in the mansion? Don't be foolish, tell me quickly!"

The fourth lady smiled and looked at his anxious look, "Snowflake salt!"

"Snowflake salt?" Li Chengyi raised his eyebrows, staring at the fourth lady for a moment, waiting for her next words.

"Mother Concubine Snowflake Salt has regulations to sell ten cents a catty in Lingnan, but there is no such regulation in other prefectures. Now that the number of foreign merchants is limited, we can organize a caravan to sell snowflake salt to other prefectures. It’s a way to make money.”

Li Chengyi stared straight at the fourth lady, shocked in his heart, "Why didn't I think of this?"

The fourth lady shook him expectantly, "What do you think my husband thinks about my idea? It's feasible?"

Li Chengyi settled down, held the fourth lady's cheek and kissed his red lips, "Haha, it's feasible, it's very feasible! Tomorrow, if not today, I will go to the princess's salt shop to order snowflake salt, and the caravan will use the first paragraph Escort the recruits recruited on the day."

As he spoke, he thought for a while and added: "Madam went to dispatch a few stewards. After ordering salt for my husband, I divided the two thousand soldiers into four teams, each with 500 men, and sold them to four cities respectively. In this way, Don’t worry about making money.”

There is no wife who does not want her husband to make progress. Seeing Li Chengyi's enthusiasm for making money, the fourth wife was very happy, and she nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Xia Kee Salt Shop.

Li Chengyi got out of the stuffy carriage, sweating all over his body. When he saw the curtain hanging at the door of the salt shop, he knew that the temperature inside must be cool.

When the curtain was lifted and walked in, it was so.

Shopkeeper Ding followed Qian Wangfu's team all the way to Lingnan, so he naturally met Li Chengyi.

"Oh, what wind brought fourth master here?"

Feeling the coolness in the store, Li Chengyi joked: "Well, shopkeeper Ding, you can enjoy it better than my uncle. I dare not use ice so extravagantly."

Shopkeeper Ding smiled and clasped his fists: "It's all thanks to the princess, otherwise I wouldn't be able to enjoy my life."

Li Chengyi walked around the ice basin a few times, and forcibly moved his eyes away from the ice.

He walked to the counter, pointed at the snowflake salt in the bucket and said, "I want to take a team to Jingzhou, do you have this kind of snowflake salt in stock?"

"How much does fourth master want?"

"How many do you have in your warehouse?"

Shopkeeper Ding smiled with a little complacency, "To be honest with Si Ye, now our snowflake salt has to be supplied to the whole of Lingnan, and the rest will be sold to merchants from other places. The warehouse says there is not much, and there is a lot less, about ten thousand catties There is."

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