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

King Qian didn't care what Xia Jing thought, and beckoned Anu to bring over his treasured wine.

"Come on, let's drink two cups today." After speaking, he poured wine for Xia Jing.

Xia Jing reached out to stop him from pouring wine, grabbed the wine cup on the table, and played with the sterling silver wine cup in her hand, "My concubine doesn't have the prince's hobby of drinking. If the prince wants to find someone to drink with you, I'm afraid it's the wrong person." gone."

The most important thing is that the average life expectancy in this ancient times is not long, and she is quite old now, if she doesn't take care of herself, how can she live longer in this ancient times?
Qian Wang paused slightly, "You really don't drink?"

Xia Jing shook her head, "Don't drink, drinking is not good for health."

King Qian's eyes turned around on Xia Jing's face, but he didn't force her, and poured a glass of wine on his own, "Then I drink two cups alone."

Food and wine are the most enjoyable.

The two chatted while eating, and the topic of conversation naturally couldn't avoid the son Li Chengmu who was jointly conceived by the two.

Speaking of Li Chengmu, it has been two months since he brought soldiers to Linhai Town. I don't know how he trained the recruits?

"Xiao Wu has been playing outside for two months. It's time for him to come back and have a look. Don't have too much fun at the beach."

Xia Jing took a sip of the vegetable and tofu soup and said without raising her head: "The man has ambitions everywhere, besides, he went to Linhai Town to train recruits, and he will come back naturally when the recruits are trained. It is useless for you and me to urge him to do it. Business."

Li Chengmu is the youngest child. King Qian said that it is impossible not to love him. Xiao Wu seldom left home in the past, and he could basically see people every day. Now he has been away for two months. King Qian thought that his youngest son would tight.

"His brothers are all training recruits outside the city, and it's not convenient for him to go home as far as he does special trips. Why bother?"

Hearing this, Xia Jing chuckled and said, "There are two main reasons why Xiao Wu brought the recruits to Linhai Town for training. One is that the salt field in Linhai Town was just built, and some bandits in the surrounding area needed to be wiped out. Bullies and thugs. The second reason is because I want Xiao Wu to take the recruits to train their water skills by the sea, so as to prepare for future water battles."

"Navy!" King Qian turned to look at her in shock, "You want to form a navy?"

This princess of his is ambitious enough!

Xia Jing admitted frankly, "Yes, to be precise, I want to form a navy, an army with maritime combat capabilities, to ensure law and order in coastal areas."

Of course, Xia Jing also has more far-reaching plans, but the current situation is not enough to support the implementation of the plan.

King Qian thought about it for a while, neither supporting nor opposing, but telling the truth about the current situation in Lingnan: "If you want to build a water navy, just building warships at sea will require a huge expenditure. According to the current situation in Lingnan, there is no I can't get the money out."

"Warships or sea ships can't be realized for the time being, but training a strong soldier who understands water skills doesn't seem to be in conflict." Xia Jing raised her brows and said in a good mood, "Besides, I always believe that opportunities are left behind." For those who are prepared, I will first train the recruits' water skills, and maybe one day the battleship will be delivered to the door automatically. "

"The battleship will be delivered to the door automatically, how can it be." Qian Wang paused, as if thinking of some possibility, he widened his eyes and asked in disbelief: "Could it be that the princess wants to rob the pirate's ship?"

pirate?

Xia Jing was overjoyed, and King Qian reminded her that there must be pirates on the sea, and if she could snatch the pirate's big ship, wouldn't she have a ready-made warship?

King Qian noticed the delighted expression on Xia Jing's face, and asked in surprise, "You really want to rob a pirate's ship, don't you?"

Seeing that Xia Jing didn't refute after hearing this, he concealed his worries and struck down: "Even if you want to rob, you don't have a boat to go to sea. Even if you borrow someone else's boat to go to sea, you don't have the strength to defeat the pirates. Even if you have a Even if you are in the vast sea, you will not be able to inquire about the pirate's lair. In the end, be careful not to rob and be killed by the pirates!"

"Okay." Xia Jing looked at him amusedly, "These are things that can only be realized in the year of the monkey. It's too early for us to discuss here."

That's all for this topic.

King Qian withdrew his thoughts, and was immediately attracted by the delicious food on the table, "This tofu food you made tastes good. Is it really made of soybeans?"

In this era, soybeans are used as food for the poor to fill their stomachs, but they are more used by the army and wealthy families to feed livestock, and they are also the main food for autumn and winter war horses.

Xia Jing was speechless, she had already eaten half of the meal, was it too late for him to ask this question?
"Yes, how do you like the taste?"

"Yes, the king likes it very much. When will the princess make this kind of tofu next time?"

"You majestic first-rank prince, are you afraid that you won't be able to finish your meal?" Xia Jing gave him an angry look, "Hurry up and eat."

After dinner.

Xia Jing looked at King Qian lying on his back on the soft couch, looking at the sky speechlessly.

Anu helped King Qian wipe his face and hands, stood up and bowed respectfully to Xia Jing: "Princess, the prince is drunk, and it is not suitable to move at night, why don't you let the prince rest at your place tonight?"

Xia Jing glanced at King Qian, who was lying on the soft couch with his belly rising and falling, and said with disgust: "Your prince has been exercising every day for many days, why hasn't he lost much weight?"

Anu: "Princess, the prince insists on exercising every morning, and now he has lost more than ten catties."

Xia Jing said "Oh" lightly, and looked at Hongmei, "Did anyone bring it?"

Just as Hongmei was about to answer, Baimei's reply came from outside the door: "Here we come, the concubine is here."

Anu has doubts in his eyes, who is here?

After a while, the door curtain was lifted, and Baimei walked in with several guards.

Xia Jing raised her hand towards the guards.

The guards tacitly stepped forward to help the prince who was sleeping on the soft couch.

Anu was startled when he saw this, and stepped forward to stop him: "Hey, what are you trying to do? Don't be rude to the prince!"

The personal guards were the princess's personal guards, and they only obeyed Xia Jing's orders. They ignored Anu's obstruction and carried King Qian on their backs. The two walked out the door with support behind them.

Anu followed behind in a hurry, and he couldn't really fight Xia Jing's personal guards, so he could only stomp his feet and follow.

After going out the door, Anu found that the guards came here with a sedan chair. They carefully let King Qian lie in the sedan chair. They motioned for Anu to follow, and they carried the sedan chair out of Yiguiyuan .

Watching the guards go away, and just let the prince miss the opportunity to stay overnight, Hongmei looked at Xia Jing helplessly, "Princess."

"stop!"

Xia Jing made a pause, and said with a dark face: "If you want a man, let me know, and this concubine will help you choose a good husband. Or if you have a crush on the prince, this concubine will help you arrange arrangements. Buy a pink dress?"

Hongmei didn't expect Xia Jing's black face, so she was startled, bent her knees and knelt on the ground, "Damn it, slave."

Xia Jing looked down at the top of her head, and said with a serious face: "As for the issue of sleeping, I remember telling you very clearly before that I don't have the heart to compete for favor, and I don't want to embarrass myself by doing things I don't like." , let you leave this matter alone, it seems that you have never taken my warning to heart."

Hongmei fell on the ground, she was so frightened that she shed tears, "It's the servant girl's fault, I won't dare to do it again next time."

"Remember what you said today, don't be an example!"

Xia Jing didn't make things difficult for her any more. There is nothing wrong with making a small mistake. If she makes a mistake again next time, she will never forgive her lightly.

Let's talk about King Qian who was sent back.

Anu sent his personal guards away and entered King Qian's bedroom.

The sleeping hall mentioned here is really the sleeping hall, which shows how serious and exaggerated the family's illegal buildings are.

"My lord."

Placed on the bed, King Qian, who was so drunk and unconscious, opened his eyes at this moment, and sighed, "This bad idea of ​​yours will never work!"

How could that ruthless woman of the Xia family have the heart to drive out her husband who was so drunk and unconscious?
Anu held back his smile, trying every means to sleep with his concubine, and after so much effort, he still failed to stay overnight. I'm afraid only the prince in this world knows how aggrieved he is.

Thinking of this, Anu asked caringly: "My lord, do you want to invite other women to sleep with you?"

"No need!" King Qian gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "This king is not interested now!"

Well, if you don't recruit women, you won't recruit women. Anu took the order and waited for King Qian to sleep before quietly retreating to the bedroom.

The next day.

After Xia Jing finished exercising, she took her maid and personal guards out the door.

When I arrived at the blacksmith's shop I visited last time, I could hear the sound of tinkling irons as long as I went to the alley of the blacksmith's shop.

Entering the blacksmith's shop, the blacksmith and his apprentice are tinkling and tinkling iron with their bare arms.

And next to the burning stove, a young man with a scarf tied on his head was sitting on a low tree, stretching and shrinking the blower.

Xia Jing walked up to the young man dressed like a scholar, and asked curiously: "Hey, when I came last time, I don't remember this blower. Who made it? This method seems to be good!"

The young scholar raised his head when he heard the question, and saw Xia Jing was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Returning to Madam, this is made by Xiaosheng himself, and it can be installed in the mouth of the stove to blow the wind to help the combustion." .”

Xia Jing nodded. She didn't expect that a scholar would like to tinker with handwork, which was surprising.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to have such a talent. Apart from making this blower, have you made other useful objects?"

The blacksmith threw the forged iron into the water, wiped his sweat, and listened to Xia Jing's words, quite disgusted, and said: "I work hard to make money by forging iron so that he can go to a private school to learn to read, but he is against me, and he likes to tinker." These little gadgets really correspond to the sentence: Playing with things loses one's ambition!"

The young scholar was exposed by his father, and scratched his head in embarrassment: "They are all small gadgets, and they can't be elegant."

Xia Jing didn't ask any more questions, but chatted with him, "What's your name, and which private school do you study in now?"

"The surname is Shan, and the single name is Wen. Now he is studying in a small private school opposite the academy."

As Shan Wen spoke, he looked at the blacksmith, "That's Xiaosheng's father. He has been blacksmithing all his life, and his craftsmanship is one of the best in Lingnan. Our family has been supported by this craftsmanship."

Hearing his son's praise, Blacksmith Shan's serious face eased, probably considering that Xia Jing and his son were chatting, so he didn't forge any more, but sat down and drank water while listening to their chat.

Xia Jing felt the same way, and asked, "Forging iron requires physical strength, and it's not easy for your father to support a family. How much does this shop make a month?"

Shan Wen turned his head and glanced at his father, seeing that Blacksmith Shan did not object, he pursed his lower lip, and the smile on his face faded a lot.

He said: "I can earn two or three taels in the peak season, and less than a tael in the off-season. Although blacksmithing requires skill, it is hard money."

Xia Jing nodded, and looked sideways at Blacksmith Shan, "If I offer you a job here and pay you five taels a month, would you like to work here?"

This is Xia Jing's purpose of coming here, and it was just a surprise to find that Shan Wen likes to tinker with gadgets.

"Five taels a month?" Blacksmith Shan picked out his ears, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"Yes, five and two in January." As she said that, Xia Jing looked at the other apprentices in the shop, "You can continue to teach apprentices, and these apprentices of yours can also go to work at my place together. One tael of silver a month, and two taels of silver after graduation."

The few apprentices sitting or standing next to Blacksmith Shan looked at Blacksmith Shan in surprise after hearing Xia Jing's generous terms.

In this era, apprentices want to learn crafts. During these years as an apprentice, they don't even think about getting paid.

For example, helping the master with all the housework and serving the master.

At this time, Xia Jing mentioned this condition, one tael of silver a month was like a pie in the sky, and they hit them. The surprise came so suddenly that several people were a little confused.

Blacksmith Shan has a wealth of experience in life, is a steady person, and calm in situations.

Hearing Xia Jing's generous terms, he was not overwhelmed by the surprise. Instead, he pondered for a while and asked, "What are you going to do to help you? Or blacksmithing?"

Xia Jing raised her lips slightly, "Yes, blacksmithing is your old job."

"Where do you work?"

"Just in the city, don't worry about being too far away from home."

Blacksmith Shan was very moved when he heard this, but he still had doubts in his heart, "You are"

Xia Jing wasn't impatient because of his many questions, she smiled lightly and said, "Our iron workshop has been approved by the government, so you don't have to worry about breaking the law."

Now, Blacksmith Shan felt relieved.

Only based on Xia Jing's few promises, Blacksmith Shan would not impulsively sign a contract with her.

If you want to sign the contract, you have to wait for Xia Jing to find a good venue, and then make follow-up arrangements after going to see it on the spot.

The two agreed that after Xia Jing found a good venue, Blacksmith Shan would go to the venue to have a look, and see if there was anything missing.

Before leaving, Xia Jing waved to Shan Wen, "Shan boy, if you are interested, you can also come to our workshop to work, how about I give you three taels of silver for a month?"

"Ah?" Shan Wen pointed to himself, widened his eyes and asked, "You pay me three taels of salary? But I don't know how to blacksmith!"

It never occurred to him that Xia Jing would want to hire him.

Everyone present was shocked, wondering why Xia Jing recruited a scholar back?
Could it be that the gadgets he made could be sold for money?
"Yes, I don't need you to be able to blacksmith. Think about it carefully, and I will wait for your reply tomorrow."

Leaving the blacksmith shop, Ye Fei, the squadron leader of the personal guards, asked curiously: "Princess, what amazing skills does this scholar have at the end?"

"Love to study, like to use your brain, is this considered skill?" Xia Jing is in a good mood to recruit talents today.

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