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

Chapter 133
Facing the people in the palace, it was impossible for Tong Song to tell the truth, but he said angrily: "Some time ago, our Tong family's caravan encountered bandits in this area. For revenge, I am going to raid the old den of the nearby bandits."

Li Chengmu was quite surprised that the Tong family would come forward to suppress the bandits, so he said lightly, "Do you have a goal?"

Tong Song smiled, pointed to the front and said: "It is said that there is a group of bandits on the mountain in front, and I am going to take my servants to break into the stronghold. Oh, by the way, fifth master, where are you from?"

Looking up, the road was full of their carriages, and there were deep grooves on the road where the wheels rolled over. Where did they get so many supplies?

Could it be that they just came out of the bandit den?
Li Chengmu followed the direction he pointed, raised his eyebrows, and laughed loudly: "Haha. The bandit den you mentioned doesn't mean the mountain facing the sea in front of you?"

Seeing Li Chengmu's reaction, Tong Song had a bad feeling in his heart, and then looked at the carriages in front of him, all of them were full.

In order to confirm what he had guessed, he asked, "Fifth Master, you have already wiped out the bandits in front of you, have you just come out of the bandits' den?"

Li Chengmu wanted to laugh again when he heard this, but this time he held back and patted Tong Song on the shoulder, "Your Tong family is the first aristocratic family in Lingnan who voluntarily came out to suppress bandits. Yes, your idea is worthy of praise. But you seem to be less lucky than me, look at the supplies on the carriage behind me, it can be said that they were all found in the bandit den."

As he said that, he couldn't help laughing again, "Haha, Brother Tong, you're a step late!"

Tong Song's complexion is not very good, looking at the continuous supplies, his heart is bleeding.These materials should have belonged to him, but Li Chengmu took them first, saying that you are annoying?
Now thinking about the cottages that were emptied in front, maybe all of them were copied by Li Chengmu's team.

Fortunately, at this time, Tong Song was still rational and knew how to measure, so he didn't say any inappropriate words.

Li Chengmu noticed Tong Song's displeased expression, and belatedly felt that what he just said was a bit gloating.

To make amends afterwards, he said, "The west side of Nanhai County has been cleared by me with a team of recruits. If you really want to take revenge on the bandits, you can go to the east. I haven't had time to sweep the east side yet."

The endless supplies on the road really make people jealous. If Tong Song hadn't met Li Chengmu, if he missed the bandit den in front, maybe he would have returned with the team.

But when he met Li Chengmu who returned with supplies, the unyielding temperament in the man's heart was aroused.

"Thank you, Fifth Master, for your reminder. I'll take my brothers there right now, and we'll meet again later."

Li Chengmu arched his hands and made a gesture of please.

Watching the Tong family's team leave, Li Chengmu wiped the sweat off his brow and let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Xiyi people in the team were not discovered by them.

It's not that he's afraid of being discovered by them, but that Li Chengmu doesn't want to cause trouble.The Tong family has its own fleet to go to sea, and he is not sure if the Tong family recognizes these Xiyi people?
I can't even trust the Tong family. Who knows if they will inform the Xiyi people after they know the truth.
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On the Fucheng side, Xia Jing has been busy with the iron workshop during this time. After the workshop is completed, she will try to smelt steel and forge the weapons and armor needed by the guard camp.

At this time, she received a letter from Li Chengmu, and a flintlock was sent along with the letter.

This surprised Xia Jing a little.

In the last days, people basically deal with guns and other weapons every day. It can be said that guns and other weapons are as important as their left and right hands.

In the last days, you can live without a partner and children, but you must not live without weapons.

Not having a weapon means that life will end soon, so she has the deepest relationship with guns and other weapons. The commonly used guns can be disassembled and assembled with eyes closed.

While looking at this flintlock gun, Xia Jing wondered, what stage is the technology in this world at today?
Just when she thought this was the era of cold weapons, another flintlock appeared suddenly.

Or is this era in the age of great voyages?

She shook her head and put aside the random thoughts in her mind. After reading the contents of the letter, Xia Jing glanced again with strange eyes.

That's right, this era feels more like stepping into the age of great voyages.

After returning from the iron workshop, Xia Jing replied a letter to Li Chengmu immediately.

As for his letter asking Xiyi people how to deal with it?

Her opinion is that since they are all captives, there is no distinction between high and low, they are treated equally, fair and just, whether they are bandits or Xiyi people, they all go to the mine to dig for her.

Just a few days ago, Li Dingguo presented an iron mine, which is located in the Nanling Mountains, near Jigong Mountain.

Let these captives go to mine, and in the remote Nanling Mountains, they are not afraid that they will not be able to bear the pain and escape.

There are basically no secrets in the palace, as long as ordinary things happen, every room in the palace will know everything they need to know.

Xia Jing got an iron mine, and within a few days everyone in the mansion knew about it.

No, she had just solved the miner's problem, and King Qian sent an order for her to go to the study.

"Let me come over, what's the big deal?" He asked impatiently as soon as he entered the study.

From the backyard to the front yard, the distance is not short. It is really hot in this summer!
Li Chengshang looked at King Qian.

King Qian had no choice but to say: "Come and sit, I heard that you got a mine?"

Xia Jing didn't think about hiding it, since King Qian asked, she admitted it openly, "Yes, the windfall from the last bandit suppression."

King Qian asked again: "I heard that you have set up a blacksmith workshop?"

Xia Jing thought that when he asked about the mine, others would follow up with some suggestions, but unexpectedly he changed the subject and asked about the iron workshop.

She nodded: "It's an iron workshop. It mainly wants to help my personal guards make weapons and armor. After all, it's not convenient to order this kind of ordnance outside."

King Qian touched the top of his head where the amount of hair continued to decrease, "As far as I know, this mine produces a lot, but I don't know if the ore produced by the princess can be directly supplied to the king?"

Xia Jing glanced at the people present, and readily agreed, "Yes, as long as the money is in place, everything can be discussed."

Seeing that Xia Jing readily agreed, King Qian was very satisfied with her attitude, so he talked about another matter.

"The weather is so hot now, I think the business of Wangfei's ice shop should be very hot, right?"

"Yes, business is good."

When King Qian heard that the business was good, the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch, "Since the princess has no intention of expanding the business, why don't you let the other houses go to various places to develop the ice shop market, and give you % of the profit, what do you think? "

Xia Jing looked at him in surprise when she heard the words, "Who did you hear that I have no intention of expanding my business territory?"

"This..." King Qian glanced at his son, frowned slightly and asked, "Do you have any ideas about opening more shops?"

Xia Jing answered simply: "Of course."

Li Chengshang persuaded: "Mother, concubine, one person's energy is limited, and you want to spread the ice all over the Yu Dynasty by yourself. This is a bit difficult to achieve. It's better to teach everyone the method, so that our family's wealth will not flow to outsiders." Tian, ​​how great it is for everyone to help you make money together."

During this period of time, he was really driven crazy by the recruits under his command. When he had no troops, he dreamed of wanting them. Now that he has them, he finds that he cannot afford them. What kind of experience is this?
It's better not to have owned it at the beginning.

Xia Jing turned her head to look at the eldest son in name, and smiled at him politely and distantly: "Thank you for your concern, I didn't know that the boss misses me so much, as long as you have the ambition to make money and your energy is limited, you can tell the following Let people do it, this kind of problem is not a concern in my opinion.”

The only difference between saying this was that Li Chengshang was concerned about his stepmother's assets, it was too shameless.

Li Chengshang felt that his face was a little hot, but he suppressed his embarrassment and tried his best to persuade him: "As the saying goes, marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog, the mother and concubine are already members of our Li family, leading everyone to make money and become powerful Isn't it a good story? Why did you refuse?"

Xia Jing really wanted to laugh out loud when she heard this, what the hell, stealing other people's recipes to make money, she just admitted it.

He really is a scholar, so don't be ashamed, in their eyes, the words that are difficult to say can be said with dignity.

She looked at King Qian with a half-smile, "Don't talk to my old lady about the truth, marry a chicken like a chicken, marry a dog like a dog, make my old lady unhappy, let your father and king follow my old lady, do you believe it or not?"

"Ahem!" Hearing this, King Qian almost choked on his own saliva, "Princess, please be careful!"

He dared to say all kinds of nonsense, how could he, as a prince, follow the woman?

Xia Jing straightened her back and said seriously: "I'm not joking, you can try it if you don't believe me. Also, I have already ordered my people to open shops in major cities around the ice shop. In the future, please don't worry about it. Thinking about it is also thinking about it in vain.”

Li Chengshang was taken aback, "Why didn't I hear you mention it when you opened a shop? Now that you have opened a shop, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Xia Jing said without even thinking about it: "First of all, no one stipulates that I have to report to you, a junior, when I open a shop. And last time when you snooped on my ice-making method, I clearly refused. Just willing."

King Qian knew that she was angry again when he heard that she called herself an old woman again.

He hurriedly interrupted, and made up his mind: "Since you have already carried out this matter, forget it. Wangfei, I want to ask you something. Since iron ore has been discovered in the Nanling Mountains, do you think the Nanling Mountains will continue?" There will be no other minerals?"

Xia Jing thought for a while, then nodded: "Mountains are generally rich in minerals. If you want to find mines, you can send someone out to explore and you will know."

If the two are parallel time and space, in the time and space of the end of the world, the Nanling Mountains are the famous hometown of non-ferrous metals, and this time and space may also be the same.

"You're right, we need to send someone to investigate." King Qian agreed.

Knowing that they were fine, Xia Jing found an excuse and left the study in the front yard.

King Qian waited for the footsteps outside to go away, and then he said to Li Chengshang with a straight face: "Now that you are promising, you have lived half your life to think about things about your mother and concubine. As the boss, you should be more responsible. Look at Xiaowu He has recruited soldiers, and this king has never seen him worry about food and grass, and he will not even want to go home when he trains and raises troops outside."

Li Chengshang was a little unconvinced, and muttered: "He has a mother, no matter how bad he is, he has a mother to help, and whoever we have to help, everything depends on ourselves."

King Qian looked at Li Chengshang in shock, this time he didn't care about his face, and scolded: "What a mess, boss, don't forget, the person you have lived for half your life is a few years older than your concubine mother, she alone Women can earn money to help Xiao Wu, why can't you support Da Fang?"

At the end, he looked a little contemptuous, "Don't tell this king, you are not even as good as a woman!"

If it weren't for the chaotic world today, he would have already separated his sons, so how could he even tolerate jumping in front of him.

Li Chengshang was aggrieved, "What should my father want me to do? When we came to Lingnan, our big house has almost nothing. How can we raise soldiers without money and food?"

Seeing that he was still wronged, King Qian was very angry, "If you don't have the ability to raise soldiers, then hand over the three thousand soldiers to the guard or your brothers. Although the royal family of the Li family is declining now, but in the blood of the Li family You can't lose your inborn blood. Don't even soften your bones and think about relying on women for everything. If you think so, stop thinking about it as soon as possible.

If it's your daughter-in-law who thinks so and blows the wind on your pillow to affect your judgment, then I don't mind finding something for her to do. "

Now Li Chengshang remained silent.

He was really unwilling to let him hand over the soldiers who had worked so hard for several months to other people.

But he is a literati who spends all day with books, and he thinks it is too vulgar and worthless for him to manage general affairs.

As for whether he has the ability to manage general affairs well, Li Chengshang has never thought about it.

"Father, can you take this matter any longer? I'll think of a way, and finally got together three thousand soldiers. I can't bear to let go."

King Qian sighed, and put on a stern father face, "Since you don't want to give up now, then work harder. Now the salt fields in our Prince Qian's mansion are producing a lot, and the Xia family is now running a business. I heard that the profit is not bad. You four My brother is also running a business. Why don't you pull up a few caravans if you are really short of money, and follow them to run a business together?"

Li Cheng still doesn't understand the Taoism in this, but he can settle this matter first, and ask the shopkeeper of the big house later to see if this business can be done?
Li Chengshang hesitated for a while, and said, "I'll go back and discuss this matter with Huashi, and I'll get back to you tomorrow."

King Qian waved his hands indifferently, "You can do it yourself. If you think about it and want to run a business, you can talk to the shopkeeper of the salt shop. I don't know the specific process for the time being."

Speaking of this, King Qian remembered the ransacking of the Huafu family, and said: "There is also the matter of the Hua family. Now that I am in prison, it is basically impossible to get out without incident. It is possible that the new emperor will not beheaded and not sentenced. He didn't want to destroy the Chinese race.

To confiscate Washington, the new emperor may have to do it for money or to consolidate imperial power.After this limelight, the entire Hua family may be exiled, you husband and wife must have a bottom line. "

(End of this chapter)