Chapter Seventy-Four: Conflict
"Your Majesty, I beg you to pardon my student, Leo and all the people of the Xuan family, he begs you to restore his identity, as well as return his father's name!" Li Hengxin said lightly, in fact, he was able to take the initiative to take on this water source problem this time, mainly because he wanted to take this opportunity to ask Curtis to restore Leo and his family's slave status. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
As his student, although Leo didn't seem to mind his identity, Li Hengxin could see that Leo had been minding, he felt inferior because of his identity, and he was cautious everywhere, and even looked sincerely afraid when he called him young master to Da Niu.
And Li Hengxin had also promised that one day he would correct the name of Leo and his family, in addition to Leo, there were more than a thousand followers of the Xuan family who were reduced to slaves, they have always been followers of Leo's father, and the death of Leo's father in battle also means that they will become followers of Leo, even if Leo becomes a slave, they still abide by their oath, such a warrior is the most valuable.
"Impossible!Spike, this is absolutely impossible, Renault lost the three border cities of the empire at the beginning, such a sin, I didn't wipe out their entire clan, even if I did my best, I want to forgive their family's sins, it is absolutely impossible!" As soon as Renault was mentioned, Curtis's face immediately became ugly, and he immediately rejected Li Hengxin's request.
The other aristocratic ministers were gloating, and it was rare to see Li Hengxin being rejected by Curtis.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to contribute 20% of the proceeds of the communicator...... You see?" Li Hengxin said in a low voice again.
"Remember, Spike, there's absolutely no room for bargaining in this matter!" Curtis snorted.
"Actually, Your Majesty, please go back! Your so-called reward, please forgive me for not being blessed!" Li Hengxin also gave a color to Curtis: "The minister still has a lot of projects to prepare, so say goodbye-" After speaking, regardless of Curtis's iron-blue face, he turned around and left, Li Hengxin has always respected me by an inch, and I respect people by a foot.
"Your Majesty, Spike has no king, and the minister asks that Spike's guilt be punished severely!" At this time, Rulidi immediately jumped out, and the other noble ministers also spoke out one after another, but they were used to seeing the wind and steering, only a few ministers stood quietly in place, and did not coax them.
"Get out of here...... Mention this to me when you can be useful, you shit!" Curtis roared and turned to leave.
The subordinates in Li Hengxin's mansion were all so frightened that their buttocks were urinating, how could they have thought that Li Hengxin would dare to confront Curtis in person, this was simply an act of looking for death, and all the subordinates at the scene were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads, for fear that Curtis would use them as a punching bag.
Curtis was very angry at the moment, although he had the intention of abolishing Li Hengxin, but at this moment, Li Hengxin was used everywhere in the imperial capital, and he couldn't move him at all, let alone be reluctant to move him, but he was the king of a country in his own dignity, and he was actually refuted by Li Hengxin in front of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and asked which emperor could swallow this grievance.
Li Hengxin couldn't help but leave for the sake of Leo's matter and directly confronted Curtis's matter, and immediately became the focus of discussion on the streets and alleys of the imperial capital for a while.
And Li Hengxin's great achievements in governing the water source of the imperial capital have also won the recognition of the residents of the imperial capital, so these two things have become the focus of the residents of the imperial capital, in short, Li Hengxin is the focus of the focus, and his prestige faintly overshadows the momentum of Curtis.
They only knew that Li Hengxin had solved for them the water source problem that the royal family had not solved for hundreds of years, and they only knew that Li Hengxin dared to confront the emperor for the sake of his students.
In their minds, Li Hengxin is their idol and hero, and any aspect of Li Hengxin is worthy of their worship.
With the erection of water pipes in the imperial capital more and more comprehensively, Li Hengxin is worshiped by more and more people, in the past, every time the drought news comes, there will be people who die of thirst because they have no money to buy water, Li Hengxin's measures this time are to completely cure the impact of the drought.
This is not all, after the initial laying of water pipes, Li Hengxin also plans to introduce tap water into every household, and completely cover the entire imperial capital.
Although the whole project does not seem to be huge, its influence is absolutely far-reaching, even Curtis was impressed by Li Hengxin's plan, the palace must be the first place to benefit, when every corner of the palace is installed with water pipes, even Curtis's own life has undergone a lot of changes.
As the coverage of water pipes in the imperial capital became more and more comprehensive, and the residents in the imperial capital responded more and more enthusiastically, Li Hengxin not only laid water pipes, but also built some small squares in the city, fountains, sculptures and the like, changing the environment of some imperial capitals.
Many countries have a strong interest in Li Hengxin's water pipe project, which is not difficult to lay, the real problem lies in the magic pump, in just one month, there have been four thefts, but fortunately, the water supply plant is heavily guarded, but in one of the incidents, a magic pump was damaged, Curtis immediately ordered to strengthen the guard of the water supply plant.
After five months, Li Hengxin finally completed the city's tap water coverage project, now every household can use water pipes at home, without running a long distance, hard work to fetch water home, Li Hengxin also adopted a charging method, installation is free, and the amount of water is charged by tonnage.
However, the price is very low, a child can pay for it, and five years may not need a gold coin, these gold coins are mainly used to maintain the consumption of the water supply plant and magic crystals, and the salaries of some guards are also drawn from these money, this water supply plant is completely convenient and beneficial to the people, and it does not earn a little profit, which is also Li Hengxin's only requirement for Curtis.
However, some people are happy and some people are worried, Li Hengxin's enemies are not a few, and they all look at Li Hengxin's prosperity, all of them are very red-eyed, but their ability is limited.
"Teacher, just now the captain of the city guard sent news that last night, I don't know who destroyed a main pipe in the east of the city, and now there is no water available for the residents. Leo walked in and said to Li Hengxin. 】
Since Li Hengxin directly clashed with Curtis for his affairs, Leo no longer knew how to express his gratitude to his teacher, and he hated to dedicate his heart and lungs to his teacher, and at the same time secretly resolved that no matter what happened in the future, he must follow the teacher without abandoning.
"Oh, this time the pipeline has been sabotaged, who is it?" Li Hengxin was obviously very angry about this, if he wanted to deal with himself, it would be better to rush at himself directly, why did he have to use such a dirty method!
"Let the city guards leave the scene as it is, and I'll see if I can find any clues. Li Hengxin said: "By the way, notify the ironworks and ask them to send a few steel pipes over." ”
Now the ironworks have been privately owned by Li Hengxin, Li Hengxin is making weapons developed by him and Omar in the ironworks, although Curtis knows that Li Hengxin is making some strange things, but because he can't know what it is, he didn't dig deeper, anyway, he thinks that Li Hengxin may be researching something new.
Da Niu is basically Li Hengxin's exclusive bodyguard, as long as Li Hengxin goes out, Da Niu will follow, this time is no exception, and Da Niu also likes to follow Li Hengxin's side, because every time they see passers-by, they show surprised and adoring eyes, Da Niu has a fluttering feeling.
And the residents of the imperial capital have also become accustomed to this pair of figures, and they will come from afar to greet the two of them, and over time, Li Hengxin is used to it, and Li Hengxin's students are often recognized when they go to the street, and almost all young people take it as their goal to become Li Hengxin's students, especially those children of civilians.