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After investigation, only 5ooo villages in the county have common water canals, and there are 1ooo villages without large-scale water conservancy facilities. The three of them had no objections, and they all felt that as long as Lord Long came up with an idea, it was a good idea. The silver earned by the three of them every year is calculated in 100 million, and it doesn't matter if they take out 5oo yuan.

This time, Long Xiao entrusted the county Chengwu to personally supervise the formation, and there was almost no kickback or anything like that, and 2ooo million taels of silver were spent on water conservancy facilities, which was unprecedented in the history of Shenwu County. Where there is a project, there will be a rebate, but Wu is a real person, and the silver donated by the four of them is also. The method implemented by Wu is to pay a part of the silver in advance for the villagers to start construction, and slowly allocate the silver as the progress progresses, so as to eliminate false declarations, as long as the unqualified ones are suspended. Therefore, the construction was very thorough, and the water conservancy facilities in the county basically reached 100 percent.

As for the canal in Wolong Village, Long Xiao took out another 2oo taels by himself, excavated a jump around the village river, and then led to the downstream river, forming a form of artesian irrigation, which completely solved the dilemma of water use in Wolong Village. In the future, the use of water canals in Wolong Village is separate and exclusively owned, and there will be no disputes with neighboring villages. The villagers of Wolong Village are even more grateful, especially the patriarch Long Haiming, who wants to build a large ancestral ancestral hall, one is to worship the dead predecessors of Wolong Village, and the other is to commend Long Xiao's merits.

Although there is still a savings of 1ooo thousand taels of silver in the village, it is not Long Haiming who has the final say, he spends it when he speaks, and he does not have this right, so he needs to discuss with the village chief, as well as several major families in the village. Long Qiwei reported the results of the discussion to Long Xiao. Long Xiao felt that it was a good thing to repair the temple, so he simply took out another 1oo taels to build a large temple, which was also a matter of accumulating virtue and doing good.

Cultivating the temple is a major event, especially the problem of site selection, which requires people who know how to operate, Long Haiming volunteered and took out his housekeeping skills. Long Haiming is still very proficient in the theory of Kanyu, just east of the south of the village, selected the address, the south of the village was originally a square, originally reserved for Wolong Village to hold a party, can accommodate tens of thousands of people, now add a temple, the end is magnificent and solemn. Within a few months, it was built, and the people in the village moved their own ancestral tablets into it according to their seniority.

It's just that the name above the main hall is not easy to say, and the people in the village have always thought that Long Xiao is needed to inscribe, which is more grand. So Long Qiwei found Long Xiao and wanted to ask Long Xiao to inscribe, Long Xiao thought that his inscription was a little low-key, the four words of the Long Clan Ancestral Hall were to be passed on to future generations, and it was best to ask someone with a higher level to write the inscription. Long Xiao asked for leave from the prefect Xu Rushan. Xu Rushan felt that he couldn't get out of the font, so he suggested to Long Xiao that it was best to find Governor Guo.

Lord Guo accepted the invitation, originally wanted to inscribe, but in a blink of an eye, the Long family is the four champions, if he is an inscription, if the emperor knows in the future, there will be a suspicion of trespassing, or it is better to hide clumsy, so he proposed to Long Xiao, is it to ask the emperor to give his old man's royal approval, if he gets the emperor's imperial approval, then the Long clan ancestral hall is much more powerful, and it looks more solemn. When Long Xiao heard this, he also felt reasonable, if the Long clan ancestral hall got the emperor's signature, it would also be a glorious thing, so Long Xiao decided to enter Beijing.

Long Xiao discussed with the Ninth Princess that when he went to Beijing to see the emperor, he couldn't go to see him empty-handed, and he needed to take something. The ninth princess hadn't seen her father for a long time, and she also wanted to go back to Beijing to have a look, so she wanted to enter Beijing with Long Xiao. The ninth princess proposed to take out some of the 10,000-year-old pearls she collected and give them to the emperor, who must like it. Long Xiao took out nine pearls and asked the ninth princess to take them, and Long Xiao asked him to prepare one or two carriages, and let Long Jiao act as a coachman and rush all the way to the capital.

When she saw the emperor, the ninth princess offered the nine pearls, and the emperor was overjoyed. Since the last time the emperor used the pearl of the 10,000-year-old dragon turtle that Long Xiao dedicated to him, his health was very good, but unfortunately it was not much, and he didn't use it in less than a year, and the emperor has always regretted it, and he didn't expect his daughter to offer nine more pearls, this pearl is the pearl of the 10,000-year-old dragon turtle at a glance, and the emperor will reward gold as soon as he is happy. Long Xiao took the opportunity to put forward a request, gold can be abandoned, as long as the emperor inscribes for his Long clan ancestral hall. The emperor was happy when he heard it, this pearl is a priceless treasure, Long Xiao didn't want to reward it, as long as the inscription was written, it would save the royal gold. The emperor immediately waved his pen and wrote down the four big characters of "Long's Ancestral Hall", and also wrote his name, stamped the jade seal, and Long Xiao hurriedly thanked the lord Longen, and collected the emperor's ink treasure.

However, this time the emperor did not use the nine pearls himself, and the emperor had many concubines who could be rewarded to them. Because the emperor has the Jiaolong Yuan Dan that Long Xiao paid tribute to last time, as long as he puts it next to his pillow every night when he sleeps, it will have a magical effect, which is much better than the effect of pearls. However, the pearl of the 10,000-year-old dragon turtle is also a good thing that is difficult to find, and the emperor naturally likes it too.

The emperor saw that his daughter had nine pearls, of course, she also looked like she was found by Long Xiao, but her daughter did not have such skills, and the emperor knew it. However, the emperor has a question, since his daughter offered nine pearls, maybe Long Xiao still has them in his family, which the emperor doesn't like. Such a peerless treasure can only be owned by the royal family, and it is suspected of trespassing in the homes of ordinary people. However, Long Xiao is a concubine, even if he still has it at home, he can't say anything, so he asked Long Xiao: "Long Aiqing, how did you find these dragon turtle pearls?" ”。

When Long Xiao saw the emperor asking, he knew that he was suspicious, the emperor's suspicion was very heavy, when he entered Beijing, Long Xiao discussed with the ninth princess, not to reveal that there are thousands of pearls at home, just say that there are only 9, if you say that there is something in the family, it is also guilty of deception, and what the emperor likes must be dedicated to the emperor. The ninth princess also knows this truth, and the companion is like a tiger, that is, the ninth princess, as the daughter of the emperor, also knows this truth. Long Xiao: "Your Majesty, this is what my servant bought from the fishermen at sea, although there are a lot of purchases, most of them are mortal, only these nine are pearls of the dragon turtle, so they are dedicated to the emperor."

The emperor smiled and said, "I heard that as long as it is a dragon tortoise, it sheds its shell once every hundred years, and there are 24 pearls on each shell, why are there only nine?" As soon as Long Xiao heard this, the emperor became suspicious, so he explained: "Your Majesty, this is what my servants purchased, maybe the fishermen at sea collected it themselves, or sold it to other merchants." Emperor: "How much money did you spend on these pearls?" Long Xiao had no choice but to explain again: "Emperor Qi, each pearl is 2oo taels of silver, and these nine cost the subordinates 18oo taels."

The emperor only believed it when he heard it, and the emperor also knew that Long Xiao was rich, but he could spend 18oo taels of silver to collect pearls for himself, which was also loyal, and the emperor wanted to ask Long Xiao what reward he wanted, Long Xiao: "Your Majesty, your ink treasures are priceless treasures, and your subordinates are very content, and they don't want any rewards anymore." The emperor liked it even more when he heard it, and felt that Long Xiao was indeed a loyal minister, if the officials of the whole country were like Long Xiao, his own country would be more stable, and the emperor would give Long Xiao a meal with him, which was an honor for Long Xiao.

Long Xiao and the Ninth Princess lived in the capital for half a month, Long Xiao urged the Ninth Princess to return to Shenwu County, and the Ninth Princess reluctantly said goodbye to the emperor and her mother and followed Long Xiao home. After Long Xiao arrived home, he found someone to make a good golden silk nanmu plaque from the emperor's imperial gift, carved the ink treasure on it, and hung it above the door of the main hall of the Long ancestral hall. All the descendants of the Long family in Wolong Village bowed to the emperor together, and Long Xiao's father was bathed and fasted, and held a grand ceremony, and the ancestral hall of the Long family in Wolong Village has since become a holy place for Wolong Village to pay tribute.

The prefect Xu Rushan and the governor Guo Zihan heard that Long Xiao had brought back the emperor's imperial ink treasure, so they also came to see it together, and worshiped the ancestors of the Long family, which was regarded as respect for Long Xiao. Long Xiao proposed, let the prefect Xu Rushan, and the governor Guo Zihan also left Mobao, the two emperors were inscribed, had to follow Long Xiao's proposal, the two people also inscribed, the prefect Xu Rushan inscribed: "Loyal Home", the governor Guo Zihan inscribed: "Cultural relics are complete", Long Xiao also asked people to carve it and hang it on the wall of the ancestral hall. Since then, a rule has been formed, as long as the new prefect or the new governor must worship in the ancestral hall of the Long family in Wolong Village, and then leave their own ink treasures to show respect for the ancestral hall of the Long family.

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