Chapter 1226: A Pair of Dark Circles
decided to leave the four daughters in spring, summer, autumn and winter, Chen Xu felt that the blocks in his chest were gone, and his mood was extremely calm and transparent in an instant, and the depression of lack of money was also swept away.
Lack of money, but it is only a lack of money, with the economic take-off of Daqin in the next ten or twenty years as the backing, the opportunity to issue the Great Navigation Treasury bonds is ripe.
And this time, Chen Xu decided to do a big one.
If there are people desperately trying to disrupt and destroy the stability and unity of Great Qin, this will inevitably be attacked by a group.
Chen Xu crouched in front of his desk, crackling and calculating carefully, and from time to time he began to plan his big deal.
Half an hour later, several sheets of hemp pulp paper were already densely written, and in the end, the abacus was frozen, and a huge number was written on the paper by Chen Xu.
Four billion.
This is the size of the national debt that Chen Xu finally calculated.
And this figure is a full ten times that of the original investment of Dongfang Dao.
Four and a half years have passed since the completion of the Dongfang Dao, and the 400 million investment that almost shocked the entire Daqin court and the people's jaw at the beginning, the investment effect has already been vividly revealed, that is, the 400 million investment has leveraged the enthusiasm of the world's businessmen, and the two heavy industries of steel and cement have been completely built, and finally laid the industrial foundation for the development of Daqin, iron farm tools, tools, weapons, iron pots, steel and even guns have been gradually improved and promoted, and roads and ditches have also been renovated and reinforced.
Up to now, the driving effect of the 400 million investment that was originally thought to be a flood irrigation has slowly come to an end, and industrial agriculture has begun to develop more and more steadily, which is a good phenomenon logically, but Chen Xu can't wait for Daqin to slowly move forward step by step.
Time is running out, and he doesn't want to wait.
He originally wanted to stand in the court to face the wind and tide, and stand on the highest place in Daqin to pee against the wind, so as not to fall into the resounding name of the traverser.
Now that he is standing at the highest tide, he has been preparing for so long, and he is ready to pee so hard.
As long as you urinate far enough this time, it will be a matter of course to collapse Western civilization and unify all continents and seas.
"Hahahaha......"
Chen Xu threw the brush in his hand on the pen holder and stood up laughing heartily.
At the beginning of the unitary period, the lively day of the trade fair came to an end, the merchants and tourists gathered near Keju Square began to pack up and disperse, and more than 100,000 people crossed the Weihe Bridge together to return to the city, so the Xianyang City, which was still calm during the day, was lively in an instant, the Quyuan Miscellaneous House and the Chamber of Commerce Restaurant in the streets and alleys were all brightly lit and noisy, and countless people gathered in groups to call friends and friends to start the routine nightlife of Xianyang by car and horseback.
When Xianyang was lively, several villas and courtyards of princes and princes outside the city were much quieter.
Escorted by a group of forbidden soldiers and guards, two spacious four-wheeled carriages roared along the wide cement road outside the east gate of the city to the Qinghe Courtyard.
A beautiful girl rode a black horse at the head of the procession, her red silk skirt and black hair fluttering in the wind, and her body rose and fell with the movement of the horse, like a red dragonfly fluttering in the evening breeze.
"What is Sister Water thinking? Why are you looking out the window all the time? In the carriage, Ying Shiyan asked softly about the water gently sitting opposite her.
"I don't know if my husband has accepted Chunxiang and Qiuxiang?" Shui gently withdrew his eyes, his expression a little worried.
"Why should my sister care, they are just slaves rewarded by my father at the beginning, and now that they are too old, it is really inconvenient to stay in the mansion to take care of their daily lives, and sometimes even we have to avoid suspicion!" Ying Shiyan said with relief.
"Yes, Sister Shui doesn't have to worry about a few maids, the husband doesn't want to accept them, so she will send them out of the house to find a man to marry, with the reputation of our Hou Mansion, I will find a good husband in the future, and then find some smart and clever little ladies to serve in the backyard!" Meng Wan also said next to him.
Shui nodded softly and did not speak.
Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan were both born in the royal family and the Shangqing family, and they have cultivated the highest aristocratic mentality since childhood, and it is impossible for them to be civilians or even slaves, so neither of them understands Chen Xu's mind very well, but only Shui Qingrou knows better.
In fact, Chen Xu is still very reluctant to give up the four daughters in spring, summer, autumn and winter, after all, he has been serving for so many years, and he has already had a deep affection for him day and night, but Chen Xu doesn't want to weaken his love for his wife and concubine because of more women, so he still decided to send it out to marry ruthlessly.
But there is no distinction between high and low in Shui Qing's heart, not only because of her status as a businessman, but also because of the teachings of her teacher, she maintains an equal mentality for everyone in the world.
Therefore, she also hopes that the four daughters of spring, summer, autumn and winter can stay and serve her husband.
After all, Chen Xu is also different from other princes and princesses, and now the bustling city next to him is bustling with wine and wine at this time, and it is the best time for all men to go to Quyuan Miscellaneous House to talk about the wind and the moon, only their husbands must return home on time every evening to accompany them and several women to get along day and night.
Since the husband doesn't like to go out to find women, he can't be left out in the cold at home, and he must find a few more concubines to accompany him, so as not to be bored every day with a few of their wives and concubines who are getting older and have children.
What's more, the husband is now in the position of the left minister and respected as the prince, and this unprecedented honorable status cannot make the people of the world think that their women are jealous women.
And Shui Qingrou also knows a big secret from her husband, that is, he doesn't like young girls in their teens, but young women in their prime.
A blush and a faint smile suddenly appeared on Shui's soft cheeks.
This secret is also known only to her, because every time Chen Xu looks at Fan Caiying, her eyes are very bright, and her emotions will rise unconsciously, but this kind of change can only be detected by her who practices Taoist internal techniques and has extremely keen senses.
Today, I left Chunxiang and Qiuxiang in the mansion to serve Chen Xu, hoping that Chen Xu could be tempted by their mature woman's appearance.
Just like what the husband said, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the four concubines in spring, summer, autumn and winter are accepted, at least for Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan, they are psychologically easier to accept and will be closer.
As for the other maids and slaves, Shui Qingrou can't help, after all, he is still his husband, and if there are too many women in the bed, his status will decline, so even Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan have never planned or arranged to let their personal maids serve Chen Xu, and at present, only Fan Caiying's two maids have successfully gone to Chen Xu's bed.
However, women think completely differently from men.
When Shui Qingrou, a disciple of Liezi who used to be pure-hearted and had few desires, now began to entangle her husband's favor, Chen Xu spent a day and finally completed the planning outline of the great navigation and water and land transportation network in the study, and only waited for the next few days to slowly refine these plans and write them into a series of recitals with practical operation plans and submit them to the First Emperor to start implementing.
And today, the spring fragrance and autumn fragrance, which has finally been recognized and accepted by Chen Xu, are like two blooming delicate flowers, completely relaxed physically and mentally, serving tea and water, beating the legs and massage, and has been accompanying and serving in the study wholeheartedly, until I heard that several ladies returned to the house in the evening, so I nervously and shyly followed Chen Xu to the front yard to greet her.
After dinner in the evening, Chen Xu told the news of leaving the four concubines in spring, summer, autumn and winter, Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan really did not have any dissatisfaction, but also congratulated Chen Xu happily, and rewarded some gold, silver, jewelry, silk and other gifts to the four people, Shui Qingrou also gave some gifts to each of them, which was regarded as officially recognizing the status of the four concubines, Fan Caiying and Fan Caiwei also blessed the four of them, and they were commensurate with sisters and gave their respective gifts.
And the four concubines in spring, summer, autumn and winter all cried with joy, kneeling on the ground next to each other kowtowing to Chen Xu and the three wives to serve tea, and since then their identities have changed from maids to concubines.
In the next few days, Chen Xu was in pain and happy, and the number of wives and concubines increased, which meant that the cultivation of the fields needed to be more hard and busy.
Since Zhao Gao poisoned Li Gui in Miao Village near Dongting Lake and burned the storage of the Five Poisons Soul Water, Chen Xu arranged for someone to relocate this secret laboratory to the inaccessible mountains of Qianzhong, where there are more Miao people, there are more poisonous weeds, poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in all kinds of refining potions, and in order to be more hidden, Chen Xu is almost in a state of ignorance except for arranging for the guards to come back every year to report it.
Although the effect of the Five Poisons Soul Water is wonderful, it is highly toxic.
Chen Xu never planned to use it for himself.
But now that the task of plowing the fields was becoming more and more onerous, he had to remember the miraculous effects of this poison.
Perhaps, the Five Poisons Soul Relief Water that has been continuously improved has become different?
Even if it is still poisonous, its anti-natural medicinal properties must have a super effect in emergency relief, which is more powerful than the cardiotonic agents of later generations, and can save lives in times of emergency.
Therefore, Chen Xu found Li Gui and asked him to lead some guards and young men from the musket team to Qianzhong to secretly transport back the improved Five Poisons Soul Relief Water.