The exchange of mussels on the shore of the lake is almost over, except for the more than ten baskets of coins that have been sparsely thinned, there are several more piles of mussels on the shore that are still spitting water.

In the face of these thousands of fresh lake mussels, a group of guards and servants stepped up to open the shells, and many fishermen and teenagers who had exchanged money also joined the ranks of opening shells, using bamboo short blades to cut the shells open.

Chen Xu hardly cared much about these lake mussels, and these large piles of pearls worth a total of 1,000 yuan could be dug up to the sky.

At this time, the water was obviously gentle, Ying Shi, Meng Wan, Yu Ji and Chen Xi and others were also tired of playing, and they all sat in the shade among the reeds at this time, watching the dense crowd of tens of thousands of people on the lakeshore to rest.

"Pearls, pearls again......"

There was a commotion in the crowd, and soon a servant ran up to the women with a pearl fart the size of a soybean.

"Such a small ......" took the pearl that could not be found on the ground, Meng Wan was no longer enthusiastic, and even a little frustrated.

If it were someone else, she had grown up watching gold, silver and jewelry, and the Huhai Zhuhai Pearl in the Qinghe Hou Mansion was seven or eight boxes of large and small, each box had thousands of grains, and none of them were smaller than this.

"Wanniang, don't be frustrated, your husband spends so much money to make us happy, don't let your husband see it sad!" The water stood up softly and reminded faintly.

"What Sister Shui said is that we came to play along the way, and the husband not only had to be busy with official duties to inspect various projects, but also to play with us and cook all kinds of delicious food for us, we can't let the husband down, let's go, let's go and meet the husband together!" Ying Shiyan also fought.

"Wan'er knows it's wrong!" Meng Wan also quickly stood up, her cheeks slightly ashamed.

In the past, in Xianyang, although Chen Xu was busy with daily government affairs, because of the relatively small amount of entertainment, his spare time was quite sufficient, and he went up and down on time every day, and if he had no urgent official business after returning home, he would accompany a group of women to make food, tell stories, play with a few daughters, or read, write, sing, and sing when he was interested, and make some novel small objects, etc., and the days were light and leisurely.

Therefore, a group of women didn't think Chen Xu was busy on weekdays.

But this time on a long trip, several women found that Chen Xu was actually almost busy every day, and his feet did not touch the ground.

Along the way, almost all the counties, towns and towns have to inspect next to each other, meet with local officials and gentry and celebrities, and even personally go to the fields and markets to inquire about the production and life of ordinary people, and to the county seat is in addition to eating and sleeping are communicating with local officials, especially to the key inspection of the project nodes along the way, it is even more busy, and the officials and craftsmen stationed by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Science repeatedly discuss the design of the project, watch the drawings sand table and on-site guidance, Contractors and leaders of large and small engineering teams were convened to discuss repeatedly how to speed up the progress of the project, how to ensure safe construction and optimize the project, etc., and sometimes stayed at the construction site for a whole day under the scorching sun and even the storm.

In addition to being busy during the day, Chen Xu sometimes had to write official documents late at night, write a book of the items he had seen and inspected along the way, and arrange for local officials to send them back to Xianyang through post guards to hand them over to the First Emperor.

It is Chen Xu's actions that are so close to the people and practiced, and all walks of life are respectful to the Marquis of Qinghe in the places he passes through.

There were many such situations, and Chen Xu had to simply leave for the next stop every time in the early hours of the morning without a sound.

And even in this extremely busy and tiring situation, Chen Xu still has to find time to accompany a group of family members to visit the local mountains and rivers, make a variety of delicious food, and do his best to make their trip in this hot summer lively and interesting, and enjoy the magnificent beauty of the mountains and rivers of China in pleasure.

And it is this journey with each other, Ying Shiyan and Mengwan, and the mentality of the two has also changed dramatically.

What their husbands did, although they couldn't understand it, they had to admire it.

From ancient times to the present, Xia Shang Zhou has been inherited for thousands of years, and has never seen a prime minister and a master who can work tirelessly and be respected and loved like their husbands.

Because all the way here, they have never heard a word of disrespect to their husbands from the people, which even the first emperor can't do, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can't do it, but only the husband has done it.

The bustling crowd by the lake gradually dispersed.

Countless people of all ages who exchanged the lake mussels for coins happily counted handfuls of brand-new copper coins and prepared to go home to report the good news.

This trip to make a fortune came easily and simply, there were all kinds of news circulating in the crowd, and I heard that the guy who made the most money made nearly five hundred dollars, which was almost a free money, enough for the family to eat and drink for a year.

But alas, such a good opportunity to make a fortune has come to an end.

Countless people regret it and are reluctant to go.

"Wait, we still have a lake mussel here, such a big lake mussel......"

Two large fishing boats several feet long slowly shook from the middle of the lake, pushing away the blue water like sapphires in a squeaking sound and slowly approaching the shore, and two men in gorgeous clothes on the boat greeted loudly.

"It's over, it's over, it's over, it's gone!" A group of servant guards shook their heads in refusal as they cleaned up the rattan boxes containing the money.

"Master Hou, that's all there is left for 40,000 dollars!" The servant steward took two servants to carry the rest of the money to Chen Xu, and all of them were summarized into a rattan basket, with a total of no more than two thousand.

"It's really a loss to grandma's house today!" Chen Xu felt a slight toothache.

"Don't be depressed, husband, we have dug up more than 20 pearls, which can be regarded as a harvest!" Meng Wan handed a small bag to Chen Xu, which was full of snow-white pearls, but the largest was no more than the size of a little finger, and the small one was even the size of a mung bean.

"You're going to lose money in business!" Chen Xu couldn't cry or laugh.

"Hehe, husband, you want to be lively, we are all happy to play, it's not our idea to lose money!" Ying Shiyan hid her face and laughed.

"Well, as long as everyone is happy, the season here this year is not very good, wait for the next midsummer to bring you to play, let's go, Qu Gong and the others are also hungry and tired, go back to the hotel to eat and rest......" Chen Xu waved his hand and ordered a group of guards and servants to pack up and prepare to leave the lake.

"Husband, there are still two boats in the lake that have not docked, or we will wait!" Shui gently looked at the fishing boat, which was already only a few feet from the shore, and seemed to see the depressed expressions of the group of people above.

"Okay, hugging the grass and beating the rabbit, by the way, the Hou Mansion is not short of this little money!" Chen Xu nodded with a smile, so a group of people stood on the shore and waited for the two fishing boats to slowly land.

"I waited to go to the middle of the lake to catch some big mussels, I wonder if Gongzi can buy them?" Two gorgeously dressed men jumped down from the boat and bowed their hands to Chen Xu and Shui gently.

Chen Xu looked the two of them up and down a few times and said with a smile: "Seeing that you are also rich and wealthy, why do you come to the lake to fish for a few dollars, don't you have bad intentions?" ”

"Huh?! Don't dare, don't dare to ......" The two of them shuddered slightly when they heard this, and quickly shook their heads like rattles.

"Haha, joking, don't be nervous, let's get the big lake mussels you are waiting to catch and we'll take a look!" Chen Xu smiled and waved his hand, and at the same time, his heart was also very bright, these two people must have guessed his identity, so they went down to the lake to catch some lake mussels to get close.

"Quick, drop all the mussels!"

The two men turned around and gave an order, and several black and thin fishermen on the fishing boat began to throw the mussel shells one by one from the cabin to the shore.

"Are these people stupid, there are so many small mussels by the lake that they don't fish, and they go to the center of the lake to fish for such big mussels, it takes at least ten times more time for one to fish, and it is also extremely dangerous......"

"Exactly, these people think that the mussel poop can be exchanged for more money?"

"It's impossible, just now those who collect mussels said, no matter the size, as long as it exceeds five inches, it is a penny a ......"

"But the big mussels in the depths must produce big beads?"

"Hey, out of the big beads? I've been living by the lake for decades, and how many times have I encountered a big pearl? In addition to the auspicious fortune of that year, there have been more than ten times more people who have come to fish for shellfish and pearl diving in recent years, and there are only a few times a year that I have heard that it can be called the best big pearl......

"Yes, now in autumn, the pearl shells are hidden in the depths ......of the silt at the bottom of the lake, it is difficult to fish, and it is even more difficult to produce large pearls."

"It's hard to say, if you look closely, these lake mussels are not small, the largest is more than two feet, and the smallest is more than a foot, maybe these two boats will really produce a few big beads......"

"If it really opens a big pearl, won't these people lose money."

"How about the loss, it's not that you lose, you just want me......"

In the discussion of hundreds of onlookers, all the mussels on the boat were thrown to the shore, densely covered with a large area like stones, many of which had been broken because of the shells smashed together, and the white mussels that exposed the white flowers inside were still flowing out.

"These lake mussels are not small, are you willing to pay a penny?" Chen Xu looked at the big mussel shells all over the ground and asked.

"Willing and willing, it's not worth much anyway, I'll wait to play by the lake, and I'm idle when I'm idle, and I can exchange money for a small fortune!" A man in fancy clothes nodded hurriedly.

"Haha, that's right, we also came to play and be bored to buy mussel pearls, but it's obviously a loss, I heard that the big mussels in the middle of the lake are easy to produce good pearls, if such a big mussel shell is all opened, as long as you can get a good pearl, you will make a lot of money, if you can get two or three, you will definitely make a fortune, so I can't take advantage of you too much, I will use the remaining money to buy all your lake mussels, how?" Chen Xu pointed to the money basket and said with a smile.

"How does this make ......"

"Since Childe said so, it is better for me to be respectful than to obey my fate!"

Before a man could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a companion pulling his sleeve, and then respectfully agreed.

"That's fine, pay!" Chen Xu waved his hand, and one of the guards placed all the remaining coins in the rattan frame in front of the two men.