Zhao Qi still couldn't eat beef noodles in the end, and the only little left was given to Ling'er, who was watching him swallow his saliva. He himself was caught in the armpit by Li Xin and went to the lobby.

King Qin's edict arrived, and it was still the eunuch Zhao Neishou that Zhao Qi had seen last time, Zhao Qi knelt on the ground, and the sharp voice of the inner servant echoed in the room. Zhao Qi listened absent-mindedly, but he also heard the same, probably saying that Zhao Qi was named a son, with a bounty of 100 taels and a fief of 800 acres.

These are all dispensable in Zhao Qi's eyes, the viscount is too low for him, she originally thought that at least one Hou Bo would have it, but she gave herself a viscount, as for the eight hundred acres of fiefdom, it was like a joke, it sounds like a lot, in fact, it is the size of a normal university campus in the future, and it is not even the size of a town.

When he heard that the paper-making and salt-making technology would be nationalized, Zhao Qi's face was completely dark, but this was the decision of the king of Qin, and he had to pinch his nose and admit it, he originally wanted to make money from this, but it seems that it has become a luxury again, the king of Qin only gave him a hundred taels of gold, which sounds like a lot, and it is only for the commoners, and it is estimated that it will cost him almost to repair his house.

After reading the edict, Zhao Qi kowtowed and thanked him, then stood up and took the edict from Zhao Nei's hand. Zhao Neishou is worthy of being a person who has lived to such a big time by King Qin's side, and he touched Zhao Qi's head very smoothly and said: "I remember that when this child was brought back, time flies so fast, and the turn is already so big."

This is obviously a relationship after seeing Zhao Qi's good future, Zhao Qi is not very happy, I don't know what the reason, he always has some resistance to the eunuch, of course, this emotion can't be put on his face, or stand respectfully, pretending to be a good child.

Lü Buwei laughed and took the gold from the little eunuch who was with Zhao Nei, ordered the servants around him to bring it down, and then took the silver ingots and gave them to several eunuchs as rewards, and then invited a few people to sit down.

Zhao Neishou confessed: "Thanks to Lord Lu's good intentions, it's just that the slave and maid still have official business today, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, he will come to visit in his spare time, and I hope Lord Lu will forgive me."

"Since this is the case, then I won't force me to stay, and he will have the opportunity to invite the chamberlain as a guest again one day." Lu Buwei arched his hand, that is to say, of course he didn't want to deal with these eunuchs, and inviting him as a guest was also out of courtesy, and Zhao Neishou would not really come to his house as a guest without opening his eyes, he was kind on the surface, and he understood it very well in his heart.

Zhao Neishou left, and Lu Buwei patted Zhao Qi's shoulder and said, "Boy, why are you not satisfied with your expression?" You are no longer an ancient man at this age who has been knighted in Great Qin, what do you have to complain about? We all know that your contribution is naturally no problem to be a big official in the court, you are still just a child, and if you are given an excessively large official position, some people will make irresponsible comments, which is already the limit, but with these two contributions as a foundation, when you become an adult, the official position will not be captured? What's the boy's dissatisfaction? ”

"Kid understood." Zhao Qi bowed down to be taught, Lu Buwei was right, he was indeed too radical in this matter, even if he made these two contributions to benefit the country and the people, his qualifications were still there, and if he was given a big official, it would be easy to have an accident.

Li Xin also had something to do when he came to Lu Buwei's house this time, he was sent by the queen to pick up Zhao Qi into the palace, when he said this, Zhao Qi cried, he should have come or came, he really didn't want to go to the damn palace, there were too many rules, and he was going to be killed at every turn, it was really not suitable for a free and casual person like him.

If you don't want to go, you can't help it, Lu Buwei is gone, Zhang Han also came with a bitter gourd face, this time he wants to enter the palace with Zhao Qi, a few days ago he was still gloating because of Zhao Qi's encounter, but he didn't expect it to be returned to him so soon.

After going out, Li Xin was still riding a horse, Zhao Qi and the others naturally took a carriage, and he went with Ling'er, a personal maid, which was specially arranged by the two ladies of the Lu family, saying that the little master couldn't take care of himself and needed to take Ling'er to take care of him.

When I heard this, Zhao Qi was full of black lines, what do you mean that I can't take care of myself? Can you speak? It was as if he was half-paralyzed.

When everything was ready, the long convoy marched towards the palace, and the viscount's style was used, and the reliance was arranged according to the viscount's standards, which was also the handiwork of the two ladies.

The mansion of Zhao Qi of Yiyi has begun to be built, all of them are people sent by Mrs. Huayang, in addition to the construction workers, there are also two teams of guards from the palace, these people are the people who supervised the construction, and the mansion is expected to cover an area of twenty acres, which is similar to the mansion of Lu Buwei's family.

The construction site is on a small hill on the edge of Changxing Town, and the whole Changxing Town is Zhao Qi's fief.

A group of sergeants on horseback crossed the town, attracting the sideways glances of passers-by, these guards did not seem to be simple people, from the gold-studded armor it is not difficult to tell that this is from the palace, such people came to the town to specify that something is wrong, and people have speculated what happened.

After seeing the craftsmen in the back, I guessed and probably that most of them were a big official from Changxing Town, and this was to build a mansion. There is a well-informed person who has already heard that it is a viscount, which makes it clear that since the death of Wu Anjun Baiqi, there has been no fief of an adult in this area for seven or eight years.

The affairs of the official family have nothing to do with the common people, so who else has to live this life, right? Everyone still has to do what they should do, those who sell vegetables sell vegetables, and those who kill pigs kill pigs.

The handsome young man in coarse cloth clothes looked at the back of the guard, frowned, and came to the stall selling pork to buy a pound of pork, this year the price of pork has risen again, and he can't afford to eat it, the young man pretended to be inadvertently pointed to the sergeant who was far away and asked the butcher: "What are these people doing?"

"I don't know, it's said that a lord has come and wants to build a mansion in our town" The butcher chopped pork with a knife full of holes, and said this casually, obviously he didn't know much.

At this time, a young man who looked polite and polite came over, this young man recognized that it was the young master of the merchant family at the head of the village, called Liu Erdan, who usually loves to brag, he arched his shoulder and arched the young man and said: "I heard that this is a new lord, Your Majesty has given him all the titles of our Changxing Town, it is said that he is still a milky boy, it seems that his surname is Zhao, and I don't know if it is true."

Of course, the young man laughed at what he said, this kid couldn't believe his words, his father was also a general in the court before, and he also had an understanding of the things above, and Daqin had never given the child a knighthood since he established the country, and he had the right to turn a deaf ear to what Liu Erdan said.

The young man sighed, since his father was given death by King Qin, the fief was also confiscated, the family is almost poor and can't open the pot, now buy catties of pork have to weigh, he has suffered a lot in the past few years, his mother has been infected with the wind and cold these days, and today he went out to buy pork to make up for A-Niang's body, and a reprimand is inevitable after going back.

Ignoring the chattering Liu Erdan, he went home with pork, the young man's house is very old, it looks like it hasn't been repaired for a long time, the house is very big, and it can be seen that it was a big family before.

The old woman lying on the bed saw the young man carrying pork in, sat up and coughed violently, pushed away the dirty little girl sitting on the edge of the bed, and reprimanded him: "Zhong'er, why don't you know how to be thrifty, there is not much silver in the family now, you save some flowers."

"Auntie, you are weak, you should eat some meat to make up for it." Bai Zhong ignored his mother, cleaned up the house by himself, and told his mother about the new things that happened in the town, "Today the palace guards came to the town, it is said that there is a new lord, I heard that Erdan said that it was a kid surnamed Zhao, but most of what he said was not credible, Qin Wang Mo was not confused?" Will you be a knight? ”

Bai Zhong said disapprovingly, took out the snack from his arms and handed it to his sister who came over, touched her head, his sister is seven years old this year, but she looks like she is four or five years old, she was still in her mother's womb when her father died, she has been suffering since she was a child, she has not eaten much, resulting in malnutrition, and now she is really thin as wood.

The speaker had no intention of listening, Bai Zhong just said something to relieve his mother's boredom, who knew that her body trembled when she heard this, and she actually got out of bed as if she remembered something, rummaged in the cabinet at the head of the bed, found a piece of bamboo, and handed it to Bai Zhong and said: "When your father died, a ministry will bring this back, this is the only thing left by your father, and his ministry will also say that your father picked up a baby who was still in swaddling clothes on the road, and has the same name as your father, surnamed Zhao, and recognized him as a righteous son."

Bai Zhong was shocked when he heard his mother's words, and hurriedly took the bamboo piece from his mother's hand to watch, only to see a few words engraved on it: I die, let my son vote for Zhao Qi, don't be confused!

"Ahem, your father never talks about it, this child is almost seven or eight years old according to the time, and I didn't care much about it at the beginning, but today I heard you talk about the little lord surnamed Zhao, and I remembered your father's entrustment when I was a mother." Wei Lan coughed twice, and Bai Zhong hurriedly helped her to the bed.

Bai Zhong was not a fool, and immediately heard the meaning of his mother's words, so he asked, "What does A-Niang mean, is this little lord real?" Could it be that Zhao Qi is mentioned on this bamboo piece? ”

Wei Lan nodded, touched Bai Zhong's head and said: "Zhong'er, you are a filial child, you have suffered you all these years, if your guess is true, then our family will be saved, tomorrow you will go into the city to inquire, whether there is a child like Zhao Qi in Xianyang, if it is really this lord, someone will always hear about it."

Bai Zhong nodded, helped his mother cover the quilt, and then went to carry the pork to the kitchen to prepare for eating, he was very excited by his mother's words, thinking that his mother didn't take his father's words seriously, and never told himself about it, but now he heard from his mouth that hope is naturally going to be brought up again, he plans to go to Xianyang tomorrow, even if there is little hope, he will go, in case it is true, his family will not have to live this kind of hard life again.