Chapter 481: Kong Ming Lantern

Bahuan City, summer is cool.

Li Huaitang has been in Bahuan City for more than a month, during which he accompanied Laiyao to more than a dozen banquets, and reached a tacit understanding with the merchants and bureaucrats on building a road through Anxi. The end point of Anxi Avenue is by no means a turtle, Li Huaitang's idea is to go east, to the east, all the way to the east, to Chang'an, to Luoyang, to the sea......

Raising funds is one of the purposes, what Li Huaitang needs most is food, he can catch hundreds of thousands of slaves with labor, and he can't do anything about the food of these slaves, Ningyuan has food, Shiguo also has food, but far water can't save the fire. The grain needed in the Tang Dynasty had to be solved on the spot, and the grain was in the warehouses of the wealthy merchants and magnates.

It is obvious that people with virtue cannot be made to donate food willingly, the world is bustling, profit comes and goes, and they have the right to joke about unprofitable things. But soon they found that Li Huaitang pinched their necks. If you want to go to Ningyuan City for business, the nearest most convenient road must pass through the Gelu Pass, where the shameless Li Huaitang has set up a so-called joint toll station, and all business travelers who pass must 'pay' tolls to pass. The people who used to treat Li Huaitang as a big fool understood that the plan to try to take advantage of Li Huaitang to build a road had failed, maybe a certain section of the road could be lost, but if you want to go to Ningyuan City, you must pay the price. In fact, if they calculate the accounts carefully, they will not lose money, and when the road is completed, their business time will be saved by at least half, but the gap between the reality and the expectations in their hearts is large, and of course they will be dissatisfied.

Li Huaitang didn't plan to let them give away grain for free, it would be good if they could take out the grain and sell it at the market price. For this reason, Li Huaitang's price is free for three years, as long as a certain amount of grain is sold, a free card will be issued.

Merchants are very good at calculating accounts, free is only part of the benefits, the most important thing is to save time, who knows how much time to queue up to pay and wait for the toll collector to calculate the road toll, in short, it will not be less. Half a day in advance is enough time for them to buy good goods, or sell them for a good price.

Lai Yao's food problem was finally resolved, and with the support of many businessmen and nobles, his pressure was alleviated a lot.

With food, the army of road-building slaves in the Anxi section was increased. Hudu led the army to return triumphantly, and in Huangshi coincided with Li Huaitang's messenger, who waited in Huangshi for his free labor. The protector did not disappoint him, and a total of more than 10,000 strong people were captured, along with grain, cattle and sheep, and sent eastward into the territory of Datang. As a result, the speed of construction of the highway from Shule to Huangshi has increased exponentially.

Protecting the capital and returning with a great victory, even Yunbao should have news after calculating the time! Li Huaitang looked southwest, looking forward to the news of the great victory, and it was more practical to take Lianyunbao than to capture Su and lose. I was worried about it, and I wasn't even in a state to accompany the beauty to the night market.

"Why is Li Lang always absent-minded tonight? But tired of our sisters? Shang Ling whispered a complaint, and her expression was mixed with dissatisfaction, resentment and resentment. Compared with Pei Xiaoniang, they obviously have fewer opportunities to be moistened by rain 'dew'.

Li Huaitang was stunned, and Ling'er's little lady's eyes made him sad.

"How so? Ling'er little lady, I like it too late. Li Huaitang picked up the little lady's soft apologetically and put it to his mouth for a kiss.

Shang Long on the other side muttered, "I thought you were thinking about which beautiful girl." ”

"Nonsense." Li Huaitang pulled up the little lady Long'er on the left again, and smiled, "My husband was thinking about how to 'serve' you tonight." ”

Hearing this, Linglong Shuangshu bowed her head shyly, tonight is their night of grace, and Ailang belongs to them all day today. There is a tacit understanding between the beauties, and Pei Xiaoniang, who has been favored continuously, consciously did not want to go, and found an excuse to avoid it with knowledge and interest, and accompanied Li Huaitang to visit the night market became the patent of Linglong Shuangshu.

Shyness did not prevent the two little ladies from behaving charmingly, clinging to Ailang's side, holding Ailang's arm, and strolling through the lively night market.

"Li Lang, look, there is a rock sugar gourd, we want to eat a rock sugar gourd." Linglong Shuangshu pointed to a hawker stall and shouted happily, her face full of happiness.

The peddler was very happy, and a big customer threw out a Ningyuan gold coin, swept away his inventory, and along with his belongings, a straw target designed to provide a foothold for strings of rock sugar gourds.

"Guest officer, this, this, I only have these few copper coins, and I can't afford to find your gold coins." After being happy, the peddler looked at Li Huaitang in embarrassment.

Today's Ningyuan coins are very popular in the Tang Dynasty, especially in Anxi and Beiting, and although the government is opposed, they are not a powerful force in the market. Ningyuan coins are "fine" and beautiful, and they are easy to carry, and the precious gold and silver coins have standard value, and there is no need to cut and weigh them, the key is that it is difficult to copy, and there is no need to worry about receiving fake and shoddy coins. Merchants like to use Ningyuan coins to 'trade', and civilians don't have to worry about holding Ningyuan coins and not being able to buy goods, even if they can't buy them, their value is there.

Linglong Shuangshu was in a good mood, and said in unison: "Don't look for it, I'll reward you!" ”

The peddler thanked him happily, for he couldn't make money in a month.

Since the trade with Ningyuan City, Bahuan City has become more and more lively and prosperous, the market is full of dazzling goods, the price of popular abounds, and the business travel from all over the world is endless, continuously injecting fresh vitality into Bahuan City.

Continue walking along the narrow streets of the shopping market, and a burst of aroma wafts through the nose.

"Lamb 'meat' skewers!" Linglong Shuangshu looked at each other in surprise, pulled Li Huaitang and ran to the source of the fragrance.

"Isn't it? And buy so much? Li Huaitang frowned and protested against the half-heartedness of the two little beauties, and the strings of rock sugar gourds in their hands were still waiting for their fragrant 'lips'.

"Li Lang is not short of money, can he be so stingy?" At this time, Linglong Shuangshu was very domineering and vetoed Li Huaitang's opinion.

Li Huaitang looked helpless, and muttered: "Do you still want people to live, you just took turns feeding a belly of rock sugar gourds, and then feed sheep 'meat'......"

Linglong Shuangshu covered her mouth and smiled. Indeed, they didn't eat a few rock sugar gourds, and most of them were fed into Li Huaitang's stomach.

"Look! Kong Ming lantern! Someone excitedly pointed to the glittering lights in the sky and shouted.

The summer night is deep and dark, and countless stars hang high in the sky, and under them, a little light is slowly rising, as if 'wanting' to return to the vast sea of stars.

"Kong Ming lantern?" Li Huaitang looked at the rarities of the Tang Dynasty with interest.

Kong Ming lanterns exist in the Three Kingdoms, but they are not common. With the advent of Kong Ming lanterns, people's enthusiasm suddenly warmed up.

Linglong Shuangshu's interest quickly shifted from mutton 'meat' skewers to new things, and the fate of mutton 'meat' skewers repeated the mistakes of rock sugar gourds and was thrown into the cold palace.

"Li Lang, we want it, we want it!" The delicate double hair is full of power and is charming to the bones.

"To? Over here? Li Huaitang was stunned, it seems that the book didn't say that the mutton 'meat' has a special effect on the little lady?

Linglong Shuangshu didn't understand what it meant, and continued to be coquettish, until Long'er looked back at the night sky, and Li Huaitang suddenly realized.

"Okay, let's go and see who is so Yaxing."

Li Huaitang pulled the two bouncing little beauties and walked in the direction of the rising Kong Ming lantern.

At the 'gate' of the southern city, a large crowd of good deeds was surrounded, and a bright light rose in the circle, over people's heads, over the towers, and into the air, until the fuel ran out, and then fell to the ground.

In order to attract customers and make a name for himself, the merchant invited a professional craftsman to release 88 lanterns in a row.

The lights were finished, and the merchants achieved satisfactory results. The diners in the restaurant are full of diners, and the voices of high-minded talk are endless; The audience who won the audience was still unsatisfied and reluctant to disperse.

Zhuge Xing silently packed up the begging for life, took the salary from the restaurant and prepared to leave, when he raised his feet, he found that someone was blocking his way.

I only heard the roadblocker ask: "The Kong Ming lantern just now is a master's masterpiece?" ”

"Master?" Zhuge Xing laughed, he was just a reckless craftsman, and he had nothing to do with the honorific title of master for eight lifetimes, and today I actually heard someone give him such a title, and the speaker was either a nerd who was stuffed with books, or he deliberately came to provoke and tease.

Curiously glancing at the person in the way, Zhuge Xing shook his head, according to his experience in reading people, his previous guesses were not correct.

"What are you shaking your head for? I saw that you were putting Kong Ming lanterns, and we didn't rob them, we would pay you. ”

Zhuge Xing's eyes lit up, and a beautiful little lady flashed out from behind the burly roadblocker, and her beauty was as shocking as heaven. The amazing 'glamorous' is like the fireworks 'flower' in the sky, one has not disappeared and the other has bloomed again, and the two are exactly the same, almost shocking Zhuge Xing's eyes.

"Give you money, we want a lot of perforated lanterns, like the ones you just put up." The beautiful lady who appeared later handed a Ningyuan gold coin to Zhuge Xing's hand.

"Oh, oh," Zhuge Xing 'rubbed' and 'rubbed' his eyes, finally reacted, and stammered: "This, this is a lot of money, I, I don't have the goods now." ”

"It's okay, you take this money, please send it to the merchant when it's ready." Although the beautiful lady who gave the money could not hide the disappointment on her face, her tone was very soft, like a 'spring' breeze.

After speaking, the beautiful little lady smiled, then looked up at the Lang Jun beside her, that is, the roadblocker, and said, "Li Lang, let's go." ”

The beauty floated away, leaving the foolish Zhuge Xing standing in the middle of the road and looking at it from afar.

There is no one in Ning Yuancheng who doesn't know the Shang Mansion, and the newcomers such as Zhuge Xing are no exception, and the two little ladies who are as beautiful as the two little ladies must be the beautiful concubines of the master of the Shang Mansion, he weighed a gold coin in his hand, and his mood and thoughts were equally complicated.

The proprietor of the restaurant walked over, patted Zhuge Xing's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Zhuge Langjun, you have made it, climb up to General Ning Yuan, the big customer, he is generous, do it well, and you will definitely make a lot of money." ”

Zhuge Xing was shocked, the famous Li Huaitang turned out to be the one who stood in the way just now, and the identities of the two little ladies who looked exactly the same were also revealed! Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon