Walking out of the room, Li Yao went straight back to the private room, where those sons and girls were drinking with each other.

Li Yao walked back to his seat, and a girl sat over and said with a smile: "Master Hou, come and drink!" ”

Li Yao was really not used to it, so he waved his hand to let the girl go down. The fat man saw Li Yao's movements, and hurriedly asked the dancer and the girl who accompanied the wine to go down. flattered: "Big brother, is there something wrong, are you going to play somewhere?" ”

Li Yao smiled: "There is indeed a place to play, I will go to Lu County to play in a few days, which of you will follow me?" ”

"Big brother, can this kind of thing be missing me?" The thin monkey first said: "My dad doesn't care about me at all, and it's not up to me to decide where I want to go!" Then the thin monkey glanced at the fat man sympathetically.

The fat man cried and looked at Li Yao, and saw that Li Yao shook his head. Then he looked at the little man sitting in the back and said, "Dog head, you usually have the most ghost ideas, hurry up and think of a way, so that I can convince my dad to let me go out with my eldest brother!" ”

The dog head thought for a while and said, "You just tell your father to follow the eldest brother to the magistrate of Lu County!" Even if your father is strict, it is estimated that he will give the eldest brother this face! ”

The fat man looked at the dog's head suspiciously, and said, "Are you sure this is okay?" ”

The dog nodded vigorously, "It definitely didn't work before, but this time your father will not stop you, but will agree with it!" ”

"No, it won't! Are you kidding me? The fat man said.

The dog head shook his head and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go back and try it!" ”

"Alright! Then I'll go back and try it! Although the fat man doesn't quite believe in the words of the dog head, the dog head has always been the military advisor of this gentleman regiment, and there should be some truth in what he said.

"What about the doghead? Will you come with me? Li Yao asked.

The dog head nodded: "I'll go with my eldest brother!" ”

Li Yao clapped his hands, okay, then let's set off the day after tomorrow! Go back and get ready, and set off early the day after tomorrow! Suddenly, Li Yao thought of something, turned to look at a man in a strong suit and asked, "Blind, are you going?" ”

The blind man nodded: "Where is the eldest brother, I will go!" ”

Li Yao was psychologically happy: "It seems that although 'Li Yao' is not very good, he still has a lot of friends!" ”

Okay, then the five of us, and the rest of us will stay in the national capital and watch our home! Li Yao stood up: "Okay, you guys have fun, I still have something to do, go home first!" ”

Li Yao turned around and went out to go home with the guards, everyone did not leave the scene because Li Yao was gone, but had more fun, Cuixianglou can develop into the four major restaurants in the national capital, and the strength is not weak at all.

Back in the mansion, Li Yao immediately called the housekeeper: "Changzhu, how much money is left in the mansion?" ”

Wang Changzhu replied: "Master Hou, there are 50,000 taels of silver on the books of the house!" ”

"And how much money is there?" Li Yao asked curiously.

Wang Changzhu thought silently for a while, and said: "Plus the treasures, money, etc., that come from the filial piety of various officials every year. It is estimated that there are more than 500,000 taels. ”

Li Yao took a deep breath: "I didn't expect 'myself' to be really rich!" ”

Li Yao said to Wang Changzhu: "Changzhu, you first sent 10,000 taels of silver to the proprietress of Cuixiang Building in the past, and don't let others know, you go and send it yourself!" ”

Wang Changzhu nodded: "I understand, Changzhu will do it immediately!" ”

Wang Changzhu entered the palace as an attendant for Li Yao when he was very young, and grew up with Li Yao. It wasn't until Li Yao was weakly crowned that he became a housekeeper for Li Yao, and for people who grew up together, Wang Changzhu was the best candidate for this task!

After Li Yao finished telling Wang Changzhu, he went directly to the study, he must have a more comprehensive understanding of this country, and he can find a lot of useful things in the book!

As soon as I entered the study, I heard a knock on the door. "Master Hou, can I come in?" Lian'er spoke softly, afraid of disturbing Li Yao's reading!

As soon as Li Yao picked up a book, he heard Lian'er's voice. "Come in!"

Lian'er pushed open the door and walked slowly to the desk, first raising the wick of the oil lamp higher, and the room was much brighter. He asked, "Master Hou, do you need to eat?" ”

Li Yao waved his hand: "I won't eat the rice, you go and get me a basin of hot water, and I'll soak my feet!" ”

'Li Yao' has the habit of soaking his feet every day, it turns out that in the army, the training every day is too hard, although he is already a leader, but there is some training in the morning run every day is never left behind, and even the officer's combat boots are not particularly comfortable in the army, so soaking his feet every day to relax is an indispensable task for 'Li Yao'.

Yes, Lian'er will go.

Li Yao walked to the bookshelf, ready to see if there were any useful books, and flipped through one book after another, which was either old-fashioned and sluggish old ideas, or articles that the original 'sages' sang praises to the emperor. These things are useful for those who have entered the office, but they are useless for Li Yao, who wants to urgently understand the national system!

"Zuo Chuan", "University", "Analects", "Mencius", "The Mean", "Zhou Yi", "Zhou Li", "Book of Rites", "Book of Songs", "Book of Filial Piety", "Book of Shang", "Spring and Autumn", etc., are all good books, but now they are not very useful to themselves.

What I want to read is not such a book, so I went to another bookshelf to continue to search, "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Warring States Policy", "Thirty-six Strategies" Li Yao found these books, and immediately put them on the desk to prepare to read carefully, for a soldier, these books are too tempting for himself, I have to take a look, although it turns out that 'Li Yao' has also read this kind of books, but these books have little effect on modern warfare, so Li Yao does not attach much importance to it. But in the age of cold weapons, the role of these books was undoubtedly magnified to the point that they had to be read.

Just as she was about to open the book and read it, Lian'er came in with a wooden basin, and the wooden basin was still steaming, Lian'er asked, "Master Hou, are you washing it in the study?" ”

Li Yao took Sun Tzu's book on the Art of War, walked to the chair, sat down and said, "Wash it here!" ”

Lian'er put the wooden basin next to Li Yao's feet, squatted down, took off his boots and socks for Li Yao, and then Li Yao put his feet in the hot water, and a refreshing feeling came from the soles of his feet. Li Yao groaned in surprise.

The frightened Lian'er hurriedly said, "Master Hou, is the water too hot?" Slaves deserve to die, slaves deserve to die. ”

Looking at the panicked Lian'er, Li Yao sneered: "The water temperature is just right, you come over and help me press my feet!" ”

Lian'er was fascinated by Li Yao's smile just now, but she didn't expect Hou Ye to look so good when he smiled.

Seeing that Lian'er didn't react, Li Yao shouted: "Lian'er, Lian'er!" ”

"Huh?" When Lian'er heard Li Yao's voice, her face turned red, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Li Yao, and said softly: "What does Master Hou command?" ”

Li Yao pointed to the basin and helped me press my feet.

"The slave knows!" Lian'er squatted down and helped Li Yao press her feet!

Li Yao had never been treated like this, so he picked up the book and read it while enjoying it!

Lian'er saw that Li Yao didn't speak for a long time, so she raised her head and just saw Li Yao's side face when he was reading, looking at Li Yao so focused and serious. Lian'er couldn't help but look a little stupid.

Feeling that there was no movement on his feet, he thought that Lian'er was tired of pressing her feet, so Li Yao took the book and said softly: "Lian'er, if you are tired, go back and rest first!" ”

Only then did Lian'er come back to her senses: "Master Hou, I'm not tired, it's my blessing to help you press your feet!" ”

Li Yao can't do anything about it, the thinking of the ancients can't be changed for a while, so he can only enjoy it!

Li Yao suddenly thought that he couldn't find a book about the current situation in this country, so he asked, "Lian'er, do you know how to find a book on the current situation in this country?" ”

Lian'er replied, "Are you looking for the Chronicle of the Kingdom of Qi?" This book can be found in the household department, but it records some things that happened in such and such a place in such and such a year, and it doesn't mean much! ”

"It doesn't make much sense?" Li Yao sneered in his heart: "Ancient women really had long hair and short knowledge, not to mention much, just from these materials, you can understand the local culture, geographical characteristics, local people's living habits and other important things in a certain place." Except for the sour and rotten talents who only care about it every day, who would say that these things are meaningless! ”

It's just that Li Yao doesn't want to argue with Lian'er, after all, the cultural environment is different, so the way of thinking about things is also different.

"It's just that the things in the household are not easy to take, it seems that tomorrow I will go to Guo Mansion to meet the fat man's father! The fat man's father is the leader of the household, and the household is still the book! ”

Now that the problem of books has been settled, Li Yao also continued to enjoy the fun of washing his feet while reading.

By the way, Lian'er, do you know what happened in our country recently? Li Yao rummaged through his memories, and he couldn't find any useful information except for eating, drinking, and having fun, and there was very little information about the situation in this country! As a last resort, Li Yao could only ask Lian'er.

Lian'er thought for a moment and said, "Our country and the Uighurs have occasionally fought wars, but they have not really fought. I think it's still our country's military strength. In addition, there are two princes guarding the border passes, and the soldiers are also deeply encouraged, and there has been no war for several years!

It's just that the frontier is quite stable, but in the three counties in the east is the people are not living, because of the drought and locust plague, the three counties in the east have not harvested for two years, the king has mobilized a large amount of silver for disaster relief in the three counties in the east, and the situation of starving to death is still rare, but the situation of our neighbor Jin is not very good, almost all counties have suffered from drought, coupled with the invasion of the Khitan State on the Jin State, the Jin country's escape team has been piled up with our border pass, and countless people are starving to death every day. Our king learned of this situation, and increased the amount of relief silver, so that most of the people who fled the famine survived. Although there are still people who have fled the famine and are dying of starvation, the situation has improved a lot.

Li Yao was thoughtful. So he asked, "Lian'er, do you know the situation of my fiefdom?" ”

Lian'er thought for a while and said, "Yi County? Lian'er has heard others say that this county, although the number of people in this county is small, but it is better than the place, so the people's life is still good, but it is a very ordinary county among more than 70 counties in the country. ”

Li Yao was puzzled in his heart and asked, "Why is the place big and the population small, but the people's life can only be said?" ”

Lian'er replied: "Master Hou doesn't know, the place of Yi County is big, but most of it is the Gobi Desert, and there is not much land that can be planted by the people!" ”

Li Yao secretly thought that future generations could improve the land in the Gobi Desert by digging alkali drainage canals and applying acid fertilizer to neutralize the land, but he didn't know how to operate, it seemed that he had to find some talented people to do it, otherwise it would be a waste if such a large land in his jurisdiction could not be used!

After soaking his feet for a while, Li Yao raised his feet and put on a kind of slippers similar to clogs prepared by Lian'er. said to Lian'er: "You pack these up and go to sleep, I'll naturally go back to sleep when I'm sleepy!" ”

Lian'er didn't dare, so she said: "Master Hou, I'm not sleepy, let me serve you to study!" ”

Li Yao naturally knew what Lian'er thought, so he no longer forced Lian'er to go back to sleep, and said, "You can sit on the chair when you are tired, just remember not to disturb me reading!" ”

Lian'er nodded: "I naturally know that Hou Ye is a person who wants to do great things, how dare Lian'er disturb Hou Ye's hard work!" ”

Li Yao sat down, read the book with peace of mind, read Sun Tzu's Art of War, and felt that there were so many desirable points in it, but he was afraid that he would read too much and couldn't digest it, so he put down the book and saw that Lian'er was still waiting on the side, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm. Whispered: "Lian'er, go back to sleep, I'm going to rest too!" ”

Lian'er nodded and said, "I'll take charge of the lamp and wait for the Hou Ye to sleep, and I'll go to sleep!" ”

Li Yao followed Lian'er to the bedroom, and when Lian'er waited for her to sleep, Lian'er was willing to leave. Before leaving, he also advised: "Master Hou, I am next door, if you need it, call me, and I will come immediately!" ”

Li Yao lay in the quilt, recalled today's events, and couldn't help but smile, thinking that I was still unemployed in the morning, and now I have become a Hou Ye above 10,000 people. Fate is not up to others, not thinking about the past, Li Yao slept peacefully, and got up early tomorrow to go to the household department, and his spirit was going to be raised!