Chapter 18: Needlework

Northern Song Dynasty world, Quanzhou Li Mansion backyard.

Li Hao was holding a handful of steel needles in his hand, which he had brought from the Overworld last time. Each needle is about two inches long, thinner than a human hair, and the needles are so sharp and sharp that they can easily fit into a wooden plank.

Li Hao's palms were spread out, and the steel needles slowly floated into the air one by one, suspended in front of him and stood still. Now he can control objects weighing less than half a catty, and the control range has expanded to more than 100 meters.

Each of these steel needles is very light, so he can control as many as 100 steel needles at the same time.

Li Hao waved his hand lightly, and more than 100 steel needles shot out. Under the sunlight, more than 100 rays of light flashed slightly in mid-air, and the steel needle had flown out for nearly forty meters.

With a gesture of his hand, the large group of steel needles turned sharply in mid-air and flew back to him. In fact, the Force does not need to cooperate with gestures, Li Hao's beckoning movement is not necessary, it is just a subconscious action, so that you can better concentrate on the Force and "pull" more than 100 steel needles back.

This large school of steel needles flew back in mid-air, like a school of fish swimming along a fixed line in the ocean. The steel needle bypassed Li Hao's body, and then shot out in front of it, and when it flew halfway, the steel needle group was divided into two ways and outflanked in an arc.

Li Hao's mind was highly condensed, and the steel needles in mid-air flew faster and faster, constantly differentiating and converging, changing the dazzling flight route.

Moreover, under Li Hao's deliberate control, the steel needles collided with each other from time to time during the flight, changing direction in an instant. The speed of the steel needle is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, the trajectory of the flight is flexible and changeable, and sometimes the angle of the sudden acceleration of the lapulse is very tricky. If someone were attacked by these steel needles, they must have been pierced all over the place.

After practicing for more than half an hour, Li Hao felt uneasy for no reason, and he didn't have the heart to continue practicing.

The steel needles automatically flew back into the needle box as if they had a spiritual surname, and they were neatly arranged, and the lid of the needle box was automatically pushed and closed under the pull of the Force. Li Hao's palm stretched out, the needle box moved twice, and suddenly jumped into his hand automatically.

Putting away the needle box with him, because Li Hao's force was still weak and he couldn't control something too heavy, he temporarily chose the book blade and the thin steel needle as weapons. These two self-defense "weapons" are very lightweight, and he usually carries them with him.

With these two "weapons", he no longer carries a stunner, after all, the stunner can only be used in close proximity, and in his Force field, the blade and steel needle are much better than the stunner. And even when close to the body, the blades and steel needles under the urging of the Force are more powerful than electric shockers, and it is only a matter of thought to take a person's surname.

Li Hao changed into ancient clothes, put on a costume wig, and went straight to the front yard.

Early this morning, the four maids of Meilan Zhuju went to the Liang family's mansion, and brought a few nurses and more than 20 long-term workers with them. Li Hao has officially bought the property of the Xia Liang family, and just signed the contract yesterday, with an amount of 20,000 yuan, and the balance will be paid within two years.

Today, the four maids went to the mansion, first, to command the people to clean up the door, so that Li Hao could move in soon; The second is to buy a group of servants for the Li Mansion to call in the future. This group of servants who really sold their bodies, not long-term workers in the employment relationship, but servants who really had a sense of belonging to the Li Mansion, and they were required to be very loyal.

Li Hao is very satisfied with these four maidservants, they are all orphans, and after entering the Li Mansion, they really regard this place as their home, they are very attentive, and they still have a certain ability. When Li Hao is cultivating the Force, he will still let them leave the backyard, so let's keep it secret for the time being.

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Ji Tong took a team of yacha from the city department to arrest smuggling and came straight to the Li Mansion, and he beckoned to call the head of the yacha and said: "You arrange a few yacha to run over and guard the gates, side doors, and backyard gates of the Li Mansion, with two people at each door." Remember, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my orders. ”

"Yes, sir!" The head of the team immediately arranged for manpower, and several officials ran quickly. They were dressed in official uniforms, armed with waist knives, and armed with water and fire sticks, and had their own momentum when they ran. Pedestrians on the road avoided the side of the road from afar, pointing and talking to them.

Ji Tong brought out twenty yacha this time, not a lot of people, but there are a lot of them, and it is usually because of the occurrence of large cases that so many yacha are gathered. Ji Tong deliberately brought more people out, also in order to increase the momentum, and was ready to give Li Hao great coercion and deterrence.

The yacha were very excited, every time they went out on a large scale, which time did they not get enough oil and water? What's more, this time it was aimed at the Li Mansion, which was the owner of the Rare Treasure Pavilion. Rare treasure pavilion, which of the people of Quanzhou does not know that the goods inside are priceless? Thinking that the harvest might be higher than ever before, the officials walked through the streets one by one in high spirits and with great energy.

When the officials came to the gate of the Li Mansion, how could the gatekeeper of the Li Mansion ever see this kind of battle? He came out tremblingly and said, "This lord, I don't know which yamen you belong to?" Coming to Lee's Mansion is ......

Ji Tongli ignored him either, waved his hand and said, "Go in!" ”

The officials rushed in and pushed the porter aside. The porter was in a hurry, knowing that it was impossible to stop them, and hurriedly rushed in to tell them.

The housekeeper Ding Fuzheng and the second shopkeeper of the photo studio are discussing the opening of the business, the two shopkeepers are promoted by Li Hao from the sales team leader, and he is temporarily appointed as the second shopkeeper, which is also the meaning of the trial. If the trial period is not satisfactory, hire another big shopkeeper.

The two were discussing when they suddenly heard hurried and dense footsteps, and at the same time heard the porter shouting: "Steward Ding, these officials have suddenly broken in!" ”

Ding Fu was startled, walked out of the hall and took a look, only to see a dozen or so fierce yacha rushing in.

Ding Fu took a few steps forward and said, "I don't know which adult arrived, and he didn't come out to greet him, it's really rude." ”

Ji Tong had a cold face, glanced at Ding Fu, and said with a "hum" in his nostrils: "What about Li Hao?" Tell him to come out to me. ”

Ding Fu said with a smile: "Adults, please come into the living room to have a cup of tea, and the little ones will immediately invite the young master out." Brothers, you are also working hard, it is hot, drink a cup of tea to quench your thirst. While he was talking, someone had already served tea to Ji Tong.

"Adults, please use tea, and small ones, please come out of the young master." Ding Fu retreated, and as soon as he walked out of the hall, the smile on his face disappeared immediately, and he called a long-term worker to give a few words, and the long-term worker nodded again and again. Then, Ding Fu hurriedly walked to the backyard, these officials didn't even talk about basic politeness, obviously the person who came was not good, and he had to inform the young master immediately.

Ji Tong had already guarded the door of the Li Mansion, and he didn't believe that Li Hao could fly away, so he didn't hurry to pick up the teacup and drink tea. As soon as he opened the lid of the cup, he immediately smelled the aroma of tea. He took a sip lightly, his eyes lit up, and he was almost about to blurt out praise, but when he looked at the yacha standing around, he forcibly held back the words "good tea".

But he took a few sips, only to feel that the tea was full of fragrance, and the aftertaste was endless. Ji Tong drank such a good tea for the first time in his life, oh my God, what did he drink before, compared to this tea, what he drank before can be regarded as swill.

The subordinates of the Li Mansion immediately filled it with tea, and Ji Tong drank it all in a few sips, then it was full, and then it was full, and then it was full, and it was full, and it was drunk again......

The yacha couldn't see it, and such a gurgling cow drink was not only indecent. There is also a loss of decency, and this time I came to the Li Mansion to find fault, what is the rhythm of drinking other people's tea? When the master's house comes out, are you embarrassed to accuse others of smuggling, are you still embarrassed to be mad?

Soon, several subordinates of the Li Mansion came out, took out more than a dozen teacups with wooden trays, and distributed them to the yacha. When the subordinates shared the tea, they quietly handed over a small ingot of silver. The eyes of the officials lit up, and the small ingots of this system were two taels of silver, and each ingot was two taels of silver, which was two pieces of money.

This...... That's a full month's worth of rates! The proprietor of this Treasure Pavilion is very interesting. In the future, when you see the ships of this firm at sea, you can take care of one or two, and the owner is so generous, he will never suffer a loss if he lets them go, and there will definitely be a generous compensation afterwards. Anyway, it is also the credit of the officials who caught the smuggling, and they can only get a small reward, and the benefits are not enough to let them go.

Before Ding Fu reached the door of the backyard, Li Hao had already walked out. When Ding Fu saw it, he hurriedly said, "Young Master, it's not good." ”

Li Hao saw that Ding Fu's face was anxious, his face was full of sweat, and he knew that something was wrong, so he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, speak slowly, there is nothing that can't be solved." ”

Ding Fu secretly screamed ashamed in his heart, he was a lot older, and he was not as calm as a young man when he encountered something, so he immediately said what happened just now.

"Do you know who they are?"

"The official in charge didn't say it, it seems that he was willing to say it only when he saw his son."

"Then we'll meet him for a while."

"Childe, just now the old slave made his own opinion, and he overstepped his behalf, and asked his subordinates to send two pieces of money to each of the yacha. The old slave wanted to ease his mind before the son met them. ”

Li Hao said: "I have already set a rule, for emergency expenses below 100 yuan, you or Xiaomei can advance from the account office first." This is a matter within the scope of authority, not overstepping. Go back and write a note to me, and I'll sign it for you and settle the bill at the checkout. Do you think these people want to make a little profit, or do they want to get serious? ”

"They have a very bad attitude, I'm afraid it's not easy to get rid of them."

Li Hao thought about it in his heart, more than ten people can deal with it by themselves, if the other party comes thirty or forty people, he will not go to see them, after all, if thirty or forty people go out and die, there may be a trace of threat to themselves.

The other party brought weapons to the door, and Li Hao naturally had to plan for the worst, but more than a dozen people, if they really started to move, they used the Force to urge the steel needle, and they could stab them all into blind in a second or two. If it is more ruthless, the steel needle penetrates through the eye socket, and it can make their corpses fall to the ground in an instant, and their own safety is absolutely guaranteed.