Three days later in the morning.

The sun is warm, the breeze is blowing, and it is a rare good weather.

Qin Huaidao taught the people of the house to brew beer in the backyard, and in the past three days, he taught the people of the house to brew liquor and make barbecue during the day, and taught everyone to sing at night with a good guitar and drum set.

Beer brewing is not difficult, select malt, then crush, add water to boil lake, filter, then add sugar and hops to boil, soak and precipitate sugar, filter the wort and then cool, and then put yeast fermentation, and so on after maturity is beer, the most difficult is hops, but last year a lot has been shipped.

In order to drink a sip of good beer, Qin Huaidao didn't care, handed over the drawings to the craftsmen and selected a few trustworthy women in the house to teach the technique, and they have learned to make liquor.

Orthodox, the guard in charge of guarding the door hurriedly came: "Young master, someone has come to the palace." ”

"In the palace?"

Qin Huaidao was a little surprised, not many people knew about him when he came back, and he stayed at home for the past few days, why did the palace send someone to look for him? Hurriedly left the house, came to the gate and saw that it was Wang De, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Wang Gonggong, why do you have time to come?" ”

"Lord Qin, the saint is invited."

"Holy Lord, do you know anything?" Qin Huaidao asked curiously.

Wang De looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "The court meeting is noisy, and some people have complained that you have repeatedly failed to go to the court, take care of your own personal affairs, eat as a corpse, and treat the court law as nothing." ”

"Who's got the head?" Qin Huaidao's face sank.

"Xiao Yu, Master Xiao."

Qin Huaidao's eyes froze, and he remembered that there had been a conflict between Tubo and his relatives, was this to take revenge? Hearing Wang De's urging, he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly went back to the house to change into his official uniform, and hurried with Wang De, while thinking about countermeasures, not going to court is indeed breaking the court law, no one sues Li Er, you can pretend not to know, but if someone sues, it's different.

As for doing private work, regardless of official business, this is indeed the case in the past three days, the vegetarian corpse meal is a bit excessive, how many people in the imperial court have a vegetarian corpse meal, and they are not doing their job? Since someone is talking about this, it's a big deal to die together.

Thinking all the way, I came to the Taiji Palace unconsciously, it was already past the time of the court meeting, but the courtiers were still there, the court meeting was delayed, the hall was delayed, and the noise was not small, Qin Huaidao glanced at it, and had a bottom in his heart, passed through the courtiers and came to the front of the imperial steps to salute, and said loudly: "Minister Qin Li, see the saint." ”

Li Er nodded, not angry.

Qin Huaidao didn't say much, looked around, didn't know where his position was, the Sanpin senior was standing in the front, but Qin Huaidao hadn't come to the court meeting for a day, I didn't know, he was about to go to the general's side, after all, he was hanging on the title of the Duke of Protectorate, he was a military general, and the Duke of the Kingdom was in the first row, so he could find a place to stop, there was nothing wrong.

A sneering voice sounded: "Lord Qin, can't find your place?" It's a strange story. ”

Qin Huaidao looked back and saw that it was Xiao Yu, who was old, but he seemed to be in a very good mental state, this guy was a veteran of the two dynasties, because of his impatient personality and narrow-mindedness, he had been dismissed four times, and finally returned to the court, Li Er was also ready to reactivate, what kind of trouble is going to be made at this critical moment?

"What, what the official said is not right? The dignified three-grade official, but he repeatedly did not go to the court, and regarded the court law as nothing, what kind of system. Xiao Yu's voice was a little colder.

"What do you want?" Qin Huaidao took retreat as advance, and planned to take a look.

Xiao Yu did not reply, but came out of the crowd, bowed to Li Er on the imperial stairs, and said: "Holy Lord, the minister impeached Lord Qin of the Ministry of Communications for ignoring the affairs of the court, concentrating on private affairs, and eating corpses, there is a degree of illegality, and he repeatedly does not go to the court, which is a bad atmosphere. ”

If you don't get dismissed and investigated, there will be many people who will not be able to follow the court, and the court will not be able to operate effectively if you dismiss the court in disguise.

They are all human spirits, and they can see through it at one point, and they all looked at Xiao Yu, this impeachment is a bit ruthless.

Cheng Yanjin blew up on the spot, and was about to refute, but was pulled by Li Jing and signaled to be a little calmer.

The court is fighting, and the generals have always been headed by Li Jing, and everyone suddenly thought of Qin Huaidao's momentum in the past in the court and his ability to stir up three points unreasonably, so they all calmed down and looked at each other coldly.

The hall became quiet, a little more depressed.

Li Er also looked at Qin Huaidao, and stopped talking, after all, he was a son of heaven, he couldn't end up in person, he lost his fairness, and he didn't expect the military generals with muscles in his brain to come out to help the field, and looked at Fang Xuanling, the head of the civil officials, Fang Xuanling nodded knowingly, and was about to go out.

At this time, Qin Huaidao came to Xiao Yu and asked, "Lord Xiao means to remove this official?" ”

"Those who do not have the laws of the court should be dismissed and set up a correct dynasty." Xiao Yu said coldly, full of momentum.

Qin Huaidao was happy when he heard it, and said, "Then thank you Lord Xiao." ”

Xiao Yu was shocked in her heart, why is the script different, shouldn't you ridicule each other, and the worst should be argued for, what kind of road is Xie?

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were also stunned, and they actually thanked them, how much do you want to be an official?

Li Er had a premonition that Qin Huaidao was hiding something bad behind him, and his heart settled down, thinking of Qin Huaidao's nonsense and brutal methods in the past, he didn't say anything, sat up straight and prepared to watch the play, with a little more expectation in his eyes.

Qin Huaidao didn't want to fight back at all, but really wanted to take the opportunity to remove his official position, isn't he fragrant to be a carefree grandfather? After saluting Li Er solemnly, he said: "Holy Lord, the minister does not agree with Lord Xiao's list of crimes, but agrees with Lord Xiao's proposal for impeachment, and also asks Lord Xiao to arrange for someone to take over the matter of road repair. ”

Li Er was furious when he heard this, where is this counterattack, it is clearly taking the opportunity to pick a son, and he is about to scold a few words, suddenly seeing Li Jing's eyes, his heart moved, and said: "Lord Xiao, the matter started because of you, it should be ended by you, why don't you leave this road repair matter to you?" ”

"Thank you, the ministers will do their best, fulfill their duties, and do a good job." Xiao Yu said loudly, a subtle light flashed in his slightly condensed eyes.

Qin Huaidao also said gratefully: "Thank you Shengshang, your subordinates will immediately arrange for someone to pass the order to recall all the people in the house, and the relevant matters will be handed over, and it will not affect Lord Xiao to take over." ”

"Then thank you, Lord Qin." Xiao Yu said with satisfaction.

"As it should be!" Qin Huaidao said nonchalantly, took off his official hat, held it with both hands, and continued: "Holy Lord, Huaidao begs to retire. ”

Li Er couldn't wait to rush down and kick Qin Huaidao's two families, others sharpened their heads and climbed up, why did this guy not want to be an official like this? Of course, he won't really be dismissed, and said in a deep voice: "What are you panicking about? My border city is still waiting for you to reinforce, whether you don't build roads, go and strengthen the city. ”

"This ......" Qin Huaidao said depressedly: "Holy Lord, the minister has been exhausted and exhausted recently, and he urgently needs a good rest, why don't you let the minister rest at home for a while?" ”

Li Er was too lazy to take care of it, and wanted to rest, but there was no way, so he looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Lord Xiao, when Lord Qin built the road, he made a military order, and if he didn't repair it, he would lose his head, what does Lord Xiao think?" ”

Qin Huaidao was a little confused, had he ever made a military order?

Suddenly, Qin Huaidao realized that Li Er was going to dig a pit and bury people, and he was angry with Xiao Yu, so he was not in a hurry to leave, and looked at Xiao Yu, his eyes were a little more pitiful, but he didn't break it.

Xiao Yu didn't know about the military order, but the holy mouth was already open, so it was difficult to question, so he said stubbornly: "Holy Lord, the minister also wishes that the military order is." ”

"Then I'll be relieved." Li Er smiled with satisfaction, looked at Qin Huaidao and continued: "Lord Qin, how much silver has been invested in building the road?" ”

Qin Huaidao reacted as soon as he heard this, this was about to rip off the bamboo, and immediately said: "Back to the saint, one million guan has been invested in the early stage, and 500,000 guan will be paid tomorrow, and the total investment is expected to be two million and a half million guan." ”

Seeing that Qin Huaidao had such a tacit understanding, Li Er smiled with satisfaction: "Lord Qin has worked hard, and the total cost is 500,000 less than the estimate of the household department, Tang Aiqing of the household department, what I said is right?" ”

Tang Jian, the head of the household, came out of the crowd and said loudly: "Back to the saint, the household department estimates that it does need three million. ”

Qin Huaidao looked at Tang Jian with some surprise, just now he was just talking about it, shouting prices all over the sky, and the budget was only 1.5 million guan, and in the end, it may not exceed 1 million guan, where do you need 3 million guan, how did this household department calculate it, or did it say that the cost was different.

Yes, cement!

Build your own roads, the cost is no more than wages, 20,000 yuan to reduce the military wages are low, and the rest is to buy sand, freight, and people's wages, but the imperial court will do it, and it will need to increase cement expenses, but it is not right, plus cement will not cost 3 million, which is strange behind this.

Qin Huaidao sensed that something was wrong, looked at Xiao Yu, and then looked at Tang Jian, they were all opposites, Li Er originally wanted to marry Yu Zhangxia to Tang Jian's son, but in the end he gave it to himself, will he join forces with Xiao Yu?

Thinking of this, Qin Huaidao decided to fight back, and arched his hand towards Li Er: "Holy Lord, the minister has already invested one million guan, as for the fifty guan that needs to be paid tomorrow, the minister doesn't care, since he has withdrawn from building the road, please also ask the holy lord to call the shots, return one million guan to the minister, and the minister's family will not be able to open the pot." ”

"I'm sorry for you, it's fine." Li Er said and looked at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu realized that something was wrong, and was about to say something, but Li Er preemptively said: "Since Lord Xiao has taken over the construction of the road, please send this million guan to Lord Qin." ”

"This-" Xiao Yu was a little confused, one million guan is not ten thousand, the entire Datang can not take out much, the key is why do you come out by yourself? hurriedly said: "Shengshang, the court repairs the road, shouldn't the court give out the silver, why do you want the minister to pay, this is not legal." ”

"Lord Qin paid out of his own pocket to build the road, why, when it is your turn to build the road, the court will have to pay the silver?" Li Er asked coldly, his eyes flickering, majestic and unparalleled.

Xiao Yu was a little dumbfounded, the script was wrong.

Tang Jian suddenly spoke: "Shengshang, the road belongs to the imperial court, since the imperial court repairs the road, it is reasonable that the imperial court should produce silver, and the household department still has millions of silver, which can free up one million." ”

"No!"

Fang Xuanling knew that it was time to make his own move, so he stepped forward and said loudly: "Obviously, Lord Qin is willing to privately contribute money to build roads for the imperial court, why should the household department contribute silver to increase the expenses of the imperial court?" Millions of households seem to be a lot, but the imperial court needs to spend everywhere, the border gates and cities are dangerous, and they can't stop foreign invasion, millions of soldiers and soldiers have been in arrears for half a month, and the Jiangnan River is waiting to be relieved to avoid flooding, and the east side that has just been incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty is even more crying to be fed, and it is in urgent need of relief, but the household department said that there is no silver, how can there be silver to repair the road today? What is Lord Tang's intentions? ”

The words were loud and clear.

Tang Jian's face changed slightly, but he couldn't refute it.

The eldest grandson Wuji also stood up and said in a cold voice: "Lord Tang, you don't give the salary of millions of soldiers, you don't give the silver to prevent floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and you don't give the money for the repair of the border pass city, what's the matter, you want my Tang Beacon to rise again?" This official wants to ask, what is Lord Tang's intentions? ”

Kill, but punish!

Tang Jian's face changed greatly, he was a little panicked, and was about to explain, Li Er waved his hand and said: "Lord Tang retreats first, Lord Xiao, the silver for building the road is out of Lord Qin's own pocket, since you take over, then take out one million guan and return it to Lord Qin, no, it is one and a half million guan, and tomorrow the 500,000 guan will be paid by Lord Qin first, Lord Xiao may not be able to raise it in place within a period of time." ”

Xiao Yu's face turned pale, the corners of her mouth squirmed, but she couldn't say a word.

Qin Huaidao saw that Li Er's pit was a bit big, not to mention burying Xiao Yu entirely, and beating Tang Jian, and then looking at the cold eyes of Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji, Li Er's expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, suddenly realized that he was probably still thinking simple.

What is the calculation behind this?

A bunch of old foxes!

The situation was confusing, Qin Huaidao decided to cooperate with Li Er's acting, and hurriedly said: "Holy Lord, the minister has not been able to go to the court in the past three days, just preparing the silver, which has been prepared and will be shipped over tomorrow." ”

"That's good!" Li Er said with satisfaction and looked at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu frowned, embarrassed, if he agreed, he would have to come up with 1.5 million yuan, where could he get so much? But if you refuse, you are bullying the king, this crime can be big or small, judging from the current situation, it will definitely be dealt with bigger, and your heart will be in chaos.

It's obviously impeachment, how can you put yourself in passivity.

The veteran of the two dynasties, Xiao Yu's struggle is very experienced, his brain rotated quickly, reviewed the whole process, and found that he fell into the calculation from the beginning, from the time Qin Huaidao agreed to remove him and took over the road repair by himself, he fell into passivity, and this bureau now seems to have been arranged a long time ago, but he stupidly jumped into it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu was even more panicked, suddenly thought of something, and immediately said: "Shengshang, road construction is a major event, the merit is in the present, and the benefits are in the future, even if the minister is bankrupt, he must support it, and he is willing to take out one and a half million yuan to return it to Lord Qin, and take over the matter of building the road, however, Lord Qin has to hand over the cement manufacturing technique, the minister is not greedy for this technique, but is worried that the cement is not enough, and there will be no way to continue to build the road at that time." ”

After getting the cement making technique, Xiao Yu was not afraid that he would not be able to exchange the silver.

Cement is precious and must not be leaked, but Li Er is not good at the end and bluntly refuses, looking at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao smiled, this bad old man was so bad, waiting for himself here, and said: "Lord Xiao don't worry, the cement is used up to find the official to buy it, since it is needed by the imperial court to build roads, the cost price is good, and the adults are the same, Qinjiazhuang is building a blue brick house, using cement, very strong, the price is half of the market price, you adults can go and see, if you need it, the official can undertake the construction and make some luck." ”

How is it possible for cement technology to be handed over?

It's nice to say no and hit a wave of ads at the same time!

"You-"

Xiao Yu's face turned pale with anger, he couldn't get back the silver if he couldn't get the production technology, how could he repair it here without silver? Looking at a few people in the crowd for help, the other party lowered his eyebrows and was not angry at all, Xiao Yu realized that he was being used as a gun, his heart trembled, his face was full of bitterness, and he stiffened: "Holy Lord, I am afraid that I will not be able to take out so much silver in a while." ”

"Lord Xiao, didn't you just say that you should support your family even if you are bankrupt? Why, if you want to deceive the king, you can't do it? Li Er's eyes were cold, and his knife was as sharp as a knife.

"Don't dare, the minister is indeed willing to take out the silver, but it takes time to prepare." Xiao Yu dragged his words.

The dragon among the two Li people, how could he not see through it, and sneered: "How long will it take?" ”

"When you return to the saint, it will be as little as three months, and as much as half a year."

"Half a year?" Li Ermeng got up and scolded angrily: "The road has been repaired for half a year, what else do you need to do?" Or do you want to take a half-year shutdown? Do you know that once the Fu Luo Road is stopped, the caravan will not be able to pass, how many people will be affected by this, and how big will the loss be? How can the major events of the court be child's play, it is simply unreasonable. ”

As if receiving some kind of signal, the eldest grandson Wuji shouted loudly: "Holy Lord, the minister impeached Lord Xiao Yu for blocking the road construction in disguise, and disregarding the life and death of the people, his heart should be punished!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

The important ministers around Li Er jumped out in agreement, and the loudest shouts of the Guogong were full of excitement.

This scene, this situation, fools know that it has been arranged in advance, Qin Huaidao really doesn't know, but he also understands it at this time, and Li Er takes the opportunity to take down Xiao Yu, beat Tang Jian, and deter the driving force behind it, a good means.

Xiao Yu's face changed drastically, and she was completely panicked.

Li Er saw that the timing was ripe, and he never relented when picking peaches, and shouted: "Come on, Xiao Yu falsely accused the imperial court officials, intending to prevent the construction of the road, his heart can be punished, he will be sent to the prison and wait for the fate, raid the house, and investigate thoroughly." ”

At one moment's words, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked.

This treatment was too harsh, and everyone smelled different.

Qin Huaidao looked at Xiao Yu, it was just an impeachment, and it did not cause substantial losses, it is said that at most he was dismissed, Li Er's thunderbolt method was a bit unusual, could there be a reason behind it?

On second thought, what's the matter with you?

He was also a victim of being used as a knife.

Immediately, Qianniuwei came in and escorted Xiao Yu away, and many people looked at Xiao Yu's back with flickering eyes.

Li Er was very satisfied with the results of the battle, seeing that Qin Huaidao was silent with a cold face, he estimated what he realized, and smiled embarrassedly, after all, it was a little unauthentic to use people as swords, but the king couldn't admit his mistake, and continued with a straight face: "Lord Tang. ”

"The minister is here." Tang Jian hurriedly stepped forward to answer.

"Soldiers, Lord Hou."

Hou Junji also came out and said: "The minister is here!" ”

Li Er continued: "The Ministry of War selected ten border cities from Longyou Road to be strengthened by Lord Qin, and the Ministry of Household calculated the cost of not having a city, and reported it as soon as possible, there must be no mistake. ”

"Yes!" The two hurriedly said.

Qin Huaidao saw that Li Er was going to give himself candy to eat, and he didn't eat it in vain, not to mention that it was also said in advance, repairing the border pass city would also benefit one party, and promised: "Thank you, the minister will never pay what he wants." ”

"Cement road, cement bridge I have seen with my own eyes, do a good job, I hope the Ministry of Communications will make persistent efforts, the city is related to the safety of Datang, and there is no room for mistakes in half a day, remember."

"The minister understands that it is a matter of life and death, and if there is a mistake, he is willing to accept the guilt."

Li Er nodded with satisfaction and glanced at Wang De.

Wang De understood: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

Out of the Tai Chi Palace, the officials were in groups of three or five, communicating in a low voice, Qin Huaidao followed the crowd out, saw Fang Xuanling throw a look, nodded knowingly, slowed down, and distanced himself from other officials.

Fang Xuanling came over, walked side by side, and whispered, "What do you think of today's matter?" ”

"Shibo, you sang a big play, but kept me in the dark."

"Hahaha, you actually saw through it, not bad." Fang Xuanling said with a smile, looked at the officials who were hurrying around, and said in a low voice: "The saint said that you don't know how to force the play, and it can also give you less trouble." ”

"The Holy One is a thunderbolt today." Qin Huaidao said tentatively.

Fang Xuanling's face sank, and he lowered his voice and said: "According to investigation, Lord Xiao and Prince Yin have dealings, but there is no evidence, the saint has beaten him, but he does not repent, it is a matter of social affairs, how can he be spared." ”

Qin Huaidao understood as soon as he heard it, this guy actually had a relationship with Prince Yin, Prince Yin has always been Li Er's heart disease, he doesn't know where he is hiding, and he has caused trouble for Li Er, no wonder he is ruthless today, he is old, and he still wants to rebel with him?

"There's another layer of meaning." Fang Xuanling looked around and whispered: "Lord Xiao was bewitched by someone, and he came out to impeach in order to win the right to build the road so as to make a profit, and the purpose of the person behind it is your cement making technique, and if you fail now, I am afraid that the people you arranged in Yangxian County will attack." ”

"How dare they?" Qin Huaidao's eyes were cold.

Fang Xuanling asked rhetorically: "They even dare to assassinate you, why don't they dare?" But don't worry, the saint has arranged for a force to go over secretly and be stationed near Yangxian, once something happens, it will definitely take action, cement is too important, and it must not be controlled by the five surnames and seven hopes. ”

"You mean, the person behind it is the Fan Yang Lu clan?"

"They jumped the hardest, however, the old man suspected that several families had secretly joined forces and were ready to encircle and suppress you, but there was no evidence, so the saint decisively took down Lord Xiao and knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger."

Qin Huaidao reacted and asked rhetorically: "I understand, these words were also forwarded by the Holy Lord, right?" ”

"Quick-witted, better than your father." Fang Xuanling smiled, which was a tacit acquiescence.

Qin Huaidao couldn't laugh, a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes, since the five surnames and Qiwang dared to make a move, then don't blame yourself for being polite, if you can kill the Taiyuan Wang family, you can kill the second and third families.

The five surnames and seven hopes are not fake, so what? That's it!

Out of the palace, Qin Huaidao turned over and got on his horse, and was about to leave, when a carriage came over, the curtains were lifted, and Li Jing smiled: "It's noon, do you have time to go to the house for a meal?" ”

Qin Huaidao was just about to agree, but when he saw Xue Rengui waiting not far away, he beckoned to him, his face was anxious, and he estimated that something was wrong, so he hurriedly said, "Shibo, if there is nothing wrong, shall we have another day?" In a few days, the restaurant of the younger generation should also open, and you will be invited to cheer when the time comes. ”

"Madame said that I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to invite you to a meal, it's nothing, let's go and get busy with you." Li Jing saw that Qin Huaidao had something to do, so he didn't insist.

Qin Huaidao hurriedly walked towards Xue Rengui.