Li Yang carried a cloth bag in his hand and walked in the yard with a bold little square step, humming a little song in his mouth, and before returning to the house, he stretched out his hand and pushed open the door: Madam, I'm back

Song Shiting was teaching Hengyan how to embroider with needles and threads in the house, and after hearing Li Yang's voice, the two held hands with each other and walked out of the house with a smile: Husband, you are back

The scene in front of him made Li Yang very surprised, hasn't Hengyan been messing with Song Shiting, how can these two people be good today, just like one person, but it's okay, so I have a lot of peace of mind is the so-called family and talent, everything is prosperous: You are here, Hengyan

Heng Yan looked at Li Yang's face with a hint of shyness, and twisted her head to the side, Song Shiting stepped forward and took over the coat Li Yang was wearing: Husband, you have lost some weight for the matter of the river canal in the past few days, you have to pay more attention to your body, don't exhaust yourself

Li Yang patted Song Shiting's little hand with relief: Madam, you don't have to worry that the matter on the canal has been solved, and the craftsmen will be able to start construction in the next few days

Song Shiting put her hands on Li Yang's shoulders and pressed them gently: Husband, my sister and I went to the market today to hear from people outside that there were unclean things in the canal, is it true

Li Yang sneered: Madam, don't listen to the nonsense of those people outside, when digging the canal, some coffins were indeed dug up, and people have already buried those coffins somewhere else

Heng Yan looked at Li Yang: Will that work?

Li Yang smiled slightly: The French style is made for the living, alas, what were you two doing in the house just now

Song Shiting sat down on the side: Just now I was teaching my sister to embroider with needle and thread

Li Yang looked surprised: I don't know if I'm interested in witnessing Miss Heng's masterpiece

Song Shiting smiled: Husband, I'll get it for you

Heng Yan blushed and shouted shyly: Don't show him

Waiting for Heng Yan to finish speaking, Song Shiting ran quickly to the house, Heng Yan got up and chased after her, and the two of them pulled and pulled to grab the embroidery, Song Shiting couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Haha", covered her mouth with her hand, and handed the embroidery to Li Yang

Li Yang took the embroidery and took a closer look: Don't say Hengyan, you really have a talent for embroidery, you see that these two house sparrows are embroidered vividly and vividly, and the five bodies that are admired under the admiration are thrown to the ground

Song Shiting covered her stomach and laughed "haha" after hearing this: Husband, take a good look at my sister, obviously embroidered two mandarin ducks

Only then did Li Yang know that Heng Yan embroidered two mandarin ducks, and I forgot it, Heng Yan saw Song Shiting laughing wildly, and stepped forward and pinched her gently: You two together make fun of me

Song Shiting noticed the cloth bag on the table, and blinked her eyes with curiosity: What is in the cloth bag of the husband, so big

Li Yang pretended to be mysterious and put his index finger in front of his mouth to "shhhh

Seeing Song Shiting and Heng Yan coming in, Li Yang raised his hand to close the door, came to the table, and carefully took out the things in the cloth bag, a colorful giant egg full of scales bloomed with colorful dark light, Song Shiting and Heng Yan shouted in surprise after seeing it: What kind of stone is this, it is the first time I have seen it so big

Li Yang hurriedly raised his hand and made a shushing gesture: You two whisper, this is not a stone, but a turtle egg, this is where I am

As soon as the words came to his mouth, Li Yang swallowed it back, I can't tell her that this egg was brought back from the ancient tomb, if she did, she would definitely be afraid that this egg would be unlucky

Just when Li Yang was a little hesitant, Heng Yan asked innocently like a child: What is Li Yang, you should say it quickly

Li Yanghan smiled: I picked it up at the beach, and it's the first time I've seen such an egg when I've grown so big, so I'll pick it up and give you two a look

Song Shiting lay on the table and stared at the egg: What kind of turtle lays eggs so beautiful, husband, my sister and I will go to see if we can pick it up tomorrow

Hearing this, Li Yang raised his hand helplessly and scratched Song Shiting's nose, Madam, your stupid appearance is really cute: Madam, this egg will be handed over to the two of you for safekeeping, and if you take good care of it, you may be able to hatch the little turtle inside

When Song Shiting heard this, she hurriedly took a wooden box over, carefully moved the turtle eggs to the wooden box, and then put them in the closet: I'll make a small quilt for it tomorrow

Li Yang raised his hands and stretched his waist, and snorted: I have been tired in the past two days, let's go to bed early today

Heng Yan immediately got up from the chair when she heard this: Then I'll go back to my room

Li Yang stretched out his hand and grabbed Hengyan: Don't go back tonight

After speaking, he hugged Hengyan and Song Shiting in his arms, and gently pushed the two of them down on the bed, so that night 。。。。。。

"Wow-Wow"

"Wow"

Li Yang heard someone knocking on the door in a daze, after getting off the bed, he reached out and grabbed a coat and put it on his body, came to the door and opened the door with both hands, just took a step and came to the outside of the manor, Helian Yuanjie and the beautiful princess were in front of him, he was followed by about a thousand sturdy warriors, and behind him was an endless number of men, women and children, who stood there quietly with a basket carrying bedding and some daily necessities and holding cattle and sheep in their hands

Li Yang stepped forward briskly: Brother Helian, you are here

Seeing that he was about to go to Helian Yuanjie's side, I saw him raise his hand, and I couldn't move no matter how I went forward: Brother, you and I have different paths, I can't harm you, there are tens of thousands of yin people here, and the yin qi will be very heavy, afraid of hurting your body

After speaking, Helian Yuanjie and the princess bowed to Li Yang: Brother, thank you, I didn't expect that I would be able to get together with my wife in a few hundred years

After saying that, the warriors, men, women, and children behind Helian Yuanjie knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Yang, and Li Yang shouted with some unconsciousness: Brother Helian, why are they

Helian Yuanjie got up: You helped everyone get out of the sea of suffering, and they are expressing their gratitude to you

Li Yang: Brother Helian, you are too much of an outsider, in fact, I am ashamed of this, you didn't blame me, I am very lucky, how dare I accept such a great gift from you, Brother Helian, you are

Helian Yuanjie smiled slightly: Brother, my wife and I are going to take these people far away from the country to a far place, and today we are here to say goodbye to you

Li Yang was a little surprised when he heard this: Brother Helian, is there anything I can prepare for you, brother

Helian Yuanjie shook his head: Brother, I heard what you said in the tomb, today I came first to say goodbye to you, and secondly, brother, I want to give you a gift, and after you have it, you won't worry about money

In a blink of an eye, the scene in front of him changed, Helian Yuanjie and the others were standing on a high mountain with him, looking down the mountain, he could vaguely see two villages, these two villages were familiar to him, isn't this the Xiaohan Village and Tuoda Village under my jurisdiction, how could Brother Helian bring me here

Helian Yuanjie stomped his feet lightly: Brother, this mountain is my gift to you

Li Yang looked at Helian Yuanjie with a stunned expression: Brother Helian, isn't this Tiantai Mountain

Helian Yuanjie nodded slightly: There is a huge silver mine at the bottom of this Tiantai Mountain, when I found it, I didn't have time to mine it urgently, so I drove back to the west, make good use of it, don't disappoint me, it's not too early, and we should go on the road

After speaking, Helian Yuanjie and the princess picked up a paper umbrella, "Brother, take care of yourself", and after speaking, the two of them turned around with the people who left the country and prepared to leave

Li Yang's eyes became a little moist, and he held back his tears and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: Brother Helian, your great grace, the Li family of Alan County will never forget

Helian Yuanjie looked back at Li Yang and smiled slightly, turned his head back, and he and the princess disappeared into the clouds with the people who left the country

Li Yang was sweating profusely, and a scream of "ah" woke up from his sleep, "Brother Helian" Heng Yan and Song Shiting were woken up by Li Yang's scream: Husband, what's wrong with you, are you having a nightmare

Heng Yan lay on Li Yang and hugged him with both hands: Don't be afraid of me

Li Yang came back to his senses at this time: I had a dream just now, did it scare you two

Song Shiting leaned her head on Li Yang and counted slightly: Hmm

Song Shiting, who had just woken up, suddenly sat up straight, she seemed to remember something, and ran to the wardrobe with bare feet in a light little brisk step, opened the wardrobe with both hands, saw the colorful Xuanwu eggs, she smiled like a child, stretched out her hands, carefully held the Xuanwu eggs in her hands, put them on the bed, and then pulled the quilt with her hands and covered the Xuanwu eggs

After having breakfast with the two ladies, Li Yang came to the conference hall alone, only himself and the others in the house had not yet come, so he sat down on the head chair, reached out and picked up the kettle on the table, poured boiling water into the teapot, and then pinched a pinch of tea leaves with his hands and put it into the teapot, and when the tea was ready, he reached out and picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, picked up the teacup with both hands and put it in front of his mouth and blew it gently, and when the tea was slightly cooler, he took a sip of tea and then looked out of the house

After a while, there was a noisy conversation outside the house, and then Gao Yuan and the others walked in one by one and sat on the chairs on both sides, Gao Yuan saw Li Yang drinking tea and sitting on the chair comfortably with Erlang's legs, so he stepped forward and took the teapot and returned to the seat to pour himself a cup of tea

Seeing this, Yuan Kui smiled: Hey Plateau, don't patronize yourself to drink, give me a cup

Gao Yuan half-smiled and stuffed the teapot to Yuan Kui: I want to drink tea and pour it myself

Yuan Kui took the teapot and dipped some tea in his hand and flicked it on Gao Yuan's body: Don't give it to me

Gao Yuan raised his hand and used his sleeve to block the splashing tea: Yuan Kui, don't make trouble

The crowd burst out laughing

Li Yang saw that everyone had arrived, and coughed lightly, and the noise in the house became quiet in an instant: Juzheng is now that the things on the canal have been almost solved, and the people can continue to dig the canal

Han Juzheng sighed lightly: Brother Li, many people have come to me to complain in the past two days, saying that the salary of 20 copper coins a day is too little, and digging and building canals is still a labor-intensive job, and there are about 2,000 people left in the recruited people

Li Yang: There are only so many people left

Yuan Kui angrily raised his hand and slapped it on the chair: These white-eyed wolves, let's give them room and give them food, and now we won't be happy to let them contribute a little bit to Alan County, if it weren't for them, would our life be so tight now

Gao Yuan: If you want me to say, just stop all the rice that goes down every day, and you have to use money to buy food in the future, don't they don't want to do it, you can see who can rely on whom in the end

Da Niu: Young Master, I think this is feasible

Guanshan laughed: Brothers, don't blame them, although Alan County is kind to them, hiring people is something you love and I want to do, and it has nothing to do with whether you are kind or not, and the salary is suitable to do it, and it is normal to feel that it is less and not to do it

Gao Yuan: The long story of Guanshan Road is true, but once the wages of the people are raised, the 2,000 foot soldiers, 1,000 sailors and thousands of craftsmen will be raised, and then a lot of expenses will increase every month

Most of the people present thought that the money could not be raised, but if it did not rise, there would not be enough people to be recruited, and if it did, it was indeed a little nervous about the money in terms of the current situation

Just when everyone was talking and couldn't make up their minds, Li Yang opened his mind to use the same thing differently according to Archimedes' principle, which would achieve different effects and affect the pants, and he thought of a solution: building a canal is the top priority for Alan County to pave the way for next year, but the wages of the people cannot rise

Han Juzheng looked puzzled: If Brother Li is like this, I'm afraid he won't be able to recruit enough people

Tomorrow, the county government will post a notice "Recruit people to earn 20 copper coins a day plus 3 catties of rice and half a catty of wine, and Alan County will completely stop distributing grain from the day after tomorrow."

After hearing about it, everyone thought that this method was feasible, which did not require additional expenses and solved the problem of low wages for people

Li Yang: How much food is left for the second child?

Li Song took out a small notebook from his arms and flipped through it: the boss still has about 3.2 million catties of grain left, and now Alan County consumes about 1 million catties of grain every month

Yuan Kui was a little anxious when he heard this: Once Alan County runs out of food, the consequences of tens of thousands of people making trouble will be unimaginable

Li Yang: Don't worry, you don't have to worry that there is still a lot of silver in the treasury, and you can buy it when the food is almost gone

Li Song: If the boss wants to buy grain, we have to buy it as soon as possible, now is the time when the price of grain is the lowest, this year there was a drought in many places in Zhejiang, grain production last year was greatly reduced, many places have already appeared grain shortage, if you buy late, the price of grain will not be good, and it will have to rise

Li Yang: The second child will give you the matter of minting silver into silver coins, and as soon as the 30,000 silver coins are minted, we will start to buy grain

Li Song: I'll do this thing, boss

Li Yang: Recently, there seem to be a lot of people on the street who are loitering around all day, and after a long time, they will inevitably not steal and rob, so the security of Alan County needs to be strengthened

Han Juzheng: Brother Li's Alan County is responsible for public security during the day, with a group of 10 people and a total of 30 groups mainly patrolling the streets and guarding important facilities, and 200 officials at night mainly guarding the entrances and patrolling fire prevention at night

Li Yang: Ju Zheng will wait for a few days, and I will find a way to allocate a few carriages for you, so that the brothers can sit in the carriage and patrol without getting tired and fast

Han Juzheng: That's a good thing

Gao Yuan: Juzheng, your county government is enough to row noodles, you see that our brothers haven't mixed up with the carriage until now-haha

Li Yang: Don't be idle, you two of you in the plateau-Yuankui, the training and military minutes of the soldiers of the Trap Mountain Camp, the Fire Trap Camp, the Shadow Wind Camp, and the Lin Ran Battalion should be started as soon as possible

Gao Yuan: These soldiers should really train well, and the ordnance matter must be hurried

Li Yang: I asked Ouyang seniors to hurry up the forging of the ordnance, and the construction of the statues of the god of thunder and fire by the head of the mountain mountain will be up to you, and I hope to do my best during this time, if there is nothing else, everyone will disperse today

Just when everyone was about to leave, Li Yang suddenly remembered one thing: By the way, Ju Zheng informed Master Cao and Master Xu that I wanted to build two three-sail warships, and I would let the second child send it to you

Han Juzheng: I have some things to deal with when I go back to the county government, and I will go to Master Cao and Master Xu when I am done

Li Yang and several guards rode to the forging workshop, and before the forging workshop was far away, they saw that the chimneys were emitting white smoke one by one, which showed that the blacksmiths were busy forging ordnance, and as soon as they entered the forging workshop, they heard the sound of "clanging" hammers smashing iron, and the weather after late autumn gradually became cold, and the blacksmiths were only wearing a short shirt without sleeves, and they were sweating profusely wielding a hammer to smash a piece of red-hot iron, Li Yang walked around for a while, this is the first time he came after the forging workshop was built, The blacksmiths were also divided into several waves, including steelmakers, weapon-casters, and armor-casters

Just as Li Yang was watching intently how the blacksmith was casting weapons, Ouyang Xiu shouted softly on the side: "Boss, why don't you let people know me when you come."

Li Yang arched his hand: Senior Ouyang, I'm just here to take a look

Ouyang Xiu made a gesture of please: The owner is too noisy here, and the speech is a little inaudible, let's go to the house

Li Yang followed Ouyang Xiu into a house, which was indeed quieter than outside: by the way, did Ouyang seniors see the doorway inside the iron crossbows last time

Ouyang Xiu: These iron crossbows of the owner are not simple, some of the parts in them are very exquisite, although the power of making a few crossbow arrows is indeed too poor, and it will take some time to make this kind of iron crossbow

Li Yang: Ouyang's predecessor is not in a hurry about the iron crossbow, I came back to ask the craftsmen to speed up the progress of forging ordnance

Ouyang Xiu: The 100,000 catties of iron of the owner have been smelted into 60,000 catties of steel, and the craftsmen are doing their best to forge that batch of ordnance, and it will take about a month

Li Yang: Senior Ouyang, the weather is getting colder, you have to pay more attention to your body, and when you go back, I will ask someone to bring you some good wine

Ouyang Xiu was very happy when he heard it: Thank you to the owner for still thinking about old age

Li Yang: Senior Ouyang said that this is all right, and I can rest assured that this forging workshop will be handed over to you

Ouyang Xiu: The old man of the owner personally made a few pairs of armor for you and Gao Yuan and others, and I will have someone send them to the manor in a few days, not because the old man exaggerated that the armor made by the old man can protect the owner's life on the battlefield

Li Yang: Thank you for such a gift