023 Commencement of infrastructure construction
Pei Qing nodded, looking quite confident: "I have already finished the manuscript, so I will write the story of the princess of the previous dynasty and her eighteen lovers, each with a lover, a total of eighteen books, from the prime minister to the poor scholars, can arrange it for her." ”
Li Yi didn't speak, just reached out and rubbed his ears, and then shook his head again.
"Don't tell me what you want to write," he said, bowing his head to eat, "I'm not going to read it anyway." The voice was helpless and melancholy.
Pei Qing smiled dumbly.
"Don't be disappointed, you can also arrange a guard in the lover of the princess of the previous dynasty." She teased.
Li Yi didn't react much, but the speed of the rice suddenly became faster, and he no longer looked up at her.
Vulgar novels are all in the system, compared to the expensive exchange of knowledge books, it only costs ten taels of silver to exchange a few such novels, all of which are best-selling novels written by famous authors in all worlds, and they can impress countless people in all worlds, and in this ancient world, sales should be fine.
arranged the matter of printing the script, Pei Qing told Ah Tao to print a thousand copies first, and when he was connected with that Huang Haoshang, let him try to sell it first, and then print it if the response was good.
Those who can read are all qualified at home, and those who can buy books have more assets at home, and those who can buy popular novels don't need to ask, they must be rich people, and it is much easier to earn these people's money than to rack their brains to make money from ordinary people.
"I can sell the book as soon as possible, so that I can make money." Pei Qing said suggestively.
Zeng County's family background is limited, and after copying his house, it did not reach 5,000 taels of silver, and the construction of the feudal town is the time to spend money, and it is a large expense to go back to train craftsmen, as well as to build farm tools and collect raw materials for making cement......
That's not enough money for wet and wet floors.
Li Yi pushed the dishes and chopsticks, got up handsomely and said, "Okay, I'll ask the princess if they accept your vulgar novels." ”
Pei Qing gave a thumbs up: Happy.
That's what I want.
After eating, Ah Xing came over to pack up her things, and Ah Tao came to report worriedly.
Pei Qing asked: "Why does your face look like you have eaten a bitter gourd, and you have encountered something again?" ”
Compared with the princess Niangniang, who is light and breezy and wears linen clothes like fairies in heavenly clothes, Ah Tao can be said to be disgraced now.
"The Spring Wheat Planting Handbook is almost explained, but everyone generally says that they can't understand it." Ah Tao took a pitiful breath, and the spirit of the previous few days disappeared, replaced by confusion and distress.
Pei Qing nodded slowly and motioned for her to continue.
"The manual says to use a lot of fertilizer, but we don't."
"The manual says we need to work intensively, but we don't even have a hoe."
"The manual says to flood often, but we only dug a small ditch and there wasn't enough water at all."
……
After speaking, Ah Tao concluded: "Everyone is looking forward to harvesting more wheat in the autumn, but everyone is not confident. ”
After Pei Qing listened, he immediately replied: "First, the county began to build public toilets, first build a hundred to collect manure, which can be used for manure; Second, count how many idlers in the county will start digging sewers tomorrow, and the collected sewage can be discharged into the fields, which is also a source of fertilizer; Thirdly, after the sewers have been repaired, the ditches should be repaired, and a few more should be repaired, so that all the wheat fields should be covered...... These expenses are in the name of the Rui Wangfu, all who come to participate in the infrastructure, two cents per person per day, in charge of lunch and dinner, in three shifts, people do not stop, to do these things in the shortest possible time, I will find a way to do the money thing. ”
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Tao again, and gently helped Tao lift her chin back.
"Ah Tao, call Ah Meng and Ah Ji over, and let them share some of the burden." Ah Meng Aji is two of the six personal female guards, and they have learned the most from Pei Qing.
At this time, Ah Tao asked in a whisper: "Princess Niangniang, what is the toilet?" Sewer...... And what is it? ”
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The people of Xixian County have been fluctuating recently, with big ups and downs, and they are all a little restless.
Food prices skyrocketed, and then grain stores closed.
The grain store was closed, but the grain became official, and it was under the management of the Rui Wangfu.
Not only that, the Rui Wangfu also set the price of grain: five cents a catty.
Compared with the "20 wen a catty" grain marked by the grain store before, the grain price of Ruiwangfu can be said to be approachable.
However, when the grain is harvested, the price of grain can fall to two cents a catty, and now that the Rui Wangfu has taken over, it has actually set the grain at five cents a catty, which is a bit high, right?
But immediately after, the people who contracted the wheat fields outside the county town were happy.
Because, the Rui Wangfu proposed that the unified purchase price of grain in the future is three cents a catty, even if the price of grain falls to two catties per penny during the harvest outside, the Rui Wangfu will only collect grain at the price of three cents per catty.
In other words, the Ruiwang Mansion did not intend to scrape money on food at all.
There are not a few people who have contracted the fields in Xixian County, and everyone has listened to the spring wheat planting class led by Mr. A Tao of Ruiwangfu, and knows that a lot of grain will be harvested from farming in the future, and there will be more surplus to sell for money in addition to eating at home, so only a few people have complaints about the price of grain, and more people agree with this grain price.
However, soon, the small number of people who were dissatisfied with the new grain price also became satisfied, because the Rui Wangfu was going to recruit people to work.
- Dissatisfied with food prices, of course, because of poverty.
And the recruitment of people in the Rui Wangfu means that there is income and can cure the poor.
Not only can you earn money by working for the Rui Wangfu, but you also have two meals a day, saving money to buy food, and even if you only have two cents a day, the income is not less!
So, as soon as Aji announced that he was going to hire someone to repair the toilet, the people who signed up formed a long line behind the table.
The same is true in front of the desk of Ah Yue, who is in charge of repairing the sewers.
When people get busy, no matter how impetuous their hearts are, they will calm down.
As a result, the anxiety caused by the lack of understanding of the "Spring Wheat Planting Manual" was soon driven away by the construction of infrastructure in full swing.
Several personal maids have careers, and Pei Qing, who was originally scheduled to be guarded by them, had to pick out another person who was close guard.
Of course, Ah Xing is determined to stay by her side, Ah Xing doesn't want to worry about it, she just wants to guard the princess.
Of course, it's better to be able to eat and drink once in a while.
Ah Xing served Pei Qing closely, and the Chen guards led people to patrol outside the house, coupled with the fact that Zeng County had just cleaned up the order and the villains who occupied the mine, the security of the former county was unprecedentedly high.
So Li Yi has not appeared so frequently recently.
When he came to Pei Qing again, it was already two days later.
"Princess." He first said hello to Pei Qing, who was standing on the corridor on the second floor of the garden building.
Then one jumped up and jumped to her side.
Pei Qing was watching the scenery on the second floor, but he was actually staring at the ground in the mansion.
Li Yi's puzzled voice sounded beside her: "Why does the princess want to build a lot of construction in the palace? ”
Pei Qing turned his face sideways, gave him a lazy glance, and replied blandly: "It's just digging the sewer." ”
In fact, when the palace was built, there was a sewer, after all, it was the mansion of the vassal king, and there should be all the facilities, the main courtyard not only had sewers, but also the earth dragon, which was warm in winter and cool in summer, clean and comfortable, not worse than other palaces in Beijing.
— but only the main house.
The place where the other servants lived, the partial garden, and even the small garden building where Pei Qing lived now did not have sewers.
Pei Qing not only wants to repair the sewer, but also plans to repair the men's and women's baths.
"What?" Li Yi asked in surprise, "Do you still plan to repair a bathing place for all the subordinates?" ”
What master would be so kind to his subordinates?
Want to take a shower? Wash it off with a basin of water in your own house.
Especially in a poor place like Xixian County, which subordinate and poor people can take a bath at any time? Who is willing to boil water and bathe every day?
That is, Princess Rui, a spirit who does not eat fireworks in the world, takes people as subordinates everywhere, for fear of treating them badly.
Pei Qing heard Li Yi's yin and yang, and he could be regarded as hearing it.
"It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry," she blinked her peach blossom eyes, and simply turned sideways to look at him, "Don't forget that your guard also belongs to the subordinates, and I will give you a higher treatment, are you still not happy?" ”
Li Yi's breathing stagnated.
When he spoke again, his voice was obviously more cold and hard: "I'm different from them. ”
"How is it different?" Pei Qing continued to tease him, "Are you a neutral person?" ”
At first, Li Yi didn't hear it, but then he pondered the taste, and immediately retreated several steps in front of Pei Qing.
Then Pei Qing was surprised to find that his ears were red.
The face towel concealed most of his face, the collar covered his neck, and only the tips of his red ears revealed his inner turmoil.
Originally, he was standing in a majestic posture, and he looked at her everywhere, but after hearing Pei Qing's words, he didn't look over his head or look at her, his chest rose and fell again and again, and he didn't know if he was angry.
But even if he turned his face away from looking at her, he still raised his head and held his hands behind his back, not the kind of shame that a subordinate was teased by his master, but like ......
"The princess will not say such things in the future!" After a long time, Li Yi's face moved slightly, and he said this in a dull and cold manner.
Pei Qing found that he was avoiding her eyes.
Interesting.
Is it so innocent?
"What did I say? I just said something that is commonly used in gaudy fiction, what's wrong with that? Pei Qing tilted her head innocently, her face was charming and her eyes were bright, and even her eyelashes seemed to have something to say.
The tips of Li Yi's ears were even redder, and he suddenly turned his head back, and actually met her gaze again.
"You shouldn't tell a man about this kind of thing." He said word for word.
Pei Qing couldn't help but tease him again, and sighed: "Oh, it turns out that I didn't treat you as a man, but I actually treated you as a sister in the boudoir?" ”
The corners of Li Yi's eyes were red, and he didn't know if he was in a hurry.
But he didn't show it, and not only that, but after he took a few deep breaths, the flush on the tips of his ears and the corners of his eyes quickly subsided.
He exhaled slowly and said coldly: ""Han Feizi Aichen" cloud: Aichen is too close, and he will be in danger; If the minister is too expensive, he will change his throne...... Princess, if you are too close to your subordinates, you will hurt yourself. ”
Pei Qing turned her back on his hand, but her posture was unique to a girl, and her voice was even softer, she said, "What, do you think I'm too close to you?" Don't you, you want me to stay away from you in the future? You don't want to be a guard anymore? ”
Li Yi's chest rose and fell sharply again, and he said angrily after a long time: "No." ”
He persuaded her to be too tolerant of her subordinates, and even more spoiled the female guards, and even gave the meals she had prepared by herself to the female guards...... Why did she force the conversation on his head?
Pei Qing exhaled exaggeratedly, and wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist at the corner of his forehead with his slender jade fingers: "I thought you didn't want to protect this princess, without you, this princess would have no sense of security." ”
Then she observed that the tips of Li Yigang's ears, which had just changed to a normal color, were red again.
Pei Qing made persistent efforts, and the rainbow fart was three times in a row: "Guard Li, I can't live without you, you won't be safe at all without this palace, don't jump ship...... Get out of the palace!"
She used the common words of the leader, intending to stun him with ecstasy soup.
There's no way, who told him that his force value is off the charts, and it's not worth it against any enemy?
Li Yi restrained his breathing, his chest rose and fell several times, and after a while, the tips of his ears were still red, but his voice had calmed down.
He said lightly: "The subordinates said that they would leave after a month, and now that more than half a month has passed, it is useless for the princess to say such things." ”
Pei Qing was deflated.
People don't drink ecstasy soup at all.
"Then you're gone, what about my safety?" She made a sad face, and there was grief in her peach blossom eyes, as if she was owed five million.
The tips of Li Yi's ears finally turned white, and he took a step back again coldly: "With Chen Guard, and so many people in the mansion, the princess will be fine." ”
She is a spirit with immortal law, what danger can she have?
It's a mortal like him who is dangerous!
- was casually ticked by her, and she was restless and confused.
Li Yi became more and more sure that before the girl in front of him "went down to earth", she must also be a powerful character who could stir up the fairy world.
Will she need someone to protect her?
Is it possible?
Pei Qing would not be crushed by his indifference, and said softly: "Then if that white-haired accomplice came last time, what should I do?" ”
He killed the beautiful white-haired boy, and that man was not a lone ranger, but had a companion.
If he flicks his sleeves and leaves, she can only burp when she meets the white-haired accomplice again.
"Your immortal skills can't deal with him?" Li Yi lowered his eyelashes and looked at the girl who was more than half a head shorter than himself, and when he looked at it from this angle, he could only see her looking up, her palm-sized face full of pitiful.
- Definitely acting again, little liar.
Pei Qing couldn't see Li Yi's face through the face towel with her eyes, but that didn't prevent her from reading his eyes.
She said sincerely: "Immortal magic can't be used on mortals, even if I was killed by the people in the rivers and lakes, I can't use immortal magic on them, otherwise I will be struck by lightning!" ”
Li Yi was skeptical, and his original firm thoughts were shaken.
She didn't look like she was lying.
The water in her eyes, is it the tears that want to flow?
Could it be that what he said this time is true?
Do you want to stay and protect her for a while?