After a full meal.

Bang!

The bucket fell to the ground, splashing countless times.

Wang Jian looked at Qin Shi Huang, who was laughing heartily, and his face turned green.

"Hey, why is Xiao Wang here?"

"Ahem, ahem, I forgot to call you to eat."

Qin Shi Huang looked embarrassed.

Wang Jian is now pulling out the cold in his heart, he is working hard in the backyard, and he is tired of back pain. The result is good, Qin Shi Huang is here to eat and drink spicy, and he forgot about him!

It's all Cao Xiu's fault, it's all his fault.

"Don't worry, there should be some leftovers in the back kitchen."

"The old man is starving to death, dying outside, jumping from here, and he won't eat a bite of your leftovers!"

At this time, Cao'er came with rice.

It was said that it was leftovers, but in fact, no one touched it at all. but they were put in the kitchen for their servants to eat. Although it is a little worse than what Cao Xiu and others eat, it is actually very good. There are also two slices of bacon with fat and lean inside, and the smell is fragrant.

"Goodo......"

Wang Jian swallowed his saliva and said that if he was not hungry, it was fake. He spent the whole morning doing farm work, watering and fertilizing first, and chopping firewood when he was done. thought that he was the top magnate in the Qin State, but he was reduced to doing some chores in Cao Xiu's house.

Outcome...... As a result, they all forgot about him!

"Take a bite, it's very fragrant!"

Qin Shi Huang personally held the pottery bowl.

Although Cao Xiu is not a thing, this meal is indeed okay. It's good, and there's no need to get along with your stomach.

"Thank you, Shaojun!"

Wang Jian didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly took the pottery bowl.

"Is it fragrant?"

"Incense!"

"Lean ......"

Cao Xiu didn't bother to look at it anymore and asked the rest of the people to retreat.

Even Ah Zheng was turned away.

After all, what comes next is important.

The Qin Jia in Cao Shen's mouth is the one who revolted after the chaos in the world. It's just that he didn't obey Chen Sheng's orders, so he established Jingju as the king of Chu, but later lost to Xiang Liang and died.

Qin Jiazu was Qin Kai, a famous general of the Yan State, but later moved to Donghai County. What they do is some shady business, because it is close to the East China Sea, so it is smuggling sea salt.

The salt and iron of the Qin State are all government-run, and they have to do so just to make a living and make money. Cao Shen, as a prisoner of Pei County, could not engage in business, but his middle brother got a license to sell salt in Pei County.

This kind of thing is actually not strange, and normal people know it. The Cao family is a big sect, so many people open their mouths to eat, just relying on Cao Shen's meager income and their own farming, I am afraid that they will not even be able to fill their stomachs. It is natural to make reasonable use of the rules to reap some benefits.

Even in later generations, it cannot be eradicated. For example, the relatives of a certain leader are often named in some companies. No one can say for sure who made the money.

Xiao He also got involved in this matter, after all, Xiao He is well-connected and knows many people. Cao participated in Xiao He's responsibility for selling salt, and Cao Xiu was responsible for making salt, and the final money was divided equally among the three people.

The sea salt that Qin Jia secretly boiled was of very poor quality, not even coarse salt. The salt cubes were like stones, and they were dark yellow, so they couldn't be eaten at all. But after Cao Xiu's skillful improvement, it is comparable to the fine salt of the pond salt eaten in Guanzhong!

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water. Like these sea salts, basically the neighboring counties will eat it, otherwise transportation is a big problem. Like the Guanzhong area of Xianyang, a lot of the food is from the pond salt of Wuxian Mountain in Hedong, and the output is fine salt, and the color is white and the taste is positive, and there are few impurities.

"After so many years, Qin Jia is still here for the first time." Cao Shen picked up the pottery bowl and said indifferently: "In addition to seeing Xiu'er with lucky salt, I'm afraid I have ulterior motives." I've heard that he's quite restless in Ling County. With the money and grain saved by selling salt over the years, he has attracted many customers. ”

"This person is not simple."

Xiao He spoke lightly beside him.

Although Ling County belongs to Donghai County, it is not far from Pei County.

If there is any news, it will naturally not escape their eyes.

"Qin Jia has always been ambitious, and he talked to me about something before. said that there was no way to tyrannize Qin, and the Six Kings became commoners. Since the destruction of Qi, he has built a large number of people, and recruited countless people every year to abuse the people's power! ”

"What does the righteous brother think?"

Cao Xiu seized the opportunity and hurriedly asked.

Historically, both Xiao He and Cao Shen participated in the uprising. But that was more than ten years later, and God knows what Xiao He thinks now. Therefore, Cao Xiu never told them about the things he prepared secretly, but silently stored food and practiced in case of emergency.

Xiao He did not answer.

He just picked up the pottery bowl and looked at Cao Shen.

"What do you think of Cao Jun?"

"His words are not unreasonable." Cao Shen looked cold, and said in a low voice: "If you have served before, you only need to serve in the county." In the past two years, the conscription has become heavier and heavier, and the Lishan Mausoleum next to the Great Wall has ...... Zipei County used to take two or three months. ”

The service of the Qin State is not counted from the beginning. For example, if you want to go to the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum to serve for a month, that is, you will arrive at the Imperial Mausoleum to start working. As for the time spent on the journey, Qin Guo didn't care.

Therefore, the service is as close as possible.

But in the past two years, things have changed......

After Cao Xiu became the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion, he was arranged to send the conscripts to Xianyang. Of course, most of these are the punished Chengdan ghost vassals. It's just that Cao Xiu spent some money later, and Zhou Bo was responsible for this work. Half a year later, Zhou Bo came back from Xianyang, and he lost a lot of weight!

This work is simply not done by people!

"What Cao Jun said is extremely true." Xiao He smiled faintly, "Although we are Qin officials, we are soft-spoken. The First Emperor did create a prosperous era for thousands of years, and there was no problem with his cultural and martial arts. But he was too anxious, and since two years ago, he has started to restructure in a big way, and he has also started construction on a large scale. ”

"It seems that you and I think the same thing."

Xiao He and Cao Shen looked at each other and smiled.

"Xiao Jun ranked first in Jipei County last year, and the county guard personally promoted you to the county chief, but you refused. Come to think of it, you've thought about it? ”

Xiao He's ability is extremely outstanding, even the county guard of Surabaya County knows about it, and he also wants to promote him to an official. It's just that Xiao He wanted to take care of his relatives, so he directly refused.

"Each other, each other."

Xiao He didn't care.

He was ranked first, and Cao Shen was ranked second.

Moreover, he also rejected the kindness of the county guard.

"It seems that it will all depend on Xiu'er in the future."

The two turned their heads to look at Cao Xiu next to them at the same time.

"Ahem, ahem, I'm a good citizen!"

Then, in exchange for the two disdainful eyes.

It's all a thousand-year-old fox, what are you going to do?

"Then what do you mean by secretly hoarding food and saving money?"

"I'm scared of poverty, I don't dare to spend a penny!"

"You raise the dead in the shadow, so that Zhou Bo can train the soldiers?"

"I've been insecure since I was a child......"

"Phew!"

Cao Shen spat fiercely.

It's really brazen, how to say it?

"Hahaha!" Xiao He couldn't help laughing and said with emotion: "I think that Xiu'er thinks more than us." ”

"Oh? What does Xiao Jun mean? ”