It's past the hottest time, but the afternoon sun is still blazing.

Xiong Wuliang lazily half lay on the rocking chair, leisurely enjoying the massage of Xiaoyi's little hands like green onions.

That's the meaning of life!

Xiaoyi's eyes flickered and looked at Xiong Wuliang, Xiong Wuliang felt funny, so he asked, "Why are you looking at me like this?" Don't know each other? ”

Xiao Yi blushed and shook her head, but still stared at Xiong Wuliang with novelty.

After a while, Xiao Yi smiled: "I remember when I first met you, the lazy appearance of the child. ”

"I didn't expect that in just a few years, Childe has already become famous all over the world......"

Xiao Yi said as she looked Xiong Wuliang up and down, as if she had seen the latter for the first time.

Xiong Wuliang smiled, being able to get such admiration from a beautiful woman is indeed enough to make any normal man flutter - Xiong Wuliang is not a saint, he has not yet escaped from low-level tastes, and of course he can't be pampered and not surprised.

Just as he was about to start bragging, Ying Zhuo's graceful body floated over, glanced at Xiong Wuliang with some complicated feelings, and said reluctantly: "According to your requirements, everything is packed up." ”

Xiong Wuliang perked up and jumped up from the rocking chair.

Yingzhuo, a little barbarian, is still in such a good figure!

Xiong Wuliang came to the kitchen, and saw that a large piece of lamb chops had been cleaned up, and he couldn't help but move his index fingers!

Xiaobai and Yingzhuo worked on the side, peeling off the skin of the crisp one-headed small wild garlic and slicing it finely.

Heat the oil in a pan and toss the garlic slices into it, and it will quickly fry the aroma.

Throw the lamb chops in and fry them for a while, then turn them over and sprinkle with salt...... The lamb chops are golden and bright, and the aroma is tangy.

Xiong Wuliang, Xiaoyi, Xiaobai, Yingzhuo...... Including Xiao Hei, who was serving firewood next to him, everyone got a huge piece of lamb chops. Xiong Wuliang secretly sighed that it was a pity that there was no black pepper, and he still lacked a soul in the end.

But fortunately, there is also a kind of fern that cannot be named, and the taste is spicy, and when it is crushed and sprinkled, it can be regarded as a replacement for black pepper.

Take a sip, it's really fragrant...... Take another sip of cold tea to refresh your mind.

It's not salty, it's not bland, and it tastes great.

Xiong Wuliang took a long breath, and his eyes narrowed slightly with satisfaction - surrounded by beauties and delicious food, this is the life that Quyang Hou dreams of!

Damn the Qin State!

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After a delicious meal, the sun was already in the west, and Xiong Wuliang remembered that he had to go to see Qu Yuan.

For more than half a year, all the government affairs in the fiefdom were handled by the unlucky old Qu Yuan, and it was estimated that this old brother was tired enough.

Xiong Wuliang walked into the study and smiled at Qu Yuan: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Qu Zi is okay?" ”

Qu Yuan put down the book slip in his hand, and also returned the salute to Xiong Wuliang, and then said with a smile: "I heard that the lord was worshiped by the king as the great Sima, congratulations!" ”

Xiong Wuliang did not choose to stay in Yingdu to be busy with military affairs, but entrusted the official affairs of Da Sima to Qu Ping, and he returned to the fiefdom...... Qu Yuan was very appreciative in his heart.

That's right!

Quyang Marquis Xiongliang is in the fiefdom, that is the king of a country.

As a great Sima in Yingdu, he can only be regarded as a courtier of King Chu Huai.

Qu Yuan worked hard to finally move Xiong Wuliang's ass to the ruling class, and was waiting for the opportunity of 'there is a change in the world' to push Xiong Wuliang to the throne of Chu again...... At this time, if Xiong Wuliang went to work as a worker for Mi Huai honestly, Qu Yuan estimated that he would be so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage.

The two exchanged a few words of non-nutritious greetings, and Qu Yuan briefly introduced the current situation of the fiefdom-

Xiong Wuliang's expedition brought back a lot of wealth.

When attacking Qinan for the first time, Xiong Wuliang broke through Jucheng and transported back a large amount of supplies.

Then he destroyed the Song State and took the thirty percent of the inventory in the Song State treasury as his own.

Before and after, the total value exceeded 100,000 gold.

That's a lot of money!

It is probably equivalent to the financial revenue of the entire Chu State for a year.

Such a huge sum of money has greatly injected a shot of chicken blood into the fiefdom...... Now the fiefdom is rich and oily.

The progress of various projects has also been greatly improved because of the abundant funds.

The three counties of Quyang, Ping'a and Shansang have completed the construction of cement roads with huge financial support. In particular, Shansang County in the north has always been a sparsely populated poor county because of its mountainous terrain and impassable roads.

Now it has opened up the trade route to the 'Song Land' newly swallowed by the Chu State, and with trade, a lot of profits can be obtained.

The commercial port of Ping'a has also been built on a large scale, and the entire commercial port has basically been completed, and it is expected to be used for at least 100 years!

The daily throughput of money and goods in the commercial port is astronomical, and the ships flow back and forth on the Huai River, which stimulates the three counties under Xiong Wuliang's rule to become extremely prosperous, and faintly becomes the most prosperous place for business travel in the whole world.

Of course, there are also headaches for Qu Yuan-

There was nothing lacking in the fiefdom, except for the lack of raw materials for metal ores, as well as all kinds of livestock.

As for livestock, the most important thing is to plough cattle and war horses!

These are the key procurement goals of Song Zhe.

Hu Shang and Zhao Shang from the north came here thousands of miles away, and the most accessible things were all kinds of livestock, as well as furs and herbs from the north.

These northern specialties are rare in the Chu State.

Looking at the Qin State again, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business, there are few wealthy businessmen from the Qin State...... However, there were also many merchants from the Qin State who came all the way to sell Qin wine.

Qin wine is known for its pride and is obsessed with good drinkers - but unfortunately the Qin state attaches great importance to food, and the people prohibit winemaking, so the number of Qin wine is very small...... These Qin wines were sold in the fiefdom, and they were all expensive luxuries.

South Korea's business travelers, on the other hand, were also tempted by the lure of lucrative profits, and they took the risk of smuggling expensive iron ore at the risk of their lives.

These things were all purchased by Song Zhe without reservation, and exchanged them for industrial products such as ceramics, cloth, brocade, and arrows...... Of course, there is now a surplus of grain in the fiefdom, and surplus grain is also one of the main export materials.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the three counties under Xiong Wuliang's rule are making money every day because of commerce and trade.

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Xiong Wuliang listened to Qu Yuan's explanation and was also very satisfied.

The massive investment in the early stage has finally been harvested!

His own fiefdom is harvesting the whole world through commerce.

Although there is a lot of investment now, there will be a hundredfold and thousandfold return in the future!

"Now Zhongli County is also divided into the fiefdom of Benhou, and now there is no shortage of wealth in the treasury, and the construction of Zhongli County must be carried out as soon as possible." Xiong Wuliang admonished.

"Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to absorb more outsiders!"

Qu Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "The Lord doesn't know anything - what is said above is irrelevant. ”

"The most important thing is today's 'Quyang Academy'! It's a lot of change! ”

"Huang Xie, what a talent!"

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