Zhang Mingyue bought all the grain in Baoxing County, and collected the people's grain at the original price, 300,000 stone grain, enough for 300,000 troops to eat for half a year, which seems to be a lot, but the base of the lack of grain in Shuofang City is too large.

Xu Lin asked Zhang Mingyue to collect it elsewhere, but there was no money in their hands when they collected it, Xu Lin ordered someone to make an IOU, and there was a conflict with the county lieutenant of a county seat, and the county lieutenant ordered the city guard to close the city gate, and Zhang Mingyue cut the city gate with a knife, and the county lieutenant was dragged hundreds of meters on the horse by Zhang Mingyue.

In order to kill chickens and monkeys, and finally collect 1 million stones of grain from the entire Baoxing County, Xu Lin not only spent all the money received by people on the road, but also made an IOU of 40,000 taels of silver.

Xu Lin has nothing to do here, but he doesn't plan to leave Baoxing County yet, because he is waiting for Zuo Qiulu to come over, and he plans to strengthen exchanges between the southwest theater and the three northwest counties, he decided to build a road, Zuo Qiulu has invited those people who are proficient in engineering in the southeast to Shuofang City, Shuofang New City has been built, they have been idle, Xu Lin wants to get them here, and repair this road.

Xu Lin is determined to let them build this road in the way of "Qin Straight Road", burn the building soil with fire, add salt and alkali and then tamp it, and the hardness will be no less than that of the stone road.

Zuo Qiulu soon came with his team, as well as those who were proficient in engineering.

Xu Lin taught them the technique of "Qin Zhidao", and gave them a million loads of grain, and asked them to hire workers from Jiulong Road, and the overseer was borne by the little Xizi of the Zuo Qiu Lu family, greedy or not, greedy or not, how much greedy, Xu Lin didn't care, but in the end he wanted to take this road, if the quality was not up to par, he was going to kill!

Xu Lin became the shopkeeper and talked to Zuo Qiulu about some things that were not enough for outsiders.

Xu Lin first read some documents, his face turned pale, and said: "If the queen mother fights according to her own tactics, there may not be so many casualties, and it is not like learning from me, only 800,000 Hu people have been injured, and 400,000 Northeast Army have been injured, how did this battle be fought?" ”

Zuo Qiulu said: "The queen's mother is high-spirited, she wants to finish her work in one battle and completely solve the disaster in the north." ”

"Disbanded the Northeast Army, isn't that a stupid move, there is no army in her hands, no one in the court is afraid of her, my father said that it will be abolished."

Zuo Qiulu shook his head and said, "The emperor will not do this, now that you and the empress's fame is in full swing in the empire, whoever dares to attack you, no one in the world will let you!" ”

Xu Lin said: "This is a killing!" Haven't you heard of the principle that the moon is full and the moon is lost? ”

Zuo Qiulu pondered for a moment and said, "The matter has been formed, what should I do?" ”

Xu Lin sighed and said, "It was the queen mother who supported me before, and now it's time for me to support her, Lord Zuo, you and Lord Li should go back to Beijing here, and the safety of the queen mother has to be entrusted to the two of you." ”

Zuo Qiulu frowned and said: "Queen Mother, don't worry about the minister, the minister is worried about you, this Beacon Fire Dao Metropolitan Governor Mihua is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if the emperor is here to attack you, how can it be good?" ”

Xu Lin sneered on his face, "The person who can kill me hasn't been born yet!" Lord Zuo, you can return to Beijing now and hand over the order, and leave Xiao Xizi as a supervisor for me. Also, Sima Xiang is going to be a scapegoat, so he has to think of saving this person, and it will be of great use in the future. ”

Zuo Qiulu nodded and said, "I'll go back to Beijing!" ”

Xu Lin said: "Lord Zuo, the celebrant is an organization that does dirty things in secret, my father can handle it to death, my father may have his own more powerful intelligence network, if you want to ensure your safety, you must have a more hidden intelligence organization, don't run around in a night suit every day, hide in the city, street vendors, beggars, can be your own people." ”

Zuo Qiulu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Thank you for the prince's order!" ”

Xu Lin said: "Let's not want these vain ceremonies between us, you have to remember, we are not working against my father, this old man is a little mediocre now, he can't distinguish between the enemy and his own people, blind and toss, if we don't do something, the family belongings left by the ancestors will be ruined sooner or later!" ”

Zuo Qiulu smiled happily when he said this, and the only person in the world who dared to say this about the emperor was the crown prince.

Zuo Qiulu brought people back to Beijing, and Xu Lin was at ease, he couldn't live without his own people in the capital.

Xu Lin felt that he had stayed in Baoxing County long enough, it was time to go, and he had to meet this county guard, and by the way, he would see what else was worth searching for in this Baoxing County.

The county guard of Baoxing County is called Wu Wei, the word is good, these days his heart is cold and cold, because the prince is not summoned, every time he goes to look for it, the prince does not see him, insomnia for several nights in a row, thinking about how to climb the relationship of the prince, now the name of the prince in Wuyang can be described as in the sky, today he thought of a way, there is no relationship that cannot be bought, and he wants to take down a man, which is nothing more than money and beauty.

Wu Wei called over more than a dozen of his wives and asked them to take 50 million taels of silver tickets to the prince.

But not long after, a dozen of his beautiful wives and concubines went back in mourning, and they said that the prince had packed all the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones for his heart, and took the silver spring sword hanging on the wall as his own.

Lord Commander wailed, "That's our ancestral treasure! ”

Lord County Shou slowed down for a long time, and said: "The most valuable thing in Yangxinju is those medicinal materials in the backyard, and the prince doesn't know the goods!" ”

Soon, the housekeeper came to report: "My lord, it's all over, the prince dug up your backyard, your thousand-year-old ginseng, 10,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, even the medicine with soil, all loaded, he said, wild medicinal materials should be in the wild, and the aura of the place where people live is still less!" ”

When the county keeper heard this, he collapsed to the ground, and he cried to the sky: "He has also dug up my heritage!" ”

I thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was no longer ridiculous, but I didn't think that one of his daughters-in-law whispered beside him: "My lord, your daughter was invited by the prince to the ...... of Yangxinju"

A mouthful of old blood spurted out, and several of his wives hurriedly carried him into the room.

The county guard's daughter is thirteen this year, cardamom years, from any angle it looks good, Xu Lin and other green carp and nightingales are seated, before they began to pour wine, said: "The wine in this place is general, turbid, but the fragrance is first-class, I haven't done anything else in the past few days, it is distilling, and it is really successful, the wine is fragrant, I named it Xinghua Village, everyone tastes it." ”

The green carp likes to drink the things brewed by the prince, and the plum wine brewed in the ghost recipe tastes amazing, this Xinghuacun wine must be the best in the world.

Xu Lin said: "Qing carp, you will only recover from your serious injury, and you should drink less wine." ”

Qing Carp could only put down the wine glass in disappointment, and Xu Lin smiled and said, "Drink less, it's not that you can't drink." ”

Wu Wei's girl is named Wu Sitong, she drank three bowls early, her face does not change color and her heart does not beat, this wine is distilled, the alcohol content is thirty degrees, and the three bowls are three catties, this little girl is massive, Xu Lin asked: "Your father is rich and rich, you have lived in a honey pot since you were a child, these days I see you don't read, you don't practice kung fu, what do you want to do in the future?" ”

"There's nothing you want to do, it's good to stay at home."

Xu Lin said: "I really envy you, I took a lot of things from your family this time, your father should be in pain, I will teach you a way to make money, I will teach you the method of making wine in Xinghua Village, and the people of the whole country will come here in the future, even if your father is not an official in the future, he can also be rich." Moreover, you can't drink alcohol, and if you drink like this, won't it become a wine bag and a rice bag? ”

On the wine table, Xu Lin told Wu Wei's girl about wine culture, what wine is in this era, Xu Lin naturally doesn't know, but Xu Lin knows how to hide wine, how to taste wine, what kind of origin can make what kind of wine, the three girls are stupid, the knowledge in this wine is not much less than others.

Just after the heavy rain, the road is not easy to walk, Xu Lin is ready to entrench for another three or two days, so he left this girl named Wu Sitong by his side, taught her wine culture, see that this woman is very smart, never forget, Xu Lin began to teach her the art of war, Xu Lin asked his sister Xu Yeqing to carry out mental study in the southeast region, he will control the west in the future, ready to prevail in the military.

What he taught Wu Sitong was the full text of "The Art of War", explaining every line to her, saying: "In the future, we will have to care about national affairs, family affairs, world affairs, and everything, and everything that happens is related to this art of war." ”

Xu Lin didn't want to accept this apprentice, just a thought, such a family, she naturally did not become a generation of masters in the art of war, but in the future, with her winemaking skills and this art of war, she became Xu Lin's money bag.

But Wu Wei thinks that Wu Sitong has been ruined by the prince, and he is quite happy in his heart, who is the prince? The crown prince is the future emperor, his own daughter, and she will be a concubine from now on!

Wu Wei regarded her daughter as the pearl in her palm, and said to the county officials every day that the old man would be the uncle of the country in the future!

But everyone knows that this Wu Wei has never met the prince since he came and gone, and naturally no one bought his account, and the officials of the thirty-six counties have to continue to worship this old man, he is comfortable, and the county seat below is comfortable.

As for the road that the prince wants to repair, if you build it, what is it? is the ability of the prince to call the wind and rain, which is really bluffing.

Xu Lin led the troops on the road, 3,000 soldiers and horses returned to Shuofang City, 2,000 squad and 5,000 recruits, and 7,000 men and horses, walking towards the center of the Beacon Fire Road.

These days, the dragon scales were beaten to the ground by Zhang Mingyue, and followed Xu Lin, his task was to lead new soldiers, thousands of troops, and the momentum was huge.

Xu Lin counted the silver tickets sent by Wu Wei in the carriage, and thought to himself, this IOU, you have to let Mi Hua out, he is Xu Aotian's uncle, and Lao Tzu also has to call him uncle, but suddenly he heard a noise outside the carriage, it seems that the dragon scales and Zhang Mingyue quarreled, Xu Lin shouted: "Nightingale, stop first, I'll see what these two deflated calves are arguing about......"