Chapter 14: The Reunion of the County
After grooming and dressing, it was time for breakfast, in fact, Luo Heng didn't have any obvious concept of meal time, because when he was still living in the spaceship, his staple food was basically a nutritious but poorly tasted edible nutrient solution.
Even if you can occasionally eat some non-synthetic raw food, it is quickly cultivated in the culture room, and the taste is not much better than the nutrient solution. And the preciousness of wild ingredients is far more than the same weight of gold for him, a cosmic-level wanted criminal hiding in Tibet, and it is extremely difficult to obtain. He was reluctant to machine clean the wild food every time he got it, for fear that the stupid stuff would cause him to lose a few more cells.
What's even more frustrating is that in his food transaction records, the probability of those ingredients being injected with a super virus is more than 99%, and in the end, he basically has no interest in foreign food, after all, every bite of chewing has the risk of killing himself, and after a long time, he will naturally form fear and stress reactions.
"There are no enemies here, it's a safe world here. After repeatedly suggesting to himself, Luo Heng ate the first bite of food that the world had given him. Stimulation spreads throughout the body from the taste buds, and the feeling of happiness is indescribable. It was not a rotten vegetable leaf with three insect eyes, but a precious moment worth remembering for a lifetime.
Just as he was immersed in the satisfaction brought by his taste buds, he suddenly heard a very timely background music in his ears. When I came back to my senses, it turned out to be the qin language on the side to help the fun, and the instrument played by the qin language this time was a kind of Luo Heng had never seen, its shape was elegant and gorgeous, and the rhyme was like the sound of the guqin. Needless to say, the only fly in the ointment is that the size of the piano case and the piano bench is slightly small for her.
"What kind of instrument is this?" Luo Heng asked the maidservants who were with him.
"Hui Gongzi, the name of this piano is 'Twenty-three Silk', named after its twenty-three strings, the piano is more than five feet long, also known as 'Daqin', is one of the most prestigious musical instruments in Central. Zixue hurriedly seized the opportunity to explain to Luo Heng. I haven't even seen a big piano! Then Childe, he must not be from Middle-earth.
"This twenty-three silk is the most familiar musical instrument of Sister Qinyu, and yesterday she heard that Gongzi wanted to listen to the piano, so she specially prepared these tunes for you. The ghostly lotus bead hurriedly invited credit for Qin Yu, saving Zixue from stealing the limelight in front of Luo Heng again.
"Childe, the dishes are going to be cold, I'll help you pick up the dishes. Open your mouth, ahhh Zixue snatched the chopsticks from Luo Heng's hand and brought the dish to his mouth for him.
"Childe, I'll feed you porridge. Seeing that Zixue redirected Luo Heng's attention to her, Hezhu was not far behind, and put the spoon to Luo Heng's mouth.
The two women competed, and Luo Heng benefited. For the next hour or so, he used his eyebrows and nasal voice to direct his second daughter to feed him, which was really a joy in life.
According to the original plan, today was the day when Liu Qingqing and the others arrived in Yunyang County with the money, so Luo Heng didn't go anywhere after breakfast, just drinking tea and playing chess in the pavilion in the backyard and waiting for their arrival.
According to the news from Luo Ying's clone, this time Liu Qingqing and his party brought back a huge sum of nearly two million purple baht, even after paying off the debts of the slave workshop, there can still be a balance of hundreds of thousands, which is undoubtedly a huge good news for Luo Heng, so he has hundreds of thousands of purple baht to squander freely.
Liu Qingqing and his entourage were escorted by officials and soldiers all the way to Yunyang County, and they traveled unhindered. After all, more than half of the wealth belongs to the slave workshop, and the property of the government-run enterprises is naturally extremely concerned.
"Childe, there is a group of people who claim to be slaves of Childe's house outside the door, I don't know whether it is true or not, so I dare not let them into the house without permission, so I have come to ask for instructions. Butler Liu Chang panted and ran to Luo Heng and asked.
"It's so soon! Bring them to me. Luo Heng secretly excited.
"Yes, Childe. ”
"Childe, we're back, I'll go to the eldest lady first. The leader of Luo Ying's illusion walked up to Luo Heng, greeted him, and then took the other clones to Luo Ying without any stop. What does this mean, this is to show everyone that the masters in the house are only obedient to the eldest lady.
"High!" Luo Heng sighed lightly, and the people in charge of the mansion were about to blur again.
"Childe, these house slaves are really a bit excessive. The butler leaned over and whispered his loyalty.
"You don't have to worry about these things, I have my own measure. Aunt Liu, how much money did you make this time?" Luo Heng asked Liu Qingqing. And through the title to indicate the status of their family in the house. Bai Xiaoyi's father's treasure is not a small number, and it would be ruthless to let their mother and son be maids if they got the treasure. What's more, if the treasure is of great value, how can its owner be an ordinary person?
"Hui Gongzi, I waited for this trip to get a total of more than 1.8 million purple baht, and the remaining more than 500,000 after deducting the debts of the government. Liu Qingqing still said respectfully.
"Childe, the money we earned is enough to fill a dozen large boxes! Bai Xiaoyi poked out her little head and said in pain.
"Oh, little girl, I haven't grown a lot taller in three days, come over and let me take a good look. Luo Heng beckoned.
"Childe hates it. After hearing Luo Heng's teasing, her little face immediately collapsed, and she said angrily with a small mouth.
"In a while, I will have you mother and daughter take you to the West Courtyard to pick two of the best rooms. ”
"Really?" the little girl said in surprise.
"In the future, I will give you another hundred purple baht of pocket money every month. ”
"One hundred!" Bai Xiaoyi was stunned and stammered, she hadn't even touched a few green baht since she was a child, and this pocket money was an astronomical amount for her.
"Too little? That's a thousand. Luo Heng thought about it and felt that a hundred was still too little. After all, this amount of money is a drop in the bucket compared to the actual value of the treasure.
"No, no, no, it's too much. Bai Xiaoyi stammered. "Childe saved the lives of Xiaoyi and her mother, and Xiaoyi is willing to repay Childe by being a slave and a maid all her life. Xiaoyi is just a slave, how can she take so much money from her son. ”
"No, your mother and daughter will be VIPs in Luofu in the future, not slaves. ”
"No, my mother taught me to be trustworthy since I was a child, how can my son let me break my promise?" Bai Xiaoyi said stubbornly.
Seeing that she couldn't resist this little girl, Luo Heng had to obey her in the end. However, she was given the title of the chief maid, and in the future, she will be above 10,000 people under one person in this Luo Mansion.
After solving the problem of Bai Xiaoyi's mother and daughter, Luo Heng quietly ordered the housekeeper to send someone outside the city tonight to pull another twenty empty boxes into the city. As for Niu Han and Niu Li, who came with him, his father and son were assigned to the East Courtyard and lived with the war slaves.
"Lord County Guard, this kid surnamed Luo really has a private collection, just now the city gate official came to report that the people from Luo Mansion quietly brought in twenty money boxes from outside the city. It's a thief!" the steward of the county guard reported to the county guard.
"I'll go to Luofu tomorrow to deliver an invitation. "This invitation is an invitation to the celebration three days later. Under the wise leadership of the county keeper, Yunyang County finally defeated the plague that had not been encountered in a hundred years, how could such a great achievement not be celebrated with a banquet?
"Yes. The butler bowed his head, and there was cunning in his eyes.
The banquet invitation had been distributed as early as yesterday, and the county guard specially issued a reissue for Luo Heng at this time, which naturally had a deep meaning.
After a major disaster, it is natural to need post-disaster reconstruction, but post-disaster reconstruction requires money, and the government usually has "no money" in this situation. So this is not only a celebration banquet, but also a charity dinner to raise funds to support the post-disaster reconstruction.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Luo Heng received an invitation from the county guard. The banquet was held in the county guard's private garden, Bihai Villa. Bihai Villa is located 70 kilometers southeast of the county seat, and ordinary people's carriages depart in the morning and arrive in the evening.
The day after tomorrow, the government will send a special army of 100 people to accompany them, and in addition, the dignitaries who go to the banquet are allowed to bring some private escorts to accompany them.
And where is Luo Heng's personal bodyguard? Training is being organized.
After a few days, Luo Heng saw these war slaves he bought again, and the ferociousness was the same as before, and the rebellious color was even more than before. It was Luo Heng who rescued them from the hellish gladiatorial arena and provided them with food and clothing. But what he did did not instill in the gratitude of these former felons.
Standing out from one battle after another, these war slaves have swelled their self-confidence and a sense of superiority. Lao Tzu also came back from the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, why should you give this weak man as a subordinate, if you want Lao Tzu to be obedient, then speak with your fists.
Don't look at these war slaves on the surface, they are staggering, horizontal, but Luo Heng understands in his heart, this is a group of beasts that may burst out and hurt people at any time, no, they should be called wild dogs, and if they are beasts, they are all lifting them up.
"Our slaves are a little rude, who can teach them. After confronting this group of war slaves for a quarter of an hour, Luo Heng spoke.