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The lights of thousands of homes in Guobei County have been extinguished, and only the people who play the watch occasionally pass by on the quiet streets, and even the messengers on duty at night are lazy and don't know where to slip away.

The Li family, but the lights are still bright.

"Steward Li, I'm here this time for the affairs of those dart masters, how many dart masters in Guobei County have come?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Steward Li waited on the side and said respectfully: "Back to the eldest young master, there are more than 7,000 people, and it is still increasing in the past few days, the New Year is coming soon, the business of the dart shop is still booming, and the eldest young master has transferred so many people for a while, and some darts have a lot of complaints." ”

"This is inevitable, but if you want to eat our Li family's bowl of rice, you have to abide by the rules of our Li family, complaining about two sentences is nothing, if someone takes advantage of this to make trouble, you don't need to be polite, you should send it, and you should learn a lesson. ”

Li Xiuyuan said: "You also know the way of the world, it is not peaceful, the business of the dart bureau is difficult to do in the peaceful and prosperous times, when you encounter a bad menstruation, or when the court is corrupt, I don't know how many men are willing to eat this bowl of rice with their heads." ”

"The eldest young master is right, especially this year, there are many men who are willing to join the dart bureau, the county's dart bureau has expanded and expanded, and now they have moved outside the county, and now the dart bureau in the capital is also blooming everywhere. Steward Li nodded in agreement.

"It's nothing to open the dart game to the capital, I want to open the dart game to any county in the world. Li Xiuyuan said: "By the way, where are the more than 7,000 people now?"

Steward Li said, "Stay there in the grain field, the place is big, the lord has built a temporary house, the eldest young master, what are you doing with this gathering of so many people, thousands of people, the new county lord is scared, and he personally visited the door to ask the lord what is going on." ”

Li Xiuyuan smiled: "This county master is much more divided than the previous Liu County Ling'an, this time I see the heritage of our Li family, I don't dare to do anything, I won't hide this matter from you, this time I called this group of dart masters to reorganize them and get the army out." ”

"Get the army, is the eldest young master going to rebel?" Steward Li was taken aback.

"Steward Li, don't say you don't know, Li Liangjin's rebellion in Yangzhou, his army is going to Jinling City, and it is not far from Guobei County, if you don't make some preparations in advance, the thief army is coming, the Li family's huge family business and the lives of the family have to be given away, I have already entrusted someone to go to the capital to buy an official position, as long as the official position arrives, I will recruit the township warriors and form a guerrilla army, which is not overstepping, let alone a rebellion. Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.

"Li Liangjin's rebellion The old slave also heard the people of the dart bureau say that now the momentum is very strong, more than a dozen people from the dart bureau have withdrawn, and some of those who can't withdraw have also been coerced into the rebels. Steward Li said.

"Does my father know about this?" Li Xiu said from afar.

"The lord knows. ”

"That's good, weapons and armor have been built early, right? according to the style I left behind, half-body plate armor, armor-piercing spear, waist knife, bow and crossbow. Li Xiu said from afar.

He hasn't been practicing martial arts with his master in Xiahe Village for more than ten years, he has been making these preparations for a long time, and even the weapons and armor have been prepared, and once the situation changes, he can immediately use the steel filling method to quickly build them.

Even the steel used to make weapons is refined every year, every month, and even every day, and it is secretly kept in the tun.

Because there are several iron mines under the name of the Li family, they can't be idle there.

This is the crisis consciousness of Li Xiuyuan, a person who has crossed over, because there is no long-lasting dynasty, in case the Li family encounters a period of dynasty change, these things can save lives.

Even if you don't use it yourself, you can leave it to future generations as a promotion asset and give it to a certain prince, which is the way of survival of a family.

Steward Li said: "After receiving the letter from the eldest young master, we began to rush to make it. ”

"That's good, how many healthy horses are there in the racecourse now?" Li Xiu said from afar.

Such dangerous things as opening iron mines and hoarding steel materials have been done, and horse breeding is naturally not a problem.

Moreover, all dynasties have encouraged horse breeding, and if they raise horses well, they will be praised by the imperial court, so how could Li Xiuyuan not do such a fair and honest thing that can increase the Li family's heritage.

"Excluding stallions and some fertile mares, and ponies that are not yet a few years old, there should be about 13,000 healthy horses on the horse farm. Steward Li said.

Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Didn't I let the horse farm keep the number of 20,000 healthy horses all the time?"

"The lord sold a batch last month, about 5,000 horses, a horse sold for 50 taels, and earned 150,000 taels of silver, the buyer made a generous hand, and it was paid in cash, the price was so high, the lord also did this business, if it weren't for the fact that the eldest young master used to say that there were at least 20,000 healthy horses left in the horse farm, the master estimated that the remaining 13,000 horses would also be sold. Steward Li said.

The corners of Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched.

Sold last month?

He could already guess who the person who bought the horse was, needless to say, it must be Li Liangjin.

Although Li Liangjin rebelled this month, he must have been preparing last month, this little marquis is really rich, 150,000 taels to buy horses, enough determination, fortunately his father did not sell all the horses to Li Liangjin, otherwise this battle would not have to be fought.

The most important thing in war equipment is horses, without which it is difficult to move an inch.

Not to mention that now there are ghosts and gods mixed in, Li Xiuyuan loses people and does not lose the battle, this equipment is categorically not worse than Li Liangjin.

Steward Li said: "Don't worry, young master, wait for next autumn, this gap can be roughly filled." ”

"Forget it, sell it, sell it, others bought it with real money, and they didn't rob it, and you can't blame your father. Li Xiu said from afar.

"Or the son is far-sighted, in the early years of the family savings all taken to open a horse farm, workshop, buy a mine, now in recent years encountered the rise in grain prices, salt and iron prices, healthy horses are becoming more and more rare, has earned I don't know how many times, the old slave in the Li family for most of his life, from the previous business of thousands of taels of silver, it is considered big, to now a big business can reach hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I really never expected the change to be so big. Steward Li smiled flatteringly.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled, this still needs to be forethought?

The change of dynasty has only been two or three hundred years, and this dynasty has been founded for almost three hundred years, and the time is almost there, and the preparation of these things can only be made and not lost.

"It's late today, there are some things to discuss with the housekeeper tomorrow, the housekeeper will go to rest early, you can't stay up late when you're old, and you will accompany me to the barn tomorrow." ”

Li Xiuyuan looked at the sky, it was already late, and it was not good to continue to pull the housekeeper to ask, so he let him go to rest.

"Yes, eldest young master, the old slave will go to rest first, and the eldest young master will also rest early. Steward Li said.

After seeing the housekeeper leave, Li Xiuyuan also went back to his yard to prepare for rest.

"Huh, why are there lights?"

When he came to the courtyard, he saw that there was still a light in the house, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

When he pushed the door in, Du Chunhua, the housekeeper, was sitting on the edge of the bed with her head propped up, as if she was guarding him back.

"Young, young master, are you back?"

The sound of opening the door woke her up, Du Chunhua woke up in a daze, and when she saw Li Xiuyuan walking in, she immediately stood up happily.

"Chunhua, haven't you slept yet?" Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"No, I didn't want to go to sleep when I heard that you went home, young master, you wait, I'll fetch hot water for the young master to wash his face. ”

Du Chunhua's previous sleepiness was gone, and when she saw Li Xiuyuan, she seemed to have strength all over her body.

"Fluttershy, did she sleep?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

Du Chunhua quickly walked in with hot water and a copper basin, and she couldn't help but shiver when she came back from outside, and then said, "Fluttershy has been asleep for a long time, and she can't stay up all night." ”

As he spoke, he neatly washed the sweat towel, and then handed it over.

"It's cold outside, don't wait for me, you should sleep first. ”

Li Xiuyuan took the sweat towel but found that Du Chunhua's hands were cold, and he was afraid that he had been waiting for him to be cold.

"It's okay, I'm not cold, I used to go to the laundry when it was colder than this when I was in the village. Du Chunhua said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan washed his face, and then stretched out his hand and waved: "Come here." ”

Du Chunhua blinked and walked over.

Li Xiuyuan stretched out his hand and poured it into his arms, felt her body temperature, and then said: "It's not cold, your body is cold, and if you wait any longer, you're afraid that you'll get sick, when you were in the village before, there was no man to take care of you, and now you follow me, do you still have to suffer from cold? Didn't I say I would take care of you when I was in the Taoist temple before, have you forgotten? But compared to a while ago, you have been fairer recently, plump a lot, and have the embryo of a beauty." ”

"Why, what, am I not the same as before?"

Du Chunhua was praised by this, her fair face suddenly turned red, but she did not resist letting the man hold her, feeling the warmth coming, she felt that the chill in her body was dispelled.

"The young master's body is so warm, like a stove. ”

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "Of course, I am a person who practices martial arts, and my blood is vigorous, so I am naturally not afraid of this cold winter, okay, it's late at night, go to sleep." ”

"Then, where will I sleep tonight?" Du Chunhua asked in a soft voice with a red face.

"Where do you want to sleep?"

"Of course, I slept next to the young master. Du Chunhua raised her head and said with great shame.

Li Xiuyuan pinched her pretty face and smiled: "What, miss me?"

"Well, I think about it. Du Chunhua buried her head in the man's arms and answered carefully.

"It's me who is too busy to snub you, go and rest. Li Xiuyuan sighed, just hugged the woman horizontally, and then walked back.

Du Chunhua was suddenly shy, and secretly glanced at this handsome man, Fang's heart was beating urgently, and when the man looked down, she hurriedly closed her eyes and buried her head in the man's arms.

Soon, the lights in the bedroom went out, and everything fell into darkness.