Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

When the seedlings grow, Li Xu has people pull them out, and then replant them in the paddy fields that have been turned over. The row spacing of the seedlings in each field must be kept the same. Too close will affect the growth, and too far away will waste space and affect the yield. The grasp of this distance also gave Li Xu a headache for a while, but fortunately, although he has never planted a field, he has seen a lot of it, and he found the answer after a few trials.

All the nearby tenant farmers came to watch, and the old farmer frowned deeply. "This method of raising seedlings is quite strange. It grows faster than the seedlings. I don't know if it can be planted."

No one can answer him, what the result will be, we can only wait for the harvest to see the result.

Li Xu didn't return to the city until the seedlings were planted, and he didn't need to take care of the rest. He didn't know more about irrigation and weeding than others.

On the way back to the city, Li Xu thought about what kind of business to do next. Tofu and brown sugar are just small businesses that can’t make a lot of money. If we really want to talk about big business, it must be about people’s livelihood, such as iron mines, gold and silver mines , salt, etc.

Li Xu didn't know about South Vietnam's weapons, but he could get a glimpse of them from the last time Kou's army rescued him. Except for Kou Xiao's majestic spear, the other soldiers' weapons were old and useless, and it was necessary to equip them with new weapons. Yes, and iron has a wide range of functions, just to make farm tools requires iron.

The reason why the grain output was low at this time was partly due to the lack of agricultural tools, and it was all cultivated by manpower. Naturally, there were not many fields to be cultivated due to limited manpower. There is not much harvest throughout the year.

But it is not so easy to increase the yield. Li Xu can only try bit by bit. He has improved the sowing method in this step, and plans to improve the farm tools in the next step.

But it is not so easy to find iron ore. At this time, there is no professional equipment, so it cannot be surveyed. The imperial court strictly controls pig iron, and it is impossible to buy it with money.

After entering the city, Li Xu saw that it was still early, so he led Liu Shu and He Zun to stroll on the street. When he saw a shop selling salt, he led others in.

The salt shops at this time were all authorized by the government, and the price of salt was also set by the government, and the source of the salt was controlled by the imperial court. If someone was found to be selling private salt, it would be a crime of beheading.

Li Xu picked up a handful of salt and looked at it. It was the same as the one he usually used for cooking. The grains were large, slightly greenish, and the salty taste was not pure enough and a bit bitter. It was obviously not refined salt.

"Are all the salts sold in Dayan the same?" Li Xu asked the shop assistant.

The guy couldn't tell why, "It should be the same, the villain has been selling salt for ten years, and he has never seen the second kind."

Liu Shu snorted, and said contemptuously: "That's because you are ignorant, the salt in the palace and in the homes of the ministers is not like this."

Li Xu didn't know this, so he asked, "What's that like?"

Liu Shu has never cooked before, and occasionally went to the imperial dining room to ask for food for Li Xu. He only glanced at it occasionally and didn't care at all, but he generally knew that the grains of salt were not so thick and the color was whiter.

"This young man's words are funny. You also said that the palace and ministers' homes use the best salt. We ordinary people can't afford such good salt."

"Where is this salt produced?"

The man looked at him warily, and shook his head with a smile, "You're asking me, but I can tell you that in the past two years, South Vietnam has produced its own salt, so the price is much lower. In previous years, many people could not afford salt. .”

Li Xu asked about the price of salt, and then took Liu Shu to the sheriff's mansion.

This mansion was supposed to be the place where Kou Xiao was seated, but he trained and led troops all the year round, and most of them lived in the barracks, so the county guard's mansion became a world of thunder.

There were two yamen guards standing at the gate of the yamen. They didn't know King Shun. Seeing that he was about to sneak into the yamen with two people, he pulled out a knife and stopped them, and shouted sharply: "Where are you from, do you know where this is? Just go there!" Break in?"

Li Xu suddenly realized that although there were security guards in the government department in his previous life, they would not stop them, so he didn't realize it all at once.

He said in a harmonious voice, "I'm looking for the salt officer."

"Hey, where are you idiots? There are no salt officials in the government office. Who are you looking for?"

He Zun stood in front of Li Xu, pushed away the servant's knife, and said in a cold voice, "Look for Lei Ming, let him get out to pick him up."

Li Xu put away the smile on his face, and stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, "You guys go and report, just say that Shun Wang Li Xu is visiting."

Naturally, no one knew the name of King Shun, and the yamen servant turned pale with fright, and knelt heavily on the ground, "Forgive me, my lord, villains have eyes but don't know Mount Tai."

"Go pass it on." Naturally, Li Xu wouldn't argue with the two little people.

Liu Shu quit, "The lord's heart is too good, this kind of watchdog who sees people as inferior will kill him."

Li Xu raised his forehead, how cruel the two people around him were, they beat and killed at every turn, it was not peaceful at all.

After knowing his identity, Li Xu can enter without a pass. As soon as he stepped through the door, a familiar official walked towards the door. Looking at each other, the official jumped up in fright and screamed: "Wang... my lord coming."

This sound was shocking enough, the entire Sheriff's Mansion was alarmed, Li Xu raised his forehead, looked at the officials who ran out from various offices to greet him, and suddenly thought of the story of "Wolf is coming".

The yard was full of people kneeling in a blink of an eye, Li Xu didn't make things difficult for them, "Get up, this king is just here to walk around, there is no need to receive him."

No one took this seriously, there was no reason for the courtiers to hide in the house when the emperor came, naturally he followed behind Li Xu, and he followed wherever he went, bowing his knees and abiding by etiquette.

Li Xu knew that he was not welcome. No government department likes to be inspected by the leaders. Fortunately, everyone had a meal together and barely got acquainted. The old man who screamed just now bumped into Kou Xiao in the brothel. It's really not that good.

Li Xu saw that there were more and more officials surrounding him, so he frowned and said, "I am here to look for the officials in charge of salt affairs. What should other people do? You don't need to follow me."

Everyone looked at each other, but couldn't make up their minds for a while, Li Xu scanned around and asked, "Where is Master Lei?"

Everyone didn't know which Master Lei he was asking, but when they saw Jun Cheng standing in the crowd, they naturally looked at him.

Seeing this, the man had no choice but to take a few steps forward, and bent down towards Li Xu, "The next official, Lei Zhan, is the magistrate of this county, in charge of the local salt affairs, what orders does the lord have?"

"It's also surnamed Lei." Li Xu scanned around meaningfully, and asked, "How many people surnamed Lei are there? Stand up and know me."

Seven or eight people stood up one after another, and a young official who didn't know whether they were clever or stupid jumped out eagerly and said: "My lord, although my surname is Lei, it has nothing to do with the Lei family." The Lei family obviously refers to Lei Ming's family. Ray family.

Everyone lowered their heads one after another, feeling that the young man's brain was flooded, and Lei Ming's words reached Lei Ming's ears, how could he feel better?

Li Xu smiled and didn't say anything, he just left Jun Cheng behind and let the rest of the people disperse.

Since a servant came to serve tea, Li Xu asked Lei Zhan many questions, but the other party hesitated and refused to answer properly, apparently with reservations.

Li Xu was not in a hurry, he asked a question twice if he didn't get an answer once, and three times if he didn't get an answer twice, until all the officials in the yamen left and it was getting dark, he still refused to leave with his teacup in hand.

Lei Zhan was sweating profusely when he was asked. King Shun came here suddenly, and the question he asked was also sudden. I don’t know why he focused on the salt tax. This salt tax is the biggest tax revenue. This salt tax idea.

Li Xu was very patient and asked him, "Is there a salt field in South Vietnam?"

After careful consideration, Lei Zhan replied: "There are, but the output is not much. It is not comparable to Yanjing and Yantian in other counties."

"How much is the annual output?"

"This official can't remember clearly for a while, can you check the account books tomorrow and then inform the prince?"

Li Xu took a sip of cold tea and said casually: "As the county magistrate, since you are in charge of the salt affairs, how can you not even remember this thing clearly, I'm afraid it's because you are old and your eyesight is dim and your memory is not good."

Lei Zhan choked, not daring to refute, and murmured in his heart that King Lai Shun really did not come well.

"Don't wait for tomorrow, go check it out now and let me know."

"The account book is locked in the warehouse, and the key cannot be obtained at this time."

"Then you tell this king, how many acres of Nanyue salt fields are located, and where are they located, so you won't forget it?"

Lei Zhan wiped off his sweat, and said with a chuckle: "No, no, I remember that the Yantian field has a total of [-] mu, and it is located in Zhang County, along the coast."

"Three hundred acres." Li Xu looked at him with a half-smile. He couldn't believe this figure, but no matter how much he insinuated, the old man kept his mouth shut.

After the unitary hour, Li Xu's hungry stomach growled, so he let Lei Zhan go, but said: "Come to bother Lei Juncheng tomorrow."

When he left, Lei Zhan sat on a chair prostratedly, and his attendants sneaked in, and whispered, "My lord, are you alright?"

"What a fart." Lei Zhan stretched out his hand and asked him to help him up, "My old bones are about to fall apart, this King Shun is really hard to deal with."

The entourage did not dare to say that King Shun was wrong, but only asked him: "My lord, are you going home?"

"Return, my stomach is empty, I'm about to die of starvation, hurry home and have a meal, and then go to Master Lei to discuss this matter."

Li Xu didn't care what happened to Lei's house. When he returned home, he saw his daughter was still waiting for him for dinner, and said unhappily, "Didn't you tell me many times that you don't have to wait for me to come back for dinner? You eat first, so you can grow your body." Time, you can't be hungry."

The little princess flew over and said coquettishly: "Shu'er is not good to eat alone. I know that my father is coming back today, so I naturally have to wait."

Li Xu hugged her, this little girl is also pitiful, he is busy outside all day, she can only play by herself, not even a playmate of the same age.

While eating, Li Xu asked the little princess: "What do you do when father is not at home?"

The little princess ate the prawns her father gave him, and said happily: "When the father is away, Shu'er gets up in the morning and takes a walk in the yard, and goes to Mrs. Ji for class after breakfast. Rest for an hour, and in the afternoon, grandma Sun will accompany you to do some needlework, practice calligraphy, and talk to Wu Jin and the others, and the day will pass."

"Are you bored?"

The little princess bowed her head and said nothing, obviously bored.

Li Xu sighed, served her a bowl of soup, and asked, "Father will find some playmates of the same age for you, and buy some little girls to come back, at least I can play shuttlecock and skip rope with you."

The little princess asked in surprise: "What are shuttlecock kicking and rope skipping?"

Li Xu didn't know what children played in this era, but when he was a child, the girls around him liked to kick shuttlecock, skip rope, or throw sandbags, and so on, unexpectedly, the little princess didn't know anything.

This poor child, besides reading and practicing handwriting, doing embroidery and knitting, his childhood was too boring.