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The lights of thousands of houses in Guobei County have been extinguished, and only people on watch occasionally pass by on the quiet streets. Even the police officers on duty at night are lazy and have slipped away to who knows where.
The lights above Li's house and Li's house were still bright.
"Steward Li, I'm here this time about the escorts. How many escorts have come from Guobei County?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
Butler Li stood by and said respectfully: "Back to the young master, there are more than 7,000 people here, and the number is still increasing in the past few days. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the business of the escort agency is still booming. The young master has allocated so many people at once.
There are so many people and some escorts have a lot of complaints."
"This is inevitable, but if you want to eat our Li family's rice, you have to abide by the rules of our Li family. It's okay to complain. If someone takes advantage of this to cause trouble, you don't have to be polite. He will be dismissed and taught a lesson.
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Li Xiuyuan said: "You also know that the world is not peaceful anymore. The escort business is difficult to do in the peaceful and prosperous times. When the age is not good, or the court is corrupt, I don't know how many men are willing to carry their heads to eat this."
A bowl of rice.”
"Young Master is right, especially since there are many men willing to join the escort bureau this year. The escort bureaus in the county have expanded and expanded, and now they have moved outside the county. Now the escort bureaus in the capital are also blooming all over the place." Li Guanjia
Nod in agreement.
"It doesn't matter if the escort agency opens to the capital. I want the escort agency to open to any county in the world." Li Xiuyuan said: "By the way, where are the more than 7,000 people with them now?"
Butler Li said, "I'm staying at the barn. It's a big place. I built a temporary house. Young master, what are you doing gathering so many people? There are thousands of people. This new county master is scared."
Well, I personally visited the master and asked him what was going on."
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "This county magistrate is much calmer than the previous Magistrate Liu. This time he has seen the background of our Li family and is not afraid to do anything. I won't hide this from you. This time I summoned these people
The escort wants to reorganize them and form an army."
"Build an army? Is the eldest young master going to rebel?" Butler Li was surprised.
"Steward Li, don't say you don't know. Li Liangjin's rebellion in Yangzhou. His army is about to attack Jinling City, which is not far from Guobei County. If we don't make some preparations in advance, the rebel army will come.
The huge property of the Li family and the lives of the whole family have to be given away. I have asked someone to go to the capital to buy an official position. As soon as the official position comes, I will recruit local braves and form a guerrilla army. It is not an overstep.
It's not even considered a rebellion." Li Xiuyuan laughed.
"I have also heard from people in the escort agency about Li Liangjin's rebellion. Now the momentum is very strong. More than a dozen people from the escort agency have withdrawn, and some who were unable to evacuate were also coerced into the rebels." Li Guanjia said.
"Does father know about this?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"Master knows."
"That's good. Have you started making weapons and armor early? According to the styles I left behind, half body plate armor, armor-piercing spear, waist knife, and crossbow." Li Xiuyuan said.
He has not 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. Even the weapons and armor have been prepared. Once the situation changes, they can be quickly made using the steel filling method.
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Even the steel materials for making weapons are refined every year, every month, or even every day, and are stored secretly.
Because there are several iron mines under the Li family's name, we can't just sit there idle.
This is the crisis awareness of Li Xiuyuan, a time traveler, because there is no everlasting dynasty. If the Li family encounters a period of dynasty change, these things can save lives.
Even if you don't use it yourself, you can still leave it to future generations as a tool for promotion and dedicate it to a certain prince. This is the way for a family to survive.
Butler Li said: "After receiving the letter from the eldest young master, we started to rush into production."
"That's good. How many healthy horses are there at the racecourse now?" Li Xiuyuan said.
He has done dangerous things like opening iron mines and hoarding steel materials, and raising horses is certainly not a problem.
Moreover, horse breeding has been encouraged in all dynasties. If you raise horses, you will be praised by the court. How could Li Xiuyuan not do such an honest thing that can also increase the Li family's heritage?
"Excluding stallions, some brooding mares, and ponies that are no longer old, there should be about 13,000 healthy horses at the racecourse." Guan Li said.
Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Didn't I keep the racecourse with 20,000 healthy horses?"
"Last month, the master sold a batch of about 5,000 horses. Each horse was sold for fifty taels, and he earned 150,000 taels of silver. The buyer spent a lot of money, and he paid in cash. The price was so high, sir.
That's why we did this business. If the eldest young master hadn't said before that the horse farm would have at least 20,000 healthy horses, I would have sold the remaining 13,000 horses," said Housekeeper Li.
"" Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched.
Sold last month?
He could already guess who the horse buyer was. Needless to say, it must be Li Liangjin.
Although Li Liangjin rebelled this month, he must have been preparing for it last month. This young prince is really rich. He bought 150,000 taels of horses and was determined enough. Fortunately, his father did not sell all the horses.
Li Liangjin, otherwise this battle would not have been fought.
The most important piece of war equipment is the horse, without which it would be difficult to move.
Not to mention that there are ghosts and gods mixed in now. Li Xiuyuan cannot lose the formation even if he loses people. This equipment cannot be worse than Li Liangjin.
Butler Li said: "Young master, don't worry, this gap will be able to be filled by next autumn."
"Forget it, just sell it. Others bought it with real money and it wasn't stolen. You can't blame your father." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Young master is very foresighted. In his early years, he used all his family savings to open a racecourse, a workshop, and buy a mine. Now, in recent years, the price of food, salt and iron has increased, and healthy horses have become more and more rare. I don't know how many times the profit has been made.
, the old slave has been in the Li family for most of his life. In the past, a business was considered big if it cost a few thousand taels of silver. Now, a big business can cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. I never expected that the change would be so big.
." Butler Li smiled flatteringly.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled. Does this still require foresight?
Dynasties can only change for two or three hundred years. This dynasty has been established for almost three hundred years. Calculating the time, we know that it is almost time. You can only make a profit by preparing these things.
"It's very late today. Let's discuss some things with the butler tomorrow. The butler will go to rest early. You are too old to stay up late. It's the same as walking with me to the grain farm tomorrow."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the sky. It was already very late and it was not easy to continue asking the housekeeper to question him, so he let him go to rest.
"Yes, eldest young master, then the old slave will go to rest first, and the eldest young master will also rest early." Butler Li said.
After watching the housekeeper leave, Li Xiuyuan also returned to his yard to prepare for a rest.
"Huh? Why are there still lights?"
When he came to the yard and saw that there were lights in the house, he couldn't help but become a little confused.
When he pushed the door open, Du Chunhua, the housekeeper, was sitting on the edge of the bed with her head propped up, as if guarding his return.
"Young Master, are you back?"
The sound of the door opening woke her up. Du Chunhua woke up in a daze and stood up happily when she saw Li Xiuyuan walking in.
"Chunhua, are you still asleep?" Li Xiuyuan nodded.
"No, I didn't want to go to bed when I heard that you had returned home, young master. Please wait, young master. I will get hot water for him to wash his face."
Du Chunhua's previous sleepiness was gone, and when she saw Li Xiuyuan, she seemed to be full of energy.
"Where's Xiaodie, is she asleep?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
Du Chunhua quickly filled herself with hot water and walked in with a copper basin. Having just come back from outside, she couldn't help but shudder, and then said, "Xiaodie has gone to bed long ago, she can't stay up late."
After saying that, he quickly washed the sweat towel and handed it over.
"It's cold outside, you don't have to wait for me, you should go to sleep first."
Li Xiuyuan took the sweat towel but found that Du Chunhua's hands were cold, maybe she had been waiting for him to get cold.
"It's okay, I'm not cold. When I was in the village, I would wash clothes even on colder days than this." Du Chunhua said with a smile.
Li Xiuyuan washed his face, then stretched out his hand and waved: "Come here."
Du Chunhua blinked and walked over.
Li Xiuyuan stretched out his hand and put it into his arms, feeling her body temperature, and then said: "You said it wasn't cold, but your body is already cold. If you wait any longer, you might get sick. When you were in the village, you didn't have a man to take care of you. Now,
Are you going to suffer from the cold if you follow me? Didn't I say that I would take care of you when I was at the Taoist temple? Have you forgotten? But compared to a while ago, you are fairer, plump and beautiful recently.
It’s embryonated.”
"No, no, am I still the same as before?"
Du Chunhua's fair face immediately turned red at the compliment, but she did not resist and allowed the man to hold her. Feeling the bursts of warmth, she felt that all the chills in her body were dispelled.
"Master, your body is so warm, like a stove."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Of course. I am a martial arts practitioner and have strong energy and blood. Naturally, I am not afraid of this cold winter. Okay, it's late at night, let's go to sleep."
"Then, where will I sleep tonight?" Du Chunhua asked softly 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 while holding back her extreme shame.
Li Xiuyuan pinched her pretty face and smiled: "Why, do you miss me?"
"Yeah, I'm thinking hard." Du Chunhua buried her head in the man's arms and responded softly.
"I was too busy and neglected you. Go and have a rest." Li Xiuyuan sighed, just hugged the woman and walked back.
Du Chunhua suddenly felt shy and secretly glanced at this handsome man. Her heart beat fast. When the man lowered his head and glanced at her, she quickly closed her eyes and buried her head in his arms.
Soon, the lights in the bedroom went out and everything fell into darkness.