The warriors jumped on each other's ships, rushed into the cabin, chopped off the heads of the three people who were still moaning and not dead, and threw their heads and bodies into the Yangtze River.
The two boatmen were so frightened that they knelt on the deck and begged for mercy. They were old and young. If they died, there would be no one to support their families.
Wei Yanzong stepped forward and asked, "Where are you from?"
"We are from Zhenjiang Prefecture, and we specialize in picking up passengers between Lin'an and Yangzhou."
"I don't have to kill you, but you are not allowed to go to Lin'an within a year, and you are not allowed to report to the government. If I find out that you have reported to the government, I will kill your whole family!"
"A villain would not dare! A villain would never dare to report to the official!"
His men found the letters and the three people's personal packages. Wei Yanzong took his men on the boat and left. The two boatmen quickly fetched water to wash away the blood and fled back home.
When they returned home, they found that there was one thousand taels of silver left by the guest in the secret warehouse. They were so happy that they divided the 500 taels of silver between them. They really made a fortune.
The impeachment of Xu Xiantu ultimately came to nothing, and Xu Xiantu did not pursue the matter. Although he said very strongly that if the other party did not dismiss him, he would resign, but that was just a coping strategy. After all, this was the fact, and he could not really use it.
He had to fight Qin Hui to the end. If the truth was leaked, he would be miserable.
So the best way was to let it go. Emperor Zhao Gou didn't want to make the matter bigger, so he stopped mentioning it. Qin Hui suffered the loss of being mute, and his three followers disappeared, even though he knew he would definitely be killed.
However, in order to keep Zhao Xing's position as censor Zhongcheng, he also chose to endure.
A few months later, this incident was completely forgotten. At the same time, Yuchi County Prime Minister Yu Shou was transferred to Qinghe County, Hebei Road as the county magistrate. Xu Pei, who followed Yu Shou as the superintendent, was also promoted to the head of Qinghe County.
Bo finally officially entered the official career.
It's October, and construction has begun on a large piece of grassland in the north of the city that has been vacant for many years. The construction site is the Tai Chi Palace in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was destroyed by war in the late Tang Dynasty. Although it has been deserted for more than a hundred years, the solid bluestone foundation is still there.
After the floating soil was cleared, the Internal Affairs Hall decided to build a palace on the foundation, and the name was still Tai Chi Palace.
The Taiji Palace of the Tang Dynasty covered an area of about 60 hectares. Of course, the current new Taiji Palace will not be built that wide. The main purpose is to build new official offices and the new Yongwang Palace. The initial construction will be 20 hectares, which is 2,000 acres, and it will be gradually expanded in the future.
expand.
Directly south of the New Taiji Palace is North Street. As soon as the palace construction began, the land prices for shops along North Street skyrocketed, from 3,000 guan per mu to 20,000 guan per acre.
The biggest beneficiaries of the skyrocketing land prices on North Street are Princess Lu Xiu and her sisters. They started buying land the year before last and chose the best locations. Several women had nothing to do at home, so they gathered together.
After studying real estate, they basically polished off all the land and houses in their hands, including Chen Qing's land in the new city in the south. They all bought the land on North Street. They bought nearly two hundred acres of land in total. Newcomer Yao Mei
Also because of the land replacement, we acquired two blocks of shops along the street, about eight acres.
In the living room of Qifeng Pavilion, Yao Mei was gently stroking a piece of red leather suet-fat jade given to her by her wife. She had not yet woken up from the shock. She never dreamed that her eight acres of land could be sold as soon as it changed hands.
One hundred and sixty thousand guan.
160,000 guan! For her, it was a figure that was unimaginable two years ago. Now, as long as she is willing, 160,000 guan will immediately become her wealth.
Lu Xiu glanced at her and said with a faint smile: "I advise you not to sell in a hurry. The price of 20,000 guan has not been reached yet. The highest selling price per mu on East Street is 30,000 guan. I estimate that after the new Taiji Palace is completed next year, the price of the North Street will be 30,000 guan."
The price per mu will also rise to 30,000 guan."
Yao Mei whispered: "I just can't understand why the land price has risen so high?"
"Is there anything incomprehensible about this? From ancient times to the present, wealth has been tied to power. The most expensive place away from power is the most expensive place. Starting next year, the Yong Kingdom will be established and the palace will start to be built. This
This means that Jingzhao will officially become the capital of the Yong Kingdom, and there will be no more suspense. Therefore, wealthy families from all over the world want to have a foothold in the capital, and their wealth will become the land of Jingzhao. We said a few years ago
That’s when I saw the truth.”
"Madam, can I give these two pieces of land to my parents?"
Lu Xiu glanced at her approvingly and smiled: "You can give it to your parents. If your parents come to live in Jingzhao, the prince should give them a house. I suggest you sell the small piece and use the money to build a house."
Five acres of restaurants, but if you don’t have this 160,000 yuan in your hands, you will lose a lot of the fun of creating wealth."
Yao Mei bit her lip and said, "Give it to your parents!"
Lu Xiu found that this little girl was actually very stubborn, and it was difficult for her to persuade her to come back to her decision, so she smiled slightly and said: "That's okay! Anyway, King Yong will reward you with wealth. You will know when you give birth to a child."
"Madam, when can I get pregnant?"
"I don't know about this, but I think it's wrong for you to be pregnant now because you are a little too young. It would be best for the child to get pregnant when you are around twenty years old. I was Ji'er when I was twenty.
"
"Madam, is the prince going to be the emperor?" Yao Mei asked softly again.
Lu Xiu shook his head, "Not for the time being, so now it is the Yong Kingdom, not the Yong Dynasty. The difference is one word, it depends on whether the prince becomes the emperor, but this day will come sooner or later, and we are all mentally prepared. Hey! We have lived here for so many years
, I will probably move to the new palace this time next year, I’m really reluctant to let it go.”
At this time, Zhao Qiaoyun hurriedly came over with today's newspaper and said: "Sister, Sister Beida's latest transaction price has come out. The price per mu is 23,000 guan. Longfeng Tea House bought Juxianju Restaurant."
Lu Xiu quickly took a map and spread it out on the table and said, "Where is the seat of Juxianju Restaurant? Point it to me!"
Juxianju Restaurant is located in an excellent location, just to the left of the Tianjin Bridge that is to be built.
Lu Xiu suddenly thought of something and said with a smile: "Longfeng Teahouse belongs to the Wei family, right?"
"Yes! It's from the Wei family."
"It seems that the Wei family is courageous and has seen the future. They decisively bought the Juxianju Restaurant covering an area of five acres. It seems that we cannot rush to sell the land and have to wait a little longer!"
Lu Xiu and Zhao Qiaoyun were studying real estate. Yao Mei quietly stood up, smiled and waved to Bing'er and Xue'er, holding one by the other, and took them out to feed the deer.
At this time, Chen Qing and a large group of officials were inspecting a large hydraulic drive device developed by Taixue Equipment Class students and dozens of people by the Wei River. There was a huge millstone placed in a large stone room, and the two stone mills weighed several dozen.
The millstone weighs a thousand pounds and has a diameter of six feet. Several people can lie on it.
The heavy millstone is slowly rotating, with a wheat bucket hanging on the top. As long as the rope is pulled, the wheat will be poured into the millstone. There is a fine sieve under the outlet of the millstone, which is constantly shaking to sift the snow-white flour into the wooden box below.
There was only one person operating the entire mill. A white-haired Taixue professor introduced Chen Qing and the officials: "This is a hydraulic drive that took us two years to successfully develop. The principle is actually very simple.
Everyone saw the waterwheel in the river. The waterwheel rotates and drives a long axis to rotate. The long axis extends all the way to the house, and this is it!"
Everyone looked in the direction of their fingers and saw a very thick copper rod rotating slowly, extending from outside the wall.
At this time, Chen Qing asked: "The stick rotates vertically, but the millstone rotates horizontally. How can it be done?"