Li Linfu and Zheng Peng chatted for another half an hour, and then ended the conversation in a harmonious atmosphere and dispersed.

As soon as Zheng Peng was sent away, Li Linfu's face seemed to belong to a dog, and he changed when he said it, not only did his face become ugly, but people also sighed.

"Lang Jun, it's a good thing, I don't know why Lang Jun has a sad face?" The personal attendant Lishou asked a little puzzled.

"A good thing?" Li Linfu was a little dumb and laughed: "Lishou, tell me, why is it a good thing?" ”

Lishou wrenched his fingers and said: "There are several benefits, one is that you can make a lot of money, with this income, not only the money to buy the night pearl is settled, but also the account room in the house is somewhat stretched; The second is to take this opportunity to rebuild the old friendship with General Zheng, after all, General Zheng is a popular man in front of the emperor, and he is also very popular in the DPRK, so it is beneficial and harmless to have a good relationship with him; The third is to take advantage of this matter to get on the line with Gao Gonggong, why not. ”

Li Linfu looked at Lishou and said with some disappointment: "Lishou, you are too superficial, you only saw the meat sent by Zheng Peng, but you didn't see the arsenic hidden in the meat." ”

"Arsenic? Lang Jun, do you mean General Zheng this time... Up to no good? ”

"It's not just bad intentions, it's just his heart that can be punished." Li Linfu gritted his teeth and said.

Seeing Lishou's puzzled look, Li Linfu explained in a low voice as he walked: "It seems that the transaction is a sure deal, but it is actually pushing the old man into dire straits, Chang'an is the capital, Luoyang is the eastern capital, and both places are full of high-ranking officials and nobles. What should I do if I run into someone else's ancestral grave during land acquisition? What should I do if I meet Diaomin?"

Only then did Lishou understand why his own Lang Jun sighed, and said with some surprise when he heard this: "Lang Jun, since the surname Zheng harbors evil intentions, why don't you reject him?" ”

Li Linfu smiled bitterly, and said a little helplessly: "Didn't you listen to him, if it weren't for Father-in-law Gao's peace, he would have saved even that money for running feet, who told the old man to lose in gambling, Zheng Peng just used that gambling contract to force the old man to comply, and the emperor made a notarization, and this account can't be relied upon." ”

Gao Lishi spoke, Zheng Peng just gave the running fee in proportion, and Zheng Peng also said just now, the land belonging to the Huangzhuang, no need to talk about it, just take the market price to compensate, indicating that the emperor not only knows about this matter, but also supports Zheng Peng to do this, the emperor nodded, indicating that this matter cannot be reversed, if he does not admit it, he will leave an impression in the emperor's heart that he has no promise, and the gain outweighs the loss.

As a ruler, someone is willing to build roads and relieve the pressure on official roads, which can be said to be harmless, maybe it is still due to Li Longji's instructions.

Li Shou's eyes rolled, and he quickly had an idea: "Lang Jun, why don't you declare that you are ill and hide this matter?" ”

"It's all brainless ideas" Li Linfu said angrily: "As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, you can avoid this time, what about next time?" At that time, the surname Zheng was angry, and he used the gambling contract to get the old man to Tubo, which is Zheng Peng's territory, the environment is bad, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and he doesn't even know how to die at that time, isn't it asking for hardship? ”

Lishou thought of it, Li Linfu thought of it, Lishou didn't expect it, Li Linfu also thought of it, he had this plan at the beginning, but he just thought about it for a while, and soon gave up the method of pretending to be sick: he could hide from the first day of junior high school, but he couldn't hide from the fifteenth, this time it was a shame, and next time he might lose his life, and he hadn't taken the running expenses, if he took sick leave for a long time, Zheng Peng could afford to spend it, and now he was over half a hundred years old, and his age was up, if the sick leave dragged on for too long, his career would definitely be blocked.

Li Linfu felt that his luck was too bad, and he wanted to be a minister and let Zheng Peng destroy it; wanted to step on two boats, but I didn't expect Xiao Song to be a hindrance; Now Zheng Peng is using that gambling contract to force himself to collect land, so much land, it must be difficult to collect, there will be a lot of resistance, and it will offend many people, it is inevitable to use a lot of means, this is to force himself to the road of cool officials.

In response to that sentence, as soon as he made a mistake, everything was lost, and after thinking about it, Li Linfu still decided to fulfill his promise.

He is the great-grandson of Li Shuliang, the cousin of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the king of Pingsu, the nephew of the painter Li Sixun, from the Li Tang clan, and now he is still a servant of the Ministry of Officials, how much there is still a little thin face, and the resistance will be much smaller.

As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and with money, with their own background and talents, waiting for the opportunity to wash their hands is whitewashed.

"It's still Lang Jun thoughtful, this General Zheng really can't be underestimated." Lishou said a little unwillingly.

"Nonsense, if Zheng Peng didn't have some real learning, could he earn so much military merit and make so much money" Li Linfu said this, suddenly felt a little bored, and said: "Forget it, go home, there's nothing to shop." ”

Li Linfu suddenly felt a little funny, Lishou is a subordinate, why do you tell him so much, is this a self-surrendering identity?

Thinking about it, it made Zheng Peng confused.

Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, as long as you are still standing for a day, everything is possible.

From the moment he decided to build the road, Zheng Peng became a busy man, busy with all kinds of things every day, seeing that Cui Er was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, he transferred An Lushan back to Cui Er, and by the way, let Cui Er give him a training to accelerate his growth.

With Li Longji's acquiescence, the Firearms Department in the Forbidden Garden didn't have to take care of it, just occasionally took time to patrol it, and now Zheng Peng is mainly focusing on the preparation of personnel and materials.

In addition, this time a large number of captives were brought back from Tubo, most of these captives were strong, Zheng Peng was approved by Li Longji, and directly used this group of people to build roads, and the Ministry of War was responsible for security, providing tools and food for road repair, and paying a sum of money to the Ministry of War every month.

In addition to people, materials are the most important of which is iron.

In ancient times, the detection conditions were not good, the mining technology was relatively backward, the cost of mining and transportation was large, etc., there were not many iron tools in the society, Zheng Peng needed a large amount of iron to build a railway, and it was too passive to rely on acquisition, which also disrupted the iron market, and would push the price of high-speed rail, and it was best to mine, smelt and process it by yourself.

Fortunately, Cui Xiyi and Guo Ketang fought righteously, and as soon as they opened their mouths, the couple agreed to give the iron ore in Puzhou to Zheng Peng.

The iron ore mine is located about 80 miles south of Puzhou, a place called Tiehuling, Zheng Peng arranged for Fang Bin and them to survey the first phase of the new road, and then rushed to Tiehuling non-stop, ready to develop this iron mine.