Chapter 52: The Unscrupulous 'Handmaiden'
The crazy sales of the five kings drunk and the huge wealth brought by it undoubtedly made many people blush, but with Li Su and Li Xiaogong and their five princes, anyone who wants to move the interests of the five kings drunk has to consider the serious consequences afterwards, but there are always people who can't see the form clearly, and it is boring to come up and find it.
A few days ago, the crown prince Li Chengqian found Li Su and them, expressing his willingness to invest in the brewing workshop, after all, the scale of his prince's mansion is several times larger than Li Su's Liang Wangfu, and the expenses in all aspects are greater, and the mansion is also tight.
Regarding Li Chengqian's plan to take advantage, Li Xiaogong and Li Daozong refused on the spot, no matter what Li Chengqian said, it was useless, and Li Chengqian, who was angry in the end, brushed his sleeves away. Chapter 52 The nondescript 'maid' glared at Li Su and Li Ke fiercely when she was leaving, making them depressed, obviously the King of Hejian and the King of Jiangxia disagreed, and their brothers never said a word of objection, how did they get to the end, but made Li Chengqian hate himself?
However, even if Li Chengqian is dissatisfied, there is no way to take Li Su and the five of them, and in the end they can only sulk, after all, the energy of these five people is no longer something that anyone can compete with alone, not even him, the crown prince, unless Li Shimin personally ordered them to hand over the interests of the five kings as emperors, of course, this is unlikely to happen at all.
In the backyard of King Liang's mansion, next to a large lake, a rockery is hidden among the branches and leaves of the tall trees around it. At this time, Li Yu was lying comfortably in the gazebo on the rockery, shaking the rocking chair under him, enjoying the cool breeze blowing on the lake, and the Wen'er and Hua'er around him brought the cut fruit to his mouth from time to time. Eating delicious fruits and admiring the graceful posture of the Wen'er and the paintings around him, Li Su couldn't help but let out a long cry in his heart: This is the life that Lao Tzu pursues ideally!
Now that it is about to enter July, the Guanzhong area is suddenly heating up Chapter 52 The nondescript 'maid', according to Li Su's estimate, is at least above thirty degrees. In this hot weather, everyone became a little lazy, if it weren't for waiting for Niu Jinda and other meritorious generals to return to Chang'an, Li Shimin would have gone to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer.
Li Su was not a dedicated person, and he had already dumped the affairs of the Supervision Institute and the Cement Industry Association to Li Yifu, a coolie, and now that the weather is hot, he simply doesn't even go to work, and stays at home every day to enjoy the coolness. Li Yifu also figured out Li Su's lazy nature, so he took all the big and small things for him, unless he encountered something particularly important, he would go to Li Su's mansion to ask for instructions.
When he met a subordinate who was so aware of his boss's intentions, Li Su was also very satisfied, and even patted Li Yifu in private and said that sooner or later, the prince of He, would have to go to the official of the field, and the position of cement supervisor would definitely be handed over, as long as Li Yifu could maintain his current state, Li Su would definitely promote him to replace him and become the second cement supervisor.
How could such a shrewd person in Li Yifu not see this? I also heard Li Su's personal assurance, he usually worked harder, and even had a record of eating and living in the Supervision Institute for several days, so a good official who still stuck to his post despite the scorching heat was naturally appreciated by countless cement manufacturers.
Tens of thousands of people have been leveling the roads day and night, compacting them with large stones, and flattening the mixed concrete on the road under the command of craftsmen, and leaving in a few days.
Now the first-grade cement plant has been almost built, for example, the local factory in Chang'an has burned cement and began to supply the construction of two roads. Those who are far away from Chang'an have already sent craftsmen to guide them, and it is estimated that it will be completed in another ten days and a half months. However, even if the construction of these large cement factories is completed, the craftsmen sent out after the construction supervision have no time to come back, and they all have to rush to the second-grade cement manufacturers immediately, some cement factories are not close to Chang'an, and the farthest is even located in Songzhou, which has just gone through a big war, and it is estimated that the craftsmen who go there will have to return for at least half a year.
But even so, Bai Qing's craftsmen did not complain at all, they went out to do things with subsidies, and the farther they went, the higher the subsidy, the monthly subsidy was calculated, at least several times their monthly money, and some even reached more than ten times, it can be said that almost all of the previous year's wages were paid when they went out for a month, so many people were scrambling to go. However, they can be sent out to guide the construction of the factory, are the craftsmen who have passed the assessment, and the assessment is very strict, Bai Qing has a huge workshop, in charge of thousands of people, and there are only dozens of qualified people in the end, and the lack of manpower has seriously slowed down the construction of cement factories around the country, but Bai Qing has been training craftsmen there, and they can be used after a period of time, and the construction speed of the cement plant will definitely be greatly accelerated, and it will definitely not drag down the construction of roads because of the lack of cement production.
"Your Highness, that little lady Wang is here again!" Just when Li Su was comfortably enjoying the beautiful and ** life of the ancient aristocracy, he suddenly heard Wen'er whispering with some dissatisfaction.
After Li Su heard this, he opened his eyes a little helplessly and took a look, and found that it was indeed Wang Xijun's little girl, who was walking along the path on the rockery towards the pavilion, and she couldn't hide. Last time, in order to redeem Li Su's trust in her father Wang Zihao, she did not hesitate to feed the 'tiger' with her body, and wanted to give herself to Li Su as a slave and a maid, but she didn't expect Li Su to investigate it in the first place, so she put a big oolong.
Originally, Li Su thought that after this incident, Wang Xijun estimated that he would no longer be embarrassed to see himself, after all, this oolong is too big, in this feudal society where men and women are guarded, a girl puts down all her self-esteem, crying and shouting to give herself away, but the other party does not accept it, if this is changed to other girls, it is estimated that even the heart of death will be gone.
However, Wang Xijun's thinking is obviously different from others, and she took the initiative to find Li Su the next day, she said that she didn't believe what Li Su said to her father yesterday, and she didn't believe that he could still trust his father as before. After all, what her father did, although there was a reason for it, was still an unforgivable betrayal for Li Su. Therefore, in order to reassure Li Su, she decided to voluntarily enter Li Su's mansion as a hostage, and she had no complaints as a slave or servant.
For this stubborn little woman, Li Su was speechless, and when persuasion was fruitless, he could only call Wang Zihao to lead people. Don't look at Wang Xijun's soft and weak cowardly appearance, she is born with a bull temper, even Wang Zihao can't do anything about her, it's useless to say anything. For this daughter who is dedicated to the sake of the family, Wang Zihao is reluctant to fight, and he is not willing to scold, and finally simply kicks the ball back, he can't control this daughter, let His Royal Highness King Liang watch and deal with it yourself.
Li Su also had a headache, originally with his identity, it was nothing to accept a maid, but Wang Zihao was his right-hand man after all, and it must be a little inappropriate to take someone else's daughter as a slave. But Li Su, as a modern person, will not talk about whether he has an emotional foundation, Wang Xijun has come to be a hostage, if he accepts her as a concubine at this time, he will always have a feeling of taking advantage of others. Although Li Su's character is not very good, and he will not take the initiative to help someone cross the road when he sees an old woman on the road, but for girls, especially beautiful girls, he is still very gentlemanly, and he will definitely not be able to do such a thing as taking advantage of people's danger.
In the end, Li Su could only come up with a compromise solution, Wang Xijun didn't have to go into the mansion as a slave and a maid, but if Wang Xijun wanted to follow him every day, Li Su would not stop him, the door of the palace was open for her at any time, she could come whenever she wanted, she could travel freely anywhere in the palace, even Li Su's bedroom was no exception.
For Li Su's proposal, Wang Xijun thought about it again and again, and finally agreed, after all, she is not very old, and there are still mothers and younger brothers at home, if she enters Li Su's mansion as a slave, let alone go home to visit her mother in the future, it is not even allowed to leave the house. If she follows Li Su's proposal, she can follow Li Su's side as a hostage during the day and go home at night, which is a good way to kill two birds with one stone, so Li Su has an indecent 'maid' by his side, but Li Su quickly regretted his decision.
On the third day, she came to Li Su's mansion early in the morning, she positioned herself as a maid like Wen'er and Hua'er, and she rushed to do everything, Li Su got up in the morning to get dressed, she rushed to serve, and ended up wearing the clothes upside down; Li Su washed her face and brought water, but she splashed Li Su all over; Li Su ate breakfast, she stood there drooling, and when she asked, she realized that this Miss Wang was in too much of a hurry in the morning, and she didn't have time to eat at all.
This Miss Wang is not like Wen'er and Hua'er, these professional little maids, she was born in a rich family since she was a child, although she has lived a hard life because of Li Su, but it is only relatively speaking, there has never been a shortage of maids around her, where will she do these work of serving people? But Wang Xijun didn't have this awareness, he rushed to do everything, but he couldn't do anything. Not long after she arrived, she had broken two flower pots, five vases, and a dozen tea bowls.
What's even more annoying is that yesterday, because the weather was too hot, so Li Yu wanted to take some ice to make some rock sugar mung bean soup to relieve the heat, and Miss Wang couldn't boil the soup, but the soup was boiled and had to be chilled, so she rushed out of the horse and ran to the ice cellar to get ice. But the soup became cold by itself, and he didn't wait for Wang Xijun to bring the ice.
Li Su felt that something was wrong, and ran to the ice cellar to take a look, only to find that this Miss Wang was squatting in the ice cellar in thin clothes, and her whole person was about to be frozen. The frightened Li Su hurriedly hugged the person back and poured two bowls of hot soup to relieve his breath.
Later, Li Su figured out why this Miss Wang went into the ice cellar wearing a thin summer dress? It turned out that this lost lady only knew that she went to the ice cellar to get ice in a hurry, but she didn't forget the temperature in the ice cellar at all, and she felt cold when she went inside, of course, it was not too late if she went back to get her clothes at this time, but Wang Xijun, who was nervous, obviously overestimated her cold resistance, thinking that she would just take a piece of ice and come out, as long as she was fast, there should be nothing wrong, but the consequence of this 'nothing' is that if Li Su goes later, Wang Xijun will really become an 'iceberg beauty'.
After listening to Wang Xijun's explanation, Li Su was about to explode on the spot, he had seen a mentally retarded person, but no one was as mentally retarded as her, do you think you are a legendary martial arts master who can not invade in the cold and heat? Li Su, who was furious, no longer cared about his identity, and scolded Wang Xijun, and Miss Wang also knew that she was at a loss, so she lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Su scolded and scolded, and after scolding, he still asked the imperial doctor in the palace to give Wang Xijun a lower pulse, and after making sure that there was nothing to do, he asked the imperial doctor to prescribe a deputy medicine to ward off the cold, and then ordered someone to send Wang Xijun back to the palace, and strictly ordered her to rest at home for a few more days, but I didn't expect that it was only one night in the morning, and Wang Xijun came again.
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