"What the hell do you want to write?" Shiyu looked at the words on the wall in confusion: "Grand and upright?"

Li Xingzhou smiled wickedly and didn't speak. While cleaning up the hut, he said, "When will you move to the palace to live?"

"Don't go." Shiyu answered immediately.

Li Xingzhou put down the towel in his hand to wipe the table and gently picked up the woman. The other person was tall and big, which was not comparable to poetry: "Why?"

"Not why." Shiyu avoided his gaze.

He asked in confusion: "Didn't you still go before? Why did you suddenly regret it?"

Shiyu answered the question that he was not right: "The door of Zhenbao Pavilion is about to open, I'm going down."

"Just let them watch, don't be so anxious."

"No, I'm the shopkeeper, I'll be lazy if I don't watch them." As he said that, he hurriedly broke free from him, and soon came from behind him downstairs. After a while, his beautiful back had disappeared from the entrance of the stairs.

Li Xingzhou felt the remaining warmth in his arms, and felt lost. He felt that Shiyu was a little strange these two days...

.........

In the afternoon, Li Xingzhou went outside the city to talk to the Wei family about the shipyard. The head of the Wei family was already in his fifties and was originally suffocated, so he only offered to the price of 30,000 taels at the beginning.

Li Xingzhou is naturally a veteran of negotiations. He understands how to completely crush his opponents in negotiations. The most important point is that the pressure he gives cannot be interrupted.

Interrupted pressure means giving people a chance to breathe, so gradually applying pressure seems cumbersome and complicated, but it is one of the best ways to solve the deadlock. Yan Kun and Shiyu gradually put pressure on him. By the time Li Xingzhou took action personally, the pressure on the Wei family had reached the maximum.

Finally, when Li Xingzhou met the head of the Wei family at Tingyu Tower, he had only had one night of talk, so he couldn't hold on. After all, the other party was a royal mansion, and now the waterway was blocked and there was no source of income. The biggest financial path for a large family was cut off and almost unsustainable, so he had to compromise.

Ten thousand taels are the final transaction price.

It was reduced by half from the 30,000 taels proposed at the beginning of the period, but it was still a huge sum of money. Apart from the pressure from Li Xingzhou, various objective reasons forced the Wei family to give in. The important point was that although the imperial guards went south, they took the land route.

Recently, Jing was talking about this matter, and people could hear people talking about it everywhere. More than 100,000 troops went south and Guangda camp for several days.

With such a huge team, it will probably take a month or even more from Beijing to Suzhou, and resolving the Suzhou riot is almost destined to be a quick success, I am afraid there will be no result in a year or two.

A shrewd person can understand that the emperor's troops are indeed blocking everyone's mouth, but it does not mean that the problem can be solved immediately.

Without the support of the shipyard, the Wei family was not sure that they could withstand this disaster. If they missed this time, no one would buy a shipyard at this time, and if they didn't sell it, they would offend the royal palace, which would make it worse.

In the end, the head of the Wei family made a concession. Not only 15,000 taels were just the shipyard, but also the wood, tools, and the deeds of shipyard workers stored in the shipyard warehouse. Otherwise, it would not have been so expensive. This was the biggest deal made by the royal palace.

That night, Li Xingzhou was very excited and called Shiyu, the heroes who acquired the shipyard. Qiu'er, Yan Kun, Yan Shen, Yan Bian, and Ji Chunsheng to the third floor of Tingyu Tower to entertain everyone, and of course Yue'er and Ajiao.

Although the two little girls have no contribution, they can't leave them in the mansion and ignore them.

There are still few people who can go up the third floor of Tingyu Tower. Now the people who comment on poetry have changed from Degong to celebrities who often come and go. After all, this is the Matthew effect. The stronger the strong, the weaker the weaker the more famous it is. When Tingyu Tower becomes more and more famous, many celebrities and scholars gradually gather here.

For them, evaluating poems can greatly increase their reputation and be known to more people. Their arrival further expands the reputation of Tingyu Tower. The two are mutually beneficial, win-win and strengthened, and are constantly strengthened. Under good management and various psychological hints he designed, Tingyu Tower's reputation has also surpassed them day by day.

But no matter what, Tingyu Tower has always been just a restaurant. Its potential is gradually being discovered, but there will always be an upper limit. It can be shipping differently, with endless potential, and can drive countless other industries.

Everyone was very happy at the dinner. Yan Feng, a serious old man, rarely smiled, and he didn't say that Li Xingzhou was a loser. Because he had just finished the ceremony with Gillian's second uncle in the past two days, the ceremony of asking for fame, and the two sides exchanged their birth dates and horoscopes, which shows that their palace has a mistress, and King Xiao's bloodline can be continued.

Everyone on the table called Ah Jiao the prince's wife. Ah Jiao was shy and red with a little face from beginning to end, but she didn't object.

Li Xingzhou and Ji Chunsheng and Yan Shen also enjoyed their drinks. This business means that the next phased planning of the royal family will begin completely. Although there are many obstacles, the beginning is always good.

That night, he was drunk and didn't know how to go back to the royal palace.

Although I was still a little dizzy the next day, I also began to send people to take over the workers from the shipyard, led by Yan Shen.

Many things must be re-planned. Unlike the temporary workers in the royal palace who pay according to the amount of labor, workers in the shipyard cannot do this.

Most shipyard workers are technical jobs. Their relationship with the Wei family is not simply hiring, but long-term workers, which is almost like selling their bodies.

In short, similar to the unequal treaty, workers had to work for the Wei family for decades, the fewest was ten years, and the most was fifty years. The money for buying a living was given in one go, and the Wei family had already paid the workers.

There are a total of 173 workers who live in shacks next to the shipyard when they work. Of course, some have houses outside Kyoto. Although they are simple, they can be considered a place to settle down, and some have already married and started a family.

In an era of low productivity and material scarcity, this is almost an inherent operating model. No matter where or what kind of culture, only after layers of exploitation can the upper class live a materially abundant life.

His 15,000 taels were not only bought by the shipyard, warehouse, materials, and all the contracts for the workers to sell their bodies.

As long as these contracts are in hand, all shipyard workers need to work for the royal palace before the deadline stated on it, and labor is an obligation. In theory, he only needs to provide food to prevent workers from starving to death. Whether or not they will be rewarded at the end of the year depends on whether he is willing or not.

The reason why food is provided is because the workers are afraid that they will starve to death, unable to work, and continue to create wealth.

Of course, according to Jing Chaolu, if he starved his subordinates to death, the Kaiyuan Mansion would be punished, but he was the prince of Prince Xiao, and the Kaiyuan Mansion would definitely turn a blind eye.

For workers, their pursuit is just to be able to live without starving to death.

As time went by, Li Xingzhou asked Zhu Rong to clean up the cooked iron sheets, and then sent Zhao Si to make the necessary things, and then asked the workers who grind the graphite powder to temporarily stop and grind some iron powder. This is a necessary preparation.

At the same time, he wrote a lot of things overnight, which was actually a new labor contract, which could further stimulate the workers' enthusiasm for labor. He brought them to the south of the city to print that night, and the royal palace has gradually entered the next stage. He can no longer use the old order and old rules to do things. Inappropriate systems will limit productivity.

.....

Two days later, Gillian became obsessed with making perfume with Yue'er in the past two days. They also tinkered with new perfumes such as daffodils and osmanthus. In fact, the production process and principle of perfume are very simple. The problem lies in the fineness and detailed processing of the processing. As long as you are interested in excellence, you can do it better and better.

Qiu'er is still very busy, but no matter how busy she is, Li Xingzhou will teach her some new knowledge every night, but it is very complicated and teaches whatever she thinks. She often comes to listen to her after dinner.

There is a gap between learning and application, and it is difficult for people with insufficient thinking to cross, but it is good for them to just remember.

......

Sometimes he would climb Shiyu's bed with a stern face, but no matter how he tried to force himself, Shiyu just didn't move to the palace. Li Xingzhou was actually a little guilty. Although he was not a good person, he wanted to make Shiyu live a better life no matter how he wanted him to do it.

Later I thought about it, perhaps for a woman with an independent personality like Shiyu, being unrestrained is what she longed for. Although she had thought about it, letting her live in the royal palace was a restraint on her, so she simply let her...

.........

These days Ji Chunsheng also talked about the affairs of the court to him every day. After several days of negotiations, the affairs of the new army have been decided.

The emperor designated the fifth wing of the Shenwu Army as a new army and assigned it to the Privy Council and direct administration.

The Shenwu Army has all arranged 21,000 imperial guards and 12 armies, with more than 1,000 troops per army.

As a result, the emperor directly ordered the twelve armies to be the tenth army, each with two thousand soldiers, and the tenth army was composed of three thousand men, which were under the jurisdiction of the emperor, the prince of King Xiao, and the captain of Zhaowu Li Xingzhou.

Prince Li Xingzhou, the prince of King Jiaxiao, is the commander of the 10th Army of the New Army.

Zhong Daoyu and Yu Cheng'an stood up to oppose it in the hall, but the emperor ignored it at all. The emperor had already written the emperor's imperial paintings and handed them over to his subordinates for refutation. It is estimated that within a few days, he will arrive at the palace. At that time, the emperor will personally summon him into the palace.

Li Xingzhou was shocked himself.

His initial expectation was about two thousand people, but he didn't expect the emperor to give him three thousand at once!

Three thousand imperial guards are not a small number. Although the Shenwu Army has not had any war for a long time, it is definitely not as good as the Wu Lie Army and the Lingjie Army, which have been stationed abroad for many years. However, the standard equipment created by the Military Equipment Supervisor, plus the two points of the Ministry of War's payment of military pay give him a good foundation and an armed force that belongs to him!

After hearing this, Li Xingzhou immediately asked Yan Bian to prepare the general wine, as well as perfume, and pack it in batches. Many people must thank him.

...........

Two days later, most of the ministers who helped him speak came to thank him one by one.

Li Xingzhou took Qiu'er with him and asked Yan Shen to lead 30 fully armed guards to the newly purchased shipyard.

The Weijia Shipyard is upstream of Yuanmen Ferry, located in the north and south of the city, and is a large river bend.

The sun was shining in the morning. It had just rained lightly last night, and the air was fragrant with mud. There were puddles of varying depths on the bluestone road from time to time. The carriage in the middle pulled two large boxes, and the wheels creaked. The group went to the west of the city and went to the Wei family shipyard.

Li Xingzhou rode a horse by herself, but Qiu'er couldn't ride a horse, so she prepared an extra carriage for her.

Yan Shen said that the Weijia Shipyard is located in the west north of the city, located in the river bay. The river bay is very wide and the water flow is not fast. On the side of the shipyard, because it is on the inside of the river bay, it has been washed away for many years and has little siltation, and the draft is very deep, which is just suitable for the new ship to launch the water.

The road to the shipyard is not far away. Although it is sparsely populated, it is still wide and has good road conditions. It is always paved, which is better than many main roads outside the city. This is because the Wei family has been maintaining it all year round, because the timber for shipbuilding has to be transported from this road.

On both sides of the road, Li Xingzhou saw several villages, not many people, only dozens of households. The villagers looked at their men with curious and vigilant eyes. There were a few small pieces of land in the west, and the newly reclaimed land was not much, and the harvest should not be enough to support these villages.

The canal dug from the north of the village was not well maintained, less than a foot wide, overgrown with weeds and very narrow.

There are still a few children grazing cattle nearby, and they are also curiously looking at them. They are used to seeing the many pavilions in Kyoto. Now when they look at these small villages, they suddenly feel out of place. This is the suburbs of Beijing, and it is only one mile (500 meters) away from the capital, which is like two worlds.

"Whose land is this?" Li Xingzhou asked on a horse.

After a long period of practice, not to mention his superb riding skills, he was already skilled in riding. He couldn't help but think of Wei Yubai, who taught him to ride a horse. She had come to him several times and told him about Guanbei. The general meaning is that life is very difficult, but it is not bad. Guanbeixiang Army has been reorganized. No matter how miserable the world is, life still needs to continue.

Yan Shen rushed over and answered him: "This is your land, Prince."

"My?" Li Xingzhou asked back.

"Yes, this was originally the land where the Wei family resettled the families of the shipyard workers. Now that the prince bought the shipyard, it is also the land of the royal palace." Yan Shen said.

Only then did he realize that the land ownership in ancient times was not so strict and clear, and most dynasties were eventually destroyed by land annexation and caused the aristocratic race to grow. However, this small village really looks good, with a flat terrain, close to water and forests.

Following the village road, they climbed over a small hillside, and the terrain began to go down. In the distance at the end of the hillside, the huge shipyard suddenly came into view.

The shipyard is located across the river bay at the foot of the mountain. There are solid stone walls piled up by the river bay, many wooden scaffoldings, cranes, simple pulleys, hemp ropes, wooden boards, interlaced and layered, covering the riverside with layers of layers, and the green surface is changed to a hazel of wood, as if entering another world.

There is also a half-built boat on the bank of the river, with scaffoldings built around it, and several workers are climbing on it to remove the wooden boards one by one.

Li Xingzhou was shocked. In such a large place, not to mention the solid foundation and the many workers, even the good wood on the ground was worth ten thousand taels. It seems that the Wei family is really desperate.

Qiu'er also got out of the carriage excitedly, looked at the huge shipyard under the hillside, and exclaimed, daidai couldn't speak. This was exactly what she longed for day and night.

Li Xingzhou pulled the little girl on the horse, put it in front of her, and slowly walked downward: "How about this place, I'll give you this place in the future."

"Yes." Qiu'er nodded, her little face turned red with excitement, and then shrank back: "The prince is so good..."

Li Xingzhou smiled and said, "Well, are you moved in your heart and want to agree with me?"

"No...I, I want to move here in the future." Qiu'er said, thinking for a while and adding: "Just just move here too."
To be continued...