Steel Dynasty - Chapter 248

[Chapter 248 Beauty smiles]

were coming and going in the chamber of commerce, and it was as noisy as the Chinese New Year.

Facing Pang Yukun’s congratulations, Xiao Ming was quite helpless. He didn’t realize that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive as he was not a family member.

Now as a vassal king, he felt one thing firsthand. The people wanted to live a good life. Soldiers and officials needed to be paid on time, build ships, build cannons, and buy materials. There were all kinds of things in this fief, big and small. It has something to do with money.

Without money, officials would be reluctant to handle official duties, soldiers would be reluctant to fight, and craftsmen in workshops would be even more lazy. From the perspective of a vassal king, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and a peaceful and prosperous age are just filling their stomachs in the eyes of ordinary people.

At this time, he gradually realized that only by having money in his pocket could he withstand the hardships. If he did not engage in industry and make money at the beginning, he would just expand the army blindly.

When the barbarians besiege Qingzhou, I am afraid that I have no popular support, no artillery, and only a group of strong men who are dissatisfied with me and are ready to escape with tattered weapons. By then, I am afraid that I will have died without a burial place.

Therefore, in his heart, the string of commerce and trade has never been relaxed. Only with money and resources can he be qualified to launch an army.

“Your congratulations are too expensive.” Xiao Ming could only reply to Pang Yukun.

After laughing softly, Pang Yukun said seriously: “Your Highness, this is also to attract businessmen to settle in Qingzhou and improve the appearance of Qingzhou. The entire Qingzhou city needs to lay cement roads. This project is not small. It can’t be done without money.

” In this era of modern times, Xiao Ming naturally has a relatively long-term vision, so the planning for Qingzhou has already begun, instead of waiting for Qingzhou to build haphazardly and then make up for it.

As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. Every rainy day, the muddy roads in Qingzhou City always make merchants and people miserable.

Xiao Ming was even more uncomfortable with it, so he was going to start his first municipal project after traveling through time, building cement roads and beautifying the city.

The purpose of doing this is to improve people’s livelihood, and to attract businessmen from other places to settle down for a long time. It is also called building a nest to attract phoenixes.

At the same time, it is obvious that large-scale construction is the fastest way to boost the local economy. On the road of modern municipal administration, real estate has proven everything.

This time, a lot of money was spent, one for material costs and the other for labor costs, which naturally fell into the hands of the common people.

While the two were talking, Li Kaiyuan, who was sweating profusely, walked in from the door. His clothes were a little messy, as if he had been pressed to the ground and rubbed again.

“Oh, these traders who have killed a thousand people are like seeing a thief when they see me. The clothes on my body were almost pulled off.” Li Kaiyuan complained as he said.

Then he asked: “Your Highness, businessmen are now asking when the auction will start. How to answer them?”

“Don’t worry, when is now? The real financier hasn’t come yet?” Xiao Ming said, he will Xiao Wenxuan’s 800-mile-high speed light flashed.

“So, the mirror has just spread in Chang’an City?” Li Kaiyuan asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, “And I also want to delay it a little longer, so that Lu Tong and the others can produce more mirrors.”

“This subordinate agrees.” Pang Yukun is now following Xiao Ming, and he understands a lot. .

Li Kaiyuan nodded.

Xiao Ming continued: “By the way, arrange a merchant ship to deliver ten more mirrors to Chang’an. Remember to give one of them to Fei Yue’er.”

“Your Highness has shown such care for the Princess before she has even entered the family. It can be seen that His Highness was very satisfied with the Princess last time in Chang’an. Yeah.” Pang Yukun suddenly laughed when he heard this.

Xiao Ming thought about Fei Yue’er’s face, but he couldn’t remember it anymore. However, it is normal to give gifts to your fiancée in modern times. After all, it is for the harmonious life after marriage. He said: “I have only met half of him. That’s all, sending the mirror over is just for icing on the cake.”

Li Kaiyuan said flatteringly: “His Highness has achieved great success, and now he is about to welcome a beautiful woman back. It’s really enviable.”

Although Xiao Ming is proud of himself, he is not yet happy.

He was so proud that he was still walking on thin ice. Faced with Li Kaiyuan’s sugar-coated bullets, he glared and said: “Stop flattering, do more things, and hurry up.”

Li Kaiyuan nodded with a smile, and immediately squeezed out of the crowd of businessmen.

This time Xiao Wenxuan traveled 800 miles to urgently ask about the mirror. As he spoke, the concubine in the harem liked mirrors very much and meant to send some more if she had them.

Unlike perfume and soap, which are fast consumables, Xiao Ming was naturally not willing to give one to each concubine in the harem, so he decided to send some more to Xiao Wenxuan.

As for how Xiao Wenxuan distributes it, that is his business. After all, Xiao Wenxuan has sent eight hundred miles to rush, and he has to give him face no matter what, otherwise the first mirror sent will lose its effect because of not giving face.

And those concubines who couldn’t get a mirror had to find a way to buy it with money.

The merchants outside still refused to leave, so Xiao Ming asked someone to break the news and the auction would be postponed for another ten days.

And he went directly to Bowen College, and he never slacked off when preparing for the auction.

For more than ten days, he has been teaching Luo Xin to calculate the impact point of cannonballs, and at the same time imparting basic navigation knowledge to Yue Yun and others. This course must continue, because there are still very complicated things to teach Yue Yun.

When all the businessmen in Qingzhou were calling for mirrors, another batch of mirrors arrived in Chang’an, and nine mirrors were delivered to Xiao Wenxuan.

And a mirror was sent to Fiji’s house.

“Master, this is something sent by King Qi.”

The housekeeper entered the Fei Mansion carrying a mirror covered with black cloth.

When Fiji saw this thing, he understood something instantly. He immediately said, “Be careful, don’t fall?”

The man from Qingzhou put down the mirror and left. The old housekeeper didn’t know what was in it, so he suddenly became alert.

“Master, what’s in this?” The housekeeper was surprised.

Fiji stroked his beard and said, “I’m afraid it’s a mirror.”

After that, he pulled off the black cloth, and sure enough, a beautiful mirror appeared in front of him.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Fiji had a thick smile on his face. He thought that King Qi was so careful that he would feel at ease leaving his daughter to him.

Then he said to the housekeeper: “Go and send the mirror to the lady.”

The housekeeper nodded and immediately sent the mirror over.

At this time, Fei Yue’er was embroidering purses in her boudoir. When she heard the noise outside, she asked Xiao Huan to open the door.

At this moment Fiji walked in, followed by the butler.

“Dad, what is this?” Fei Yue’er asked doubtfully.

The black cloth was covered again, and Feiji said, “Daughter, is this the mirror that King Qi gave you?”

“Ah.” Fei Yueer couldn’t help but exclaimed.

(End of chapter)