Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 162 What does the boat that Lan Naoer blew up have anything to do with me?
From the princess mansion, it became the Li mansion.

Although they still live together, it seems that there is no difference.

But the difference is worlds apart.

Hanging up the signboard of the Li Mansion means that Li Xiao is the main family, and if it is inherited, it may not become a big family in the future.

Zhu Di also figured it out, although the daughter is his own blood.

But after all, she is a woman.

After a few generations, more than a dozen generations, the royal blood gradually faded away.

If Li Xiao is really capable, it would be a good thing if he won the title and continued to run the family and grow bigger and bigger.

After entering the mansion, Xu Miaoyun took a few people around and introduced them briefly.

This mansion has everything that one could expect, no worse than the Wangfu, except that there is no political system and affiliated officials of the Wangfu, everything else is there.

Gardens, houses, lakes, hills, warehouses, arenas
It is almost a small Yanwang Mansion.

After all, this was originally reserved for Zhu Gaoxu as the county prince's mansion, so it wouldn't be too bad in the first place.

The main house has the master bedroom, the study room and the hall are very grand.
Furniture, beds, chairs, bookcases, etc. are all expensive furniture, which is expensive, and it is estimated that it will cost 10,000+ taels of silver.

"Ningyun, Li Xiao, are you two satisfied? Is there anything you need to adjust?"

Xu Miaoyun asked with a smile.

"Satisfied, very satisfied." Li Xiao said.

Zhu Ningyun also nodded: "Thank you, Mother Concubine, we are both very satisfied, there is nothing to adjust."

Xu Miaoyun nodded and said: "That's fine, the prince and I will leave first, and I will leave this mansion to you to take care of. I originally planned to arrange some maids and servants for you, but this time you brought so many girls, it's a big deal. Arrange it yourself. As for the guards, your father has equipped you with hundreds of soldiers, and ten of them are the ten who escorted you to Jiangnan last time. How are you?"

"It could not be better!"

Li Xiao was grateful, and enthusiastically sent the two elders back to Prince Yan's mansion.

Afterwards, the two happily returned to "Li Mansion".

"From now on, this will be our home, and we have to manage it well."

Zhu Ningyun suddenly felt that she was in charge of the family and was very happy.

Previously, he had been a canary in Yan Wang's mansion, and suddenly he was going to be like his mother and concubine, controlling hundreds of people in a mansion.

"Yes, work well."

Li Xiao looked at the golden signboard of "Li's Mansion" hanging in the mansion, and suddenly felt a sense of responsibility.

I don't know why, maybe after entering the ancient times, I slowly regarded myself as an ancient person.

The Li Mansion, representing his own family, started from himself.

A prosperous family can last for hundreds or thousands of years.

Many powerful families have gone through several dynasties and have survived, because they have their own foundations.

Suddenly, this sense of responsibility rippled in Li Xiao's heart.

If possible, I would also build such a century-old, or even a thousand-year family!

With his own mansion, naturally he doesn't need to live in Yanwang Mansion.

However, it seemed impersonal to move away as soon as the mansion was established. Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun were still living in Yanwang's mansion for the time being.

But in the next few days, Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun were too busy.

Zhang Luo people clean the mansion, decorate, arrange and so on.

In Zhu Ningyun's Yong'an Pavilion, there are many things that need to be moved.

Li Xiao doesn't have many things, but he has many people to arrange.

First of all, a house was vacated as a medical center in the mansion.

The person in charge of the medical center is naturally his beloved disciple, Li Shizhen's grandfather Li Kefang.

Li Kefang was also flattered, he didn't expect that his master, with such a background, turned out to be the prince's son-in-law, which frightened him
Li Xiao asked him to sit in the clinic to practice medicine, and people in the house would go to him if they had a headache. In addition, he was allowed to study medicine with peace of mind, and the expenses were all paid by the Li family.

The Li family doesn't say they are rich now, but they can also be called a little rich.

Ningyun manages the accounts of the mansion, and there are more than 50 taels of silver in the treasury of the mansion.

This money is the first pot of gold for the Li family to make a fortune!

Li Xiao is currently planning two businesses, one is Fengyoujing.

This business is operated by Li Kefang, and it has already been completed, but because of the bottle problem, Li Xiao is not in a hurry to start operation.

I plan to wait for the glass technology to appear in the system to make small glass bottles for essential oils before starting this business, and there is no rush.

Li Xiao felt that without the small glass bottle, this essential oil would have no soul.

And it is not portable, ordinary ceramic bottles are easy to break.

The second business is the textile workshop.

In the past few days, Li Xiao moved these girls and his own goods to his house.

Because there are more than 600 little girls who have nothing to do now, eating and drinking for free every day.

So Li Xiao planned to support this business first.

Make the best use of everything and arrange unemployed people to work.
Zhu Ningyun selected [-] girls from [-] girls to be servant girls in the mansion.

Ningyun's personal servant girl, Zhang Cuicui, finally turned herself into the master and became the mistress and servant girl. At the same time, she also became the head maid, managing these girls and teaching them how to do things.

As for the remaining 550 girls, it is to be arranged.

After Li Xiao's loom is out, work can start.

Li Xiao vacated a room and bought materials.

In the system, there are design drawings of the textile machine.

With the skills of his own senior carpenter and senior craftsman, he can completely make a textile machine by himself.

The development of textile machines has gone through several stages.

In the Neolithic Age, textile machines were mainly primitive hand-made textile tools, such as pottery spindles and stone spindles.

During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, bronze spinning wheels began to appear, but the spinning wheels at this time had relatively simple functions and could only be used in the primitive stages of spinning and weaving.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development of spinning wheels reached a peak, and the types became more abundant.

For example, the "turntable spinning wheel" in the Ming Dynasty and the "tune pump" in the Qing Dynasty.

The structure of these spinning wheels is more complex, the functions are more perfect, and they have reached the international advanced level at that time.

In modern times, textile machinery has been further developed and improved.

For example, in 1925, the British inventor Kay invented the flying shuttle, which greatly improved the production efficiency of textile machinery.

And the textile machine Li Xiao made was added with a shuttle.

The so-called flying shuttle is a shuttle with small wheels installed in the chute, and springs are installed at both ends of the chute, so that the shuttle can travel back and forth very quickly.

So the invention of the flying shuttle makes the weaving speed faster, which greatly improves the weaving efficiency.

What Li Xiao wants to do is this kind of textile machine, which is close to modernization, but not completely modern, because there is no steam engine, and it cannot be industrialized.

At this time, Li Xiao was using wooden roe deer, planing wood, and making parts for textile machines, sweating profusely from exhaustion.

These operations are all done by one person, in order to avoid technology leaks, except for Ning Yun, no one else is allowed to come in at will.

"Xiao Lang."

Ning Yun pushed open the door and walked in, holding tea, "Have some tea."

"Well, I'm really thirsty, thank you madam."

Li Xiao picked up the teapot and took a sip of tea.

As she said that, Zhu Ningyun picked up the towel again, and Li Xiao wiped her sweat caringly, and said distressedly: "Xiao Lang, let the servants do these rough jobs. You are the head of the family now, so there is no need to do it yourself."

"Not yet."

Li Xiao explained with a smile: "This is the latest textile machine I developed. If people secretly learn it, our core competitiveness will be gone."

"Your latest invention of the loom?"

Zhu Ningyun was taken aback for a moment, then thought of Li Xiao's inventive ability, and felt relieved.

Li Xiao nodded, "That's right, Ningyun, didn't you always complain before that you were a silkworm farmer who was covered in silk clothes? Waiting for this loom of mine to appear, this deadlock can be broken, and the price of silk and satin will be lowered." Keep fighting to produce silk and cloth that ordinary people can afford.”

This was Li Xiao's long-awaited plan.

There are too many cloth shops on the market now, and many cloth shops have been in business for a century.

If you want to get a share of the market, you can only take the "Pinduoduo" route, with low prices and high quality, and using prices to kill blood.

The advantage of our own textile machines is to increase production and reduce labor costs.

"what??"

Zhu Ningyun was a little puzzled and said, "Can it really be done?"

Li Xiao said confidently: "If I say that the weaving efficiency of this loom is ten times, or even twenty times that of the current loom, do you think the price can be lowered?"

"What? Twenty times!"

Zhu Ningyun's face was full of disbelief, this is too incredible.

"Don't believe me? Let's take a gamble."

Li Xiao laughed badly.

"What are you gambling?"

Zhu Ningyun was looking forward to it.

Because of Li Xiao's bet, no matter whether he wins or loses, he seems to like it quite a bit.
"bet"

Li Xiao leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Bet on this"

After listening, Zhu Ningyun blushed with shame, "You are so annoying."

After she finished speaking, she ran towards the door.

"If you don't speak, I'll take it as your default."

Li Xiao shouted at Zhu Ningyun's back, and the latter closed the door shyly.

At this time, girls will definitely not agree because of face.

I clearly thought about it in my heart, but I was too embarrassed to say it.

Li Xiao smiled, Xiao Mian
After resting for a while, continue to build the textile machine.

Busy in full swing
After a while, someone knocked on the door.

Li Xiao opened the door and walked out.

A maid bowed and said, "Patriarch, someone is looking for you outside."

"Who?" Li Xiao asked.

"It was a man named Yang Shiqi who asked to see him, and there was a businessman beside him."

The servant girl whispered softly, obviously she just changed her identity from Yangzhou Shouma, and she is still not used to it.

Li Xiao nodded, knowing that the debt collector was coming.

"Okay, let him wait in the living room. I'll change and come later."

The servant girl was about to leave, but Li Xiao stopped her and asked, "Are you still used to being here? I mean, are you willing to be a servant girl here?"

The servant girl saluted and said, "Patriarch, Xiaoqian is very used to it, and thinks it's pretty good here, whether it's eating or living, it's much better than before. The most important thing is, Patriarch, you have changed our miserable life. We are all willing to come to this Li Mansion to make a living."

Li Xiao nodded: "That's good, let's go."

What I am most afraid of is doing bad things with good intentions. It seems that I saved these girls, and they are still grateful, so that's good.

Xiaoqian thanked, "Yes, Patriarch."

After finishing speaking, he retreated.

Li Xiao turned around and closed the warehouse door, locked it, went to the main house, took a shower, and prepared to change his clothes to deal with the debt collectors.

Outside the Li residence.

Two people are standing.

One of them is Yang Shiqi, the county magistrate of Cangzhou, and the other is Tian Zhiwei, a businessman friend of Yang Shiqi.

This Tian Zhiwei originally had a good family background.

Tian Zhiwei's family is engaged in the shipbuilding industry, which is not bad.

But over the years, the family has been declining.

In order to rejuvenate the family, great efforts were made, the family went bankrupt, and a cargo ship was built.

That is the boat that Li Xiao borrowed.

I wanted to make a fortune with this cargo ship and reorganize the family business.

The relationship between Yang Shiqi and him is that of a brother who came out of the crotch, an iron buddy.

After what happened in Cangzhou, Yang Shiqi borrowed the boat and promised to pay for it out of his own pocket.

Tian Zhiwei thought that the first business deal was settled.

In the end, it didn't work out, the first business deal, the boat was gone.

It's outrageous!
Who would have thought that in broad daylight, the ship would be sunk by cannons
In peacetime, it was really rare to see it once in a thousand years, and he ran into it.

Helpless, Tian Zhiwei had no choice but to ask Yang Shiqi to bring him to collect debts.

After this incident, Yang Shiqi also knew the identity of Li Xiao, and his affection was the son-in-law of King Yan.

No, I brought Tian Zhiwei to Peking.

Originally, Tian Zhiwei was aggressive, as if he was provoking a teacher to question his crime.

So what if he is the son-in-law of King Yan?

Repaying debts is a matter of course!

But when he came to the door of "Li's Mansion", he was more than half scared.

The style of this mansion.

How can ordinary people not panic when they see it?

"You two, please come in."

At this time, a servant opened the gate of the mansion and greeted him.

The two entered the mansion apprehensively, and after entering, they became even more timid.

This mansion is more magnificent, magnificent, surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by beautiful gardens, and majestic.

Not to mention, there are still soldiers in armor patrolling the mansion.

This scared Tian Zhiwei quite a lot.

Is King Yan's son-in-law so domineering?

I'm afraid this mansion is nothing more than a prince, right?

Also, the mansion of the son-in-law of King Yan is not called Junwang Mansion, but Li Mansion.

It's over, it's over, can such a domineering person get his money back?
When the two came to the living room, they sat on the chairs, feeling uneasy.

"Brother Yang, do you think you can ask for money today?"

Tian Zhiwei asked in a low voice.

"Of course I can"

Yang Shiqi didn't know what to do, but encouraged him: "We are right, don't be afraid."

"Oh"

Tian Zhiwei nodded thoughtfully.

They looked around and waited for an hour before they saw a figure walking towards them.

Li Xiao came late.

As soon as you come in, walk with wind, go straight to the seat and sit down, full of momentum.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "You two have been waiting for a long time, let's have some tea!"

After serving the tea, the maids stood aside.

Yang Shiqi and Tian Zhiwei drank tea and remained silent.

Tian Zhiwei winked, and after a long time, Yang Shiqi said: "It turns out that Mr. Xiao is the son-in-law of His Royal Highness King Yan. It was really disrespectful and disrespectful for me before."

"you are welcome."

Li Xiao took a sip of tea, waved his hand and said, "I'm very busy, so to make a long story short, why did you come to see me today?"

Seeing this, Yang Shiqi cut to the chase and said, "That's it. This is Tian Zhiwei, a friend of Xiaguan. That day in Cangzhou, the cargo ship that Xiaguan lent to Mr. Xiao belonged to Mr. Tian."

Tian Zhiwei squeezed out a smile, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Mr. Xiao."

Li Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Well, that's right, what's the matter?"

Yang Shiqi's face changed, this guy felt a little bad, he gritted his teeth and said: "The boat was lent to Mr. Xiao, and now it is destroyed, please ask Mr. Xiao to pay for it."

"Losing money?"

Li Xiao smiled slightly, squinted his eyes and said: "That day, Yang Zhixian was also there, did you see that boat, did I, Xiao, destroy it?"

Yang Shiqi shook his head.

Li Xiao went on to say: "Since it wasn't Xiao who destroyed it, why should I, Xiao, pay for it? Oh, by the way, I haven't paid the fee for the use of the ship yet."

As he spoke, Li Xiao looked at the servant girl and said, "Xiaoqian, go to the cashier and pay 500 taels of silver to Mr. Tian."

"Yes, Patriarch." Xiaoqian withdrew.

Upon hearing this.

Tian Zhiwei was in a hurry.

The relationship is 500 taels of silver, so he will be sent away.

But this was in someone else's mansion, and there were soldiers patrolling back and forth, so Tian Zhiwei didn't dare to do anything wrong.

He decided to resort to bitter tactics and knelt directly to the ground:
"Young Master Xiao, that boat was indeed lent to you. Now that it's destroyed, you can pay me some money. I went bankrupt and built this boat. How can I explain to my family?"

"You know how to build a ship?" Li Xiao asked in surprise.

Tian Zhiwei nodded, "Several generations in the family are mainly engaged in this business."

Li Xiao nodded, thinking that this person is available.

At this time, Yang Shiqi said: "Young Master Xiao, please pay some compensation. This family is not easy. Although it was not damaged by you, it was damaged by others from your hands."

"No and no."

Li Xiao waved his hands and said, "I think you just think I'm easy to bully, right?"

"What are you talking about?" Yang Shiqi was taken aback.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "That boat was blown up by Lan Nao'er, right?"

Yang Shiqi nodded: "That's right."

Li Xiaodao: "Be reasonable in everything. Since it was Lan Nao'er who caused the bombing, what does it have to do with me? Lan Nao'er was arrested, but his father, Lan Yu, is still there. You should go to Lan Yu for repayment. money."

"Looking for money from Sapphire"

The two of them were completely stunned. Even if they had the guts of a bear, they didn't dare to ask Lan Yu for money. Isn't that courting death?
"How dare we ask the Duke for compensation?"

Tian Zhiwei cried.

"look look look"

Li Xiao's fingers trembled, and he said angrily, "I told you that you are afraid of hard things, you dare not ask Lan Yu for money, but you dare to ask me for money. Don't you think I'm easy to bully?"

Tian Zhiwei wants to cry but has no tears.

It seems that the money is not available today.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "I said Mr. Tian, ​​you said that you have been in this business for generations, how come you are doing so badly?"

Tian Zhiwei sighed and said, "Hey, the backer in the family has fallen."

What he said was also true. In the Ming Dynasty, when doing business in the Ming Dynasty, the small business was fine, but the big business was not good without a backer.

If you do any business, all levels of the imperial court will exploit you. Even if you bring goods into the city, even the soldiers guarding the city gate will exploit you. Without any background, most of the business is owed.

Li Xiao said strangely: "The backing has fallen, how dare you build such a big boat? I have to say, your boat is very well built."

Tian Zhiwei sighed, looked at Yang Shiqi and said, "Isn't it because my friend has become an official and wants to make a comeback?"

"what?"

Li Xiao laughed loudly: "Your backer is this little magistrate?"

Yang Shiqi was full of embarrassment, and Tian Zhiwei was even more ashamed and regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have built a ship.

Li Xiaoyu said earnestly: "Mr. Tian, ​​now you know that you can't do big business without a backer, right? If someone blows up your boat, you won't be able to get the money back."

This point, Li Xiao has long understood.

This is a feudal society, a society where people eat people.

So he came here through time travel. When he was a farmer, he didn't dare to do anything, and he honestly plowed the land and farmed.

But it's different now, I have the status of Zhu Di's son-in-law!

In addition, Zhu Di valued him so much, he almost walked sideways.

Tian Zhiwei nodded and said, "It's bad luck."

Li Xiao changed the subject and said, "How about I be your backer?"

Tian Zhiwei's originally sad face showed doubts, and he looked up at Li Xiao: "Young Master Xiao, what do you mean by that?"

"Cooperate with me to build a ship."

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Most people don't care about it, but you do have some skills. The ship you built is of good quality. It can bring so many people and goods back from Yangzhou without any mistakes on the way. If you cooperate with me, I guarantee you Can make a comeback."

"Really?"

Tian Zhiwei immediately became excited.

It is a good thing to have a son-in-law of King Yan as a backer!
He looked at Yang Shiqi next to him, and thought that the little magistrate was really unreliable and almost went bankrupt.

"Little willing."

Tian Zhiwei agreed immediately, "I just don't know how to cooperate. Can I get the money back?"

"Don't worry about the silver. I dare not ask Lan Yu for money."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "However, the benefits of your cooperation with me in shipbuilding are indispensable. As for the profit sharing of the cooperation, that is a later matter. You will temporarily live in my mansion, are you willing?"

"Yes, yes."

How dare Tian Zhiwei disagree, now that his family is bankrupt, anyway, he will not be able to pay for this trip, and he can live in the mansion for free.

"Okay, then go down, I'll send someone to arrange a place for you."

Li Xiao waved his hand and asked his servants to arrange him.

Yang Shiqi returned to Cangzhou.

Soon, Tian Zhiwei met his sailors and captains.

The captain was shocked: "Boss, why are you here?"

Tian Zhiwei said with a bitter face: "I'm ashamed to say, if it weren't for you, I would have come to say this, why are you here?"

Captain and sailors: "The ship is gone, we have no work, we are here to make a living."

Tian Zhiwei: "."

Sin!
Nanjing, East Palace.

these days.

Prince Zhu Biao's life is not easy.

Lan Yu and Zhu Biao are uncles and nephews, Lan Yu is Zhu Biao's uncle, and Zhu Biao is Lan Yu's nephew.

Lan Nao'er was interrogated by the three divisions, and the evidence was solid, so he was sent to the Imperial Prison and executed immediately.

Zhu Biao's concubine, Chang's, is the daughter of Kaiping Wang Chang Yuchun, and Lan Yu is Chang Yuchun's brother-in-law.

After getting the news, Lan Yu's family, Chang Yuchun's family, son Chang Sheng and many other relatives came to Zhu Biao to intercede to save him from death.

Zhu Biao knew that this matter could not be done, and his father had already made up his mind.

"On this matter, I can't decide."

Chang Sheng kept pleading: "In any case, we have to delay until after Lan Yu returns to Beijing. If you ignore it, are you worthy of the dead Crown Princess?"

In order to stop these relatives, Zhu Biao was really exhausted physically and mentally.

Zhu Biao was not in good health at first, but at night, thinking of what he told himself before the death of the princess, he must protect Lanyu's family.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao finally couldn't stand it anymore.

With a pop, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Lan Nao'er does a lot of evil, Gu Zhen is powerless and powerless!"

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he passed out on the bed.
(End of this chapter)