Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 409 Selling Horses
Hai time.

The lights of Wanjia in Guobei County have been extinguished, and only watchmen occasionally pass by on the quiet street, and even the police officers on duty at night are lazy and don't know where they have gone.

The Li family and the Li mansion are still brightly lit.

"Butler Li, I'm here this time for the affairs of those bodyguards. How many bodyguards in Guobei County have come?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Butler Li waited at the side and respectfully said: "Back to the young master, there are more than [-] people, and the number is still increasing in the past few days. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the business of the escort company is still booming. There are many complaints from a few escorts."

"It's inevitable, but if you want to eat our Li family's food, you have to abide by the rules of our Li family. There is nothing wrong with complaining. If someone uses this to cause trouble, you don't have to be polite. Let them go, and teach them a lesson." .”

Li Xiuyuan said: "You know the way of the world. It's not peaceful. The escort business is difficult to do in a peaceful and prosperous age. When the age is bad or the court is corrupt, I don't know how many men are willing to eat it with their heads up. A bowl of rice."

"Young Master is right, especially this year there are many men who are willing to join the Escort Bureau. The Escort Bureau in the county has expanded and expanded, and now they have all moved outside the county. Now the Escort Bureau in the capital is also blooming everywhere." Li Butler Nod in agreement.

"It's not a big deal for the Escort to be in the capital, I want the Escort to be in any county in the world." Li Xiuyuan said: "By the way, where are those seven thousand people now?"

Li Guanjia said: "I'm staying in the valley farm. It's a big place. The master temporarily built a house. Young master, why did you call so many people? Thousands of people, the new county master was scared. Well, he even visited the house personally to ask the master what's going on."

Li Xiuyuan smiled: "This county master is much more peaceful than the previous county magistrate Liu, and this time he is even more afraid to do anything after seeing the background of our Li family. I will not hide this from you. The bodyguards want to reorganize them and form an army."

"Get an army? Is the young master planning to rebel?" Butler Li was surprised.

"Steward Li, don't tell me you don't know about Li Liangjin's rebellion in Yangzhou. His army is about to hit Jinling City, and it's not far from Guobei County. If you don't make some preparations in advance, the bandit army is coming. The huge family property of the Li family and the lives of the whole family have to be given away. I have already asked someone to go to the capital to buy an official position. As soon as the official position arrives, I will be recruiting village braves and forming a guerrilla army. Not to mention rebellion." Li Xiuyuan laughed.

"I've also heard about Li Liangjin's rebellion from the Escorts. Now the momentum is very strong. More than a dozen people from the Escorts have withdrawn, and some who were unable to withdraw were also coerced into the rebel army," Li Guanjia said.

"Does father know about this?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"Master knows."

"That's good, let's start building weapons and armor early, right? According to the style I left behind, half body plate armor, armor-piercing spear, waist knife, bow and crossbow." Li Xiuyuan said.

He has been practicing martial arts with his master in Xiahe Village for more than ten years. He has been making these preparations for a long time. Even the weapons and armors have been prepared. Once the situation changes, they can be quickly forged with the steel filling method. .

Even the steel materials for making weapons are refined every year, every month, or even every day, and are kept secretly.

Because there are several iron mines under the name of the Li family, they must not be idle there.

This is the crisis awareness of Li Xiuyuan, a person who traveled through time, because there is no long-lasting dynasty. In case the Li family encounters a period of dynasty change, these things can save lives.

Even if you don't use it yourself, you can leave it to future generations as a gift for promotion and dedicate it to a certain prince. This is the way for a family to survive.

Butler Li said: "After receiving the letter from the young master, we started to rush to make it."

"That's good, how many healthy horses are there at the racecourse?" Li Xiuyuan said.

He has done such dangerous things as opening iron mines and hoarding steel materials, and naturally raising horses is no problem.

Moreover, the raising of horses has been encouraged throughout the dynasties, and the horses will be rewarded by the court if they are well raised. How could Li Xiuyuan not do such a thing that is upright and can increase the heritage of the Li family.

"Except for stallions, some birthed mares, and ponies that are not yet old enough, there should be about [-] healthy horses at the racecourse," said Steward Li.

Li Xiuyuan frowned: "Didn't I let the racecourse maintain the number of [-] healthy horses?"

"Master sold a batch last month, about 50 pieces. One piece was sold for 15 taels, and he earned [-] taels of silver. After doing this business, if the young master hadn't said before that there would be at least [-] healthy horses left in the racecourse, the master would probably have sold the remaining [-] horses." Li Guanjia said.

"." The corner of Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched.

sold last month?
He could guess who the horse buyer was, needless to say, it must be Li Liangjin.

Although Li Liangjin rebelled this month, he must have been preparing for it last month. This young master is really rich. He bought a horse for 15 taels, which is enough determination. Fortunately, his father did not sell all the horses to Li Liangjin. , otherwise this battle will be over.

The most important thing in war equipment is horses, without horses it is difficult to move an inch.

Not to mention that there are ghosts and gods mixed in now, Li Xiuyuan loses but not loses, this equipment is definitely not inferior to Li Liangjin.

Li Guanjia said: "Don't worry, Eldest Young Master, this gap will probably be filled by next autumn."

"Forget it, let's just sell it. Someone bought it with real money, and it wasn't stolen, so I can't blame my father." Li Xiuyuan said.

"It's still the young master's foresight. In the early years, all the savings of the family were used to open the racecourse, workshop, and buy the mine. Now, in the past few years, the price of food, salt and iron have risen, and the number of healthy horses has become rarer. I don't know how many times I have earned it. , I have been in the Li family for most of my life, from a few thousand taels of silver in the past, it was considered big, to now a big business can reach 10,000+ taels of silver, I never expected such a big change. Butler Li smiled flatteringly.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled, this still requires foresight?
The dynasties have changed in only two or 300 years, and this dynasty has been established for almost 300 years. You can calculate the time and you will know that it is almost the same. You can only make money if you prepare these things.

"It's very late today. Let's discuss some things with the housekeeper tomorrow. The housekeeper should go to rest earlier. You can't stay up late when you're old. It's like going to the valley with me tomorrow."

Li Xiuyuan looked at the sky, it was already very late, and he couldn't continue to ask the housekeeper for questioning, so he let him go to rest.

"Yes, Eldest Young Master, the old slave will go to rest first, and Eldest Young Master will also rest earlier." Li Guanjia said.

After watching the butler leave, Li Xiuyuan also went back to his yard to rest.

"Huh? Why is there still a light?"

When he came to the yard, he saw that there were still lights in the house, and he couldn't help feeling a little puzzled.

When he pushed the door and entered, the housekeeper Du Chunhua sat on the edge of the bed with her head supported, as if watching him back.

"Young master, are you back?"

The sound of the door opening woke her up. Du Chunhua woke up in a daze and stood up happily when she saw Li Xiuyuan walking in.

"Chunhua, haven't you slept yet?" Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"No, I didn't want to go to bed when I heard that you have returned home, young master. Please wait, young master. I'll fetch hot water for the young master to wash his face."

Du Chunhua's previous sleepiness was gone, and when she saw Li Xiuyuan, she seemed to feel energetic all over her body.

"Where's Xiaodie, is she asleep?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Du Chunhua quickly fetched hot water and walked in with a copper basin. She couldn't help shivering when she just came back from outside, and then said, "Xiaodie has been asleep a long time ago, she can't stay up late."

As he spoke, he washed the sweat towel quickly, and handed it over.

"It's cold outside, don't wait for me, you should sleep first."

Li Xiuyuan took the sweat towel but found that Du Chunhua's hands were cold, he was afraid that he had been waiting for him to get cold.

"It's okay, I'm not cold. When I was in the village, it was colder than this and I had to wash clothes." Du Chunhua said with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan washed his face, but then he waved his hand: "Come here."

Du Chunhua blinked and walked over.

Li Xiuyuan stretched out his hand and poured it into his arms, felt her body temperature, and said: "I said it wasn't cold, but my body was already cold, and if I wait any longer, I'm afraid I'll get sick. You used to have no man to take care of you when you were in the village. Now Do you still suffer from the cold after following me? Didn’t I tell you to take care of you when I was in the Taoist temple? Didn’t you forget? But compared to a while ago, you have become fairer and plumper recently, with a beautiful face Embryo."

"Wow, how come, am I still the same as before?"

Du Chunhua's fair face blushed immediately after being praised by this, but she didn't resist letting the man hold her. Feeling the bursts of warmth, she felt the chill all over her body be dispelled.

"The young master is really warm, like a stove."

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Of course, I am a martial arts practitioner, with strong energy and blood, so I am not afraid of this cold winter. Okay, it's late at night, go to sleep."

"Then, where do I sleep tonight?" Du Chunhua asked softly with a blushing face.

"Where do you want to sleep?"

"Of course I slept next to the young master." Du Chunhua raised her head and said with extreme embarrassment.

Li Xiuyuan pinched her pretty face and said with a smile: "Why, miss me?"

"Well, I'm thinking hard." Du Chunhua buried her head in the man's arms, and responded softly.

"It's because I'm too busy, I neglected you, go to rest." Li Xiuyuan sighed and said, just hugged the woman horizontally, and then walked back.

Du Chunhua was shy all of a sudden, she took a sneak look at this handsome man, her heart was beating fast, and when the man looked down, she hurriedly closed her eyes again, and buried her head in the man's arms.

Soon, the lights in the bedroom were extinguished, and everything was plunged into darkness.

(End of this chapter)