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Chapter 220 Did You Do It On Purpose?

Shaofu.

Liu Ji put his long snow-white legs up on the table, and was lazily lying on the chair, eating snacks and humming a song, when suddenly the door opened wide, and a person walked in.

With big peach blossom eyes, she looked at the visitor with some surprise.

I saw the young man in front of him, with a crown on his head, wearing Shu brocade silk and satin, light and elegant, and a white robe that moved with the wind, showing an extraordinary temperament.

Liu Ji swallowed the snacks in his mouth, put down his snow-white thighs from the table, and asked, "My lord, why are you here suddenly?"

A smile appeared on Bai Su's face: "Why, can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do?"

If it was an ordinary woman, when she heard this, her face would become hot and she would say something disgusting.

However, she, Liu Ji, is not an ordinary woman.

Liu Jida's peach blossom eyes pretended to be touched: "I never thought that the young master would be so affectionate to me. I am really touched."

After finishing speaking, she lay down in Bai Su's arms, and looked at Bai Su with flickering eyes: "I can't get anything in return, I can only do bullshit for you."

Bai Su smiled wryly and said, "Do you believe what you said?"

Liu Ji got up from Bai Su's arms, and gave him an angry look with big peach eyes: "It's not your fault, when you need help, you call me Xiao Tiantian, and when you don't need help, you call me Liu Ji, my lord." Really know how to use people."

Bai Su's expression didn't change much, even in the face of Liu Ji's white eyes, his heart was still as calm as before.

If it were someone else, he would still believe what he said, but it was Liu Ji who said it, so there is no need to take it seriously.

After all, Liu Ji has been in the market all year round and has seen all the joys and sorrows in the world, so how could he be as angry as a little girl.

The reason why she got angry in front of Bai Su was just teasing.

Bai Su glanced at her with interest: "Then what do you want me to do?"

Liu Ji lightly touched his vermilion lips with his index finger, blinked his big peach eyes, and said with a smile: "My lord, please lend me two thousand guan. I gambled two days ago, and I lost all my salary, and I still owe a lot of money."

Bai Su looked at her with a smile that was not a smile: "Is this what you call being a cow?"

Facing Bai Su's gaze, Liu Ji felt a little embarrassed.

Bai Su coughed lightly and said, "Forget it, I will send someone to help you pay off this gambling debt, and at the same time, I need you to do me a favor."

Liu Ji's face gradually became serious. Bai Su rarely asks her for help on weekdays, as long as he speaks, it is usually very important.

Her big peach blossom eyes rolled: "Could it be that the young master presided over the military parade?"

Bai Su was stunned: "How do you know?"

Hu Yan rolled his eyes: "Nowadays, notices from the imperial court are plastered all over the city, and no one in Xianyang now knows about it."

Although she said so, she was indeed the first group of people who knew the news.

After all, from now on, she has been on the same boat as Bai Su, and she is not a woman of noble birth and prominent connections.

If he wants to occupy Bai Su's heart for a long time, he must show the corresponding ability.

If you want to be the wife of an important minister in the court, you don't just have to wait to sleep with the master every day. You need to be a secretary and assistant during the day, and you need it at night, ahem...

In short, as a smart woman, if she wants to maintain her status for a long time, she must do her own job well.

Therefore, even though Bai Su didn't care about these things, she never slacked off, and made people pay attention to Bai Su's every move and report to her.

To ensure that no matter what happens in the future, she will be qualified to follow Bai Su on this big ship and not be left behind.

Seeing that she already knew about it, Bai Su didn't go around the topic too much.

He said bluntly: "Come here today, one is to come to see you, and the other is to say that the military parade is simple, but it is not easy to do it well. Envoys from all countries will go to Xianyang."

"If this matter is done well, it can promote the country's prestige, but if there is any mistake, it will be troublesome, so we must make full preparations..."

Liu Ji's slender eyebrows raised slightly, like a crescent moon. His fair and pretty face was unparalleled in beauty, and his seductive red lips were slightly parted, looking soul-stirring.

Sister Zheng is graceful and luxurious, with a sense of sacredness and inviolability, noble and elegant.

But Liu Ji gave people a kind of unruly, free and easy, and the unintentional charm in his eyes was quite a bit of a vixen.

Liu Ji didn't know Bai Su's thoughts. At this moment, she bit her thumbnail with her bright teeth, and said in thought: "So, this military parade is indeed a tricky thing. I don't know what your master thinks?"

Based on her understanding of Bai Su, as long as Bai Su said this, he must have already had some thoughts in his heart.

But after asking, he found that Bai Su didn't answer for a long time. Instead, he touched his chin, looked at her with a strange expression, and muttered something from time to time.

Liu Ji couldn't help but be a little curious, listened patiently, and vaguely heard Bai Su muttering: "What a pair of beautiful legs that have been exercised and firm, I won't get tired of playing for a year."

There was a seductive blush on Liu Ji's fair and pretty face.

She bit her red lips lightly with her bright teeth, looked at Bai Su with her big peach eyes, and said softly, "Do you like it, Master?"

Bai Su nodded: "Of course I like it."

Liu Ji raised the blue hair scattered between his brows, and asked with a smile, "Do you miss the day?"

"think……"

After Bai Su subconsciously finished speaking, he suddenly came to his senses, and gave Liu Ji a righteous look: "You apprentice girl, don't flirt with me and interfere with my work."

Liu Ji couldn't help rolling his eyes when he saw Bai Su's expression of justice and his eyes turning away from time to time.

She lazily sat back on the chair, with her snow-white thighs coiled up, and she placed them on the table. Her white and jade-like feet were gently shaking her wooden clogs, and she glanced at Bai Su with her big peach eyes: "Then according to what you mean, this big Parade, what should we do?"

Seeing her deliberately shaking her feet in front of him, Bai Su couldn't help but raise his eyelids.

He looked back with difficulty, and coughed lightly: "As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first, have more children, plant trees, transportation is always the most important, and many of the roads around Xianyang today were built before. "

"Today, with caravans coming from all over the place, it is not enough. Many places are narrow and the ground is dilapidated. I will stop and repair this official road first."

"Otherwise, this trade will be greatly affected. When envoys from various countries come, seeing such dilapidated official roads will also make the Central Plains lose face."

Liu Ji dragged his cheek with one hand, and looked at Bai Su with his big peach eyes: "The official road of Xianyang City has indeed gone through many vicissitudes, and it is dilapidated and needs repairing. Or strengthen it?"

"Of course... did you do it on purpose?"

Bai Su paused, and looked at Liu Ji in front of him with a strange expression.

I saw her white jade feet stretched out, sliding on Bai Su's calf.

Liu Ji blinked his big peach eyes, and said innocently, "Why can't I understand what the young master is talking about?"

Chapter 220 Three Liu Ji's Rustic Love Story

Bai Su's eyelids twitched twice, grabbed her mischievous little feet, pinched them lightly, and put wooden clogs on her smooth jade feet: "Don't... nonsense."

When Liu Ji saw Bai Su putting on his shoes gently, his big peach eyes froze for a moment, and then a faint smile appeared on his glamorous pretty face.

She slowly withdrew her jade feet, rested her chin on her hands, approached, and said, "My lord, do you want to repair the dilapidated official road? If so, I will directly ask Cao Shen to find a group of workers."

After all, she is now the No. [-] figure in the Shaofu, almost second only to Bai Su, and she also has a group of contacts from Pei County around her.

Calling a group of craftsmen over is just a matter of one sentence.

Bai Su shook his head slightly: "What I want is not an ordinary official road, but a durable official road that will not be damaged for many years."

Liu Ji was taken aback for a moment, and there was a hint of doubt in his big peach eyes: "My lord means..."

Bai Su took a deep breath and said, "I plan to pave a road with bricks."

"Brick... Brick road, are you serious, my lord?"

Liu Ji's expression froze, and he looked at Bai Su in disbelief.

Paving the road with bricks may not be a big deal in later generations, but in this era, it is simply something that one can hardly even think about.

You must know that the current blue bricks are extremely expensive, and only a few wealthy families can afford them.

Therefore, the folks have always used green bricks and green tiles to describe the mansions built by high-ranking officials, nobles and wealthy merchants.

Ordinary people use mud embryos mixed with straw to make mud bricks, which cannot be used at all.

Just using blue bricks to build a house is not a small expense;.

But now Bai Su is whimsical, and wants to use bricks to pave the road, which is like throwing a lot of copper coins on the ground.

Such a large sum of expenses, let alone a mere inner government, even the imperial court's finances, could not withstand such an expense.

It took Liu Ji a long time to come back to her senses, she swallowed her saliva, and said: "My lord, it is impossible to use green bricks to pave the road, these green bricks are specially used for repairing city walls and houses, for so many years Yes, I have never heard of anyone who used blue bricks to pave the road."

Bai Su smiled and said, "Aren't the roads in Xianyang Palace all paved with green bricks, and all the civil and military officials of the court often walk on them."

Liu Ji looked stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This one is left by the emperor, and the other is left by the common people, how can they be compared?"

But Bai Su said with a smile: "It is precisely because the common people walk, so it is even more important to build it well. The use in the palace is nothing more than the face of the emperor alone, and a convenient official road is repaired so that everyone in the world can walk. .”

"This not only demonstrates the demeanor of a great country in the Central Plains, promotes the national prestige, but also greatly improves the convenience of transportation, makes the efficiency of the caravans coming and going faster, and promotes the prosperity of trade."

"Today's contribution will be earned from more taxes in the future. As the saying goes, if you want to get it, you must first allow it."

"Think about it, the potholes, muddy and difficult roads in the past suddenly became unimpeded. The carriage was galloping all the way, and the original ten-day journey became three to five days."

"What earth-shaking changes will take place in Xianyang City, which is a trade center, and how many times will the tax revenue be doubled?"

Liu Ji bit his thumbnail and thought about it carefully. If Bai Su's idea was really followed, it would indeed be a feat that would benefit the country and the people.

After all, many medicinal materials transported from distant areas were abandoned due to heavy rains on the way, getting wet and damp.

Therefore, medicinal materials are scarce in the city, and the price has become high.

If the transportation is convenient, and a large amount of medicinal herbs can be transported more conveniently, then the price will naturally be much cheaper when the people in the city buy medicine for medical treatment.

Situations like this are countless.

After pondering for a long time, she raised her head and looked at Bai Su: "Young master is indeed right, but paving the road with blue bricks is really expensive."

"It will cost more than 2 yuan just to lay a [-]-mile road. It would be better if it is only built in the city, but if we build a few more."

"I'm afraid the finances won't last. I wonder how many miles of official roads the young master plans to build?"

Bai Su stroked his chin and murmured: "Not much, let's go for three thousand miles first."

Liu Ji slipped his cheek-dragging hands, and fell flat on the table with a "bang".

She got up and looked at Bai Su blankly, seeing that he looked serious and didn't mean to be joking, her eyelids twitched twice.

Also... I really don't take money as money.

To build three thousand miles, the cost of the blue bricks alone is more than 200 million guan, plus other expenses, it is unimaginable.

Liu Ji's slender eyebrows frowned, bit his red lips lightly, and said, "My lord, isn't the three thousand miles too long?"

Bai Su curled his lips in disdain: "Three thousand miles is nothing. At present, such a short road is only temporarily paved for the military parade. In the future, roads will continue to be paved every year."

"Strive to fully connect the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the Protectorate of Beiting with the Central Plains, and reduce the original one-month journey of dispatching troops and horses by more than half."

"At that time, the potential of mobilization in the Central Plains can be truly brought into play. If one place is in trouble, all parties will support it."

"Whether it is war or disaster relief, we will remain invincible..."

Liu Ji looked at the eloquent Bai Su, his big peach eyes froze. I have to say that Bai Su's idea was too crazy.

Indeed, if it is carried out according to Bai Su's idea, then Xianyang's ability to control the county system and the influence of remote areas will be unprecedentedly improved, and there will be immeasurable benefits.

But again, the price to pay is too high.

If green bricks are used to pave the road, it is tantamount to throwing out nearly [-]% of the imperial court's tax revenue every year, and it will not be recovered in a short time.

No matter how you look at it, it is a loss-making business, and it is difficult to maintain in the long run.

Liu Ji swallowed his saliva, and asked tentatively: "Young master, have you discussed such a big matter with His Majesty? After all, such a big expense, if something goes wrong, I... I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my head what."

Bai Su smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty has already entrusted me to personally supervise everything. Other officials won't say anything. As for the expenses, I also have a countermeasure, which can reduce the cost to five cents." one."

Liu Jida's peachy eyes couldn't help being stunned: "Five...one fifth, how is this possible."

Bai Su said: "If you use blue bricks, the price is indeed high, because the production process of blue bricks is cumbersome, the efficiency is very slow, and the output is very low, so it is difficult to lower the price. However, we can use other bricks, such as red bricks... ..."

"Red brick, what is that?" Liu Ji was taken aback.

Bai Su lightly rolled up his sleeves, picked up an ink pen, spread rice paper on the table, and said while writing: "This red brick is fired in another way, and the hardness of the brick is not worse than that of the green brick. How many."

"However, the production process is much simpler, and the firing is convenient. Not only is the efficiency fast, but the cost is also extremely low. It cannot be used as a material for large-scale projects."

"I'll write down the firing recipe for you. You go and call the craftsmen to do it boldly. As for the court, I will greet His Majesty."

Liu Ji took the house that Bai Su handed over, looked down, and couldn't help exclaiming: "My lord, you really are a genius, you can actually come up with such a wonderful method."