I don't want to be king

Chapter 197

With the butcher's hands behind his back, he wandered around the gate of the women's prison, looking inside from time to time.

Seeing a female catcher coming out quickly, she hurried forward and said, "Miss, where is my daughter, why didn't she come out?"

The female catcher quickly shook her head and said, "I conveyed it for you, but your daughter didn't see you and said she was busy.

You, better wait until she is free next time. "

"What?"

The butcher was so angry that he jumped three feet high, "Don't you see me?

What kind of words are these! "

The female catcher quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I've delivered the message, I don't care if I don't see you."

Then he continued to stand upright on duty at the door.

"Hey, it really is a girl who can't help her father!"

The butcher was exasperated.

The changes in Baiyun City over the years have been too great, especially on the south bank of the West River, where he rarely came here. Unexpectedly, he became confused after coming here.

There are residential houses and workshops everywhere, one after another, avenues and alleys, one after another.

After finally finding him, my daughter didn't see him!
Angry people not angry people!
If it weren't for the two third-rank female arresters standing at the door, he really wanted to break in, so as to scold his daughter!
It's too unconscionable to drag a handful of shit and urine to become an enemy.

He looked up at the female supervisor again, but in desperation, he could only turn around angrily and leave.

When passing the Xijiang Bridge, I stood on the bridge and lit a cigarette, watching the big boats and small boats on the Xijiang River, loading and unloading goods, thinking that the box might be gold or silver.

It's better than selling meat by yourself.

But besides killing pigs and selling meat, what else can I do?

Sighing, he put the cigarette stick in his belt, and slowly continued walking home with his hands behind his back.

Passing by the main square of Baiyun City, it was as lively as ever.

Just north of the square is a huge wooden platform. For the Sanhe Guards, this is the commanding platform. Every time He Jixiang or Shen Chu goes on an expedition, they always have to say something to the soldiers below and the residents of Baiyun City. A word of encouragement.

For the chief secretary, this is the guillotine, where all criminals who committed capital crimes are beheaded for public display.

In normal times, it is the place for those who sing operas, storytellers, and jugglers.

The price of each hour is different, and the most expensive one is at night. Only those opera performers from the north are willing to spend [-] copper coins to rent it for two hours.

The price before the sun goes down is not cheap. At the moment, it is being occupied by Nanzhou opera singers. There are circles and circles of people below. Most of them are refugees from Nanzhou. After all, it is sung in Nanzhou dialect. The locals are still from Yuezhou and Hongzhou, so they can't understand a word.

Young and old, the applause continued.

The iron plate on which the reward money was collected was rattled by copper coins one after another.

Seeing that the iron plate was about to reach him, the butcher turned around and left.

There was also a circle of people around the bulletin board in the southeast corner of the square.

Out of curiosity, he also squeezed past.

Although he was illiterate, he still kept his eyes wide open to the black and white words on the bulletin board.

"What do you mean this is?"

He poked an acquaintance next to him with his hand, Sun Laizi who specializes in making baskets.

Cripple Sun is in his forties, and his whole body is so dry that he can't pinch flesh with his hands. The only thing that stands out is the beard he specially grew after he became rich.

He stroked his beard and said with a smile, "An announcement from the Yamen."

Rolling the butcher's eyes, he said angrily, "Nonsense, of course I know it's an announcement. What did it say?"

Sun Laizi said, "The yamen asked everyone to reclaim the swampland in the east. Whoever reclaims the wasteland will own it. You can apply for house and land deeds."

Jiang Butcher's eyes lit up and said, "Is there such a good thing?"

Sanhe has a vast land and rich resources. Generally speaking, as long as it is unowned land, no one cares about how you want to farm the land or build houses.

However, Baiyun City is different. With the development of the past two years, there are more and more people, and Baiyun City is constantly expanding. Where there are roads, there are houses, fields, and people.

Everyone wants to live in a prosperous place, the closer to the city, the better.

It's not that you have to run more than [-] miles to make soy sauce.

The land in Baiyun City is very tight now, without the approval of the chief secretary, it is difficult to build a house.

Now there is only the mud flat on the east side that has not been developed, and it is less than ten miles away from the chief secretary's yamen.

"It's not that easy,"

Lame Sun smiled and said, "In the muddy ground, people and horses sink in without showing their heads, how much soil do you have to transport to fill it up?
Labor and carriage fees are all money, and if you open an acre of land, you can get a tael of silver! "

The butcher sighed, "That's true. I don't have any family background. I really can't make a fuss."

Most of the other people also thought the same way. With that kind of skill, it doesn't count to go over Baiyun Mountain to the west, and the large stretches of wasteland will be solved once they are burned.

Reclaim the swamp?
Thankless!
But within two days, when a large number of craftsmen and peasants continued to build roads to the east, the people of Sanhe finally couldn't sit still.

It is said that this is the road from west to east, directly leading to the estuary of the Xijiang River.

With roads, what does that mean?
Sanhe people who have benefited from building roads understand it very well!
It's done!

The people of Sanhe began to drag their families, lead mules, and drive donkeys to open up wasteland with the road construction team.

Sitting on the root of a big tree, Lin Yi looked at the land reclamation teams one after another not far away, and said with emotion, "The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the world is full of hustle and bustle, all for profit."

"It's really a wise saying!"

The longer Shan Qi spends with this Prince He, the more he admires this Prince He!

It is right to say that he is ignorant, but he often has amazing words!

One sentence can reveal the essence of all things.

"Hey, I'm still too poor,"

Lin Yi sighed, "Otherwise, I will build another bridge on the Xijiang River."

The Xijiang Bridge in front of us can no longer meet the demand.

If the two sides of the Xijiang River want to develop together, they must rebuild the bridge.

"After a while, the Shibo Department will escort 10 taels of silver over,"

Shan Qi smiled and said, "At that time, the urgent need can be relieved."

"For the 10 taels, keep 1 taels to pay off the debt,"

Lin Yi said helplessly, "Every family will give a little, mainly to tell them that the king has not forgotten this debt, so it is easy to borrow and pay back, and it is not difficult to borrow again."

Shan Qi couldn't help but said, "Sanhe Bank can also transfer a little money."

"No, Sanhe Bank will be a hen that lays eggs sooner or later,"

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Killing the chicken to get the eggs is boring.

Is the gold mine in Jinjishan still unable to make ends meet? "

He never thought that he could lose money by opening a gold mine!

If you spend all your vain money every month, you can only get a little gold dust!
"Forgive me, my lord. The mine in Jinji Mountain is a poor mine, and it is not easy to mine."

Shan Qi bowed her head and remained silent.

Lin Yifa said ruthlessly, "Let's contract it out, it's a loser if you keep it, open bidding, and whoever offers the highest price will give it to him."

It's better than smashing it in your own hands.

"Your Highness is wise!"

Shan Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

It was very hot outside, Lin Yi didn't want to stay longer, so he went straight back.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the palace, they saw Ye Qiu and Jiang Sixi. The master and apprentice stared at each other without saying a word.

Lin Yi smiled, ignored the master and apprentice, and went in directly.

After Jiang Sixi waited for Lin Yi to enter, tears rolled down his face, and he cried, "Master, you must avenge your apprentice!

This Han Deqing beat his apprentice, isn't that slapping Master, you old man in the face!

I didn't pay attention to you at all. "

"waste."

It took a long time for these two words to pop out of Ye Qiu's mouth.

"Master!"

Jiang Sixi knelt down, snotted and cried, "Master, you are ashamed!"

"From today onwards, I will officially teach you the evil sword technique for my teacher!"

Ye Qiu said flatly, "After you finish your studies, you can go anywhere in the world."

"what"

Jiang Sixi's cries became louder, "Tu'er thinks I'm such a jerk, Master Han's beating woke up Tu'er.

Tu'er thinks it's better not to argue too much with him. "

After speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

He is a regular wife and two concubines, if he has practiced the evil sword technique, how can he be a husband in the future!
(End of this chapter)