Domineering husband

Chapter 191-195

Chapter 191

"How much money would that cost!"

Li Liang clicked his tongue.

Pingcheng is so big!

"Brother, you also said before that Wangshan Town has 100 acres of first-class farmland. Every time you go there, you have to walk for two days in a bullock cart. If you want to transport the grain there, it will take even more time. A long time."

"But if the cement road is built, the time spent will definitely be reduced by half, and it will be convenient to transport food." "

For the convenience of our own family, it costs a little money. Besides, this mortar is actually cheaper than adobe bricks." It's cheap. Even if all the roads in the county are repaired, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."

Li Qiao knew that Li Liang felt sorry for the taels of silver, but he didn't feel it just now, but after thinking about it now, he felt that the road had to be repaired .

From now on, Li Liangwang Osmanthus will settle in Shengjing, and the fields in Sanliu Village will be mainly taken care of by Li Gu, the second uncle.

Li Gu is not young anymore, is it possible that every time he goes to Wangshan Town, he has to ride a bullock cart for two days?

He is not without money.

This road must be repaired.

Hearing this, Li Liang frowns and can still kill mosquitoes, but he has already agreed.

"Oh, forget it, you earned the money anyway, as long as you don't feel bad, then I won't talk nonsense.

" It must be refurbished to be comfortable and convenient."

"When I retire and return home, brother Zhu and I will definitely go back, not to mention how long it will be, but it will definitely be for a while."

"At that time, brother Zhu and I will go to inspect our fields, but we are old at that time, and our bones will definitely not be able to withstand the bumpy dirt road. So this road will have to be repaired sooner or later.

" The house, he and Tao Zhu's happy hometown, will definitely go back and have a look in this lifetime.

Li Qiao's words pierced Li Liang's heart, and his brows finally relaxed.

Although he and Wang Guihua decided to stay in Beijing, Sanliu Village is where he grew up, and there are still a bunch of relatives there, so he will go back and take a look in the future.

"You can fix it if you want, it's up to you to decide." He said to Li Qiao.

"Okay, I will report to the Holy Majesty tomorrow."

As a loyal and pure minister who has no secrets in front of Sheng Hong, Li Qiao will report to Sheng Hong first for any big moves.

Seeing that Li Qiao had decided such a big matter in a few words, Meng Yue couldn't help being envious, it's nice to be rich!

"Brother Li, what about me? I also want to do something for my fellow villagers."

"You can build the road from your village to the county seat, but I won't compete with you for this road." Li Qiao said with a smile.

"Success, that's it."

Meng Yue readily agreed.

With his current savings, building this road is enough.

Seeing that Li Qiao had made up his mind, Zhuang Fengshou thought for a while, and then said: "The whole Pingcheng is quite rich now, such a big thing as road construction is not only convenient for your family, but in my opinion, it is like building adobe brick roads. Generally speaking, let everyone donate spontaneously."

"No matter how much you donate, we welcome it. It's all voluntary."

"Well, village chief, I know you are doing it for my own good, but with my current prestige, as long as you call, every household will definitely donate. In case someone thinks it doesn't matter whether the road is built or not, and is unwilling to donate, but is forced by me If I have to donate money because of my power, then these people will definitely resent me in their hearts."

Li Qiao didn't want to take money out of other people's pockets. Before that, he and Tao Zhu quietly donated money to the disaster-stricken government in the south, just because they didn't want other officials to be punished. Forced to donate.

Donations are purely voluntary.

Not everyone wants to build roads.

Just like the news he read in his previous life, even if the government builds roads for free, some people are unwilling for many reasons.

That being the case, he might as well fix it himself.

"You, I've never seen a baby like you."

Zhuang Fengshou couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, Li Qiao had no power or influence, he was cautious in doing things, and he always considered the villagers. This is the past.

Now that he is a third-rank official, he still considers and takes care of every fellow as much as possible in his actions. To be honest, he has lived his whole life and has gone through two dynasties. This is the first time he has seen such an official.

"That's right, Brother Li always remembers the hardships of the people at the bottom. There are indeed not many such good officials."

Meng Yue couldn't help but said.

"That's not true. Some time ago, Zhang Laosan and others really slapped me in the face. Don't praise me, come on, come on, and continue to play cards."

Li Qiao said, grabbed another card, and greeted Several people at the poker table continued.

"You didn't do it on purpose."

Meng Yue also grabbed the card: "You are young, so it's normal for you not to worry occasionally."

"What's the matter with Zhang Laosan?" Zhuang Fengshou asked curiously.

"It's the Royal Logistics that robbed..." Zhuang Wen immediately popularized science for his father.

Zhuang Fengshou, Li Liang, and Meng's father were a little bit embarrassed when they heard that, so there was such a thing.

Even in Shengjing, the life of the common people at the bottom is not easy.

"It's better to be in the village. Your own land is your own, and you won't be robbed of your job."

Father Meng couldn't help but said.

"Yes." Zhuang Fengshou agreed deeply.

When he returns to the village, he must publicize Shengjing's difficulties.

As the head of Sanliu Village, he naturally hopes that the villagers will become more and more prosperous, but he must also be down-to-earth, and don't think that everything is fine when he mentions Shengjing.

The group of people in the village who are willing to go out to do business have a longing for Shengjing.

But how many people in the village can afford the house price in Shengjing?

A small house in the north of the city cost thousands of taels, and it was so small that it didn't look like it was in a village. As long as it didn't exceed the range designated by the imperial court, you could repair the house as you wanted.

Of course, the price of houses in the south and west of the city is low, but Li Qiao is in the east and north of the city. If he crosses the district to work in Li's shop every day and walks, it will take more than two hours to go back and forth.

Just like today, he and the Meng family rode an ox cart from the north to the east of the city, and it took half an hour.

It's still convenient when you live in a village. Everyone lives in the same village, and if you want to visit, you can walk a few steps anytime, anywhere.

When eating, you can also squat in front of your own house with a bowl or wander to other people's houses to chat while eating.

But in Shengjing, in Li Qiao's current house, he had to take an ox cart just to get from the East Second Courtyard to the West Second Courtyard.

This kind of high-ranking family, deep house and compound, people from the village are absolutely tied up.

As for his dealer, although they and the Meng family are both in the north of the city, they are separated by a few streets, so it is not easy to drop in once.

In addition to living, there are daily expenses.

When I was in the village, the vegetables were grown in my own vegetable field, and the grain and cotton were also grown in my own fields. As long as I didn't pay attention to it, I didn't need to spend any money on food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But when we arrived in Shengjing, we needed to spend money to buy meat and vegetables, and the key price was higher than when we were in the village.

There is also the education of children. The cost of studying in Shengjing is much higher than that in the village.

Therefore, even with Li Qiao as a backer, the days after entering Beijing would not be as comfortable as being in the village.

Nowadays, every household in the village is regarded as a landlord.

Letting go of being a good landlord, he ran all the way to Shengjing, lived alone in the south and west of the city, far away from relatives and friends, was busy across districts every day, and couldn't see Li Qiao for a few days, and even if he did, he had to be respectful. Respectfully call Master Li.

He felt that such a day was not worth it.

After returning to the village, he must clearly explain his interests to the villagers so as not to regret it in the future.

As the head of the village, Zhuang Fengshou, even when he came to Shengjing, was always concerned about the villagers and many affairs in the village.

Naturally, Li Qiao also cared about Sanliu Village.

He originally planned to mention the road construction to Sheng Hong after the next day, but unexpectedly, Da Sheng, who had been calm for a long time, suddenly had a big event.

This year, the weather was cold early, and it snowed before winter, and after winter, it was dry and cold every day.

This is the case in Shengjing, and it will naturally be colder in Shengjing to the north.

In the middle of the night last night, Sheng Hong received a report that three days ago a team of Hu Qi went south and ran to the border of Dasheng, burned, killed and looted, causing more than a hundred people to be killed or injured at the border.

In the last years of the former dynasty, the Hu people took advantage of the war and often went south to plunder the population and property. After the establishment of Dasheng, the Hu people continued to go south to wreak havoc. Sheng Jun led his troops to fight against the Hu people in the north. They fought against the Hu people for more than ten years and completely defeated them. up.

But I didn't expect the other party to invade the border again now.

In the early morning, Sheng Hong's complexion was very bad.

Since he came to the throne, there has been no war in Dasheng, not even an uprising by Xiaobo's people.

Now the barbarians from the north suddenly came to the door, and the border garrison was caught off guard, and they rushed into the border town, not only killing many people, but also looting some property.

waste!

Sheng Hong was angry, and many officials in the court were also angry. The Dasheng country is rich and powerful, and now the barbarians are rushing to the door, so naturally they have to fight back.

The sixth prince is the main combat faction, and he thinks that it should be the same as before. If these barbarians are scared and hurt, then it will be considered a relief.

The Seventh Prince felt that the defense of the border town should be strengthened, and the barbarian came to rob it just after winter, and when the weather got colder, the barbarian would definitely come again.

Next time, we can't let the barbarians hurt the common people and go away easily.

As for taking the initiative to attack, the current situation is unknown, and he thinks that the situation should be ascertained first.

Throughout the dynasties, the Hu people often went south, but no dynasty or generation could completely exterminate the Hu people. Before Sheng Jun fought with the Hu people for more than ten years, it took a while to stop the Hu people.

The Seventh Prince felt that the most important thing was to strengthen the defense of the border town so that the Hu people could come and go.

It is not necessary to go north and go deep into the hinterland of the Hu people.

The other princes all supported the seventh prince.

Many ministers in the court also supported the Seventh Prince.

But there are also people who support the sixth prince.

Dasheng hurt his face, he should withdraw it immediately, otherwise it will damage the national prestige.

After arguing for half an hour, Sheng Hong finally made a decision. He agreed with the Seventh Prince. He should strengthen the defense of the border city while finding out the situation.

Sheng Hong adopted the advice of the seventh prince, and the sixth prince's face was not very good.

After going to court, he went to Qiuxian Hall on purpose to try to change Sheng Hong's mind.

Sheng Hong didn't change his mind, so he could only resign with a depressed face.

Sheng Hong's complexion was also not good, so Li Qiao could only temporarily put aside the road construction, and diligently acted as his ghostwriter, handling the memorial for Sheng Hong.

All day long, Sheng Hong has been looking at Huren's information.

Li Qiao watched from the side, a little sighed in his heart, although Sheng Hong was an emperor, he was very well protected by Sheng Jun. Before he ascended the throne, Sheng Jun cleared away all obstacles for him. Corrupt officials.

Now that there was finally a barbarian invasion of the border that could be called a major event, Sheng Hong was a little flustered.

But Sheng Hong's strategy is correct.

Just like what the Seventh Prince said, in all dynasties and dynasties, ethnic minorities from the north have migrated southward, but no dynasty or generation can exterminate these ethnic minorities by force.

Most of them are integration, allowing ethnic minorities to integrate into the Han nationality.

Now that the situation is unclear, one must be more cautious.

Soon it was Li Qiao's off-duty time. After a busy day, Sheng Hong searched through the previous documents and summoned the ministers to ask questions.

However, this year's military spending will definitely increase.

Just now, he felt that the financial pressure had been relieved a lot, but in the end, he added new expenses. He looked at Li Qiao with a serious face: "Li Aiqing, the head of the household department of yours has recently used his brains to increase some income for the treasury. They got into a fight with the barbarians, and they have to spend money everywhere."

"...Yes."

Li Qiao replied.

"Forget it, let's start selling stucco to the common people." Sheng Hong said again.

Although the price of stucco is cheap, the cost is also low. If enough people buy it, it can still make money.

Li Qiao was about to respond again when a young eunuch came in outside to report:

The sixth prince is here again.

Sheng Hong has not yet decided who to send to the border for reinforcements, so the sixth prince recommends himself, wanting to go to the border to seek justice for Dasheng's wronged soul.

Sheng Hong refused.

Where is it worth the prince to go to the front line?

Dasheng's generals are enough to guard the border.

Seeing that the sixth prince could not make Sheng Hong change his mind, he could only leave again with a depressed expression on his face.

Seeing this, Sheng Hong sighed proudly: "It's great that the young man has such courage. But there are so many good generals in Da Sheng, and he doesn't need to take risks.

" I admire you."

Li Qiao immediately followed his words and boasted.

But being an emperor is not only about courage, but also being cautious. When fighting wars, it is not only about money, but also about people.

Anyone who fights must die. Isn't the life of an ordinary soldier his life?

Judging from Gao Zhiyuan's reaction, it seems that the sixth prince won the throne in his previous life, and he and the sixth prince had a big difference in opinion on how to treat the common people.

However, what is the result of the Hu people going south this time?

The sixth prince wants to go to the front line, so it must be that the sixth prince succeeds in the end and makes military achievements, right?

If this is the case, then the sixth prince will leave the other princes behind.

Sheng Hong's second question has not come out yet, but as an emperor, at least he can protect his country and people. If the sixth prince really made military achievements, then Sheng Hong's heart must be biased towards the sixth prince.

Li Qiao was a little anxious, but Sheng Hong sent generals to the border town on the third day, and good news soon came that the Hu people really went south again, wanting to enter the border town.

As a result, the generals guarding the frontier came to catch the turtle in the urn, and caught them all.

Now Li Qiao felt relieved.

At this time, it has entered the twelfth lunar month.

It's New Year's Eve again.