The hottest period has passed, but the afternoon sun is still bright.
Xiong Wuliang lay lazily on the rocking chair, leisurely enjoying the massage from Xiaoyi's green-white hands.
This is the meaning of life!
Xiaoyi looked at Xiong Wuliang with twinkling eyes. Xiong Wuliang found it funny and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you know me?"
Xiaoyi blushed and shook her head, but still stared at Xiong Wuliang in curiosity.
After a while, Xiaoyi burst into laughter: "I remembered how lazy you were when I first met you."
"I didn't expect that in just a few years, the young master would already be famous all over the world..."
As Xiaoyi spoke, she looked up and down at Xiong Wuliang, as if she was seeing the latter for the first time.
Xiong Wuliang smiled, and being able to get such admiration from a beautiful woman was enough to make any normal man feel happy - Xiong Wuliang was not a saint, he had not yet escaped from vulgar taste, and of course he was still not able to tolerate favors and humiliations.
Just when he was about to start bragging, Ying Zhuo's graceful body floated over, glanced at Xiong Wuliang with some confusion, and said reluctantly: "As you requested, everything is packed."
Xiong Wuliang was refreshed and jumped up from the rocking chair.
Ying Zhuo, this little barbarian, is still in such good shape!
Xiong Wuliang came to the kitchen and saw that a large piece of mutton chop had been neatly prepared, and he couldn't help but move his index finger!
Xiaobai and Yingzhuo were at the side, peeling off the skin of the juicy and crispy single-headed wild garlic and slicing it into thin slices.
Heat the oil in the pan, then throw the garlic slices in, and they will soon become fragrant.
Throw the lamb chops in and fry for a while, then turn over and sprinkle with salt...the lamb chops will turn golden and fragrant.
Xiong Wuliang, Xiaoyi, Xiaobai, Yingzhuo...including Xiaohei who was serving firewood next to him, each got a huge piece of mutton chop. Xiong Wuliang secretly sighed that it was a pity that there was no black pepper. After all, it still lacked a soul.
But fortunately, there is also an unnamed fern that has a spicy taste. If you crush it and sprinkle it on, it can be regarded as a substitute for black pepper.
Take a sip, it is so fragrant... Then take a sip of cold tea to remove the oil and refresh your mind.
Not salty, not bland, it tastes really good.
Xiong Wuliang took a long breath and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction - surrounded by beauties and delicious food, this is the life that Marquis Quyang dreamed of!
Damn Qin!
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After a good meal, the sun was already setting in the west, and Xiong Wuliang remembered that he had to go see Qu Yuan.
After being separated for more than half a year, all the government affairs in the fiefdom were handled by the unfortunate old Qu Yuan. I guess this old man was very tired.
Xiong Wuliang walked into the study, raised his hands to Qu Yuan and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Qu Yuan. How are you?"
Qu Yuan put down the letter in his hand, returned the greeting to Xiong Wuliang, and then said with a smile: "I'm glad to hear that the Lord has been worshiped as Grand Sima by the king!"
Xiong Wuliang did not choose to stay in Yingdu to be busy with military affairs, but instead entrusted Qu Ping with the official duties of Grand Sima and returned to the fief himself... Qu Yuan was very appreciative.
now it's right!
If Xiong Liang, Marquis of Quyang, is in his fief, he is the king of a country.
But if you are the chief minister of Yingdu, you can only be regarded as a minister of King Huai of Chu.
Qu Yuan worked hard and finally moved Xiong Wuliang to the ruling class. He was waiting for the opportunity of "change in the world" to push Xiong Wuliang to the position of King of Chu... At this time, if Xiong Wuliang went to help Mr. Mi Huai Qu Yuan would probably be so angry that he would have a brain hemorrhage if he worked honestly as a laborer.
The two exchanged a few unhelpful words, and Qu Yuan briefly introduced the current situation of the fiefdom——
Xiong Wuliang brought back a lot of wealth from this expedition.
When he first attacked Qinan, Xiong Wuliang broke through Jucheng and transported back a large amount of supplies.
Then he attacked the Song Dynasty and took 30% of the Song Dynasty's treasury as his own.
All in all, the total value exceeded one hundred thousand gold.
This is a huge sum of money!
It is roughly equivalent to the annual fiscal revenue of the entire Chu State.
Such a huge sum of money has injected a lot of blood into the fiefdom... Now the fiefdom is extremely rich.
The progress of various projects has been greatly improved because of sufficient funds.
Quyang, Ping'a and Shansang counties have completed the construction of cement roads with huge financial support. Especially Shansang County in the north has always been a poor county with a sparse population due to its mountainous terrain and impassable roads.
Now the trade route to the newly conquered Song Dynasty of Chu State has been opened, and a large amount of profits can be obtained through trade.
Ping'a's commercial port has also been vigorously engaged in construction. The entire commercial port has basically been completed and is expected to be used for at least a hundred years!
The amount of money and cargo handled by the commercial port every day is astronomical, and the constant flow of ships to and from the Huaihe River has stimulated the three counties under Xiong Wuliang's rule to become extremely prosperous, and has become the most prosperous business and travel place in the world.
Of course, there are also things that give Qu Yuan a headache -
There is no shortage of anything in the fief, except for metal ore raw materials and various types of livestock.
As for livestock, the most important ones are cattle and war horses!
These are Song Zhe's key purchasing goals.
Hu merchants and Zhao merchants from the north traveled thousands of miles to come here, and the most valuable things they could get were all kinds of livestock, furs, and northern herbs.
These northern specialties are considered rare in Chu State.
Looking at the Qin State again, since Shang Yang's reform, the emphasis was on agriculture and suppressed business. There were very few wealthy merchants from the Qin State...but there were also many businessmen from the Qin State who came all the way to sell Qin wine.
Qin wine is famous for its sharp taste, and is obsessed with wine lovers. Unfortunately, Qin State attaches great importance to food, and winemaking is prohibited among the people, so the quantity of Qin wine is very small... These Qin wines are all expensive when they are resold in the fiefdom. of luxury goods.
As for Korean business travelers, their eyes were reddened by the huge profits. They took desperate measures and risked their lives to smuggle expensive iron ore.
These things were purchased by Song Zhe without reservation, in exchange for industrial products such as ceramics, cloth, brocade, arrows... Of course, there is now a surplus of food in the fiefdom, and the surplus food is also one of the main export materials.
It is not an exaggeration to say that under the rule of Xiong Wuliang, the three counties made a fortune due to trade.
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Xiong Wuliang was very satisfied after listening to Qu Yuan's explanation.
The massive investment in the early stage has finally paid off!
His own fiefdom is harvesting the whole world through trade.
No matter how much you invest now, you will be rewarded hundreds and thousands of times in the future!
"Now Zhongli County is also classified as the fiefdom of this prince. Now there is no shortage of money and silk in the warehouse. We must start the construction of Zhongli County as soon as possible." Xiong Wuliang warned.
"Of course, the most important thing right now is to absorb more foreign residents!"
Qu Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "My lord, I don't know something - the things mentioned above are of no importance."
"The most important thing is today's 'Quyang Academy'! It's really changing with each passing day!"
"Huang Xie is truly a great talent!"
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