The Huns envoy is expected to arrive in Xianyang within three days. Everyone in Xianyang has been preparing quickly.
Presided over by Feng Chang, officials of all sizes are arranging the reception arrangements.
It must be dignified but not overbearing. It must be majestic but not reckless. It is necessary to be intimidating but also to appear kind.
Fengchang's head was big. He regretted it now. When Li Xin proposed to kill the envoy, he should have agreed with both hands.
Just one stab and it's all over. How worry-free is that?
In addition to Feng Chang being busy, Wang Wan is also busy. He must supervise the bet between Wang Li and Li Shui. And this bet will last for three months. This is a protracted battle.
On the one hand, he is the alchemist who the emperor has high hopes for, and on the other hand, he is an important minister who has been a general for three generations. Wang Wan hasn't been eating well or sleeping well these days, for fear of something going wrong.
In order to show his fairness, Wang Wan invited a group of important officials to visit the fertile fields of Wang Li and Li Shui to show that he was absolutely unselfish.
Everyone arrived at Wang Li's farmland first.
This thousand acres of fertile land is first-class fertile land. There are abundant water and grass and fertile soil. It seems that Wang Li worked very hard to win this bet.
The courtiers saw that Wang Wan had arranged many soldiers around the thousand acres of fertile land.
Every fifty steps, a soldier with a spear in hand stood guard. Surround the fertile fields.
In addition, there are two centurions patrolling back and forth day and night.
In this way, there would be no way for Xiaoxiao to sneak in and sabotage, and Wang Li would never be able to cheat by hiding some grain secretly in the fields.
The courtiers all nodded and praised Prime Minister Wang for his careful conduct.
Many people looked far into the distance and saw dozens of farmers working intensively in the fields.
Wang Wan said: "There are only ten households with fifty people in Huaiguzi's farmland. To show fairness, there are only fifty people in Wangli's farmland. In the past three months, they have lived and fed in this field. , No private entry or exit is allowed.”
The courtiers nodded in praise.
But they didn't know that the fifty people Wang Li found were not local tenant farmers at all. Instead, they were Litian officials drawn from various places.
The so-called Litian official means someone who has experience in farming, is diligent and shrewd, and is physically strong. Every autumn harvest, he can harvest more food than others. In order to express recognition, the official position was awarded.
In other words, the people who work in Wangli's fields are all good at growing crops.
After viewing Wang Li's farmland, the courtiers went to Lishui's farmland again.
Li Shui's farmland was also surrounded by soldiers arranged by Wang Wan, and everything seemed fair.
The courtiers looked from a distance and saw that Lishui's farmland had been dug into pits. As far as the eye could see, there were ravines everywhere.
Many courtiers laughed: "How can such a farmland have a good harvest? Not to mention that only half of the crops are planted. Even if the crops are fully planted, there will be no good harvest."
At this time, a dark-skinned farmer came over and asked respectfully: "Sir, I am the gatekeeper here. Do you want to visit the fields?"
This old man is actually Cano. Li Shui saw that he was too old and frail to do the work of making stone mills, so he simply let him lead a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people and became the administrator here.
The courtiers looked at Cano and felt a little strange, and laughed: "It's just a few pieces of farmland, but there is still a gatekeeper."
They all looked at Wang Wan.
Wang Wan smiled slightly and said: "Since you are here, let's take a tour and see what is special about Mr. Huai's farmland. As long as you don't disturb the crops in the field, it doesn't matter."
So the courtiers all expressed that they wanted to go in and have a look.
Aangfu cleared his throat and said: "Visit the farmland, one hundred ren per person."
"What? You're just looking at the farmland, and you still have to pay?" The courtiers were a little stunned: "Isn't this Sophora Millet a little too shameless?"
They don't want to pay. It's not that I can't afford the one hundred Qin Banliang, but I don't want to be taken advantage of.
But if the court officials don't pay, Ji Ming must pay. He came here today just to inquire about Li Shui's movements, and he would have to report back to the emperor later.
So Ji Ming gritted his teeth and took out a hundred Qin Banliang.
Cano took it with a smile.
The others saw that a eunuch had entered. If they didn't go, they might be suspected of being stingy. I had to pay and go in.
As soon as everyone entered, they heard a burst of shouting from behind: "We also want to see Mr. Huai, why don't you let me in? Isn't it just a hundred Qin half liang? We have already handed it over. .”
The courtier looked back and found a group of alchemists, red-faced and thick-necked, arguing with Cang Fu's people.
The people under Cang Fu are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there is no way they can stop these alchemists. Fortunately, these alchemists did not dare to offend Li Shui, so they did not dare to break in.
The courtiers were a little speechless. Are these alchemists obsessed? Three to five days later, Huai Guzi beat him up, and he still shamelessly came over to him. It's really insulting to gentlemen.
I saw Cano slowly take out a wooden sign from his body and said: "This is my master's order, and there is nothing I can do about it."
Cano was illiterate and took down the wooden sign. But everyone present still recognized the words on the wooden sign: Huaiguzi and other alchemists are incompatible with each other.
Courtiers, you look at me and I look at you, we are all a little curious, why are Huaiguzi and the other alchemists so hostile?
The alchemist outside the door said with a bitter face: "We sincerely pay homage to Master Huai. I hope that you will be magnanimous and ignore past grudges."
Cano turned the sign over again, revealing another line of words: The alchemist has entered, and he will receive 10,000 copper coins.
The courtiers all laughed: What a stalemate, it turned out to be just to charge more money.
The alchemists were silent for a while, and wanted to leave dejectedly. No one would carry 10,000 copper coins for nothing, and they couldn't afford the entrance fee today.
Who knew that Cang Fu had already expected this and said, "My master has given orders, and you can pay on credit."
The alchemists immediately became energetic. They all wrote the IOUs and handed them to Cano. Then he followed the courtiers.
Free admission is different from paid admission. Now that I've paid the money, I still feel a little bit at a loss if I don't transfer this thousand acres of fertile land.
But this thousand acres of land is huge. Halfway there, Ji Ming suddenly felt a little anxious.
He found a secluded place and unbuttoned his pants for convenience.
As a result, Cano said: "Sir, don't use this place. There is a toilet over there."
Ji Ming looked up and saw a hut, so he hurried over.
Not only did Ji Ming go, but several anxious courtiers also followed him.
Who knew that the hut was locked, and there was a child holding a key in one hand and a wooden sign in the other: going to the toilet, one hundred copper coins per person.
Ji Ming cursed: "Such a profiteer goes too far to deceive others."
He turned around and tried to find a corner. Unexpectedly, the child turned over the wooden sign and revealed another line of words: Convenience anywhere, fine of one thousand copper coins.
Ji Ming was about to cry: "Is there any more King's Law? Is the Law of Qin still valid here?"
While Ji Ming was wailing, a courtier hurriedly paid the copper coins and got into the hut.
Ji Ming really cried this time: "Is there still a first-come-first-served basis?"
When the courtier came out of the toilet, he saw that Ji Ming's pants were already wet. I am writing an IOU for a thousand Qin Banliang to my child.
