Zhu Gaoxu and Li Xiao walked towards the outside of the house.
On the way, a voice came to Li Xiao's ear.
【Ding! Zhu Ningyun's favorability towards you is +1, and the current favorability level is: 75. 】
"Haha... Ningyun is watching me silently in Yong'an Pavilion."
"The favorability level has reached 75, which has reached the budding stage of love between a man and a woman."
"But...it seems that the favorability level seems to be getting harder and harder to increase later on."
Li Xiao looked happy.
I was thinking about how to increase my favorability to 99 and receive a big gift package.
No, I can't have such a strong utilitarianism.
Love is something that cannot be figured out or calculated.
Love is mutual willingness, emotional attachment...
As long as I am sincerely good to her, why should I worry about this momentary matter?
Li Xiao quickly corrected his attitude.
"Brother-in-law, what do you think you are so happy about?"
At this time, the servants in the mansion brought two horses out.
"ah?"
Li Xiao came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I was thinking about the salt mine. Once this matter is settled, our Prince Yan's Mansion will definitely be able to move up a level."
Speaking is an art.
Li Xiao referred to Prince Yan's Mansion as our Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhu Gaoxu felt very comfortable listening to it, as if he were a member of his own family.
"Hey, brother-in-law, it's all up to you."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaoxu said worriedly: "But the salt mine is full of poisonous salt, otherwise the court would have taken away the salt mine long ago, and it would be the squire's turn."
"Whether it is poisonous or not, we will know after we make the salt."
Li Xiao said confidently.
Zhu Gaoxu brought out another horse and said, "Brother-in-law, this horse is for you to ride. Let's hurry up and we'll arrive today and get things done."
This is a good horse, with shiny black hair and lively eyes!
"horse riding...."
Li Xiao was stunned for a moment: "I don't know how."
In my last life, I went to the racecourse to ride a horse, but I just led him for two laps.
"It's very simple, just ride on it..."
"Let me try."
There was a horse-mounting stone in front of the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion, but Li Xiao directly stepped on the pedal of the saddle and got on the horse with a slight jump.
After all, his strength and agility are now very high.
After getting on the horse, Li Xiao asked: "How to make it go away?"
Zhu Gaoxu said patiently: "Pinch the horse's belly with both feet and wave the horse's rope."
"Let me try."
Li Xiao clamped his legs together, and the horse started walking.
"How to speed up?"
Li Xiao asked again.
Zhu Gaoxu smiled evilly.
He whipped the horse's butt with a riding crop, and the horse suddenly started running.
Fortunately, Li Xiao was agile and very powerful, so he was not thrown out at once.
The horse that had been whipped ran very fast. Li Xiao felt that the world was going backwards, and the wind whistled in his ears.
"drive!"
Zhu Gaoxu laughed, rode his horse to the front, and laughed loudly: "Brother-in-law, follow me, you will know it soon!"
"You Zhu Gaoxu, you want to kill me! Damn it... aren't you afraid that your sister will be widowed?"
Li Xiao was speechless.
We can only try to control the direction of the horse with the horse rope and follow Zhu Gaoxu's horse.
Zhu Gaoxu’s approach.
Undoubtedly, he kicked a man who couldn't swim into the river and made him flop around.
There are two consequences of this.
One is to learn to swim quickly.
The other one is to drink two mouthfuls of water and sink to the bottom of the water...
The reason why Zhu Gaoxu did this was because he felt that his brother-in-law was a genius.
Since you can practice archery so well in a few days, riding a horse is not a problem, right?
Definitely the first one.
really.
Li Xiao was afraid of being thrown out, so he held on to the reins and tried to control the direction.
"Give in, give in!"
Li Xiao was riding his horse and shouting at passers-by.
People on the roadside fled away one after another. They were about to curse, but when they saw Zhu Gaoxu in front of them, they all shut up.
In Beiping City, who dares to offend the son of King Yan Zhu Di?
"Hey, I feel like riding a horse is not that difficult..."
Li Xiao quickly mastered the essentials of riding a horse. He cannot be said to be very good, but at least he can control the direction and he will not be thrown off.
Of course, it was also thanks to his superhuman physique and reaction speed that he was able to adapt so quickly.
"Brother-in-law, you are indeed a genius. You can learn to ride a horse so quickly."
Zhu Gaoxu's equestrian skills were very good. He easily controlled the horse to slow down and stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Xiao.
"If I don't have this ability, can I be your brother-in-law?"
Li Xiao also accepted the praise of the genius with peace of mind.
It's good to be considered this way, because I will definitely have more skills in the future.
It is normal for a genius to learn quickly.
"Brother-in-law, if you want to keep up with me, you have to practice hard."
Zhu Gaoxu laughed, he liked Li Xiao's character very much.
That's it.
The two of them rode horses and galloped all the way.
After leaving the city gate, there is no need to check.
The soldiers guarding the city moved out of the way and let them pass directly.
Nonsense, can Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of King Yan, stop him? ?
until noon.
The two of them arrived at Dadongzhuang.
This village is quite large, with farmland everywhere.
Then, not far away in the southeast, Li Xiao saw two large salt mountains.
The entire mountain is somewhat similar to a snow-capped mountain, appearing white. The entire mountain is bare without vegetation. After all, it is a saline-alkali land and no plants can grow.
Most of these salt mines were formed after the sea water or lake water dried up in ancient times.
"That's right, that's the salt mine, let's buy it!"
Li Xiao's eyes sparkled.
The two entered Zhuangzi and soon found a large household. The mansion was very large, with about a hundred rooms and an area of nearly thirty acres.
The so-called big households are the gentry class.
The gentry class is a unique class in feudal society.
They are mainly composed of a group of influential figures in rural society such as those who have not yet passed the imperial examination or have failed to become officials, local educated small and medium-sized landowners, retired small and medium-sized officials who have returned to their hometowns or have stayed in the countryside to recuperate for a long time, and clan elders.
They are similar to officials but different from officials, similar to the people but above the people.
Have a strong say in the local area.
As the saying goes, imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the central government's instructions stop as soon as they reach the county government.
Further down, there are no imperial institutions.
If the county government wants to collect taxes normally every year, it must rely on the cooperation of these squires.
The two explained their purpose of coming, and soon entered the Zhang family compound and met the head of the Zhang family.
An old man, almost sixty years old, named Zhang Maojin.
"You want to buy a mine?"
Zhang Maojin greeted the two with a smile while holding up his cane.
As soon as he saw the clothes of the two of them, he knew that they were not ordinary people, but must be children of a wealthy family.
This mine is indeed an industry passed down from ancestors.
Although the ancestral property cannot be sold off at will, the salt mine is of no use. It would be good if it could be sold at a higher price.
Li Xiao smiled. "Mr. Zhang, yes, we are planning to buy the salt mine from you."
Zhang Maojin was a little surprised and asked: "I don't know, you two, what is the purpose of buying this salt mine?"
Li Xiao answered truthfully: "Made and sold salt."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Maojin smiled.
It's really shameless. This salt mine is used to make salt. Isn't it a waste of money and life?
It seems that the minds of these two rich kids are not very bright...
This mine is useless anyway, just a pile of poisonous rocks, so why not just sell it.
However, this old man is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He smiled and said:
"My mine is not cheap..."
Li Xiao got straight to the point: "How much silver can I sell?"
Zhang Maojin said: "Are you going to buy it with two cents of silver?"
Li Xiao thought for a while and stretched out five fingers.
Five hundred taels, buying two mines, should be...enough, right?
Zhang Maojin's psychological price was twenty taels. When he heard this, he immediately said: "Fifty taels, deal!"
Li Xiao: "????"
