The First Daughter Reborn: The Snake Queen is not easy to mess with

Chapter 234
He remembered that when he was very young, his master taught him to read these words word by word. Come hug him and coax him.

Lianyi turned in from another intersection, stood at the entrance of the restaurant, looked at Li Xiaochuan, but dared not speak.

Lianyi settled her mind and saluted respectfully.

"Chuan, it was found out yesterday that it takes about 3 taels of silver to buy all the grain and grass around the northern Xinjiang."

Lianyi looked at the man in front of him, not only was he a little puzzled, but even suspicious.

Li Xiaochuan's identity is even more of a mystery at this time, but it can be roughly guessed that he has a lot to do with Lan Country and Beijiang. She naturally knows the current situation of Beijiang very well. At this time, Li Xiaochuan wanted to buy all the grain and grass near the northern Xinjiang, which inevitably made her suspicious.

Even when asking the other person's name, he simply gave the word Sichuan, and his face was covered with a silver mask every day.

However, the other party is now his own master, so he can't say some of the following offenses.

"Chuan, look at this."

Saying that, Lianyi took out the ledger from her bosom, and handed it to Li Xiaochuan.

Today's Li Xiaochuan is wearing a crow-blue robe, but the moon-white robe inside has been replaced with a lake-blue color. It seems that the color is a little bit darker than the outer robe, and the embroidered edge is decorated with moon-white cotton thread. , the hairband is still the same black and red hairband, his facial features are very hard, only the tight lips and eyebrows look gentler, if you only look at the back, maybe people will think he is a newcomer to the academy next door What about my wife?

Lianyi's dress is still so extravagant and gorgeous, but today she changed into a rose red coat with a yellow gown and a long skirt inside, a few red coral beads embroidered on the dark blue belt, exquisite makeup It is still faint, with a jade hairpin and a golden walk on the head, and a bell hanging on the wrist, and there is a clear sound after walking a few steps.

Li Xiongchuan took the ledger from Lianyi's hand, flipped through a few pages, then nodded and closed it, saying: "Very good."

"Then what does Lianyi need to do next?" Lianyi lowered her head and asked.

"Buy all the grain and grass that can be bought, no matter what, even if you pawn a few shops, you must buy all the grain and grass."

Li Xiaochuan lowered his eyes, and took a sip of the amber osmanthus wine in the cup. This osmanthus wine was brewed by the owner of the restaurant outside Lianhui Building. Li Xiaochuan's shadow can be seen in the clear wine. Can't tell what he's thinking.

The cup in Li Xiaochuan's hand was given to Li Xiaochuan by Lianyi that day, the bottom of the cup is engraved with the stamp of "Lianhuilou", probably it is a special wine glass made by Lianhuilou,
The body of the cup should be made of shells, but with such thick shells, there may not be so many shells in the world.

Lianyi nodded, turned around and walked out of the yard.

Although she didn't know what Li Xiaochuan bought so much food and grass for, but he also knew that some things can be done by himself, and he doesn't need to know the reason.

"it is good."

After answering, Lianyi turned around and prepared to leave.

"and many more."

But Li Xiaochuan behind him suddenly stopped her, Lianyi turned her head to look at Li Xiaochuan and raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Is there anything else?"

Bright eyes and white teeth, Koudan balm, the so-called Bai Meisheng who looks back and smiles is probably nothing more than that.

Li Xiaochuan still had a calm look on his face, it seemed that because he got up just now, he didn't hold his wine glass properly, his sweet-scented osmanthus wine was sprinkled on the crow-blue coat in bits and pieces, looking deep and shallow.

A faint smell of wine came, and Lian Yi lost his mind slightly.

"Post up notices in northern Xinjiang that Lianhuilou will start to buy large quantities of grain at high prices next year, insinuating that they will reclaim wasteland and grow more things." Li Xiaochuan looked ahead, lifted his thin lips and spit out these words slightly, and then again Drink up.

It's not unreasonable for him to do so.

In fact, the handicrafts in northern Xinjiang are more developed. Most people rely on making some novel gadgets to sell to the Central Plains, and then barely support their families. People in remote places have no ambitions and are naturally self-sufficient. Few people will reclaim too much wasteland. If he wants to buy grain, it is more reliable to ask them to reclaim wasteland first. Moreover, if the wasteland is planted with grain, the land in northern Xinjiang is actually quite fertile, and there is Cattle and sheep don't have many pests, and after a year, they can probably have a bumper harvest.

Lianyi understood Li Xiaochuan's meaning in her heart, nodded and retreated.

The purchase of grain and grass is still in full swing. After Li Xiaochuan bought Jiacheng, because it would be troublesome to go in and out of the city frequently, he would often walk around in Jiacheng. Many things would be handled here, but in fact the most important The real thing is to observe every move of this small town.

Jiacheng is a big city with very prosperous trade, but Li Xiaochuan found that there seemed to be no blacksmiths in this city. After asking Lianyi, he found out that the trade in Jiacheng was left by the merchants who came and went. Make something come out.

"In this vicinity, it seems that there is only one blacksmith in three or five cities." Li Xiaochuan said thoughtfully after visiting several other towns along the way.

Lian Yi smiled and added a new pot of tea for Li Xiaochuan, and now they are sitting in the private room on the second floor of an inn in Dahu, Jiacheng.

Lianyi is still the clothes of that day, it seems that there will be men's eyes on her wherever she goes, even though she still wears a veil when traveling, but after all, her temperament is incomparable to others, everyone will want to go more Take a look.

It was rare for Li Xiaochuan to formally wear a black and red robe and a black cloak today, and it seemed that his demeanor was three points colder.

But this kind of dress looks good to Lianyi, they sat in the private room on the second floor, Lianyi poured tea for Li Xiaochuan, talking about what they saw and thought during the past few days of investigation.

".You mean, we can open a blacksmith shop?" A few days ago, Li Xiaochuan took her to see the market. It seemed that he wanted to expand other businesses. At this time, he heard that Li Xiaochuan was very interested. Lianyi's eyes widened, looking at him incredulously.

"If you want to open, it is more convenient to open two for each city." Li Xiaochuan took a sip of the hot tea in his hand, replied in a light tone, then raised his eyes and continued: "If there is an old blacksmith shop in the city, Buy it if you can, and if you can’t buy it, then open a large blacksmith shop in the city.”

In fact, he has his own ideas for doing this. When the war begins, weapons are indispensable. If a blacksmith shop is opened, it will be convenient for future wars, so that they can better prepare for battle, and this is also doing Be prepared, there is nothing to rely on in today's northern border, if Li Chaohua comes to fight one day, he must be fully prepared.

After all, food, grass and weapons are indispensable.

"Okay, I'll do my best."

Although Lian Yi felt embarrassed, she agreed to it because of her difficulty. After all, with her character, the more difficult things were, the more confident she would be to do them.

Li Xiaochuan squinted his eyes, he was never worried that Lianyi would mess things up, after all, few people could match Lianyi's talent in business, even he was amazed by it.

A month later.

"Look, this is the account book for this month." Lianyi found Li Xiaochuan with a thick account book, and couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes, and said with a hint of excitement: "Unexpectedly, the blacksmith shop Not long after it opened, the income is already higher than that of Lianhuilou. Moreover, many blacksmith shops that we did not intend to acquire have also asked for cooperation! If this speed continues, we will probably be able to develop to all parts of the country !"

"Ah."

Li Xiaochuan hummed lightly, nodded in satisfaction,
In fact, the high income of the blacksmith shop has long been expected by him. If the income is low, it is something that he did not expect. After all, there are everything from the iron plow for plowing to the small pots and pans at home. Need to use iron.

In the original Jiacheng, there were few blacksmiths. If you want to make iron, you have to travel for a long time, rushing to three or four cities. Most people would rather make do with the broken ones than run to other cities at the risk of encountering bandits. Blacksmithing, but now with the blacksmith shops he opened, the backlog of broken ironware in most people's homes must be taken out for repairs at once, and the profits will naturally skyrocket.

At this time, Jiacheng, including the iron industry in the surrounding cities, has probably been monopolized by him, but all this has just begun, isn't it?
"We've made a profit of ten thousand taels this month, what else do you plan to do?"

Seeing that Lianhuilou's power is getting stronger and stronger, even if Li Xiaochuan didn't guess what Li Xiaochuan was going to do the first time Li Xiaochuan asked her to buy food and grass for a smart woman like Lianyi, she probably already guessed it after so long When it came to what Li Xiaochuan wanted to do, he was smart enough not to say it.

After all, it's better for me not to mention that this kind of thing that can kill someone in an instant, and, for Li Xiaochuan, there is actually some inexplicable affection in it.

Lianhuilou has only been in this man's hands for a few months, and it has developed from a small gambling house to various industries, and has become rich and powerful. In fact, if he wants to, he may recruit troops and overthrow the dynasty. It is not impossible .

If this kind of thing is not successful, there is only one dead end.

(End of this chapter)