The butt determines the head, and the words are rough or not.

No matter what the mountain area that Li Hao chose represents, for the Qizhou envoy Yan Feibai, it was a useless mountain, producing neither food nor money.

But it is different to Li Hao. First of all, 200,000 yuan was recorded, and this is political achievements.

Secondly, no matter what Li Hao wants to do in this mountainous area, that mountain belongs to Qizhou. As long as he can pay taxes according to the standards, it will also be a political achievement for him, the assassin.

Yan Feibai is not stupid. He knows very well how to choose between a useless barren mountain and a policy.

After a long talk, Yan Feibai left happily. Now he can say that he wants money and people, river dredging, official road renovation, and these projects will be completed, and no one can escape the year-end evaluation.

It’s so comfortable. Everyone says that Prince Wei is the number one tragedy in Chang'an. Scammers are all liars. This young master is obviously the God of Wealth. Is it good? If I can make a fortune in the future, I will definitely be thanking this young master for his blessing.

...

Three days later, Baiweiju, the largest restaurant in Qishan County.

Li Hao took Xi Junmai and Tie Hanhan out of the carriage outside the store and walked into the store with unrecognizable relatives.

When the shopkeeper saw it, he immediately came up with a flattering look: "You are here, Prince!"

"Uh..., do you recognize me?" Li Hao asked in surprise.

The guy almost smiled like a bun: "As soon as the prince came to Qishan, he would eliminate a single harm to the people of Qishan. Your reputation has long spread throughout the streets and alleys of Qishan County."

Li Hao was very happy when he heard this, patted the guy on the shoulder and tilted his head: "Haha, the flattery is good. Zhuzi, please see the reward!"

"Pa", before the guy could react, about one or two taels of silver leaves were slapped into his arms by the iron pillar.

Although Baiweiju is the largest restaurant in Qishan County, because Qishan County is not big, even if someone gives tips on weekdays, it is only a small amount of 10 or 8 ounces.

Therefore, although the young man almost passed away by Tiezhu, he still smiled so hard that he couldn't see the eyes. He kept bowing to Li Hao: "Thank you the prince, thank you the prince for your reward."

Li Hao smiled and waved his hand: "Don't be busy with thanks, I'll ask you, there is a young master Zheng from Chang'an coming today."

"Young Master Zheng..."

Before the young man could finish his words, a full voice came from the stairs leading to the second floor of the restaurant: "Crown Prince, I'm going to get Zheng Qian, and I'm going to be the personal butler of Master Zheng Yan, and I'm here to wait for the prince's grandfather."

Li Hao looked in the voice and found that the person who was speaking was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a straight nose and a wide mouth, and a pair of thick eyebrows. He looked a bit like... Crayon Shin-hsin.

Nodded and greeted with a smile: "Make money, your name is interesting and has a good meaning."

This is not the first time that Zheng Qian has been misunderstood like this, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "The prince is Zheng, the surname of Zheng, Xingyang Zheng."

"Uh..." It was so embarrassing. Li Hao stood there and froze for a moment, and said embarrassedly: "I don't blame the ignorant, butler Zheng should not take it to heart."

"It's okay, it's not the prince's fault. Some people often misunderstand it before." Zheng Qian said politely with a look of pity, and turned sideways to get out of the stairs and changed the topic: "My son is waiting for the prince upstairs, please."

"Please!" Following Mr. Zheng, Li Hao stepped onto the second floor.

On the second floor of Baiweiju, there were about a dozen Zheng family generals dressed in guards. A young man in white sat by the window, with a few pastries and fruits on the table in front of him, and his face was filled with sadness.

When he saw Li Hao coming up, he immediately changed into a warm smile, stood up and bowed, "I have met Prince Wei in Zheng Yan, the lower Zheng family."

Li Hao's purpose was impure when he came here today, so he naturally would not shy his face to Zheng Yan. He responded enthusiastically: "Young Master Zheng, you are polite. I have heard of the name of the Zheng prince in Chang'an for a long time, but unfortunately I have never been able to see him. When I see him today, I know what it means to be a dragon and a phoenix."

Eh?!

Didn’t it mean that Li Dejian is difficult to deal with?

Zheng Yan had already been prepared to be disguised by Li Hao, but when he met, he found that the rumors did not seem so accurate. Chang'an's first disaster seemed to be harmless, just like the little brother next door.

After a little stunned, Zheng Yan quickly came to his senses and waved his hands repeatedly: "I dare not behave, I dare not behave! The prince is in front of me, and Zheng is a playboy who is waiting for death. How can he be regarded as a dragon and a phoenix among people? Come on, the prince, please take a seat and let's sit down and talk."

"Sit together, sit together!" Li Hao looked at the ten Zheng guards as if nothing had happened, and sat on the main seat with Zheng Yan, and glanced at the guys who were looking at him without a trace.

Zheng Yanzheng always paid attention to Li Hao's movements. Seeing this, he immediately knew that these guards had made him dissatisfied. He immediately said to the butler Zheng Qian: "Fourth Uncle, let them all wait below. Without my orders, no one is allowed to come up."

"Young Master..." Zheng Qian wanted to say something else, but when Zheng Yan glared, he immediately lowered his head and waved his hands to the dozen or so guards.

After a while, the guards left cleanly, and only Li Hao, Zheng Yan, Zheng Butler Zheng, Tiezhu, and Xi Jun bought five people.

Li Hao just watched Zheng's guard leave dissatisfiedly, without any intention of stopping him.

There are only ten people, not many of them, not many of them. If I really want to kill Zheng Yan, these people will not be enough for Tiezhu to hit him with one hand, let alone if I have a Xi Jun buy here.

"Zheng Yan, everyone is a child of Chang'an, so I won't be polite to you. Let's call each other by name." Li Hao said carelessly when everyone left.

Although Zheng Yan felt a little uncomfortable, he was unwilling to be serious about Li Hao in such matters. He smiled and replied: "I really want to do it, I dare not ask for it."

Li Hao nodded and tskated: "Okay, since we have some consensus, can you tell me what your purpose is to come to Qishan this time?"

Is it so direct?

Zheng Yan looked at the butler in surprise, and after a long time of reaction, he smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Dejian, if I say that the purpose of coming to Qishan this time is to relieve the misunderstanding, do you believe it?"

"Believe it, why don't you?" Li Hao spread his hands and said, "I'm going to tell you that Zheng Keshuang is the magistrate of Qishan County. I only knew later. If I first knew that he was from your Zheng family, at most he would break his legs and would never hurt his life."

When you open your eyes and tell lies, I am just a hammer. Zheng Keshuang's body is still hanging on the city gate building now. If you really care about the Zheng family, why don't you put it down earlier and make people feel at ease?

Zheng Yan pursed his lips and nodded, "Zheng Keshuang is my elder, but he is a side-to-side room and is not valued much in the clan, so he developed an extreme personality."

Li Hao narrowed his eyes gently and waited quietly for Zheng Yan to finish his words.

Sure enough, Zheng Yan quickly changed the subject: "But if you are wrong, it is wrong. My Zheng family is not a family that protects the shortcomings. Zheng Keshuang is obsessed with the state and colluded with his wife and uncle to plunder the people's wealth and kill the people. He is indeed a waste of death. On this matter, on behalf of Zheng, I formally apologize to the people of Qishan County, and at the same time I would like to thank Brother Dejian for his righteous help."

This is a bit interesting. Li Hao didn't think that Zheng would bow his head, but he didn't think that Zheng would not ask for anything, and put his posture so low.

You should know that the Zheng family in Xingyang has been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years. There is no need to be afraid of a young man like Li Hao, nor do you care about Li Jing's first-class Duke and a new powerful man.

Seeing that Li Hao had not spoken, Zheng Yan was also a little anxious and cleared his throat and said, "Brother Dejian, what else is there to be dissatisfied with? If there is any, please bring it up. As long as it is within my Zheng Yan's ability, I will definitely not be disappointed."

"Haha..., it's gone, it's gone!" Li Hao smiled and waved his hand and said, "Tell me, the aristocratic family and the nobles were originally a relationship with each other, and my Li family is also a member of the Li family in Longxi. We may be able to get a little relationship between relatives and relatives from us. So I can't see what happened before. Looking back, I asked someone to put down Zheng Keshuang's body and find a place to bury it carefully. I believe that after so long, the people of Qishan have become weakened. Even if they know, they won't say anything."

Damn, you still know that you are a member of the Five surnames and Qiwang, and I thought you didn’t know.

Zheng Yan rolled his eyes without any trace and forced himself to smile: "For this reason, I would like to thank Dejian."

Although Dejian was one word less than brother Dejian, the relationship between the two was much closer invisibly. After Zheng Yan finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and said with a righteous expression: "Dejian, what do you think of the rumors that have appeared in Chang'an during this period?"

"What rumor?"

"It's..., it's just a rumor about you." Zheng Yan wished he could not strangle the guy in front of him who was pretending to be confused and said, "Dejian, don't be afraid to tell you that this rumor really has nothing to do with my Zheng family. I can use the reputation of the Zheng family for thousands of years to guarantee it."

Speaking of this, Li Hao really couldn't pretend to be confused anymore. He sighed and said sincerely: "Zheng Yan, tell you the truth. Actually, I didn't take this matter to heart. I was the number one disaster in Chang'an. Are you still afraid of being accused of one or two more notorious names?"

emmm, it seems that I really don't have to care.

Zheng Yan licked his lips. The other party ignored what was originally very important to him, which made him, who had been preparing for several days and didn't know what to say for a while.

The old man told him to try not to have conflicts with this guy, and he did it himself; but the old man asked him to try his best to make friends with this guy, which seemed to be a difficult problem.

When Zheng Yan came out of Chang'an, he was full of confidence and believed that as long as he went to Qishan to see Li Hao, he would be able to subdue him in a few words.

But reality gave him a blow at the critical moment. This guy Li Hao was so angry that he looked like he was smiling on the surface, but he was arrogant in his bones.

What to do? Should I still beg him in a low voice?

Zheng Yan was so entangled.

Li Hao waited for a long time but didn't see Zheng Yan reacting. He felt a little panicked and said, "Zheng Yan, let me ask you something. Tell me honestly, will you do it?"

"What's the matter?" Zheng Yan was stunned.

Li Hao bent down and approached Zheng Yan and said, "Are you short of money?"

"Of course there is no need." Zheng Yan blurted out and immediately reacted: "Dejian, what do you mean?"

Does this guy want to buy me with money? Then should I agree?

Zheng Yan began to struggle again.

Seeing that Zheng Yan's curiosity had been swelled up, Li Hao smiled slightly: "I have a way to make money here. I wonder if you are interested in participating in a share."

Zheng Yan was a child of a noble family after all. He quickly put aside his unrealistic fantasies and asked seriously: "What method does it cost? How much does it cost? What's the profit?"

"Not much, about 200,000 guan, and half of them will be replaced with food." Li Hao tilted his fingers to the table: "As for the income, it's hard to say at the moment, but in two years, the minimum should not be less than 200,000 guan per year."

"Twenty-hundred thousand guan a year..." Zheng Yan felt his breathing stop for a while, and he automatically ignored the issue of the initial investment of 200,000.

Compared with making money, Zheng Yan cares more about the subsequent impact.

First of all, if you really cooperate, it is equivalent to directly fulfilling the old man's request to make friends with Li Dejian; secondly, if you really get 200,000 yuan a year, it is undoubtedly a huge capital for him to compete for the head of the family.

Yes, it is to compete for the huge capital of the head of the family.

On the surface, Zheng Yan is the eldest grandson of the Zheng family and the legal heir to the head of the family.

But in fact, some things are not static. If he does not show certain strength to let the elderly in the family see that he has the ability to inherit the head of the family, it is really unknown who he belongs to in the future head of the family.

Seeing Zheng Yan's excited look, Li Hao smiled slightly and said frankly: "I bought all the barren mountains around Chencang County some time ago, and spent about 200,000 chunks. Of course, normally, even if those barren mountains are not long, they will not be so cheap. The reason why I can get the land at such a low price is because I promised Qizhou Prefecture to renovate all the official roads into cement roads for them."

"Why? What exactly is there in that mountain?" Zheng Yan keenly grasped the point.

Based on his understanding of Li Hao, he knew that he would never spend money to buy a useless barren mountain.

"Cement and Carboniferous." Li Hao had signed a contract with Yan Feibai at this time, so he was naturally not afraid to tell Zheng Yan the truth.

"Hiss..." The simple five words made Zheng Yan gasp hard: "Really, really? Is there cement in the barren mountain?"

Li Hao was very satisfied with Zheng Yan's performance and nodded heavily and said, "Not bad."

Chen Cang is the Chen Cang who "built a plank road openly and secretly travels to Chen Cang".

Of course, Chen Cang has another name in later generations - Baoji.

A city rich in coal, iron and limestone.

When he first entered Qizhou, Li Hao was thinking about the barren mountain where almost nothing was growing. Even if nothing happened in Qishan County, he would find an opportunity to come back and include this mountain in his name after returning to safety.

Now by chance, he saved him from having to go there again, which was really a surprise for him.
Chapter completed!