Hu Gao looked at the smiles of the generals who had not been rewarded, and thought that these people must be stupid. But looking back, he realized that something was abnormal, and there must be evildoers!

Hu Gao quietly asked a general who was closest to him: "Why are these people who have not received the reward so happy? Are they really loyal to His Majesty to the point that it cannot be expressed?"

"The Imperial Master really doesn't know that your lieutenants can be sold for ten thousand taels of gold, and their official positions have been exchanged for real gold and silver!"

Hu Gao almost fell down. No wonder these people are so supportive of imitating the Central Plains. It turns out that they are imitating the Central Plains in doing this kind of thing.

Hu Gao was ready to speak out and remonstrate, but then gave up the idea because everyone thought it was right! Even if the emperor Pajaqili disagreed, they would change someone else to be the emperor and continue with the deal!

Hu Gao simply asked: "Then what are these people going to do if their official positions are sold? The world has not yet been unified, and we still have to rely on people to lead troops to fight!"

"Of course I enjoy it when I have money. To fight, we have recruited people from the Liugui Kingdom and the Mohe Tribe further north. They are better able to fight than us!"

Hu Gao couldn't laugh or cry. It took decades after the founding of the Liang Kingdom to start degenerating and corrupting. But in less than a year after arriving in the Black Flag Khanate, he learned everything, enjoying life by himself and hiring people to fight.

Hu Gao suddenly remembered that the previous edict only granted officials, but not titles.

Then Pajaqili solved Hu Gao's doubts!

"Except for the princely titles given to the widow's brothers and sons, the rest of the titles in this country are sold according to the price!"

Hu Gao was shocked again. He didn't expect that Pajaqili would even sell his title. It was really impressive.

"The one who was originally named king can sell the throne to show justice!"

Zadabel first said: "I, the Heshun King, have one thousand taels of gold, whoever wants it can take it! I will give you a gold crown, a jade belt and a king's flag!"

Pajaqili coughed: "General, the sale of titles is not allowed in the court. You have to go to Dali Temple to make a witness and record!"

Hu Gao stopped asking or talking, and just watched the monarch and his ministers discussing the purchase and sale of titles and official positions in the court hall.

Business is booming in the north, and business is booming in Jinling City in the south.

Since Li Xiaofei became the minister of Taichang Temple, he planned to go to the northern suburbs to build an ancestral temple, an altar, and a secret tunnel that he would dig himself.

Although Li Xiaofei is a bit stupid, he knows that money can make the world go round.

With the huge amount of money allocated by Zhu Yaoshi from the inner government, he spent it vigorously. He first drove piles and circled the place where the temple and altar were to be built and put them aside.

I spent money to build an inn, a brothel, and a gambling house next to the inn in the northern suburbs. The business was booming, and more and more people came.

For those who have lost all their wealth and incurred gambling debts, or who were cheated in a brothel, Li Xiaofei's men will appear in time to give them a way to survive and take them to the construction site.

Li Xiaofei, a really capable big businessman, held a banquet to entertain him personally, and said, "Li Xiaofei, the Minister of Taichang Temple in Daliang, is so polite!"

The followers then set up flags on both sides of the flags given by Zhu Yaoshi: "Built by order!" "Bless the Emperor!"

When the businessmen saw this scene, they immediately knelt down and said: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

Li Xiaofei replied: "The Holy Spirit is well, the country is peaceful and the people are safe!"

The next step was to drink and discuss business. After spending the night in Xuanqu Palace, Li Xiaofei was deeply inspired and went to the Qinhuai River to find a few women to play, play, sing, dance and persuade them to drink.

"How much does it cost you to bring this golden nanmu from Bashu?"

"Master Li, no matter what, it will cost you five hundred sticks! It takes labor to cut it from the deep mountains, and it takes more people to lift it out of the mountain. It takes more than a dozen people a year to transport each stick. In addition,

There isn't much golden nanmu here, so I'm at a loss for these five hundred sticks.

I'm doing it just to make friends with Mr. Li!"

"Haha, you, what you said is beautiful, but it's unfortunate. I have been to Bashu, and the golden nanmu is very heavy. Wherever it can be lifted, it is washed into the river when the cofferdam is built and there is a flood.

, and lowered it all the way from the river. Do you think what I said is right or wrong?"

"Oh my, Mr. Li is really knowledgeable and knowledgeable. I was just joking. It seems that I made the right choice to make friends with a person like Mr. Li! The price will be decided by Mr. Li!"

"Actually, Your Majesty has a filial heart and governs the world with filial piety. He doesn't care about the money. As long as what you are transporting is high-quality golden nanmu, I will price it according to the five hundred guans you mentioned!"

"Thank you, Mr. Li, and I would like to propose a toast to Mr. Li!"

"Wait a minute, it would be boring if we drank it the normal way! Feiyan, Yiping, come and teach this Wang Daguan how to drink!"

Two dancers immediately came over with wine glasses to persuade them to drink, and Wang Daguan, a timber businessman, fell down after a few rounds.

Li Xiaofei, on the other hand, didn't drink even a drop of wine. After a few days of this, all the wood and jade business was settled, and Li Xiaofei's reputation as a very colorful person spread out.

Someone also secretly reported to Pharmacist Zhu that Li Xiaofei was slow in construction and just hung out with merchants and dancers all day long. But Pharmacist Zhu laughed loudly: "It seems that Li Xiaofei showed his true nature when he arrived in the rich and gentle town of Jinling. Very good! You guys put him

I ask the artist to quietly draw every scene of the day, I will have a wonderful use!"

After two months, what kind of sea bass and water shield soup, stewed lion's head with crab meat, crystal pig's trotters, mushrooms with a hundred juices, boneless fish balls, fried chicken in a large pot, lungs removed in clear soup, hibiscus crab bucket, and boneless duck

, pine grass oil, ring oil eel paste, beauty liver, salted duck, and phoenix-tailed shrimp. Li Xiaofei was tired of eating them all. So he changed his ways to eat them, including cicada chrysalises, silkworm chrysalises, bee pupae, and fried ones. He also picked up ordinary birds and animals.

The mice and wild cats that didn't want to eat came to eat them. For a time, there were no mice in Jinling City, and there were many strange dishes. Many people ran to search for these bugs, cats and mice. The civil and military ministers also considered eating mice and wild cats as a reward.

Honor.

After struggling with food, Li Xiaofei ordered people to make all kinds of novel clothes for the dancers and singers to wear, which made the silk and linen silk cloth in Jinling City much more expensive. Businessmen from all over the country rushed to bring silk Sichuan brocade.

Jinling, the markets in Jinling City are filled with water every day, and business taxes have doubled.

Some of Zhu Yaoshi's old subordinates were already acquainted with Li Xiaofei. Seeing the profit, they came to Li Xiaofei's network to start various businesses. As time went by, even the salt, iron, armor and horses were quietly shipped and sold to the west.

All the levels were cleared by using gold and silver to make money.

Li Xiaofei's belly gradually bulged and his face became much bigger, so Zhu Yaoshi ordered people to secretly send many portraits of Li Xiaofei drinking and having fun to Li Xiaofei's house in Xiangyang.

Hong Rui and Murong Qing were furious when they saw all these portraits, so they rushed to the bank to argue with Liu Jian.

Liu Jian was training with Murong Ling and others in the school grounds at this time. Murong Qing pulled Hong Rui over and handed the portrait to Liu Jian: "Your Majesty! This is what you said about sending this bastard Li Xiaofei to do the most important errands."

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When Liu Jian saw the portrait of Li Xiaofei who had gained weight, he immediately laughed: "Haha, this kid actually got fat too. I thought he wouldn't get fat?"

"Your Majesty, what the girl is talking about is business! This Li Xiaofei is greedy for wealth and has betrayed the enemy. How can you still laugh?" Murong Qing and Hong Rui were both anxious.

"Haha, it doesn't matter. He rebelled and didn't lead the army, so what are you afraid of? Oh, by the way, you are afraid that he will get married to another woman over there and never come back!"

At this time, Liu Jian completely ignored the many soldiers present and continued to laugh.

The soldiers all had grim faces and did not dare to smile. Murong Ling took a few portraits and said: "With his drinking capacity, he still drinks everywhere. I think it is probably because he was drunk and stole all the money, and was blackmailed again."

, had no choice but to sell myself

You are a slave who only performs for others to eat and drink. Oh, how pitiful you are!"

"Brother Ling, why are you so anxious? Your Majesty, why aren't you in a hurry?" Murong Qing jumped anxiously, while Hong Rui wiped her tears.

Liu Jian looked at the soldiers who couldn't help but laugh, and coughed: "Ahem, Li Xiaofei, as the Taifu of Daliang, actually went to Jinling to surrender to the enemy and never came back. Well, pass on the order, Li Xiaofei is a traitor of Daliang! But!

His family members are not guilty, by the way, if that is the case, then reward his family members to Grand Master Murong Ling!"

When Murong Qing and Hong Rui heard this, they immediately started arguing: "Your Majesty, you didn't punish him, but you rewarded us to Brother Ling. What's going on?"

"Oh, and pass the order! When all soldiers and civilians meet Li Xiaofei, they will capture him and hand him over to Madam Hongrui and Madam Murong. I will reward him with a thousand taels of gold!"

Hong Rui and Murong Qing were even more confused, but after all, Liu Jian was the emperor, and there was no room for argument after the emperor had said it, so they had no choice but to leave.

"Grand Master Murong, please take them back to your house and put them in a safe place!"

"Okay, you two come with me!" Murong Ling stood in front of the two women.

Hong Rui and Murong Qing were not afraid. Firstly, Zhu Xuehua was in the house, and secondly, Murong Ling didn't seem to be interested in women.

Murong Ling took them into the carriage and returned home, checking to see if anyone was following them along the way. Sure enough, three people were following them all the way.

Murong Ling secretly got out of the carriage in a crowded place and hid in a stall waiting for those people to follow.

The three men followed them all the way to the Grand Master's Mansion and made a mark to leave. Suddenly, everything went dark and they fell down.

Murong Ling called the guards to carry them into the house and splash water on them to wake them up. When they opened their eyes, they saw that Murong Ling had put a knife on their necks.

"My lord, have mercy on me! My lord, have mercy on me!"

"To be honest, I can think about it." Murong Ling gently scratched their necks with a knife.

"We all said it!"

"No, I want you to tell them one by one, keep the ones in the middle first, and take the two sides out first!" Murong Ling gave the order, and the guards immediately dragged the people on the left and right out.

The one who was left in the middle was trembling all over. If he only told a part of it, he would be dead if the other two people told everything. It would be better to tell everything first.

"Back to your lord, I have been ordered by the emperor to secretly inquire about the uncle. In addition, I also want to check whether Li Xiaofei is pretending to surrender!"

Murong Ling sneered: "I'm not an uncle, don't talk nonsense! Whether Li Xiaofei feigned surrender or not has nothing to do with me! Pharmacist Zhu has no control over what I do and where I go, and neither does the emperor here!"

Get down here! Bring another one up to talk to me!"

The second person who answered was indeed different. This person knew a lot about Li Xiaofei's affairs in Jinling, so he also told about Li Xiaofei's appointment as minister of Taichang Temple and his presiding over the construction of the ancestral temple altar.

Murong Ling knew something in her mind and opened her eyes angrily: "Go back and tell that guy Li Xiaofei that I, Murong Ling, will definitely go to Jinling to chop off his dog's head! Bring the next one to ask!"

The third person talked more, and told all the big and small things in Jinling City in the past few months. When Murong Ling saw him talking incessantly, she slapped the table: "That's enough! What a weird thing! The three people said different things.

It’s different! I don’t like killing people, so go back and report the news!”

After the three people left, Murong Ling asked Hongrui and Murong Qing: "Do you believe Li Xiaofei?"

After a while of silence, the two replied that they believed it. Murong Ling smiled: "It seems you still don't believe it! Well, just scold him as hard as you can these days! These three people are definitely not the only ones who come to inquire about the information. The more you scold him, the more you scold him.

The safer Xiaofei will be!"
Chapter completed!