Wu Jiao said to Li Shui: "Sir, this Zhou Gui is cheating. Should we report to the official?"

Li Shui said lightly: "I am too lazy to argue with such a small person. This person is guilty of his own crime and cannot survive. He will not be rampant for long, so naturally someone will deal with him. If others don't say it, will those deceived merchants let him go?"

Wu Jiao nodded with deep consent: "What the lord said is that our Shangjun Villa has been plaguing with him, but he has raised his identity."

Li Shui smiled slightly.

Wujiao said again: "Now many merchants are preparing to go out to sea to explore the islands. Should we organize another group of people to investigate?"

Li Shui said: "Isn't Xu Fu preparing to determine the waterways in Japan? It would be enough for him to do this."

Wujiao said: "However, besides Japan, there are many islands overseas. Are we just giving up people?"

Li Shui said to Wujiao: "I once heard a story about a gold mine found somewhere, so everyone flocked in to dig gold. However, in front of the gold mine, there was a big river with turbulent waves that were difficult to swim."

"If you are the gold digger, what are you going to do?"

Wu Jiao thought for a while and said, "Of course, I took the detour as soon as possible, grabbed the gold in front of others."

Li Shui smiled and shook his head: "No, you should build a boat. Those gold diggers who want to cross the river by taking your boat will have to pay a lot of money. You can tell the amount as you like, and they will never bargain, because there is a gold mine in front of them."

Wu Jiao was stunned and said in great admiration: "I am really convinced."

Li Shui said: "If you want to explore the island, the first step is to have a ship. My Daqin ship is still a bit simple. It is already very difficult to find Japan."

"Those wealthy businessmen, even if they have explored for more than a dozen times, were just turning around in the near sea. If you want to go farther and find a wider land, you must have a better ship."

"So, I am not in a hurry to explore overseas, I am built a ship first."

Wu Jiao's eyes lit up: "When the ship is built, we can sell it to those merchants? Hehehe..."

Li Shui glanced at him and thought helplessly: This person is smiling more and more obscenely.

Wu Jiao looked at Li Shui secretly and thought to himself: I imitate the banished immortal and become more and more vivid.

Li Shui said to Wu Jiao: "You go and tell Xianglizhu that she will select a group of experienced craftsmen and experienced sailors, and prepare to build a shipyard."

Wu Jiao agreed and happily left.

Li Shui called him again and said, "There is another thing. There are many craftsmen in Shangjun Villa, and they are all kinds of research. Not long ago, Your Majesty told me to enter the palace and specifically mentioned that it should be based on agriculture."

"I deeply agree with it. Please let Xiangli Zhuhua have some thoughts, find some people who are good at farming, and study it carefully."

Wu Jiao laughed dryly and said, "After all, the girl in Xiangli is a woman, how can she know how to farm?"

Li Shui said: "Do you think farming is just about fertilizing and watering? The key is when to water it, when to fertilize it, and why to water it, and why to fertilize it."

"This problem seems simple, but only by knowing the reason can you prescribe the right medicine."

Wu Jiao responded and turned around and left.

…………

It's almost dark in Xianyang City.

The people all returned to their homes, and fewer people were on the streets. But Zhou Gui couldn't go home.

Zhou Gui carried two things on him, one was the token given to him by Wang Wan. If he violated a curfew, he could avoid being caught by his personal soldiers. The other was a medal.

Zhou Gui's wife has been locked up by Wang Wan. I guess Zhou Gui won't expect to see his relatives if he doesn't pay back the money.

Zhou Gui’s business has not been very good recently. After all, if you want to buy medals, almost all people who can afford medals have bought them. His medals are really a bit too much to sell.

Alas, work harder, sell it out sooner, and get back to freedom sooner.

After selling medals for several days, Zhou Gui's face became thicker and thicker.

As long as it is a slightly more decent house, he will go upstairs and knock on the door.

At this time, few people open the door, and often ask through the door: "Who is it?"

Zhou Gui would force himself to smile and said, "Do you buy a medal? Buy a medal."

The voice even begged.

But people inside are often too lazy to answer, so they just leave Zhou Gui outside.

Zhou Gui sighed, shook his head, and continued walking on the street.

Suddenly, a merchant in front was walking hurriedly with his followers.

Zhou Gui took two steps at a time and asked, "Do you buy a medal?"

The merchant was stunned for a moment and recognized Zhou Gui: "I can't afford it."

Zhou Gui laughed: "If you buy a medal, you don't need to say how many benefits are there, right? If I were you, I would have to buy it even if I borrowed money."

The merchant shook his head and turned around and left.

Zhou Gui sighed and continued to try his luck on the street.

The wind is blowing, and the wind is biting.

Although it is spring now, the sun shines on you during the day and it is warm. But at night, it is cloudy and cold.

Zhou Gui wrapped his clothes tightly, and then he realized that he had not eaten for the whole day.

He found a corner of the wall that was leeing and shrank there.

Suddenly, a smell of flesh floated out of the wall. Zhou Gui sniffed his nose hard, and couldn't help but drool.

Zhou Gui had no money, so Wang Wan had already plundered all his property.

If Zhou Gui wants to have a meal, he has to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion. But before eating, he has to be humiliated by the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion. That feeling is really uncomfortable.

Zhou Gui sighed and thought: Maybe, next time I sell the medal, I should buy one million, one thousand yuan.

Those who can afford to spend one million should not care about the extra thousand yuan. I will use the remaining thousand yuan to buy food.

While Zhou Gui was thinking randomly, he opened a compass casually.

"East, south, west, north..." Zhou Gui shook his compass and looked at the turning pointer, as if it was a pastime in the dark night.

Suddenly, another scent came.

Zhou Gui sniffed his nose: "Is it a roast chicken?"

"No, it's a roast goose." A person next to him said.

Zhou Gui was startled and turned his head to see that there was a dirty beggar standing not far away.

The beggar grinned at him, then handed over half a piece of dry food: "It's particularly sweet to eat dry food when smelling roasted goose."

Zhou Gui took the dry food over and felt that there was a strange smell on the dry food, but... it was food after all. So Zhou Gui ate it voraciously.

While eating dry food, Zhou Gui almost shed tears: My big shopkeeper of Zhou’s store actually asked for a beggar to give alms?

After eating the dry food, Zhou Gui bowed to the beggar and said politely: "May I ask about the name Gao?"

The beggar said, "Grave Man."

Zhou Gui was startled: "Grave?"

The beggar corrected and said, "Detective man. The manure of manure."

Zhou Gui grinned and said awkwardly: "Brother, this name is unique."

The man in the feces said: "I have been dealing with man in my life. On weekdays, I help the wealthy family clean toilets, and sometimes clean the cow pens and stables... So I gave me a nickname called Man in the feces. I don't have a name, so I used it as my name."

Zhou Gui suddenly understood what the strange smell on the dry food just now was.

Zhou Gui wanted to cry.

The manure bowed to Zhou Gui: "I wonder, is there a place called a patent room in Xianyang City?"

Zhou Gui was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes. You can see it when you walk north thirty feet."

The man with a thank you, and he was about to go there.

Zhou Gui stopped him: "Brother-in-law, are you going to apply for a patent?"

The man nodded and said, "Natural." Then he left.

Zhou Gui looked at his back and thought in confusion: "The old man who has been dealing with feces for a lifetime can also apply for a patent? Whose patent is it? Could it be the feces?"

Zhou Gui suddenly felt a little moved: Anyone like this can apply for a patent, why can't I? Maybe after applying for a patent, you can get rich overnight, and that way, you can regain your freedom.

Thinking of this, Zhou Gui hurried in the corner again and thought about his future carefully.

…………

The patent room was in three shifts, and the door was open for twelve hours throughout the day. Although there was a curfew at night, no one should come. However, it is not ruled out that some slaves with unfree status came secretly while they were at night.

The person on duty tonight is a small official named Mother's Sword.

Mother Leaf was sitting in the patent room, yawning all the time. It was getting late and he was a little hungry. Mother Leaf opened the basket and took out the rice balls prepared by his wife.

Just at this moment, a gust of wind blew out of the window, blew some dust on the rice ball.

Mother Yeon frowned, got up and closed the window, and threw away the dirty part.

After the treatment was done, the monkey was about to eat when he suddenly smelled a smell.

He turned his head and found an old man in rags standing at the door.
To be continued...