Xiao Li, who took the time to attend the celebration ceremony, did not show any impatientness. Although he felt a heartfelt greasy about this so-called sense of ritual, he still smiled and chatted with the four and five squires around him.

Hongfu did not participate in the celebration ceremony. The Duke's wife who had put on ordinary people's clothes was standing aside from afar watching the fun. Looking at Li Hao's actions of touching his nose from time to time, she knew that the boy's patience had reached its limit.

However, Hongfu does not intend to participate. There are many such situations in the future. It is always good to let your son adapt in advance. Yes, that's it. Hongfu will never admit that this is cheating on his son.

About a moment later, Yuan Tiangang appeared in front of the crowd. Against the backdrop of the brand new Taoist robe, the old Taoist priest held a whisk in his hand and looked like a Taoist bone-like fairy-like style.

First he recited a passage of scripture and then burned incense and prayed. Although he had been struggling on the front line of scientific research in the past two years, he did not give up his main business and was still very skillful, which made the evil young man Li Hao applaud frequently.

Old guy, since you want to disgust me, don’t blame me for being ruthless: “You’re good at dancing, come and see the reward.”

Look...what the hell is the reward?

Yuan Tiangang was stunned for a moment. The next second, countless silver ingots smashed towards the old Taoist.

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After the silver bullet rain, the ground was full of chaos. Yuan Tiangang returned to the scene with a dark face with a big bag on his head. He didn't want the sense of ceremony or something, and he directly spit out two words: "Pump water."

Pump water!

With a command, the little blacksmith Feng Tie took the initiative and rushed to the next side of the water pump. He first poured two large buckets of water into the water pump. After the water was filled with all the iron pipes connected to the water pump, he tried hard to shake the shaking handle more than two feet long.

One, two, three... Soon, a gurgling stream emerged from the outlet of the water pump.

The old squire watching the neck stretched out, and when they saw water coming out, they immediately shouted: "It's out, it's out! It's out!"

Li Hao glanced at the outlet from afar and shook his head calmly: "Don't worry, wait a little longer."

Waiting for nothing, it was all like this, and a group of people looked at each other.

The magic of the water pump was a few days ago. They heard Li Hao say that it was like twelve hours of water supply without interruption, and there was no need to lie by the well every day to pick up water. The most important thing was that there was excess water for irrigation.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, the water output seems to be a little small, and even the supply of drinking water in the whole county seems to be insufficient. How can it be used for irrigation?

However, since the noble man said that he would wait, he would wait. Anyway, he had been waiting for such a long time, and it would not be a short while.

Given Li Hao's previous barbaric behavior, the squire rationally controlled their mouths, and fake models surrounded them for subsequent development.

On the other side, the young man Feng Tieyao worked harder.

‘Crunch’, the pump shaker is like a windmill.

Gradually, the water outlet flow became larger and larger, from trickle to gurgling water, and then from gurgling water to rolling torrents.

Well, the torrent is indeed a bit exaggerated, but the water does come out more than it was at the beginning. It looks like a clear spring and flows outward.

In the Tang Dynasty, which basically relies on communication, except for some policy-based things, the spread of strange tricks and tricks is very slow, so although the water pump is already well-known in Chang'an, no one knows it in Qizhou, hundreds of miles away from Chang'an.

The necks of about twenty gentry from all over Qishan County were almost broken, their eyes wide open, and their mouths kept making exclamations like murmurs.

"Okay, so awesome."

"The prince is the prince. It's so amazing that he can create such a powerful divine thing."

"Several people, do you think the prince won't sell us this pumping opportunity?"

When it comes to selling, all the squires are interested.

The biggest loss of this severe drought in Guanzhong was people like them. It would be fine if the family had no grain of land. They also had to support some poor relatives and long-term workers and tenants who had worked for them.

This might not be considered a big deal if it were placed in the Song Dynasty, which was transitioning to capitalism in the next few hundred years, or the Ming Dynasty, which was later. After all, at that time, everyone rarely lived on the little things that grew out of the ground.

But it is not possible to put it in the Tang Dynasty, which is mainly agriculture. Whether it is a gentry or aristocratic family, everyone lives on the little things that grow in the fields every year. If it was a year of drought... To the words of a certain star, the landlords' families do not have any surplus food!

So, when they found that the water pump could completely achieve uninterrupted water supply, the interest from these gentry immediately rushed to Li Hao and asked in a lingering manner: "Criminal, can the water pump be sold? The villain is willing to buy ten units at a price of ten taels of silver per unit."

"Ten taels of silver?" Li Hao was holding tea cigarettes in his mouth and vomiting mist with Old Dao Yuan. Hearing this, he turned his head and slapped him: "For the sake of this severe drought, I will give you a cost price of fifty taels per unit, and each company is limited to purchase five units."

Someone said with a bitter face: "Wutai? Prince, this is too few, not enough."

"The capacity is limited, so there can be no more." Li Hao pointed to the people in the distance: "After all, they have to live, so they can't starve them all to death for you. Besides, the entire Guanzhong is short of water, so I can't put all of my production capacity on you."

Speaking of this, the meaning of rejection is already very strong. Even without the big hat of Guanzhong's water shortage, the price of fifty taels of silver per unit is enough to prevent the gentry.

Of course, there is also the relationship between Li Hao's background and the gentry is not satisfied, and even if they are not satisfied, they dare not show any slightest performance. After all, this young man even kills the Zheng family. Even if they have some strength in the countryside, can they still compare with the Zheng family with the five surnames and seven hopes?

Looking at the gentry's long-distance backs, Yuan Tiangang took a sip of the tea cigarette that he had tricked from Li Hao and spit out a cloud of smoke: "A group of things that are ungrateful when they see profit and are ungrateful. With them as worms in the Tang Dynasty, the hard days of the people will not end."

Li Hao was originally a little dissatisfied with the performance of the gentry. When he heard Yuan Tiangang’s complaints, he couldn’t help but feel happy: “Oh, Old Yuan, I can’t tell, do you still have this enlightenment?”

"Hmph, I'm not a stone of Mo'er's feelings." Yuan Tiangang didn't look like a fairy wind just now, and spat on the ground and said, "I've seen through these people for so many years in the market."

After saying this, Old Yuan thought for a while and said, "To follow me, Prince, you should have sold the pump open and sold it, and the price was also raised to 100 taels of silver. These guys, if you have too much money, why should you save money for them?"

"I want to do it too!" Li Hao stood up from the ground and patted Yuan Tiangang on the shoulder: "But I'm afraid I'll scare them away, so I won't have the money to pay the people."

"Pay wages? Prince, what are you doing wrong?"

Li Hao: "..."

"Uh..." Yuan Tiangang was embarrassed by Li Hao's eyes and said embarrassedly: "I don't mean that. I mean, what are your good ideas? Can you tell me?"

Li Hao shook his head: "Old Yuan, Old Yuan, this is you. If you change someone, I punch you..."

"Yes, yes, I know my mistake, I know my mistake." Looking at the fist that was so big that Iron pillar was sandbag, Yuan Tiangang bowed his hand in a row.

"Haha..." Li Hao also felt that the joke was almost done. If he continued, he was afraid that the old Taoist would turn against each other, so he smiled and walked up to support Yuan Tiangang, and said mysteriously: "Actually, I'm going to hide it from you, I really have some ideas."

"oh?"

"Yesterday afternoon, I told the old man Yan Feibai that he planned to silt rivers throughout Qizhou Prefecture and use labor instead of relief. Therefore, the water pump should be sold, and it should not be sold too expensively. Otherwise, it will scare away all the gentry, and what will we use to give the people who are working hard to distribute money and food."

"Then why don't you sell more?" Yuan Tiangang didn't understand.

"Because it's not just one Qizhou that needs to be dredged. Don't the other states in Guanzhong need to be dredged? You can't let me use the money from Qizhou to subsidize other prefectures. If that old man Yan Feibai knew about it, wouldn't he fight with me?"

Patting Yuan Tiangang's shoulder, Li Hao said deeply: "The Tang Dynasty is not as good as in previous years. The three-season rice blooms easily in Jiangnan and is planted all over the world. Although it cannot produce three seasons per year, it is still fine. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty is not short of food now. Even if there is a drought, it will not be too big if it is given time to the court.

The reason why Your Majesty did not mobilize food at once was probably because he wanted to use the drought to achieve what purpose I could not return to Beijing was that His Majesty wanted to use me to cause trouble and attract the attention of some people.

So, I am very scared. My current state is like a blind man crossing a river. It depends entirely on touching. Maybe if you take the wrong step, the next step is to be doomed."

Li Hao made a scared expression and then made a beheading gesture.

Yuan Tiangang was speechless.

Do you really know how to be afraid? The devil of the Zheng family is still hanging on the city gate building, and it is almost dry. If you are really afraid, you will put the person down.

Rolling his eyes, Yuan Tiangang didn't take Li Hao's words to heart at all. This kid's words were not reliable.

"Crown Prince, since this is the case, I will not get involved. I will stay in Qizhou for the next period of time. If there is anything, I will just send someone to notify me."

Li Hao waved his hand: "As long, go ahead and go, do whatever you like to do during this period, and eat whatever you want."

Yuan Tiangang: "..."

...

After dozens of water pumps were put into use, the drinking water problem of the people in Qishan County was greatly alleviated.

The "ding Ding Dangdang" sounded several days and nights in the county town and stopped.

The craftsmen worked hard for several days and nights, and they were already exhausted. As soon as the pump was put into use, they all ran to sleep. The snoring sounds of Qishan County inn were endless, and they could hear clearly through the two walls.

Zheng Yan entered Qishan County on such a night and found an inn to pay a huge sum of money. The entire team fell into the county.

The manager Zheng Qian is also a member of the Zheng family, but he has a far-reaching relationship with the eldest son. Because he is at home, he is called the fourth uncle by Zheng Yan.

After the inn was settled, the Fourth Uncle Zheng came outside Zheng Yan's room and knocked on the door gently: "Young master, have you slept?"

"Not yet, I'll come in." Zheng Yan's voice came from the room, and the door was opened by a twelve and three-year-old Shutong.

Zheng Qian pressed the little Shutong's head lovingly, entered the room and checked the doors and windows first, and then said to Zheng Yan: "Young Master, I just went to inquire. Prince Wei is in the city now, and I don't know if the young master wants to meet tomorrow."

Zheng Yan thought for a while: "Forget it, I'm almost out of my way these days, my bones are about to fall apart. Let's take a few days to rest and nourish my energy."

Zheng Qian nodded. His identity was just a servant and he had no right to interfere in the eldest son's house.

"Then the young man should take a break early. The villain will come again tomorrow morning."

"Oh, wait." Seeing that Zheng Qian was about to leave, Zheng Yan quickly called him: "Uncle Fourth, although it is difficult for me to see Li Dejian now, the etiquette that I should have is indispensable. If you have time, it is best to send someone to send my famous post. I will say that in three days, I will invite him to the banquet in the best restaurant in the city."

"No!" Zheng Qian responded, and saw that Zheng Yan had no other instructions, so he turned around and retreated.

...

"What is this?" Li Hao woke up early in the morning and found that there was a gold-plated famous post on the table. He held it in his hand and could smell the famous post with a faint smell of osmanthus: "Who is Zheng Yan?"

"The eldest grandson of the Zheng family." Hongfu's voice came from outside the door, and then the door of the room was pushed open. Li Hao's cheap mother scolded her with a look of regret, "I don't know the descendants of the five surnames and Qiwang who are famous all over the world. You are still considered a playboy in Chang'an City."

"Mom, how could you say that to your son? I am a founding official at least. How could I be a playboy?" Li Hao yawned and the boss said unhappily.

"You still have the face to say that you are the founding emperor." Hongfu poked his son's forehead with his finger: "Is there a founding emperor who sleeps until the sun is 3 o'clock? When your father is as old as you, he always has three o'clock in the morning, or else you would not be today."

"The third update candlelight and five updates are just like you saw it with your own eyes." Li Hao lowered his head and muttered, and focused his attention on the famous post in his hand.

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing." In order not to be poked, Li Hao quickly denied: "I just said that in the future, I will also like my father, and I will be like my father, and I will be able to get a 3rd update. "

"Hmph." Although he knew that Li Hao was not saying this, he didn't hear it clearly just now. Hongfu snorted and changed the topic: "Stop reading it, it's just a famous post. The boy from the Zheng family has arrived in Qishan County and said that he would invite you to the banquet in three days."

When it comes to attending the banquet, the first thing Li Hao thinks of is the Hongmen Banquet. He blurted out: "Hongmen Banquet?"
Chapter completed!