"Ma...Uncle Ma? What are you doing in this outfit?" Li Xiu was dazzled by the golden light on the other party. He squinted his eyes and looked for a long time before he recognized the other party. Now Ma Ye is wearing a helmet and armor, and the bright armor leaves on his body reflect the light of the sun, as if his whole body is bathed in the golden light. This is the first time he has seen Ma Ye dress so formally, and he really dare not recognize him for a while.

"Boy, military information is urgent. Today I am here to say goodbye to you. I guess I won't be back until the New Year, so you have to worry more about the green vegetables in the greenhouse!" Mr. Ma said anxiously. Through the open courtyard gate, Li Xiu could see Lao Qi and others standing outside with their horses, and it seemed that they were about to set off immediately.

"Uncle Ma, what happened? You are going to leave so urgently?" Li Xiu sat up and said seriously. He had met Mr. Ma yesterday, but the other party did not say that he was leaving. Instead, he discussed the growth of the green vegetable with a leisurely look on his face. He left in such a hurry today, obviously he had just received the news.

"I told you that there is no visit, but remember not to talk nonsense!" Ma Ye said with a heavy face at this time, "The prince has led his troops to defeat Liu Heita, but the Turks suddenly went south and entered Lingzhou all the way south. Now they have reached the boundary of Qingzhou, which is only one day away from Chang'an. Fortunately, the princess led his troops there before, which blocked the Turkish army. However, this time the Turks used a lot of troops, and the princess' army was also a little difficult. The court urgently organized an army, led by the King of Qin to support the princess. I also want to go with the army to help the princess with a helping force!"

"It's a Turk again!" Li Xiu couldn't help but say hesitantly when he heard this. When Li Yuan raised an army, he had to surrender to the Turks in order to appease the Turks. But even so, the Turks still went south from time to time. Moreover, after seeing the Tang Dynasty becoming increasingly powerful, they supported Liu Heita to confront the Tang Dynasty again, and now they directly sent troops. It seemed that the Turks were also playing a balance strategy. They did not allow a powerful unified dynasty to appear in the Central Plains.

"Military information is urgent, I won't say much nonsense. I know you are a lazy guy, but you should worry more during this period. When I come back, remember to have a celebration banquet in person. Your kid's cooking skills are much better than those chefs in Chang'an City!" Mr. Ma laughed generously at this time, and turned around and left the yard. After spending time together, he already knew that Li Xiu was proficient in cooking. He felt a little numb about Li Xiu's unreasonable ability, and he was too lazy to ask more questions. Anyway, it's not illegal to have more skills.

Li Xiu didn't say nonsense anymore and personally sent Ma Master out. Then he saw Ma Master flying on his horse and leading his troops to run away. Looking at the backs of Ma Master and others leaving, Li Xiu suddenly felt that the originally warm sunshine had brought a bit of murderous aura. The war was coming, and it was not far from the north of Chang'an, which made him a little worried.

However, even if the war breaks out, life still needs to continue for ordinary people. Even the news of the Turkic army coming was blocked. Except for a few ministers and nobles, ordinary people did not know the changes in the outside world at all. However, the more this happens, the more serious the situation is, because the Turks have already reached the border of Chang'an, but the court is blocking the news, obviously because they are worried about causing panic among the people.

"For the Turkish attack on the Tang Dynasty, I only remember that shortly after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Jie Li Khan once led his troops into the country. That time he almost fought to the city of Chang'an. There seemed to be no record of the Turkic attack on Chang'an. It seems that the Turkic people would not attack Chang'an this time!" After sending Ma Ye away, Li Xiu returned home and suddenly murmured to himself. He was recalling the historical knowledge of his previous life, but he only knew a rough idea of ​​many things, so these words could only comfort himself.

With Ma Master not here, Li Xiu naturally could not be as lazy as before. There are other managers in the Princess's Mansion, so he doesn't have to worry about it, but he can't ignore the greenhouse. So for the next period of time, he would have to take some time every day to go around the greenhouse, and at least supervise a few responsible managers to be lazy.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the traditional Laba Festival. This festival appeared very early. It is said to have existed at ****. It is a different name, but the content is similar. It is all sacrificed to ancestors and gods. Laba porridge did not appear until the Song Dynasty. For the people of Guanzhong in the early Tang Dynasty, this day requires a special noodles, which is somewhat similar to the sauce noodles in later generations, but it is also very different. In addition, for the people of Buddhism, Laba is said to be the day when the Buddha became enlightened, so major temples will also hold some celebrations on this day, which is very lively.

Two days ago, the vegetables in the greenhouse could be picked, but Li Xiu did not move people. Instead, he waited for the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to pick them. Then, the people from the Princess's Mansion drove a carriage to the city early in the morning, but they did not want to sell vegetables. In fact, the Princess's Mansion was different from Li Xiu. For the real nobles, they were unwilling to do business in person. After all, the status of merchants was low, so they were more willing to find some agents to do business, so that they could save face and enjoy the wealth brought by doing business.

The servants of the Princess's Mansion pulled the green vegetables into the city and walked straight to the palace along the Zhuque Street. The vegetables in their car were mainly given to Li Yuan, which was discussed by Li Xiu and Ma Ye before. In this way, it can show the princess' filial piety to His Majesty. This is considered from the perspective of Ma Ye. In addition, for Li Xiu, being able to give green vegetables to Li Yuan can also use the emperor's identity to form a celebrity effect in a very short time, thus creating a famous reputation for green vegetables.

Of course, at the same time, the merchants Ma Ye had contacted had already rushed to the outside of the greenhouse, loaded the mature vegetables inside and sent them to various vegetable markets in Chang'an City. However, because the number of greenhouses is limited and the yield of vegetables is not high, the vegetables sent to various vegetable markets are sold in limited quantities. Just like Li Xiu's strategy of selling bean sprouts, this method is used to gain fame.

In addition, Li Xiu also had some selfish intentions and handed over the green vegetable business in Le'an Vegetable Market to Liu and others, so that they could sell green vegetables while selling bean sprouts. After all, the fat and water did not flow to outsiders' fields. Anyway, green vegetables don't have to worry about sales. Liu and his friends bought the same purchase price as those merchants, and sold them to earn the difference. This is also a small condition that he added when he worked with Ma Ye before.

As soon as the green vegetables appeared in the vegetable market, it immediately caused a greater sensation than bean sprouts. Firstly, the bean sprouts were too small at the Le'an vegetable market, but now green vegetables are sold almost in the large vegetable market in Chang'an City. Secondly, compared with the new vegetables such as bean sprouts, green vegetables are also more acceptable. Moreover, many people know that only the royal family can eat green vegetables in winter, but now these green vegetables appear in the market and can be bought with just enough money. This makes people who have been eating meat or pickles for most of the winter can no longer help and pay for them. Of course, at the price of green vegetables, only those princes, nobles or wealthy merchants can afford it.

After three days of limited sales, coupled with the news of green vegetables coming from the palace, it finally attracted the appetite of the powerful and wealthy people in the city. On the fourth day, Li Xiu began to increase sales and no longer limited sales. However, even so, when vegetables are on the market every morning, they will be snatched away.

In addition, the high price also brings extremely generous profits, which can definitely be described as daily money. Li Xiu is responsible for keeping accounts every day. At first, he was still excited about the growing sales, but gradually he began to become numb. In his eyes, these things are just some numbers.

"Master, do you think what I wrote correctly?" Yue Chan carefully handed the account book to Li Xiu, with a look of uneasiness on her face. Li Xiu felt bored to keep accounts. He happened to find that Yue Chan was literate again. Moreover, when she was playing cards before, she knew Arabic numerals, so she started to teach her to keep accounts so that he could be more relaxed.

Li Xiu took the account book and looked at it, and found that it was full of beautiful small characters. I have to say that Yuechan's calligraphy is much better than him. Then Li Xiu checked the contents of the account book again and found that Yuechan was quite smart. She used all the things she taught her. Except for some minor problems, there were no other problems.

"It's not bad, just follow this. Maybe Yuechan can be a female housekeeper in the future!" Li Xiu said happily. After saying that, he pointed out some of her minor problems and asked her to continue writing, while he was leisurely eating fried beans.

When Yue Chan heard Li Xiu's praise, he was a little shy. At this time, someone picked up the goods. Yue Chan started to get busy again. Li Xiu's home was not far from the greenhouse, so those vegetables sold came to Li Xiu first to register and report the quantity and price of vegetables he bought. Then Li Xiu opened a order for them to pick up vegetables in the greenhouse. Each greenhouse had a number of dishes. In the future, he only needed to check the order and the quantity of vegetables. No one could cheat.

"Master, the mistress has already taken a shower. Did you put it on the bed like before?" Liu'er walked in and asked, holding the mistress wrapped in a towel.

"No, put it in the yard. It will not be allowed to enter my room within three days. And you must take a bath with soap every day in these three days!" Li Xiu hurriedly waved his hand to stop Liu'er from approaching him and said, "The mistress fell into the toilet today. Although Liu'er had already helped him take a bath, Li Xiu still didn't dare to let it get close to him.

"Oh!" Liu'er agreed to put the mistress outside the door. She had long been used to Li Xiu'ai's clean habit. Not to mention anything else, just bathing the mistress, the dog, and using particularly precious soap, was not something that ordinary people could do.

The mistress seemed very dissatisfied with Li Xiu's decision, and stood outside the threshold and kept screaming, but Li Xiu ignored it at all. Finally, the mistress looked at Li Xiu with some resentment and left silently.

"It seems that I have to build a bathroom earlier. I don't know if I can build a flush toilet so that the mistress will not fall into the toilet again." Li Xiu said to himself at this time. With money at home, he finally had the confidence to plan to build a new home.
Chapter completed!