The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 67: A melon on a vine

"Second Master, do you think the houses of our tenants are being rebuilt slowly?" After finishing talking about the matter, Zheng Lu hesitated to leave and said with a sigh for a long time.

"Why, isn't this something that has been decided a long time ago?" Zhao Tong asked in confusion.

"Second Master, it's a settled matter, but this time you built a winery, expanded the craftsman's shop, and hired so many people. It cost a lot, so you could only embezzle part of the money from building the house. When you came down to the craftsman's shop, you still had to pay for it.

It will take a lot of money to buy materials and add tools!" Zheng Lu said in a low voice.

"Oh, I understand. How much money does our house have on its account?" Zhao Tong asked.

"Last year, Fuzhong had a balance of more than 190,000 guan. Just the wages for building embankments and roads plus reward money, food expenses and land compensation cost nearly 80,000 guan. The overrun was less than half. Another 50,000 guan was spent on tools and stones.

We have invested 20,000 guan in the winery; more than 20,000 guan have been spent on relocating and building a house to expand the craft workshop. After the summer harvest and planting, we must immediately prepare to pave the road and build two bridges, which is also very expensive.

It is estimated to be 50,000 yuan. The existing money is not enough to cover these items, and the expenses of the mansion have not been included!" Zheng Lu pinched his fingers and calculated an account for the prince.

"Yeah!" Zhao Tong nodded and acquiesced. The wine shop and the craftsman's shop decided to give out benefits and rewards during the New Year without consulting them, but the expenses were calculated on the government's account. Now that the new wine has just been launched, the craftsman

The workshop is still under construction. Although it will definitely make money, it will have to wait until the end of the year. The workshop may take even longer, and the cycle of land investment to recover the cost and generate profits will be longer. All of these cannot quench the thirst of the near.

"Zheng Lu, please do the math, how much will it cost if we start all the work?" Zhao Tong asked after thinking for a moment.

"Second Master, I have done some calculations. The cost of building a house is three guan, and a house with three rooms costs nine guan. According to your plan, four villages will be built, with 500 households in each village, plus road construction.

It takes 30,000 guan to dig a well and plant trees, but the government still needs 30,000 guan for expenses!" Zheng Lu replied.

"Okay, Jian Xi, you allocate 150,000 yuan from the inner palace and give it to the chief steward. There is one more thing you must do well!" Zhao Tong asked Jian Xi to take a satchel, took out a map, drew a circle and said, "This is by the river.

The five hectares of land should not be rented out anymore, but should be set aside separately as land for our craftsmanship workshop. In addition, the simple dock on the Bian River should be expanded to be able to dock the Qianshi Ship. Is this enough money?"

"Second Master, that's enough, that's enough," Zheng Lu said hurriedly with a smile. The head of the family was afraid that he would have no money to spend. Now that the prince has given him 150,000 yuan, he can take care of things more easily.

"Your Majesty, we don't have much money left in the palace!" he said with a sad face. Your Majesty's money comes quickly and goes away quickly!

"You know what the heck, money is just dead when you put it there, you can make more money by spinning it around. Why are you more money obsessed than me!" Zhao Tong kicked him and said.

"Haha, Second Master, you see there are too many things going on in the house now. I really can't take care of the workshop. Should I ask Zheng Fu to help temporarily?" Zheng Lu asked anxiously. He didn't know the prince yet.

Is your anger gone?

"Well, let him go. You tell him that he must be careful and considerate when doing things. If something happens again, it won't be as simple as letting him feed the horse!" Zhao Tong pondered for a while and said, Zheng Fu has moved to Zheng Fu since he was beaten.

It had been more than a month since he had been feeding horses in the stables. He had secretly observed several times and found that Zheng Fu worked hard there without complaining and did not give up on himself because he was removed from the post of chief steward. Zhao Tong admired this very much.

"I have thanked the second master on behalf of Zheng Fu!" Zheng Lu bowed his head and thanked him. After all, he and Zheng Fu had known each other for many years, and their relationship was still very deep. He did not expect that the prince not only agreed happily, but also became the new master again.

Got the big shopkeeper.

After Zheng Lu finished talking about the matter, he happily followed Jian Xi to get the money. Zhao Tan stared at the blank space on the map. He originally wanted to build several workshops after completing the infrastructure construction this year, but now it seems that it will be in vain.

Funds and talents have become bottlenecks to his rapid development. If these two problems are not solved well, I am afraid that my work will be in vain in the end. But the most important problem I face now is funds. If you have money, you can find talents. If you

If you don't even have enough food to eat, and if you just talk about saving the country and the people in a "good situation", people will probably regard you as a lunatic, let alone work for you.

Xiao Mei was also re-examining the child in front of her at this time. She had been in the house for more than a month. Everyone said that although the prince was young, he was brave, generous, and kind to his servants. Anyway, he was

There were a lot of good words, but I just thought they were flattering the prince, but I didn't quite believe it.

Today when they were talking about things in the house, they didn't avoid her. She really saw that, among other things, he spent a hundred thousand dollars without blinking an eye, and this money was used to build houses for the tenants.

It’s not for his own enjoyment. Although Yemen is in the business of killing people for money, he is also known as a chivalrous person in the world. Of course he has done things like robbing the rich and giving to the poor, but at most he only ends up with most of the money.

It's better to keep the food and drink expenses for himself. Even his senior brother may not be so bold compared to him, but he is still a child.

"I miss your senior brother again, you can meet tonight, don't rely on me to hide him!" Zhao Tong put away the map, suddenly looked at Xiao Mei beside him, who was looking at him in a daze, and said with a smile.

"Who missed him? I'm just worried about his injury." Xiao Mei rolled her eyes at him and said.

"Hehe, you said no, you're smiling just by looking at your eyebrows!" Zhao Tong pointed at Xiao Mei's face and said with a smile.

"Nonsense, you little devil, you don't have a word of truth in your mouth!" Xiao Mei felt her face getting hot and turned around and said.

"Haha, Sister Mei, I want to ask you. Now that everyone outside has evacuated and your senior brother's injury has healed, why are you still here? Do you really want to sell yourself to pay off the debt?" Zhao Tong shook his hand and was no longer joking with her.

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"Oh, you want to drive us away, but you have two killers guarding you. Who would do that?" Xiao Mei sighed and her face darkened.

"You can stay here as long as you like. One of your night gate guys has been my manager for half a year. What's there to be afraid of? If he hadn't killed me, he might have become the manager now."

Zhao Tong picked up the fishing rod, hung it with fish food, threw it into the water and said.

"What?! We from Yemen once assassinated you. Why don't I know what he looks like?" Xiao Mei asked in surprise.

"About six feet tall, with fair complexion and small eyes, but energetic. When he smiles, the left corner of his mouth slopes downwards. He is good at using a short sword."

"Needless to say, he is from our Yemen. I wonder why I haven't seen him for a long time. It turns out that he has died in your hands!" Xiao Mei said with a solemn face.

"I'm telling you, if he doesn't kill me, I won't kill him. Don't put the blame on me and yell at me to avenge him." Seeing her recognition, Zhao Tong hurriedly gave him

She took a vitamin C tablet to prevent a cold.

"Tch, the little devil is so arrogant. He won't take any losses. If he's not as skilled as others, he'll be killed. Those in our profession all have this consciousness. I won't trouble you for him!" Xiao Mei

She rubbed the top of Zhao Tong's head twice and said, her movements seemed a little more intimate, as if a sister was punishing her little brother for saying something wrong.

"Sister Mei, my sister, sister. If you don't want to call me Second Master, that's fine. But don't call me 'Little Ghost Head, Little Ghost Head'. This will damage my royal image and honor!"

Zhao Tong coolly threw the hair tie that was messed up by Xiao Mei to the back of his head and said seriously.

"Haha" Xiao Mei laughed in an unladylike manner, and suddenly there were two lines of tears on her face.

"Sister Mei, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Tong asked in surprise. He didn't seem to have said anything wrong. Why did he make her cry? Don't be crazy. He asked and moved his butt to the side.

Every cell in the body has entered the first level of combat readiness.

"Look, you're scared. I just remembered some past events!" Xiao Mei was amused by Zhao Tong's nervous look. She put her arms around his shoulders and asked him to lean on her and said, "You don't know, we all are

An orphan, I suffered a lot since childhood. I was adopted by Yemen when I was five years old. In addition to eating and sleeping every day, I studied martial arts and practiced various killing techniques. When I was eight years old, my master took me to dig a new grave.

A corpse, and then asked me to take it back alone. I was scared to death, but I still dragged the corpse back. The next day I found that several senior brothers were missing. It wasn’t until I grew up that I found out about them that night.

He failed to complete his mission and was secretly executed."

"Ah! Your night gate rules are really big!" Zhao Tong felt that Xiao Mei had no ill intentions, so he moved his body to make himself more comfortable.

"This is actually just the beginning. From that day on, the master put the corpse in various poses and disguised it as various characters. I would stab the corpse once every day, and it must be stabbed in the vital part, enough to

People die until the body rots and becomes smelly, and there is no place where the knife was cut. From that time on, I have never smiled happily again!" Xiao Mei looked down at Zhao Tong who was listening to her words and said with a bitter smile.

"When I was ten years old, I killed my first person, but I didn't feel the slightest fear. Then I began to accept tasks frequently and follow instructions to kill people. No one told us whether they were good guys or bad guys, and I never asked, until

A few years later, I suddenly discovered that only my senior brother and I were the only ones left among the fifty people we started training with. They were all dead. The cruel training had long since turned us into emotionless people, but I still felt sad. Maybe it was because the rabbit died and the fox was sad.

Let things harm their own kind!"

"No, it means you still have feelings. You are different from them!" Zhao Tong said.

"That may be true. After a few years, my senior brother repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. After the death of the old sect leader, the position of sect leader was passed to him. I also became the right guardian of the sect, responsible for training new killers. I worked hard

I did it according to the master's method back then, but I couldn't do it. At this time, Menli took over the business of assassinating Zhang Kangguo. It was a very important matter, so I went out with my senior brother to do this task in person, but unexpectedly, we were assassinated!

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"We can be said to be like bitter gourds on a vine. Although I am a prince, my situation is not much better than yours. If you make one wrong move, you will be doomed!" Zhao Tong forced out a smile and said.