Chapter 446 Not even as good as a servant?
"Okay." Xiao Fu patted Zhu Jiuliu's shoulder and looked at him with a toothy smile. He said, "Don't worry, from now on, your village will no longer be flooded and left homeless!"
Xiao Fu has conducted a careful inspection in the past few days. As long as the construction is solid and the flow is diverted and the water is controlled, there will be no more flooding even in the flood season. The hundreds of thousands of people downstream will no longer have to be displaced like last year!
"Master Xiao, you are the savior of our Xiangcheng!" Zhu Jiuliu said happily, and couldn't wait to say: "Master Xiao, I have gathered a lot of strong laborers. Everyone is very happy to hear that you are going to build a dam!"
If it were anyone else, no one would want to come, fearing that they would work themselves to death and not get paid, and not even have enough to eat.
But Lord Xiao is different. Three years ago, if Lord Xiao had not been falsely accused, the Jinjiang Dike would have been built a thousand times or ten thousand times better than it is now. Only Lord Xiao would treat the people as human beings.
"Okay." Xiao Fu assigned the task to Zhu Jiuliu. Zhu Jiuliu responded repeatedly and patted his chest to assure that there would be absolutely no problem. When passing by Xiao Jiuyue, Zhu Jiuliu looked at him once and again.
"Zhu Jiuliu, is there anything else?" Xiao Fu asked.
Zhu Jiuliu scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "This little brother looks very familiar to me."
Xiao Jiuyue is now just a handsome young servant. Judging from his height, he is indeed a younger brother compared to Zhu Jiuliu who is 1.8 meters tall.
"They look alike. Perhaps we've met somewhere before." Xiao Fu said casually.
Zhu Jiuliu didn't say anything else, but hurried out to work. The sooner the new dam was built, the safer they would be when the flood season came.
"His eyes are quite poisonous." Xiao Jiuyue waited until Zhu Jiuliu left before looking at Xiao Fu and asking, "Master, do you think I look like him?"
If Xiao Jiuyue only puts on makeup once, she will want to get darker, but if she does this every day, Xiao Jiuyue doesn't want to get darker. It's too troublesome, and it will easily cause uneven skin tone. So, Xiao Jiuyue is just a fair-skinned boy.
"A little." Xiao Fu was used to seeing her, and he could recognize her eyes at a glance. They were as beautiful as Su Niang's. However, the difference was that Su Niang's eyes were gentle and watery, while Xiao Jiuyue's were...
Xiao Fu silently looked at the capable Xiao Jiuyue. Her eyes were firm and bright, gentle and fragile, none of which existed in her.
He also didn't know what kind of son-in-law he would find in the future to be worthy of his Yue'er.
As Xiao Fu thought this, he saw a large hand flying in front of him: "Master, we are running out of food. If we finish today's food, there will be none left tomorrow. You must urge the Second Prince to send us some food."
"Xiao Jiu!" Xiao Fu was startled by Xiao Jiuyue and reminded her, "Your Highness, what do you mean by Second Prince?"
"Excuse me, sir, when can His Highness deliver the food? His Highness has been delaying it for three days." Xiao Jiuyue looked at Xiao Fu with a smile. Lately, he has been responsible for the food of the working people under the guise of a servant.
Xiao Jiuyue had been doing business in Hongdu for several years and had finally earned hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. But when he arrived in Xiangcheng, he became a pauper again!
Xiao Jiuyue spent a lot of time thinking about how to feed these thousands of people every day, thinking about how to make sure they are full and not get sick of the food.
At the same time, Xiao Jiuyue also made some medicinal soup for everyone every day to prevent and treat colds. What if those people got sick due to this high-intensity work?
"I'll go now." When Xiao Fu heard that there would be nothing to eat tomorrow, he immediately sent someone to urge him.
That night, the second prince delivered the food and a lot of vegetables.
"Dad, what did you say to him? How come the food was delivered so quickly?" Xiao Jiuyue was extremely curious. What did daddy say to the second prince that the food, which had been delayed for so long, was actually delivered?
"If he doesn't send it, I'll have no choice but to ask the emperor for grain." Xiao Fu sneered and said, "You donated 100,000 kilograms of grain last year. Lancang County also had a bumper harvest, so there's enough grain in the national treasury. The grain we brought to Xiangcheng to repair the dike this time is also enough. If I write a letter to ask for grain..."
"The Emperor will surely be furious and send someone to investigate. If he finds out that the Second Prince is enjoying himself in Xiangcheng, he'll be in big trouble." Xiao Jiuyue took over his words and then curled her lips, saying, "I used to think the Crown Prince was impulsive and easily led by others. But now..."
Compared to the Crown Prince's impulsiveness, if the Second Prince were to ascend to the throne with his way of seeking pleasure, South Vietnam would surely be in chaos, right?
From then on, the king stopped attending court early in the morning, and loved his beauty even more than his kingdom...
"The Emperor is fully aware of this matter." Xiao Fu's eyes darkened slightly as he said, "The Crown Prince couldn't come this time, so he's secretly trying to find fault. Don't worry, this matter can't be concealed from Shengjing."
After hearing this, Xiao Jiuyue gradually felt relieved, and she began to talk to Xiao Fu about the dike diversion and water control.
During spring sowing, Xiao Jiuyue would also tell everyone in Xiangcheng how to farm and increase yields. At first, no one believed it.
Zhu Jiuliu directly supported it. Under Zhu Jiuliu's propaganda, everyone changed from their initial disdain to rushing to find Xiao Jiuyue, for fear that they would not learn anything and that others' grain production would increase while theirs did not.
"What's going on up ahead?" The second prince's carriage was stopped by the people who were learning to farm. The second prince lifted the curtain and frowned. Xiao Jiuyue, standing in the crowd, seemed to be glowing.
"Your Highness, this is the servant of Lord Xiao, teaching the villagers how to farm." Changfeng explained.
"Do I need you to tell me?" The second prince glanced at him and recognized Xiaojiu at a glance. Before, when he was following Xiao Fu, he was as handsome as a pretty boy. Unexpectedly, when he smiled, he looked even more like a pretty boy.
"Your Highness, have some snacks." The delicate and boneless woman leaned in front of the Second Prince and handed the snacks to him. She wished she could turn herself into a peacock so that she could firmly grasp the Second Prince's heart. By then, she, Qingyi, might also have the opportunity to become the prince's concubine.
The Second Prince, who had always thought her weak and boneless, watched this scene. He reached out and cupped her face, letting her tilt her chin up. He looked at her carefully and said, "Qingyi, how come you are not even as good as a servant?"
"Your Highness." Qingyi threw herself on the Second Prince with a sweet laugh, and said in a coquettish voice, "Your Highness is really good at joking."
The Second Prince pinched her face and looked at her left and right. She was naturally charming and her eyes were seductive. He had enjoyed it before, but now, compared to her smile in the sun, the Second Prince frowned and muttered, "She's not white enough, and her eyes are tacky and fake."
Qingyi: "..." If she was so beautiful, would she still need to be a courtesan in this small place? She would have found a suitable person to redeem her and left long ago.
Qing Yi was flustered for a moment, then said coquettishly, "Your Highness."
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