Gou Jian brought Fan Li, Wen Zhong and a group of followers. They left the capital city of Kuaiji in casual clothes and headed to Gouwu County. They wanted to visit Qin Yu.
On the way, Gou Jian conveniently inspected the people's situation and learned more about Qin Yu's deeds.
Qin Yu had helped many villages build waterwheels and had helped the people of the State of Yue a great deal.
Right now, Qin Yu's position in the hearts of the commoners was even showing signs of surpassing Gou Jian.
Even the young ladies of the boudoir wanted to marry Qin Yu even in their dreams, not the monarch, Gou Jian.
This made Gou Jian, who was incognito, feel embarrassed. He wanted to see what kind of celebrity Qin Jieyi was.
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While Gou Jian was hurrying on his journey, Qin Yu had already traveled through half of the Yue State with Gouwu County as the center. He was helping the drought-stricken counties build waterwheels.
During this period of time, Qin Yu opened Rouge Workshop in twelve county cities at the same time. Their business was booming.
There was no choice. Qin Yu's rouge was of excellent quality and the price was low. The girls were not stupid. They naturally chose to go to Qin Yu's shop to buy rouge powder.
This forced most of the other cosmetic stores to choose to cooperate with Qin Yu. Otherwise, they would have to close down because they had no customers.
In addition to the rapid expansion of the Rouge Workshop, Qin Yu had also obtained a total of twelve houses in each county. Some were large and some were small, and the styles were different.
It had to be said that real estate in ancient times was really not very expensive because there was a small population, a lot of land, and no real estate speculators.
Other than the house and Rouge Workshop, there was also wood.
At present, Qin Yu has collected a total of 1300 fine trees. It is not too much, but it is also not little.
Qin Yu still wanted to continue collecting. He even hired people to go to the various villages and counties to buy as much wood as possible.
In any case, there were more trees in Yue Country, and the price was cheap.
These were the strategic resources that Qin Yu had prepared for himself. When the time came, they would be of great use.
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On the 20th day after Qin Yu went to the various counties to build the waterwheel.
The King of Yue, Gou Jian, brought his advisors, Fan Li, Wen Zhong, and a group of followers to Gouwu County.
At this moment, the county magistrate Xun Gan was completely caught off guard and frightened. He did not expect the King of Yue, Gou Jian, to come personally.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty of not being able to lead the people of Gouwu County to welcome Your Majesty.”Xun Gan admitted his mistake immediately. This was his usual style in the officialdom. Taking the initiative to apologize at the right time could always give his superiors a good impression.
Of course, Gou Jian did not blame Xun Gan. He said,"I didn't inform any county on this trip. You didn't do anything wrong.”
Arriving at the county government office, Xun Gan immediately ordered people to prepare a banquet. Then, he asked Gou Jian,"May I know why Your Majesty has come to Gouwu County?”
"I heard from Doctor Fan Li that there is a peerless talent in Gouwu County called Qin Jieyi. This person knows the general situation of the world and invented the waterwheel to help the people alleviate the drought.”Gou Jian expressed his intention for coming here and said,"Xun Gan, go find Qin Jieyi now and ask him to come to the county government to see me.”
"Your Majesty, you can't." " Qin Jieyi is a proud talent," Fan Li immediately advised." If you were to wait for him in the county office, he probably would not come. Since you have already come to Gouwu County, why don't you go a little further and visit him personally?"”
"Alright then. He would rest for the day and visit Mr. Xie Yi tomorrow.”Although Gou Jian did not want to lower his status, he could only endure it in order to recruit talents and plot for the world.
Gou Jian's endurance was definitely one of the best in the world. Otherwise, how could he have brought his wife to be a captive slave in the State of Wu for three years and won the trust of Fu Chai, the King of Wu?
"Your Majesty, I have something to say. Qin Jieyi is not in Gouwu County now.”Xun Gan answered truthfully," The drought in the surrounding counties is severe. They are asking Qin Jieyi to build waterwheels to alleviate the drought. In the past half a month, Qin Jieyi has been moving between the counties. I don't know where he is now.”
"Fan Li, Wenzhong, what should we do now?”Gou Jian asked for their opinions.
"Wait!" Fan Li and Wen Zhong answered in unison. They looked at each other and smiled.
Then Wen Zhong said," Since Your Majesty has come, we can't return empty-handed. You can wait here for a while. At the same time, order the servants to go to the counties to check on Mr. Xie Yi's whereabouts. We're not waiting for nothing."”
"Alright, let's do as Wenzhong says." Gou Jian nodded and said to Xun Gan,"You heard it, you know what to do.”
"I know, I know." Xun Gan nodded repeatedly." I'll send someone to look for Mr. Jie Yi's footprints.”
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It had been nearly a month.
Most of the drought in Yue State had been alleviated. Because of the irrigation of the waterwheel, the rice in the paddy fields was growing happily. The autumn harvest was approaching, and it looked like a bumper harvest.
At this moment, Qin Yu was sitting on an ox-cart in a field in a village. Beside him sat Xi Shi and Zheng Dan.
The three of them were wearing straw hats to shade themselves from the sun. Looking at the beautiful autumn harvest scene, they chatted and laughed.
Xi Shi is massaging Qin Yu's shoulders with her delicate hands. Although her strength is gentle, it also makes Qin Yu feel very comfortable.
Zheng Dan picked up a washed wild fruit from the wooden basin, carefully peeled it, and fed it to Qin Yu.
Mountains, rivers, countryside, beautiful scenery, Qin Yu immediately feels that he is very carefree and happy. No wonder many people like to retreat to the mountains and forests.
Qin Yu felt a little touched. Like now, hugging beauties Xi Shi and Zheng Dan on his left and right, indulging in the mountains, rivers and countryside, singing and drinking in the day, lying on the knees of beauties at night, how refreshing!
"Young Master, is your strength alright?" Xi Shi, who was massaging Qin Yu's shoulders, asked.
"Your hands should be tired. Take a rest."”
"Yiguang, eat a fruit." Zheng Dan handed over a red wild fruit. Then, he peeled another for Qin Yu and fed it to him.
"Young master, Yi Guang isn't tired at all. On the contrary, young master, you've been running around in the countryside for the past month and your face has become much tanned.”Xi Shi takes a bite of the fruit and continues to massage Qin Yu's shoulders.
In this month, Qin Yu had indeed tanned. In the fields, it was very easy to tan. However, Qin Yu felt that it was quite good. His wheat-colored skin was even more masculine.
Qin Yu shook the reins and drove the bull pulling the carriage. Because of the system's secret navigation, he did not get lost. Moreover, the journey was smooth and safe.
Qin Yu, together with Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, is preparing to return to Ju Wu County's Ramie Village. Calculating the time, it is estimated that there will be a bumper harvest by the time they arrive.
He could take advantage of the bumper harvest to get married.
Of course, Qin Yu did not tell Xi Shi and Zheng Danming about this matter. The two of them still did not know about Qin Yu's arrangements to marry them.
Qin Yu could not help but laugh heartily on the night of their wedding night.
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