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Chapter Twelve It Was Him

"What's your bad idea?" Ma Ye didn't want to pay attention to Li Xiu anymore, but he didn't expect that he would propose to discuss business with him again. For the sake of the delicacies in front of him, Ma Ye squinted him and said.

"Uncle Ma, you don't like bean sprouts, you can always like green vegetables!" Li Xiu gritted his teeth and spoke again. He originally thought of two new inventions, one was to grow vegetables in greenhouses, and the other was distilled liquor. However, brewing wine consumed too much food, especially high-alcohol wine. Now the people of the Tang Dynasty cannot even eat enough food, and the court has issued a ban on alcohol several times, so after considering it, Li Xiu decided to give up the idea of ​​distilled liquor for the time being.

"Green vegetables? What green vegetables, you won't tell me that you can grow green vegetables in winter, right?" Ma Ye was stunned again when he heard this. Li Xiu had too many surprises to him today, but he still couldn't believe what it was like to grow green vegetables in winter.

"That's right, it's just that green vegetables are grown in winter, and it's not like Xishan that you need to use hot springs to grow vegetables. As long as you use my method, you can grow green vegetables anytime and anywhere!" Li Xiu said confidently that the greenhouse was the first way he thought of after coming to the Tang Dynasty. Now it can be used as a bargaining chip for trading with Ma Ye.

"Really and false? Don't fool me if you read a few more books!" Although Ma Ye was extremely smart, he was a little embarrassed at this time, and even doubted whether Li Xiu was stupid in reading. He just saw some things that were stolen in the book and believed it to be true?

"Of course it's true. Since I can let the beans sprout in such cold weather, it's naturally nothing to surprise to grow green vegetables!" Li Xiu said confidently.

Li Xiu, in his previous life, felt inferior because he was born in the countryside. This was also one of the main motivations for him to work hard and climb up in the future. However, now he is very grateful for his experience in the countryside in his previous life. For example, although he did not do it by himself, he knew the principle and had seen others make greenhouses, so he had absolutely confidence in making greenhouses.

Hearing Li Xiu say this and looking at his confident look, Ma Ye couldn't help but dispel his suspicion. He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Boy, if you can really grow green vegetables in winter, can you grow flowers and plants in winter?"

"Uh? Flowers and plants?" Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Ma Ye's question, and muttered to himself, "Does the spiritual realm of the Tang Dynasty nobles have been so high that they would rather not eat green vegetables than enjoy the flowers and plants in winter?"

"Boy, why are you stupid? Is it okay?" Uncle Ma asked again when he saw Li Xiu not answering.

"Okay, okay, but Uncle Ma, what do you want to do? Is it really just to raise flowers and plants?" Li Xiu asked at this time with some uncertainty. Looking at the appearance of Ma Master in front of him, he really doesn't look like an elegant person who likes flowers and plants. Raising Tibetan Mastiffs is very consistent with his personality.

"Of course, it's really about growing flowers and plants. The princess has liked to raise some flowers and plants since she was a child. Every autumn and winter, when these flowers and plants wither, the princess will be depressed. If you can let the flowers and plants survive in winter, she must be very happy!" When Ma Ye mentioned Princess Pingyang, a kind of respect appeared on Yingwu's face, which made Li Xiu even more curious about Princess Pingyang, and wanted to see the charm of this strange woman with his own eyes.

Of course there is no problem in planting flowers and plants in the greenhouse. Li Xiu also promised it on the spot, which made Ma Ye smiled with satisfaction. Next, Li Xiu raised some specific questions such as sharing of cooperation. Although Ma Ye was extremely smart, he was a general after all and was not very good at doing business. This was Li Xiu's strength, so Li Xiu was almost always talking about it. Ma Ye nodded in agreement if he felt it was appropriate.

Finally, the two parties reached a specific matter of cooperation. Li Xiu invested in the technology of the greenhouse, and the princess's mansion contributed money. Both parties each accounted for half of the shares. Originally, for this proportion, Ma Ye thought Li Xiu had taken a big advantage. After all, in comparison, Li Xiu only needed to talk, but their mansion contributed money and efforts, which should be because they took more. However, Li Xiu told him a lot of technical intellectual property rights, but he was able to confuse him because he didn't understand many nouns at all. Asking too many questions made him too ignorant, so he could only pretend to understand. As a result, he agreed in a confused manner.

"Master Ma, let's talk about cooperation for the time being, but my tenants are still lying on the bed now. Do you think..." Li Xiu suddenly changed the topic. He did not forget his main purpose of coming here. Only by avenging his tenants can he have a foundation for cooperation, otherwise everything he had just talked about was empty.

Mr. Ma also understood Li Xiu's thoughts. He smiled and said without looking back: "Lao Qi, go check which one is not open, and you dare to jealous of the red bean sprouts business!"

"Here!" As Ma Ye finished speaking, a very sudden voice suddenly sounded, and a thin middle-aged man appeared not far from Li Xiu and Ma Ye. Then the middle-aged man immediately turned around and left, and took out a horse from the bamboo forest in the distance, rode the horse and ran towards Chang'an City.

"Huh? Where did this person hide just now, why didn't I notice it at all?" Li Xiu stared at the background where the middle-aged man left. After a while, he said in shock that the hundred meters around them were very empty, and there was no place to hide, but the other party appeared very suddenly, which made Li Xiu very puzzled.

"Hehe, don't look for it. If you can even find the place where Lao Qi is hiding, then he is not qualified to follow me!" Seeing Li Xiu looking around, Ma immediately patted his shoulder and smiled. Now he felt that Li Xiu is very interesting, and the princess's mansion also needs such talents. Unfortunately, he is Li Jing's son, otherwise he could be recruited into the princess' mansion to do things.

Less than an hour later, Lao Qi, who had just left, rushed over and dismounted and reported to Mr. Ma: "Mr. Ma, the other party is the General of Right Martial Guard, Wang Junkuo, Duke Peng Guowang!"

"So it's him!" Li Xiu next to him also showed a disdainful expression when he heard Wang Jungu's name. Among the famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Jungu was indeed a brave general. Unfortunately, this person's character was misbehaved. He remembered that during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Wang Jungu was assisting Li Yuan's nephew in Youzhou. In order to show his loyalty to Li Shimin, he actually bewitched Li Yuan's nephew's rebellion. Then he personally committed suicide and asked for credit to Li Shimin. It is said that the other party was his relatives, and this shows the character of Wang Jungu.

"Huh? What kind of expression do you have, kid? It seems that you look down on Wang Jungu?" Mr. Ma noticed the change in expression on Li Xiu's face and asked with interest.

"Uncle Ma, how is your relationship with Wang Junkuo?" Li Xiu did not answer Ma's words immediately, but instead asked a seemingly irrelevant question with a smile.

"Not really. When I attacked Wang Shichong, my subordinates had a conflict with his subordinates. Although the two sides finally had a reconciliation under the mediation of the King of Qin, they had never had any contact in private." Ma said with a bland expression. In fact, he looked down on Wang Junkuo very much. This guy from a robber has been a disaster in the country since he was a child, and even killed his own aunt. After the uprising, he was capricious, just like a ferocious hungry wolf. Ma has always disdained to date such people.

"Haha, then I'm relieved. Wang Junkuo is brave and powerful, but he is extremely sinister and cruel. He will definitely die under the sword and axe in the future!" Li Xiu suddenly laughed and said, in fact, Wang Junkuo did not have a good end. Just as Li Shimin ascended the throne, Wang Junkuo was about to defect to the Tang Dynasty and was killed by the people in the countryside.

"You guys are so slippery. If I say that I have a good relationship with Wang Junkuo, would you praise the other party for being brave and powerful? I will definitely be the best minister in the future?" Ma Ye finally understood what Li Xiu meant at this time, and he couldn't help but laugh and scolded. The more he looked at Li Xiu, the more he liked him, because the other party's shameless appearance was very similar to his style back then.

"Of course not. Uncle Ma, you are a good person. The person who robs my business must be a bad person. How can a good person have a good relationship with a bad person?" Li Xiu said seriously nonsense, and this kind of fallacy probably can only fool the child.

When Ma Ye heard this, he laughed and scolded again, but soon showed a solemn expression on his face and said, "Li Xiu, although Wang Junkuo is a poor person, he is a rare brave general. When he pacified Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heita and others, Wang Junkuo also made many military achievements. Even His Majesty praised him very much. Such a person is not easy to mess with!"

"One percent, I am willing to give up 10 percent of the profits, just asking Mr. Ma to help my tenants get justice!" Li Xiu said without hesitation at this time, "I will not offend anyone if I offend me, but if someone is offend me, don't blame me if I do anything."

"10% of the profit!" Mr. Ma was also shocked when he heard this. He looked at Li Xiu in shock and said, "Boy, do you know how much the profit is? A few tenants were injured and it would be better if they were raised for a few days. At worst, I would say hello to you. There will definitely be no one to provoke your business again in the future. Wouldn't that be better?"

"Thank you for your kindness, but there are some things in this world that can be tolerated, but some of them cannot, so please help me!" Li Xiu bowed and said, "Since Boss Liu pushed the flour he had collected to him that day, he had already regarded these tenants as relatives, not to mention that those who beat people didn't even let go of the teenage children. He couldn't swallow this tone no matter what!
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