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Wang Gui patted his thigh and said, "Lord Wei, according to what you said, those iron ore slags are waste in the hands of the court, but they are treasures in Chen Chu's hands?"

"This should be!"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

At the beginning, everyone thought that the iron ore slag was useless, and instead wasted the land to pile it up. Li Er ordered that all the iron ore slag in the world would be free to Chen Chu, and Chen Chu would take as much as he wanted.

Now it seems that Chen Chu has made a lot of money.

Li Er was in a bad mood.

I suffered from being uneducated.

The ministers also looked at each other in blank dismay.

Everyone's mood suddenly changed.

Wang Gui stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have a proposal. Since the iron slag is not waste and can be made into cement, it can no longer be provided to Chen Chu for free. Should he pay some money? After all, those iron slags The slag is also the leftovers after the people have worked hard to dig it out, and it is full of blood and sweat..."

"That's right, Your Majesty, it's not that the imperial court cares about the money. It's just that the people in the iron mines all over the world are living very hard. After collecting the money, even if they can't improve their lives, at least it can give them something to eat." Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry, agreed.

"My minister agrees!"

"Master Wang is right!"

"The adults are right!"

"Seconded!"

All the ministers present looked at Li Er.

Collect money from Chen Chu, although the money will not go into everyone's pockets, but as long as they can get money from Chen Chu, everyone will be very happy.

Li Er thought about it and felt it made sense.

The iron ore belongs to the imperial court, and the iron ore slag also belongs to the imperial court.

At the beginning, he also thought that iron ore slag was waste. Instead of making money, it took up space.

So just give it to Chen Chu.

Now it was discovered that the raw material of the cement was iron slag, and with Wang Gui and others admonishing him, he was also moved.

The main reason is that the imperial court is not rich.

And Chen Chu was very rich.

So he nodded and said, "Let's discuss this matter after returning to the palace."

Everyone was very happy.

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Chapter 242 Five Masters of Peach Blossom Island

After solving the iron ore slag issue, everyone felt at ease.

Wang Gui said from the side: "Your Majesty, if you sell so much iron ore slag to Chen Chu, you can earn a lot of money for the court every year. At least you can support the Wuhou shop in Chang'an City and the imperial guards guarding the city."

Having said that, Li Er was happy.

Ministers are also very happy.

Especially Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

As a department that manages money, the people are most afraid of spending money, and the happiest thing is getting money.

Everyone continued to walk in with a happy mood.

Go to the end, is the lake.

There is a three-storey small villa.

It was built entirely in the style of later generations.

There is also a huge swimming pool in front.

Everyone stood at the door, dumbfounded.

Those present had never seen a building of this style.

But inexplicably feel a little advanced.

And it's beautiful.

Wang Gui personally went up to touch the two huge pillars, walked back and said, "This is also made of cement, stronger than the wooden pillars on our blessed land, and more beautiful..."

Li Er led a group of ministers, like Grandma Liu, from front to back, left to right, and looked around the entire small villa carefully.

More and more people are shocked.

In the end, everyone is numb.

Chen Shuda asked curiously: "This recipe has a strange shape and is weird. My lords, tell me how much money it takes to build it?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Wei Zheng showed a sneer: "Build? Are you thinking too highly of yourself? If I give you money, can you really build it?"

Everyone stopped talking.

If nothing else, let's talk about cement, only Chen Chu has it.

And this strange villa building has exceeded the cognition of the people present, and it is completely impossible to create it out of thin air.

At this time, Li Er suddenly frowned and asked, "Where is Chen Chu? Why didn't you see Chen Chu?"

Gao Chen sent someone to investigate and came back and said, "Your Majesty, according to the second son of the Cheng family, Mr. Chen and General Cheng are drinking on Peach Blossom Island at the moment."

Peach Blossom Island?

drink wine?

Li Er and the others were greatly surprised.

"Quick, take me to have a look!" Li Er said eagerly.

The ministers thought that His Majesty Li Er was going to reprimand Chen Chu for not coming to pick him up for so long.

As everyone knows, what Li Er is thinking in his heart is, are these guys drinking some good wine behind my back again?

Several guards hurried forward to lead the way.

We crossed a hill and came to the other side of the lake.

Standing by the lake, you can see a small man-made island in the center of the lake. On the small island, there are pavilions, pavilions, and a sea of ​​flowers.

At this moment, in the sea of ​​flowers, there are a few figures indistinctly.

The guards hurried to get two boats.

Li Er and the others boarded the boat and headed for Peach Blossom Island.

It was only then that everyone discovered that the land that Chen Chu wanted was said to cover an area of ​​[-] mu, but in fact, most of it was the surface of the lake, and only a small part was land.

Everyone followed Li Er and Empress Changsun and boarded Peach Blossom Island one after another.

Only then did I realize that there are a lot of peach trees planted on the island, but now the peach blossoms are out of season and there are no peach blossoms to be seen.

Li Er hurried to the sea of ​​flowers.

Five people, Chen Chu, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, and Niu Jinda, were found sitting in the sea of ​​flowers drinking, getting drunk and singing loudly.

The few people had a great time, and they didn't realize that there were more than a dozen people on the island.

Cheng Chumo turned his head and saw Li Er, and was so frightened that he quickly got up to greet him, but Li Er raised his hand to stop him.

Li Er led the ministers and stood not far away, looking at Chen Chu and the others.

First, Li Jing sang a song about fighting at the border, and the four veterans heard tears in their eyes.

After Li Jing finished singing, everyone wiped away their tears.

Qin Qiong suddenly pointed to Chen Chu and said, "Fifth Brother, you can also sing a song. You have been living overseas since you were a child, so you must know how to sing."

Chen Chu waved his hands and declined.

But the elder brothers were very enthusiastic and insisted that Chen Chu sing one.

Chen Chu had no choice but to stand up, cleared his throat, and sang aloud:

Don't ask me where I come from, my hometown is far away

Why wander, wander far away

Wandering, for the birds that fly in the sky

For the light stream in the mountains, for the wide grassland

wandering far away, wandering

……

Chen Chu's singing is incomplete.

But full of affection.

Inexplicably came to Datang, he was a wanderer.

My hometown is not far away.

It is a place that is doomed to never return.

Several old generals, including Li Er and others who were not far away, felt very novel when they heard this strange tune, and they could empathize with Chen Chu's thoughts.

Empress Changsun held Li Er's hand tightly, and said, "Second brother, Chen Chu must have had a hard time these years."

Li Er nodded, but did not speak.

At this time, Chen Chu sat down again.

After Chen Chu finished singing, everyone stopped singing.

However, Chen Chu was overjoyed, and suddenly said with a smile: "Brothers, this is Peach Blossom Island, the five of us are gathered together today, why don't we each have a nickname?"

"What nickname?"

Li Jing and the others stared at Chen Chu with drunken red eyes.

Chen Chu waved his hand: "Of course it's a resounding nickname. We are now in Peach Blossom Island, far away from court, so we are in the Jianghu. Since we are in the Jianghu, we should follow the rules of the Jianghu."

Cheng Yaojin smacked his lips: "Fifth Brother, what you said, we all have it. I, Lao Cheng, the Hunshi Demon King, Second Brother Qin, who was the Thirteenth Taibao, Big Brother Niu, and Third Brother Li, seem to have none."

Chen Chu shook his head: "No, no, your nickname is not good, it's not loud enough, besides, there are five of us brothers, how can we not get along with each other, no..."

Li Jing chuckled: "Fifth brother, you are very knowledgeable, why don't you come and give us a nickname?"

Chen Chu tilted his head, thought for a while, and then said: "I thought of it, listen up, there are five masters in this rivers and lakes, namely, Dongxie, Xidu, Nandi, Beibei, and How about a supernatural power, how about the five of us sharing this nickname?"

Several people's eyes lit up.

Chen Chu said again: "This Dongxie is naturally Sange Li. You have a strange temperament, which is just right. Xidu is Big Brother Niu. You fought in the Western Regions for many years, and you have the title of murderer. No one is more powerful than you." It’s poisonous. Southern Emperor, give it to fourth brother, you were the emperor in Wagangzhai back then. Northern beggar..."

Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said: "The beggar will give it to Second Brother Qin. Although Second Brother Qin is rich, he is frugal all the year round. He will wear a robe for three to five years. It is most suitable for him. As for the supernatural power, it is fifth brother you." , among the few of us, you are the most powerful..."

"Correct!"

"Zhijie is right!"

"Come on, let's have supernatural powers in the east evil, the west poison, the southern emperor, and the northern beggar. If we don't get drunk today, we won't return!"

"drink!"

Several people started drinking again.

Seeing this, Li Er waved his hands at everyone, turned around and walked back.

The group boarded the ship again.

On the boat, Wang Gui asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, why did you leave suddenly and prevent Chen Chu from meeting?"

Li Er glanced back at the direction of Chen Chu and the others, and shook his head: "Niu Aiqing and others are usually burdened by the court's political affairs, and it is rare for them to become friends with Chen Chu. Chaotang, that is, the rivers and lakes, it is rare for them to put aside trivial matters and concentrate on drinking, how can I bear to disturb... Let's drink too, tell Cheng Chumo to get him some good wine, let's go to the lake to drink."

Everyone: "..."

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