Through Time Chapter 90

The cook quickly brought over the chicken soup.

Zhao Lang brought the most sumptuous bowl to Qin Shi Huang and said, with great earnestness

“Come, come, Father, try this chicken soup, it’s been stewing all morning, it’s very tonic.”

“Look at you, you’ve lost weight after this trip out.”

Qin Shi Huang looked at the chicken soup in front of him and felt extremely complicated.

Drinking it, the chicken soup, which was 20,000 taels of gold a bowl, was really a bit too much to drink.

If he didn’t drink it, he had already given 20,000 taels of gold, so it was even worse if he didn’t drink it.

In the end, Qin Shi Huang drank the chicken soup with tears in his heart.

“Father, does it taste good?”

Zhao Lang asked with concern as he watched Qin Shi Huang finish drinking.

This was a big golden master, customer care had to be in place.

“It’s good to drink.”

This 20,000 taels of gold, even if it is exchanged for water, it must be good to drink.

Zhao Lang laughed and said.

“Another bowl then?”

Qin Shi Huang hurriedly put the bowl aside and said, without good humour

“No need, Father doesn’t have twenty thousand taels left.”

In such a short time, Qin Shi Huang had already shelled out 70,000 taels of gold in a row!

No one else would be able to top that.

Zhao Lang had already served a bowl of chicken soup over by this time and spoke with a smile.

“Father, a bowl of chicken soup is just a bowl of chicken soup, how is it worth twenty thousand taels of gold.”

“This little trick of my child’s naturally cannot be concealed from you, Father, only that you feel sorry for my child and do not expose it.”

Hearing these words, Qin Shi Huang felt more comfortable in his heart and said, with a bit of arrogance.

“Humph, that is natural.”

He felt that what Long’er said was extremely reasonable, if he didn’t care about Zhao Long, how could he have fallen for such a small verbal trap?

Qin Shi Huang picked up the new chicken soup and took a sip, feeling that it all tasted much fresher.

And aside, Zhao Gao looked at the scene before him and sighed in his heart to

“Gongzi Long is a great talent! Even his ass-kissing is better than mine!”

If Zhao Lang had just screwed Qin Shi Huang out of a sum of money.

Although Zhao Gao would have thought Zhao Lang was resourceful and intelligent, he would have had to look down in his heart.

What kind of man was Qin Shi Huang?

He was Zhao Lang’s father, yes, but he was even more of an emperor!

An emperor is a creature that cannot be looked at with the eyes of ordinary people.

To deceive, to trick, is the great taboo of every emperor!

But Zhao Lang’s later move had directly set the record straight!

What is this?

This is a conspiracy!

How the hell can this compare when all the other princes are still thinking about how to compete for favour?

Zhao Lang went on at this point to say that

“Father, don’t worry, you’re definitely not spending this money for nothing.”

“In a few days’ time, I will show you something good that will be worth more than 100,000 taels of gold!”

It had been about two months since the potatoes were planted, and in another month or so, they would be ready to be harvested.

According to Tian Lao, they were growing extremely well.

By then, with the potatoes, Zhao Lang would be able to make his own money!

Food, in Great Qin is now hard currency!

No worries about selling it at all!

He kept asking his cheap old man for money and was more or less overwhelmed.

So, this time, for the potatoes, he had to compensate Pops for a wave.

But when he heard 100,000 taels of gold, Qin Shi Huang couldn’t help but shake a little.

What Zhao Lang said, he believed.

Let’s say paper making, printing, new ploughs and so on, which of them were not worth 100,000 taels of gold?

But, he really couldn’t stand it anymore.

What Zhao Long brought out were indeed good things that would benefit the country and the people, but they were just a bit more costly.

Apart from him, the emperor, not many people could afford to feed them.

Of course, he, the emperor, had no reason to concede, and said that

“Well, I will see then, what is good.”

As for what it was, Qin Shi Huang had already had it in mind.

Now Zhao Lang would not have told him about the stirrups and horseshoes yet either.

“Well, Father is going back to the city today, there are many affairs.”

Qin Shi Huang said as he finished his chicken soup.

Zhao Lang was slightly stunned and said that

“Father, you’ve only just returned and you’re going out?”

“Why don’t you rest for two more days before you go, you’ve lost weight.”

Zhao Lang’s words came from the heart, this cheap old dad of his, was too desperate.

He had been out running for more than two months, and only came back for one day, and then he was going out immediately.

Just look at this level of diligence, he deserves to be rich!

Feeling Zhao Lang’s true feelings, even though Qin Shi Huang’s heart was as hard as iron, he couldn’t help but soften.

The imperial family is most merciless.

This kind of true affection he had only felt as a child, in his mother’s body.

And even his mother, later…

He never had it again after his proclivity to rule.

And at that moment, he felt it in Zhao Lang.

It occurred to Qin Shi Huang at once that

Just one more night is all.

Standing up, he was just about to say something when he heard Zhao Lang half complaining to

“Father, you’re leaving now? There’s still chicken soup.”

“Alas, I knew I couldn’t persuade you either.”

“Never mind, I’ll prepare the frame for you here. ”

With that, Zhao Lang headed out the door, shouting that

“Uncle Fu! Uncle Fu! Father is going into town, hurry up and get the carriage ready!”

When Zhao Lang had left the courtyard, Zhao Gao, who was on the side, also said to

“Your Majesty, although political affairs are important, there is no hurry for such a moment.”

“…”

Qin Shi Huang glanced at Zhao Gao and said indifferently that

“It seems that you, the Commander of the Central Secretariat, are quite idle.”

Zhao Gao shut his mouth at once.

Soon, a line of carriages left the manor and headed towards Xianyang City.

After sending his cheap old man away, Zhao Lang had already beautifully begun his plans.

With 40,000 taels of gold in hand, plans for a new manor house had to start as soon as possible.

First, he went to see Uncle Fu and asked him to see if he could buy the small hill ten miles away from the manor house.

“My lord, although that area is large, it is deserted and uneven, full of rocks, and not worth much, so buying it should be possible.”

“But…”

Uncle Fu said doubtfully.

When Zhao Lang heard this, he was delighted instead.

What he wanted was for it to be big and uneven and deserted, and the rocks would be even better.

How else could we conduct experiments? Train private soldiers?

“Uncle Fu, you don’t have to worry about it, just go ahead and buy it.”

Zhao Lang gave the final decision, and Uncle Fu could only comply.

Once the place was chosen, the next step was to recruit people, and Zhao Lang was going to set up the farm within three months!

There was no shortage of ordinary hands.

What was needed was skilled craftsmen.

Zhao Long quickly thought of Wang Tiezhu and his master.

Just look at the curved ploughs these two had made, and the Zodiac weaving machines, both of which were of extremely good quality!

They must have known other craftsmen as well.

In this way, there was no need for Zhao Lang to go looking for them himself like a headless fly.

At this moment, inside the courtyard.

Vantage and Wang Tiezhu were sitting together resting.

In front of the two men are some small, square, tightly constructed blocks of wood.

Vantage chuckled and said that

“These days, the old man has also seen your talent, so I will give you a chance to enter the inner sect.”

Wang Tiezhu said with a solemn expression.

“Many thanks, Vantage! ”

Vantage pointed to the small block of wood in front of him and said that

“This is the Lu Ban Lock, the examination question of my Mozi family through the ages.”