Chapter 232: with translation of title

Why is it Zeng...?

The later waves push the earlier waves.

Ji Lingxiao is now the sect leader of the Linglan Sword Sect, with a bone age of thirty thousand years, long past any time of conflict.

Ji Lingxiao now focuses solely on breaking through, to achieve true transcendence and sainthood!

This resplendent flying vessel hovers somewhere above the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Ji Lingxiao looks down at the source of the woo‑woo sound, with rolling white smoke on one side and rolling black smoke on the other, as he watches the moving train with curiosity.

Sect Leader, what is this strange novelty?

A white‑clad disciple standing beside Ji Lingxiao watches the speeding train with curiosity.

At this moment, Ji Lingxiao also looks astonished.

She is thirty‑six thousand years old in bone age, yet she has never seen anything like this.

With such tremendous force, yet without even a flicker of spiritual power fluctuation, in a mortal dynasty this is truly rare—or perhaps...

Just this one‑of‑a‑kind.

Ji Lingxiao shakes his head slightly, indicating he doesn't understand either.

After looking around, Ji Lingxiao then said softly:

Where is this place?

The disciple beside him waved his hand, and a projection of azure light appeared before the two of them.

This is a vast map.

The disciple pointed to an inconspicuous spot and said softly:

Sect Leader, Zhou.

Ji Lingxiao looked at the position along the way, nodded, and sighed softly.

It turns out the journey is only halfway.

The disciple beside him, knowing his master's situation, immediately said softly:

Master, there's no rush; how about I accompany you down for a look?

………… (ellipsis) No named.

At this moment, Lu Yuan was pushing his bicycle, taking his wife outside the siheyuan.

Three months passed in a hurry.

His wife's belly had grown fully, already over seven months.

There are still two or three months left until delivery.

These days, Lu Yuan does not let his wife go to the shop.

Now the shop is managed by the Yulan girl and my mother-in-law.

Anyway, my wife going to the shop actually doesn't do much—she just designs new clothes, new styles.

Since that's the case, there's no need to keep going back and forth.

Designing clothes and such is actually quite easy.

Adding a fresh flower to the clothing makes it a midsummer limited edition.

Sewing two dragonflies onto the sleeves makes it a mutual‑affection edition.

This is actually quite easy.

But even so, Lu Yuan's clothes still sell without worry.

Each time this limited edition is released, it sells out immediately.

Sometimes Lu Yuan even feels he should be hanged from a streetlamp.

This money is really too easy to earn.

And everyone in the courtyard knows that Lu Yuan's household can make a lot of money.

At first, when Lu Yuan said his family earns several thousand a day, these people didn't believe him.

If they don't believe, they don't believe; Lu Yuan couldn't be bothered to explain further.

It's not necessary to take out his wife's daily earnings from the house to show everyone.

But later, everyone came to believe.

That's because after Peach Blossom girl gave birth, Lu Yuan summoned her.

Naturally, Peach Blossom girl saw the situation at the shop.

Naturally she saw the noble ladies from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty coming to Huangcheng, spending money without blinking, like a flowing stream.

She also knew that Sister Su had to bring home a bundle of cash each day.

By this point, the people in the courtyard finally realized that Lu Yuan's family had really struck it rich!!

They got rich big time!!

Of course, these people now only know that Lu Yuan's shop earns piles of money every day.

What they don't know is that Lu Yuan's family has already started building a big building.

Huangcheng has begun a thorough expansion.

The city walls have been torn down.

The first direction of development for Huangcheng is toward the southeast.

Lu Yuan had earlier secured fifteen mu of land to the east, which is roughly the center of Xin Cheng.

If measured from the palace, this is roughly equivalent to the East Third Ring Road, similar to the Chaoyang District area on Earth.

The expenses are really huge.

Just buying that plot of land costs nearly seven hundred thousand, and afterwards they still need to purchase various large materials.

It can be said that Lu Yuan's family's shop is now making a lot of money.

Now the daily net profit averages seven thousand, and the monthly income is nearly two hundred thousand.

But, even if they pour everything in, it's still not quite enough.

Mainly, right? Now Huangcheng is expanding; all kinds of labor, building materials, etc., have all surged in price.

If you say to do it like before, finding Liu Shoucai to buy building materials at his private shop, that's simply not realistic.

Back then, getting a Kang heating duct didn't require much; you just had to pick a bit here and there.

How are we supposed to pick materials for this building here?

With so much material, by the time we finish picking, won't it be the year after next?

So we have to buy from the government-run shop.

Lu Yuan is still using the Ministry of Works' internal channel, which is cheaper; otherwise, it would be more expensive.

Lu Yuan has held on for two months, but he can't hold on much longer.

However, fortunately, the patent fees are about to be issued.

But, Lu Yuan guesses the patent fees to be issued won't be much either.

After all, for each locomotive, the patent fee Lu Yuan can receive is five hundred.

Over these months, the Great Zhou Dynasty has produced at most a few hundred locomotives.

That works out to about two or three hundred thousand.

Of course, back then, two or three hundred thousand would be enough to let a person live without worry for a lifetime.

This is still only Lu Yuan's half-year income.

But now, talking about building a house…… that two or three hundred thousand is just over a month's expenses.

And the final cost of this building, including land and such, is at least two hundred as a base.

Mainly, Lu Yuan's things are really too many; even by Earth's standards, his building would have to be five-star.

For this star-rated hotel, it's not just about the decoration; the most important part is all the supporting facilities.

These are the most expensive.

So…… Lu Yuan really has no money now; even the three hundred thousand left by his third elder he has poured into it.

Now Lu Yuan has only seventy to eighty thousand left; this seventy to eighty thousand is the profit saved from last month's shop.

In another seven or eight days, the building site will need money again, another two or three hundred thousand.

No money, what to do?

Borrow from Gu Qingwan.

Today, Lu Yuan is not only looking at oil; mainly he needs to get some money.

As for whether it's embarrassing or not.

Of course it's fine!

It's not like I won't pay it back!

Actually, Lu Yuan had already borrowed before; when buying the land, he asked Gu Qingwan for five hundred thousand.

Lu Yuan and his wife came to the front yard and saw Chen Taohua and Gao Tingyu coming out of the house.

This morning Gao Tingyu always first sends Chen Taohua to the shop, then goes to work himself.

Now Gao Tingyu dotes on Chen Taohua to an extreme degree.

No way, who let Chen Taohua be so promising!

She directly gave birth to a son.

This made Gao Tingyu extremely proud; on the day Chen Taohua gave birth, he went house to house bragging.

Of course, Gao Tingyu doesn't dare to show off in front of Lu Yuan.

After all, Lu Yuan's family's shop pays Chen Taohua twenty-eight a month, which is exactly one more than Gao Tingyu.

Now the highest earner in the Gao family is an employee of Lu Yuan's family.

Does Gao Tingyu dare to show off in front of Lu Yuan?

Now Gao Tingyu has to willingly call Lu Yuan 'Brother'.

He must call him, no choice!

Nowadays, half of the family's good days depend on Lu Yuan's mood.

"Yuan Ge, sister-in-law......"

Regardless of whether Gao Tingyu is willing in his heart, the matter between me and Su Liyan has long become fleeting clouds.

Back then it was also nothing; Gao Tingyu knows this clearly in his heart.

As soon as he came out and saw Lu Yuan, Gao Tingyu immediately called out, and also called out 'sister-in-law'.

He's been calling for over a month, and Gao Tingyu finds it getting easier to say.

Lu Yuan nodded, then said with a smile:

"Was Jiesheng causing trouble again yesterday? I see you both have dark circles."

"Jiesheng is the name of Gao Tingyu's son."

When Lu Yuan said that, Chen Taohua, standing aside, laughed and said:

"Indeed, last night at two o'clock she cried and fussed again; after soothing her it was almost four, and she still couldn't sleep."

Gao Tingyu, standing aside, said proudly:

"My son is just full of spirit~"

Looking at Gao Tingyu's appearance, Lu Yuan didn't say anything, but turned his head to his wife and said:

"Wife, give brother a big, fat, spirited child too~"

Up to this point, Lu Yuan really didn't want a child.

He always felt that the child was a burden.

He himself was still a child, and yet he had to raise another child?

However, as his wife's belly grew day by day, Lu Yuan's mindset completely changed.

Before this, Lu Yuan was the big boss at home; coming home he'd sit in the main hall, cross his legs, and ignore everything.

Now, Lu Yuan does everything he can himself, so he doesn't bother his wife.

For example, dressing, washing his face, putting on shoes—Lu Yuan does it all himself~

Now Lu Yuan is really impressive~

He can even dress himself now~

He no longer needs his wife at all~

At this moment, Su Liyan looked at her husband, nodding repeatedly and said seriously:

"I will definitely give birth to a son for you, big brother~"

Everyone said this while leaving the door.

After leaving the alley, Lu Yuan and Gao Tingyu rode their vehicles, taking their wives to the market.

Upon reaching the market gate, Lu Yuan looked at the peach blossom girl and said:

"Alright, you go ahead; Xiu Lan girl already went to open the door early. We have some things to do, so we won't go to the shop for now."

Having said that, Lu Yuan rode his vehicle straight for the imperial palace.

These days, as his wife's belly grew, Lu Yuan had long stopped letting her go to the shop.

Although... his wife wasn't an ordinary person, she wouldn't trip or bump into anything.

After all, his wife can now fly directly.

It's not sword-flight; his wife can now fly by stepping on empty air!

She needs nothing at all.

His wife's cultivation level has already reached the fourth stage, and she's about to reach the fifth.

If we use the Qi Refining framework, his wife is currently at Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Golden Core, Nascent Soul...

Exactly, she's a Golden Core powerhouse, about to reach Nascent Soul.

If we follow the Dou Huang/Dou Zong classification, his wife is currently a Dou Ling, about to become a Dou Wang.

Suddenly~

So there's no need to worry about his wife getting bumps and bruises.

Lu Yuan worried his wife would get bored at home, so he occasionally sent her to the imperial palace to find Gu Qingwan.

The two of them as companions is really nice.

On the way to the imperial palace, passing Qingbei Daxue Street, many students heading to school hurriedly greeted Lu Yuan and Su Liyan:

"Principal, madam teacher, good morning."

Although Lu Yuan had said not to treat him as a master, Qingbei Daxue has no masters.

But some things are deeply entrenched; unless harsh measures are used, they're really hard to change.

Everyone deep down considers Lu Yuan a master.

For example, previously when women married, it was entirely up to the parents; women had no right to choose whether to consent.

But since Gu Qingwan ascended the throne, to change this situation she has employed harsh measures.

"Whoever dares to do so will be arrested and severely punished."

So, quickly, within half a year, at least in Huangcheng this has been changed.

As for these students' situation,

Lu Yuan can't just slap them because they see him as a master, can he?

So... let's leave it like this; I'll consider myself an exception.

Lu Yuan rode his vehicle without stopping, nodded at them, and headed straight for the imperial palace.

When he reached the intersection of Qingbei Daxue, Lu Yuan glanced toward the Guozijian.

The Guozijian is now basically deserted, with hardly any students; it's likely to be abolished soon.

Since the last incident, the cabinet has been completely quiet; these three months they haven't once caused trouble for Lu Yuan.

Or rather, these people can no longer find trouble for Lu Yuan.

Now Qingbei is fully operational; Lu Yuan no longer comes every day to teach.

Now Qingbei's teachers are all selected from the first batch of students.

These teachers, while teaching each day, also reorganize and review what Lu Yuan previously taught, then instruct the Qingbei students in even greater detail.

Moreover, during these three months, Qingbei Daxue's greatest invention is electricity!

This had nothing to do with Lu Yuan; it was entirely the students' own doing.

Actually generating electricity isn't hard; electricity itself is easy to produce, the hard part is the battery—accurately speaking, the device that stores electricity.

And now Qingbei Daxue already has someone who has produced a storage battery.

Of course, the technology is still immature.

However, with Lu Yuan's support, Qingbei Daxue has launched a project, the Ministry of Household has allocated funds, several teachers leading dozens of students are now researching it daily.

When Lu Yuan has free time, he will come to Qingbei Daxue to give these people a few constructive suggestions.

The rest is left for these people to research themselves.

Lu Yuan's original intention in establishing Qingbei Daxue was exactly this.

Lu Yuan just wanted to teach some basics; once these people have learned them, they can then research on their own and invent and create.

If that's the case, then even if Lu Yuan completely lies flat in the future, the Great Zhou Dynasty could quickly enter modern Earth.

Lu Yuan rode his vehicle and quickly brought his wife to the main gate of Double Splendor Hall.

After parking the vehicle, Lu Yuan led his wife inside; the eunuchs guarding the gate were perceptive—Lord Lu's arrival needed no report, they just opened the door directly.

After Lu Yuan and his wife entered Double Splendor Hall, they saw Gu Qingwan seated on the throne, reviewing memorials.

Living off his wife's wealth, Lu Yuan is a professional.

As soon as he entered, Lu Yuan loudly said:

"Wan sis, give me the money—one million!"

Gu Qingwan: "……"

Thanks to Skin Oil and Brother Vast Sky for the 100 book coin reward, thank you very much~

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