The banquet at the Prime Minister's Mansion has reached its most lively moment. The food and wine are being consumed like water. The fireworks on the street outside have been set off for three consecutive hours and have not stopped.
Outside the Prime Minister's Palace, there were more and more people celebrating. Almost everyone was talking about the Chinese Code and everyone was thinking about the provisions of the Chinese Code.
It is impossible for everyone to understand the profound meaning of the Chinese code. In fact, most people choose to trust Xiao Letian because of their blind worship. They naturally believe that a man who helped them get rid of the Japanese Shimadzu family colonization and The prime minister who leads everyone to live a good life cannot harm everyone.
What's more, Xiao Letian has never suffered a defeat since he led troops into politics. This is also the reason why the people worship him.
The personal worship of Xiao Letian is actually only one factor in people's acceptance of the Chinese code, and the more important point is actually envy and jealousy. Maybe some people still have a little hatred in their hearts.
At around four o'clock in the morning, Mi Fu, the largest grain merchant in Ryukyu, staggered out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Two servants around him helped him and asked him to get into the sedan chair, but Mi Fu pushed the servant away and asked him to get into the sedan chair. Choosing to walk home, he wanted to enjoy the supreme glory of this moment.
Along the way, Shopkeeper Mi didn't know how he got home on cotton. He only remembered that he cried and laughed for a while, and the wooden box containing the canonization order in his arms was simply held in his hand. That was him. life.
All the people who knew him on the road paid attention and saluted him, and some who knew the rules even bowed to him ninety degrees. Now Shopkeeper Mi is no longer an ordinary person. Although his status as a baron is not high, it is considered a high level for a businessman. What a miracle!
Who are those red-top businessmen of the Qing Dynasty? The imperial court rewarded a few people with false crowns and official positions of only six or seven grades. They were so excited that they went to burn incense in the ancestral hall. Hu Xueyan was the number one god of wealth in the south of the Yangtze River. What official position did the imperial court give him? Alternate way! It’s just a fourth-grade empty job.
Mi Fu's back molars were exposed when he smiled, and he muttered, "I am also a lord, hahaha... The ancestors of the Mi family have appeared! I want to rebuild the ancestral tombs, and I want to use bluestones to beat the ground. The bricks are arched, and I can put a coffin on the outside of my grandma's coffin... This will make those who looked down on me back then very angry! Hahaha..."
"And the old man next door to me, he competes with me every day for wealth! Compete today, you compete with me! The etiquette system of six nobles and eighteen ranks will be introduced soon. By then, my house will always be higher than yours. The decoration will always be more gorgeous than you!”
Being rich and honorable without returning home is like walking in brocade clothes at night! Boss Mi finally understood the meaning of this sentence. As he got closer and closer to his home, he met more acquaintances, until finally someone even knelt down for him.
First came the children and nephews of each family. They crawled on the long street and kowtowed to Shopkeeper Mi to say hello. "Greetings to Sir...Give me a question for Sir Mi...Uncle, uncle, you have to give me a reward!" A group of children were shouting here, Mi Fuxiao's eyes narrowed into slits.
"Reward, reward! Go to the store and bring out all the silver coins, reward!" The rice store clerk's face glowed with excitement. Under the command of the young master, he used a large basket to carry out a mountain of dragon-patterned silver coins. .
The silver coins were tumbling on the street. Adults and children all grabbed them. Mi Fu laughed and clapped his hands.
Next door to Boss Mi is a silk and satin shop. Shopkeeper Wang can be said to be the largest silk and satin merchant in Ryukyu. He is truly a wealthy man whose wealth rivals that of other countries! On weekdays, he always fights with Mi Fu for wealth. Even when the store was being renovated, he secretly pushed the eaves an inch over Lao Mi's house. Mi Fu often picked fights with him because of this.
But today, Shopkeeper Wang's appearance in front of Boss Mi completely changed. He looked weird, as if he was severely constipated. When he saw Mi Fu coming back from a distance, he ran over and bowed at 90 degrees.
"Congratulations to Sir Mi, congratulations to Sir Mi! I have offended you so much in the past, so please forgive me for your faults! My son, come here..." Shopkeeper Wang shouted, and his youngest son ran over quickly. Pu Tong knelt in front of Mi Fu, holding a roll of paper in both hands.
"Mi... Sir! This is the land deed of my shop, which is the three-story building next to your rice shop... I give it to Sir as a gift! Sir, please accept it... "
happy! Cool! This is how I felt after drinking snow water in June! What does a man want to do with his life? Isn't it just to confer titles of marquis and prime minister in front of others, and watch the people who looked down on you in the past fall to the ground?
Lao Wang is cowardly. He knows that the people cannot fight with the officials, let alone the princes. This is not a question of money, but a question of status.
Lao Mi looked at him and said nothing for a long time. The night wind gradually blew away his drunkenness. Suddenly, Boss Mi reached out and pushed away the land deed that his nephew was holding, and said with a sneer, "What do you mean? You're going to give me eye drops just after I was ennobled? Are you going to frame me for taking someone else's property?"
"Don't forget, it's clearly written in the Chinese code that nobles will be punished three times if they break the law. Do you want me to die?"
The shopkeeper, the Satin Merchant King, was so frightened that he sweated profusely and knelt down, "No, it's really not! This is a congratulatory gift. It's really a congratulatory gift. It's also a congratulatory gift when you go to the Yamen... Your Majesty, don't forget it. If you are a villain, please let me go for my past disrespect!"
At this time, the Wang family's nephew also knelt down and kowtowed, pleading desperately with his mouth. There was a group of hundreds of people on the street watching.
Boss Mi took a deep breath, as if he had vomited out all the pent-up energy in his heart. He secretly shouted in his heart, "It feels so good! It feels so good! I'm so lucky to be with the Prime Minister in this life! Without the Prime Minister, I wouldn't be where I am today!"
Lao Mi grabbed Lao Wang next door and patted the dirt on his body. "You are too careless. Do you really think I hold a grudge? We have been friends for a lifetime. When the Shimazu family ruled Ryukyu, we would drink and chat together. How many years has it been?"
"In normal fights for wealth, what's the point of a little friction? It's all trivial matters that you don't have to worry about. If I'm such a petty person, do you think the Prime Minister can give me a knighthood?"
At this point, Boss Mi looked around at the neighbors and shouted, "I, Mi Fu, don't have much ability. There are many people who are better than me in doing business in Ryukyu... But why was I knighted? Why..."
"It's because I followed the Prime Minister. I didn't have any doubts! I didn't hesitate! I was determined to go all the way to the dark side! The people of Ryukyu were short of food, and I broke up my family to supply it. The Prime Minister's new army was short of rice and noodles, so I spent everything I had to feed the army!"
"I, Mi Fu, did not become a lord by relying on a dark conscience or by killing people and selling goods! I became a lord by being kind-hearted and doing good deeds! Do you think I can take revenge on Lao Wang?"
Everyone was buzzing and whispering to each other, and they all nodded and praised, "That's right. Although Lao Mi is a bit arrogant and aggressive, he is really kind-hearted when things happen. Who in Ryukyu has never tasted his conscience rice... ...It’s impossible for Lao Mi to retaliate, Lao Wang, don’t think too much!”
The silk merchant Wang's face turned red with shame, he bowed and was speechless. Mi Fu helped him up and said, "If I can do it, you can do it too. If you are smarter than me, you will even do better!"
"The Prime Minister has already pointed out the Yangguan Road to us, why are you still hesitating? Just keep going forward! Don't hesitate, don't doubt! It's a great blessing for us to meet such a fair day in this life!"
