Prince Yong's Mansion.
Jia Xu, Di Renjie and others gathered in the main hall. A secret message came from the capital. The old man seemed to be pretending to be seriously ill and was missing. Also disappearing was the old man's number one guard, Jing Li, the commander of the Forbidden Army.
Now, there is a 70% to 80% chance that he is coming to Huainan for a private visit incognito!
"Wenhe, has my lord received any news?"
"Yes!" Jia Xu nodded slightly: "We are already on the way back."
"call!"
Di Renjie took a deep breath and said with a serious face: "The top priority is not to make your majesty suspicious. The lord intends to hide his weakness, and our granaries and treasuries all over Huainan are piled up like mountains. Besides, General Bai and General Qu are practicing water training." military!"
"if……"
Jia Xu instantly understood Di Renjie's worries. Chen Gong on the side said softly: "The most important thing is, I don't know where His Majesty is now. Is it still too late for us to hide now?"
"well!"
"First send an order to Bai Qingyu to stop his navy's training."
"The Lord is coming as fast as possible. The most important thing is not Huainan, but Guanshan... If His Majesty finds out, the Lord will attack Guanshan..."
After Chen Gong's words, there was no sound in the hall for a long time. After a long time, Chen Gong said softly: "Activate the No. 1 emergency plan!"
"good!"
"It can only be the!"
The three of them hit it off immediately, and immediately several plainclothes people walked out of the palace. Half an hour later, a strange atmosphere lingered throughout Lingzhou City. Beggars in ragged clothes walked out of the alleys at unknown times, and caravans on the street also did not know when. Suddenly it became much less.
"Hey, I can't get through this day. We in Huainan are experiencing constant natural disasters and man-made disasters. I heard that the barbarians came to plunder again and took many people captive!"
"Yes, this damn barbarian. In the battle the year before last, I beat them so much that they hurt and I was scared. Now the scars have healed and they have forgotten the pain!"
"I also heard that His Highness King Yong went to the border in person to take charge. In our Huainan, since the Huai King Rebellion, there has been a severe drought and the Earth Dragon has turned upside down. His Highness King Yong has emptied his family wealth to build repairs for us. Roads are built and bridges are built, and I heard that the clothes on my body have not been changed since I came here."
"The imperial court has also abandoned us in Huainan. No matter what, the prince is considerate of the imperial court and reports good news but not bad news. In the end, the miserable life of us people will never end at a glance!"
Emperor Yu and his party were walking on the street, but as they walked, the wind seemed to be blowing in their ears. The words in the people's mouths changed the direction of the wind.
Even a few beggars would pop up from time to time, carrying tattered toothless bowls, and they would kneel on the ground when they came up to them.
"master?"
"this……"
Jing Li also frowned, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.
Emperor Yu looked at Yaozi beside him and asked in confusion: "What's going on?"
"This..." Yaozi was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and he hesitated: "Master, Lingzhou has been bitterly cold since ancient times, and the people lacked food and clothing. What I saw when I entered the city just now was all an illusion. "
"Um?"
Emperor Yu's face froze instantly, and he stared straight at Yao Zi: "Illusion?"
"Yes...yes!"
"After Your Highness came, he shared the joys and sorrows with the people, but the poverty in Lingzhou was not accumulated in a day!"
"Then tell me, what's going on with the big bluestone house on the roadside and the spacious road?"
"This is all the result of Prince Yong's Mansion. In order to protect the people from cold and exhaustion, His Highness recruited craftsmen to build these two rows of bluestone houses!"
"Yeah?"
Emperor Yu's gaze was particularly sharp, and for a moment, Yaozi's expression was barely maintained, forcing out a smile.
"hehe!"
Emperor Yu smiled, looked at the beggars on the roadside, and said playfully: "This Lingzhou City is really extraordinary. Even the beggars on the roadside are fat and big-eared. It seems that there are no shortage of beggars in Lingzhou City." There’s plenty of money to be made!”
"Master, you are joking!"
"Um!"
Emperor Yu nodded, looked at Yaozi and said, "I won't go to Baixiang Garden now. You can follow me around!"
"Let's go to the Grand Theater first!"
"yes!"
Yao Zi was intimidated by Emperor Yu's aura and did not dare to object. He seemed to have noticed the extraordinary nature of the people in front of him and carefully observed Emperor Yu's expression.
"Let's go and walk around this alley!"
Emperor Yu cast his eyes on an alley next to him and strode in. Jing Li and his entourage observed the surroundings vigilantly. Su Chi and others gathered around Emperor Yu, placing their hands on the hilts of swords at their waists.
The alley was square and square, with no end as far as the eye could see. Emperor Yu walked to the second house. The door was open, and a woman was doing laundry in the courtyard.
"Boom!"
Emperor Yu stepped forward and knocked on the door. The woman quickly stood up, rubbed her wet hands on her clothes, walked to the door, and asked doubtfully: "Are you guys okay?"
"This...ahem!"
Emperor Yu looked at the sister-in-law in front of him. She was pretty and charming, with a plump figure that trembled when she walked. She was a few years younger than him, and he didn't know what to call her for a moment.
"Sister-in-law, we are coming from the capital. The streets are crowded with people, so I want to ask for a glass of water. Is it convenient?"
"this……"
The woman looked embarrassed, glanced into the room, and shouted softly: "Master, a guest is here."
"Who is it?"
A burly man walked out of the house. After seeing Emperor Yu and his party, he immediately pulled the woman over with vigilance.
"Who are you?"
"Ahem!"
Su Chi coughed lightly, took out a gold ingot from his arms, and said with a smile: "Brother, can I ask for a cup of tea?"
"good!"
"Mother, go clean it up quickly!"
The man unceremoniously took the gold ingot into his hand, his eyes were shining brightly, and he looked at Su Chi as if he were seeing his own son, with a friendly smile on his face.
Emperor Yu looked around the courtyard. The courtyard was not big, but it was clean. The ground was also neatly paved with bluestones. There was a well in the courtyard, and next to it was... glazed glass?
"This is?"
Emperor Yu stared at the glass and stepped forward. The glass was completely transparent and slightly green. It was shaped like a bottle, and the bottle contained some foamy water.
"What an exquisite glass vase!"
"I didn't expect it to come from a wealthy family?"
Jing Li also looked surprised. The woman looked at the surprised expressions on everyone's faces and said with a smile: "A few of you are from other places. I'm afraid they don't know much about our local area. This is a glass bottle and it's not worth much." ."
"Glass bottle?"
"good!"
"Glass is also a specialty of Huainan. It can be used as containers, house decorations, or ornaments!"
"How much does this glass bottle cost?"
"Five hundred coins!"
"so cheap!"
Zhao Huaiyuan was surprised, and then murmured: "If we bring this bottle to the capital, we can sell it for at least a hundred or two bottles?"
"Strange, since Huainan is so cheap, why hasn't Beijing seen it?"
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