The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-third year of Zhaohua.
Guangling City, heavy snow.
Amidst the heavy snowfall, Huo Chuanming, the prefect of Guangling, and more than ten officials from the yamen were standing at the north gate, looking forward to it——
The regent will arrive in Guangling City today!
Guangling City is the hometown of the Regent!
He is returning home in glory!
He, Huo Chuanming, could still sit in the position of Guangling magistrate. I heard that this was because the regent thought of the friendship with the city and weighed it again and again, so he was not removed from his official position!
These words came from Huo Xi, the head of the Huo family!
The head of the family said that this was what Concubine Li said.
That can't be false.
Huo Chuanming finally slept peacefully these days.
Since the Prince Regent has returned home today, of course he must come to greet the Prince Regent in person to show his inner respect.
There were many people besides them at the north gate of Guangling City.
For example, the people from Zhongli Mansion standing on their right.
They are here to take the regent into Zhongli Mansion. After all, the regent is still the future uncle of Zhongli Mansion!
Zhongli Ruoshui, that girl has such good eyesight!
Huo Chuanming looked at the high-spirited Zhong Lizu not far across the way, feeling envious in his heart.
That girl in my family is pretty good-looking, talented and knowledgeable, so why didn’t she help Li Chenan when he was in trouble?
Even if I don't have that fate with Li Chenan, if we can help each other, I, Huo Chuanming, may take this opportunity to be promoted again, and maybe even enter the capital and become a capital official.
This is life!
Who could have expected that in just four or five months, Li Chenan would become the most powerful person in Ningguo!
I think back then, I and Li Chenan had conspired to get Guangling Salt and Iron in Zhuoyu Xiaozhu.
Sizheng, the salt and iron director of Guangling City, has been replaced by one of his own. It was agreed that the salt would be sold through water transport to Zizhou, Guizhou and other salt-deficient places... Now that Li Chenan has become the regent, this business obviously cannot be done.
But at that time, Li Chenan was very interested in iron. There were two iron mines in Guangling Prefecture that were abandoned due to lack of silver in the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development... Well, the iron ore reserves of those two mines have been explored, and they are not small.
Give it to the Prince Regent as a meeting gift!
Whether it will be confiscated by the Prince Regent or it will fall into his pocket, this is a private matter of the Prince Regent... It was agreed that it should be divided into 50% and 50%, but of course this cannot be mentioned.
Don’t even think about it!
Huo Chuanming's little eyes were rolling, and the calculation in his heart was crackling. He suddenly felt that there was still a gap between himself and the regent——
The regent's official position is too big, but the prefect himself seems a bit insignificant in front of him.
To build a good relationship with the regent, it is best to have a middleman.
This person can't be from the Zhongli Mansion... How could he forget that the regent is the Shixian of Ningguo!
"Jiang Zhao!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Go to Qianmo Academy quickly and ask Mr. Zhang to come... take the bearer with you. Mr. Zhang has some difficulty with his legs and feet. Please carry him to greet the regent!"
"Subordinates take orders!"
Jiang Zhao turned around and left. Huo Chuanming looked at the official road in the heavy snow, but he still didn't see the regent's car.
He turned around and looked again. On both sides of the city gate, there were the people of Guangling City in darkness.
He did not disperse these people.
The regent must feel Guangling City’s enthusiasm for him!
Those people came spontaneously.
When the news that Li Chenan became the regent of Ning State reached Guangling City, Guangling City suddenly boiled.
It’s just like Chinese New Year!
The people of Guangling City are in disbelief!
The news made it difficult for them to turn around for a while, and they felt that it was ridiculous——
Li Chenan, who has lived with them for seventeen years, is actually the eldest son of Ningguo!
He wrote sixteen poems on that Mid-Autumn Festival night, which astonished the world. The emperor bestowed upon him the title of Immortal of Poetry, and also made him the deputy chief minister of the Imperial City Department...
The neighbors in Erjinggou Alley were confused at that time!
They watched with their own eyes the restaurant that idiot Li Chenan opened in Erjinggou Alley, and watched him open and close the restaurant.
Then the door opened again.
So Shen Qianshan came to cancel the engagement. The marriage was easily canceled. I heard that Shen Qianshan spent a hundred taels of silver.
So the shop became the current tavern under the banyan tree.
Suddenly he can compose poetry!
He also called himself brother-in-law with Hua Lao Da Ru!
The words on the lintel of the tavern and the couplet were all handwritten by Mr. Hua!
Then……
Then he went to Kyoto!
When I heard about him again, he was the Immortal of Poetry, the eldest son of the emperor, the deputy chief minister of the Imperial City Department, and the admonishing doctor of the Supervision Department.
Not long after this, changes in Kyoto came.
Prime Minister Ji Taiji and his entire family were beheaded, the emperor died, and the prince passed away. The Ning country changed overnight.
Then I heard that he could have ascended the throne and become emperor, but he gave up.
He became the regent of Ningguo!
The regent who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people!
What's more, the person above him doesn't exist yet!
This is a step to heaven!
Shen Qianshan, the best businessman in Guangling City...not only did he lose everything on Jiangnan Autumn Food, but his biggest loss was the marriage certificate he bought back with one hundred taels of silver!
A mere hundred miles of silver ruined the Shen family's bright future...
I heard that Shen Qianshan, who was lying in bed, vomited three liters of blood after hearing the news. He was afraid that he would not survive the winter!
It's just that I've heard some rumors in recent days.
Said that Li Chenan is not the eldest son of the emperor!
It is said that there is Miss Xiao next to Li Chenan. She is the daughter of Xi Wei, the old thief who caused chaos in Ningguo!
It is said that Li Chenan was obsessed with sex, and got together with the old thief Xi Wei to steal the country!
This...this is even more ridiculous!
Everyone watched Li Chenan grow up, he is really a fool!
Did he steal the country?
How can he talk about stealing the country if he doesn't dare to steal people?
In any case, Li Chenan was the one who stepped out of Guangling City.
He is now the regent of Ning State, and he is the pride of the people of Guangling City!
Especially those who had drank in the tavern in Erjinggou Alley, they were even more proud at this moment.
"Now do you understand why Huapingchun is so expensive?"
The old man with white hair and a silver beard and a red face said excitedly at this moment: "I saw the regent's domineering spirit at the beginning!"
"You all think he is stupid, but you don't know that he is wise and foolish!"
"He lain dormant in Guangling City for seventeen years. During these seventeen years, he kept a low profile and accumulated strength, which is why he has soared into the sky now!"
A middle-aged man glanced at the old man and said, "Old man Cao, you are good at using hindsight when playing chess, and you also do the same when talking!"
"You did go to the Prince Regent's tavern to drink a few times, but how do I remember that you cursed every time you came out?"
"Didn't you say he was robbing money?"
"Didn't you say that every pore on his body reeks of copper?"
The old man surnamed Cao immediately became anxious. His face turned red, he stared at the man fiercely and shouted: "You are a warrior, you are slandering my innocence!"
"When did I say that?"
The man's neck stiffened: "You old guy, you just said what you said and you don't dare to admit it! Look at your sanctimonious look... Oops!"
Old Man Cao's eyes were red. He was about to rush over and fight the man, but suddenly he heard a noise from the crowd:
"Look, is that the Prince Regent's car?"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the official road in the snow.
On the official road, a cavalry team was walking towards them.
Behind the crowd, a young man stood on tiptoe and looked carefully. Then, he turned around and left silently without attracting anyone's attention.
He is Shen Jiye.
Shen Qiaodie's younger brother.
Shen Qianshan's son.
