After the immortal disappeared

"You have to do things beautifully. Besides, I heard that he and Qingyang really don't get along."

Dong Rui burped: "Didn't you say that in the early days in Tianshui City we would just have small fights?"

"This is just a small fight. I want King Yao to see that while I'm embarrassing Qingyang for him, I just want to take the opportunity to make a little money." He Lingchuan spread his hands, "The time for us to intervene in Tianshui City is very good. Qingyang just borrowed Taking advantage of Xue Zongwu's death, she should be in a good mood, and the person who has the upper hand is always more generous. As long as King Yao doesn't go too far, she probably doesn't care. On the other hand, King Yao is about to have his birthday, and he doesn't want to worry about it. They just want to vent their anger, so they don’t have a strong will to fight now.”

"What's so good about this?"

"If they fight against each other, outsiders will be crushed as soon as they enter, and there will be little room for maneuver." He Lingchuan smiled, "I said it is best to be calm when entering, but I did not say that Tianshui City would always be so peaceful. King Yao thought that it would be peaceful. I was only given a small job. It’s a small job for a small person, but the smaller the task, the greater the room for maneuver.”

He will definitely give Qingyang and King Yao a hard push behind them.

Dong Rui curled his lips, King Yao was trying to lure the wolf into the house. Don’t you know that this guy in front of you is best at making things bigger?

He Lingchuan stretched and said, "Get some rest. There will be a good show starting tomorrow."

…

The next day, Yaoting convened a morning meeting of all officials.

Large-scale court meetings are held at most once or twice a month. Normally, King Yao would bring a few officials to a side hall for meetings to talk about something, but he rarely mobilized people like this.

After all, the grand ceremony is coming soon, and this meeting is in the name of preparing for the birthday ceremony. King Yao inspected the progress of the preparatory work, and the issues raised by the officials in court would be resolved in court.

Then, he rearranged the important foreign affairs reception duties for that day to Prince Qing’s Mansion!

The officials looked at each other in shock, saying nothing but being surprised in their hearts.

A while ago, Qingyang Supervisor "secretly" collected evidence of the Qing Prince's Mansion and made it known to the public. Although it was not stated explicitly, everything in his words pointed to the Qing Prince's Mansion.

Although the Qingyang Supervisor suddenly stopped causing trouble for these people, King Yao had a bad look on Prince Qing's Mansion, and even took away many of the Zhang family's powers on pretexts.

Prince Qing's Mansion has always acted in a high-profile manner in Tianshui City. How many people in the court applauded it for learning this lesson?

The morning before yesterday, Your Majesty had an excuse to scold Prince Qing's Mansion bloody. Less than two days later, he suddenly looked kindly to Prince Qing's Mansion again. Not only did he comfort him with kind words, he also entrusted him with important responsibilities.

What was the reason that caused your lord's attitude to turn 180 degrees?

What did Prince Qing's Mansion do during these two days?

In other words, what did you do right?

The second agenda item is the expansion of Tianshui City. Everyone in the court still has their own opinions and can't agree on one thing——

Same as always.

Because this agenda was discussed again to no avail, King Yao made a stinking face. When he entered the next agenda, he blocked approval of two projects and canceled three funding applications.

"The treasury is empty, Gu and Wang Ting have no money, how dare you report such a high budget? Are you planning to use your own money to plug the gap!"

Several officials were scolded by him until they lowered their eyebrows and eyes, and did not dare to raise their heads.

Finally, Yaoting announced the promotion of a number of officials.

After the court, it was time for officials to gather for private discussion. They soon got two pieces of news:

First of all, the Chibao Sale last night sold the first jingshe in Youhu Villa, which was acquired by Prince Qing’s Mansion at a cost of thirty-eight thousand taels.

Most officials were shocked when they heard about the so-called "Youhu Villa" and asked what was going on.

The royal territory has a beautiful environment, with flowers, grass and mosquitoes, but it is not open to outsiders. What kind of project is this "Youhu Villa"?

Naturally, someone explained to them that this was a piece of land specially granted to foreign businessmen by your Majesty. In the future, a separate garden jingshe would be built and sold to the outside world.

The words "for sale to external parties" really shocked a group of officials.

Can you live there if you have money, without having to be a member of the royal family?

Then there's the daydream.

But how can a monastery be worth thirty-eight thousand taels? What opportunity did Prince Qing's Mansion sense to take a photo of such an expensive house?

The second news is that the Yuwen family and the Gu family have also pre-purchased the jingshe in Youhu Villa.

What the Yuwen family wants is a good house in the first row facing the lake. The price is a little lower than that of Prince Qing's Mansion, the area is smaller, and the view directly in front of it is not that good, but the price is not cheap at 33,000 taels.

The Gu family has decided to build a monastery in the back row. It is said that there will be a hot spring flowing directly into the backyard, and the price is 27,000 taels.

When everyone heard it, they called it outrageous.

The construction of Youhu Villa has not started yet. You only submitted a few drawings and you were able to sell three luxury houses?

That one hundred thousand taels of silver was so easy to earn!

Of course, the officials would immediately think, why are Prince Qing’s Mansion, Gu Family, and Yuwen Family rushing to buy Youhu Villa?

They don't lack a place to stay.

That is, Youhu Villa has extra "added value" and is very expensive!

And these three companies are willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, which shows that they think it is worth it.

What do the Prince Qing’s Mansion, the Gu Family, and the Yuwen Family have in common?

These three families all hold high positions and are wealthy. Not to mention Prince Qing's House, the Gu family and the Yuwen family are both government officials and businessmen who are deeply trusted by King Yao, and several of them are serving as officials in the court.

How can something that they are clamoring for have no value?

Several members of the aristocratic family took advantage of their good relationship with Gu Xuan and quickly came to him to ask:

"Brother Gu, what's going on in Youhu Villa?"

Gu Xuan and other officials were debating the expansion of the capital, and he was making an impassioned speech: "The last expansion of Tianshui City was sixty years ago! The day before yesterday, I passed Bai La Street, and the whole street was blocked for more than half an hour because a carriage wheel broke in the middle of the road! That is one of the busiest main streets in Tianshui City, but it can only accommodate two carriages! Who would dare to believe it if I told them that the road in the central city is narrower than that in a small town in the countryside!"

After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the crowd, saying:

"Don't you all know that Youhu is going to build a villa, and we can all buy it."

Being able to buy does not mean that you have to buy it.

One of them smiled and said, "What mystery has your family figured out? Tell us too, don't keep us in the dark."

Gu Xuan asked back, "Who lives in Youhu Xiaozhu now?"

"Qingyang Regent." Everyone knows.

Gu Xuan dipped his hand in water and drew a map on the table, then dotted on the map:

"This is the location of Youhu Cottage."

He added a dozen more dots on the opposite side:

"This is the location of Youhu Villa, which is about to be built."

When everyone saw it, their eyes widened: "Ah, isn't this right opposite Youhu Cottage?"

"Yes, there is only a shallow bay between us." Gu Xuan smiled, "After the villa is built, the people who live here will be neighbors with Qingyang Regent all day long."

The place was silent.

Youhu is so big, there is no place where you can't build a building. Why must this villa be built to the south of Youhu Cottage?

Everyone is not stupid. Think about the recent tension in the court. How can this matter have nothing to do with Qingyang Regent?

It is said that you can't let others sleep soundly beside your bed. Youhu was originally the exclusive use of Qingyang Regent, and even the royal family didn't dare to live there. Now there are so many "neighbors". Can Qingyang Regent be happy?

On the other hand, the residents here will make Qingyang Regent unhappy.

Therefore, whoever buys a house here will offend the Qingyang Regent.

Someone stuttered: "Then, this, Brother Gu spent more than 20,000 taels to buy this place?"

Isn't this a special expense to offend the Qingyang Regent?

Gu Xuan smiled and said: "More than 20,000 is the friendship price given to me by the island owner He. Last night, General Bai Tan went to buy the first row of houses by the lake and spent 50,000 taels!"

The officials were shocked: "What?"

"When did it happen?"

"General Bai said it himself on the way to the palace this morning. I heard every word." Bai Tan said it with a voice as loud as a bell and was very proud.

Seeing his expression, Gu Xuan was even more fortunate that he acted early yesterday.

An official nearby has come to his senses: "No wonder the Qing Palace is favored by the king today!"

"It can be seen that the king is quite satisfied with the Qing Palace's move."

"Oh, oh, just now, Bai Hengbo was promoted to the position of Tingwei Supervisor." Who doesn't know that Bai Hengbo is Bai Tan's nephew? He has been waiting for a long time for the promotion.

Those who bought Youhu Villa last night received rewards from King Yao today. The Yuwen family and the Gu family also received other rewards. Yuwen Xu's brother also received a long sword from the emperor, which is also a magic weapon from the Middle Ages.

Smart people reacted. How can this be a house built by a foreign merchant? This is clearly a letter of surrender to King Yao!

Buying the property of Youhu Villa means standing opposite Qingyang Regent - both a locational fact and a practical significance.

In such a large royal court, many officials have their own thoughts.

People's hearts are separated by their stomachs. Are they loyal to King Yao or Qingyang? How can King Yao tell?

Now, Youhu Villa is an opportunity.

The officials who buy the Jingshe here will be stamped with a seal:

Loyal to the King!

This is an opportunity to show loyalty to the king.

This opportunity is incredible, and the amount is incredible.

Spending 20,000 or 30,000 taels can win the king's heart, and it is very likely that the king will pay attention to it and rise to prominence.

Isn't the Qingwang Mansion a model?

Is it worth it? It's really worth it!

How many people here have racked their brains to give a unique birthday gift, and suddenly there is such an easy way to please the king, why not use it!

Now you know why these big guys are rushing to buy the Jingshe?

First-hand information, first-hand benefits.

Those who think clearly will change color slightly: "Ah, if I don't buy it..."

If I don't buy it, it will be easier to be labeled.

Is it indecisive?

Is it two-faced?

Is it disloyal to the king?

Is it secretly surrendering to Qingyang?

Qingyang Regent can indeed call the shots in Yao State, and indeed has great power, but the salaries of officials are given by the Yao Court, and the promotions of officials are determined by the Yao King. Qingyang Regent has the capital to offend the Yao King, but they don't!

That foreign businessman named He wants to build a villa in Youhu for no reason, which suddenly hits this multiple-choice question in their faces.

Stand on the side of the monarch, or on the side of Qingyang?

Choose quickly!