I Don’t Want To Be the Emperor

Chapter 574 The wealthy merchants

If given the opportunity to eat soft rice, he will definitely not refuse!

 As for face?

Does Lin Yi lack such a thing?

 Do you need this kind of thing?

nonexistent!

 “Your Majesty.”

Zixia has taken care of Lin Yi since she was a child and knows him very well. Seeing his look at this moment, everything is self-explanatory!

“When I ask you a question, just answer it, don’t be irritated or chirping.”

Lin Yi urged, "You've been with her for a long time. Tell me your opinion. Don't try to hide it from me."

"this"

 Zixia was a little hesitant. She was indeed the prince's friend, but she was not stupid enough to offend the princess!

 If nothing happens, Princess Hu will be the queen of Daliang in the future!

 I will definitely have to look at the princess's face to eat in the future, especially when my appearance fades with age.

Seeing that Prince He was still staring at her like this, she could only say helplessly, "My lord, the princess is really a hero among women. She has a good way of making money, and there are many slaves and maids."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Turn over the princess's sign tomorrow."

Mingyue and Zixia are good financial managers.

 They are not as good as them?

Isn’t this obvious?

 Hu Miaoyi, this **** is rich!

 “My slave obeys my command.”

 Zixia smiled bitterly.

 “I can’t sleep now,”

Lin Yi looked at the heavy snow falling outside the window and said with a smile, "Let's go to Miss Su Xin's place."

Zixia said in shock, "Your Majesty, it's freezing outside, and you've just sobered up, why don't you go there at dawn?"

 “It doesn’t matter, I’ll get up early and exercise.”

Lin Yi thought for a while and said, "No need to prepare a car, just walk there."

"yes."

Zixia couldn't resist, so she had no choice but to go down.

Jiang Qiu was leaning on the corridor pillar with his big knife in his arms and was swaying from sleep. When he heard the footsteps, he quickly opened his eyes, raised his hands to Zixia who was approaching, and said, "Miss Zixia, what are your orders?"

　　　“I didn’t obey the instructions,”

Zixia smiled and said, "The prince wants to go to Miss Guan's house now, so he has to ask Brother Jiang to prepare some."

Jiang Qiu looked up at the dark sky and said in surprise, "So late?"

Zixia covered her mouth and said with a smile, "These are things that we servants should worry about."

Jiang Qiu said seriously, "What the girl said is that it's late at night and the wind is strong. I'm just worried about the prince's health for a moment."

Zixia said, "Your Majesty insists on walking. My persuasion is useless. You know the road to Miss Guan. The road is narrow and the ditch is deep. Now it's covered in heavy snow. I can't see anything. I still have to trouble you." Go explore the road.”

Jiang Qiu cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, girl, I'll arrange for someone to clear the snow on that road."

 “That would be troublesome.”

 Zixia also gave up.

 After returning to the house, he personally put the big coat on Lin Yi and said with a smile, "This is made by the princess herself."

 “Fox fur?”

Lin Yi smiled and said, "From now on, let's see if there are any mink ones and have someone make one."

“Your Majesty, you have quite a few.”

Zixia said with a smile.

 “I have a mink coat?”

Lin Yi didn’t remember that he had worn it.

"How not?"

Zixia resisted the urge to roll her eyes, "I gave it to you before, but you still thought it was tacky."

“Then go back and let it dry and wear it.”

Lin Yi touched his nose and said, "If I don't wear mink fur, I won't be able to show my identity."

"yes."

Zixia reluctantly agreed. They and the prince really thought about it at the same time, and there was never an accurate answer.

Lin Yi wore long riding boots and took five guards with him, walking through thick ankle-deep snow to Guan Xiaoqi's house.

When he came to the path by the stream, he looked at the cleared snow and said with a smile, "You are not afraid of trouble, am I so squeamish?"

Jiang Qiu cupped his hands and said, "This is what I should do."

Lin Yi looked at the dim lights of the house not far away and asked curiously, "Are they still asleep?"

Jiang Qiu said, "While clearing the snow, I made a little noise, which alarmed the people inside."

After Lin Yi nodded, with Jiang Qiu's support, he stepped on the slippery ground and walked over there.

Reaching the door of the house, Jiang Qiu knocked on the door, only to hear a shout from inside.

“Bold maniac, do you know where this place is?”

 “Of course I know where it is.”

Lin Yi couldn't help but answered.

 “Your Majesty.”

 The woman inside screamed in surprise, then the door creaked open.

Su Xin was wearing a long white fur coat and looked at Lin Yi blankly, her eyes welling up with tears.

Seeing this, Jiang Qiu and others quickly stepped aside and hid in the dark.

 “What are you doing?”

Lin Yi walked up to her, put his arm around her shoulders, and said with a smile, "Stop crying."

 After a while, he put his hand down.

This girl is too tall, and she felt uncomfortable after putting her hand on her shoulder for a while.

 The two little maids waited for Lin Yi to enter the house and quickly locked the door.

 Lin Yi entered the room and instantly felt a sense of warmth. After taking off his coat, he smiled and said, "Your kang is quite warm."

Su Xin whispered, "Thank you so much to Miss Zixia, she is so busy, otherwise I would not know what to do if I had just arrived."

“You’re still up so late, do you want to become an immortal?”

Lin Yi looked at her bright face and his heart was filled with excitement.

 In terms of youth and vitality, Du Yinniang is undoubtedly the number one woman she has ever seen.

 In terms of charm, no one can compare to the noble concubine of the Tang Dynasty.

 In terms of being charming and coaxing, Concubine Kang is the best among all the beauties, making people happy both physically and mentally.

 However, in front of Su Xin's sexy, it seems that it is not worth mentioning.

 Otherwise, he really wouldn’t want to be so embarrassed with Prince Jin!

 This is his brother’s woman!

His brothers didn’t even ask him for more money!

 They are really brothers!

 “Your Majesty,”

Su Xin sat in his arms and said delicately, "I can't sleep, so don't make fun of me."

"Okay, don't feel wronged,"

Lin Yi looked around the house again and sighed, "I came back in a hurry and there is no good place to put you. You just have to suffer for a while and wait for me to find a house for you, and then move there."

 This is not because he treats Su Xin and Guan Xiaoqi differently.

The house in front of her was built by Guan Xiaoqi specifically to raise livestock. If she doesn’t want to live there anymore, she can always go back to the house to live there. It is only used as a “vacation” place.

 But Su's heart was different, and he couldn't enter the palace, so there was no way out.

 So, Lin Yi was worried about where to place him.

Su Xin said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be embarrassed. I think it is good to live here. When spring comes, there will be green mountains and green waters, a beautiful scenery, and a rare place of elegance and tranquility."

Lin Yi joked, "I heard that there were several nights when you were frightened by the sounds outside and couldn't sleep?"

Su Xin blushed and lowered her head and said, "I just came here and I'm not used to it. In the past few days, I gradually realized that it was the creatures in the mountains calling me."

 “A beast is a beast, and a bird is a bird,”

Lin Yi teased, "What kind of living things are there?

If you are not used to living there, don’t embarrass yourself. I will find another house for you within three days at most.

 Do you want to live in a busy city or in a quieter place? "

 “I just want to be closer to the prince.”

 Shy and shy way.

 “Your mouth looks like it’s been smeared with honey.”

It was difficult for Lin Yi to like her or not.

Even though I knew she was trying to make fun of the situation.

As he spoke, he took off all the clothes on her body and fell asleep hugging each other.

The shelter in Ankang City is eight miles away from the South City Gate, ten miles away from the newly built residential quarters built by Tian Shiyou, Tian Sixi and others, but only three miles away from the Jingying Daying.

Early this morning, many people yawned and got up from their warm beds, and started queuing up to make porridge with big bowls in hand.

Everyone has a smile on their face. After all, the good thing about having one meal and another is only in winter!

After the beginning of spring, you have to participate in the "work-for-relief" program and help the court build canals and roads to have enough to eat!

 Where can I feel comfortable now?

 “Wow, why is there sand?”

 Someone spit out the porridge after taking a bite.

 “Corrupt officials!

How dare you be greedy for the imperial court’s rice! "

He was so grumpy that he threw the bowl away.

 “I’m going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue you!”

 Some people bravely raised the weapon of law.

 The crowd was excited for a moment, and they all raised their fists and rushed forward together.

 “Quiet, quiet,”

Wang Xing, the captain of the Ankang City Militia who had just taken office, stood on the high platform and shouted loudly, "No noise!

The imperial court is kind enough to give you porridge, but you are still picky?

 If you want to eat, line up, if you don’t want to eat, get out! "

“Then you can’t add sand into it!

Ankang City is the best place in the world. If you do this, where will the dignity of the court be?

Where is the face of the saint? "

 A middle-aged man wearing a tattered coat said indignantly.

"The imperial court is also difficult. You also have to take care of the imperial court. The imperial court has allocated food, but there is only so much, so it is impossible to ignore it and give it to you, right?

Ankang City is not the only place where refugees are living. There are many more people starving in Jizhou not far away. They can’t even eat porridge with sand in it. What’s wrong?

You are human beings, but the people in Jizhou are not human beings? "

Wang Xing said loudly, "If you want to blame, blame those who pretend to be refugees. If they hadn't come to claim it, the rice would have been enough, but would it have been mixed with sand?"

 The audience suddenly became quiet.

Suddenly, an old man wearing an old cotton-wadding coat pointed at a middle-aged man wearing a small hat next to him and said, "I know you!

Your family lives in Dajing Hutong, you own a tofu shop, and you live in a house. Why are you here to compete with us for food? "

“It’s getting more and more like this, so I said you look so familiar. It turns out you’re the shopkeeper Liu from the tofu shop!”

 “Your whole family is here, you want to be shameless!”

　　Many people looked at the middle-aged man known as Shopkeeper Liu, and some of them who were brave even pushed him.

“Hey, what do you want to do under the emperor’s feet!

 Is there any royal law? "

Shopkeeper Liu staggered as he was pushed. He hurriedly took another step forward, pulled his two children in front of him and protected them in his arms. Then, while everyone was stunned, he picked up the two children and ran away in a hurry.

His mother-in-law didn't react. In order to keep up with them, she ran in a hurry, stepped on the slippery ground, and fell into the mud.

 Everyone laughed.

“As for you, I also remember you. Your family was a demolition household in Juma River. Now you have entered a big house next to Chunxiang Building. How dare you come out to receive relief!”

“Shopkeeper Wang, your family runs an oil mill and is short of these two pieces of food?”

“Mr. Jiang, do you remember me?

 I even went to work as a helper at your house!

 You are here to compete with us Kuhaha for food?

is it necessary? "

“Tong Laosan, we are neighbors, so I don’t care to talk about you, but this is outrageous.

Your son is still a servant of Ankang Prefecture, and he gets money and food every month! "

“How dare officials and family members receive relief?

　　　I’m so shameless!

I must go to Ankang Mansion to complain about this! "

 “That’s outrageous!”

ˆ “.”

 Hearing that the other party was a family member of the government, everyone became even more angry.

 “Don’t, don’t, it’s okay if I’m wrong!”

 The old man known as Tong Laosan hid his face and fled.

 I am afraid that it will affect my son’s future.

 Everyone in the crowd reported on each other, and many people ran away in shame.

“Brother, you’re wearing a satin jacket, so you can’t open the pot at home?”

“The jade ring on your hand is worth a hundred and ten taels if redeemed, right?”

ˆ “.”

 The lovely square of the shelter has turned into a lively vegetable market.

Lin Yi stood not far away and said with a smile, "This Ma Jie is quite a thief, he actually pulled Wang Xing out to take the blame.

Isn’t this guy always in Sanhe?

 Why did you suddenly run out? "

Han Deqing said, "Wang Xing has been in Ankang City for half a month. He wants to be an official in Ankang City, and he is looking for ways everywhere with his money.

The civilians have no education, and they must not be able to do it. When they are military officials, martial arts are thin, and no one is willing to look at him.

There happened to be a vacancy for a militia captain these days, so Lord Ma Jie asked him to fill the position.

 He was so happy that he even invited us to have a drink at Chunxiang Tower that day. "

Lin Yi asked casually, "Who is the militia captain of Baiyun City now?"

Han Deqing said, "The prince also knows this person. He is Mr. Wang Qingbang's disciple Fang Bin."

 “The one who raises pigeons?”

 “Your Majesty has a good memory,”

Han Deqing complimented, "This guy has also trained many apprentices. Now many flag commanders in the army are his disciples."

 “Are these old guys like Wang Cheng still in Ankang City?”

Lin Yi once again forgot to glance at the crowd. Seeing that there was no big mistake, he turned around and left.

Han Deqing hurriedly followed behind him and said, "We are all still in the city. Not only did we buy a house, but we each also raised several concubines, so we have no intention of going back."

“A group of old people are not afraid of dying from exhaustion,”

Lin Yi said in amusement, "The lunch auction will be held in a few days. Please pay attention to their movements and don't make any mistakes."

 When conducting an auction, you are not afraid of anything but rigged bids!

If they collude and unanimously lower the bidding price, isn't that taking money out of his pocket?

 He can't bear it!

Han Deqing understood what Lin Yi meant and said, "The people bidding this time are from all over the Liang Kingdom, and they are sure to win. Although Wang Cheng is somewhat capable, he can't reach the sky with one hand."

"That's right. If the gold is not exchanged for wealth, then Wang Cheng will definitely not sell his face."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Next time you see Jin Buhuai, make an appointment for me and let him treat me to dinner."

"yes."

Han Deqing said with a smile.

 Three days later, the Emperor’s Lunch Auction, which had been in preparation for half a year, started bidding under the spotlight.

The people who appeared were basically the most famous and wealthy merchants of Daliang Kingdom. Compared with them, the treasury of Daliang Kingdom pales in comparison.

 (End of this chapter)