The Sims: The Emperor Raising Project

Chapter 78
This trip to Dongwu City was very fruitful. When Liu Bian and his party came, there were only a dozen or so people, but when they left, they took fifty Zhuang Ding with excellent riding skills from Zhao Chen's manor.

Looking at the cavalry team that had just taken shape, Liu Bian also had an unconcealable smile in his eyes.

Yuwen Chengdu and Lei Wanchun were ordered to open the way ahead, while Nan Jiyun and Chai Shao each commanded 25 knights, accompanying them on both sides of the frame.

Li Ru, Yang Xiu, and Zhang Xun followed Liu Bian on horseback, and the three talked about their future plans while talking and laughing.

Yang Xiu is young, still a teenager at heart, and his family background is prominent, so he has never had any scruples when speaking.

Yang Xiu silently looked at the backs of Yuwen Chengdu and Lei Wanchun in front of him, suddenly smiled and said: "The journey is very boring, how about finding a topic to relieve boredom?"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Liu Bian immediately became interested. He looked sideways at Yang Xiu and said, "What good idea does Dezu have? Let's hear it."

Yang Xiu smiled and pouted at Yuwen Chengdu and Lei Wanchun, who were opening the way ahead, and said, "Why don't you just take the final destination of this trip as the topic and guess where they will take us in the end, how about?"

"Very good." Liu Bian nodded.

Zhang Xun smiled slightly and said, "This question is a bit too simple."

"It's hard work on the road, it's just for fun, don't take it too seriously." Liu Bian said with a smile.

Li Ru shook his head speechlessly, and turned his head to the side, expressing his unwillingness to participate.

Yang Xiu glanced at Li Ru, who thought highly of himself, then curled his lips and said, "It's really boring."

Seeing this, Zhang Xun hurriedly explained to Li Ru: "Wenyou is newly married, Yaner, and now all his thoughts are on Meijiao Niang, how can he have the time to play games with me?"

Yang Xiu was startled for a moment, and then he laughed, his appearance was as obscene as he wanted.

After laughing, Yang Xiu ignored the unsmiling Li Ru and said to Zhang Xun, "How about we write the answer in the palm of our hand and reveal the answer at the same time?"

"good."

Zhang Xun nodded.

After a long time.

The two came to Liu Bian's side on horseback, and opened their palms at the same time. On Yang Xiu's palm was written a place name, Wuji.

On Zhang Xun's palm, however, a surname was written: Zhen.

After revealing the answer, Liu Bian, the referee, clapped his hands and laughed, and said, "Both of you are quick-witted people, I admire, admire."

"The Wuji Zhen family is a family of officials and eunuchs for many generations. In this generation, most of the descendants of the family have abandoned their official positions and went into business. Today, the Zhen family is one of the largest landlords in Jizhou. Their wealth is very rich and comparable to others." Yang Xiu said.

Liu Bian smiled slightly, and said: "De Zu is quick-witted, and he is a leader in the world. You might as well tell the big guys about the real purpose of my going to Wuji to meet Zhen."

"Building an army requires money, and cultivating an army also requires money. It still takes a lot of money to buy weapons, armor, war horses and equipment. Your Majesty's visit to Wuji this time is simply for money." Yang Xiu said without hesitation.

"clever."

Liu Bian nodded with a smile.

Li Ru silently glanced at Yang Xiu, shook his head secretly, and said in his heart: "You can't do everything, you can't talk, you have to keep a line in your life, if you show your sharpness, you will die a bad death."

You can't be too smart, you have to understand the principle of great wisdom and stupidity. If you let you say all the good things, wouldn't the emperor be put in a very embarrassing situation?

Liu Bian and his party drove along the official road for two days, and finally arrived outside Wuji City.

Liu Bian ordered Zhang Xun and Chai Shao to lead fifty knights to set up camp outside the city. Tang Ji, Tuoba Wenyue and other female relatives were arranged to rest in the camp outside the city together with a dozen carriages full of belongings. Liu Bian led the rest of the people on horseback and walked towards the city.

When entering the city, Yang Xiu repeated his old tricks and showed his pass to the city gate guards. As a result, he was let go without a hitch.

"The Yang family of Hongnong really deserves its reputation." Lei Wanchun sighed.

Li Ru curled his lips and said, "Where is this? The potential power of the Hongnong Yang family is much greater than you imagined."

"Oh?"

When Lei Wanchun heard the words, he immediately became interested and said: "I would like to hear the details."

"The Hongnong Yang family can pull up a team of thousands of people within a few days." Seeing Lei Wanchun's surprised face, Li Ru deliberately added, saying: "This is just a conservative estimate. Woolen cloth."

During the Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families liked to conceal black households from the court, so each family had hundreds or even thousands of black households who were concealed, and the main purpose of concealing black households was to avoid taxes.

The imperial court really couldn't come up with any specific solution to this, and in the end they had to let it go.

Hearing this, Yang Xiu was about to explode, but saw Liu Bian showing a very rare expression of impatience, looking straight into Yang Xiu's eyes, and said coldly: "Okay, stop it."

Looking at Liu Bian's face sinking like water, Yang Xiu's heart sank suddenly, and then he silently swallowed back the words that had come to his lips.

Liu Bian looked sideways at Li Ru, and warned, "Wenyou, don't make trouble with Dezu again."

Li Ru nodded silently when he heard the words, and didn't say anything more.

Liu Bian knew very well that now was far from the time for internal strife, and if it was not stopped, what would happen in the future.

After a long time.

Liu Bian looked at the Zhen Mansion's mansion with blue bricks and green tiles, and couldn't help but feel a little bit of embarrassment in his heart.

"This mansion is really beyond my imagination. It's too big." Nan Jiyun said with a look of surprise.

"I'm afraid Wei's Manor is nothing more than that?" Lei Wanchun said.

"Wei's Manor was built outside the city, but Zhen's Mansion was built inside the city. There is no comparison between the two." Yu Wencheng said in a deep voice.

Looking at the plaque in front of the gate, Li Ru curled his lips in disdain, and said coldly: "It seems that the Wuji Zhen family is such a huge monster, maybe even the government has nothing to do with him?"

Liu Bian smiled contemptuously, and said: "No matter how big he is, he is still a man of mine, so forgive him for not being able to lift the palm of my hand."

"Dezu, pass the greeting card." Liu Bian said.

Yang Xiu nodded, immediately got off his horse, and handed the greeting card to several Zhuang Ding who were on duty in front of the gate, saying: "I am the son of Hongnong Yang's Situ Yang Biao. Sir, I would also like to ask you to pass it on for me.”

Hearing the name of Situ Yang Biao, one of the middle-aged men who looked like a manager was frightened. He didn't dare to delay at all. He took the greeting card from Yang Xiu with both hands and said: " Please wait here for a while." After saying that, he walked quickly to the mansion.

After a long time.

The middle door of Zhen's mansion was opened, and Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao came together. They searched the crowd for a long time, and finally locked their eyes on Liu Bian.

The two quickly came to Liu Bian, bowed to greet him and said, "But Mr. Yang is in person?"

Hearing this, Liu Bian smiled slightly, then pointed to Yang Xiu who was standing behind him, and said, "He is the gentleman of the Yang family."

(End of this chapter)