Husband has a sweetheart

Chapter 175 The Second Lantern Festival
Emperor Anping also learned the news in the capital, and once again lamented that he had been taken advantage of. He didn't know whether Zhang Yuqing was the daughter of Phoenix Life, but Zhang Yuying was definitely not.

Otherwise, why would all the luck of the Great Xia Dynasty go to Liangzhou?

But now it's too late to say anything. He can only bite the bullet and continue to live with Zhang Yuying, spreading the name of Zhang Yuying's fateful daughter everywhere.As long as you can still sit on the Dragon Throne, what does it matter if the woman you marry is the daughter of the Phoenix?
After experiencing the first Lantern Festival, everyone knows that choosing the twelve flower gods is just a name, to cheer everyone up, to make a little money, and to really attract those big merchants. The business that can make big money is after the Lantern Festival. Product trade fair.

Qilin Empress always has all kinds of rare things waiting for them.

Since the mercury mirror came out last year, people with a little extra money have never used bronze mirrors anymore, and they have to buy mercury mirrors when waiting in line to fight.

Merchants who ordered mercury mirrors last year really made a fortune.

However, the process of silver plating mirrors is firmly controlled by Liangzhou, and no one knows about it. If you want to buy mirrors, you can only come to Liangzhou to purchase them.

The real winners are Lu Wei and his wife who are sitting firmly on Diaoyutai.

This year, more merchants came. Even though Zhang Yuqing temporarily recruited tens of thousands of houses in and around Liangzhou City to serve as temporary inns, it was difficult to accommodate so many merchants. She could only rent tents in the open space outside Liangzhou City. To merchants, charge a nominal rent.

One hundred thousand soldiers were divided into hundreds of squads and patrolled day and night to maintain law and order.

Everyone who comes to Liangzhou is impressed by the great work of Lu Wei and his wife, but there is also a sense of admiration in this exclamation.

Looking at the whole country, only the king and his wife of Liangzhou were so generous and could hold such a grand event.

Although the selection of the Twelve Flower Goddess is just a show to add to the entertainment, there are still countless beautiful girls flocking to it, and the competition has become fierce for several times.

After the most beautiful flower goddess is selected, it is the new product launch conference that everyone is most looking forward to.

Zhang Yuqing prepared two things this year, one is a bicycle made entirely of fine steel, and the other is a clock and watch that a team of craftsmen worked on day and night to imitate.

When the first bicycle came out, everyone couldn't understand what it was. However, after the demonstration on the stage, everyone was shocked. An ordinary person riding it could easily outrun a strong man, and It is very labor-saving and much better than raising horses.

If bicycles bring people amazement, watches bring people earthquake-like shock.

Many merchants traveled all over the country and had connections with the world outside the Western Regions. They knew that there were clocks outside, but they were heavy and heavy. If you moved them, you would have to worry about the parts inside being misaligned and the time would be inaccurate. There was no way to take them out.This small and exquisite thing that can be worn on the hand is as magical as a magic weapon from the gods. It is completely incomparable to the large clock they have seen before.

A boy who followed the owner into the venue scratched his head and said, "Sir, why don't we also buy bicycles and watches, go back and dismantle them and imitate them ourselves!"

It doesn’t look very complicated!
The old man next to him knocked the boy on the head, shook his head and said with a smile: "You idiot!"

From his sophisticated point of view, since Qilin Empress dares to do it, she is not afraid of others imitating it.He no longer dared to think about the sophisticated mechanism behind the watch dial. The bicycle alone was made of fine steel, the bars on the wheels were fine, and the chain was smooth and shiny...

From refining steel to the process of creating these delicate components, how can anyone imitate it?

If nothing else, the iron from the source can hardly kill most people!

The entire venue was already buzzing with excitement. Everyone was waiting for the host to give the order so that they could rush to the booth to order these goods. Even if they lost their money and borrowed money from relatives and friends to buy them, they would earn money after buying them.

At the end of the lantern festival, as usual, Liangzhou Governor Shan Fangqiu presented prizes and certificates to the twelve flower gods.When he glanced at Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing sitting under the stage, he thought of a flattering idea and asked the host of the Lantern Festival, Qilin Empress, to say a few words to everyone.

Zhang Yuqing was stunned, and just when she was about to refuse, Lu Wei held her hand and whispered in her ear: "I'll go with you."

His wife's hard work has brought stability and prosperity to Liangzhou, so she should stand in front of the stage and accept the cheers and admiration of the crowd.

After Lu Wei said so, Zhang Yuqing couldn't shirk anymore, so he and Lu Wei got on the stage one after another.

Shan Fangqiu smiled flatteringly and handed the loudspeaker to Zhang Yuqing respectfully.

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said a few words before announcing three major policy decisions. First, starting from this month, people over 60 years old and under 13 years old will be exempted from food tax; Third, the Liangzhou government will set up schools in each township. Children over six years old, regardless of gender, must attend public schools for three years. The public schools will teach writing, astronomy, geography, and law. The government will not take any money from the tuition fees. There is also a lunch at noon.

After a quarter of an hour of silence in the venue, everyone realized in shock that what they just heard was true.

Although Shan Fangqiu was the governor of Liangzhou, Zhang Yuqing didn't know about these policies before he announced them, and no one mentioned them to him. In short, his governorship was just a mascot decoration, but it didn't stop him from hearing the deafening cheers and ecstasy. What Zhang Yuqing said in his shouts of respectful and humble flattery were all things he wanted to do but was unable to do.

No matter how dissatisfied he was with Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing for ignoring him, he had to admit that these two people were really devoted to the people and implemented unprecedented benevolent policies. Even if he took charge of the political power in Liangzhou, he would never be able to do anything To the extent of Lu Wei and his wife.Everyone was shouting for Qilin Empress, with unprecedented excitement and admiration on their faces.

The old man who hit the boy on the head earlier was already old, and he shook his head with emotion, "She is indeed the Qilin Empress! She has a bodhisattva's heart, is generous, has great compassion, and has great merit!"

This is an unprecedented benevolent government. He doesn't know if anyone will be able to be like Qilin Empress in the future, but there will definitely be no one in the future.

I wish I was born in Liangzhou!

Lu Wei blocked Zhang Yuqing's hand with his broad sleeves in front of him.

It was easy for something to happen in this situation, so he had to be extremely alert.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at the enthusiastic and excited people and merchants in the audience. He suddenly stopped and his eyes fell on a young man in the front row.

The man was wearing an ordinary moon-white robe. He had a strong build and dark hair tied at the top. He looked to be in his early twenties. Sitting there, he was taller than the people around him. His facial features were handsome and his temperament was outstanding. He was completely different from the people around him. His smile was also very calm, and his eyes were shining with gentleness. He only stared at Zhang Yuqing, as if Zhang Yuqing was the only one in the world who could look into his eyes.

Lu Wei narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly.

He looked familiar to this person, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. Ordinarily, if he had seen such an outstanding person, he should remember it.

Without any time to think, he led Zhang Yuqing off the stage and walked out of the venue from the backstage.

Next, the venue will be simply rearranged and booths will be set up. Merchants can visit and purchase products without him and Zhang Yuqing being here.

At the back door of the venue, a carriage was waiting not far away.

Just as Zhang Yuqing walked out of the venue and walked towards the carriage, four tall women holding and pulling children suddenly appeared nearby.

The children running around on the ground pointed at Zhang Yuqing and shouted: "Empress Qilin! Look, it's Empress Qilin!"

Zhang Yuqing went to look for someone and saw a few children aged four or five. He asked the maid to go to the carriage and get some candies to give to the children.

A few children were not afraid of strangers. They giggled and ran up to Zhang Yuqing, reaching out for Zhang Yuqing to hug him.The women following the children looked frightened, shouting at them to come back, and ran over to try to pull them away.

Something strange suddenly flashed in Lu Wei's heart. It was a precious intuition he had developed through countless life and death situations on the battlefield over the years. Before his brain could make a judgment, he had already stood in front of Zhang Yuqing and separated Zhang Yuqing from the children and women. Separate it.

The maid stayed behind to share the sweets with the children. Lu Wei put his arms around Zhang Yuqing, turned around and continued walking to the carriage.

At this moment, the women holding the children suddenly threw away the swaddling clothes in their hands, took out the knife hidden in the swaddling clothes, and rushed towards Zhang Yuqing with murderous intent.

The maid screamed, and the guards roared and rushed over from all directions.

Lu Wei turned around, and what flashed in his eyes was the light reflected from the steel knives in the hands of the assassins.He subconsciously reached out to pull out the long knife from his waist, but found nothing. Then he remembered that when he entered the venue, in order not to cause panic, he removed the sword.

In the flash of lightning, Lu Wei's first reaction was to push Zhang Yuqing in the opposite direction and turn around to block the assassins.

At this extremely dangerous and chaotic moment, a strong figure floated up from the roof of the nearby house. With a sharp turn in the air, he kicked away the assassin closest to Lu Wei and Zhang Yuqing. After landing, he swept the second assassin's ankle with his flying kick. .

Lu Wei knocked the third assassin away with a split palm. The assassin fell heavily to the ground on his back. In the flash of lightning, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the back of the neck of the fourth assassin who was trying to get past him and rushed to Zhang Yuqing. He broke it neatly. The assassin's neck.

The lifeless assassin's body lay limply on the ground.

The maids and guards surrounded Zhang Yuqing. The guards swarmed up and tied up the three assassins who were still alive on the ground but unable to get up after being beaten.

Zhang Yuqing's face was still calm, and he clenched his hands into fists. Surrounded by maids and guards, he looked through the gap and watched the moon-white figure float away in the chaos.

After the four assassins were eliminated, Lu Wei turned to look at Zhang Yuqing and followed her eyes to see the leaving figure.

　Sweetheart Theater:
　　Ye Yu: Guess who this person is?You guessed it right, I’ll send you one from Ye Yuzhan~
　　
　
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