The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 236: The Eye-Catching Presence on South st Street
As soon as Chen Yun walked into the inner courtyard of the Chen family, she saw the master of the family lying on a rocking chair, looking up at the sky idly, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

Chen Yun quickly approached Chen Xi and whispered in Chen Xi's ear: "Master, Mr. Guo is here to see you. He is in the front yard now. He doesn't want to wait for you in the living room."

Chen Xi felt the gentle breath blowing past his ears, and couldn't help but turn his head to glance at the beautiful girl who was so close to him.

Chen Xi turned his head back and forth somewhat unnaturally, and then muttered: "What's wrong..."

"Cough..." Chen Xi coughed a few times, "Okay, it looks like these guys have finally given in.

I thought they would bring Zi Yu, but they found Feng Xiao instead." Chen Xi stood up from the rocking chair, stretched and said.

Chen Yun stood aside with her head lowered, not saying a word, nor expressing her opinion to Chen Xi.

As for what Chen Xi muttered, just let it go in one ear and out the other. After all, although what Chen Xi said had something to do with her, it was not a big deal, so just keep it in mind.

Only after Chen Xi stood up from the rocking chair did he quietly step forward to help Chen Xi tidy up his messy clothes, and by the way, put the clothes he had taken from Chen Xi's room on Chen Xi.

……

"What's wrong with you? Do you have to stay here and get some fresh air?" As soon as Chen Xi saw Guo Jia, he couldn't help but complain to him.

Guo Jia smiled and did not respond to Chen Xi's words. He just silently poured Chen Xi a glass of wine.

After filling the glass in front of him, Guo Jia picked up the glass and said, "Here, let me toast you first."

Chen Xi restrained the expression on his face, picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Guo Jia.

In the following time, the two did not talk about other things. Guo Jia just told Chen Xi in detail what happened in the Fenggao Government Affairs Office during this period.

Actually, it’s quite interesting, isn’t it?

"Zichuan, the previous incident was indeed our fault. Please forgive me." Guo Jia suddenly said this while holding the wine glass.

Chen Xi smiled and didn't say anything. He just raised his glass to signal Guo Jia, then tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Seeing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then he also raised his wine glass and drank it in one gulp, for fear that Chen Xi would not be relieved.

"Huh~ Now there is only one thing left, and we can probably lay the foundation for Lord Xuande." Chen Xi put down his wine glass and said casually.

Although the annexation of Yanzhou at this point in time was an accident, but for Chen Xi.

As long as he maintains control over the local area and the upper echelons can implement local governance, the abilities Chen Xi can exert will become stronger and the bigger the snowball will be.

Guo Jia glanced at Chen Xi, then sighed: "Yes, now this is all that's missing."

"A library where anyone with local household registration can go in and read or borrow books. What a masterstroke." Guo Jia shook his head. Chen Xi's arrangements were always linked together.

However, they had never experienced it personally before, but now they have experienced it, and it is really impressive. It is probably an event that they will remember for a lifetime.

Chen Xi turned sideways and looked at Guo Jia, "By now, Wenru should have already prepared the household registration, right?
The image of scholars that the people desire and the qualifications they possess are probably what the people also desire very much.

Haha, this is also a different kind of top-down approach." Chen Xi said softly.

As early as when Mount Tai was first built, Chen Xi had been building a library, and now it is finally being completed. The promise that he had written on the recruitment order will now finally be fulfilled in part.

"Fenggao is still too remote, but with this, it will surely leave some heritage for our place of origin." Chen Xi shook his head.

After the implementation of the new commercial law, Fenggao's tax revenue has surpassed the past, and it has surpassed it by a lot.

However, compared to Nanyang Wancheng's huge advantages of time, place and people, Fenggao can only have one person.

After all, Fenggao is the place where Liu Bei started his career, and it also has policy advantages, although it is not much different from Nanyang.

However, after all, there are only two commodity trading centers in the entire Han Dynasty. Even if Fenggao’s geographical advantages cannot compare to Wancheng, it is still better than having nothing.

Perhaps it was the Han Dynasty or the regime after the Tian family replaced the Qi Dynasty that suppressed merchants too harshly or something else.

As soon as a gap was opened in Fenggao and Wancheng, almost all the merchants of the Han Dynasty rushed to these two places for on-site inspections and took away easy-to-carry goods. After all, it was necessary to take a trip to test the waters.

However, Fenggao's prosperity is now only based on the Han Dynasty's policy bias of having only two commodity trading centers.

If after Liu Bei unified the world, Chen Xi found a few places with favorable geographical locations on the map of the Han Dynasty and then adopted an open policy towards them, it is hard to say whether Fenggao could continue to maintain its current prosperity.

Listening to Chen Xi's words, Guo Jia couldn't help but look up at the distant horizon. Does Chen Xi always look so far away?
Guo Jia couldn't find the answer in his heart, or maybe he already had the answer but he just didn't want to believe it.

After all, we are all human beings, we all have the same talents, and we have all reached the pinnacle of humanity.

How could I just admit that I am not as good as others...

Admittedly, in areas other than political strategy, Chen Xi may not be as good as them. After all, Chen Xi also has areas that he is not good at.

However, they are civil officials, and they cannot just give advice and be counselors for their entire lives.

Even Xu Shu, who was mainly good at military strategy, knew that he had to improve his political strategy to a certain level, otherwise he would only be a pure military adviser.

However, no matter how much Guo Jia didn't want to admit it, perhaps they really couldn't catch up with Chen Xi's level in political strategy.

Think about Chen Xi's attainments in other fields. Maybe they are not as good as those who specialize in them, but Chen Xi's attainments in them are definitely not bad. Otherwise, how could Chen Xi chat with them in related fields.

Guo Jia said to Chen Xi seriously: "Zichuan, it's not a good idea for you to stay at home all the time. I don't know how many people are waiting for you outside."

Chen Xi looked at Guo Jia steadily and said with a smile: "I thought you would call Zi Yu back, but I didn't expect it would be you."

Guo Jia sighed heavily, "Who said we didn't go to look for him, it's just that he rejected our request." If Yang Ji had agreed to them and came to negotiate with Chen Xi on their behalf, Guo Jia didn't want to take the initiative to find Chen Xi at this time.

Unfortunately, as they expected, Yang Ji rejected their request.

Chen Xi glanced at Guo Jia, who was smiling bitterly, and sneered: "Oh, with Zi Yu's personality, how could he possibly agree to your request and come to me?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia's bitter smile became more obvious, "So that's why I came here today."

Chen Xi looked at the small house in the yard. It was built by Chen Xi's orders. After all, Old Man Chen was old, and he couldn't always stand at the door.

Chen Xi didn't want to deprive the stubborn old man Chen of his interests. It was better than doing nothing and then getting sick.

"Fengxiao, do you know what Mr. Chen is doing recently?" Chen Xi asked Guo Jia softly.

Following Chen Xi's gaze, Guo Jia also saw Old Man Chen over at the hut. At this moment, Old Man Chen was dealing with some "unknown" people who came to visit him.

"This is not a reason for you not to go to the Government Affairs Office." Guo Jia said helplessly.

Ever since Chen Xi's new commercial law began to show its power, the atmosphere in the Government Affairs Office has become a little strange.

Originally, after seeing the power of the new commercial law, the people in the Government Affairs Office thought that Chen Xi would return to the Government Affairs Office to handle government affairs.

Even if you want to mock them for being blind, it's fine. Even if you want them to apologize, it's not out of the question.

However, they waited and waited but did not see Chen Xi's arrival. Instead, they waited for the statistics of commercial taxes on a much larger scale.

So, they went to find Yang Ji, but Yang Ji didn't want to deal with the matter and asked them to find a way to solve it themselves. After all, it was their connivance that caused the incident.

Now that the power of the new commercial law has been demonstrated, you want them to come back on their own initiative. This is just wishful thinking. When you were condoning the situation, why didn't you see them step forward to restrain it?

After Yang Ji ignored this matter, Guo Jia, who usually got along well with Chen Xi, became the most suitable candidate.

"I don't want to go!" Chen Xi stated his attitude directly. Now that he finally found an opportunity to stay at home and do nothing, how could he give up like this?

"Don't even think about dragging me back to the government office until I've dealt with this matter.

Just tell Zijing and the others to just do their own thing and don’t come to me if there is nothing else important.

As for what happened before, haha, do you think I care? "Chen Xi lay directly on the rocking chair that Chen Yun had just moved.

Looking at Chen Xi lying leisurely in the rocking chair, Guo Jia's mouth twitched a few times. It seemed that this was the reason why Chen Xi was unwilling to return to the Government Affairs Office.

After taking a look at Chen Yun who was standing not far away, Guo Jia decisively shouted to Old Man Chen who was not far away: "Old Man Chen, do you have any rocking chairs? Bring one over for me!"

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Looking at Guo Jia lying comfortably in the rocking chair, Chen Xi said speechlessly: "Hey, you guy, if you want to lie down, go back to your home, don't stay here with me. If Lord Xuande sees you, it will have a bad influence."

"Oh, we are all old acquaintances, don't be so heartless. Besides, do you think Lord Xuande has time to come to see a grown man like you now?" Guo Jia said lazily.

Chen Xi thought about the recent changes in Liu Bei and could not help but nod in agreement with Guo Jia's words. Guo Jia was indeed right. If nothing serious happened, Liu Bei really would not come to him.

"Then you shouldn't stay here with me. It would be more comfortable for you to stay in Manxianglou than here. At least it's pleasing to the eyes." Chen Xi said unhappily.

What if Lu Su and others found out that Guo Jia was not busy in the Government Affairs Office, but was lying comfortably in a rocking chair here with Chen Xi? Then Chen Xi's blatant slacking off might come to an end.

"Oh, speaking of Manxianglou, they gave me this and said that I wouldn't have to spend money in the future." Guo Jia took out a gold card from his pocket and said in a mean way.

After taking a look at the gold card that Guo Jia took out, Chen Xi silently took out a gold card that was completely different in style from Guo Jia's.

After waving it in front of Guo Jia, he said, "I wonder what those people will do about the Manxianglou standing on South First Street?"

Guo Jia's face froze. Damn it, the nature of Manxianglou always made him subconsciously forget that it was located on the main street of Fenggao Trading Center.

Thinking back to the selling prices of the land and the rental prices of the shops on the streets other than the North-South Street, Guo Jia couldn't help but feel heartache, or rather, the bigwigs in the Government Affairs Office were all feeling heartache.

Who the hell would have thought that the land in the five streets marked out by Chen Xi would increase to this level? Shouldn't they have gone to Wancheng to compete? Why did they come to Fenggao to compete?
What? The price in Wancheng is higher?
Oh, that's nothing...

Although they didn't know what was going on, the skyrocketing land prices did not stop Lu Su and the others from seeing their eyelids twitching.

[If I had known this earlier, I would have bought it later...]

Especially the North-South First Street which is the main road. However, there are only three stores on the street now. These are the three stores that were opened there before Chen Xi changed the business law.

There is the Mi Family Restaurant and Zhen Family Fur on North First Street, plus the Manxianglou on South First Street...well, the most prominent one is Manxianglou.

However, no one dared to cause trouble at Manxianglou. After all, everyone knew what the nature of Manxianglou was before the reform, so I will not elaborate on it here.

"Ha, that old lady has had a hard time during this period. She has tried every possible means but failed to hand over the real owner of Manxiang Tower." Guo Jia stared at Chen Xi and smiled.

People outside don’t know what’s going on in Manxianglou, don’t the people inside know what’s going on?
However, it was Lu Su's mistake after all, so they were too embarrassed to cause trouble for him. After all, they were all miserable people.

In troubled times, having a place to survive is already a blessing from heaven, and the old lady’s character is considered very good among her peers.

Chen Xi shook his head and glanced at Chen Yun, who had already pricked up her ears. "Forget it, I'll ask someone to find that old lady later. Manxianglou is too conspicuous on South First Street."

"If we delay any longer, Zi Jing will probably come to find me in person," Chen Xi said softly after retracting his gaze from Chen Yun.

Although the land was approved by Lu Su, the fact that Manxianglou was able to open on South 1st Street was ultimately due to Chen Xi's greater responsibility, so Chen Xi still planned to take some control.

(End of this chapter)