Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

In addition to Li Yu and other snack stall owners in Chengjiang, the princes, nobles, and officials of all ranks in the capital were also paying attention to the movements of Emperor Tianyuan.

So, when Emperor Tianyuan's carriage left the palace, officials in the city also rushed to the Chengjiang River, especially those who wanted to show off in front of Emperor Tianyuan.

Some who wanted to take the wrong path even brought their unmarried daughters and nieces with them.

In just two quarters of an hour, the number of people along the Orange River increased significantly.

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Compared with the officials who were on high alert, ordinary people were both excited and scared.

They were eager to meet Emperor Tianyuan, but were also worried that they would accidentally make a mistake and bring disaster upon themselves.

They were very nervous. Some of those who had bought sausages were biting them nervously, trying to give themselves courage.

Li Yu wanted to laugh when he saw it.

But to be honest, she was also a little nervous.

It's not like modern times here. The imperial power is absolute authority. Whatever the emperor says is the truth. She must be careful.

*

In this restless atmosphere, Emperor Tianyuan arrived.

He got off the sedan at an entrance to the Orange River and walked around.

He had no destination and just went wherever he wanted. The Minister of Revenue who was accompanying him wanted to take him to a specific place, but he remained unmoved.

The Minister of Revenue saw him going further and further away, gritted his teeth and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I came here yesterday and there is a snack stand not far ahead. The snacks they make are very delicious. Would you like to go and have a look?"

Glancing at the wrinkled face of the Minister of Revenue, Emperor Tianyuan said in a deep voice, "Lead the way!"

The Minister of Revenue was relieved and led the people over with great joy. However, when Emperor Tianyuan arrived, he did not go to the snack stand, but stood not far from the stand and talked to ordinary people.

After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

Minister of Revenue: "...Your Majesty."

Emperor Tianyuan: "Lord Huang, do you have anything to say?"

The Minister of Revenue laughed dryly, pointed at the female owner of the dim sum stand and said, "You haven't seen that dim sum stand yet."

Emperor Tianyuan glanced at it casually, with no expression on his face: "I just took a look at the snacks on the stall from a distance, and they are not to my taste."

Minister of Revenue: “…”

Emperor Tianyuan ignored him and strode away.

The Minister of Revenue was stunned for a moment, and seeing that Emperor Tianyuan was about to walk away, he no longer cared about anything else and hurried to catch up.

Before turning the corner, he looked back at the dim sum stand, his eyes full of disappointment.

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The owner of the snack stall was none other than his second daughter.

This daughter is his concubine's daughter. Because her biological mother is of low status, she was raised in a farm in the countryside since she was a child. She was only brought back in July last year.

She was born in a poor family, but had a beautiful face. He thought about it for a while and decided to send her to the palace to help him. However, the general election had just taken place last year, and there were many noble ladies at the palace banquet. The queen was very strict, so his daughter could not even get close to the emperor.

After much thought, he came up with this method.

The emperor loves snacks the most, so let his daughter sell snacks to attract the emperor's attention.

Who would have thought that after finally luring the person here, the emperor looked down on him.

What a waste of time!

*

The Minister of Revenue was thinking angrily, and when he looked up, he found that the emperor was walking further and further away, and unknowingly, he was getting closer and closer to the Orange Bridge.

He suddenly felt relieved. Besides him, there were actually several other colleagues' daughters present today, and they had the same idea as him.

Since he has not succeeded now, he naturally does not want others to succeed.

There were no noble ladies from aristocratic families at Chengqiao, so the emperor could go there and just say a few words to the common people, which would not be a big deal.

*

When Li Yu saw the person in bright yellow uniform, he immediately reminded them.

Han Xiaomei was so nervous that she almost threw away the five or six crispy sausages in her hand. Fortunately, Pei Mingzhu saw it and immediately held her hand.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen if we behave normally and don't talk nonsense." Li Yu took the sausage and patted her shoulder with his free hand.

Han Xiaomei hummed and held her clothes tightly.

When Emperor Tianyuan was about twenty meters away from the first stall by the bridge, the eunuch accompanying him shouted.

The people shouted "Long live the emperor" at the same time, but did not kneel.

This is a tradition of the snack fair, and it was proposed by Emperor Tianyuan after he ascended the throne. He felt that there was a lot of fire during the fair, and was afraid that the snack stall owners would only pay their respects to him and forget about the fire, thus causing a fire. So he set a rule that during the snack fair, the common people did not need to perform grand formalities when seeing distinguished persons.

From this perspective, Li Yu felt that Emperor Tianyuan was okay. Although he was not as good as the modern ones, in this era, it was already pretty good that he could think so much about the people.

After greeting him quickly, Li Yu continued to grill the meat while paying attention to his movements.

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Emperor Tianyuan first looked at the stalls opposite Li Yu, and then turned to Li Yu's side.

The old woman selling wontons saw the emperor in person and was so excited that she couldn't utter a word.

Emperor Tianyuan was not angry. After tasting her wontons, he turned to Li Yu.

"Stall owner, give me one of these three things you have."

Li Yu agreed and turned the sausages skillfully.

Emperor Tianyuan looked at the iron plate and asked, "Did you figure out all these things by yourself?"

*

Li Yu paused, then looked up suddenly, and after seeing the face of Emperor Tianyuan clearly, he quickly lowered his head again.

She had felt something was wrong just now, and now she finally realized that Emperor Tianyuan said exactly the same words as the man in blue yesterday, and their voices were exactly the same.

So the man in blue yesterday was actually Emperor Tianyuan?

Emperor Tianyuan was in his early forties, with a short beard, some white hair on his temples, and a slightly serious face. The man in blue was also in his early forties, with a short beard and white hair, but the difference was that his face was slightly dark, and there were some... Yes, the man in blue was dressed up.

Yesterday she was so busy making sausages that she didn't think much about it. But now, when she recalled it carefully, she noticed that there were obvious traces of makeup on the man in blue, especially at the corners of his eyes, where the mole he had painted had faded a little.

She didn't answer for a while, and the Minister of Revenue scolded her: "You are so bold and unruly. The emperor is asking you a question, why don't you answer it quickly!"

Li Yu took a deep breath and steadied his voice, "Your Majesty, I learned these snacks from others."

Emperor Tianyuan nodded.

Then he fell silent.

Li Yu didn't say anything, just lowered his head and did his work submissively.

*

When the roast was almost done, Emperor Tianyuan suddenly said, "Since you have Jianing taking care of you, why do you need to do business? Aren't you afraid that one day Jianing will dislike your status and stop associating with you?"

Sure enough, he heard what she said to the chief officer yesterday.

Li Yu was silent for a moment, then spoke word by word, "Princess Jianing is a kind person, she will not look down on me because of my status as a commoner. As for me doing business, ordinary people need money for daily necessities. I have come to the capital and must do business to make a living.

Besides, I also want to be a better person. I hope that when others talk about me to the princess, they won’t say that the princess has made the wrong friends.”