Traveling through ancient times: starting with live streaming

Zhong Yu had a nickname in Prince Yi's mansion - "Lu Four Seasons".

There are four seasons in a year, one season for being weak and sickly, one season for being worried and anxious, one season for being gloomy and sad, and one season for worrying about everything.

The most important thing is that as the chief steward of the palace's finances, the daily expenses of Prince Yi's palace and the money used for charity have always been calculated separately, and he has to worry about them all.

Therefore, Zhong Yubi, who knew the situation of the money in the palace better than Prince Yi, could think without hesitation: "That's nothing, I can make up the seventy taels, the accounts are clearly not missing anything."

"That's settled then. Send out the five thousand taels of silver as soon as possible." After Zhou Chang had given the silver, he also followed the example of Prince Yi Fengming and gave orders.

Zhong Yu solved the problem of the five thousand taels of silver, but his expression did not ease at all: "Your Majesty, I have another unwelcome request. I want to borrow a hundred taels of silver."

Ok?

There won’t be more, right?

Zhou Chang just let out half a breath, and the rest of the breath was directly held back into his chest.

"Why?" One hundred taels was not a small amount for the current Prince Yi, but seeing Zhong Yu's embarrassment, he quickly changed his words, "Ah, no, if it is inconvenient for Mr. Zhong to say it, there is no need to force it."

Zhong Yu didn't care to explain the situation: "Your Highness, do you still remember that some time ago, when the West City was on fire, you wanted to donate 100 taels of silver? Since Your Highness is willing to donate 100 taels, I would like to borrow another 100 taels for Mr. Zhang..."

I couldn't hear what Zhou Chang said next. I only knew that this was another two hundred taels of silver in "debt"?

Zhong Yu didn't notice anything and continued, "If it weren't for the incident at the Boyin Academy, those scholars wouldn't have moved to the west city for no reason. If they hadn't moved to the area near Xinghuafang, the fire might not have happened. Then Mr. Zhang's family..."

"Why is it Boyin Academy again? What does this have to do with Boyin Academy?" Zhou Chang was annoyed.

Zhong Yu continued to talk to himself: "At the beginning, His Royal Highness Prince Rong proposed to build a college, saying that it would provide a place for scholars to discuss poetry and philosophy, so he chose the land of Wenqu Lane in the East City, where most of the people living were scholars. As a result, those people were forced to move to the new place chosen by His Royal Highness Prince Rong, which is near Wenxing Temple."

Zhou Chang still didn't know what the connection was between the two, so he could only blink his eyes.

"It took a scholar like His Royal Highness Prince Rong to come up with the idea of ​​building the Wenxing Temple near the shantytowns in West City." Zhong Yu didn't seem to have a very good impression of Prince Rong, but he still maintained basic politeness and respect in his words.

Zhou Chang was really hesitant, and Zhong Yu obviously wanted to help someone again.

It's not that it's bad to help others, but Prince Zhou Chang is not like other princes. He has no backing and no connections. He only has enthusiasm, and all the rest that can be exchanged for silver has already been donated.

"Although the scholars in East City were unwilling, they had to disobey the emperor's order and move with their families to live with beggars and vagrants. Mr. Zhang was one of them. His family had been in decline and he only had one property in East City. Now he had been living in West City for three years. A fire left him with nothing and he also got sick." Zhong Yu chattered on and on until he finished telling the whole story.

Zhou Chang listened for a long time and heard the three words "Mr. Zhang" repeatedly, but he had no impression at all. He had to ask carefully: "Mr. Zhang is...?"

"Alas, speaking of Mr. Zhang, Your Majesty doesn't recognize him." Zhong Yushi sighed, "Before, when I was planning to build a medicine shop in Xinghuafang, Xicheng, I met a Mr. Zhang. A few days ago, a fire broke out there..."

The Xinghuafang Pharmacy in Xicheng was another losing business for Prince Yi.

Prince Yi Fengming owns two medicine shops. The Siwei Medicine shop is located in Jixiangfang so it should be profitable, but the medicine shop in Xinghuafang in Xicheng will definitely not make money.

It is right next to the shantytowns of the poor and refugees, and the most important thing for doing business is location, otherwise it would be impossible to make any money.

Once Zhong Yu started talking again, he couldn't stop: "The fire affected more than a dozen households. Although Mr. Zhang's family was slightly affected, he had been ill for more than a month. His family had no money for treatment and had been without rice for many days. Adding to this fire, it was really worse. I think the one hundred taels given by the prince can help him and the nearby residents, but as a scholar, Mr. Zhang will have to take the imperial examination this year. If he can be cured of his illness, he can concentrate on studying and will be able to get through the difficulties. Originally, fifty taels of silver would be enough for treatment..."

After hearing this, Zhou Chang completely "surrendered".

Zhong Yudu had already described the situation so horribly, what else could she do?

"If Your Majesty feels that one hundred taels is too much, then I will lend you fifty taels." Zhong Yu spoke with great determination. He knew best that the balance of Prince Yi's Mansion had always been tight, so he took a step back.

"One hundred taels, just one hundred taels." Zhou Chang felt pity and probably made a great decision, "Let Mr. Zhang recover from his illness and study hard."

Zhong Yu's frown finally relaxed: "Thank you, Your Highness. This is good now. Mr. Zhang's wife used to make a living by selling sweet soup. If she could earn more money, she could continue to support the stall. Mr. Zhang is sick, and his son is still at home when he is old enough to go to school. Alas, at this moment, the war has been going on for the third year and there is still no result. The price of medicinal materials is getting higher every year..."

Zhou Chang really couldn't stand Zhong Yu's nagging.

She even began to regret it. She suffered a huge loss by changing her identity. Not only could she not "sell goods through live streaming", but she also had such an additional "creditor". In the future, she would not only have to earn virtual commissions to repay the loans, but also earn real money to subsidize Prince Yi's Mansion.

Zhong Yu stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will return the money to the palace slowly in the future."

"Since I know about it, of course I will regard it all as a gift from the palace. Mr. Zhong doesn't need to worry about it." As a prince, Zhou Chang took the initiative to ask for a hundred taels, so it was impossible for him to let Zhong Yu bear the cost of this money.

Zhong Yuye no longer refused and bowed deeply again.

Zhou Chang nodded and prepared to wait for Zhong Yu to leave.

Zhong Yu finished his work, but stood there without moving. Instead, he asked, "Your Majesty, did you accept the gift from the Yuan family yesterday?"

"No." Zhou Chang really didn't.

But after all, the Yuan family’s affairs are not over yet, and she does have some other concerns.

Zhong Yuzi saw that Zhou Chang had other thoughts, but he misunderstood. He had been holding it in for a long time and couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, do you still want to continue working for the Yuan family?"

"Uh..." Zhou Chang could neither deny nor explain, "It is true, but rest assured, there is absolutely no corruption or bribery behind this. Yuan Yu was wronged, I just saw injustice, and we will see the truth in the future."

"How can Your Highness compare yourself to merchants?" Although Zhong Yu was dissatisfied, his face was more worried. "Merchants are cunning. Your Highness must be more careful in dealing with them. If you are not careful, you may fall into their trap without realizing it."

"Don't worry, sir. I know what I'm doing." Zhou Chang guaranteed that at least her original intention was just to give back and help others.

Zhong Yu had followed Prince Yi for many years and knew him well. Although he was aware that the Yuan family was involved in the case of treason committed by Minister of Revenue Min Hang, he never expected that Zhou Chang would also be involved.

But now that things have come to this, he couldn't help but make further plans, so he said: "The situation in the north is still unknown. There are countless people suffering from the war in the north, and we are out of reach. But the things in the imperial city are right in front of us, and we can't ignore them. Since the prince has made a bet, we can only take it one step at a time and see how it develops in the future. We can only adapt to the situation. But..."

"But what?" Zhou Changxiang asked.

Zhong Yugong raised his hands to the sky and said, "Good deeds will be rewarded, evil deeds will be punished, and the law of nature will prevail. As long as you are determined to do good, God will only bless you. Your Majesty is kind-hearted and has done so many good deeds. God will not let you down."

Zhou Chang suddenly felt mixed emotions. "The late emperor had not yet completed his career and he cannot stop.

I have updated three parts today, and I am tired of typing.