The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

Chapter 139: On the Eve of Moving the Capital

"Prince Bing, those aristocratic families are making a fuss outside the palace!" said Eunuch Pan.

The emperor took the queen to Yuancheng first. Now all matters in the capital of Mu Kingdom are decided by the prince!

"What are they doing again? Why? Still not giving up?" Murong Jing asked impatiently.

If these people still don't recognize their position, he doesn't mind replacing them with a group of aristocratic families. These idiots don't deserve the honor of aristocratic families. It's time to reshuffle the cards!

"Your Highness, they said that he was kneeling outside the palace and couldn't get up! What does His Majesty mean now? I'll let you handle it as appropriate!" Eunuch Pan asked in confusion.

His Majesty the Emperor really doesn't care about anything in Kyoto anymore. All decisions are made by the Crown Prince. Whether good or bad, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has the final say!

"My father wants to abdicate!" Murong Jing sighed. Which country's emperor would be like his father, abdicating at the age of 38?

His younger brother isn't even a year old yet, and he wants to abdicate?

A retired emperor in his thirties? I wonder if he feels guilty when people call him that!

"Your Highness, Princess Jingyi requests an audience!" Eunuch Pan saw the eunuch who was informing the outside come in, so he walked over. When he heard that Rong Jingyi was coming, he hurried forward to report!

"Xuan!" Murong Jing was so happy in his heart, but the expression on his face remained calm and without any change.

Eunuch Pan: Your Highness, please don't be too aloof, or you'll end up like the man in Princess Bai Ze's story of chasing his wife to the crematorium!

"Your Highness still refuses to see us?" Eunuch Pan immediately left the space to Murong Jing and Rong Jingyi.

As a result, as soon as he left the house, the patriarchs of those aristocratic families immediately came forward to question Eunuch Pan.

Eunuch Pan: Ugh! Bad luck!

"I'm sorry, clan leaders, there are too many matters related to the relocation of the capital, and His Highness is too busy to handle it. You should find ways to solve your problems yourselves!" Eunuch Pan said.

Not far away, he saw Rong Jingyi, dressed in red, carrying food into the Qinzheng Hall.

"Then why can she see His Highness?" The Chen family's patriarch asked stupidly.

"Because she is my fiancée, the eldest princess of Rong State? Why do you have any objections?

As for the matter of moving the capital, if you are willing to move, then move. If you are not willing, then continue to stay in Kyoto!" Murong Jing said loudly, expressing his opinion directly!

He opened the door of the Qinzheng Hall because he couldn't bear to hear anyone talking about Rong Jingyi. He didn't need to talk to these greedy fools!

Are the patriarchs of these aristocratic families here to make fun of them? If they want to move the capital, then they can move. If they don't want to move, then they don't have to move. What do you mean they have to be paid money to move the capital with the Mu Kingdom royal family?

Give them a big head of silver! Why are you so shameless?

"You...Your Highness the Crown Prince, I'll just see how much less tax you can collect in a year without our Liu family!" the head of the Liu family threatened.

The Liu family mainly sells general merchandise, and it just so happens that Cheng Yu and several sisters-in-law are planning to expand into the market!

Cheng Yu: It’s a good thing to seize the market, come with more!

"Let me take a look too. Without my Chen family, where will your food come from?" said the head of the Chen family angrily.

Cheng Shang and Cheng Jin: I know this question well! The land near Yuancheng and Xi Province has been developed by them and the people. Now, there is only more food, not less!

"Let me take a look too. Without the supply of medicinal herbs from my Mu family, where would your herbs come from?" said the head of the Mu family.

The Holy Medicine Clan, Rong Jingyi and Huichuntang: Don’t be afraid, we can seize the opportunity you give us!

"Apart from the Liu, Chen and Mu families, are there any other families that have objections?" Murong Jing said with a cold face, unable to discern the situation.

It seems that the road of the Liu, Chen, and Mu families has come to an end here. Will they be among the great families in the future? Then he can just change his surname!

"Your Highness, the Nangong family sent you 12,000 taels of gold, saying that they would like you to leave a good house for them! And they want a manor!" Eunuch Pan asked the guards to lift the box up and said immediately.

Murong Jing naturally knew that this was his grandfather's support, and he immediately responded, "Yes!"

"Your Highness, my sister, Princess Bai Ze, asked me to send 2000 taels of silver, 30 dan of grain, and carts of medicinal herbs. I hope you can give her the land she likes!" Cheng Yiyu naturally came to support his brother-in-law, and here he came with a gift list and silver.

(One hundred taels of silver = ten taels of gold)

When Murong Jing saw his brother-in-law appear, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, Master Cheng, I agree!"

Others don't know Cheng Yiyu's personality, but he knows it! A wife slave, a sharp tongue, a smiling tiger, black sesame dumplings...

Cheng Yiyu: ...Is this really okay?

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness! Your Highness, this is the money my grandmother gave to buy the house and two mountains in the name of my third brother! A total of 20,000 taels of gold, please choose!" Cheng Yiyu knelt down and bowed!

Then Cheng Yiyu took out another stack of silver notes, one for hundred taels each, and the bulging banknotes contained exactly twenty thousand taels!

In fact, their Western Province is close to Yuancheng, and the houses and fields have been decided long ago. This time they are just here for the formality and to support their brother-in-law!

Didn’t the aristocratic families say that they would move the capital with the royal family and ask the court to give them money?

Then the Cheng family will just give money to the imperial court and not care whether those aristocratic families want to move or not!

"That's so thoughtful, old lady. Please say hello to her for me!" When the Cheng family was still in the capital, Murong Jing often went to play with Cheng Yiyu and his two brothers, and as a result, he became familiar with the Cheng family.

"Okay, Your Highness, this is paid privately by my sister, thirty thousand taels of silver. I only want a large mansion on the edge of the city. I don't mind the location, the bigger the better!" Cheng Yiyu took out the last banknote and placed it in the box in Eunuch Pan's hand.

His sister asked him to buy this piece of land on a whim, and they hadn't chosen a location yet. Although he didn't know what his sister wanted such a big house for!

But if his sister wanted stars from the sky, he would find a way to pick them for her.

No! Just do what my sister wants!

"Okay, I agree! Does anyone else have anything to say?" Murong Jing ordered them to leave!

"Your Highness, I advise you to accept our conditions, Cheng family, huh!" The head of the Chen family stood up, waved his hand and left.

The prince is indeed young. What help can the small Cheng family give him? How dare they disgrace the Chen family!

After the head of the Chen family left, the Liu and Mu families also left angrily, and the heads of the noble families who were kneeling on the ground looked at each other.

It's over! They finally saw clearly this time. The relocation of the capital was originally peaceful, but now they have to bleed heavily!

And there might not be any good houses for them! As expected, when these noble families arrived in Yuancheng, they only wanted to go back to the present and beat their present selves to death!

"Sir Cheng, why did you come to see me?" Murong Jing asked as he walked towards the Qinzheng Hall.

"Your Highness, I was entrusted by His Majesty to assist you in moving the capital!" Cheng Yiyu said helplessly.

The emperor, his father-in-law, is very kind. He had to rest for two weeks after getting married, and then was forced to return to Kyoto to help his brother-in-law, his sister Zi'er!

Looking at the unsatisfied brother-in-law in front of him, Murong Jing couldn't help but want to kick him twice. What's wrong with him, a cat in love?

But he had to coax Cheng Yiyu: "It's okay, I'm almost ready here, and we will leave for the new capital in two days!"

If this unsatisfied brother-in-law knew this news, wouldn't he be overjoyed?

Sure enough, Cheng Yiyu's eyes lit up the next second: "Really?" What a pleasant surprise! Sister Zi'er, your husband is getting closer to going home to see you!

"Really, if you help me do it... help me do it again..." Murong Jing said a lot of things, and Cheng Yiyu happily took the order and went to work!

Cheng Yiyu thought that he could finish the work earlier and go home earlier. Yeah! He wished he could work all day long!

Murong Jing thought that it was a good thing that the Mu Kingdom was poor before and the palace was dilapidated and had no money to repair it, otherwise they would definitely not be willing to move away!

"Your Highness, these were handed over by some noble families, and here is also!" Eunuch Pan came up with the box and record book in his hands.

"Okay, put it there. Jingyi, come and eat something with me!" Murong Jing pointed to the table in the Qinzheng Hall, and then continued to sit on the couch and eat the pastries brought by Rong Jingyi.

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, the crossbow carts here on the city wall should be enough!" Zhou Tianming, the head of the Shenji Camp, said to Murong Qian.

"Not enough! To prevent any disaster, let Cheng Tian create two more!

Also, the city wall is not high enough, so the platform next to the moat should be built higher.

That beacon tower over there isn't high enough!" Murong Qian spent a lot of money on moving the capital this time, but most of it was spent on repairing the city wall!

"Okay, Your Majesty, please go over to the palace and take a look!" Zhou Tianming said.

This Majesty is really different. He doesn't care about where he lives at all, but he has a special liking for this city wall. But why is half of this city a wasteland? Is it really okay?

It doesn’t feel like a capital city at all, it’s so desolate!

But a month after the capital was moved, Zhou Tianming looked at the new buildings, the prosperous streets, and the emperor who was making a fortune, and he couldn't help but raise his finger.

Your Majesty is really wise!

Now, Zhou Tianming could only travel back and forth between the city wall and the mansion every day, and Cheng Tian was also busy with him. He only had a chance to rest two days before the capital was moved!

"Cousin, the land in Yuancheng has risen sharply now. The land near the imperial palace is too expensive. What should we do now?" Zhao Fan asked at this moment. Although his Zhao family had some shares in Huichuntang, he still came to ask Cheng Yu.

"Yes, if you calculate it this way, if we rent her and then open a milk tea shop, there will be no profit!" Murong Xueer said distressedly.

She lived with Murong Yu in Yuancheng, but Yuancheng was in a mess now, so Yuwen Fei sent her to Yuwen's house.

Zheng Rong and the others also expressed their thoughts. The land price had risen so much that it was impossible for them to buy a townhouse.

Moreover, there are already a row of stores around the imperial palace. It is impossible for me to open another store and fight on my own.

"Have you ever thought about it? Buy it outside? Wasteland is cheap. Whatever kind of house you want, you can just build it yourself, isn't it good?" Cheng Yu said helplessly.

"Oh, that's right, sister, you are so smart! Here, Boss Zhao, please help us choose a place!" Murong Zi took out a box. It was agreed at that time that Cheng Yu would provide the technology, and of course, her, the eldest sister-in-law, would prepare the shop!

"And mine!" Zheng Rong also pushed her box in front of Zhao Fan.

"And mine, and mine!" Murong Xueer pushed her box aside.

"This is mine, custom-made for the Cheng family, and this is for my sisters-in-law and Xue'er!" Cheng Yu took out a larger box and said immediately.

"It's not fair. You all are doing business with Xiao Yuer, but what about me?" Sun Xiaoxiao shouted from the side.

"Hey, the richest man is crying poor? Let your husband take care of the logistics and give us a share!" Murong Zi also said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, my second sister-in-law is right. We can have a share of the logistics business!" Zheng Rong also said with a smile.

If we talk about the merger of the three kingdoms, the most profitable industry is naturally the logistics jointly opened by Cheng Lixiao, Cao Bang and Cheng Yu. The number of orders every day is insane!

After a few laughs, they began to plan their business in Yuancheng. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that the silver was not enough, so they added more money into the box.

Finally, Zhao Fan was asked to find shops in all directions of Yuancheng. He would be given a commission of 20 taels for each shop. In total, Zhao Fan earned 400 taels from 20 shops!

So when Zhao Fan came out of Bai Ze County Lord, he was holding four boxes in his arms, which looked like a lot of money, but who dared to say anything? This was Bai Ze County Lord's cousin!

"Husband, I told me to get some for you, but you refused!" Yu Qianqian said as she followed Zhao Fan. They had gotten married before Cheng Lixiao and his brothers.

"Just take good care of her and give me a little girl as great as you and your little cousin!" After Zhao Fan put the box on the carriage, he turned around and helped Yu Qianqian.

He is indeed the fastest, Qianqian’s baby in her belly is almost three months old!

"Oh! All that! Let's go!"

"Hey, hey, hey, sister, wait for me!" The scoundrel Cheng Liyao started to pester Sheng Banxia again.

He had asked his mother to go to Shengyao Village to propose marriage half a month ago, and now Sheng Banxia is Cheng Liyao's fiancée, and the wedding date is set for next month after the capital is moved.

"Oh, don't follow me!" Sheng Banxia said a little dotingly.

She just came out to hand in some medicinal herbs but was pestered and given a headache. Is this what Xiao Yuer meant by younger brothers being attractive?

By the way, who taught this little girl from the Cheng family all those business tricks? She tricked the Holy Medicine Clan into selling her out!

The clan members followed Cheng Yu to Western Province happily, and then coaxed her future mother-in-law to come and propose marriage. She accidentally agreed and became the fourth lady of the Cheng family!

Ugh! He didn't even give her room to regret!

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