The next morning, after Lu Yuantong delivered the milk to the store, Lu Yanyan gave him 150 taels and asked him to take it to Ji'an School.

There were twenty taels for Lu Xing, thirty taels for Lu Yanyan, and the Lu family took one hundred taels.

The one hundred taels from the Lu family came from Qin Yuru, who happened to hear Lu Xing give the silver to Lu Yanyan and asked her to find someone to deliver it to Ji'an School.

Qin Yuru had wanted to go to Ji'an School for a long time, but she was always busy, so she took a hundred taels of silver and asked Lu Yanyan to send it with her.

Lu Yuantong looked at the 150 taels of silver in his hand, bowed solemnly to Lu Yanyan, and asked Lu Yanyan to thank Mrs. Lu Shao on his behalf, and then went to Ji'an School.

In the following days, Mingxianglou's business was booming.

After the first day of running-in, everyone had gotten the hang of it and was no longer as flustered as on the first day of opening.

Lu Yanyan can finally relax.

Lu Youtian also took the time to find Tan Mu. In the evening, he set up several long tables and booths outside, and built a carved wooden shed on top of the long tables for people in line to use.

Some guests even sit at the long table to drink tea, which is quite a unique experience.

On September 28th, the Guan family sent a servant over to say that Guan Xueqin would come to visit Han Qingyun early the next morning, so Han Qingyun stayed at Lu's house the next day.

Guan Xueqin arrived very early and bowed to Han Qingyun as soon as he saw him.

Han Qingyun couldn't accept his greeting and quickly pulled him to sit down.

Guan Xueqin looked very energetic, with bright eyes and a clear expression, no longer showing the sadness that Han Qingyun had when they first met.

Han Qingyun was also happy for him.

The two men had a huge age gap, but they surprisingly got along well.

Guan Xueqin also revealed that Guan Shannian had made great contributions in suppressing bandits last time and had been promoted to the third-rank Xuanhua General.

Han Qingyun congratulated them repeatedly and asked if the Guan family wanted to hold a banquet.

Guan Xueqin waved his hands repeatedly. It was not a good sign for a military general to be promoted now.

Recently, Emperor Zhaowen promoted several military generals, all of whom had grudges against Prince Lin. His purpose is self-evident.

Han Qingyun sighed secretly. It was Prince Lin again.

"Does General Guan and Prince Lin also have a feud?"

Guan Xueqin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It's not a big deal. It's just that when Ah Nian was young, he was considered a leader in the martial arts hall, but he was defeated by King Lin in less than ten moves.

At that time, A Nian was fourteen years old, an age when he was proud and arrogant. Prince Lin was two years younger than him.

After this, A Nian worked even harder to learn martial arts, hoping to be able to defeat King Lin for twenty moves.

But the following year, Prince Lin went to the battlefield, and after that, the two rarely met, let alone fought each other."

Han Qingyun was shocked when he heard that King Lin defeated Guan Shannian in just ten moves.

Although this happened more than 20 years ago, Guan Shannian is no longer the 14-year-old boy he was back then, but King Lin is also making progress, and perhaps even faster.

Because he passed the imperial examination, many farmers wanted to register their land under his name.

The agricultural tax in Dayu State was one tenth of the tax rate. Scholars had eighty acres of tax-free land, juren had five hundred acres of tax-free land, and jinshi had one thousand acres of tax-free land.

Han Qingyun did not agree.

The agricultural tax was one-tenth of the total tax. During the reign of Emperor Huiren, there was no need to pay additional household tax and capitation tax, nor were there any other miscellaneous taxes. This was considered very good in ancient times.

In the two years after Emperor Zhaowen ascended the throne, some additional expenses were incurred, but they were not high.

Han Hongzhi and others persuaded Han Qingyun to buy more land, thinking that it would be a good opportunity to take advantage of the court.

If they had not met Lu Yuantong's family, Han Qingyun's family would not only have to buy land, but also a shop.

But all these ideas were abandoned after meeting the Lu family.

The Lu family alone is full of such powerful figures, and there are probably even more heroes gathered under the throne of King Lin.

Even Han Dongchen, who was very powerful in the original book, did not dare to encounter Prince Lin and his son and several generals under Prince Lin's command.

Based on the content of the original book, they knew that King Lin was unable to enter Luo City in the end because of the three kingdoms in the north.

But the content of the book has deviated a lot.

Who knows if King Lin will suddenly start another war ahead of time, even if it is only a year in advance, it is possible to capture Luocheng before the three northern countries join forces to attack Jiyang.

When the Lu and Yan families fled Wuping County, they lost not only the shops in the surrounding prefectures, but also a large amount of land.

Lu Youtian bought 2,000 acres of fertile land in Fengxi Town, but all of it was lost.

Not to mention the fields of the Han family, even Lu Yanyan's three shops were lost.

Now, not only their family does not dare to acquire any property, but the Lu family also does not dare to acquire any other property except Mingxiang Tower and Lu Mansion.

At all times, the most important thing is gold and silver that can be circulated at any time.

If they really attack Luo City, the worst that can happen is that they put their money into Han Huaixi's space and escape.

But it is absolutely impossible to take away the fields, houses and shops.

Because of this concern, Lu Yanyan is now only planning to rent a shop.

When the world is completely stable, then we can talk about acquiring property...

Guan Xueqin looked at Han Qingyun's expression, thinking that he was remembering what happened in Wuping County, and felt a little apologetic.

"Don't worry too much about the affairs of Wuping County, my dear brother. Now that your family has safely arrived in Luocheng, you will surely have great fortune in the future. The court will take care of its own affairs. Even if you and I pass the imperial examinations and are appointed officials next year, it is not our turn to worry about these matters."

"Brother Xueqian is right."

Guan Xueqian sighed again.

"Back then, Prince Lin was born extraordinary, and hundreds of magpies flew over the palace to announce the good news. He had a good life, was a natural hero, and was full of vigor and ambition. But now..."

"A hundred magpies announce good news?"

If it were in the past, Han Qingyun would definitely scoff at this kind of strange phenomenon. How could there be so many coincidences? Most of them were just man-made.

However, his family's experiences, Han Huaixi's space, and even Han Mingzhu's system made him dare not easily judge whether there was such a thing as innate vision.

"Yes, the people living near the palace that day all saw it clearly. A large flock of magpies circled above Jingyang Palace.

That day, my father was at the morning court when he heard the eunuch report that magpies were circling the roof of the palace. The late emperor, along with all the court officials, rushed to Jingyang Palace.

My father said he was worried that the bird might be so blind as to defile the late emperor with its droppings. But after more than an hour, not a single drop of bird droppings fell.

Jingyang Palace was the palace of Concubine Qi, and that day was the day Concubine Qi was about to give birth. From the moment Concubine Qi started to work, magpies began to gather, and only gradually dispersed after the birth of Prince Lin.

The strangest thing is that, that year, there was not a drop of rain in the entire city of Los Angeles for half a year.

The court officials were all worried about the poor harvest caused by the drought, and they advised Emperor Huiren that the court should make timely disaster relief preparations.

On the afternoon of King Kelin's birth, a heavy rain fell. It continued for two full days, and I even witnessed the head of one of my farms come to announce the good news, saying that the grain supply for the year was secure.

Later, King Lin was given the title 'Lin', which I think was related to that heavy rain."

After hearing Guan Xueqin talk about the heavy rain, Han Qingyun was almost certain that the strange phenomenon at the birth of Prince Lin was not man-made.

No matter how capable a person is at creating coincidences, he cannot control celestial phenomena.

In this day and age, there is no dry ice to create artificial rain, and no planes or rockets to drop catalysts into the clouds.

But it was this natural phenomenon that made Han Qingyun even more frightened.

Prince Lin has ability, prestige, and military strength. If he adds on his reputation as the chosen one, it won't be too difficult for Prince Lin to attack Luocheng.

Even if there were evil acts of massacring civilians, it didn't seem to have much impact on him.

For most people, they don't feel pain unless the knife falls on themselves.

Except for the people in Wuping County, everyone else felt either regretful or in pain.

But after the regret and pain, they began to talk about how unique the former King Lin was, how brilliant he was, and how he loved his people like his own children...

People do not share the same joys and sorrows. The people of Wuping still have resentment, but I am afraid that the people of Jiyang will worship King Lin as a god.

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