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"The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will be staying in our Niujia Town for a few days."

"what!"

The inside story revealed by Zhou Wu elicited the strongest reaction from Master Niu. After all, among all the people in the town, Master Niu had the deepest affection for Niujia Town. For the Crown Prince and Crown Princess to come and stay in Niujia Town was a tremendous honor and a momentous event.

Master Niu said he would fully cooperate with this matter, and anyone who disobeyed orders and caused trouble during this period would be expelled from the household registration.

"Everything else is negotiable; we still have time to make changes. But where will the Crown Prince and Crown Princess stay when they arrive?"

Yes, other issues are easy to resolve, but accommodation is the biggest problem. Generally speaking, emperors and princes of the rank of emperors stay in temporary palaces when they travel. Temporary palaces are not built in places like Niujia Town, Qingyang County, or even Jinshan Prefecture.

"By the way, isn't the exchange supposed to be completed in the next few days? If not, we can just stay at the exchange for now."

Niu Er's words reminded everyone that the exchange was built at Zhou Wu's insistence against all opposition. The main reason for building the exchange was that the trading volume in Niujia Town was too large, including marine fishing, foreign trade, and Hu Sai would bring a large amount of goods to Niujia Village for trading every now and then.

Zhou Wu also intended to expand these businesses, which is why he built the exchange. The entire exchange is as large as a stadium in later times. It has just been completed and is not yet in use, so it is not impossible to arrange for people to quickly set it up for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess to live in.

“Good idea, Master Niu. I’ll trouble you to arrange for people to set up the exchange properly first thing tomorrow morning, so that the Crown Prince and Crown Princess can stay there first.”

"Oh, wouldn't this be a bad idea?"

Niu Ye always felt that the exchange was a large market, and it was outrageous to let the prince of a powerful dragon live in the market.

"Uncle Niu, do you have a better idea?"

After Niu Er finished speaking, Niu Ye really had no way to remember it, so he could only remain silent.

The next morning, the entire Niujia Village began a massive overhaul.

"Let me tell you, anyone who urinates or defecates in public or litters on the street will be fined five coins."

"Yes."

The newly recruited town yamen runners immediately faced a new test. With the Crown Prince and Crown Princess visiting Niujia Town, these runners were the ones with the most to do, so they had to manage all kinds of affairs.

After giving instructions to the yamen runners, Master Niu immediately went to the exchange.

"Be quick and efficient. We only have a few days left, so we must make sure the setup looks good."

The villagers they had temporarily hired were diligently cleaning up every nook and cranny of the exchange. Master Niu even had someone bring some valuable ornaments from Deng Yuanliang's trading warehouse, which made Deng Yuanliang stomp his feet in distress.

"Be careful, this thing is expensive."

. . . .

"Accommodation sorted out. What else? Oh right, food. Someone, go and call all the chefs from the restaurants in town. I want to train them personally."

"Yes."

At this moment, Master Niu was nothing like an old man with white hair. He was full of energy, as if he had been rejuvenated. He had just come out of the stock exchange and started training cooks again.

"Let me tell you, being able to cook for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess is a stroke of good luck. You'll have to take a bath every morning, noon, and night."

"Ah, Mayor Niu, washing three times a day? Won't you wash your skin raw?"

Let alone washing three times a day, these cooks usually don't even wash their clothes once every three days, which has really stumped everyone.

"Shut up! That's the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. Do you think it's some village butcher coming to your restaurant and eating with snot and ash all over his face? Anyone who's not clean or doesn't do as I say will be disqualified. Do you hear me?"

"I heard."

For the chefs who had never even been to Jinshan Prefecture in their entire lives, they never imagined that they would be cooking for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. Even if they had to take three baths, or even if they had to be fried in oil three times, they would still have to keep smiling.

"By the way, I need to find a scholar to teach you properly, otherwise, with your skills, His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess probably won't have enough to eat."

After muttering to himself, Master Niu went straight to Zhou Wu, who was slacking off. Because Master Niu was taking care of things, Zhou Wu wasn't very enthusiastic about the arrival of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

"Scholar, there's something I need your help with."

"Oh, what's up, Uncle Niu?"

It seems they really can't do without me, oh dear, my damned, misplaced abilities!

“I’ve gathered all the chefs in our town together, but I’m still not entirely confident in their skills. When it comes to food, Niujia Town is the best, and you, scholar, are the best. So I’ll have to trouble you to teach them properly.”

Fuck, Zhou Wu thought it was something important, but it turned out to be just cooking, and he immediately lost his mood.

"Uncle Niu, with Yang Chun'er here, you don't need to worry about that."

"Oh right, how could I forget about Yang Chun? What a waste of my time. We'll keep these cooks to help Yang Chun out."

. . . . . .

These past few days, Master Niu has been touring the entire town almost every day. Originally, Master Niu was going to stop the construction of the city wall, but Zhou Wu said that the construction of the city wall had been approved by the higher authorities and was a major event for Niujia Town. If the construction was stopped because of the Crown Prince's arrival, it might displease the Crown Prince and backfire. Master Niu thought about it and felt that what Zhou Wu said made sense, so he gave up the idea.

Yang Chun was appointed to take charge of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess's meals during their stay in Niujia Town, so he started preparing early. Master Niu declared that Yang Chun could take any ingredients he wanted from Niujia Town.

Because of Master Niu's "decree", Yang Chun actually ran directly into Zhou Wu's small warehouse.

"Chun'er, Chun'er, there's no need, there's really no need. Think about it, what kind of status do the Crown Prince and Crown Princess have? What haven't they eaten? At this time, it's healthier for them to eat some mixed grains and wild vegetables."

Zhou Wu's heart broke when he saw Yang Chun take a three-headed abalone.

"My lord, how can that be? Master Niu arranged it for me. He wanted me to taste the specialties of Niujia Town. What do you think are the specialties of Niujia Town? Of course, it's seafood."

"Seaweed and egg drop soup is also seafood, so fresh and nutritious."

Just as Zhou Wu finished speaking, he saw Yang Chun preparing to take another bite of his premium mullet roe.

"Chun'er, think back to when you first arrived in Niujia Town. Hey, hey, I haven't finished yet, you child."

Zhou Wu had originally planned to try to appeal to Yang Chun's emotions, but Yang Chun seemed to ignore him.

"Do you think the Crown Prince and Crown Princess will be able to get used to this caviar?"

"I can't get used to it, absolutely not, it's too salty."

"I also think so. I don't know what's so good about this stuff. It's just that you like to eat it, humph."

In the end, Yang Chun took quite a few things from Zhou Wu's private collection before leaving satisfied, leaving Zhou Wu alone, heartbroken.