Chapter 59: Little White Face's Criticism
Li Yu looked up and saw the queen's charming eyes, he dodged a little, and moved his eyes to the two princesses next to him. He hadn't seen Princess Ya for several days, and Li Yu found that the unruly princess beauty was still so beautiful. It would be great if her husband who died in battle was not the son of Ma Fujun.
"Sister Ni, are you really not going to Zhao's mansion?" Ignoring Li Yu, who didn't make her feel very good, Zhao Ya asked the sister beside her gently. At this time, there was sadness on her face that was not a girl.
"I won't go anymore. I don't want Pan'er to have anything to do with the Zhao family anymore. I just want Pan'er to grow up safely. Brother Wang arranged a residence for our mother and son well, and I don't want to change it anymore." Looking at his son who was following Li Yuxiwu there, Zhao Ni's heart was filled with tenderness. After experiencing the pain of losing her husband, she didn't want her son to have any relationship with the military, even if it was a powerful help.
"Okay, I will always have the yard empty for Sister Ni. If Sister Ni wants to come, the gate of Zhao's mansion will always be open to Sister Ni."
"No, I believe I will never go back."
Looking at her half-father's sister, Zhao Ya could feel the perseverance she revealed in her heart and felt extremely uncomfortable. It was all because of the damn war that made their sisters lose their husbands. Sister Ni had a son as a sustenance, and she had nothing but the identity of Ma Fujun's daughter-in-law. Whenever she thought of this, Zhao Ya hated this world extremely, including the brother Wang who loved her and the husband who died early.
During dinner, Li Yu obviously found that Princess Ya was not very interested and had a pity on her face, which made Li Yu, the otaku, quickly dispel the thoughts she shouldn't have.
"General, the City Guard Mansion sent 1,260 gold."
As soon as he returned home, Li Yu saw two excited beauties greeting him. When he heard the report, he went to the warehouse to check the money he had just sent.
Unlike the "black gift" sent by Pingyuan Jun, the more than 1,000 gold sent by Chengwei Mansion were almost all copper cakes and big knife coins, but there was not a single golden cake. After all, no merchant is so stupid that he would take out gold to offset the business tax, which was the stepping stone for them to make friends with the powerful.
According to the standards set by Da Zhao, the ratio of gold to bronze is one to ten, and the ratio of bronze to black iron is nearly one to one hundred. In fact, it is actually higher if you take out gold to trade. Even if you follow the standard ratio, although more than one thousand gold sounds not much, the quantity looks very large, almost filled with more than a dozen large boxes.
Looking at most of the copper cakes, Li Yu estimated that almost all the copper cakes intercepted by the Chengwei Mansion were sent to his mansion.
"Huan'er, Lan'er, you must manage this home well." Looking at the boxes filled with coins in the room, Li Yuyu patted the two little beauties on the shoulders with great earnestness. It feels so good to be rich.
"Yes." Huan'er and Lan'er nodded vigorously at Li Yu's heavy trust.
With the investment from the Chengwei Mansion, Huan'er and Lan'er, who were always worried about the finances in the mansion, finally let go. They knew clearly the expenses of the General's Mansion. Even if they sent five thousand gold to the Pingyuan Jun Mansion last time, they did not make them brows. Now with the investment of stable income, they no longer worry, otherwise it would be their housekeeper's responsibility.
After returning to the bedroom, he waved the two little beauties with long-awaited faces. The energetic Li Yu lay on the bed and counted the little Aries. He didn't know when he fell asleep. Pretty figures appeared in his dreams, Queen Zhao, Princess Ni, Princess Ya, Lady Pingyuan...
On February 10th, on the eighth day of the 10th year of King Dan of Zhao, the five-nation coalition forces that attacked Qin returned to Handan, and King Dan of Zhao personally went out of the city to greet him. For a moment, the entire Great Zhao courtyard was extremely busy.
He did not attend the triumphal greeting during the day. Li Yu, who was usually not very responsible, is now very busy. The return of the Five-Nation Alliance made the guards in Handan City suddenly stressed the pressure on the guards in Handan City.
"...I hope you will do your best to do your best. I will not want the stability of Handan City to have any impact."
"promise."
Under Li Yu's instructions, the 20,000 city guards, except for 10,000 city guards, all the other 10,000 city guards were inspected inside and outside Handan City. Even the soldiers who were on vacation were recalled and paid double the military salary, making the soldiers of the city guards who were on vacation happy.
As soldiers of the City Guards, their work is extremely leisurely. They rest at home for almost ten days in a month, and the military pay they receive is only calculated based on twenty days. This year, the salary on the city guards is only the right of those ministers, so the monthly salary of the City Guards is so low. In short, the soldiers of the City Guards are almost idle and are extremely enthusiastic when they hear that they have double salary. They don’t need to urge the officials to report to the military camp. The soldiers who received the news in advance will have an extra day of double salary. Some people even rushed back from other cities overnight, which made Li Yu very satisfied when he heard the report.
Walking on the streets of Handan City, you can see fierce men everywhere, with their solemn and murderous spirits that make people know the battles at first sight. In addition, there are also teams of soldiers patrolling the city guards in a refreshing manner.
Li Yu had already informed the commanders of various countries in advance, so that the soldiers of other countries should not bring arms when entering the city. If they commit crimes, they would never tolerate them. They did not care at all that the ** teams were rescued by the Great Zhao.
In order to take into account the face, Li Yu's name was also taken from the name of bravely breaking into the Qin camp before. The other commanders of various countries strictly ordered the men under their command to enter the city in plain clothes. During the Battle of Handan, Li Yu's name was also known to the commanders of various countries, and several of them had a good relationship with him.
Back at the General's Mansion, an eunuch in the palace was already waiting there with a luxurious carriage. Li Yu changed into a brocade dress and got on the carriage. Li Yan, the foreign manager of the mansion, delivered a golden cake at the right time, which made the eunuch who was already intimidating and trepidated, and almost bent his waist.
After entering the palace, Li Yu found that today's palace was much more festive. Red flags were waving, and red silk spread from the Chaoyang Hall on the top to the door of the palace. Thousands of black clothes stood on both sides of the steps, extremely majestic, making the palace that was a little quiet in the past more popular.
When Li Yu stepped on the silk, he felt comfortable and felt a little distressed. How much should this cost? After a few days of poverty, Li Yu looked at others' extravagance and wasting money directly in his heart. The poor children had already become the family.
"General Li, please follow me, the king has been waiting for a long time."
As soon as he stepped on the top stone steps, Guo Kai came up to him. Li Yu asked with a smile: "Eunuchs, I'm dressing very festively today."
"It made the general laugh. General, Julu Hou just asked the king to take the position of the Duke of the Palace, and was scolded by the king." Guo Kai, who was wearing a big red official uniform, laughed at himself and whispered about what happened in the side palace just now. With the attitude of King Zhao just now, between Julu Hou and Li Yu, Guo Kai quickly chose Li Yu. Even if Julu Hou is favored, he could not resist Li Yu's weight in King Zhao's heart.
Chapter completed!