Because he didn't want everyone to know that he was out of the palace, Yingzheng didn't tell everyone this time, except for the accompanying group, only Lu Buwei knew the whereabouts. Ying Zheng issued an edict to the outside world to declare that he was occasionally infected with a cold and was unwell, and he was recuperating in the palace in the past few days, and all political affairs were handled by Xiangguo Lu Buwei alone. Lu Buwei saw that Yingzheng canceled his plan to go to Lishan, so he turned a blind eye to Yingzheng leaving the palace, after all, in his eyes, the current Yingzheng was similar to a child, so he didn't stop Yingzheng and let him go out of the palace to play.

After leaving the palace, Ying Zheng was full of curiosity about the world outside the palace, although he also went out of the palace after ascending the throne as the king of Qin, and arrived at the farthest place that is the gate of Xianyang City. From the gate of the palace to the gate of Xianyang City, Ying Zheng bought a lot of things, but what remained in his hand was just a string of beads on his hand, as for other things, they were all on Meng Tian, Meng Yi and Zhang Han, to the clothes and hats, and the small decorative jade pendants that he carried, and there were several pieces on each person.

When they came to the gate of Xianyang City, Meng Tian had already asked people to prepare several horses in the post station at the gate of the city, and Ying Zheng and others rode out of Xianyang City and went straight to Yongcheng. At the same time, in the post station, Meng Tian also arranged for Zhao Li to take the elite soldiers of the Mengjia Army he trained, and let them follow Ying Zheng and himself to protect secretly. After all, Ying Zheng is the most important person in the Qin State, if something goes wrong with him, let alone himself, even the entire Meng family will be affected.

A group of people rode fast horses to Yongcheng before noon, dismounted at the city gate, and several people followed Yingzheng into the city. Handing over the horse to the forbidden army guards behind, Ying Zheng looked at the streets of Yongcheng, which were almost as prosperous as Xianyang City, and said: "It turns out that this is Yongcheng, if it wasn't for the fact that it just came out of Xianyang, the widow would still think that this is Xianyang." ”

Meng Yi stepped forward and said: "King, this Yongcheng was originally the predecessor of Xianyang City, plus over the years, there have been merchants from other princely countries who have come to Xianyang and Yongcheng to settle down and do business, so the prosperity of Yongcheng is not much worse than that of Xianyang City. And most of the people living in Yongcheng are royal nobles who have no real power, these princes and nobles have a very good relationship with the businessmen who come to do business in order to live a better life, and the businessmen who come to Yongcheng to do business borrow the connections of the princes and nobles here to open their own business channels, so it is safest to do business here, because maybe the boss behind the businessman is a certain royal family. In the past ten years, Yongcheng's tax has almost surpassed Xianyang's, and the annual tax has reached more than one million silver coins. ”

"Is it, so much?" Ying Zheng listened to Meng Yi's explanation of Yongcheng, and felt a little unbelievable that Yongcheng's taxes could soon catch up with Xianyang.

Meng Yi nodded, and continued as Ying Zheng walked forward: "Over the years, except for my Qin Empire, there have been constant wars between the rest of the princes, and what these merchants are most afraid of is the war for many years. Just like a roll of silk in the Chu State was originally sold for about 100 plants in my Qin State, some time ago, when the Six Kingdoms attacked our Qin State, the price of a roll of silk rose to nearly 300 plants, and the quantity was very small, and the price was high, so naturally few people bought it. Later, Bajun produced his own Shu silk, which is not worse than the silk of Chu, so now Shu silk has become the usual clothing of the wealthy people of Qin, the price is only eighty yuan, and many ordinary people can afford it during the New Year, and the silk of Chu is naturally rarely cared for in my Qin country. ”

Zhang Han said with a smile on the side: "It seems that fighting is not necessarily a bad thing, right?" After saying that, the group laughed.

After continuing to walk a little far, Ying Zheng felt a little hungry in his stomach and asked, "Is there anything delicious in this Yongcheng, who of you has been to Yongcheng before, and introduce it to the widow." ”

Meng Tian looked at the people around him, but no one spoke, so he said: "King, I have been to Yongcheng before, although I only stayed for one day, but I still know where the food is delicious, it is better for me to lead the way." ”

Everyone gladly accepted, Meng Tian led the way in front, and everyone followed behind. Meng Tian took Yingzheng to naturally the drunken Xiangyu in Yongcheng, because Meng Tian and Zi Yanran arrived in Yongcheng until they had eaten in the drunken Xiangyu in Yongcheng, and he didn't know the deliciousness of other places.

When he arrived at the door of the drunken Xiangyu, Ying Zheng looked at the Zuixiangyu Restaurant that looked particularly luxurious on the entire street, and sighed in amazement: "It turns out that the widow thinks that the drunken Xiangyu in Xianyang City is already very luxurious, but I didn't expect that the drunken Xiangyu in Yongcheng is not much worse, and the food here will be very expensive." ”

Meng Tian stood beside Ying Zheng, remembered his previous experience in drunken Xiangyu, and said: "This minister doesn't know, because there was a little thing when he ate here last time, and then someone settled the account for the minister." However, the food here is as delicious as the drunken Hunan fish in Xianyang, and I think the king can also taste it, anyway, it's a big deal that we can all record it in the accounts of Lord Xiangguo. ”

Ying Zheng shook his head with some 'pity' and said: "For the sake of the widow's belly, I have to grieve my father again, who made my father so rich." After saying this, Ying Zheng took the lead in the drunken Xiangyu, and Meng Tian, Meng Yi and Zhang Han immediately followed.

The person in charge of the reception saw so many guests coming in, and hurriedly came up to receive him, and when he saw Meng Tian in the crowd, he chuckled in his heart, knowing that this group of people should all be distinguished guests, so he went up and bent down to salute and asked, "A few guest officers, please upstairs." ”

Ying Zheng was a little surprised to see that this job was so polite to his gang. He didn't know that it was because of this job that he recognized Meng Tian, and remembered what the shopkeeper said to him that night, so he was so polite, otherwise with the card of drunken Xiangyu, why should he be so polite to a guest he didn't know. Ying Zheng and his entourage followed the work to the third floor, the third floor of this drunken Xiangyu is almost the same as the decoration of the third floor of the drunken Xiangyu in Xianyang City, but the drunken Xiangyu in Xianyang City is full of luxury, it is more grand here, the decoration in the house is more elegant, and the incense is lit, which makes people feel refreshed when they enter the house.

Welcoming people up to the third floor, before the job opened his mouth to ask these distinguished guests what dishes they ordered, Meng Yi asked first: "Work plan, what kind of incense is there in your house, it smells invigorating, and it also has a faint floral fragrance." ”

The job replied respectfully: "Returning to the guest officer, the incense we have here is a strange fragrance from the Western Regions, and the name is ambergris. ”

"Ambergris.....? Haven't you heard of it?" Ying Zheng almost said his identity, and hurriedly changed his words.

The job continued: "It's normal that the guest officer hasn't heard of it, because the output of this kind of incense in the Western Regions is also very rare, and the reason why we have it here is also because a few days ago, we thought that the merchants of the Western Regions had dinner here and did business with our shopkeeper to get some, so our shopkeeper put this kind of incense in the guest room on the third floor to entertain the guests. ”

"Then how do you know we're VIPs? Aren't you worried that we can't afford to pay for your food here? I've heard that your food and drinks are very expensive. Meng Yi said.

The little man pointed at Meng Tian and said, "The villain knows the adult, because our shopkeeper said that the lord is a noble person from Xianyang City, so the little one brought a few distinguished guests to the third floor. ”

"I see, it seems that this time it is still your light. Okay, yes, bring some of your good wine and food here, and arrange for the people who are following us. The first half of Yingzheng's sentence was said to Meng Tian, and the second half of the sentence was said to the job.

He sighed, then turned and left the room, and went downstairs to report to the shopkeeper.