Wu Guojun's fleet arrived in Gusu City after a day's voyage and a full day's sailing.

Qu Wu and his brothers and sisters' eight large ships docked at the dock near one of Prince Shoumeng's palaces, and immediately began to organize the unloading and transportation into the temporary warehouses of several large houses in the prince's palace.

Prince Shoumeng took Qu Wu to visit the entire palace.

Although Qu Wu has seen a lot of modern courtyard buildings, and he has also seen Wu Rong's mansion in Hanyue, and the restaurant he bought is also very imposing, but after seeing the palace of Prince Shoumeng, he has to be impressed by the unique design here.

The whole palace lives next to the water, a row of wide corridors stretch into the river, stretching along the river bank, and at the end of the wide corridor is a circular pavilion. The stone steps along the river are wide and neat, thick willows surround the entire palace, and the lawn in the middle is much larger than a football field.

There are several rows of houses in the palace, the middle one is a three-storey small building carved gallery and painting building, like a fine art, and the next one is also a three-story building with strong lines and rough atmosphere, and the two buildings complement each other and complement each other.

"Mr. Qu Wu, except for that exquisite small building, you can use all the other rooms, spaces, and courtyards. The servants, cooks, maids, etc. in the palace are also left to you, and the soldiers are still on duty until their restaurant opens and does not need this palace. Prince Shoumeng said.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's palace is extraordinary, combining exquisite elegance and majestic atmosphere."

"Where, this is just a small courtyard built in response to the river view. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is also my grandmother's birthday, tomorrow you come to the palace to participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet and birthday celebration, in the morning I will send a carriage to pick you up, your brothers to help make the specialty dishes, you bring Chen Qing and Miss Ziyan to participate. Prince Shoumeng said.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for the invitation, I will definitely come tomorrow. There is one thing, we don't know the etiquette of the court, and we hope that the prince will send someone to educate. ”

"This is easy to do, I will appoint someone to teach, and it will be in the palace. The first prince will also have a banquet for the minister, and your brothers will have to work hard for a day, and then you can take a rest. ”

Qu Wu also discussed the time arrangement of the restaurant decoration with Prince Shoumeng, because it was difficult to find craftsmen during the Chinese New Year, and it was estimated that it would be necessary to start work after the Yuan Festival.

After Prince Shoumeng left, Qu Wu convened a short meeting with everyone to inform them of the rules here and what to do next, and arranged for Chen Damao's brothers, Ji Zhi and Chen Shi to go to the palace tomorrow to participate in the preparations for the palace family banquet and the state banquet. After the meeting, they settled their respective accommodations, Qu Wu lived in one, Chen Qing and Ziyan lived in one, Da Mao and Ji Zhi lived in one, and Ermao and Chen Shi lived in one.

Qu Wu always felt sorry for these brothers and sisters, and they couldn't go home to reunite with their relatives during the Chinese New Year, and after everyone settled down in their houses, they gave each person two bottles of Shanxi Fenjiu, and gave several men a Hetian jade plate, and Chen Qing and Ziyan were a pair of jade bracelets, which made everyone ecstatic, because the value of jade was much higher than that of gold of the same weight.

"I still have a gift to give to you, after the state banquet on the first day of the new year, you can go home, I will give you a fifteen-day holiday, and come back after the Shangyuan Festival (that is, the Lantern Festival)." Qu Wu announced with a relaxed expression.

When the three brothers and sisters of the Chen family and Ji Zhi heard this, they were so happy that they jumped hand in hand, and Ji Zhi was also so excited that he rubbed his hands.

"Also, Da Mao, if your parents agree, you can also bring your wife to Gusu, Ji Zhi can also bring your brother over, and Zheng Shu, you can also call him over, we urgently need more manpower here." Qu Wu said again.

Da Mao and Ji Zhi were overjoyed when they heard Qu Wu say this.

"But there is one thing, after everyone brings their relatives in, everyone becomes a family, and there is no small circle or disunity between each other."

"Okay, boss." Chen Damao and Ji Zhi both expressed their positions.

But Ziyan didn't look happy, because she had no home to go back to, and everyone was so boring to leave.

In addition to Ziyan, Chen Shi was also sullen after hearing the news of the holiday, he belonged to a person who had a home but couldn't go back.

Qu Wu knew that Chen Shi was taking the blame for killing the three guards for himself, and pulled him aside.

"Chen Shi, I know that you are very homesick, and your family must miss you very much, they can't even figure out your life and death. I'm the one who has caused you a lot of trouble. Qu Wu said sincerely.

"Boss, don't say that, those three nurses humiliated me and killed Miss Qiuyue, I hate to swallow them alive, it was you who helped me avenge my hatred, you treated me so well, let me make so much money, I am grateful that it is too late." Chen Shi said.

"That's what I said, but the Zheng Guoguan Mansion must have put all the responsibility for killing those three nursing homes on you, so that you can't go back even if you have a home, and I don't know if your family has been affected, I really don't want to go."

Hearing Qu Wu say that he didn't know that his family was involved, tears flashed in Chen Shi's eyes, and relatives are always the weakness in his heart.

"Who else are you in your family?" Qu Wu asked again.

"My parents are gone, I am the eldest at home, and I have two younger sisters, one sixteen and one fifteen, who live at my uncle's house." Chen Shi said.

"Where is your uncle's house? Have they all looked for their in-laws? ”

"In Xucheng, close to the state of Chu. They didn't look for their in-laws, their families were poor, and their uncle's family was not rich, and when I went home in Xinzheng more than two months ago, no one came to my uncle's house to talk to them about them. Chen Shi said with a lonely expression.

Qu Wu called Ji Zhi over.

"Ji Zhi, do you have time after you go back to Zhuye to visit your family? Come with me to Zhengguo and pick up Chen Shi's two younger sisters to Zhuye. Qu Wu said to Ji Zhi.

"Okay, there's time."

"Chen Shi, let's go to Chen Guo first, stay at Da Mao's house for two days, and then I will go with Ji Zhi to pick up your sister, you find an inn to stay at on the border between Chen Guo and Zheng Guo, and then tell me the address of your uncle's house, and write a letter to your uncle to explain the situation." Qu Wu said.

"Good. Boss, you've been so good to us that we don't even know how to express our gratitude. Chen Shi's eyes flashed with tears again, this time he was moved to tears.

"We are brothers, and your family's business is my business." Qu Wu said.

At this time, Ziyan was unhappy and said to Qu Wu: "You are all gone, leaving me here alone?" ”

"No, of course you go with us, you and Chen Qing go to his house for a few days, okay?"

"That's pretty much it." Zi Yan smiled happily at this time.

Chen Qing on the side was also very high-minded and said, "This is like a big brother." ”

"What about the restaurant construction here?" Chen Shi asked.

"Let's leave it for a few days first, anyway, I can't find anyone before the Shangyuan Festival, I have already told Prince Shoumeng." Qu Wu said.

"Boss, you're working too hard like this, it's so far to go to Zheng Guo, or you can stay at Da Mao's house, and I and Ermao will pick up Chen Shi's sister."

"No, I have to do it myself. There is nothing hard to do, and when you are all well, I will rest and enjoy your blessings. Qu Wu said.

"We're all developed, let alone you." Chen Shi said.

"With my current wealth, it is indeed enough for this life. But people are very strange creatures, and when they don't have money, they feel that as long as they get rich, everything will be solved. But once you have wealth, you will find that things are not so simple. Money is very important, it is the foundation of life, but there are many things in the world that cannot be exchanged for wealth, and we come to this world, if we are just chasing wealth, we will reduce the value of our existence too much. Qu Wu said.

"Boss Takami. I can't imagine this layer, the pressure of survival makes me think of the first thing I think about every day is to do my own thing, let the restaurant make more money, so that I can also be rich; The last thing I think about before going to bed at night is what to do tomorrow to make the restaurant more money. Maybe if you really have money, you will think about other things. Ji Zhi said.

"In addition to making money now, you also have to think about getting married and having children, and when you return home in a few days, your parents will definitely say this about you." Chen Shi said with a smile.

"Hey, really." Ji Zhi scratched his head and said.

At this time, one of the maids in the prince's palace came over and invited everyone to dinner, and Qu Wu and everyone walked towards the lobby, where dinner had been prepared for them.