Chapter 42: Clever Acquisition of Feudal Towns (6)
When the princess of Qi saw Mu Ning's pitiful appearance, she felt funny, you Mu Ning also have today, and when the palace gets the masked man, won't Zheng Xuan obediently follow? Chen Ying imagines the wonderful days of hugging beautiful men left and right in the future.
After Chen Ying thought of a countermeasure, she no longer paid attention to Mu Ning, walked back to her banquet table, and then clapped her hands to make everyone quiet, and then said: "Today is the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the palace invites everyone to come for the sake of liveliness, now the wine is also drunk, the dance is also appreciated, and it is time for you to show your ability, whether you want to chant poetry or sing and dance, it all follows your meaning, everything that the palace thinks is good, will give a reward, and even give you a few glasses of wine, but if you feel bad, although you will also be rewarded, But you're going to punish yourself with three glasses of wine. When the officials and family members at the banquet heard this, they all praised the princess for her generosity and made the princess Chen Ying very beautiful.
The atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was even higher, and the family members of those officials showed their magic in order to please Princess Chen Ying, even Mu Ning was very happy to see it; Because Mu Ning and Zheng Xuan and Shen Yu are not princess Chen Ying's subordinates, there is no need to listen to Chen Ying's arrangement, but in order to express Princess Chen Ying's gratitude for inviting her to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Mu Ning and Zheng Xuan also punished themselves with a glass of wine, but Shen Yu did not drink.
Princess Chen Ying said angrily: "This son, why don't you punish yourself with a cup, don't you look down on this palace?" Chen Ying's anger was pretended, Mu Ning had just told her that the masked man was not a drop of alcohol, so Chen Ying would say the words of reward and punishment.
Before the masked man could speak, Zheng Xuan spoke first: "Princess, my friend can't drink, so it's better for me to punish him for the bar." When Princess Chen Ying heard this, she was really angry, when did this Zheng Xuan speak so gently to the palace, and today she had such a gentle tone for a man, she was so angry, she must get this man.
Chen Ying rejected Zheng Xuan's proposal, and said to the masked man instead: "If this son is really not good at drinking, this palace is not reluctant, but the son also has to give the palace a face, so how about asking the prince to take off his mask and let the palace see the true face of the son?" ”
As soon as Chen Ying's words fell, Zheng Xuan directly spoke out to help the masked man refuse Princess Chen Ying's proposal, Mu Ning almost wanted to rush over directly to give Zheng Xuan two kicks, don't act too much, this is not the time for you to compete for the best actor, if it backfires, it will be troublesome, you stunned Zheng Xuan.
Chen Ying saw that Zheng Xuan came out to spoil her good deeds, and was about to get angry, this is in Qi country, in her fiefdom, here is what she Chen Ying said, but before Chen Ying could speak, she heard the beautiful voice of the masked man: "I agree, but only the princess can see my true face, princess, please." With that, the masked man walked to the corner next to him.
After Shen Yu showed the princess Chen Ying's true face, he put on a mask and walked back to his place and sat down, finally finished the performance, the task assigned by the girl was completed, and when she went back, she had to ask the girl to make a few good dishes to make up for herself, and Zheng Xuan had to repair it well, what he did just now was definitely deliberate, when I can't see it, you Zheng Xuan is jealous of my beauty, Sister Mu Ning just likes to look at me in a daze and drool, just angry with you, haha.
Princess Chen Ying's heart has been flustered after the banquet, where is that man a human being, he is simply a fairy, what should I do, I really want to see him every day.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Shen Yu was so busy that he was going crazy, that princess Chen Ying sent people to invite him every day to chant poetry, chess, piano, calligraphy and painting, and go out early and return late every day. Mu Ning and Zheng Xuan knew that it was too embarrassing for Shen Yu, so Mu Ning changed his tricks to make supper for Shen Yu every day, and Zheng Xuan also let Shen Yu everywhere, allowing him to show his demonic face in front of Mu Ning, and let Mu Ning drool at him, so sour that Zheng Xuan scratched the wall every day, and really scratched a hole in the wall.
More than a month later, Chen Ying suddenly said to Mu Ning that she could rent Yuecheng to Mu Ning, but she asked Mu Ning to give her all the taxes of the fiefdom in addition to giving her Yuecheng a million taels of silver every year. Mu Ning stopped doing it when he heard this, and said directly: "Princess, can your ruined Yuecheng be worth a million taels of silver?" There is also the tax of the fiefdom, will the tax be given to you according to the current situation, or will I develop Yuecheng well in the future, and all the taxes at that time will be given to you? Princess, you are really a lion's mouth, just move your mouth, hundreds of thousands of silver will be in hand, since the princess is so unreasonable, then I won't say anything, I want those people to stop work now, and tear down all the courtyards and paddocks that have been built, I would rather the land be abandoned and watch and play. ”
Chen Ying saw that after Mu Ning finished speaking, she turned her head angrily and left, so she hurriedly grabbed Mu Ning's arm and said, "Don't you want to get a fief for Zheng Xuan?" I'm renting the whole of Yuecheng to you now, why aren't you satisfied? When Mu Ning heard this, he said in a mocking tone: "Princess, do you really want to rent Yuecheng to me?" You treat me as a big wrongdoer, a mouth is such a large amount of silver, princess, you also know it in your heart, do you think it's appropriate? Mu Ning paused, looked at Chen Ying's face, and then said: "Besides, what if there is no fiefdom, as long as there is silver, where can't Zheng Xuan and I buy a large piece of land to build a fief by ourselves, do we still need to go to such a remote place?" I'm just troublesome, trying to save trouble to rent the princess's barren land, since the princess is so unkind, then I just leave, our agreement is invalid, I will go back and burn the agreement. Mu Ning was happy in her heart, fortunately, she didn't write to cancel the agreement to compensate or anything, if I didn't rent it, then Chen Ying would not have Qingyin Pill in the future, she would definitely be reluctant.
Sure enough, Chen Ying was reluctant to Qingyin Pill, and in the end, the two bargained and negotiated the conditions, Mu Ning paid Chen Ying 300,000 taels of silver every year, and 30% of Yuecheng's taxes, and the barren land outside the city was not included in the taxes; At the beginning, Chen Ying felt that it was too little, so Mu Ning said directly: Isn't Qingyin Pill silver? That's priceless, do you want silver or Qingyin Pill? Mu Ning's words directly choked Princess Chen Ying and rolled her eyes.
Mu Ning and Chen Ying had some disagreements when discussing the lease term, Mu Ning hoped that the lease period could be as long as possible, so he asked for a lease for 66 years, saying that he wanted to have good intentions; Chen Ying was stunned when he heard it, although the Seven Kingdoms had a tradition of renting cities to each other, but they were all leased in the year of natural disasters in order to solve the livelihood of the people, and the lease period was not long, there was no such thing as Mu Ning renting the city in his personal name, and the lease period was so long.
Mu Ning saw that Chen Ying had doubts, so he said with a smile: "Princess, you don't have to worry, during these sixty-six years, in case I am gone, my successor will still act according to the treaty; On the other hand, if the princess is gone, I will still give the benefits to the princess's descendants according to the treaty, so the longer the lease period, the better, so as to better develop Yuecheng, if the princess and my descendants also want to do this, it is a matter for the descendants, and now the princess and I are just the beginning. ”
After listening to Mu Ning's words, Chen Ying thought for a while and agreed; Mu Ning and Chen Ying discussed carefully, and finally the two signed a formal lease contract, this time Mu Ning also added the treaty of breaking the contract to compensate, which was sixty-six times the rent and share paid that year, which immediately scared Chen Ying enough, but Chen Ying still signed the treaty, thinking: Finally threw the hot potato of Yuecheng out; And what Mu Ning thought was that there was just no sound contract law in this era, otherwise she would really not be able to fool Chen Ying.
Mu Ning and Chen Ying each achieved their goal, and began to discuss the issue of the population in the city, but before Mu Ning could say his suggestion, Chen Ying said that he wanted to take all the people in Yuecheng away, and it was Mu Ning who was bluffed this time, isn't it, he actually rented an empty city to me, so how do I want to develop, population migration is also a big problem, what did Shen Yu say to this princess, let her do this.
Mu Ning couldn't believe what his ears heard, what happened to Chen Ying, could it be that he was evil? Forget it, if she wants to move all the population away, let's move away, anyway, this Yuecheng is poor, Chen Ying, the princess, knows how to enjoy, and never knows how to develop Yuecheng, Mu Ning has seen too much these days, Yuecheng is almost ten rooms and six empty, let's go, let's go, I will definitely move more people, Mu Ning thought angrily in his heart; Mu Ning was a little annoyed, so she angrily said that she wanted to change the name of Yuecheng, she didn't like the name of the city, but she didn't expect Chen Ying to agree.
After Mu Ning finished the matter of renting Yuecheng, she went directly to Shen Yu when she returned to her residence, she wanted to know what kind of ecstasy soup Shen Yu poured into Chen Ying, so that Chen Ying would do this; But what Mu Ning never expected was that Shen Yu was called an immortal master by Princess Chen Yingzun for those illusory things such as silent strange powers, isn't this the so-called "magic stick", but in this era, there is no way to do it, because even a small solar eclipse will be meant to be a warning from heaven.
Yuecheng was finally rented, Mu Ning was greatly relieved, Zheng Xuan, Shen Yu and Mu Changfeng were also greatly relieved, so that Mu Ning didn't have to worry about it anymore, she could eat well, rest well, and leave those things to them to deal with in the future.
Small Theatre:
Zheng Xuan: Girl, now Yuecheng is also rented, but Shen Yu still wears that mask every day to swagger around, and he doesn't dress up like before, so you don't care about him.
Mu Ning: Why bother, Brother Yu is very good like this, it was too difficult for him to put on makeup every day before.
Zheng Xuan: But Shen Yu will make people drool in a daze every day.
Mu Ning: No, Yue Ming and Yue Wan are not like that.
Zheng Xuan: Girl, what I'm talking about is that you are you, you have seen Shen Yu's true face, but they have not seen it.
Mu Ning turned directly to her two brothers.
Zheng Xuan's face was swollen for a few more days。。。。。。