Chapter 36 The Situation of the Parties
Three days later, he passed by another city, Jingze City in Lingjing Mansion, and the city lord and various families greeted Li Yuan's arrival at the city gate.
"Alas, this king is just for the people, but this king is ashamed of his subordinate soldiers, they spend too much along the way, they have merit, but this king can't afford to reward it!"
In the city lord's mansion, singing and dancing, laughter and laughter, the local city lord and the heads of various families in the city gathered together to congratulate the arrival of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
In the lobby, facing the praise of the heads of the families, Li Yuan on the right seat showed a very ashamed and worried expression.
The song is not beautiful anymore, and the dance is not good.
What a snow-white voice, the enchanting Naiko is all drunk in a glass of bitter wine.
Hearing the words of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, how could these family heads not know what he meant.
The first to speak was the Jingze City Lord on the left throne, who stood up and said respectfully:
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu cares about the people, we are deeply moved, we have been worried about the bandits nearby, I didn't expect His Highness to have a heart disease in addition to us, His Royal Highness's soldiers are benevolent and righteous teachers, how can they not be rewarded for their merits, and His Royal Highness is willing to fund His Highness 50,000 taels of silver!"
Li Yuan hurriedly shook the fat big hand of the Jingze City Lord, and said with emotion:
"The city lord of Jingze is well aware of the righteousness, and this king must tell his father and commend the city lord!"
"Your Highness doesn't have to be like this!" The Jingze City Lord's body trembled, and he hurriedly said:
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has a long way to go, and it is already a dereliction of duty for His Highness to work hard, how can we bother His Highness anymore, I am willing to add another 50,000 taels of silver, a total of 100,000 taels of silver to contribute to His Highness!"
"The city lord is righteous!"
Li Yuan shouted.
Suddenly, the head of the family on the left immediately stood up and said:
"Thank you His Royal Highness the King of Chu for suppressing bandits for us, my family is willing to help His Royal Highness with 100,000 taels of silver!"
The head of the family on the right immediately stood up and spoke:
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu will work hard for us, and my Huang family is willing to help His Royal Highness with 100,000 taels of silver!"
Soon the heads of the houses behind them gritted their teeth and stood up one by one and said:
"I am willing to help His Highness 90,000 taels of silver!"
"I am also willing to help His Highness 90,000 taels of silver!"
"I am willing to help His Highness 80,000 taels of silver!"
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"I am willing to help His Highness 65,000 taels of silver!"
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"I am willing to help His Highness with 60,000 taels of silver!"
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"I am willing to help His Highness with 50,000 taels of silver!"
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Li Yuan heard the heads of the family below stand up one by one according to the seating order to help him, the depressed mood was gone, the wine became fragrant, the song became good, and the dance became beautiful.
Li Yuan raised his glass and praised everyone:
"The king is very pleased to see you today!"
Everyone stood up and raised their glasses respectfully:
"It's an honor for me to have a drink with His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"
"Come, play, dance!"
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Just in the fiery scene of singing and dancing in the city lord's mansion, on a big cottage seventy miles away from Jingze City, it had just experienced a big war, and it was a mess.
Many soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and the ground was covered with the corpses of mountain bandits.
A layer of plaster was thrown on Chu Qingyan's beautiful face, and he looked a little sloppy.
"Report to the second miss, this cottage is really rich, there are more than 200,000 taels of silver!"
Qingyan ran over quickly and shouted happily to Chu Qingyan.
"Hehe, okay, let the soldiers clean up the battlefield, rest for the night, and tomorrow we will continue to move forward to sweep the cottage!"
When Chu Qingyan heard that he had earned more than 200,000 taels of silver, his eyes narrowed into crescents, and his tender red lips were slightly raised, revealing white and flawless teeth.
"Yes!"
Qingyan hurriedly ran up the mountain.
"Your Highness, what about these captives?"
One of the captains asked.
"The old way, if you are willing to join us, you will be killed, and if you are not willing, you will be killed!"
"Yes!"
"Second Miss, this is our next goal."
Qiu Ya picked up a simple map and pointed to a cottage road a hundred miles away.
"Okay, we can do it tomorrow."
Chu Qingyan saw that he would have another amount of money, and his smile deepened.
Hehe, I didn't expect it, King Chu, Miss Ben has more and more money, and there are more and more people under her command!
Chu Qingyan turned her head to look at the back, she hadn't paid attention to Li Yuan for a few days, she had been suppressing bandits, and she thought that Li Yuan was still camping in a bitter place somewhere.
The next morning, Li Yuan led a group of well-fed and well-fed soldiers to prepare to leave in the warm farewell of the city lord and the lords of each family.
"Thank you for your kindness and generosity, so that this king has some memorials!"
Li Yuan sighed to the people in Jingze City.
"It's an honor for me to be able to meet His Highness, I wonder when there will be such an opportunity?" The City Lord of Jingze sighed.
"That's right, Your Highness's heroic aura makes me intoxicated!"
"I don't know when I'll see Your Highness!"
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is wise and martial ............, woo!"
A group of family owners patted their sycophants without money, and some of their eyes were moist, as if Li Yuan was his father.
These are caring and righteous people, Li Yuan showed a sad look, and suddenly felt a little reluctant to them.
"Send you a thousand miles, there will be a farewell, this king will miss you!"
"We will miss Your Highness too!"
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"Gentlemen!"
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"Your Highness!"
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Suddenly, a head of the family was moved: "Otherwise, Your Highness, you will stay for a few more days!" ”
Li Yuan's eyes lit up, "If this king stays for a few more days, don't be in a hurry!" ”
The gates are silent!
The eyes of the heads of the families were like dead fish eyes staring at the head of the house who had just said the wrong thing.
The head of the family didn't expect Li Yuan to really answer his kind words, he was speechless in his heart, and sneered:
"Your Highness understands the righteousness, and you still need to suppress the bandits, how can we delay."
"That's right, that's right, His Royal Highness the King of Chu should go quickly!"
"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"
In this way, Li Yuan left in their warm farewell.
On the cottage, Chu Qingyan and the others were also ready to go, and rushed all the way to the next cottage location.
And Li Yuan was introduced by Zhou Wanting and continued to the next city.
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In this way, after ten days in a row, Li Yuan and Chu Qingyan and his party have already arrived at the border of Lingyang Mansion.
In the past ten days, Chu Qingyan marched quickly, and there were more than a dozen cottages along the way.
And Li Yuan walked slowly behind, anyway, every time he arrived in a city, his team would be less than one-third, or half of the people from time to time, and there were also city lords and big dogs who greeted him......
Everywhere they passed, all the local people learned that the king of Chu was well aware of righteousness, generous and benevolent, and even suppressed all the bandits for them.
Originally, some people didn't believe it, but they boldly went to the place where they had encountered the mountain bandits, only to find that the mountain bandits were really gone!
Then some "bold" people led a group of people to the cottage to have a look, and sure enough, they found that the cottage had become a ruin!
Hiss!
His Royal Highness the King of Chu really understands the righteousness, and we admire it!
Everywhere you go, bow all the way!