"Father, why do you want to expand the Yun Mansion? Chen Hui did not express that she was not used to living in the Yun Mansion. Such a big project is too laborious and costly!" In the Yun Mansion, knowing that his father deliberately collected materials from all over the place to expand the Yun Mansion in order to make Dongfang Chenhui live comfortably. Beitang Donghai hurriedly found Beitang Xiao to object.

"Hai'er, when will you be more mature? This house is not only for you and Chenhui to live comfortably, but also to show the Dongfang family that we attach importance to Chenhui and make our alliance more stable. Looking at his son in front of him who was angry and opposed to his expansion of the palace, Beitang Xiao said with an expression of hatred that iron is not steel.

"But the people in the north are suffering from the war, and now that they have just been stable for a few years, we have increased taxes to make the people resentful, is this appropriate?" Beitang Donghai was very excited, he has always taken it as his mission to save the common people, and he does not like to enjoy it. Seeing that his father was just enjoying himself, he felt very uncomfortable.

Looking at the complaining son in front of him, Beitang Donghai rubbed his forehead and said earnestly: "The cost of expanding Yunfu seems to be a lot, but if you divide this money among the people, how much can one person get, and besides, what do the people want? Besides, the increase in taxes is to strengthen the army, how much did you spend on this palace?"

"But we are like this, what do the people think of our Beitang family? Now that we have made peace with the demon clan, why do we continue to increase our troops and strengthen the army?" Beitang Donghai continued to argue, he cared most about his reputation in his life, and after seeing the tax increase policy that Beitang Xiao had just promulgated, he already had a premonition that his family would be cursed by many people in the north, which made it difficult for him to accept.

Seeing that Beitang Donghai was worried about the damage to his reputation, Beitang Xiao was very angry, he broke the teacup in his hand, stood up and looked at Beitang Donghai word by word: "Peace? Peace depends on strength, not charity." This is true for the demon clan, and the same is true for the other families of Dayuan! As for the common people, what can they understand? If you increase taxes, they will complain, and as long as you give a little benefit in the future, someone will speak for you and calm down the people's grievances. Besides, even if you give them enough benefits, even if there is a little unsatisfactory, they will still scold you for being unfair. Ordinary people will only care about the one-third of an acre of land in front of them, and care about whether their interests will be harmed, but we are different, we have to stand in the overall situation of the entire northern border, and development will inevitably damage some of the interests. If we want everyone to be satisfied, then how can the north develop? How can it become rich and strong? As for its reputation? As for its reputation, we must withstand these slanders and insults when we stand in a high position. Only people who have no ability will express their inner resentment through abuse. Such a person is not worth your attention. ”

After listening to Beitang Xiao's words, Beitang Donghai seemed to feel something, and seeing that his son was not arguing, Beitang Xiao asked him to go back to his courtyard to reflect. And he went to Yunfu to prepare for the upcoming guests.

The first to arrive was the young master of the Xicheng family, Xicheng Yidan. As the young master of the Xicheng family, Xicheng Yidan brought a large number of Western Regions jewelry as a congratulatory gift. However, because the Xicheng family and the Beitang family are not usually harmonious, Beitang Xiao just politely arranged for Xicheng Yidan to go to the guest room to rest.

The next to arrive is the young master of the Nangong family, Nangong Shiyang, the southern Xinjiang region is rich in products, because it has a large number of ports, the maritime trade is very prosperous, Nangong Shiyang this time in addition to bringing a large number of Nanjiang specialties, but also brought a large number of Nanyang specialties. Looking at the truckloads of goods, even the well-informed Beitang Xiao had to sigh at the wealth of the Nangong family.

Like the Xicheng family, the Nangong family and the Beitang family have always been at odds, the last time the demon clan went south, Nanjiang was also the only family among the five major families that did not send troops to assist. Even so, Nangong Shangde was able to come up with such a number of gifts as congratulatory gifts, which shows how rich southern Xinjiang is. After a few polite words with Nangong Shiyang, Beitang Xiao also sent someone to arrange him to rest in the guest room.

The next to arrive in Yunfu was the fourteenth prince of the Dadu Imperial Family, as the Supreme Commander of the Northern Territory who had just been appointed to report on his duties. Soon after the Fourteenth Prince arrived at the border pass, he left Yelu Longxu to command the troops at the border pass, while he returned to Yunfu to attend the wedding of Beitang Donghai and Dongfang Chenhui. As one of the most stable allies of the Beitang family, Beitang Xiao's attitude towards the Fourteenth Prince was obviously much more enthusiastic, but the Fourteenth Prince said that he was a little tired from the tiring travel for several days, and after a few polite words, he also went to the guest room to rest.

After the fourteenth prince left, Beitang Xiao hurriedly summoned Beigong Wang to inquire about the situation, and after learning that the fourteenth prince brought only a few dozen entourage guards, Beitang Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Beigong Wang to continue to be vigilant, while he went back to Daoyun Mansion to rest.

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Because there were still a few days before the wedding, Kressie's circus did not go directly to Yunfu, but performed in Yunzhou City nearby. Because Chu Xiaoxiao and Zhao Xinyi had never watched the circus, they asked for two VIP tickets from Kress to watch the show. And because Murong Feng was not interested in the circus, he cultivated in the guest room to consolidate the prototype of the golden pill he had just condensed.

After taking a few pills, Murong Feng meditated and began to cultivate, after all, the raw materials of these pills were propagated by the seeds that Murong Feng brought out from the Medicine King Valley back then, and the effect was much better than ordinary pills. Murong Feng clearly felt the changes in the prototype of the golden pill in his dantian after absorbing the elixir, after absorbing the essence of the elixir, the prototype of the original colloidal golden pill had gradually solidified and became the appearance of the golden pill.

After completely absorbing the pill he had just taken, Murong Feng slowly opened his eyes. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Murong Feng thought in his heart, according to the progress of today's cultivation, he should be able to successfully marry before the wedding banquet. At that time, he will definitely surprise his righteous brother Beitang Donghai.

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In the Yun Mansion, Chu Qiuci was still cleaning the courtyard, and when he heard someone coming from outside the courtyard, Chu Qiuci didn't raise his head, and hurriedly put down the broom and saluted the visitors: "Meet Mrs. Chenhui." ”

Seeing Chu Qiuci saluting to him, Dongfang Chenhui pulled Chu Qiuci up with a smile and said, "How did my sister know that I was here?"

Chu Qiuci's face was expressionless, and he replied unhurriedly: "I have been hunting in southern Xinjiang since I was a child, and I am very sensitive to sounds. The wedding day is approaching, Mrs. Chenhui is not well prepared, why are you interested in coming to me as a subordinate?"

"What's the matter? People are bored and want to talk to their sister, can't they?" After hearing Chu Qiuci's reply, Dongfang Chenhui probably pursed her lips and said coquettishly to Chu Qiuci. I have to Dongfang Chenhui's charming eyes really have a kind of magic, even if she is also a female Rao Chuqiuci, after seeing Dongfang Chenhui's coquettish eyes, she was also a little moved, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of pity, wanting to protect the charming girl in front of her.

"Of course, you can come whenever you want. Chu Qiuci said with a heartfelt smile. It is worthy of Dongfang Chenhui, after Chu Qiuci entered the northern border, he had an expression for the first time when he was talking.

"I'm here to discuss something. Seeing that Chu Qiuci was in a good mood, Dongfang Chenhui pretended to be mysterious.