Huang Yuanwu asked Xiao Cheng to hit his helmet, not only was he not annoyed, but he smiled again, and said, "Isn't this afraid of ruining Uncle Xiao's good deeds?"

"Stinky boy!" When the city lord Xiao heard this, he suddenly laughed, took a step forward, stretched out his arm to hug Huang Yuanwu's neck, he was about the same height as Huang Yuanwu, but Huang Yuanwu was wearing combat boots at the moment, a little higher than usual, coupled with the slightly chubby figure of the city lord Xiao, he tried a few times, but he didn't hug it, he couldn't help frowning, Huang Yuanwu saw this, and took the initiative to bend his legs, and the city lord Xiao smiled and hugged Huang Yuanwu's neck.

"This ...... This...... General ......" Huang Yuchen covered his cheeks, looked at Huang Yuanwu and this Xiao City Lord in a daze, he didn't know what to do for a while, he was a deputy general, the Lord would be beaten, it stands to reason that he should go up and fight hard, but he went on it twice, and was easily resolved by this Xiao City Lord, and he was slapped the second time. Seeing Huang Yuanwu's short call for one uncle and one uncle for the city lord of Xiao, he was very puzzled in his heart.

"Hey, I haven't seen this young man before, what, is your new follower?" Xiao Yibo put his arms around Huang Yuanwu's neck and asked.

"Yes, yes. Huang Yuanwu hurriedly nodded and said, "I only followed me recently, Uncle Xiao don't frighten him." Huang Yuanwu took the initiative to bend his legs to reduce his height, which was a little uncomfortable, but he was obviously helpless against the old man in front of him.

"Oh. City Lord Xiao nodded and said, "You kid is good, your grade is not shallow, and if you follow Yuan Wu in the future, you will definitely be able to get ahead." Saying that, City Lord Xiao glanced at Huang Yuchen, and Huang Yuchen hurriedly nodded yes.

His eldest brother is like a chicken in the hands of others, and he is a partial general, and he can talk a fart. I'm afraid that if I talk too much, I will be beaten again.

"Yuanwu boy, how much money did you bring this time. Xiao City Lord hugged Huang Yuanwu, appeared again with a cheap smile, and without waiting for Huang Yuanwu to reply, he reached into Huang Yuanwu's arms, took out all the silver tickets in his arms, let go of Huang Yuanwu's neck, held this stack of silver tickets in his hand, and lit it by himself.

"One hundred, two hundred, three hundred...... Xiao Yibo stood in front of Widow Li's door, slowly counted the silver ticket in his hand, counted it carefully three times, and said, "Why is it only 20,000 taels?

"Shabby ......" Huang Yuchen almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, this is still shabby? Ordinary civilians, the annual income is only one or two hundred taels of silver at most, and these two thousand taels of silver tickets are enough for a civilian family to earn for a lifetime, this is not an ordinary family, a person with a little craftsmanship or good business, if it is poor, the income in ten years is afraid that it will only be a few hundred taels, which is shabby.

"Yes, yes. Huang Yuanwu was still not angry, and said with a smile: "The urgency of coming out this time is that I have brought less, and the military expenditure has been large recently, and there is not much silver in the house." ”

"You fart. City Lord Xiao glared at him and said, "Every month, I Rongbao Five Cities, at least send a few million taels of silver to the Dongwang Mansion, and you cry poor with me?"

"Yes, yes, Uncle taught me. Huang Yuanwu nodded, and Huang Yuchen was dumbfounded.

I know that the five cities of Rongbao are the silver treasury of the East Wangfu, but I don't know that they have such a big energy, millions of taels per month?

Huang Yuchen swallowed and foamed, not knowing what to say, and 10,000 grass and mud horses galloped past in his heart.

"Come on, less is less. City Lord Xiao glanced at Huang Yuanwu helplessly, and asked again, "Have you paid me back the food money I owe?"

"It's back, it's back. Huang Yuanwu hurriedly nodded and said, "Three thousand two hundred taels, my uncle has eaten a little little recently." ”

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Huang Yuchen almost spurted out a mouthful of blood again, what did he eat, he ate more than 3,000 bright snowflakes and silver, and he actually said that he ate less?

"Recently, my appetite has not been very good, and I have eaten less. Xiao Yi nodded matter-of-factly, folded the silver ticket in his hand casually, threw it into the courtyard along the wall, and shouted to the courtyard at the same time: "Sister Li, your husband sacrificed his life for the country, this scattered silver is regarded as compensation from the empire to you, I will come tomorrow to take you to the city lord's mansion to live, you should think about it." ”

"Get out, you stinky shameless!" there was an angry curse from the courtyard, but he didn't see the silver ticket thrown out. Xiao Yi smiled, dragged Huang Yuanwu over, followed the path, and walked forward.

Huang Yuchen looked confused, followed behind the two at a loss, and looked back at the widow's yard, not knowing why.

Xiao Yibo and Huang Yuanwu whispered in front, and Huang Yuchen followed behind, not really listening, and hurriedly took a few steps forward, only then did he hear what the two of them said again.

"It's a pity that this widow's husband fought all his life for the country and died on the battlefield, and his military exploits were outstanding. Xiao sighed.

"Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, so Uncle Xiao should not worry too much. Huang Yuanwu persuaded.

"What's the matter, my eldest brother handed over this Rong Baocheng to me, did he just want me to be a copper-smelling merchant?" Xiao Yibo glared again, and Huang Yuanwu hurriedly smiled.

"How is your father doing? There is no news from the front line, and your father can't clean up the rebellion of the three little beasts?" Xiao Yibo changed his words and asked.

"This ...... Uncle Xiao don't be impatient, this matter can't be said now. Huang Yuanwu smiled for a moment, stopped talking, and stopped talking about this.

Xiao Yibo frowned slightly, looked at Huang Yuanwu, and did not speak again.

The two of them walked in front of them, and Huang Yuchen dared to follow closely behind.

After turning around, they left the residential area and returned to the main street, and the three of them strode straight back to the city lord's mansion. Along the way, none of them opened their mouths to speak.

Up to now, Huang Yuchen has slightly comprehended the title of Xiao City Lord.

The dignified lord of the city actually went to a widow's house to make trouble, and the pension could be distributed in a normal way, but he was not punishable, he would rather let himself lose face than make a mess, and make a fuss to everyone, so that no one dared to bully this widow Li.

Huang Yuchen looked at the flowers of this Rong Bao City again, and his heart seemed to suddenly understand. In this prosperous place, I don't know how many painful things there are. It seems strange that the city lord Xiao acted like this, but to a certain extent, it also alleviated the pain and pressure brought by the war to everyone.

Here, after all, it is still a border pass, and there is constant fighting.

When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, Huang Yuchen was arranged in a side room, Huang Yuanwu told him not to run around, and he and Xiao Yi entered the main hall, and I didn't know what to say.

sat in the side room for a long time, during which only one person came in to send Huang Yuchen some food and drink, and in addition, Huang Yuchen was in this city lord's mansion and never saw anyone else.

From the outside, the City Lord's Mansion occupies an extremely wide area, and it stands to reason that it should be crowded inside, and there should be many people waiting for it, but after coming in, I realized that the City Lord's Mansion was deserted, and there were no people at all.

"This Xiao City Lord...... What the hell is the origin? Huang Yuchen thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, judging from the eldest brother's title and attitude towards him, this person must be an elder, and a very close elder. and his father, it is definitely not an ordinary relationship.

After eating some food, Huang Yuchen was bored and paced around the house. Now in the City Lord's Mansion of Rongbao City, this is no better than in the Dongwang Mansion, his identity is just a partial general at the moment, here, he can only obey orders. Huang Yuanwu said, let him wait in the room, he can only wait.

I don't know how long it took, the door of my room suddenly opened, and I saw Huang Yuanwu walking in with a sad face. Seeing this, Huang Yuchen hurriedly got up, let his eldest brother sit down, poured him a cup of tea, stood behind Huang Yuanwu, and asked softly, "General, what's wrong?"

Huang Yuanwu sighed, took the teacup and drank it all, and said: "I can't tell Uncle Xiao about my father's affairs, I asked him to go to Wuning City with me to find Senior Ye, he said that he had to think about it, and depending on what he meant, he didn't want to go with me at all." ”

Huang Yuchen saw that his eldest brother was worried, and he couldn't do anything, standing behind Huang Yuanwu, he thought for a while, but he still couldn't hold back, and opened his mouth to ask: "General, what is the origin of this Xiao City Lord, I have never seen you have such an attitude towards other people." ”

"What's the ......" Huang Yuanwu thought for a while, and then said: "Uncle Xiao is the sworn brother of his father, and he has been friends for decades. Later, his father stabilized the border pass, and Uncle Xiao didn't want to kill him, so he asked his father for Rong Baocheng and became the city lord. ”

"Want Rong Baocheng?" Huang Yuchen was shocked when he heard this, and said, "Isn't it canonized by the empire?"

"Imperial canonization is just a procedure. Huang Yuanwu said quietly: "With the relationship between Uncle Xiao and his father, let alone want a Rongbao City, even if he wants the East Palace, his father will not frown." ”

"This ......"

"You're still young, you've lived in the house for a long time, and there are some things you don't know. Huang Yuanwu said softly: "My father and Uncle Xiao are friends of life and death, and he watched me grow up, and I don't know how many times he has saved my father on the battlefield." Uncle Xiao has a good relationship with our family, just like his own uncle. ”

Huang Yuchen nodded indifferently, but he still had a lot of doubts in his heart, what was going on with the dilapidated hotel he often went to, and besides, this Xiao City Lord's actions were indeed a bit unbelievable. With his relationship with his father, what is wrong with the empire, why do you have to come to this Rongbao City to be the city lord. It's just a city lord, but he doesn't act like a city lord at all, if it weren't for the eldest brother, he really thought that Xiao Yibo was a bully who was a woman from a good family.

"Uncle Xiao has done his own thing all his life, but he attaches great importance to affection. Look at his city lord's mansion, all the things were purchased for him by his father back then. In Rong Baocheng, a place where money gathers, he personally doesn't take a penny, and all the money is handed over to the Dongwang Mansion, but he still tries his best to help the soldier's widow, just by virtue of this, it is enough for me to admire. Huang Yuanwu saw that Huang Yuchen still had questions, so he explained again.

"In this way, City Lord Xiao is indeed a big man. Huang Yuchen nodded, but he was a little shocked in his heart.

This Xiao City Lord looked like a rag-skinned scoundrel, but he didn't want to be such a person.

"If he doesn't have some skills, how can he manage such a big Rongbao City, the five Rongbao cities have millions of taels of silver every month, which is one of the few in the entire empire. ”

"General......" Huang Yuchen frowned slightly, and said, "Then Xiao City Lord, if you don't go to the next city with us, what is the eldest brother going to do?"

When Huang Yuanwu heard this, he sighed lightly, and said helplessly: "There is no good way, I don't dare to tell Uncle Xiao about my father now, otherwise I will definitely not be able to hold him, so I can only talk to him in the name of Dongwangfu, and let him go to Brother Yu's Dongxuan City to meet." ”

"Dongxuan City. Huang Yuchen silently recited this name in his heart, this is half a jia, he really wants to see it.