Huang Yuchen nodded, he already knew about this matter, and his father didn't hide it from him, he told him when he was sensible, and this matter was not a secret to him.

"Your background contains a lot of imperial secrets, and among the four city lords, only Brother Yu knows your background. From now on, you will be one of my lieutenants, no longer my brother, you remember this clearly. Huang Yuanwu saw that Huang Yuchen was a little disapproving, frowned slightly, and said it again.

Huang Yuchen saw the seriousness of the eldest brother's face, and immediately knew the importance of this matter in his heart, and then nodded and said, "Yes, young master." As he spoke, he clenched his fist at his eldest brother.

"Don't call the young master. Seeing Huang Yuchen's appearance, Huang Yuanwu sneered, waved his hand and said, "Just call the general, listen to how awkward you call the young master." ”

"Oh, General. Huang Yuchen immediately changed his words and saluted with his fists.

"Okay, I've already told you everything, get on the horse, it's not far away, and you'll arrive at Rongbao City. Speaking of this Rong Baocheng, Huang Yuanwu couldn't help sighing, and Huang Yuchen was a little confused. Huang Yuanwu didn't say anything, stepped forward a few steps and pulled the horse over, turned over and rode up.

Seeing this, Huang Yuchen also turned over his horse, but he thought about this Rong Bao City in his heart, if he was not mistaken, this should be the gathering place of silver money under the rule of the East King, there are many merchants, many large chambers of commerce will come here to trade, Rong Bao City is used to all directions, coupled with the support of the empire, making it a famous city of merchants. Many of Dongwang's industries are also headquartered in Rongbao City.

This place is responsible for the military salary of the entire Eastern King's army, and the empire only needs to pay a small amount of military salary except for convenience. This is also the strategy set by the previous emperor, giving the king of the Quartet the greatest autonomy, but now, only under the rule of the king of the east, there are such convenient conditions.

Riding his horse and galloping until evening, a towering city appeared in front of him.

Banner waving, towering city wall, from a distance, this city covers an extremely wide area, compared to praying for the emperor of heaven is not much better. From a distance, the city is crowded with people, bustling, and lively.

The two brothers did not stop, and rode their horses straight to the gate of Rongbao City.

When he got closer, Huang Yuchen saw clearly that there was a lively street outside Rongbao City, surrounded by shops, but it was not located in the city. At the moment, it is crowded with people, on both sides of the street, small restaurants, stalls selling goods, there is a lot of everything.

The street in front of the city gate was crowded with pedestrians, and the two brothers had to slow down and walk step by step along the path, until they reached the center of the street, where they had to dismount and walk.

Standing in the center of the street, Huang Yuchen looked left and right, in addition to the crowds, the stalls on the side of the street also made him feel strange, he had never been far away, looking at the miscellaneous things placed on the street stalls, his heart was curious.

"Come and take a look, the freshly made doll can move by itself!" A shout came from behind Huang Yuchen, he looked back, and saw a stall on the street, with a piece of cloth on the ground, and at this moment there was a small wooden doll, jumping around automatically on it. looked closely, but didn't find any vindictive blessings on this doll.

Huang Yuchen saw it, couldn't help but stop, took a closer look, and was just about to see the real thing, but several people crowded around him, gathered around the doll, and were amazed, but it blocked Huang Yuchen's sight.

Standing in place is invisible, the curiosity in his heart drives Huang Yuchen, he was just about to step forward and push away the onlookers, and squeezed in by himself, but he felt that his arm was grabbed, and he hurriedly turned around, but saw that his eldest brother was looking at him with an angry face.

"Big ......" saw that the eldest brother was a little angry, Huang Yuchen panicked, almost leaked his mouth, and hurriedly changed his words, "General!"

"What's so nice about this, hurry up and enter the city with me!" Huang Yuanwu reprimanded, turned around, and walked towards the city gate without looking back.

Huang Yuchen reluctantly turned his head again, wanting to take another look at the doll, but was blocked by the crowd and couldn't see clearly, so he had no choice but to lead the horse and keep up with Huang Yuanwu.

Look up, the towering gate of Rongbao City is in front of you, this height, there should be dozens of zhang, there is a huge plaque hanging at the highest place, the word "Rongbao City" is written on it.

The crowd was crowded, and the two of them squeezed around in the crowd, and finally arrived at the gate of the city, where the two gates were open, and there was a row of sergeants at the door, and the place was very quiet, in stark contrast to the place where Fang Cai was.

The two led the horses and stepped forward, Huang Yuchen looked up to see, the round arched city gate was extremely wide, forming a corridor, the ground was paved with the whole bluestone, and the horses stepped on it, making a crisp "Gada" sound.

"The two of you stop, but there is an ultimatum to enter the city. After a few steps forward, a sergeant stepped forward, stretched out his hand to stop the two, and asked in a loud voice.

Huang Yuchen raised his eyes and saw a sergeant wearing armor in front of him, but the color of this armor was not the unique silver-white of the soldiers under the East King, but a slight reddish, which was somewhat similar to the armor on his body.

Huang Yuchen pulled the horse to a halt, smiled, took out a token from his bosom, grabbed it in his hand, and showed it to the sergeant.

Huang Yuchen stood behind the eldest brother, and he couldn't see exactly what the eldest brother was holding in his hand, but he could guess that it should be a token for the young master of the palace.

When the sergeant in front of him saw the token, his face immediately changed, and he immediately knelt down and said in a low voice: "See the little prince." When the sergeants behind him saw him kneeling, they immediately fell to one knee.

"Sure enough. Huang Yuchen smiled, looked at the eldest brother again, and at this moment he had put the token back in his arms, and said softly: "No courtesy, flat body." ”

After Huang Yuanwu spoke, this kind of sergeant got up, and the sergeant in front of him didn't dare to look up at Huang Yuanwu's face, and stood straight in front, waiting for Huang Yuanwu to speak.

"Can your city lord be in the city?" Huang Yuanwu stepped forward and asked softly.

"This ...... This one...... It's in the city, but ......" The sergeant was a little hesitant, and Huang Yuanwu saw it, sighed, patted the sergeant's shoulder, and said, "I know." After speaking, he looked back at Huang Yuchen, pulled the horse and walked forward, Huang Yuchen hurriedly followed, followed the footsteps of the eldest brother, and entered Rongbao City.

After passing through the narrow corridor, the two entered Rongbao City, and after entering the city, Huang Yuchen knew why this Rongbao City could be responsible for the war expenses of the entire Dongwang Mansion.

In front of it, there is a wide road, the road surface is paved with cyan strips of stone, and it is neatly worked. On both sides of the road, there are many shops, and it is no longer the kind of roadside stalls outside the city, the shops on both sides are all three-storey small buildings, and the carved beams and painted buildings are repaired, and the style is extraordinary.

On the street in front of him, there was a crowd of people, no more deserted than outside, and even more lively.

Huang Yuanwu didn't stop, pulled the horses, and walked straight forward along the big path. Huang Yuchen silently followed behind, slowly walking on the street, looking at the shops on both sides, each store was crowded with people, and business was booming. I couldn't help but wonder a little in my heart, walked a few steps quickly, followed Huang Yuanwu, and asked softly: "General, why are there so many people in this Rong Baocheng?

"That's nature. Huang Yuanwu glanced at Huang Yuchen and said: "This Rongbao City is accustomed to all directions, the taxes and fees are very low, many large merchants are willing to set up a branch in this city, Rongbao City is a large city within a few hundred miles nearby, with a large population, coupled with the policy of the empire, all the shops that open in Rongbao City do not need to pay taxes to the empire, they only need to be handed over to the city lord of Rongbao City." In addition, paying taxes in Rongbao City can also exempt from forced labor, so many merchants have gathered here. Huang Yuanwu continued to walk forward: "This also leads to the fact that the prices of the items sold by the merchants here are much lower than those in other places, and over time, this Rongbao City will have the current prosperous scene." ”

Huang Yuchen nodded when he heard this, and then looked at the bustling street, and understood a lot in his heart.

Rongbao City has a large population, and the empire still has an order, and the payment of commercial tax can be exempted from forced labor, which can attract more outsiders to do business here.

Although there are many people on the street, it is orderly, and the streets are very clean, it seems that this Rongbao City is very well governed, but why does the eldest brother have a headache because of this city lord, I really don't understand.

Huang Yuchen followed Huang Yuanwu and walked straight along the street, and walked straight for more than a stick of incense before he saw a majestic mansion in the distance, standing at the end of the street. When I arrived, there were only a few fewer people around, and there were only pedestrians walking in a hurry, and there were no shops on the left and right streets.

Walking a few steps forward, Huang Yuchen saw the plaque of this mansion clearly, this is the city lord's mansion of Rong Bao City.

The mansion is magnificent, the gate is a few zhang wide, the door is two hideous stone beasts, separated on both sides, the crimson gate, the two huge knockers on the door, are illuminated by the sun, and the golden rays are dazzling.

At this moment, the gate of the City Lord's Mansion was closed, but there was not a single person standing guard outside.

Huang Yuanwu stood in front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion with his horses leading, looking at the closed gate, and couldn't help sighing. Huang Yuchen stood behind him, wanting to wait and see.

Not far behind him, there was the bustling main street, but when I arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion, there was no one. Looking left and right is also in the distance, so that you can see the crowded shops, which can't help but make Huang Yuchen a little puzzled.

This city lord's mansion has actually become a vacuum, I don't know why.

Huang Yuanwu handed the reins in his hand to Huang Yuchen, took a few steps forward, and softly pulled the door knocker. There were two soft sounds, and a voice immediately came from inside, asking, "Who? What are you knocking on the door so late?"

When Huang Yuchen heard this, he looked up at the sun, it was obviously only afternoon, why was it late?

Sure enough, Huang Yuanwu said in a low tone, "I'm Huang Yuanwu, open the door." ”

Huang Yuanwu came out this time, only to hear a "clang" inside, as if something had fallen to the ground, and then there was a "Oops." ”

After a while, the door opened, and a person over half a hundred years old poked his head out and glanced at Huang Yuanwu, his face immediately changed, and he looked a little pale.

This person hurriedly opened the door, stepped out by himself, knelt down on one knee in front of Huang Yuanwu, and said in a low voice: "I've seen the little prince." ”

"It's bright, the gate of your City Lord's Mansion is closed, what's the matter, haven't you received a notice that I'm coming?" Huang Yuanwu glared at the half-hundred sergeants and asked sharply.

"This ...... This ......" The sergeant knelt on the ground, spoke a little slurred, and said, "Received is received, but ......"

"Just what?"

"The lord of the city said......" The sergeant paused, obviously not wanting to go further.

"What did he say?" Huang Yuanwu stepped forward, pulled the sergeant up, stood in front of him, let go of his hand, and said, "You just say it, don't worry, I won't blame you." ”

The sergeant didn't dare to look directly into Huang Yuanwu's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and said in a very low voice: "The city lord said that the little cub is coming, let him eat a closed door first......

When Huang Yuchen heard this, he immediately became a little annoyed, who is his eldest brother? The eldest son of the East Wang, the next East King, who is this city lord? How dare he speak like this. Thinking about it, Huang Yuchen was about to step forward and get angry, but Huang Yuanwu waved his hand back again and again, and Huang Yuchen stopped in place.

"Hey...... Uncle Xiao, how is he?"

When Huang Yuchen heard this, his jaw almost fell to the ground.