Chapter 705: The New Year Begins
On the first day of the New Year in the year 4876, Ding Qi, who was entertaining guests for his son's love, had not yet left the capital, and the eldest princess came to the Protectorate Mansion to greet her future father-in-law. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Shaodianluan found that there was a greenhouse in the backyard where Long Yan lived, and showed great interest, so he deliberately pulled Long Yan to ask east and west, and asked for a few baskets of vegetables and fruits when he left.
"Madam, the slave maid feels that the eldest lady is no stranger to the environment at home, not like the first time she said she came. "Yugui is whispering to Long Yan.
"Little girl, don't talk nonsense, there were few people living in this mansion before, and the eldest princess won't and has no reason to come. Someone should have introduced the situation in the house to the eldest princess, so that they would have an understanding of the environment here, and it was definitely not that you had been here as you said. "Long Yan is now the daughter-in-law of the Ding family, how could she not know that the Protector Houfu has been empty for nearly twenty years.
Inside the palace, the king came to the gate of Shaodianhuan's small courtyard alone.
"Okay, I've received your wishes, so I don't need to come in. Shao Dianhuan said without waiting for his nephew to knock on the door.
"Uncle longevity and good health, nephew and grandson see that Luan'er's body surface is flushed again, I am afraid that there are signs of fighting qi in the body to rush through the level on its own, and I hope that my uncle will take action to strengthen Luan'er's seal. "Shaodian Dan is here for his daughter again.
"She married Na Ding Kui two years later?"
"According to the instructions of my uncle, Luan'er's wedding date is set for two years. ”
"You have to make sure that this matter can't go wrong, and if that's the case, let Luan'er advance. With the foundation I laid for her, two years is not enough to store the fighting energy of the two meridians, and with the adjustment of the Ding family's fighting energy, she can turn the danger into a disaster, and maybe it will soar into the sky. "There are also things that can't be guaranteed as strong as Shaodianhuan.
"Judging from the current performance of the Ding family, Luan'er's marriage will not be an accident. In addition, a large number of pirates have emerged in the West Sea, suspected of being a coalition of overseas countries, whether they can abide by the oath is unknown, I don't know if it is convenient for the uncle?"
Shao Dianhuan said impatiently: "I don't care about this, whether I keep the oath or not will naturally be supervised by the big alliance." Overseas people are also human beings, and if you dare to invade our territory, you will send troops to fight them, have you lost your courage by those three countries? Recently, my cultivation has shown signs of growth, so don't bother me if you don't have anything to do. No, don't come if you have something!"
The commander of the West Sea Fleet had to gather all the warships and plan to fight to the death with the enemy in the inland waters of the West Sea, but the enemy slowed down the pace of advance and consolidated his territory around the islands that had been occupied.
In the past, fellow villagers from other places rushed to their homes and returned to this small border town to gather with their families, but this year, instead of being in other places, many outsiders stayed in the city to celebrate the New Year, many of them were foreigners.
There are more outsiders than locals in the city, and you can see several New Year customs in the city, which is the first time that such a scene has appeared since the opening of the Giant Sheep City.
The base camp of the theater issued an order, and all units of the border army were on holiday as in a peaceful year, and Ding Kui's first brigade only had one more military order than others to monitor foreigners within the scope of Juyang City.
Ding Kui moved, the original courtyard was annexed by the Huaxia Carriage and Horse Company, and an alley was bought in the block in the center of the city, half of which was given to the families of deceased comrades-in-arms, and the other half was temporarily the Ding family's courtyard.
This alley was bought by the old money but could not be rented out, according to Ding Kui's words, he couldn't just occupy the pit and nothing, so he simply rebuilt it to live by himself.
Since the name is the Ding family courtyard, all of Ding Kui's subordinates live here, Lao Qiantou, Shi Jiang, Ding Cai, Ding Fen, Tao Mu, Qianyou, Liu Yu, Fei Ze, etc., Ao Yu and Ao Yan are of course no exception, and the two dragons each occupy the largest courtyard except for Ding Kui. Ordinary people call this place "General Fei's Courtyard" according to their own name.
"Xiaohua," Ding Kui called Ding Fen, who was running out early in the morning, "What are you doing running out at this time if you don't practice or wait for those flowers and plants?"
"Ah, sir, this morning there is a shipload of strange flowers from my own country transported to the dock, I just went over to see if there is anything special, buy some and come back to see all kinds of flowers, if I can feed the flowers of my own country, I can sell my own country's flowers." After Ding Fen finished speaking, he ignored Ding Kui and ran away.
"This little flower, I don't even want flowers and plants when I see them, and I don't want to think about who will give her money to buy flowers. Ding Kui looked at Ding Fen's back and said helplessly.
"Hehe, master, Ding Fen is now a rich man, not to mention paying back all the money he owes to the minions, and he still has savings in the Lu family's commercial bank. Ding Cai came out of nowhere.
"Madame gave it to her?" Ding Kui wondered.
"Partly, there are a lot of flowers and plants with high medicinal value in the swamp, and Ding Fen can actually grow them in the yard, which is very profitable if he doesn't sell them to merchants who specialize in buying them. "Ding Cai likes the feeling of giving Ding Kui a small report the most.
"Ouch, I always thought that Xiaohua only had the talent of an archer, but I didn't expect to be a botanist. Ding Kui didn't worry about saying some fresh words in front of Ding Cai, anyway, Ding Cai wouldn't ask what it meant.
"Hehe, Ding Fen will practice for a few more years, and the minion will not be her opponent. ”
Among all Ding Kui's subordinates, Ding Cai is the best one for Ding Fen, a little better than the old money and Shi Jiang, it can be seen from Ding Fen's lack of money to buy a house and borrow from him, it is estimated that Ding Fen looks like his family.
"Then you go and watch him, don't let her be deceived, she can sell as many flowers and plants as she grows, and don't go to others, there is no shortage of money at home. Ding Kui was a little worried about Ding Fen, after all, she was still a little girl, so she arranged for Ding Cai to follow.
"The slave obeys!" Ding Cai hurriedly chased out the door.
Ding Kui then went to the martial arts arena to conduct his morning exercises.
After the morning exercise, when he returned to the living room, he found Liu Yu waiting for him there, and asked, "Everyone is resting today, didn't Mr. Liu arrange his own activities?"
"Hehe, you're old, you don't have as many activities as young people, haven't you gone out yet, or are you going to go out later?" asked Liu Yu tentatively.
"It's nothing, I'm going to go out for a walk, the people in the monopoly store and the carriage and horse shop are resting, and there are more of us in the city, so let's see if anything happens to them." "My wife, confidants and friends are not around, and Ding Kui is also idle.
"I want to go and see, Juyang City has become very lively, the merchants of Meng and my own country are there, and it is said that there are also people from Cao State. Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, Ding Kui gave him the feeling that he was a mature person, and he forgot that Ding Kui was actually only in his early twenties, and he belonged to a young man with more activities.
"My country has no shortage of channels for trade with our country, what are you doing in our poor place after the war?" Ding Kui was a little uncomfortable when he saw Ding Fen go out, and now he finally found the problem, there are a lot of people from his own country in Juyang City.
My country is a neighbor to the south of Shaodian State, with thousands of miles of borders, and there are quite a few cities on the border that trade with the north, and there are special trade routes with the north on the Tongyuan River, so there is no need to rush to trade with a city rebuilt after the war.
"That's the problem, in connection with Prince Jiman's performance in the war, and now his own country has ambitions. Alas, the lack of deterrence in the kingdom's military is an indisputable fact, and even friendly countries are eyeing us. "Liu Yu's accusations against his own country are a bit serious.
"No, if you don't care about the mercenary businessmen, it doesn't matter who makes whose money. Ding Kui is much more optimistic than Liu Yu.
"Hope I'm wrong. Liu Yu didn't want to talk too heavily about the topic.
After breakfast, Ding Kui called General Shi, Qianyou and Liu Yu, and the four of them went out shopping together, Liu Yu led the way in front, and it is said that he already knew the entire Giant Sheep City.
Their first destination was to the east of the city, into an alley full of flowers, and the smell of fat powder was blowing in their noses.
"Why did Mr. Liu bring us to such a place early in the morning? Shi Jiang squeezed his eyebrows at Liu Yu.
"The money offering path is quite wide, you can also arrange it here? Is there a reason for being single for so many years?"
"Well, that's not the case, I thought that Mr. Liu was not familiar with the doorway, and I was afraid that he would be deceived, after all, I was on the road, uh, I have experience in this area, and it is still okay to point out from the side. "Shi Jiang is a little embarrassed.
"I think about it, I didn't bring you here to let you in to play, the big boss behind this 'Tianxiang Lane' is from his own country. Liu Yu pointed to the alley and said.
"An alley?" Ding Kui put away his smile.
"If Lu Yang's intelligence is not wrong, it should be. "Liu Yu's source is the old man.
Which industries in Juyang City have what background, these things are basically analyzed and dealt with by Lao Qiantou, Liu Yu and Fei Ze, and there is no need to notify Ding Kui.
"It's quick and cost-free, unlike a businessman's style. Ding Kui immediately saw the problem.
"Hehe, don't worry, let's go again. Liu Yu led everyone out of Tianxiang Lane and turned a corner to walk north of the city.
There are no big trading houses in the north of the city, and the most special thing is a labor market, where most of the people looking for work are concentrated. Coming to the north of the city to hire people is basically some manual work, which is characterized by low requirements, short time, and unfixed, and is a gathering place for the bottom people of Juyang City.
"It is said that a gang in my country has taken control of the labor market. "Liu Yu took everyone to the north of the city to see the labor market.
Since it was the Chinese New Year, there were no people near the labor market, only a few people probed their brains nearby, and it was estimated that Ding Kui didn't dare to lean over at all.
"My own gangsters?" this time it was the turn of Shi Jiang to be moved, "Which little cubs dare to stretch out their hands so long?" I don't know, since I already know, leave it to me here." ”
"Don't worry, we can solve everything we know, and the things that give me the most headaches are those we don't know. Ding Kui shook his head, not planning to let Shi Jiang make a move.
"That's not all, these are just the parts of the iceberg floating on the surface. Liu Yu smiled mysteriously.