The officials of Huizhou, Ningguo, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing came to Yingtianfu to chase Chen Gong. The magistrates of the four prefectures heard that the officials of Liangjiang were collecting treasures to dispel the anger of the people of Tianbo Mansion, so as not to protect the things on the item, and they also collected a lot of good gifts to send to Tianbo Mansion, but others did not accept them. This can scare the officials of the four prefectures a lot, and if they don't accept the apology, don't they just want to settle accounts after the autumn, and this is worth it. In this way, they thought of Chen Hong's brother, Chen Gong, who had just climbed into contact with Tianbo Mansion, and asked him to intercede with Yan Zheng, and accepted these twenty or thirty carts of gold and silver, rare treasures, treasures in play, and exquisite rings.

"Okay, okay. Chen Gong couldn't stand everyone's mouth, so he nodded and responded: "If you want to go, go now." When I get there, I'll speak, my brother-in-law, General Yan, can still take care of things in Tianbo Mansion. Let him go to Lei Long, Jiao Yi, Yingchun, intercede for you, and accept the gifts. As he was talking, he saw his sister-in-law and brother-in-law suddenly arrive, and he was stunned and asked: "You two, what are you busy with crossing the river?" Yan Zheng smiled and said nothing, Chen Hong said: "Listen to the shopkeeper of Yingtian Restaurant, Huizhou, Ningguo, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing, the officials of the four prefectures are here, and they also brought twenty or thirty carts of gifts. Let's go, your brother-in-law says something, and nothing is there. Hearing this, the officials were at ease, and they hurriedly took gifts with Yan Zheng and his wife to Yingtian Restaurant to taste wine and food.

I heard that Peony, Xuemei has been adopted by the housekeeper of Tianbo Mansion Yingchun, and at this time she is setting up wine in Yingtian Restaurant to celebrate, and the officials of Liangjiang are present, Yue Xiaoxuan hurriedly went home to inform her sister-in-law, and her brother-in-law happened to be there. Long Xiao listened to it and said: "The peony sisters are born with water spirits and look smart, and when they grow up, they will be stunners, like their mothers." Perhaps, these two sisters will also become the princesses of the little prince, and the chances of victory in the future will be even greater. Xiaoxuan, I thought about it again and again, Jasper was born to your sister-in-law, and she is the most beautiful of all my daughters. Either she won't be sent to Tianbo Mansion, and if she does, she will definitely be the princess, otherwise your good sister won't be looking for me to fight for her life. Yue Xiaoxuan smiled, nodded and said, "If you live in the same city, there will always be a chance to come." I thought in my heart, at this time, there are 500 soldiers and men in Tianbo Mansion, 300 Mulan troops, nearly 700 Yahuan cooks, and nearly 500 of those messy Langzhong, craftsmen, and old mothers together, which is more than 2,000 people, not including the master. I am the richest man in the city, and I will lose some money to take over their business. This has been going on for a long time, and I believe that one day, the little prince will meet my jasper. I think Jasper will be able to stop this little prince. ”

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, it was cold in winter, and the snow was falling in January of the fifth year. The wilderness outside Jiangning City has become a small city of considerable scale at this time, named Pukou. There are city walls on three sides of this Pukou city, and there are buttresses and nest shops on the wall, and there are three city gates of Canglong, White Tiger and Xuanwu. The north gate Canglong leads to Yingtian, Yangzhou and Suzhou, the west gate Baihu leads to Luzhou, Fengyang and Runing, the south gate Xuanwu passes Ningguo, Hangzhou and Huizhou, and the east is Jiangwu without wall, with two wharves of government and people, and the opposite bank is Jiangning City. The north gate Canglong is the main gate of Pukou City, there is a city tower, the left side of the lintel is engraved with a dragon, the right side is engraved with a white tiger, and the upper side is a yin and yang gossip map. The entrance is an eight-mile long bluestone slab street, the road is more than two zhang wide, it is convenient for the carriage to pass without crowding, it is straight to the south gate from the north gate, it is the main road of Pukou City. The six-mile long street from the official wharf to the west gate is paved with miscellaneous stone slabs, which is an auxiliary road in the city. There are more than ten or twenty wide and narrow vertical and horizontal lanes in the city, which run through the whole city, and the layout is very reasonable.

Pukou Castle is roughly divided into nine districts, with Tianbo Mansion occupying the city and being the most prosperous central area. In addition to Tianbo Mansion, the little prince's industries also include Jiangnan Inn, Jiangnan Restaurant, Pukou Hotel, Huangshan Tea House, and Shoucheng Barracks. The north gate is mostly occupied by Jiangnan merchants, and Yue Xiaoxuan's mansion and the Pukou branch of the Heavenly Demon Society are located here. The Yue family also built all kinds of shops on both sides of the main road, and the business was very prosperous during the day. The south gate is full of local officials, political envoys, envoys, the mansions of the rich in the south of the Yangtze River, and the giant shops in Yingtian, Yangzhou and Suzhou. The north side of the west gate is mostly the official residence of other places, and the south side is the Jiangnan merchants who are sheltered by Wang and Zhang. Six or seven thousand acres of land along the river, all owned by Yue Xiaoxuan, in addition to building an official and civil wharf, and ferries, there are also three large warehouses, a fish market, a cattle, horses, pigs and sheep trade area, more than a dozen shops, and some tea inns, restaurants and restaurants, all of which are used for leasing to merchants who come to Pukou from all over the world. The rest are Hui merchants, Sichuan and Shaanxi merchants, Su merchants, Gyeonggi merchants, Cantonese merchants and other retail investors, such as Qian Zhuang **, gambling house inns, restaurants and leather goods, as well as cotton, silk, cloth, silk, grain, agricultural and sideline products, handicrafts, silk, wine and meat, vegetables and fruits, tobacco, crops, porcelain, mounting, clothing, Ming tile, satin, mounted silk, Luo, silk, silk cotton, dyeing workshop, cattle and pig shop, copper and tin shop, jewelry, antiques, etc. On both sides of the street, there are many "official corridors" of different specifications and styles, which are used exclusively for merchants and customers to trade, and can also be protected from the wind and sun. In this way, the merchants from all over the world were willing to come here to run goods and ship, and Pukou also prospered. The gorgeous Tianbo Mansion is located at the crossroads in the center of Pukou City, located in the northwest, with a high blue brick wall of 520 feet long from east to west and 680 feet wide from north to south. The main entrance sits in the north and faces south, nine stone stairs, a pair of huge horizontal stone lions, the lintel of Emperor Muzong's "Tianbo Mansion" italic handiwork, showing the noble identity of the master in the eye-catching. The four military men guarding the gate of the mansion stood on both sides with guns and swords, which was very majestic and imposing. There are other partial doors on both sides of the main house gate, the east side side side door is used by the military and the west side side door is used by the subordinates. The east and west courtyard walls also have side doors, the side door of the east wall enters and exits the carriage and sedan chair, and the side door of the west wall is for the people to deliver goods and enter and exit with the people in the house. The house is divided into three halls, two corridors, two gardens, and three lakes. The front garden is small and exquisite, the pebble courtyard road is tic-tac-toe, the rockery bamboo forest in the garden, the peach tree, plum forest, peony, chrysanthemum, purple and red are planted among the four altars respectively. The left road of the front garden leads to the west corridor, and the west corridor room is for the 300 Mulan barracks and stables, and the people live, and there are other rooms, firewood rooms, and warehouses. The right road leads to the east corridor, and the east corridor room is the barracks and stables of the five hundred military Han people. The left road of the front garden is the main road in the house, and the right road is the guest road, and both roads lead to the three halls of the house. The name of the nave is called Yunxiao Palace, it is the main building in the house, the painting columns, the carved beams, the cornices, it is the bedroom of the little prince, and the personal guard, the chief manager, and the wing room of the main book. The name of the left hall is called Yingtian Palace, which is the main and auxiliary hall in the house, and it is the residence and gathering place of Lei Long Jiao Yi and his family. The name of the right hall is called Bibo Palace, which is the guest hall in the house, which is specially used by the guests who come from the palace and Tianbo Mansion. The back garden is huge, stacked stones to build mountains, the forest is clear, dotted with famous flowers and strange stones, the water of Mingyue Lake in the garden is introduced into the Tianming Pond in the garden, so that the pool water can ripple all year round, lingering and turning, day and night. The bridge pavilion in the park is reflected, which can be said to be the integration of mountains, water and forests, and the sky is full of fun.

In terms of commerce and trade alone, Pukou City has suddenly become an important place in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is another hundred prosperous industries after Ying Tianfu, and the commercial and trade area of three streets and six cities, and the residential area of senior bureaucrats, replaced by one of the main economic centers in the south of the Yangtze River. The merchants of Jiangning are naturally not willing to be lonely, and they have already requisitioned and fenced off a large area of fertile land on the other side of Pukou City one by one through various relationships, some have broken ground, some are paving roads and building yards, some are rushing to transport materials day and night, and some are building docks, which can be said to be prosperous on both sides of the river, and they all want to take the opportunity to get the light of Tianbo Mansion, and benefit a lot from the little prince, depending on whose means are smart.

Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, and news came from the capital quickly, saying that the young master would leave the capital with a farewell to the emperor and the noble concubine in the near future, and return to Pukou City by water on the dragon and phoenix ship. The master of the house is busy preparing goods, more than 1,000 people are not lazy, decorating the palace garden in high spirits, wearing red and hanging colors, purchasing all kinds of lanterns, and the master and servant can be said to be very busy. Only the peony and Xuemei, the two little idlers, wore small flower jackets and played in the snow in the front garden, so they were not happy.

Thinking that the young master was coming, Lei Long and Jiao Yi summoned the shopkeepers on the two main streets to the Jiangnan Restaurant, and the guys served fragrant tea and sent snacks. Jiao Yi said: "The young lord of my mansion, Zhu Tianxiao, the little prince of Pukou City, will return to Pukou City in half a month on the dragon and phoenix ship of the current emperor. As the richest man in Pukou, Yue Xiaoxuan immediately got up and said with a bold smile: "Without the presence of the little prince, there would be no Pukou City, and there would be no prosperity in Pukou today." Yue has no wealth, and is willing to decorate the night of the city with 5,000 lanterns to welcome the little prince to stay in Pukou City. This remark immediately attracted Jiao Yi's applause and gave him a thanks. When the rest of the merchants saw it, they also rushed to pay for the oil first, saying that they would make the Pukou Night Market the most important in the south of the Yangtze River.

Sure enough, within three days, all the high-rise buildings in the city were lit with bright corner lights, and there were 10,000 lanterns hanging on the two main streets. There are also lights hanging on the lintels in the alley, which makes the night in Pukou City like daylight, and the night pedestrians do not carry lanterns, and the night market of Pukou City is prosperous. For a time, Pukou City became an important place of commerce and trade in the south of the Yangtze River, and many flower boats also gathered from all directions, making the lanterns on the river like stars, the weather was thousands, the guzheng was melodious, and the poems were melodious. Cheng Hong returned to the capital with 5,000 taels of gold, 200,000 taels of silver, and more than 100 pieces of treasures, and truthfully reported what he saw and heard in Jiangnan to the emperor. Mu Zong laughed after hearing this, and said, "In this way, this is the blessing of my emperor's son, so let them go." When Xiao'er returns to Pukou City, it will be handled by Zhao Hu and Wang Bao. The five thousand taels of gold, the two hundred thousand taels of silver, and more than 100 pieces of treasures are to be a son's filial mother, so let people send them to Mo Guifei. Cheng Hong understood what the emperor meant, and when he wanted to quit, ** came with good news, saying that Concubine Mo gave birth and gave birth to a baby girl, and was busy saying hello to the emperor and congratulating him on getting a princess. After withdrawing, Cheng Hong found Zhao Hu and Wang Bao, and told them all about Pukou City, and they were naturally happy when they heard it. When asked about Zhong Lei's recent whereabouts, Wang Bao smiled and told Cheng Hong. "Recently, this white-haired old monster suddenly became obsessed with some kind of herbal medicine, and pestered those imperial doctors in the palace all day long to recognize herbs and learn prescriptions, and he was extremely attentive. Zhao Hu also made fun of Zhong Lei. "This third child is very inexplicable, presumably he is going back to Pukou to be Langzhong and open a pharmacy. When Cheng Hong asked the young master about the current situation, Zhao Hu sighed and shook his head and said: "The young master is naturally well-behaved and intelligent, capable of writing and martial arts, and is deeply liked by the concubines and important ministers, only Li Guifei is very wary of my young master, afraid of harming him." Alas, it must have been the words of some important ministers that had reached the ears of Concubine Li, so I was worried that the emperor would change his mind and let the young master of my family replace Yi Yu to be the crown prince, which is really ridiculous. Cheng Hong knew in his heart that because the young master's family suffered a catastrophe, he was particularly favored by the emperor and Concubine Mo. Concubine Li Guifei was already unhappy with the sudden appearance of such a little prince, and now seeing that Mu Zong loved Zhu Tianxiao so much, of course she would have a sense of crisis, and she was also deeply worried about her son's future. Moreover, a few days before Cheng Hong left Beijing for Jiangnan, an incident occurred.