Always positive.

At the same time, Sheng Qingyuan also took some people to the bamboo forest to collect a batch of bamboo.

Sheng Qingyuan took several workers disguised as secret guards, carrying carts and large boxes to Zeng Qi's bamboo house.

Sheng Qingyuan said to Zeng Qi: "Uncle Zeng, I need to wrong you for a while first."

Zeng Qi shook his head, dipped his fingers in water and wrote a few words on the table:

[No grievance, thank you, Princess]

The box is large enough for one person to lie down on it. The wheels of the cart have been processed to effectively reduce the bumps. The box is also covered with a very soft layer of quilt, with enough air holes around it, and it is covered with felled wood.

Bamboo as cover.

Of the two houses, most of one was used as a resting place for Shengqingyuan, and they also moved here from the inn.

The environmental conditions here are much better than those in the bamboo house, and Sheng Qingyuan also performed simple treatment on Zeng Qi here.

They will not leave Qingcheng so soon in a short period of time. The apparent reason is that the corresponding work processes here need to be determined to ensure that the transportation routes between Qingcheng and Beijing can operate normally. The actual reason is to deal with Qingcheng.

problem.

When the prefect of Qingcheng learned that Sheng Qingyuan would set up a workshop and open a shop here, they immediately asked, "So, they will stay here for a long time?"

Tongpan said: "It looks like it is. Princess Jing seems to be planning to open a bamboo mountain shop here, and then expand the place to build a place specializing in bamboo processing."

"How long will this take?" The prefect had a headache.

"I heard it will take at least half a month." Tongpan said.

"What?!" The prefect suddenly collapsed.

Although he didn't care about Shen Zhao and Sheng Qingyuan, some superficial work still had to be perfunctory.

The judge said: "My lord, I think this is actually a good thing."

"A good thing?" The prefect was puzzled: "What kind of good thing is this?"

Tongpan said with a smile: "Sir, just think, as long as they are still in Qingcheng, the people in the city will continue to be as they are now.

In this way, for those shops, the more money they get, the more taxes they have to pay. Furthermore, the people also know that this is for, who is going to do it, if those two people don't come

, they don’t need to cooperate with these things, we are also forced to have no choice, so if the people want to hate, they should also hate those two.”

The prefect smiled and said: "What you said makes sense, and I believe His Majesty will be very happy to see this situation."

After thinking for a while, the prefect said: "In this case, you go and send an invitation to King Jing and Princess Jing, inviting them to come, and I will host a banquet for them myself."

"Sir, didn't you say before that you were very busy and had no time to see King Jing and Princess Jing?" the judge asked.

The prefect said meaningfully: "Since the prince and the princess are going to stay in our Qingcheng for such a long time, as a subordinate, no matter how busy I am, I must take some time to receive the prince and the princess. As for the affairs of the common people,

I can only ask them to be patient. After all, I am a small prefect and I cannot afford to offend the prince and princess."

The judge responded with a smile: "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense, I will go and do it now."

It soon spread that the prefect was going to host a banquet for Sheng Qingyuan and Shen Zhao.

I learned that the prefect also called the best cooks in Qingcheng and ordered the best ingredients for this purpose.

This news, when it reaches the ears of the people who are still worried about their daily livelihood, will undoubtedly add fuel to the fire.

Tongpan specially handed over the invitations to Shen Zhao and Sheng Qingyuan respectfully in front of Sheng Qingyuan's house.

Sheng Qingyuan looked at the invitation and asked calmly: "Is your prefect finally finished?"

The judge quickly said: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty and Princess, there are too many affairs in Qingcheng. Your Excellency did not mean to neglect you on purpose. Moreover, Your Excellency did not expect that Your Majesty and Princess would like Qingcheng so much. No, Your Majesty learned that The prince and princess would stay in Qingcheng for a while, so they immediately put down everything they were doing.

If something happens, no matter what, I have to make up for the reception banquet for the prince and princess first."

Seeing that there were more and more people behind him, the judge raised a slight smile and pretended to say sincerely: "In order to make the prince and princess eat well, your Excellency specially invited the ten best cooks in Qingcheng. I cooked one hundred and eight dishes for the prince and princess."

The people listened and became even more angry.

They almost didn't even have anything to eat, but these dignitaries could treat themselves to such a luxurious meal.

It’s true that the Zhu family’s bones are frozen to death due to the smell of wine and meat.

Sheng Qingyuan asked in a cold voice: "Are you ready for the 108 dishes you mentioned?"...

Tong San quickly said: "We have already started to prepare. The preparation of each dish is unique."

"So even if I ask you to stop now, it will only be a waste of food?" Sheng Qingyuan continued to ask.

Tongpan smiled lightly and said, "You can also say that."

Therefore, if you accept this invitation, it will cause serious dissatisfaction among the people.

But if you don't accept it, these processed ingredients will also be a waste and will also arouse the anger of the people.

Sheng Qingyuan said: "Since we have already started preparations and cannot pause, then we agree."

Hearing this, the judge's expression suddenly became overjoyed, and he quickly said: "I will make arrangements for the prince and princess now. Your Excellency has also prepared other exquisite cakes for the prince and princess. The prince and princess can go and enjoy them first."

"No need, I haven't finished my work yet. You should go back and report to the magistrate first, and tell the prince and I that we will go later." Sheng Qingyuan said in a cold voice.

"Yes, I will definitely convey your wishes well to the princess." The judge said quickly with a smile.

After the judge told the prefect about the result, the prefect couldn't help but laugh out loud: "She is indeed a princess from a rural background. She has such a vision that she is not good at it. She cannot withstand any temptation. I don't know why King Jing thinks so. Canonize a woman of such birth as a princess."

The judge smiled and said: "Whatever King Jing thinks? If His Majesty knows about this, he will definitely be happy. When the time comes, my lord, you will be waiting for promotion."

"Hahaha, I wish you good luck, I wish you good luck." The magistrate laughed loudly.

Dusk is gradually falling, and the appointed time is getting closer and closer.

The prefect waited for a long time but had not yet seen the arrival of Sheng Qingyuan and Shen Zhao. He couldn't help but ask: "Go and see why King Jing and Princess Jing haven't come yet? Do you want to have a feast now?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a boy hurriedly came in and said, "Sir, there are many people outside."

The prefect frowned: "What are those people doing here? Drive them all out quickly."

"yes."

The servant agreed, and just as he was about to drive away the people outside the mansion, a path suddenly opened up among the crowd, and Sheng Qingyuan and Shen Zhao walked through it.

Shen Zhao said in a calm voice: "These are the people invited by the king to attend the banquet. They are also the guests tonight."

The servant had no idea that things would develop like this, so he had to go in quickly and report to the prefect.

"Invited a bunch of people?" the prefect said with a frown.

The servant nodded.

The fellow magistrate next to him said to the magistrate: "My lord, why don't you go and see for yourself."

The prefect frowned tightly, stood up and walked to the door.

Walking to the door, he saw Shen Zhao and Sheng Qingyuan and raised a bright smile, "I'm here to see the prince and princess. I don't know what the prince and princess are..."

Shen Zhao said calmly: "I heard that the prefect of Qingcheng always loves the people like his own children. Today, I also heard that tonight's banquet will have 108 dishes just prepared from the beginning. Even though I and the princess, In addition to you, the prefect, this will only be a waste. Instead of wasting it, it is better to take this opportunity to have fun with the people, what do you think?"

"But……"

Just as the prefect was about to speak, Shen Zhao interrupted him and said: "Because there are too many people, I thought that the cook you invited would not be enough. One hundred and ten

Eight dishes are not enough for so many people, and this location is not enough, so I invited some people with good cooking skills to help with the cooking. As for this location, I will simply start here and go all the way. Put it outside on the main street so that the entire Qingcheng people can participate, I wonder what the prefect thinks?"

The prefect was stunned when he heard Shen Zhao's words: "Everyone in Qingcheng?"

"Yes." Shen Zhao said very decisively.

"But, but this..." the prefect said hesitantly.

His words on the street of Shengqingyuan: "The prefect is worried about the money problem? The prefect need not worry, since you have spent so much money to entertain me and the prince, and you also specially invited the best cook to cook one hundred and eight dishes. The food and the money for entertaining the people will naturally not be allowed to come out to the magistrate again."

These words made the prefect swallow them back as soon as they came to his lips.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally forced out a sentence through his teeth: "Well, since this is a banquet for the people, and they are all people of Qingcheng, then naturally the lower officials must pay for it. How can we let the prince and princess do it?" Where to pay?"

Sheng Qingyuan said: "All the taxes collected by the government will eventually be used back to the people. Of course, they will definitely not be used for such things as eating and drinking, so let me take care of it."

The prefect almost spat out a mouthful of blood after listening to Sheng Qingyuan's words.

With so many people watching, how could he ask Sheng Qingyuan to pay.

Originally, he was thinking of using some of the money from the prefect's treasury to pay for tonight's banquet, but even so, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

But Sheng Qingyuan's words completely stopped his thoughts.

Now he had to pay for the treat from his own private treasury.

"This, this is natural. What the princess said is true. Xiaguan, Xiaguan has accumulated a lot of money over the years. It is still possible to entertain the people of Qingcheng once." The prefect felt that every word he said Words are like a sharp knife gouging out the heart.

Sheng Qingyuan looked extremely moved and said to him: "The prefect is really kind to you."

With that said, Sheng Qingyuan said to all the people behind him: "Why don't you hurry up and thank the prefect."

"Thank you, Lord Prefect." Everyone said one after another.

This thank you seemed to be a mockery in the ears of the prefect.

Sheng Qingyuan said with a smile: "What are you still waiting for? Quickly find a place to sit down and prepare to eat. If there are still people at home who are not here, go and call them to join us for the banquet."

Seeing Sheng Qingyuan arrange things in such an orderly manner, and seeing more and more people coming outside to eat, what the prefect saw was a huge amount of silver flowing quickly through his fingers like quicksand.
Chapter completed!