Chapter 179 Closing the city in preparation for war

Author: Yunyue Qi

Chapter 179 Closing the city in preparation for war

Shouchun's rebellion lasted for three days. In the end, the young master was more successful and the coup was successful.

Perhaps Li Yuan has done too much in recent years, or perhaps King Chu You is unpopular and most of the ministers in the court prefer to bear the cud.

Coupled with the fact that the Xiang family and the Qu Jingzhao family had taken refuge, even if there were some masters among Li Yuan's disciples, they eventually fell to the hands of Fu Chu.

When the news reached Xiaoyao City, Li Chen couldn't help but sigh.

Although some changes have taken place, and King Xiong You of Chu Ai has not yet ascended the throne, Chu State eventually fell into the hands of Ning Chu. I don’t know whether this is luck or misfortune.

Of course, even if Fu Chu becomes the king of Chu, it will not have any impact on Xiaoyao City.

Unfortunately, this is just Li Chen's idea.

After Ning Chu ascended the throne, he immediately arranged for people to rush towards Xiaoyao City with the imperial edict to capture Xiaoyao City.

After all, Xiaoyao City's business has reached the Seven Kingdoms, and the daily profits are very considerable.

Fu Chu had long been jealous of Xiaoyao City's interests, but because of his wrong identity before, he couldn't take action against Li Chen.

Now that he has become the king of Chu, everything in the Chu land must belong to him. Moreover, he has the peasant hero Kui Tian Guang and the prince Dan of Yan to help him.

When Liu Tong arrived at the city lord's mansion with the people who came to convey the order, Li Chen had not yet reacted.

Li Chen was shocked when he heard that Fu Chu asked Li Chen to hand over everything in Xiaoyao City and become an idle official in Shouchun.

Three or four years have passed since Xiaoyao City came into Li Chen's hands. After King Chu You and Li Yuan tried it once, they no longer took care of Xiaoyao City and simply treated it as if it did not exist.

Unexpectedly, this Fu Chu was so brave and dared to attack him even when he was in power.

Looking at the condescending official who conveyed the message, Li Chen waved his hand to Liu Tong and said in a deep voice: "Leave the person with the lowest position to go back and report the message, and kill the others."

Liu Tong nodded: "Okay, sir, I will deal with them right now."

Soon, the news that the envoy of the new King of Chu had been killed spread throughout Xiaoyao City, and all the merchants who came and went heard the news.

Some people immediately panicked, fearing that the King of Chu would send people to massacre Xiaoyao City, but more people were relatively calm. They had not experienced such a thing two years ago, and Xiaoyao City was still fine!

In the city lord's mansion, Li Xin, Liu Tong and others gathered here.

Zhang Qi said angrily: "Sir, since they dare to do this, then we don't have to be polite and directly assassinate the kings and ministers of Chu. I don't believe they won't be afraid."

Li Chen shook his head: "There is no need to do this. Next, I will go to the palace in person and have a good talk with them."

Hearing this, everyone looked over. With Zhang Qi's attention, the Chu king and his ministers could still defend themselves, but if Li Chen took action directly, the Chu king would probably be in big trouble.

Liu Tong asked: "Sir, what about us?"

Li Chen thought for a moment, looked at the crowd and said, "In a moment, you go and tell everyone in the city that starting from tomorrow night, Xiaoyao City will be closed for a month and no one will be allowed in or out."

"Are you worried that someone will come in to fish in troubled waters?" Li Xin looked at Li Chen and asked.

Li Chen nodded: "Now, the eyes of all forces are on us, and those with ulterior motives will not let this opportunity pass by."

He sighed and looked at Liu Tong: "How long can the food in the city last?"

Liu Tong said: "Don't worry, sir! Our grain reserves alone are more than enough to sustain us for a year, and there are also a lot of grain stores in people's homes. Coupled with the newly opened land recently, the grain grown is enough for everyone."

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Li Chen nodded: "During this period, you should work harder and recruit those who have nothing to do to transform Xiaoyao City according to the drawings I gave you."

Liu Tong nodded and said: "Understood, sir."

Li Chen looked at Li Xin: "During this period, you will be in charge of the city lord's mansion."

Li Xin nodded slightly. She understood what Li Chen meant. In addition to taking care of the children at home, she mainly guarded the array of Xiaoyao City.

Then, Li Chen looked at Mei Sanniang, Dianqing, Zhang Qi, and Ji Bu and said, "You will lead the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect and each will be in charge. In addition to maintaining public security in the city, you will also cooperate with the government to manage the market.

Anyone who dares to take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices and refuses to listen even after being warned twice will be arrested directly."

The four people nodded after hearing this.

Li Chen then looked at Li Xue and Hua Ying: "You two will sit in the city lord's mansion and be responsible for coordinating all parties."

Among the people, except for Huaying, who is a bit weaker, they are all masters at the lowest level of the second level.

Moreover, Xiaoyao City is closed and no one from outside can enter. Basically, no one can be their opponent.

With this arrangement, Li Chen can go out with peace of mind.

After the discussion was completed, in just two hours, everyone got the news that Xiaoyao City was going to be closed.

Businessmen who purchase goods from outside are speeding up their processing and plan to leave before the city is closed.

A small number of residents in Xiaoyao City also chose to leave, and most of them followed the original rhythm of life and did whatever they had to do without any worry at all.

Among the people who left, in addition to businessmen, there were more spies from various forces.

Li Chen didn't care about these people.

In one day, no news about them could be sent back, let alone someone behind the scenes sneaking in.

The next afternoon, as soon as it got dark, the four gates of Xiaoyao City were closed.

At this time, everyone who should leave had left. Li Chen also visited Xiaoyao City and left secretly.

Regardless of the people in the city or those who had left Xiaoyao City, no one except Li Xin and others knew that Li Chen had left.

By then, even if Li Chen's figure is discovered outside, the news will no longer reach Xiaoyao City.

After Li Chen left Xiaoyao City, he was not in a hurry and slowly rushed to Shouchun.

The one who is panicking now is not Li Chen, but Shouchunzhong who is still waiting for news.

Li Chen just wanted to wait for the news to reach Shouchun, and then see the reactions of Fu Chu, Tian Guang, Yan Dan and others.

If they restrained themselves, Li Chen would at most teach them a lesson; but if they were ignorant, Li Chen wouldn't mind killing a few people to establish his authority.

Of course, even if Li Chen hurried on slowly, he would only be a little behind the envoys who were released.

When the envoys entered the palace, Li Chen also entered Shouchun City.

I found a tavern, ordered a bottle of liquor from Xiaoyao City, and slowly waited for the reaction of Ning Chu and the others.

However, when the wine was served, Li Chen couldn't help but smack his lips: "These profiteers, the price has more than doubled from Xiaoyao City to here. Even I, a wine maker, feel it is expensive."
Chapter completed!