The Happy Journey of the Bright Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 179 Closing the city and preparing for war
Shouchun's rebellion lasted for three days, and in the end it was Gongzi Xiangchu who prevailed and the coup was successful.

Maybe Li Yuan has done too much these years, or maybe King Chuyou is unpopular, and most of the ministers in the court are biased towards negative opinion.

Coupled with the fact that Xiang's clan and Qu Jingzhao's third clan took refuge, even if there were some masters among Li Yuan's disciples, they still fell under the hands of Ling Chu in the end.

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

Although some changes have taken place, King Xiong You of Chu Ai has not ascended the throne yet, but the state of Chu finally fell into the hands of Li Chu, and it is not known whether it is luck or misfortune.

Of course, even if Xiang Chu became the king of Chu, it would not have any impact on Xiaoyao City.

Unfortunately, this is just Li Chen's idea.

After Lu Chu ascended the throne, he immediately arranged for people to rush towards Xiaoyao City with an imperial decree, intending to capture Xiaoyao City in his hands.

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

Negative Chu has long been jealous of the interests of Happy City, but his identity was wrong before, so he couldn't take action against Li Chen.

Now that he is the king of Chu, everything in Chu must be his own, and there are peasant heroes Kui Tian Guang and Crown Prince Dan of Yan Kingdom to help him.

When Liu Tong came to the City Lord's Mansion with the people who came to pass the decree, Li Chen hadn't reacted yet.

When he heard that Li Chen had asked Li Chen to hand over everything in Xiaoyao City to become an idle official in Shouchun, Li Chen was shocked.

It has been three or four years since Xiaoyao City came into Li Chen's hands. After Chuyou King and Li Yuan tested it once, they didn't manage Xiaoyao City any more, and simply regarded it as non-existent.

Unexpectedly, this bearer was so brave that he dared to take his idea on himself when he was in power.

Looking at the high-ranking officials, Li Chen waved his hands to Liu Tong, and said in a deep voice, "Leave the person with the lowest position to report the letter, and kill the others."

Liu Tong nodded: "Okay, sir, I'll deal with them now."

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

Some people immediately panicked, fearing that the King of Chu would send someone to slaughter Xiaoyao City, but more people were calmer. It’s not like they didn’t experience this kind of thing two years ago. Isn’t Xiaoyao City still in good condition!

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 attack Chu's monarchs and ministers, I don't believe they won't be afraid."

Li Chen shook his head: "There's no need to do that, I'll go to the palace and have a good talk with them next time."

When everyone heard the words, they all looked over. Zhang Qi's attention, Chu's monarchs and officials could still guard against it, but Li Chen shot directly, and the Chu king might be in great trouble.

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

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

"Are you worried that someone will come in to fish in troubled water?" 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 definitely not let go of this opportunity."

Sighing, he 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 last a year, and there are also a lot of grains in people's homes. In addition to the recently opened land, the grain grown is enough for everyone to eat." .”

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

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

Li Chen looked at Li Xin: "During this time, you are sitting in the City Lord's Mansion."

Li Xin nodded slightly, she understood what Li Chen meant, besides taking care of the children at home, she mainly guarded the array of Happy City.

Then, Li Chen looked at Mei Sanniang, Dianqing, Zhang Qi, and Jibu and said, "Lead the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect, each of you sit in one side, and besides maintaining the law and order in the city, you also cooperate with the government to manage the market well.

Anyone who dares to take the opportunity to increase the price and refuses to listen to the warning twice, you are welcome to be arrested directly. "

The four of them nodded upon hearing this.

Only then did Li Chen turn his gaze to Li Xue and Huaying: "You two, sit in the City Lord's Mansion and be responsible for coordinating all parties."

Among the crowd, except for Huaying who is weaker, the lowest level is the master of the second-rank realm.

What's more, Happy City is closed, people from outside can't get in, basically no one will be their opponent.

With such an arrangement, Li Chen can also go out with peace of mind.

The discussion was completed, and in just two hours, everyone got the news that Happy City was going to be closed.

Merchants who purchased goods from outside are speeding up their processing and planning to leave before the city is closed.

Among the residents of Happy City, a small number of them chose to leave, and most of them followed the original rhythm of life, doing what they should do, without any worry at all.

Among the people who left, apart from businessmen, most of them were spies from various forces.

For these people, Li Chen didn't care about them.

For a day, no news about them could be sent back, let alone people behind them sneaking in.

In the afternoon of the second day, as soon as it got dark, the four gates of Happy City were closed.

At this time, everyone who should leave has left, and Li Chen also visited Xiaoyao City once before leaving secretly.

No matter the people in the city or those who have already left Xiaoyao City, except for Li Xin and others, no one knows that Li Chen has left.

At that time, even if Li Chen's figure is found outside, the news will no longer be spread into Happy City.

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

It's not Li Chen who is panicking now, but Shou Chunzhong and others who are still waiting for news.

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

If they were restrained, Li Chen would teach them a lesson at most; but if they were not sensible, Li Chen would not mind killing a few people to establish their prestige.

Of course, even if Li Chen hurried on his way slowly, he was only a little behind the envoys who were sent back.

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

I found a small tavern, ordered a pot of white wine from Xiaoyao City, and slowly waited for the reaction of Li Chu and others.

However, when the wine was served, Li Chen couldn't help but click his tongue: "These profiteers, from Xiaoyao City to here, the price has more than doubled, even I, a wine maker, feel that it is expensive."

(End of this chapter)