After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1456 Pushing the envelope
The mirror chuckled and said, "I will protect your cash cow well."

"I only have to pay less than 20% of the profit to get the ruler of this country to protect me." He Lingchuan finished eating the last lantern cake, "Is it worth it?"

"On the other hand, for every house we sell, we can immediately get 85% of the profit!"

As for the balance to be given to King Yao, that was four months later.

Four months, haha.

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When He Lingchuan returned to the Sanmentou Posthouse, the rain had stopped and the clouds had dispersed, and the sun was shining brightly in an instant.

Such good weather is rare in Tianshui City during the rainy season. Fan Shuang immediately said to He Lingchuan, "I know that Brother He is going to do something big, so the weather is good."

"Brother Fan has become more and more skilled at praising others."

Fan Shuang laughed and didn't deny it. He thought he had grown very fast in the past two months, and he didn't know why he had been so stupid in the past ten years.

The groundbreaking ceremony of Youhu Villa was held today.

As soon as He Lingchuan arrived in Tianshui City, he visited Youhu Lake. Not only is the vegetation here beautiful, but there are also many scenic spots. You can see seventeen or eighteen of them in a walk around. There are waterfalls, springs, bays, caves and many other landscapes. It is truly a place where the royal family used to relax and unwind.

When I arrived today, I saw that the south bank of Youhu Lake was crowded with people!
"Oh, so popular!"

There were many royal nobles including the Qing Palace, and more than 20 court officials came here, more than half of whom had subscribed to the price of Youhu Jingshe drawings. Since they were staunch royalists, how could they miss the groundbreaking ceremony of Youhu Villa?

There were about 2,400 to 2,500 people who came to watch the fun, making the scene quite lively.

Ever since Youhu Cottage became Qingyang's place of residence, the lakeside has been deserted, and civilians dare not come here to play. He Lingchuan didn't know where so many people came from today, but King Yao had his own way anyway.

The cheerful musical instruments started playing for half an hour.

Although Youhu Lake was covered with dense vegetation, the southern bank was too close to Youhu Cottage, and the loud gongs and drums were still deafening when they reached the hill.

The musicians were all artists employed by Prince Qing's palace, and Zhang Shan asked them to perform with all their might and make the music as lively as possible.

They wanted to put on a show in front of Qingyang, but Qingyang refused to watch - she was not in Youhu Cottage today, but went to the palace to find King Yao.

Before leaving, He Yang asked her for countermeasures, and she just said not to worry about it and let them have fun by themselves.

No matter what He Xiao did in Youhu, it was just a small fight on the surface. Today, the powerful people of Yao Kingdom gathered together. It would be unwise to attack him at this time.

When the crowd was bustling, her elite troops opened a soundproof barrier in the Youhu Cottage, and the surroundings became quiet again.

Therefore, this excitement was just a self-entertainment of He Lingchuan and the royalist faction. Zhang Shan and He Lingchuan first went on stage to say a few meaningless speeches, and then grabbed a shovel and dug the soil in the green space to pretend to do something.

Logically speaking, after setting off a few more firecrackers, the groundbreaking ceremony would be basically completed.

However, the firecrackers that He Lingchuan ordered were thick and long. Each firecracker was three fingers thick, and there were more than three hundred of them hung together. When they were set off, they crackled endlessly, and the noise was like continuous artillery fire, resounding through the sky!

The south bank was filled with smoke, and even people could not be seen clearly.

When the wind blew strongly, thick smoke rushed towards the Youhu Cottage.

Although Qingyang is not here, her men all live in the small building. The soundproof barrier can block out the sound, but it cannot block out the thick smoke.

The choking white smoke gurgled into the small building, and people were coughing everywhere.

Among the young guards of the small building there were many practitioners with profound Taoist skills. In anger, they climbed to a high place and performed the Wind Summoning Technique, hoping to blow the thick smoke back to the south bank.

However, there was a strong south wind today, which He Lingchuan had calculated in advance. Human power was not enough to resist the heavens, and six or seven practitioners worked together to cast a spell to barely blow the thick smoke back to the south bank, but it was blown back by the strong wind in the blink of an eye.

The Qing guards were so furious that they wanted to rush out of the cottage to teach these blind people a lesson.

They were born in Beiga and followed the Regent in and out of the Yaodu Palace as if they were at home. They were all superior people, so how could they have ever been treated like this?

He Yang stopped them firmly: "Don't be impulsive, the Palace Master has ordered that you all stay in the cottage all day long!"

Qingyang deliberately left him behind to watch over Qingwei and prevent them from going out and causing trouble.

Firecrackers went off on their own, and the crowd had already moved west. Four or five large sheds were set up here to serve as temporary stages, and the good plays began to sing, dong-clang-dong-dong-clang.

Those opera troupes were all from aristocratic families, or invited from other places, and their performances were of good quality. People smiled and applauded from time to time.

On the day when the foundation stone of Youhu Villa was laid, the south bank was bustling for several hours.

In fact, He Lingchuan had made several contingency plans in case Qingyang returned halfway and came to make things difficult for him.

If this is the case, he will drag in all the royal nobles present at the Qing Palace and other places - these royals are actually here today on behalf of King Yao to show their support, and to offend them would be to offend King Yao.

He didn't mind adding fuel to the tension between King Yao and Qingyang.

Unfortunately, his plan never came to fruition.

The Soul Mirror was very sorry: "We almost squatted on the old witch's head and made trouble, but she was able to hold back and not come to pick a fight with you."

"You underestimate her." If Qingyang was so impatient, how could he have sat firmly in the Qing Palace for more than a hundred years?
She probably saw through his intentions.

But He Lingchuan also saw it. Qingyang's absence meant that she was intentionally controlling the intensity of her struggle with King Yao and didn't want the conflict to escalate.

She had gained enough benefits and the upper hand, and did not want to force King Yao to become so angry that he would do something desperate.

He Lingchuan said to himself: "It's not enough, it needs to be more."

As long as Qingyang can endure, he can get more and more.

He gave a few instructions to the squad leader, who called his men, picked up their weapons, and walked eastward to the ginkgo tree.

Youhu Lake is an open terrain, but the island where Youhu Cottage is located is connected to the shore by an arch bridge. Beside the bridge grows a ginkgo tree with a trunk that can be hugged by two people and lush branches and leaves.

At this season, the apricot leaves have changed color slightly, but they are not yet at their most beautiful.

Standing under the tree and overlooking the lake, it is breathtakingly beautiful.

“This place is great!”

"Hehe, the nobles really know how to enjoy themselves!" The carpenters admired and praised for a few breaths, then raised their axes and started chopping!

They were halfway through chopping the tree when four or five people ran out of Youhu Cottage and shouted, "Stop! What are you doing?"

He Lingchuan glanced over and saw that the leader was He Yang.

Qingyang usually likes to sit under this ginkgo tree and drink tea and enjoy the scenery. The palace master will definitely be angry if the ginkgo tree is dug up!
Besides, there is only one bridge connecting the upper and lower islands. If the ginkgo tree falls, it will block Qingyang’s carriage from entering and exiting.

He Yang didn't want to intervene, but these people were becoming more and more outrageous and shameless, so he had to come.