The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 326 Hundreds of Thousands of Silver Coins

Yecheng.

After Cheng Yuanzhi abdicated, he suddenly felt a lot easier on his shoulders. He moved his family to Hanoi with his wives, arranging flowers and tidying up the grass in the mansion every day.

Many elderly wives also live in side rooms and other courtyards, and keep their duties.

Only Zhen Mi and A Yue are the two daughters who often live in the main room.

At this time, it was 25 years since Jian'an, and Zhen Mi was 38 years old. She was old and fading, and she was a late beauty.

On weekdays, her top priority is to teach her 13-year-old son Yuan Rui.

Therefore, Ah Yue is the only person who is always by Cheng Yuanzhi's side.

On this day, when I woke up early in the morning, I saw Ah Yue sitting alone in front of the dressing table, looking forward to herself, frowning.Cheng Yuanzhi wondered:
"Why is Madam depressed?"

Ah Yue turned her head when she heard the words, and said quietly: "Since the master abdicated, he has been very uncomfortable every day, but the concubine feels like a bird in a cage or a fish in a pot, so depressed and unable to be happy."

Cheng Yuanzhi said: "You were born in the mountains, and you are used to being free and easy. You have only been in the city for a few days, so it's normal to not get used to it. I planned to take you outside for a walk when everything is settled..."

Ah Yue heard the words and said happily: "Really?"

Seeing her immediately ecstatic when she heard "go out for a stroll", a pair of bright eyes looked over with hope, and Cheng Yuanzhi deliberately said "I am teasing you", and felt that she was making her cry. It's no good, and I have to coax it myself, so I nodded and said:
"real!"

Ah Yue cheered immediately, put on the jewelry extremely quickly, changed into a new suit, then raised her arms high and spun around, happily said: "Let's go, master."

Cheng Yuanzhi felt speechless, and said to himself, "It seems that no matter what era you are in, shopping is an eternal pleasure for women. '

Then he shook his head, changed into an ordinary landlord's attire, and took Ah Yue out to the street.

Along the way, Ah Yue smiled like a flower, looking at this and that, saying for a while, "This is so beautiful, I want it", and then shaking her head, "It's too expensive, I don't want it", she was stunned by a jewelry seller in her twenties. The young shopkeeper was tortured to death.

Fortunately, the status of businessmen in this era is lowly, and their service attitude is only five-star. Ren Ah Yue is picky in every possible way, and the young man is always smiling and waiting by the side.

Cheng Yuanzhi knew in his heart that Ah Yue was purely interested, not shopping at all, and all the things needed in the house were readily available, and there was nothing lacking at all.

Then he said to the young shopkeeper: "My wife is new here and doesn't understand etiquette. Please forgive me."

The young shopkeeper waved his hands again and again, and said with a flattered look: "Don't dare not dare, the king came to the small shop, and the saplings are full of splendor, and the villain is not happy yet, how can there be resentment!"

Cheng Yuanzhi was slightly taken aback, and wondered: "You are a mere merchant, how do you know my identity?"

The young man smiled shyly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Every family in Hebei has a portrait of you, Your Majesty! Now..."

As he spoke, he opened the curtain behind him, and there was indeed a portrait hanging on the wall. There was an incense burner under the portrait, and three burning incense sticks were inserted in the incense burner.

Seeing that the portrait looks a bit like himself, Cheng Yuanzhi laughed in surprise and said, "It's hard for you to have such a heart."

The young man's eyes were red, and he choked up with excitement and said: "Your Majesty is really kind to us common people."

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head and said, "That's not going to cry, it's a bit exaggerated..."

The young man wiped away his tears and said seriously: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. The villain is originally from Pengcheng, Xuzhou. When he was four years old, the Cao thief slaughtered the city, and both his parents were killed by the butcher's knife. Fortunately, the King wiped out the thief with a thunderbolt. It has been 25 years since the villain had to escape death and came to Hanoi with his uncle’s family to seek a living.”

"In the past 25 years, the villain has always been grateful for the kindness of the king. If there is no king, there will be no villain..."

The young shopkeeper became more and more excited as he talked, and when he remembered the old things, he burst into tears and choked up.

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't know what to say to comfort him for a while.I had no choice but to change the subject and said: "I am no longer a king, you can call me master."

The young shopkeeper nodded, took out a handkerchief and wiped his eyes.

At this time, Ah Yue turned around with a pile of jewelry, and looked at Cheng Yuanzhi with roving eyes: "Master, the concubine has chosen her body, give me the money!"

Without waiting for Cheng Yuanzhi to speak, the young shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No need, this jewelry is dedicated to Madam as a villain."

After a pause, he added with a disturbed expression: "I hope Madam will not dislike the despicable workmanship."

Seeing that he showed his true feelings, Cheng Yuanzhi really wanted to give it as a gift, and he felt proud, he patted him on the shoulder and said: "Since I was once the king of the people, do I want to send you this jewelry money? Come on, How much money, I just don’t want to take advantage of you today.”

The young shopkeeper suddenly looked puzzled: "This..."

Cheng Yuanzhi stared: "If you don't say anything, I'll have the urban management investigate you."

Urban management is another profession that Cheng Yuanzhi brought to this era. It is dedicated to the sake of merchants and at the same time supervises whether they are tools for tax evasion.

There is only picket power, no law enforcement power, and it only appears in cities.

Usually dressed in black, with a bad face.

It is the existence that all merchants love and fear.

As soon as the word "chengguan" came out, the young shopkeeper was convinced immediately, bowed to Cheng Yuanzhi and said, "Master, one hundred silver coins."

Cheng Yuanzhi stretched out the money and said with a smile, "It's only one hundred silver coins, how much money!"

Ah Yue echoed from the side: "That's right, my master is rich, can I send you this little money!"

The young shopkeeper responded again and again: "It can't be bad, it can't be bad."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to receive the money.

But the expected silver coin did not arrive in the palm of his hand.

Suddenly, Cheng Yuanzhi sighed and said: "Well, shopkeeper, if I say I forgot to bring money, I don't know if you believe it or not?"

The young man suppressed a smile and said: "Xinxinxin, you don't have to pay, sir, you can give it to your wife as a villain..."

Seeing the young man's blushing face, Cheng Yuanzhi became stubborn, waved his hand and said, "No, I have to pay the money today! I am a dignified master, can I owe you this little money?"

The young shopkeeper didn't know how to comfort Cheng Yuanzhi, so he just stood there silently, bowed his head and shrugged, and secretly smiled.

At that time, the store was already full of people, all of whom came after hearing the news, and everyone laughed in a low voice.

I don't know who started it, and said, "Big guy, come together, give this money to the king, right?"

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd immediately responded.

The three of you, and the two of me, soon filled the hands of the young shopkeeper with a pile of silver coins.

There were too many silver coins, and the young man couldn't count them, so he quickly shouted: "Enough, enough!"

Cheng Yuanzhi bowed to the onlookers, took Ah Yue out of the jewelry store, sighed and said:

"I never imagined that one day, I would have to crowdfund the purchase of jewelry. I have been fooling around for decades, a failure!"

Ah Yue shook her head happily, and said: "When you buy a piece of jewelry, someone will help you pay for it, it just shows that the master has a lot of face, and he is not in vain!"

Cheng Yuanzhi thought about it again, but he waved his hands and said: "The hearts of the people should not be bullied."

"Although these hundred silver coins are not many, they are all the people in that circle. You can't take advantage of this kind of advantage. If you take too much, you will lose popularity."

Ah Yue frowned and said: "Then what should we do? We paid all the money, and the people have already dispersed, and we can't find anyone to pay back the money."

Cheng Yuanzhi smiled slightly: "It's not easy to pay back the money? It's enough to exempt Hanoi from taxes for one year."

Hearing this, Ah Yue asked curiously, "Master, how much is the annual tax in Hanoi?"

"Hundreds of thousands of silver coins."

(End of this chapter)