Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 162 Queue up
"Forget it, build a fire for Zhensheng and come to the hall!" Ying Zheng lost his mind, but after thinking about it, he waved again.

"Forget it, go to Cheqi General's Mansion! Call Mrs. Gongsun!"

In Yingzheng's mind, with Zhao Yi as a person, he must have more than a few coal stoves, and Zhao Yi has always been considerate of his subordinates, maybe you also have coal stoves in the Cheqi General's Mansion.

Yingzheng didn't want to go to the East Palace to rub the coal stove, so he could only go to Cheqi General's Mansion. He brought Mrs. Gongsun because he knew that Mrs. Gongsun would definitely be as sleepless as himself, and if Zhao Yi found out, he would also be able to sleep. An excuse to evade.

Mrs. Gongsun didn't expect that Ying Zheng would take her out of the palace so late. Although she didn't know why, she hurried over and followed Ying Zheng all the way out of the palace, and arrived at the Cheqi General's Mansion not long after.

"Hey, this is the Cheqi General's Mansion? I haven't come out to see it for a long time, I didn't expect that the Cheqi General's Mansion has changed a lot now!"

Mrs. Gongsun has not been out of the palace for a long time, and it has been more than two years since she left the palace for the last time. Naturally, everything about the Cheqi General's Mansion is new.

Although it was already late at night, the palace of the Chariot and Cavalry General was brightly lit.

The papermaking mansion, printing mansion, garment workshop, and salt mansion all had officials on duty, and the officers and soldiers in the mansions were on guard every three steps, and every ten steps were one sentry.

"No wonder I heard that Daqin has changed a lot recently. You can see it just by looking at the General's Mansion!" Mrs. Gongsun was amazed. She really didn't expect that there were so many people working at such a late hour.

In fact, it was also the first time that Ying Zheng came to the Cheqi General's Mansion at night. Although he knew the situation in the Cheqi General's Mansion from Baiqi's mouth, it was the first time he actually saw it with his own eyes today.

"Your Majesty, in such a cold weather, aren't the people here cold?" Mrs. Gongsun quickly thought of a question.

She was in her own palace just now, and even with a maid warming her bed, she felt cold, so she really couldn't figure out whether the people here were any different from her.

Ying Zheng smiled lightly, and walked straight to the workshop in the backyard. Mrs. Gongsun hurriedly followed, and when she entered the workshop, she unexpectedly discovered that the room was actually steaming, and the world of ice and snow behind her was a completely different world.

"This is..." Mrs. Gongsun was a little dazed, but Ying Zheng saw at a glance that there were coal stoves in the four corners of the workshop, and there were special personnel on duty beside the coal stoves.

Treason!Ying Zheng couldn't help but curse in his heart, didn't Zhao Yi say there were only three coal stoves?What is this in front of you?There are more than three coal furnaces in the workshop in front of him. Could it be that in his heart, I am not as good as these craftsmen?

Yingzheng felt apprehensive, and went to look at other workshops, and finally found that in General Cheqi's mansion, as long as there were people, there were coal stoves, which made Yingzheng very angry.

"Your Majesty, is that a stove? Why have I never seen it before?" Mrs. Gongsun stood in front of a stove, feeling the heat radiating from the stove, and her whole body felt warm.

"Nizi, it's so wasteful. A car rides in the general's mansion, and the cost of one night is almost as high as that of the palace!" Ying Zheng began to pick his bones, mainly because he was upset, why didn't he have one!
"Your Majesty, the prince should be thinking about these craftsmen who rushed to work overnight." Mrs. Gongsun didn't know what happened between Ying Zheng and Zhao Yi, so she actually spoke well for Zhao Yi.

"There are so many craftsmen here, they are all working hard for His Majesty's country and society. Anyone who freezes here is a loss to Daqin. Your Majesty still needs to be sympathetic to the prince, and don't blame the prince!"

When Ying Zheng heard Mrs. Gongsun's words, he was furious, but he couldn't argue, because what Mrs. Gongsun said was more reasonable.

"Forget it, I'll spend the night at the Cheqi General's Mansion tonight, and you can warm up with me." Ying Zheng said with a grunt, not without malice in his heart, thanks to the fact that it was Gongsun who brought out the palace today, and Not Mrs. Qiongzhi, let Mrs. Qiongzhi go to the cold.

But Yingzheng didn't know that Mrs. Qiongzhi in the palace had already fallen asleep under the heat emitted by the coal stove.

On the second day, in Xianyang City, a shop called 'Wangji Department Store' was already crowded with people.

It was still too early to make a loss at this time, and the streets were almost empty, otherwise the people who saw it would definitely be shocked when they saw this scene.

Because the people queuing up in front of Wangji Department Store are all servants of important officials in the court.

"It's so cold, why don't you open the door, it's almost dawn, why don't you open the door for business?"

"That's right, there's no one who doesn't open the door for business at this time. Damn, it's so cold, my feet are almost freezing!"

"Men too, why did you ask us to queue up so early in the morning, what are the coal stoves and coal balls, can they be eaten or what are they used for, is it so important?"

"Didn't your father say it? It's not important. You thought he would send you here to buy it?"

"That's right, my lord has ordered that if you can't buy the coal stove and coal briquettes, I don't have to go back!"

"It's so exaggerated, I'll go, then I have to line up, don't let anyone jump in the line!"

The servants talked a lot, each of them was full of curiosity about the coal stove and briquettes, and stretched their necks to wait for the shop to open.

Gradually, the sun finally set in the sky, and people finally took to the streets on Xianyang Street. Soon the scene in front of Wangji Department Store attracted the attention of countless people.

"Hey, isn't that the butler of General Wang Jian's house? Why did he come here to line up with people?"

"Not only that, isn't it the family of General Qiang Huai, but also the family of Prime Minister Li Si and Prime Minister Feng Quji!"

"Hiss... Looking at it this way, they are all servants and housekeepers of important officials in the court. What are they doing?"

"Wangji Department Store, this store has never opened before, should it open today? What do you sell? Why is it so lively?"

"No matter what it is selling, let's go and join in the fun. There are so many stewards from the court's important ministers' families coming to line up. They must be buying something good. There is nothing wrong with following the line."

"Yes, yes, maybe it's a treasure. If you grab it, you will earn it. Let's go and queue up!"

Among the common people, there are some people who are rich, especially the families of merchants, who are keenly aware of the situation, so the line in front of the Wangji Department Store became longer and longer, and soon alarmed the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion.

When the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion saw this scene, they wanted to disperse the crowd directly, but when they saw that there were housekeepers and servants of various generals' families inside, they suddenly became frightened and had to quickly dispatch people to maintain order.

As a result, there were more people watching the excitement on the street. When Wang Chi brought the guys to his store, he was stunned when he saw this scene.

(End of this chapter)