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Chapter 201 In the Name of the Emperor

The next morning.

It was just dawn.

The city gate has not been opened yet.

I saw convoys gathering in twos and threes outside the city gate.

All kinds of meat are transported in these cars, some have been slaughtered, some have been marinated, and some are live chickens and sheep.

Everyone is waiting eagerly for the city gate to open.

At this moment, a few men in black came not far away.

The people in black looked at the carriages with unkind expressions.

Then, one of them said loudly: "We bought all of your meat, which is [-]% higher than the market price. Take it all here."

The merchants made up their minds, and all shook their heads in rejection.

The people in black immediately became unhappy, and shouted loudly: "You are all big families in Chang'an City. Now, our master wants to eat some meat, but you don't sell it. What's the reason?"

A fat man stepped forward and asked, "Who is your master?"

The man in black said, "My lord, there is nothing special about it, even General Lu Guogong Cheng."

General Lu Guogong Cheng?

That is Cheng Yaojin!

The Demon King of Confusion!

No one knows Cheng Yaojin's prestige.

In other words, Cheng Yaojin is now eyeing the meat they bought.

In fact, they bought the meat from various places around Chang'an at low prices. Even if they sold it at Chang'an's market price, they could still make a fortune. Now the people in black want to buy it at a price [-]% higher than the market price It is equivalent to making everyone earn more.

For a while, everyone had their own thoughts and sold all the meat they bought to the people in black.

In a short time, all the meat brought in by people outside the city was sold. Everyone took the money, and when the city gate opened, they happily went into the city and went home to light a fire to keep warm.

Only a very small part of the meat flowed into Chang'an City.

While people were looking forward to it, no meat came in.

Someone went out to inquire and found out that yesterday's snow was too heavy and the roads were blocked. Those merchants who went to buy meat from various places will definitely not be able to return for a while.

This time, people panicked.

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in the palace.

Ganlu Temple.

Li Er and the ministers gathered together.

Li Er asked: "Auxiliary machine, is there still no news about Chang Sun Chong?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head: "Your Majesty, I have already sent countless waves of people to the Western Regions, but they still found nothing. Not to mention Chong'er, even those people like Xue Rengui have evaporated like the world. It's really strange... There was no trace of this group of people."

Li Er said solemnly: "In this way, there are only two possibilities. One is that they may have encountered an accident, and the other is that Xue Rengui is indeed a powerful person. He escaped everyone's pursuit from Chang'an all the way to the Western Regions. If it's the latter, you don't have to worry about Changsun Chong at all, Xue Rengui will definitely protect him very well..."

Changsun Wuji nodded depressedly: "I hope so!"

The atmosphere fell silent.

Everyone knows that Changsun Wuji dotes on Changsun Chong very much, otherwise Changsun Chong would not have become the head of the four great dudes in Chang'an City.

Now that Changsun Chong's whereabouts are unknown, Changsun Wuji must feel very uncomfortable.

No one spoke for a long time.

After a long time, a person suddenly asked: "My lords, do you still have meat at home? Someone can lend me some. My grandson just turned one year old, and he hasn't eaten meat for five or six days. He is starving and thin!"

meat!

Hearing this word, all the people present widened their eyes.

All the people present are well-known and well-known, and they all like to eat fresh meat, preferably freshly killed chickens and sheep.As a result, there is no meat that only ordinary people would keep in everyone's mansion. Now, all living things in Chang'an City have been wiped out by Cheng Chubi, and the first to lack meat are the big households.

Fang Xuanling said: "Oh, my mansion has been dead for ten days."

Wang Gui said, "I almost don't know what meat tastes like."

"I really want to eat meat..."

People were talking about it.

Changsun Wuji said: "Unfortunately, the road is blocked by heavy snow, and I don't know when it will melt. The meat outside will not be able to be transported to Chang'an in a short while. Otherwise, why would I be so miserable..."

Wei Zheng said suddenly: "My lords, this statement is wrong. It's not that there is no meat in Chang'an City, but that the meat is in Chen Chu's hands... I heard that the place where Chen Chuna built his mansion was full of chickens and sheep running everywhere. Spectacular...Nowadays, the people in Chang'an City are short of meat, how can the imperial court sit idly by at this time..."

After speaking, he bowed to Li Eryi and said, "Your Majesty, in order for everyone in Chang'an City to eat meat, please make an order to let Chen Chu sell the meat in his hands."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Yup!

You, Chen Chu, will not sell the meat, I will have nothing to do with you, but is there nothing you can do, Your Majesty?

Wang Gui and others stepped forward one after another and said, "Your Majesty, please be the master for the people of Chang'an City!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please order Chen Chu to sell meat."

"Seconded!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

Everyone was very excited.

Seeing this, Li Er thought to himself, this is a good way.

After all, I haven't been late for fresh meat for several days.

He smiled and said, "It's not enough to make an edict for this matter, let Gao Chen bring my edict to Chen Chu..."

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On the tower of Chunming Gate.

When people all over Chang'an City can't eat meat.

Chen Chu and Cheng Yaojin were full.

Cheng Yaojin touched his chubby belly, and said, "Oh, this freshly killed mutton is delicious, fat but not greasy, unique in the world..."

However, Chen Chu shook his head: "These sheep are not good, they are a little fat, and the meat is a little loose. You want the authentic running goat, which is full of lean meat, so it has strength when you eat it..."

When Cheng Yaojin heard this, his eyes straightened.

He secretly remembered Chen Chu's words, and when he was going back, he would send someone to find an authentic running goat to try.

When it comes to eating, Chen Chu definitely has great authority.

Cheng Yaojin looked outside, seeing the cold wind howling, so he asked, "Fifth brother, when do you plan to start selling meat, I think the people in Chang'an City are going to be driven crazy..."

In an era dominated by meat, many people are about to collapse when they suddenly can't eat meat.

Now is not the time for future generations to advocate vegetarianism.

While the two were feasting, Gao Chen suddenly appeared.

When Gao Chen saw the tumbling hot pot, and then saw the mutton in Cheng Yaojin's bowl, as a person who had been short of meat for several days, his first reaction was to drool, and then quickly wiped the saliva dry with his sleeve, Hastily said: "Master Chen, please go outside, His Majesty has an order for you..."

Chen Chu didn't bother to get up, and asked, "Isn't it okay here?"

Gao Chen swallowed and shook his head.

No!

If you pass the word of mouth here, you can't help drooling, and it will be ugly when the time comes.

So Chen Chu stood up and followed Gao Chen outside.

After a while, Chen Chu listened to the oral order and asked, "Gao Gonggong, come in and have a seat?"

Gao Chen hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, Mr. Chen, I still have something to do, let's go first!"

He ran away as fast as he could, and kept a mouthful, because he was afraid that he would become as depraved as Chen Chu.

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Chapter 202 It's not easy to get the king's heart

In Gao Chen's view, Chen Chu is depraved.

Chen Chu was also a graduate of the Hongwen Museum after all, and he could be considered a scholar.

In this era, scholars take the world as their own responsibility, and few scholars are chasing interests.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are ranked last.

The high mobility of merchants is also considered to be the biggest factor in the instability of the country.

But Chen Chu refused to be a good son-in-law, and insisted on being a businessman.

In order to pursue profit, the people all over Chang'an City are short of meat.

This behavior is shameless.

Although Gao Chen was just an eunuch, he didn't dare to get too close to Chen Chu.

He was worried that one day when Chen Chu was beaten to death, he would be implicated.

So, he ran away in a hurry.

Chen Chu walked back to the warm room, brushed off the snowflakes from his body, and asked, "Fourth brother, tell me, am I scary?"

Cheng Yaojin spat out a piece of bone, poohed, and asked, "Did Gao Chen humiliate you?"

Chen Chu waved his hand: "The humiliation is not enough, but I kindly invited him into the house to eat meat, but he ran away..."

Cheng Yaojin's complexion darkened: "Hmph, shameless thing...Fifth brother, don't worry, I'll clean him up for you."

This small episode will not affect the appetite of the two.

Not long after, Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly again in the room.

Chen Chu took a sip of wine and said, "Originally, I planned to hold on for a few more days, and then I would definitely make a lot of money by selling the meat in our hands, but now it seems that Father can't wait any longer. Both civil and military can't wait, and the big households in Chang'an City are waiting for meat, it seems that they will have to start selling meat tomorrow..."

Cheng Yaojin, who has always been impulsive and fearless, looked solemn at this time, and said: "Fifth Brother, in other words, Your Majesty is doing it for your own good. If you are not married, you cannot be regarded as a real son-in-law. Now that you have offended everyone in Chang'an City, if you don't sell meat, you may make many enemies. In my opinion, you should listen to Your Majesty..."

Chen Chu nodded: "Alright, come on, cheers."

Silent all night.

The next morning.

All butcher shops in the east and west cities of Chang'an City were open.

The meat that Chen Chu brought out for sale was all old or marinated.

He didn't take out any of the live chickens and sheep in his hand.

Chen Chu planned to sell the stale meat before selling live animals.

At the beginning, people were still hesitating whether to buy it or not. After all, many rich families are used to eating fresh meat.

But after seeing that the stale meat was also sold very quickly, many people couldn't sit still and joined the rush to buy it one after another.

The price of meat is much more expensive than before, but for the rich, it doesn't matter at all.

As for ordinary people without money, it doesn't matter at all, because even before that, they couldn't afford meat.

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