Chapter 543 Now that we are here, let’s go in and take a look
The prince's action of getting off the carriage caused some agitation among the court officials behind him.
Soon, the Minister of Justice, the Junior Secretary, the Prime Minister of the Capital, and the Prince's Tutor also got off the carriage.
When Shao Zhanshi saw the prince walking toward the ridge of the field, he followed him and asked, "Your Highness, what are you looking for? Can I help you?"
The prince looked at the City God Temple not far away with an unclear expression, and said softly: "This land god temple, I remember it is in the territory of the capital city..."
After saying this, he looked at the chancellor of the capital city and said thoughtfully, "You gave this piece of land to the young imperial teacher? As compensation?"
The chancellor of the capital city was stunned:?
No, he didn’t send it?!
But then, he suddenly remembered the Fifth Prince who was suddenly confined to his house for several months a few days ago.
The chancellor of the capital city had the wrong idea.
He guessed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was giving him a hint, asking him to take the initiative to pay homage to the Young Imperial Master by giving him land.
The chancellor of the capital city complained about his prodigal grandson in his heart while he bowed cautiously and said, "Your Highness, I understand. I will send the land deed to you later..."
Before he could finish his words, the prince raised his hand to stop the chancellor of the capital from saying anything else.
The prince was puzzled: "You didn't send it before?"
He raised his hand and pointed at a stone tablet on a ridge not far away and asked, "Why is the boundary stone tablet here?"
The chancellor of the capital city still didn't understand what the prince meant and thought he was just putting on an act.
He was speechless. Your Highness, you are too anxious! Even if you don't move the stone tablet in advance, I will take the initiative to give you land to please the little imperial teacher!
Thinking of this, the chancellor of the capital city bowed and said politely: "It is my fault that I forgot to file a complaint. I will go now..."
However, before he could finish his words, his expression suddenly froze, because he saw several farmers pretending to be casually walking towards the stone tablet that symbolized the boundary.
A few people were blocking the road, while others were secretly moving the stone tablet. After moving it about two or three meters, the farmer stopped and left.
If they had not been pointing at the stone tablet and chatting before, the chancellor of the capital city would probably not have been able to notice it.
After a moment, the chancellor of the capital city looked at the prince in a somewhat gloomy voice and said, "Your Highness, may I ask how much land you think I should compensate for my crime? I admit it all." - There is no need to move secretly.
Not only the chancellor of the capital city saw it, but almost everyone saw this scene and fell into silence.
The prince caught the gazes of others and suddenly realized what the court officials were thinking. Then the corner of his mouth twitched. No! Do you think I am such a bad boy?!
Fortunately, at this time, there was a "system" to defend the Bible for him.
System: [Aruan, you are really loved! The neighboring villages, jealous of the prosperity of Shanshui City, secretly moved the stone tablet boundaries to their own villages. Hahahaha... There are villages in the east, south, west and north that are doing this. Let me see, Aruan, your territory has increased by a lot of acres.]
The courtiers were stunned. Ah, is that so? !
They awkwardly but politely withdrew their gaze from the prince and pretended nothing had happened.
Prince: ...
Yuanruan: [Ah? Is it necessary? ]
System: [Hey, Ah Ruan, you don't know that you said before that if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. The people stationed here strictly implement your ideas. Shanshui City has been working hard to build roads. People in the surrounding villages are jealous. In order to build roads to their own doorsteps, they are desperately trying to move the stone tablets to their own fields. As a result, people from the same village with different surnames have quarreled with each other. If they were not afraid of being discovered, they would probably have fought for several rounds. They even want to steal the official seal to stamp it, hoping to become your tenant.]
Crowd: …
Yuan Ruan was also surprised: [So exaggerated? How far is it from my fiefdom now? ]
System: [About one or two kilometers. Ah Ruan, the traffic ahead is so congested that we can wait in the carriage for a whole day. Why don’t we go back first?]
Yuan Ruan: [Since we are here, let’s go in and take a look. ]
Having said this, Yuanruan had already lifted the curtain of the carriage.
The third prince jumped down holding Yuan Ruan.