Chapter 208
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Shen Yuntang heard the servants report that the guests from the capital had arrived at the door. Shen Yuntang hurriedly put down his work and went to the door to meet them. "Didn't you say they would arrive in half a month? You're here so soon. I don't have time to meet you."
When Shen Yuntang saw them, his eyes turned red. He always loved crying, especially when he was moved.
Liu Ya hurried forward to hug him, "Cousin, I was so worried about you some time ago. I heard that you were still delivering meals to those patients. Don't you worry about your own life?"
"I'm fine, but you, I haven't seen you for more than a year, how come you have lost weight?" Shen Yuntang hugged him and felt that he had lost a lot of weight.
"I'm worried about you. This time when I come here, you have to treat me well and compensate me." Liu Ya joked with a smile.
The prince at the side came over and said, "Give me a hug too. I've lost weight too."
Liu Ya pushed him away impatiently, "Why are you joining in the fun again?"
"Come in quickly, don't stand at the door." Shen Yuntang invited them in.
After they entered the mansion, they were surprised again, "Your house is so big! It's too luxurious, almost as big as a royal palace."
"It's a big place, but the furnishings can't compare to the palace." Shen Yuntang felt a little embarrassed by their praise.
"What is this? Such a big pond? But why is there nothing in it, all water? What is on top? Colorful tiles?" The prince asked curiously while standing by the swimming pool.
"This is a swimming pool. The bottom is paved with tiles and is specially used for swimming. The pond is over there." Shen Yuntang pointed to a large pond over there.
"There's also a rockery? I want to move in here too." The prince said in amazement, then turned around and pulled Liu Ya's arm, "Let's build a swimming pool at home."
"You have to ask your father whether he agrees or not. It's no use asking me." Liu Ya said.
"What's that over there? There are so many flowers in it." The prince ran to the front of the greenhouse and looked inside. There was nothing else inside except flowers. "Is it actually a house made of glass? It's used exclusively for growing flowers and not for living? This is too luxurious!"
"That's the greenhouse. Now that the weather is cooler, moving the flowers inside will keep them in with light and block out the cold wind." Shen Yuntang opened the door and let them in to take a look.
"Too luxurious, too luxurious, Your Majesty probably doesn't even need such a good house." The prince couldn't help but admire it, then quickly covered his mouth and looked at Liu Ya cautiously, "I think I said the wrong thing again."
Liu Ya glanced at him and couldn't help but say, "Stupid."
"My husband has sent someone to deliver it to Your Majesty, and also sent a craftsman to build a greenhouse. He is going to build a greenhouse for Your Majesty that is bigger and more luxurious than this one.
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Come. "Shen Yuntang said.
"His Majesty will certainly be very happy to receive it. Who knows, he might transfer you back next year," said the prince.
"What's so good about the capital? I'm fed up with the intrigues in the officialdom. It's much easier here." Yuanbao felt a little scared when he thought of his cousin who had been framed before. He managed to save his life this time, but who knows what might happen next time.
My cousin is like a local emperor here. He has the final say and doesn't have to consider the emperor's mood.
"This place has just started, and my husband doesn't want to leave right away." Shen Yuntang listened to Cheng Yeran talking about the factory school here every day. He said that they should not only focus on production to make the people rich, but also do a good job in education so that all the people in Chengdu can realize the importance of reading and writing. Moreover, his clothing factory had just started, and he was reluctant to leave.
Originally when they came here they had planned to stay here for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect that they would crack down on corrupt officials and put an end to the plague as soon as they arrived. Cheng Yeran has made such great achievements that he is likely to return to Beijing soon.
The emperor often sent them some gifts, and his attitude also showed that he wanted to transfer them back to the capital.
After Cheng Yeran came back, he took them to a big restaurant in the city for dinner. He also said that he would be free for a few days, so he would take them to the surrounding counties and villages for some sightseeing. "Don't look at this place as poor, but the scenery is pretty good, and the local snacks are also good. You should stay for a while and have a thorough experience before going back."
Yuanbao took the restaurant menu and ordered a few dishes he had never seen before. He passed the menu to Liu Ya and asked Liu Ya to order. Although Cheng Yeran was treating, there were not so many rules in their family. Everyone could order whatever they wanted to eat.
"I plan to stay for a month this time, not only to have fun, but also to visit the glass factory. Cousin, you have made so many sugar jars, when are you going to make perfume bottles?" Yuanbao recently mixed a perfume with a good smell and is in a hurry to produce it. If the bottles cannot be made, his perfume will be useless.
"I was planning to do it. We have to do it one step at a time." Cheng Yeran couldn't help laughing when he saw his money-grubber look. "How much money have you saved? Why are you still working so hard?"
"How can you ever make enough money?" Yuan Bao pretended to be angry and said, "Cousin, the perfume was made before the sugar jar, why is the mass production now behind the sugar jar? This is not fair. I am your cousin, you can't take sides with outsiders."
"I'm not favoring outsiders. Didn't you make money from sugar?" Cheng Yeran opened a sugar factory with Lao Du. In order to support the local economy, he and Lao Du split the profits in a 3:7 ratio. Lao Du took 70% and he took 30%. On the surface, he made less money, but this was the cost price. After the sugar was sold to Yuanbao, the retail price was many times higher than the wholesale price. He made another profit, and his main profit was also from the retail price.
"Yes, I made some money, but how much is sugar? I can make more money from perfume," said Yuanbao.
"But sugar is a necessity, while perfume is not. Sugar still makes more money," Cheng Yeran said without further ado. "Your sister-in-law has already designed several perfume bottles and is ready to put them into production. You can go back later and see which one to use."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have taken a look at the bottle before I went out." Yuanbao was anxious and wanted to go back and check the bottle right away. Eating was not as important as making money.
"If I had told you earlier, would we still be able to eat? Don't worry, you see, the factory is closed today, and it won't reopen until tomorrow." Cheng Yeran couldn't bear to let Shen Yuntang starve. Making money is not as important as feeding his wife.
They were sitting in a private room on the second floor, leaning against the window. After Liu Ya ordered the dishes, she leaned against the window and looked at the street outside. The road surface was too smooth, which was very novel. It was comfortable to walk on it and ride in a carriage just now. It would be great if all the roads in the world were like this. "Cousin-husband, why can't you see any beggars in your city? And everyone looks very clean, and the stalls and shops look neat and tidy. The capital is not as neat as yours."
"Because those beggars asked him to work in the factory." Shen Yuntang answered for Cheng Yeran.
"The capital also has this kind of welfare that provides jobs for beggars, but many beggars would rather beg than work in a factory." Liu Ya remembered that the higher-ups had set a target for his sausage factory, which was to accept twenty beggars for work.
He arranged all the work for them, but only three people came. Later he heard that many beggars could earn more in a day by begging outside than the workers in their factory could earn in a month. Most people might not be able to bring themselves to beg, but they had been beggars for so many years and were used to it. How could they give up their high-tech jobs and come to work for them?
"This place is different from the capital. The capital has many nobles and rich kind-hearted people. Ordinary people here can't afford to eat, let alone beggars. Even if they are not paid, they are willing to come as long as they can have enough food. Even if there are those who don't want to come, I will force them to work in the factory. There can't be a single beggar in the city." Cheng Yeran not only recruited beggars into the factory, but also arranged dormitories for them. He also recruited many disabled people. Disabled people who could not work also received subsidies to ensure that they could have enough food on a daily basis.
"My husband not only made sure there were no beggars in the city, he also closed down all the brothels and casinos in the city. He forced them to close, and arranged for all the girls and boys in the brothels to work in my garment factory." Shen Yuntang admired Cheng Yeran very much. He still remembered the pressure he encountered when he had to close the brothels and casinos, but Cheng Yeran actually took it all on and insisted on closing them.
But it just so happened that they came to a poor and backward place with no local power. If they were in the capital, many brothels and casinos were run by royal relatives and nobles. If they touched the interests of those people, they would probably be in trouble.
"There are no brothels here?" Liu Ya also developed a feeling of admiration for Cheng Yeran. He did not expect that Cheng Yeran, as a man, could be so considerate of women and boys. It seems that when he received the letter from his cousin, asking them to try to buy brothels and convert them into script-killing shops, he wanted to have fewer brothels in the capital.
He also thought that with more novel entertainment activities available, men would go to brothels less often, and there would be fewer pitiful women and men in the world. However, what they did not expect was that after they bought a few brothels, they would open a few more. Even if those men had more new entertainment activities, they could not give up going to brothels.
Although he is married, he still hates men.
Liu Ya felt a little cold and was about to close the window and sit back to eat when she noticed a young man in blue standing on the street downstairs.
It wasn't that he noticed the other person first, but the other person had been staring at him, so he looked at that person.
After the man made eye contact with him, he immediately looked away in panic and turned away.
The prince also came over to look, "Who is that? Why is he staring at you? Is he attracted to you? How dare he think of my people? I'll go teach him a lesson now."
Although the prince was the one below in bed, he still treated Liu Ya as his husband after getting out of bed.
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, she has a strong possessiveness and others cannot stare at her husband.
"Forget it, he's probably just passing by." Liu Ya is good-looking, and has been stared at with vulgar and greasy eyes since he was a child, but the look in the boy's eyes just now was more of fear. He had never seen that boy before, so why was he looking at him like that?
She didn't feel anything when she looked into his eyes just now, but when she thought about it, Liu Ya felt a creepy feeling.
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