As soon as Qian Lianghong arrived at the city gate, his eyes were fixed on Lin Changshou, never leaving his gaze.
When he saw Lin Changshou leading the people in shouting slogans, he immediately memorized these words in his heart.
He can also show it off when he captures the next city.
Xiao Yunzhan glanced at Lin Yiran and pursed his lips to hold back his smile.
He turned around and looked at the crowd of people at the city gate with a serious expression.
"If you sincerely submit to me, I will certainly not mistreat the people of Wuyi City."
"Ah ...
"Thank you, King Yongchang. Long live King Yongchang!"
"Long live King Yongchang..."
“…”
Xiao Yunzhan waited until the excited people's shouting quieted down a bit before continuing,
"The treatment of soldiers recruited from Wuyi City is the same as that from other cities, with no particular priority."
When the people heard this, they cheered excitedly again.
They looked at Xiao Yunzhan with anticipation, waiting for him to talk about praying for rain.
Xiao Yunzhan looked at the people's expectant and eager eyes and naturally knew what they wanted most.
"This king knows that Wuyi City is seriously short of water."
"After the Heavenly God Army arrived in Wuyi City today, they immediately set up an altar for praying for rain."
"If there's a sturdy tower in the city, please provide it. This will save us the time of building a rain-praying altar, so we can arrange the rain-praying ceremony as soon as possible..."
Ever since they used a sturdy pavilion as an altar for praying for rain in Shiquan City, they planned to use higher pavilions for praying for rain in future cities. This would save time and manpower, and most importantly, it would be sturdy.
Xiao Yunzhan's words seemed to give the depressed people a shot in the arm.
The people widened their eyes excitedly, their dry lips trembled, and they were extremely anxious.
They racked their brains to think of where in the city the tallest pavilion for him was.
The people asked anxiously in a low voice,
"Hiss, I remember there was a pavilion at the prefectural government office. I saw it before when I went in to deliver flowers and plants..."
"No, that won't do. It's not high enough. I saw it when I was delivering firewood to the prefectural government office. It was probably only ten feet high at most."
"Hey, there's a pavilion in the mansion of that Tongzhi Lord, it's more than ten feet high..."
“…”
Just as the people were comparing which pavilion was taller.
A shout rang out from the crowd.
"I know!"
Everyone was stunned and looked in the direction of the voice.
I saw a man wearing dirty soldier's uniform, raising his black hands, looking at Xiao Yunzhan with bright eyes.
The soldier saw Xiao Yunzhan looking over, licked his cracked lips, and continued,
"My name is Shi Yunlai, and I'm a soldier guarding Wuyi City."
Xiao Yunzhan looked at the thin Shi Yunlai, "Shi Yunlai!"
"Yes, it's my little one!" Shi Yunlai nodded repeatedly and continued,
"A wealthy merchant named Tao in this city has a particularly tall pavilion in his home. It's where he keeps his dancers for the officials to enjoy."
"There's a circle of slightly lower viewing platforms surrounding the pavilion, from which you can get a clear view of the dancers' skirts..."
At this point, Shi Yunlai saw the group of beautiful women behind King Yongchang, and suddenly felt embarrassed to continue talking about what the wealthy businessman Tao had done.
"How high is the pavilion?"
When Xiao Yunzhan heard this, his expression remained unchanged and he changed the subject directly.
The imperial merchants in the capital city went even further in doing this kind of thing.
The dancer of the wealthy merchant Tao in Wuyi City has skirts to wear, but the dancer of the wealthy merchant Huang Shang may not have that.
These wealthy businessmen will do anything to please and bribe officials.
Emperor Wu of Liang was not unaware of the affairs between the wealthy businessmen and corrupt officials, but he turned a blind eye.
He naturally knew that it was impossible for all officials in the world to be free of corruption.
Therefore, he pretended not to see or participate in the extravagant life of some officials in the capital.
This was a matter that Emperor Wu of Liang should have taken care of. If he had said too much at that time, he would have overstepped his authority.
Shi Yunlai licked his lips and said, "I've seen the smaller pavilion. It's about 6 meters high."
“Standing down there, you can hardly see the people up there.”
This was also done by the wealthy businessmen to prevent the dancers from being seen by lowly people and spoiling the officials' interest.
Xiao Yunzhan nodded.
"You lead the way, I'll go take a look."
"All of you, get up. Stop kneeling."
Xiao Yunzhan glanced at the kneeling people and raised his hand towards them.
"Xie Yongchang Wang..."
The people kowtowed and knelt in gratitude.
When the people of Wuyi City heard that the first thing Prince Yongchang did when he entered Wuyi City was not to rest, but to go to see the pavilion that could be used as an altar for praying for rain, they immediately became even more excited.
This is a good emperor who is dedicated to serving the people.
They sincerely hope that Prince Yongchang will ascend the throne as soon as possible.
"Yes!" Shi Yunlai's eyes lit up with excitement. He immediately stood up with trembling legs and limped towards the city gate.
Xiao Yunzhan turned his head and glanced at Qian Lianghong.
Qian Lianghong immediately rode forward and picked up the light Shi Yunlai.
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