Chapter 054 Chapter 54
Chapter 54
Fortunately, Emperor Yuanxing did not intend to argue with the child who was obviously still asleep. He just angrily asked the ministers to see what kind of treasonous words were written in the memorial.
The ministers read the memorial with trembling hands. The words contained in it that amounted to treason made them want to faint on the spot.
"You should go to the guillotine, you disgusting royal family!"
"You vampires, return the taxes that belong to the civilians to them!"
"You enjoy the lives of the common people with their taxes, but you can't even guarantee their safety, you bastards!"
"You're forcing the common people to please you, you pigs who deserve to go to hell!"
Every minister who saw it was angry at first, but then they turned to fear when they thought that His Majesty had also seen it.
Their emperor is a petty person!
Some ministers, looking at Emperor Yuanxing's expression, felt that unless tens of thousands of people died this time, this matter would be difficult to resolve.
They finally understood why the deputy commander of the Royal Guards' originally dark face turned pale when he came in.
Many people immediately felt that the commander of the Royal Guards was really cunning. They had originally thought that this guy had handed over the matter of showing up to the deputy commander, and this guy must be very angry behind his back.
Who would have thought that such a thing would happen? No wonder the deputy commander was asked to deliver the message. Only this guy could survive after delivering the message.
"Have you all finished reading it?"
Just as the ministers were brainstorming, the eerie voice of Emperor Yuanxing rang out. The ministers present immediately held their breath and concentrated. Those in lower positions began to rejoice, while those in higher positions began to regret why they had to work their way up to this position in the first place.
In the end, Prime Minister Liu had to bite the bullet and stand up.
"Your Majesty, I think the barbarians on the other side are uneducated, do not know propriety, righteousness, and shame, and have no sense of awe. I am afraid that some means are needed to educate them properly."
"If the two sides can communicate, we will definitely capture those barbarians and kill them as a warning to the rest, so that they will know what awe is and understand the majesty of your majesty."
Prime Minister Liu flattered him subtly: "It's a pity that we can't associate with them, but we can't let these arrogant people continue to insult the court. I have thought hard and finally came up with a plan thanks to your majesty's kindness. I hope your majesty will allow me to tell you."
After hearing what Prime Minister Liu said, Emperor Yuanxing's anger temporarily subsided. He relaxed a little and said, "You can say whatever you want."
Prime Minister Liu immediately said, "These barbarians dare to slander the emperor and us ministers who have devoted our lives to the court. I'm afraid they are uneducated and even their characters are distorted. So I beg your majesty to allow me to find some rural civilians to argue with these barbarians."
As soon as these words were spoken, some old stubborn people immediately looked unhappy, but they had no reason to refute. The other party was already scolding them in the face. If they still treated the other party with courtesy, they would look down on themselves.
Even if it is a matter of etiquette, you have to be clear about who you are addressing!
The old stubborn people shut up, so naturally no one else would object. It would be fine if they could fight with real swords and guns, but since they can't hit others, can they even scold others?
For the first time, the generals looked at Prime Minister Liu with admiration.
Emperor Yuanxing wanted to use his Dafeng cavalry to crush the opposite side, but Prime Minister Liu was right. They could not break through the natural barrier at all now, so they might as well vent their anger first.
But Emperor Yuanxing still wanted to save his face, so he added one more sentence at the end.
"We must show the literary talent of our Celestial Empire and polish the words of the country folk a little."
So this seemingly slightly ridiculous proposal was passed.
In a corner where no one was paying attention, Prince Zhongning, whose mouth was covered by Marquis Weiyuan and who had let go at some point, looked at everything in front of him, his pupils beginning to tremble.
After that, there were some old news about disaster relief in Changtai and the dispatch of grain and grass to Bian Guang. Fortunately, because the war with the Xiongnu was at a critical moment, Emperor Yuanxing would not take action on grain and grass at this time, no matter how petty he was.
Otherwise, they would just wait for defeat, and then he, the emperor, would be recorded in history books as a disgrace for eternity.
An emperor of the previous dynasty set a very good example. An emperor was scolded like a dog and there were people who sat on the throne and did a better job than him.
Emperor Yuanxing didn't want to be called the Second Dog Emperor together with that emperor.
After the entire court reached a unanimous consensus, the grand court meeting finally ended.
In a corner where no one could see, the young prince quickly avoided all the people attending the court and returned to the carriage. He closed his eyes and went into the space of consciousness.
——Then he saw the exciting scene of the two sides quarreling with each other.
“Snap, snap, snap.”
He clapped his hands one after another.
"What a hearty battle of trolls."
Gu Youxing sighed.
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In fact, Gu Youxing had projected this real-time translation onto the world barriers on both sides in order to allow both sides to communicate normally. Sometimes diplomacy can really solve many problems.
Now it is being used by both sides to criticize each other, and even Gu Youxing is a little confused.
777 had never seen such a scene before, perhaps because he had not seen enough fusion world missions.
But even if it was just the intersection of two ordinary worlds, the two sides would not quarrel like this.
The moderns call the ancients vampires that prey on the common people, and the ancients call the moderns uneducated barbarians.
In ancient times, people suffered a bit of a loss because they didn’t know much about the other side. However, through some not-so-nice remarks, the smart people of the entire dynasty gradually pieced together the situation of the other side.
They looked like the monks from the Daguo Temple, but the monks from the Daguo Temple were not generous, while the people on the opposite side were accustomed to these situations.
——There are even people who persuade everyone to become a vegetarian.
Not only does he eat vegetarian food himself, he also says that all vegetarians are killing and will go to hell.
The monks of Daguo Temple thought it was hysterical when they saw it.
So after suffering a loss for an hour or two, those pen-wielding people present immediately fought back in a more sharp tone.
"To be generous with the generosity of others, to take out the purse of others, is a thief of warmth and a thief of virtue."
"I wonder if the vegetarian donor knows that all things have spirits. The donor has consumed countless lives in this world. If the donor does not want to live in such a cruel world, we can help take the donor to the west."
These words were also translated in real time into more understandable remarks, directly attacking the people who made the remarks online.
The two sides had a great time arguing with the help of real-time translation.
Even if rational people reminded both parties that they could use this real-time translation to have normal and friendly interactions, unfortunately, the warrior who posted a video with insulting remarks on the World Barrier in order to make her boyfriend an Internet celebrity made it completely impossible for the two parties to have friendly interactions.
Even though the soldier had been court-martialed, the damage had already been done and they could never go back to their peaceful past.
——Although Country A has no intention of living in peace, their human laboratories are extremely well prepared.
Feng Dynasty had already been insulted, so the emperor would not bow down first, wouldn't that make them traitors? Moreover, their emperor had no intention of having any dealings with these barbaric barbarians, they just had to become the territory of their Celestial Empire.
Country A made its fortune by plundering. All the indigenous people who were friendly to these outsiders on the land where Country A was located were killed, not to mention the barbarians on the opposite side who were not friendly at all.
Gu Youxing, who was among the top executives of both sides and heard the plans of both sides clearly, said: "...What an excellent matching mechanism."
Two countries with expansionist ideas just happened to confront each other, and each thought the other was a barbarian.
This time, Gu was fortunate enough to stand on Feng Chao's side and was scolded for no reason. Anyone would be angry.
If there weren't a world barrier blocking both sides, they would probably fight to the death.
"I originally thought that the two sides could have a friendly exchange. If not a friendly exchange, then normal communication should be possible. Unfortunately, it seems that the reality is still too absurd."
Gu Youxing looked at these scenes, rubbed his brows and said.
777 comforted his host and said, "Reality doesn't need to be logical. As long as the laws of physics allow, anything can happen in reality."
"That's true, but Emperor Yuanxing actually concealed his incompetence and hid the red cannon behind various cold weapons. He had no intention of showing off his muscles in front of the enemy. He does have some tactical talent."
Gu Youxing paused for a moment and added, "Although there aren't many, I couldn't tell how terrifying the guns on the other side were."
"Humans have no concept of things outside of their own cognition." 777 shrugged and said.
Just as 777 and Gu Youxing were talking, they finally arrived at the Temple of the Goddess. Gu Youxing closed his eyes and opened them again, and he once again turned into the arrogant and domineering little prince who ran rampant in the entire court.
As soon as Gu Youxing got off the car, he discovered that except for the carriage space for his employer, all the carriage spaces next to the Goddess Temple were filled with carriages.
This is an expanded version of the horse ranch specially built by Gu Youxing. There are special people here to serve the horses and shovel away the horse manure. Although there is a fee when leaving, no one thinks it is a big deal. After all, people here are not short of a few cents as they can bring their horse-drawn carriages here.
However, these few cents accumulated over time and became one of the sources of income for the Temple of the Goddess.
As for the second source of income for the Goddess Temple...
It is the incense shop next to the entrance.
There are many kinds of incense burned for the goddess here, and everyone can buy according to their own ability.
In order to prevent some poor families from coming to worship but unable to afford the incense, they can also exchange the beans for a few boxes of the cheapest incense.
Now the poor people have no worries, and although it is a small shop, it is a large place. The poor people and the rich people are in completely different places, with a screen in between. Out of sight, out of mind, the poor people don't have to see how expensive incense and candles the rich people bought, and the rich people don't have to see the poor people holding such cheap incense and feel that it pollutes their eyes.
Gu Youxing looked at the situation of this small shop and felt that the planning he had spent several brains on was not in vain.
Of course, as the owner of the entire Goddess Temple and the goddess's biological son, Gu Youxing directly took the most expensive incense and candles. After burning incense according to the procedure, he followed the flow of people to the back of the temple.
There is also a division for wealthy families here. All rich people can live in the small courtyards on the left side of the Goddess Temple. These are newly built and are different from the garden behind the temple.
Poor families or small households came to the small market on the right side of the Goddess Temple, where most of the goods were fresh vegetables or tofu made from beans that other families used to exchange for incense and candles.
These made the small families in the city feel that they had picked up a bargain. This place is very close to the capital, and several families agreed to come here together. After burning incense to the goddess, they bought some tofu and vegetables to take back, which saved the family at least a few coins.
Don’t underestimate these few cents, sometimes these few cents can save lives.
Moreover, the goddess gathered most of the refugees outside the city here, and the remaining ones were lazy and gluttonous, and there were several men among them, so naturally they were not afraid.
The small market is far away from the yard, and the distinguished guests are basically nowhere to be found. Some of them even come to the small market out of curiosity to buy vegetables.
This has become another way to play.
After the viewing, Gu Youxing went directly to the back hall of the Goddess Temple.
The two strong men guarding the entrance to the back hall of the Goddess Temple suddenly lit up their eyes when they saw Gu Youxing's face, and they spoke in extremely happy voices.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"Uncle Wang and Uncle Li, are you on duty today?"
Seeing the young prince greeting them, the two men guarding the gate smiled broadly. They never thought that coming to the capital city was like falling into a blessed land.
When they followed the orders from their superiors and came to the capital with their 100 brothers, they thought that the capital was a dangerous place and they were prepared to die there.
As a result, after seeing them, the young prince said a few words and then took them to see Princess Funing. Although Princess Funing was sitting behind a screen and they didn't see what she looked like, it still counted as both masters having seen her.
Afterwards, some of them were assigned to the garden, while some stayed in the palace. The two sides were exchanged from time to time, but the food was the same. Some of the thin people among them gained more than ten or twenty pounds after arriving in the capital, and some even married a wife in the village around the garden.
The palace steward even came over to ask for a glass of wine, which made them very happy. So in the second month, good news came one after another.
With such good treatment given to them, they became more respectful to the prince. Even those who did not understand the situation at first and watched the prince messing around with the Goddess Temple, no one questioned it.
After knowing who was enshrined in the goddess temple, the soldiers who followed the commander-in-chief burned a few sticks of incense and became more loyal to the prince.
This is their Grand Marshal's grandson...
But it was obvious that Gu Youxing was already accustomed to this strange yet loving gaze. After saying hello, he came to the garden behind.
Princess Funing did not live in the garden at the back. After all, there were people coming and going in front, and if a princess lived in the garden at the back, it would seem that she would be impeached by someone with a handle on her.
So a courtyard comparable to a royal palace was built directly on the original dye workshop.
Of course, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the courtyard of a royal palace to be built in less than a year, but Gu was fortunate to be rich, and it happened to be the winter and busy farming season, so all the villagers who had no work to do were won over by Gu Yongxing and came to start building the palace.
Fortunately, the foundation was laid before winter, so there would be no problem even if construction started in the middle of winter.
So Princess Funing and the dye factory store exchanged locations, and now Gu Youxing wanted to visit the dye workshop.
There is no other reason.
——The whole capital city was urging for the delivery of cloth. Even if Gu Youxing used the trick of a naughty child, he could not hold on any longer.
He couldn't possibly act like this in front of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yuanxing.
The old lady was quite nice to him.
As soon as Gu Youxing entered the back hall, he found that the time-traveling woman was seriously scolding the servants.
He looked so capable, as if he had never been assimilated by this era, but he had never been assimilated by this world in the first place.
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Before she noticed the prince coming in, Lin Cao'er was scolding the workers below.
"What did we tell you so many times during the initial training? Ah? To put safety first. It's up to you if you think your life is worthless, but!"
Lin Cao'er's young face revealed a maturity and severity that was not in line with his age. His sharp eyes swept over the workers who had secretly run to the workshop to work overtime in order to meet the deadline and almost got themselves burned.
"No one can be killed in the prince's dye workshop! Next time I see you working overtime like this, you will get out of here! Do you hear me?"
Lin Cao'er scolded harshly once again.
“I heard it!”
These workers who came to work overtime could all be Lin Cao'er's parents, but they were still scolded by the little girl so hard that they couldn't even cry. After Lin Cao'er signaled that they could leave, they left immediately as if there was a ghost chasing them.
Lin Cao'er looked at these people and let out her resentment. She rubbed her eyebrows with a headache and turned around to see the seven-year-old little prince looking at her curiously.
"This servant greets the prince!"
Lin Cao'er immediately saluted, thinking fearfully in her heart that her actions just now should not have offended the prince's eyes.
"Manager Xiaolin, what happened to those people just now?"
Hearing the prince's curious question, Lin Cao'er immediately said, "These workers started working in the middle of the night and were almost scalded to death in the dyeing workshop. For the sake of your reputation, I just scolded him."
The young prince did not get angry after hearing Lin Cao'er's explanation, but nodded and said nonchalantly: "That's right, our palace doesn't lack these two or three hundred taels, but if something goes wrong, those imperial censors in the court will eat me alive."
As the young prince spoke, he made a look of disgust.
Lin Cao'er immediately suppressed her hatred of the rich. A piece of cloth sold for two or three hundred taels, which was equivalent to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in later generations. However, King Zhongning really didn't care.
But think about it, for King Chungnyeong, this dye workshop that makes a fortune every day is actually just something for his sister to play with. He only asked for help because Princess Funing was not convenient to show up.
——Who would have thought that it would directly lead the fashion of the entire capital city, making the people in the dyeing workshop work around in circles until they were exhausted but still unable to meet the needs of all the people in the capital city.
In order not to work herself to death, Lin Cao'er didn't even bother to hide herself and directly brought the concepts of hungry marketing and VIP to the stage. However, this only gave the dyeing room a temporary respite. After a slight adjustment, everyone fell into the madness of making money again.
Now, even with the bonus hanging on, Lin Cao'er felt as if she had been through hell.
However, others thought that the dyeing workshop was either a house passed down from the ancestors of the royal family, or was found by the prince from somewhere, but only Lin Caoer found some clues.
——Because this person didn't even try to hide it and just openly put the plastic bucket of dye there!
Others didn't think there was anything wrong with the plastic bucket, and they guessed that it was cloth or wood.
But only Lin Caoer knew that the thing was not cloth or wood at all, but something that could only be made by modern industry.
--plastic.
When Lin Cao'er discovered this, she was almost scared to death. She deeply felt that things had been going too well for her recently and God had specially arranged for her to discover this to create some trouble in her happy life.
After all, she has been having a really good time recently.
She is the only granddaughter of Steward Lin in the palace, and the only heir of the Lin family to set up her own household. She is also at the upper middle of the food chain in the entire palace, so it is natural that she is more than capable of managing these dyeing workshop workers.
Manager Lin had seen many cases at the border where women had to take over families after all the men had died. He had few children, and the health of the eldest brother, Lin, had been ruined by his parents.
It would be better to let Lin Cao'er find someone to marry into the family, at least to ensure that there is blood of his family. Their family is not even afraid of the three generations returning to the clan. Who would dare to attack the Lin family who is backed by the royal palace? Are they courting death?
And Lin Caoer did not disappoint her grandfather's expectations of her.
She was good at accounting, managing servants and tending the fields, and her excellent cooking skills were even known to the prince, so that housekeeper Lin would wake up in the middle of the night with a smile because of the good life she was having.
But now Lin Cao'er felt that if her grandfather knew what she discovered in the middle of the night, the old man would probably not be able to laugh.
In order to avoid being discovered, Lin Cao'er could only ignore the plastic bucket. Fortunately, the prince didn't come often, so she could fool him even with her poor acting skills.
However, what is coming will eventually come. Seeing the little prince walking directly towards the plastic bucket, Lin Cao'er could only pretend nothing had happened as much as possible.
Unfortunately, fate did not let the little kitten Lin Caoer go.
The young prince seemed to notice that something was wrong with Lin Cao'er. He quietly approached Lin Cao'er and whispered to her.
"You've also noticed that this barrel looks quite extraordinary. It's not something we can find here, right?"
Lin Cao'er immediately tensed up all over. Looking at the little prince's eyes, which were filled with fear for the first time, she nodded cautiously.
When the young prince saw Lin Cao'er really nodded, he revealed an unfathomable smile.
Lin Caoer felt that next she would either have to acknowledge her relatives or be dragged away and chopped to pieces.
Lin Cao'er watched the little prince approach her again and whispered...
"You think so, don't you? Master also said that this is an ordinary thing. Can the ordinary things in their fairy world be the same as those in our mortal world?!"
Lin Caoer: “?”
She looked at the plastic barrel which was obviously made from modern industry, and then looked at the smug look on the little prince's face.
Lin Caoer: So is this a transaction between two dimensions, or did the time traveler trick the little prince with a plastic bucket, or is there someone who can take him back and forth between the Eastern and Western worlds?
Gu Youxing heard what the heroine accidentally muttered: ...This heroine has a very wide range of interests.
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