Chapter 20: A Marquis of a direct descendant of the Holy Ancestor has fallen to this point...
The two of them said this almost at the same time, and then laughed at each other.
On that day, Du Hui called the other two former officials of the Prince's Mansion who remained in the Marquis' Mansion, Wang Zhi and Hao Wenchang, to this courtyard. Fu Mingyi also summoned several clansmen who remained in the Prince's Mansion. On the same day, they worked out a set of rules for the cooperation between the Fu family and the Xiguan Marquis' Mansion.
According to Du Hui, the Marquis' Mansion planned to use the newly acquired stored materials to weave felt cloth thick enough to make cold-resistant tents, use pig iron to make a batch of ground nails and fishing and hunting tools, and use wood to build some ice fishing machines that they had learned in Yanjing before.
Fu took inventory of all the available weavers, blacksmiths, carpenters and even stonemasons in the family, and assigned them to the marquis's mansion according to its needs.
In the evening, several people had dinner together at the Marquis's residence and reported the whole matter to Liu Ziye.
Liu Ziye was extremely surprised and naturally had no reason to refuse. Then both sides began to make arrangements according to the details they had discussed.
In recent days, Yiberi, who has been keeping his tail between his legs and has been reporting to the Marquis' Mansion in Xiguan every day to pay his respects, no matter if there is anything to do or not, and Pan Yi, who has been eagerly waiting for the order from the Emperor of Yanjing, have witnessed with their own eyes the frequent and enthusiastic visits of the Fu clan members to the Marquis' Mansion.
Outside the mansion, Pan Yi grabbed Iberi, who was becoming increasingly distant with him and wanted to distance himself from him.
"Inspector Yi, why are you and Pan estranged?"
Iberly knew he couldn't escape, so he quickly tried to smooth things over with a smile: "Ah, Captain Pan, what are you talking about? How dare I say that!"
He was telling the truth. He and Pan Yi shared the same view that Marquis Xiguan would soon be severely punished by imperial decree from Yanjing.
However, before the shoe finally dropped, he did not dare to take the risk of continuing to disobey this young marquis, whose routine he was a little confused about and who held a key handle on him.
Pan Yi was fearless. After receiving the imperial decree, he let out his anger and left. However, as long as the young Marquis of Xiguan was not killed by the emperor, he, as the governor of Xiguan, would have to continue dealing with him.
Judging from the current situation, the risk is still much higher than when the former King of Xiguan was alive.
He glanced behind him and saw that no one in the mansion was looking at him and Pan Yi, so he took Pan Yi's arm affectionately and walked a few steps outside.
Pretending to tell a private message, he asked Pan Yi, "Captain Pan, do you know what exactly is going on between the Xiguan Marquisate and the Yucheng Fu family?"
Pan Yi was also a little surprised by this matter, but his guards and palace soldiers were mainly used to guard the people in Xiguan Hou's mansion, and they had no more spare energy to investigate the movements of the Yucheng Fu family.
Hearing Yi Boli's question, he immediately changed his slightly dissatisfied expression and asked, "I have noticed that the Fu family has been moving a lot of things out of the treasury of the Marquis' Mansion. Does Lord Yi have any news?"
Originally, Pan Yi regarded these properties moved into the Xiguan Marquis Mansion as his own.
Now, the whole mansion is in turmoil.
The good things were carried out of the house bit by bit.
Pan Yi was following behind him and was getting very anxious.
Iberly immediately acted as if he was speaking from the heart. "According to my investigation, the Fu family has taken away a large amount of raw cloth and thread, as well as pig iron and wood, from the Marquis's residence. They are currently counting and dispatching their weavers, carpenters, and ironworkers."
He stretched out his words, "From my perspective, it seems they intend to join forces with the Fu family to turn these raw materials into finished fabrics or practical utensils for sale, generating revenue for the Marquisate."
"oh?"
Pan Yi was very surprised when he heard this.
No matter what, this young Marquis of Xiguan is of the royal family's direct bloodline, the youngest son and grandson of Emperor Shengzu. With his status as a noble, he can actually risk his reputation and unite with the border people in this wild and desolate land to do some small business.
The only remaining bloodline of the King of Xiguan, once favored by the Holy Ancestor Emperor, and a Marquis of the Great Zhou Dynasty, had fallen to this point...
"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really, a pity!"
Pan Yi and Iberly obviously thought of the same thing and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
At that moment, they heard voices coming from the gate of the Marquisate behind them. They both turned around and looked over. They saw that Liu Ziye, the Marquis of Xiguan, came out from the gate of the Marquisate pushing a wooden cart. Inside the cart sat a person, who was none other than Fu Zhen'er.
In the early winter, the weather in Xiguan is already bitterly cold.
Liu Ziye was dressed in a blue and white brocade cotton coat, with a dark blue cloak with white fur edges on the outside, and a white jade and gold-studded waist belt around his waist. His tall figure, a unique feature of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was made even more slender by the dark blue floor-length cloak. Coupled with his eye-catching, beautiful, sharp, and unique appearance, it was impossible to take one's eyes away.
Fu Zhen'er was also wrapped in a gray-white fox fur coat to keep warm. Although she still looked weak, her expression was extremely satisfied and calm.
Several people from the Marquis' Mansion came over and moved Fu Zhen'er and the carriage to the steps of the mansion's gate. After she sat steadily, she tilted her head and looked intently at the young Marquis of Xiguan who followed her down the steps step by step and came to her.
It seemed that Marquis Xiguan lowered his head slightly and said something to him. Fu Zhener nodded at him with light in her eyes and a smile on her lips.
Then, the young Marquis of Xiguan, Liu Ziye, once again held the handle of Feng Fu Zhener's wheelchair, and accompanied by several people from the Marquis' Mansion and a member of the Fu clan, he slowly left, apparently heading towards the direction where the Fu clan members lived.
Pan Yi: ...
Iberly, who was the first to come to his senses, couldn't help but pull the captain of the Yanjing Guard.
He said to him, "Captain Pan, you've been accompanying the Emperor in Yanjing for a long time, so you're more knowledgeable than I am. Tell me, this Emperor Shengzu, a descendant of the royal family, does he really have some innate ability to bewitch people?"
When Pan Yi was pulled by him, he suddenly retracted his body that was slightly leaning forward to follow Liu Ziye's departure.
As soon as he came to his senses, he immediately shouted, "What the hell! This kid from the Fu family looks like he's been drugged! Weird!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head, as if forcing himself to wake up. Instead, he asked Iberly in even greater confusion, "You've been in Xiguan County, monitoring the Xiguan Palace for many years. This young marquis, he... he... has he always been like this?"
With his looks, temperament, and abilities, coupled with his royal bloodline, even if he was banished to this borderland of the Western Gate and fell into a bit of poverty, he would still be able to charm everyone, right?
How come it has such a terrible reputation?
Iberly understood what he meant and was also stumped by his question.
Why did he think that Prince Xiguan was extremely stupid and disgusting before?
If you recall carefully, the facial features and figure are exactly the same as before.
"The Prince of Xiguan... he... is a little different from before." In the end, Iberly could only say this.
At this moment, thinking back to his previous suspicions, Iberly had a bad feeling. It suddenly occurred to him that he had to distance himself from Captain Pan in front of the young Marquis of Xiguan.
I wonder if the young marquis saw the two of them together just now?
If he were seen, he would probably bleed profusely and come to the mansion to show his goodwill.
hiss--
The sound of his heart aching seemed to vibrate his eardrums.
Thinking of this, Iberly quickly found an excuse to slip away, leaving Pan Yi alone to stare blankly at the background that was almost invisible.
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The Fu clan is indeed the largest clan in Yucheng, with skilled craftsmen of all kinds.
Within a few days, the first finished products from the several design drawings Du Hui had given them were completed. Fu Mingyi had his clansmen deliver them directly to the Xiguan Marquisate for Du Hui to personally inspect.
However, Du Hui did not know what these things that their young marquis had given him were to be used for, so he just temporarily made excuses and went out of the house to do some work, and would definitely come back to see it the next morning.
In the evening, Liu Ziye returned to the Marquis' Mansion, and Du Hui led their young marquis to a temporarily vacant courtyard in the back garden.
The first batch of samples were placed in the center of the courtyard. However, they were not ordinary fishing and hunting tools whose uses were clearly identified at a glance, as Du Hui had described to Fu Shi.
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