Qu Yunmie couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Other people's celebration banquets lasted only one day, while places like Jinling, which spent money like water, could last for three days. However, Xiao Rong actually planned to hold it for seven days. Didn't he want to celebrate it anymore?
He reminded Xiao Rong: "You don't know how big the appetite of the military men is. The seven-day celebration banquet will cost a lot of money."
Xiao Rong smiled: "It doesn't matter, we have plenty of money now."
Qu Yunmie: “…”
That's fine, just don't regret it.
Xiao Rong would not regret it, what he said was right, the soldiers needed to be rewarded handsomely. They had just won a battle and Yuan Baifu had just rebelled. Although Qu Yunmie had suppressed everyone with force, after this blow, there would be sweet rewards to follow.
What's more, he needed to demonstrate the financial strength of the Zhenbei Army, not only to let those aristocratic families who were waiting and watching, but also to let the cowards in Jinling see it.
In the past, they really had no money and needed time to develop, so they never showed off their wealth. Now that they are rich and have become the number one in the real sense, of course they have to show off their wealth in a big way to make those fence-sitters jealous and wish they could join the Zhenbei Army the next day.
It would be even better if I could impress the cowards in Jinling. Then I wouldn't have to fight, the people inside would just open the city gates. Hahahaha...
Xiao Rong laughed in his heart, then sighed.
But this is impossible. …
In history, there were indeed people who opened the city gates and welcomed the enemy into the city for their own selfish interests, but there have been only a few such people in thousands of years. Now Sun Renluan is not dead, he is still alive. Although his general has retired, it does not mean that his power has been taken away. Jinling is still Sun Renluan's territory. With his control, Jinling is still a tough nut to crack.
As for the young emperor, Xiao Rong no longer thought about him. Although Xiao Rong did not know that it was the young emperor who prompted Sun Renluan to send troops suddenly, he also realized one thing: the power of the young emperor was much lower than he thought, and he could not influence Sun Renluan at all. In addition, too many things happened recently, and Xiao Rong felt that it was difficult for him to deceive the young emperor and say that he was a royalist who had penetrated deep into the enemy camp. Which royalist could make the King of Zhenbei pay so much attention to him? He even made the King of Zhenbei say that if Xiao Rong got into trouble, he would turn the young emperor into a human pig. ... Yes, Xiao Rong heard this sentence from Gao Xunzhi later.
If the little emperor had to believe one of the two: a vague, secretly written promise and an oath made by the furious King Zhenbei in front of the entire army, he would definitely believe the latter.
After hearing Qu Yunmie's words, the little emperor was lucky enough not to be frightened and cry. As for asking him to continue to trust Xiao Rong, haha, Xiao Rong felt that even if he believed him, he would not dare to use himself anymore.
Whatever, it's useless. Anyway, Qu Yunmie will attack us in the spring of next year. There is no chance of defending the king. If there is any organization that opposes Qu Yunmie and overthrows Yong in the future, we will deal with it as we should. …………
As soon as the news of the celebration banquet spread, the whole city was in an uproar. Baibao Street quickly took action. This group of people had been trained by Xiao Rong. No matter what happened, they saw it as a business opportunity. …
Those who had a source of meat at home went to the government to solicit business, hoping that they could buy meat from them. Those who ran restaurants said that they could send their chefs to prepare some dishes. When the chefs came back, they would post a notice outside their restaurants saying that their chefs were the head chefs at the celebration banquet for the annihilation of the Xianbei in the sixth year of Shengde, and that the chefs were all praised by the royal palace.
Even those shops that have nothing to do with food are not willing to be lonely. Even if they don't sell food, it doesn't matter. They can still take advantage of this wave of popularity. Didn't Xiao Situ say that he would hold a seven-day celebration banquet? Then they will give a seven-day discount! Ordinary people will get 18% off, and soldiers who go into battle will get 36% off!
After hearing about these people's actions, Xiao Rong finally uttered a number: "6." Really 6. ...
It became lively as a result, with everyone coming to take a chance. The whole Chenliu was like New Year's Day, which surprised those noble families who came to observe Chenliu. Apart from anything else, Chenliu's enthusiasm for doing business was enough to make them want to get involved.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Rong was thinking about expanding Baibao Street from one street to countless alleys. But before he did so, the people in the city had already expanded spontaneously. When there was no Baibao Street, no one wanted to go there. But now it is the area with the highest housing prices in the entire Chenliu City. Every day there are people applying to build houses there, and some people even built them secretly, but were stopped by government officials.
If you build it secretly, how can we collect rent from you in the future? No! If you want to build it, build it far away, and don’t take advantage of the popularity of Baibao Street! …
Xiao Rong used to envy the bustle of Jinling, but now he doesn't have to envy it anymore. Even though it is winter now, there are still caravans who choose to spend the winter in Chenliu. He previously asked mercenaries to attract caravans, and the caravans attracted brought in other caravans. When laying the foundation, he thought there were only a few kittens, but when he came back two months later, he found that the kittens had turned into an entire African savannah. The profit-seeking nature of merchants is really no joke. It turns out that so many people have come.
In this season, no grass grows, and no crops can be planted. Almost all farmers go to the city to work. Xiao Rong's goal is to build Chenliu into a copper wall and iron wall that is thicker than Jinling, so this city defense project is estimated to take ten or even twenty years to build. For a long time, these people don't have to worry about losing their jobs. Commercial taxes have become the first source of tax revenue for Chenliu. In fact, this is a bit dangerous, but special times require special measures. Let's slowly adjust after the world is stable.
Xiao Rong himself didn't realize that he had already planned many things for when the world was stable. Who would make adjustments and solve the problems at that time? He hadn't thought about it.
The money and the people were in place, and the celebration banquet officially began. Xiao Rong had never seen what a feast of wine and meat looked like, but he stood by the open-air stove, watching buckets of corn rice and pots of braised meat being served. He had to say that he felt a little sad. It was all about money.
His heart was bleeding, but as the host of this celebratory banquet, Xiao Rong could only smile kindly and watch the food slowly disappear into the distance.
After watching for a while, he couldn't bear it anymore and had to go back home.
Now the palace has become the most deserted place, because everyone has gone out to attend the celebration banquet. The soldiers are only concerned with eating, Qu Yunmie and the generals are drinking, and Song Shuo, who has never participated in the war, is just a worker. He needs to calculate how much money he has spent. ...
Xiao Rong took a break from his busy schedule and returned to the palace to rest. He also kicked Xiao Yi out. Although he was not from the Zhenbei Army, he was a family member of the Zhenbei Army. Moreover, as someone who would enter the civil service system in the future, it would not do any harm to chat more with these old heroes. Although the future should still be the world of civil officials, it would take at least fifty or sixty years. At least they would have to wait until their generation died before the next generation would have a chance to seize the status of military officers.
After all, this is Qu Yunmie's world, an era of general-type monarchs, and the military officers have a lot of say.
Xiao Yi now has a teacher and classmates. Most of those who once mocked him no longer stayed in Chenliu City. After Xiao Rong came back as Situ, the people around him flattered him even more. However, Xiao Yi is a similar person to Xiao Rong. He doesn't care about the present, he only remembers his past experiences, so these people's flattery cannot affect him. Instead, it makes him feel that this is a different time. If his eldest brother falls into poverty, these people's faces will change again.
So he didn't like to flatter others, at least not when he had no ability, but he couldn't disobey Xiao Rong's orders, so in the end he went out with a red face.
Why was his face red? Because when Xiao Rong found out that Xiao Yi was unwilling, he spanked his butt. Although this kind of physical contact was a bit perverted and a bit humiliating, Xiao Yi was already very satisfied.
It’s not easy. The last time the eldest brother took the initiative to touch him was when he was blocking the eldest brother’s way, and at that time he only touched one finger.
Hehe, this time it’s a slap! …………
Xiao Rong looked at Xiao Yi's dizzy appearance and inexplicably felt like he was the one being taken advantage of.
Xiao Rong: “…” That’s all.
Just as he was about to lie down for a nap, Xiao Rong suddenly opened his eyes. He thought of the two people he had forgotten. He slapped his head in annoyance, quickly threw back the quilt, and ran out again.
Everyone else went to attend the celebration banquet, and corresponding arrangements were made in the wounded camp, but some of the wounded were not in the wounded camp, but were placed in the palace by Xiao Rong's words.
After Song Suo moved out, Wang Xinyong and Yao Xian went to his courtyard to recuperate. This courtyard was secluded, and under the repeated protection of Qu Yunmie and Gao Xunzhi, not even a fly could enter the palace now. Only a few people could enter and exit each courtyard freely. Even if one was as powerful as Wang Xinyong, he could not go wherever he wanted.
Xiao Rong forgot about them for a moment. He was worried that no one would remember them. It was such a grand celebration banquet, but these two people didn't participate at all. One can imagine how sad they must be.
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