Rebirth of the Four Seas Emperor

After hearing Chen Yu's words, Xia Shixun immediately knelt on the ground and begged, "Please forgive me, miss. I really have something big to report to Her Highness the Princess. I beg you, please do well and tell me about it. Please."

Chen Yu hesitated for a while and said to Chen Junnan: "Brother Chen, this person cannot appear in public. You take him to the back door. I will go in first and report to His Highness. If Your Highness agrees to see him, I will open the door for you. If so, If His Highness doesn’t want to see him, just take him to a quiet place and execute him.”

After saying that, Lian walked away quickly.

Chen Junnan pushed Xia Shixun: "Let's go, it depends on whether His Highness is willing to see you."

Xia Shixun followed Chen Junnan to the back door of the hotel with a frustrated look on his face and waited uneasily.

Not long after, the back door opened, and Chen Yu poked his head out: "Bring him in, the master said you can meet him."

Xia Shixun's hanging heart also fell to the ground. As long as they saw the princess, the grievances they had suffered in the past two years would be worth it.

In the backyard of the Princess Hotel, Hou Yao lay on the ground and acted as a horse for Xiao Miaomiao.

Ji Wenjun, Yu Xiuer and Luo Yan gathered around the table to fight the landlord.

"Wang Zha, one against three, I won..., hahaha."

Ji Wenjun happily killed everyone, and his luck was really good today.

When he was bored on the boat, Hou Yao made a deck of wooden cards to play Landlords. Several women became addicted to playing and played Landlords at home.

When Xia Shixun entered the yard and saw so many people, he subconsciously wanted to run.

However, Chen Junnan and Chen Yu behind him were not easy to mess with.

Xia Shixun had a wry smile on his face. It was right to want to see the princess, but we couldn't meet her in broad daylight.

Seeing Xia Shixun come in, Hou Yao asked Hou Miao to get off him.

Hou Miao was not happy, so Hou Yao could only forcefully hold him down.

As a result, Hou Miao burst into tears and could not be coaxed. Faced with the murderous look in the child's mother's eyes, Hou Yao could only continue to act like a horse.

But now that everyone is here, the question still needs to be asked: "Xia Shixun, right? Haven't you already been released? You have been asked to live incognito, why are you coming back?"

When Xia Shixun saw that the person asking the question was a horse being ridden on the ground, he hurriedly knelt down too:

"The villain...The villain has a very important secret that I want to report to the princess alone. Can you, sir..."

Ji Wenjun said angrily: "34567 Shunzi, just tell me if you have something to say. There are no secrets here that cannot be told. If you don't want to tell them, just push them out and cut them. Don't waste my time. My luck has become worse when you come here. It's really annoying." .”

The next player, Yu Xiuer, called 10JQKA: "Take care, three 3s and one."

When Xia Shixun saw this posture, he probably wouldn't have the chance to say anything if he didn't, so he had to say:

"Your Highness, Princess, I... we rescued... the Emperor..."

……

at dusk.

A small wooden courtyard on the eastern edge of Baoan County.

Nowadays, most of the houses in the center of the city are made of bricks and cement, and wooden houses like yours are only found in the fringes.

This kind of house is usually rented as a temporary residence by foreigners who have just arrived in Baoan, and few people rent this kind of house for a long time.

First, most jobs in Baoan provide accommodation. As long as you find a job, you will change to the accommodation provided by the employer.

Second, these cheap houses are located in peripheral areas. Generally, the best places to find jobs are in the core areas of the city. It is too inconvenient to work here if you live here.

Liu Wei dragged his tired body back to the small courtyard. He was now following a Mr. Bao to move bricks at the construction site.

He was already half exhausted after going to work every day. Others could go back to the house provided by Bao Gongtou to rest after work, but he still had to walk four or five miles back to the small courtyard.

I opened the door to go home, and as soon as I walked in, I heard a majestic voice: "Xiao Qi, have you been paid today?"

The wrinkles at the corners of Liu Wei's eyes twitched, and he cursed in his heart: You old man, you're keeping me from getting paid.

"Go back to your Majesty, it's... it's done."

Ji Honghe stood up from the rocking chair: "Okay, okay, give me 300 yuan first. I want to buy a microscope to study it."

Liu Wei's heart was bleeding, and he couldn't bear the heartache. He took out three hundred-yuan notes from his arms and handed them over:

"If Your Majesty has not given any instructions, I would like to take a bath and sleep first. I have to go to work tomorrow."

Banknotes are silver exchange coupons issued by Baoan Bank. You can use banknotes to exchange for cash at any time at bank outlets in Baoan County.

Hou Yao had been planning this matter before he went on the expedition, but he had been delayed by the war before.

In recent years, as the income of Baoan County has increased, it has become too inconvenient to use silver for commodity transactions, so banks were born.

Baoan Bank is a company jointly owned by the Baoan Yamen, the merchants who originally did bank business in the county, and several major merchants under Hou Yao.

In fact, banks used to issue silver exchange certificates, but only the silver exchange certificates issued by Baoan Bank can be used directly as currency.

Although the silver coupons can only be redeemed at banks in Bao'an County, because of the endorsement of Baoan Yamen and Houyao Industry, no one doubted that there would be problems with the silver coupons.

Besides, all of Hou Yao's industries can use silver exchange rolls for transactions, and some products have discounts, so using silver exchange rolls has become the first choice of big businessmen.

The bank has been open for a year and a half, and people in Baoan County are basically accustomed to using banknotes for daily expenses, which has also greatly stimulated the prosperity of business.

Surrounding counties, including Guangzhou Prefecture, are also following suit and have recently begun to accept banknotes that are very popular in Baoan.

In fact, since King Ji Gaocheng of Chu separatized Xiangyang, he has produced a large number of low-quality copper coins.

Nowadays, the prefectures and counties near Xiangyang City are in chaos, and the surrounding provinces have also been affected to a certain extent.

Because Guangzhou is relatively far away, the impact is not that great.

But officials have foreseen the risks, and now they are sparing no effort to promote the circulation of Baoan Bank's banknotes. In fact, they are also trying to combat the risk of inferior copper coins that is about to sweep the country.

Ji Honghe took Liu Wei's three hundred hard-earned money and returned to his house with satisfaction.

Liu Wei was about to cry but had no tears. Now he really regretted saving this old immortal god of plague, but it was a pity that it was too late.

There were only two bedrooms in the courtyard. Ji Honghe lived in one alone, and the four of them lived in the other.

When I walked into the bedroom, I saw that there were only two people on the Datong bunk, Xie Shilu and Chen Qizheng:

"Why hasn't Lao Xia come back yet?"

Xie Shilu said: "He quit his job yesterday, and he should have gone to the Princess Hotel today to keep watch. He may come back late."

All four of them had jobs. Since the princess came back, they asked Xia Shixun, the one with the lowest salary, to resign, and then found a way to stay at the princess hotel to find a chance to meet the princess.

Liu Wei nodded:

"Well, let's wait until he comes back. I'll take a shower first."

After saying that, he rummaged for a set of clean clothes, and then went out to the ditch outside the door.

Baoan County has not yet established a tap water supply system, so water in the city still relies on the old method of using diversion canals.

Aqueducts are mainly used for domestic water, such as bathing and washing clothes, while drinking water mainly relies on wells.

Liu Wei came back from the shower and saw that Xia Shixun hadn't come back yet. He couldn't help but feel a little flustered: "Lao Xia hasn't come back yet. Has something happened?"

Xie Shilu said with a face of surprise: "Did he succeed? We will be able to... soon."

Liu Wei covered Xie Shilu's mouth, made a shushing gesture, and whispered softly: "Go out and talk."

Xie Shilu and Chen Qizheng nodded together, and the three of them sneaked out of the room.

Before leaving, they took a careful look at the room where Ji Honghe lived to make sure that he had fallen asleep before leaving secretly.

Just after the three of them left for a long time, Ji Honghe walked out of the room and snorted coldly:

"The world belongs to me. If you want to play tricks in front of me, you are too young."

The three of them were discussing on a scholar's hill far away from the small courtyard.

As soon as Xie Shilu arrived, he complained:

"Old Liu, I'm really fed up with that old guy. He's really bad. He keeps tormenting us in different ways. If I don't send him away, I'm afraid I'll go crazy."

Chen Qizheng also said angrily:

"That old guy bought a bunch of weird things and spent a lot of money on us. If he keeps messing with them, we will all become his family's long-term employees."

Liu Wei nodded: "Lao Xia didn't come back at this time today. It's probably because something happened. It's either success or failure. The result will be tomorrow. We have to find a safe place to hide. If the princess comes to pick up the old emperor tomorrow, We are done.

But I'm always a little scared now. Do you think that old guy will repay kindness with hatred?I think that old guy has a cold nature, and we have seen so many scandals about him.I wonder if he will kill us to silence us for the sake of royal dignity. "

"If this is really going to be the case, then we might as well kill that old guy and run away. The worst we can do is run overseas."

Xie Shilu has always been ruthless, but he can do anything.

Chen Qizheng also echoed: "Lao Xie is right, this old guy is more of a bastard than us, so we might as well kill him and run away."

Liu Wei shook his head: "It's too late to talk about this now. Something must have happened to Lao Xia. Let's wait for the news. It's not safe overseas now. I heard that King Xi has established a new southern province, Annan, Myanmar, Laos, and Siam. Even the Khmer were pacified. Luzon was sent by Houzhi County himself, so there was no reason to be spared. This Houzhi County was really ruthless, not even sparing any remote areas, and even captured all the small island countries in the South China Sea. , where can we escape to?"

Xie Shilu nodded in agreement: "Yes, Hou Zhixian is an official with the most prosperous civil and military skills since the founding of Daxia. It is unprecedented. I don't know if there will be others in the future. But in Bao'an County, I don't do anything at all." If you dare to offend, the Baoan Army really can’t afford to offend you.”

Chen Qizheng said with envy: "Everyone in the Bao'an Army is literate. Where did you find so many scholars in Houzhi County to serve as soldiers? They are all good at both civil and military skills. Such an army is really fucking terrifying. And those firearms, from now on. Is there any use for us warriors?"

Liu Wei sighed softly: "This Bao'an is indeed full of weirdness, even more like a paradise. The Hou Zhixian is too powerful, we should not offend him if we can. I guess when Lao Xia meets the princess, the Hou Zhixian will probably know about it. , Tomorrow, if they come with great fanfare to welcome the Holy Emperor, we will go out, but if they come secretly, we will hide first and try to find out the wind."