Chapter 819: Imperial Order

On the fifth day of returning to Sanyuan, Liu Yiu and Zhang Chuchu went to Xiaer Village to take Zhang Boliang and Zhang Liu back to the mansion.

It is now in the middle of winter, and it is also the slack season in the countryside. The old couple is idle again. It is the end of the year again, so naturally they hope to spend the whole year with their children. So, this time, the old couple did not do the same as last time. After listening to Liu Yi's words, Zhang Boliang asked Zhang Liu to enter the house and clean up a few times and left the village with the couple.

The arrival of the in-laws really made Lao Liu and his wife happy for a while, but Liu He didn't say anything. Lao Liu really found a playmate and had to pull Zhang Boliang to play two games of chess in the backyard pavilion every day. It was not easy to meet a chess piece that was even more smelly than him. Lao Liu finally found some confidence and played chess more vigorously.

As for Zhang Liu, he naturally would not be idle and stuffy. The three old ladies in the family would gather together every day, chatting and laughing, and occasionally teasing Xiao Baoer, and their lives would be comfortable.

On that day, while Liu Yi was playing chess with the two old men, Liu Cheng was anxious to come from the front yard and invited their young master to the front hall to talk.

"What's wrong? How do you look so anxious?" Liu Yi looked up at Liu Cheng and said, "Why are you also the shopkeeper who is 'good drunk'. After exploring outside for so long, why can't you get rid of your frigid problem?"

"Young Master, it's not that the villain is too frivolous, but that he is really anxious about this matter, which makes the villain really stable, so he came to report to you." After a few breaths, Liu Cheng said in a stern voice: "There is someone coming to the palace. With the emperor's will, I will designate you to accept the order!"

"Imperial Issue?" Liu Yishui was stunned. Liu Wuchen went to Chang'an yesterday, right? Before the remaining money and food were fulfilled, the emperor's imperial Issue was passed to his home. Di Zhixun's speed of doing things was shocked too quickly, right?

"Yes, the imperial edict!" Liu Cheng nodded his head affirmatively. It was the first time he had seen an imperial edict in his life. It was something given by the emperor, and not anyone could be lucky enough to see it.

As he reached out and gestured back and forth, Liu Cheng said loudly excitedly: "Beat the drums and drums, and it's noisy all the way, and walks from Chang'an to Sanyuan, and then from Sanyuan Prefecture to our Liu Family Manor. It's so glorious and lively. Now the whole Sanyuan knows that the imperial edict is coming to our mansion."

Liu Cheng had not seen anyone accepting the imperial edict. He didn't know what the rules were inside. He thought that the emperor issued the imperial edict so lively. So while he was excited, he did not see the strangeness. Instead, because the imperial edict belonged to their Liu Mansion, he was so proud and beautiful.

"Beat the drums and drums?" Liu Yi chuckled. Isn't it because of getting married and marrying a wife? Is it necessary to do so lively? It seems that Li Shimin was really poor this time. In order to raise money and food as soon as possible, he could do such improper things like this.

"Where is the imperial edict now?" There was no sign of anxiety. The imperial edict of the Tang Dynasty was far less strict than that of the Qing Dynasty. Those who received the edict had to take a bath, change clothes, bow three times and nine times to show respect and solemnity, otherwise they would cure you a sin such as disrespect.

In the Tang Dynasty, the acceptance of the order was more arbitrary. The person who sent the order was more like a postman than a good man, and was not very respectful. Therefore, when receiving the order, it was just a respectful person on the surface. There was no need to gather the whole family to behave in front of him or her manners. As long as the person who received the order simply bent over and bowed to the order, just like the court officials who usually treated the emperor, they could take over the order after a light gift.

"Go back to the young master, when the villain came back, he heard that he had entered Gutian Village. Now he is probably not far from our mansion." Seeing that the young master's expression did not change much, as usual, as usual, Liu Cheng couldn't help but blush for his anxious and unsteady behavior just now, and his mind calmed down. When he heard their young master ask, he asked softly: "Young master, do you think we are leaving the mansion to greet us?"

"Of course welcoming," Liu You said calmly: "You can go out with me later. Don't disturb the master and the wife in the backyard."

"Yes, young master!" He responded, and saw Liu Yi get up and go out with his clothes, Liu Cheng quickly followed.

At this time, there were already many villagers watching outside the Liu Mansion Gate, as if they had received a letter before. They knew that there was an imperial edict coming, and they were waiting at the door, wanting to see how magic the legendary imperial edict was. Seeing their boss coming out of the mansion, the villagers all bent over to greet him, and then they involuntarily retreated a few steps back and made a larger space in front of the mansion gate.

"Here is here! Here!"

"The big man from Chang'an has entered the farm! He also holds a golden imperial edict in his hand!"

"I saw it!" "I saw it too!"

People kept jogging here, shouting excitedly, and they had never left Sanyuan. They didn't know that the big man they mentioned was just a small eunuch and a eunuch in the palace. In their eyes, the imperial edict was sacred, and it was something given by the emperor. Those who could hold the imperial edict in their hands naturally became the so-called big man.

Liu Yiu did not mean to laugh at or look down on them. The group of people who have lived at the bottom of society for many years suddenly saw something that can be said to be the pinnacle of this era. It is normal to be excited, just like some ordinary people in later generations, who suddenly meet stars they have admired for a long time. It is understandable that they are excited and crazy.

Liu Yi stood quietly like this, always smiling. The tenant farmer next to him saw their boss so calm, as if nothing had happened, as usual. While admiring their boss' cultivation in his heart, his original excitement and excitement calmed down slightly. He imitated their boss and stood quietly, quietly waiting for the legendary imperial edict and the arrival of the great man.

It can be said that in the midst of everyone's expectations, Li Ran and his party slowly approached the gate of Liu Manor with the imperial edict. When the carriages and horses approached the Liu Manor, Li Ran took the initiative to get off the carriage. One was that he knew the rules that the horses were not allowed to travel in the Liu Manor Manor, and the other was that there were too many people watching on the streets of the manor, and the carriages could not move at all.

Step by step, he walked from the manor gate to the near Liu Mansion. Seeing the quiet situation in front of the Liu Mansion gate, Li Ran couldn't help but feel a little strange. From Chang'an to here, Li Ran had become accustomed to the excitement and excitement of the people below, including when he first entered the manor, the tenants in the manor were also extremely excited, and several even trotted.

But why did you get here? It should be the most lively place, but it suddenly became so quiet?

Is it because of the young man standing in front of the main gate? When he saw Liu Yi's calm and peaceful face, Li Ran couldn't help but realize that the reason why these tenants became quiet was completely influenced by their boss alone.

"Mr. Li, we have worked hard all the way!" Seeing that an acquaintance came, Liu Yimeng smiled even more, and bowed to Li Ran slightly and said loudly: "President Li and several other eunuchs come to the mansion to talk!"

The eunuch is also of a rank. Although his official position is not high, he is one level higher than his white body. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call these eunuchs as adults.

"Mr. Liu, we're meeting again!" Li Ran also bent over and gave a gift. He would never feel that he was so great just because Liu Yi called him the general manager. After all, these eunuchs were just a group of slaves. Li Ran, who had been living in the palace, dared not forget his identity for a moment.

After seeing the ceremony, Li Ran followed Liu Yiu into the house. Before entering the living room, Li Ran spoke up and stopped Liu Yiu and said, "Mr. Liu, the emperor's order is on his body. The villain is carrying an imperial edict on his body, so it is inconvenient to enter the hall. I'm sorry Mr. Liu, why don't you accept the imperial edict here?"

"It's as General Manager Li's wishes!" Without objection, Liu Yi turned around quietly to face Li Ran.

"Yeah," Li Ran took a step back lightly, and left Liu Yi's three steps away from him, coughed lightly to clear his throat, and then shouted loudly in his sharp and bright voice: "Sanyuan Liu Yi, please follow the order!"

It is undeniable that because the eunuch's voice is special and his penetration is extremely powerful, Li Ran's voice directly made the villagers who had been around the mansion boil again, rushing to squeeze in front of the door and looking inside.

"Little Min Liu Yi, accept the order!" Although it was just a motion picture, it could not be too hasty, so Liu Yi still respectfully bowed to the order, then bent over and stretched out his hands to greet him.

"The emperor's oral order!" Li Ran thrust his body and said seriously with a respectful expression: "I am very pleased with the righteousness of the Liu family. I have promised you. I hope that the Liu family will not act erratic because of this. If you violate the law of the Tang Dynasty, you will not let it go lightly!"

"My dear, my dear! The little people remember!" Liu Yi took the imperial edict to his hand, then straightened up and asked Li Ran: "Master Li has worked hard all the way, so please go into the hall to rest and drink a cup of tea."

"There is no need to rest. The villain has to return to the palace to report his life. It is not easy to stay here for a long time, so I won't bother Mr. Liu." Li Ran shook his head and declined, and at the same time he spoke out to Liu Yi.

"In this way, then Liu sent General Li out." After leaving nowhere, Liu Yi had to let him go and send him respectfully. At the same time, he signaled to Liu Cheng to give him some money and gifts prepared in advance.

"Two million guan of silver and 300,000 dan of rice and grain were exchanged for such a yellow silk that was less than half a pound. I don't know if it can be used in the future..." Watching Li Ran and his party leave, Liu Yi sighed softly as he looked at the imperial edict in his hand, and then turned around and returned to the mansion.

On the northwest border, within the large tent of Liu's cotton collection, Liu Bing was still tying the abacus that others couldn't understand, facing the accounts one by one.

"Sixty-three7,200 guan and six hundred and fifty cents." Liu Bing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he looked at the money spent on the account, and sighed softly: "In less than ten days, half of the money has been spent. It seems that we can go home in less than a month."

"Manager Liu said," Ma Lianggong, the entourage in charge of Liu Bing's daily life, handed a cup of hot tea and said softly: "In just ten days, we easily received nearly half of the white folds from Gaochang. Compared to the last time the manager of Chongzhou came over, the gains from our trip were much higher."

"Well, these are all the young master's clever tricks and have caught the weakness of the Gaochang people," Liu Bing took the tea bowl, looked up at Ma Liang and said softly: "Otherwise, we will enter Gaochang and collect it. Even if Hou Junji does not take any ruthless measures, we will not expect to receive so much goods in such a short time."

Thinking about this period of time, the people of Gaochang were like crazy, transporting them to the border regardless of day and night. Liu Bing couldn't help but sigh at their young master's foresight again. He picked up Gao Mao's neck and forced the normal one-year or two-year thing to within a short month.

Thinking about the fact that the Prime Minister and General of Gaochang every day, they would humbly seek to trade with them. In order not to disturb their rest and not delay trading time, they would rather deliver the goods to them at night and wait until the daytime to contact Liu. Their compromise method has always made Liu Bing feel a very strong sense of satisfaction.

This is the serious toast and not to eat the punishment. While feeling very happy, Liu Bing had no intention of pity in his heart. I thought that if they had not obstructed them in every way, Chongzhou would not have been seriously injured and returned home. Gaochang would not have been in such a situation today.

"What's going on outside?" Drinking tea into your stomach, your body couldn't help but feel a little warm. Liu Bing listened to the noisy sound outside and asked Ma Liang.

"It seems like another batch of white stacks are transported to Gaochang, and they are being unloaded." Ma Liang replied softly, looking at their manager's face, bent over and said in a voice: "If the manager feels noisy, the villain will give a few instructions and let them all whisper."

Because he wanted others, Qu Yifu and Chu Yi and his party were very polite to the people of the Liu family, especially to Liu Bing and the people close to him. Therefore, Ma Liang's identity has increased and he spoke louder than before.

"Well, that's not necessary. We will also benefit from working overnight, so we don't have to disturb us." Holding the tea bowl in his hand, Liu Bing thought for a moment and ordered Ma Liang: "Go and say to the Wu Captain Wu who is in charge of the guard. This period of time makes him be careful and strictly prevent Gaochang from marching troops to attack the camp."

According to Gaochang's current attitude of being so earnest and even willing to transport goods overnight, it shows that they are short of money and indirectly proves that they attach great importance to this transaction, and it is almost impossible to break off diplomatic relations.
Chapter completed!