bullyxtreme Chapter 277 Are You Stupid?
Chapter 277 Are You Stupid?
The reason why the prefect's mansion was not given to them to live in was because Xie Yingfeng himself wanted to live in the prefect's mansion.
After all, he is currently the acting prefect. He was unwilling to live in the prefect's mansion before because the original mansion was too big. Xie Yingfeng is a lazy man and adheres to the principle of saving as much as possible. He doesn't want to live in such a big mansion at all.
Later, after getting married, he bought a house adjacent to Wei Ling's, so he simply lived in that house with Qu Wanning. After all, Qu Wanning had to visit Su Jixiang from time to time, so this way they were close to each other and saved themselves the trouble of walking.
But now that Cui Yushan is here, he has to move.
Occupy the prefectural government's mansion first to prevent Cui Yushan from having any evil intentions towards it.
So as soon as Wei Ling left, Xie Yingfeng asked someone to clean up the prefect's mansion, and went home to let Qu Wanning move with him.
Living in such a big house, the number of slaves needed would be more than double the current number, so Xie Yingfeng had no choice but to buy some servants from the human traffickers.
These expenditures really made him feel sad!
Moreover, no one had lived in the prefectural mansion for a long time, and many places needed repair. Using these two days to carry out a intensive repair would cost a huge amount of money, which made Xie Yingfeng want to cry. If he had known that the acting prefect would spend so much money, he should have let Wei Ling take the position concurrently.
However, it makes sense for Wei Ling to let him take on the role concurrently.
In order to make Emperor Longchang feel that Wei Ling was not so arbitrary, at least some government power was given to someone else. Although this person was not so arbitrary and there was no difference between giving it to Xie Yingfeng and holding it in his own hands, in the eyes of Emperor Longchang, it would feel much better.
Xie Yingfeng spent a huge sum of money that made him feel so painful that he almost vomited blood before he could tidy up the prefect's mansion and make it look barely presentable.
So when Xie Yingfeng helped Cui Yushan clean up the salt merchant's house, he kept a record of the expenses. When the Foundry Office reopens, he will hand over the bill as soon as possible!
Whoever lives there pays for it! He doesn't want to be taken advantage of!
And he was definitely not going to help clean up the Foundry Office.
When they came out of the mine, they not only blew up the mine but also smashed the Foundry Office to pieces. The roof was blown off by them. Now the Foundry is just a pile of ruins. After several years, it looks exactly like it did before, only the collapse is even more serious.
Cui Yushan and his companions were still slow on the road, but they finally arrived in Mangcheng before noon on the third day.
Xie Yingfeng came out to greet them with a group of military generals.
Before entering the city, Cui Yushan laid out all the support he had.
The group entered Mangcheng in such a grand manner. As soon as they entered Mangcheng, Wei Ling took the other generals and left ahead of them, using the excuse that there was something going on in the army, leaving Xie Yingfeng to entertain Cui Yushan and his group.
As Cui Yushan walked along the way, he was full of curiosity about Mangcheng.
This Mang City was actually very prosperous, and it was nothing like the dilapidated northern border town he had imagined.
Although it is not as prosperous as the Eastern Capital and the Jiangnan area, it is not much inferior to the big cities in other states and counties.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Lee Gardens.
This Li Garden was the yard that Xie Yingfeng had someone clean out for Cui Yushan and Zheng Wenxiu to live in.
"Mangcheng is not as good as the capital. The conditions are not that good." Xie Yingfeng let Cui Yushan into the yard and said with a smile, "Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy, please don't despise me. You and your wife will live here from now on."
Although Cui Yushan was a member of the Cui family, he was only from a side branch. He had ascended to heaven, so how could he have had such an exquisite residence? For a moment, he was a little fascinated by it.
This will be his house from now on!
It was Zheng Wenxiu who coughed lightly in secret, which brought Cui Yushan back to his senses.
"Thank you very much for your arrangement, sir." Cui Yushan quickly straightened his expression and said with a smile.
"It's indeed not as good as the Eastern Capital." Zheng Wenxiu said slowly, "It's just barely livable." She glanced at Xie Yingfeng, "I heard that Mr. Xie was the top scholar that year?"
She was still young when Xie Yingfeng became the top scholar, but she also followed her sister to watch when Xie Yingfeng rode on horseback to parade through the streets. Xie Yingfeng at that time looked very handsome and elegant, which left a deep impression on her. After all, there was a war later and the imperial examination was cancelled. After Xie Yingfeng, there was no more top scholar riding a horse to parade through the streets with flowers in his hair.
The spring examination will be resumed this year, and by then students from all over the country have gathered in the capital.
It’s a pity that she followed Cui Yushan to Mangcheng and couldn’t see the charm of this year’s new top scholar.
Today, Xie Yingfeng's eyes and eyebrows are still gentle and elegant, but they look more calm, as if he was the young top scholar who was surrounded by flowers in Dongdu back then, but it seems not anymore!
"That's all in the past." Xie Yingfeng smiled faintly and tugged at his sleeves, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Madam Cui."
"I heard that Mr. Xie was very arrogant back then." Zheng Wenxiu said, "I wonder how many olive branches from the noble families in Dongdu he rejected. Now I heard that Mr. Xie has got married. I wonder how charming Mr. Xie's wife is to make such an arrogant Mr. Xie bow down to her?"
"Everything about my wife is fine in my eyes." Although Xie Yingfeng was smiling, he was already a little impatient with Zheng Wenxiu in his heart.
This woman is really a bit presumptuous.
"Oh? Really? Then I hope to see Madam Xie's elegance with my own eyes." Zheng Wenxiu said slowly, without a smile on her face.
"There will be a chance." Xie Yingfeng said, "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy and his wife have been traveling so hard, so you should take a rest first. There will be a banquet at the general's mansion in the evening, so please come and join us." After saying that, Xie Yingfeng handed over the visiting card that Su Jixiang had prepared.
Cui Yushan was about to reach out to take it, but was held down by Zheng Wenxiu.
"Thank you, sir. We are new here and don't know anything." Zheng Wenxiu said, "For the time being, we will not go to this banquet. Let's wait until my husband conveys the emperor's will. After all, we still have official duties to attend to, and it is really not appropriate to neglect them."
"In that case, let's do as Madam said." Xie Yingfeng put away the invitation immediately after hearing what she said. "Then you two can take a rest first. If you have any instructions, just ask someone to come. I will take my leave first."
Cui Yushan waited until Xie Yingfeng left before asking softly, "Madam, why don't you let us go to the banquet?"
"Are you stupid? Are you worthless? You just go when they invite you? Now you are the imperial envoy! You can't be invited by just anyone." Zheng Wenxiu said, "If you don't establish your authority first, they will treat you as a soft persimmon! Now you are the imperial envoy, your status is higher than all of them, so you don't have to flatter them! It won't be too late to agree after they invite you a few more times and give you enough face!"