Zhao Qing watched Pei Yuan walk into the courtyard. The confidants of King Liang who were being held hostage saw Zhao Qing and immediately knelt down.
"Please also ask the Thirteenth Prince to make the decision for our prince and kill Pei Yuan, the rebellious traitor who has caused rebellion."
Several other people immediately followed suit.
"Please also ask the Thirteenth Prince to make the decision for our prince."
Pei Yuan stood aside and sneered.
Zhao Qing glanced at Pei Yuan and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so he could only speak to these people himself.
"Everyone, Uncle Liang Wang died of illness. You have followed Uncle Liang Wang for many years. You are deeply saddened by his passing. Your Highness can understand it, but you cannot slander Vice General Pei for this."
"Thirteenth Prince, we have not slandered Pei Yuan. In the past two years, he took advantage of the prince's illness to plant his own people everywhere in Liangzhou.
Now that the prince has passed away, he has already covered the sky with one hand in Liangzhou. If you don't deal with Pei Yuan, he may not even take you seriously in the future."
"Oh!"
Pei Yuan chuckled softly, "General Xu wants to sow discord, but this won't work. You should say that I am very ambitious. What does it mean if I don't take the Thirteenth Prince into my eyes?"
Not only do I not take him seriously, I even want to kill him, and I also want to rebel, so that I can truly become the traitor you say you are."
Zhao Qing standing next to him: "..."
Is it really okay for Vice General Pei to openly say that he wants to kill him?
"Thirteenth Prince, did you hear that?
Pei Yuan is really ambitious, he deserves to die..."
"That's enough."
Zhao Qing interrupted the man coldly, "General Xu is really crazy."
"Uncle Liang Wang died of illness. This is an undoubted fact. There is no doubt that Vice General Pei is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Don't doubt Vice General Pei's loyalty."
When everyone saw how Zhao Qing defended Pei Yuan, they understood in their hearts.
The thirteenth prince trusted Pei Yuan very much, and it was not easy to sow discord between them.
For a while no one dared to speak anymore.
King Liang is dead. Apart from these few people who are loyal to King Liang, who would speak for a dead man?
When Zhao Qing saw that no one was speaking, he took out a bright yellow imperial edict and said loudly: "Your Majesty's secret intention is here, Vice General Pei will receive the edict!"
"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor!"
Everyone fell to their knees.
Zhao Qing opened the imperial edict and Lang Sheng read: "Vice General Pei is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats on the battlefield. Liangzhou must not lack this good general.
The king of Liang is old and his illness is difficult to recover from. Liangzhou cannot be left without a leader.
I have specially drafted this decree to make Pei Yuan the King of War, and guard Liangzhou together with King Liang. Because King Liang has no children in his life, after a hundred years of King Liang, Liangzhou will be taken over by King of War Pei Yuan.
The family members of the Prince of Liang can be taken back to the capital and supported by the imperial court. I appreciate this!"
Zhao Qing handed the imperial edict to Pei Yuan.
"Prince Zhan, accept the order!"
"Your Majesty, Pei Yuan, accepts the order."
Pei Yuan received the imperial edict with a calm expression on his face. He was not overjoyed because of the edict.
On the other hand, the officers and generals following Pei Yuan could not suppress the smiles on their faces.
"Everyone, please get up."
Zhao Qing's immature face has become more mature and steady during this time, "You are all indispensable talents in Liangzhou. I hope that you can work together to assist the warlike prince in the future so that the people of Liangzhou can live a prosperous and stable life."
life.”
"I will do my best to assist Prince Zhan so that the people of Liangzhou can live a prosperous and stable life."
Everyone saluted again.
"Uncle Liang Wang's funeral will be arranged by Prince Zhan from now on." The counselor next to Zhao Qing said.
"This is natural."
Pei Yuan said: "The prince made a last wish during his lifetime. He did not want to be buried in a grand ceremony after his death. The prince has been fighting on the battlefield all his life. He hopes that his body will be cremated without disturbing anyone after his death and his ashes will be scattered on the battlefield."
"Pei Yuan, you are going too far."
After hearing Pei Yuan's words, those loyal to King Liang could no longer bear it.
When a person dies, there is no honorable burial. Instead, the body is burned and the ashes are scattered on the battlefield. The battlefield is full of lonely ghosts who have died without anyone collecting their bodies. A master once said that people who die on the battlefield are too violent.
Unable to pass away.
Pei Yuan wants their prince to die with no bones left, no peace, and no chance of rebirth!
What a hatred this is.
Do you want Pei Yuan to do this?
"Vice General Chen, I am just explaining the prince's last wish. If Vice General Chen doesn't believe it, you can ask the prince himself."
Vice General Chen: "..." The prince is dead, how can he ask?
Seeing that Vice General Chen was not talking, Pei Yuan glanced at everyone with cold eyes.
"If you feel that the prince's last wish is false, you can ask the prince in person."
Who dares to go?
Seeing that several of King Liang's loyal subordinates were not talking, Pei Yuan looked at them mockingly, then turned around and ordered people to prepare firewood.
"The prince will be cremated today and the ashes will be kept in the mourning hall overnight. After the prince's ashes are scattered on the battlefield tomorrow, everyone can come back for the banquet."
After a person dies and all the funeral rites are done, in order to thank those who came to express condolences, the host family will prepare a banquet for everyone who has helped and expressed condolences.
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Tofu shop.
Lin Jiao was looking at the account book in front of her with satisfaction.
Yesterday, I made a total of three thousand and more than three hundred kilograms of tofu.
Almost all of the more than three hundred kilograms were used for tasting, and the remaining three thousand kilograms were all sold out.
A piece of tofu costs eight taels, which is four cents.
Three thousand kilograms of tofu brought in 15,000 taels of cash, which would be equivalent to 15 taels of silver.
Excluding labor costs and other expenses, the net profit is seventy-two-five percent.
The money I make doesn’t look like much, but that’s because I don’t make enough tofu and most of it hasn’t been purchased yet.
Lin Jiao closed the account book and asked Song Lin, "How much tofu can be made today?"
Song Lindao: "There are twice as many workers coming today than yesterday. In addition, everyone just started doing it yesterday, so many people are not familiar with it, but today the speed is much faster.
We can make about 20,000 kilograms today."
Lin Jiao nodded, Liangzhou City is big enough, and with the recent addition of a large number of people, 20,000 kilograms of tofu can be easily sold out in Liangzhou City.
"From now on, Liangzhou City can make 30,000 kilograms of tofu every day. If there are more, we can sell them to villages outside Liangzhou City."
Lin Jiao ordered.
If you make too many of them, everyone can buy them every day, so they are no longer rare.
Let’s do hunger marketing for a while.
"Yes, I have remembered it." Song Lin responded respectfully.
Lin Jiao then asked Wang Chen, "Have you found the house suitable for your workshop outside the city?"
In this workshop alone, it is impossible to make as much tofu as Lin Jiao wants every day.
First, there are not enough people, and second, the yard is not big enough.
"I've found it. I'm going to have someone pick it up this afternoon. It will be ready for use in three days at most."
Wang Chen said.
The tofu is selling better today than yesterday. If they keep selling like this, they can easily earn several thousand taels a month.
Several thousand taels!
Even the Lin family can't match the speed at which they make money.