On the repaired and widened streets, cars and horses are bustling, pedestrians rub shoulders, and there are all kinds of bright and eye-catching signboards.
In addition to the most conspicuous porcelain shops and drug stores, there are also teahouses and restaurants everywhere, as well as silk shops, livestock shops, grain and oil grain shops, dumping shops, etc., etc.
Zhu Manniang, carrying a bamboo basket, lowered her head and walked through the crowd. When she heard the noisy hawking in her ears, a slightly confused look flashed across her face.
Since following Gu Tingye to Yuzhou, Zhu Manniang has come to Xuanhua Street outside the state government almost every day to buy rice, noodles, vegetable oil and other daily necessities. She has also watched Xuanhua Street develop from a deserted and deserted place to the prosperity it is today.
Scenery.
Although it is not as good as Bianjing's lively and glamorous life, as an ordinary street in a state city, it is already extremely incredible.
Zhu Manniang lives in Zhou Yali and is fairly well-informed on weekdays. Naturally, she knows that all the changes in Yuzhou City originated from Wei Chen.
Countless people in Yuzhou who had received the favor were grateful to this young Lord Zhizhou and wished they could build a shrine for him and worship him from generation to generation.
However, Zhu Manniang has no good impression of Wei Chen.
Every time Wei Chen talked to Gu Tingye, he would deliberately push her away, clearly showing that he didn't like her.
That’s all.
Zhu Manniang knew very well that she was an outsider with a lowly family background after all. It was normal for a self-proclaimed official like Wei Chen to look down on her.
Before meeting Gu Tingye, Zhu Manniang had been a singing prostitute in Bianjing for so many years, and she had long been accustomed to this kind of contemptuous look.
But there is one thing Zhu Manniang can't bear.
Driven by the Jun porcelain trade, merchants gathered in Yuzhou, all industries prospered, and the state government warehouses were filled to the brim.
Tens of thousands of Yuzhou people have more or less benefited from the development of Yuzhou. Even the lowest-level government servants in the state government have heard that their salaries have been increased recently under the instructions of the governor Wei Chen.
As for Gu Tingye, as the captain of the Yuzhou Public Security Brigade in charge of hundreds of government officials, he was busy suppressing bandits and bandits in Yuzhou last year and made great contributions to the smooth flow of Yuzhou's trade roads. In the end, he didn't even get any benefits.
Didn’t catch it either!
Zhu Manniang was really unworthy of her man, and she had expressed her dissatisfaction with Wei Chen in front of Gu Tingye several times.
It's just that Gu Tingye never paid attention to Zhu Manniang's complaints. Once, he severely reprimanded Zhu Manniang for this, which made Zhu Manniang feel aggrieved.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Manniang and Gu Tingye's values are fundamentally different, so it is naturally difficult for her to understand Gu Tingye's thoughts.
Although Gu Tingye is called Wei Chen's staff, he is different from Wei Shuping and Fang Yuan. Both Wei and Fang are Wei Chen's subordinates. They are loyal to the emperor because of his salary, but Gu Tingye is not.
The reason why Gu Tingye ran from Bailudong Academy to Yuzhou was to help his good brother support the party. What he emphasized was the word "righteousness". If Wei Chen really used money to send him away, it would be a real insult to him.
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Moreover, Gu Tingye knew very well that although Yuzhou was becoming more and more prosperous under Wei Chen's governance, Wei Chen himself did not enjoy any benefits from it.
The remaining taxes in the treasury were either used for various farmland water conservancy facilities, or for building bridges, paving roads, and setting up schools. In short, not a penny fell into Wei Chen's pocket.
Gu Tingye admired Wei Chen's high moral character and integrity, so it was naturally impossible for him to ask Wei Chen for payment. That would be a slap in Gu Lao Er's face.
It's a pity that Gu Tingye's concept is not something that Zhu Manniang, who has been living in the world since she was a child, can understand and agree with.
Of course, whether you agree or not, the reason why Zhu Manniang has been favored by Gu Tingye for such a long time is by observing his words and emotions.
Seeing the dissatisfaction on Gu Tingye's face when he heard her complaining about Wei Chen, Zhu Manniang immediately changed her tone, obeyed Gu Tingye, and buried her true thoughts in her heart.
Zhu Manniang could only comfort herself in her heart. She was doing long-term investment and she didn't need to care too much about the small profits at hand. When Gu Tingye ascended the title in the future and she became a marquise, would she still worry about not having the glory and wealth to enjoy? p>
It's just that Gu Tingye has always been resistant to returning to the Marquis Mansion. He is even unwilling to go to Bianjing. He still has to find a way to persuade him. He can't stay in this small Yuzhou City for the rest of his life, right? When he becomes a yellow-faced woman, Gu Tingye may not pamper him as much as he does now. By then, even if Gu Tingye becomes Gu Hou, the position of the marquise will have nothing to do with him.
Time waits for no one!
Thinking of this, Zhu Manniang couldn't help but quicken her pace, preparing to go back after shopping and talk to Gu Tingye about the matter.
However, just as Zhu Manniang hurriedly returned to the direction of the government office, a figure suddenly appeared from the side of the street, grabbed her arm, and cried out: "Sanniang, I finally found you!" p>
Zhu Manniang was also startled when she suddenly encountered such a thing. After a while, she calmed down slightly and regained her ability to think.
Sanniang, isn’t this my ranking at home? How did you know about this person who suddenly appeared?
Thinking of this, Zhu Manniang couldn't help but look at the unkempt man in front of her with doubts.
But when she saw the man's face clearly, her eyes widened immediately: "Brother? Why are you here?"
The man sighed heavily and said, "Oh, it's a long story!"
No wonder Zhu Maniang was shocked. The man in front of her was actually her brother, Zhu Dachun, who she said had been dead for several years.
Gu Tingye believed Zhu Manniang's lies and paid for her brother's grave. Now the grass on the grave is three feet high.
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Therefore, after identifying the identity of the person in front of her, Zhu Manniang immediately scanned her front, back, left, and right with vigilance.
This place is very close to the government office, and it is in a downtown area with many people. If an acquaintance passes by and notices me, it will be troublesome.
If Gu Tingye discovers that Zhu Dachun faked the corpse and resurrected it, even if Zhu Manniang can make up a reason to get rid of it, it will leave a knot in Gu Tingye's heart. This is definitely not what Zhu Manniang wants to see.
Fortunately, after scanning around, she didn't see anyone she knew. Zhu Manniang couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, to be on the safe side, she quickly took Zhu Dachun to avoid the flow of people and hurried away in the opposite direction to the state government office. However, Zhu Manniang hurriedly covered Zhu Dachun's whereabouts, but ignored the evasive look in her brother's eyes.
Zhu Manniang and Zhu Dachun walked quickly, away from the crowd, and finally turned into a remote alley.
Not long after, two young men in smart clothes also came to the entrance of the alley. After looking at each other, they followed in quietly.