69novels Chapter 251
Chapter 251
After sending Changsun Liang off, the three of them had not yet turned around.
Seven carriages carrying people were seen approaching from a distance, and no one knew who was sitting inside.
Su Chen frowned slightly.
"Who is this again, and what are they doing here?"
The carriage in the front stopped.
After the carriage stopped, the driver brought a horse stool and placed it next to the carriage frame.
A rough and bearded man stepped on the horse stool and fell to the ground.
The man was about to scold the coachman, asking why he didn't drive the carriage directly into the manor.
He thought the carriage was parked in the manor, but it turned out to be outside.
"You..."
Su Chen and the other two blocked the door of the manor, so how could the coachman get in?
"Hey, Su boy, how did you know that I, Old Cheng, came to your door today and specially greeted you here!"
He strode towards Su Chen and patted him on the shoulder "gently" a few times.
Su Chen's body was obviously tilted to the left by the pat.
Who else could this big man be but Cheng Yaojin!
"Uncle Cheng!"
"Uncle Cheng!"
The two women greeted Cheng Yaojin in unison.
"Hello, Princess!"
After paying respects to Princess Changle, Cheng Yaojin looked at Changsun Yao and said with a smile:
"Yaoyao girl, you are here to welcome me, Old Cheng. You know more etiquette than your father."
Changsun Yao smiled warmly:
"Yes, my niece observed the stars at night and had expected Uncle Cheng to come here today.
I came here to welcome him!"
"Hehe, good, good!"
Su Chen's mouth twitched slightly, and he smiled reluctantly and said:
"Uncle Cheng came to the manor today..."
"Hehe, some of my old brothers have long admired you.
So, today I specially brought them to see you.
Don't talk nonsense, Su boy, go cut a watermelon to quench your thirst. I didn't eat a single bite of the watermelon yesterday!"
Cheng Yaojin said as he pushed Su Chen into the manor, followed by the two women.
There were also forty or fifty people following behind.
Su Chen turned to look at Cheng Yaojin, thinking: ‘Could it be that His Majesty has detained all those watermelons! ’
“Hehe, it’s not what you think, it’s my fault for being careless.
I returned to the mansion yesterday evening, and the ice cubes in the mansion just ran out, so I threw the watermelon into the well to cool it down.
I, Old Cheng, fished for a long time but couldn’t find the watermelon.
I thought that the watermelon was not resistant to falling, and it actually cracked and sank to the bottom of the well after falling into the well.
It was just bad luck, the well was not so shallow in the past, and it just happened to be a drought year.”
Cheng Yaojin kept talking about his bad luck.
When he walked to the door of the living room, Su Chen said to Zhang Long: “Zhang Long, go and get a watermelon and cut it and bring it here.”
“Yes, Lord!”
Cheng Yaojin didn’t need Su Chen to invite him to sit down. Damadaojin sat upright and waited for the watermelon to be brought up.
“Uncle Cheng, those people are…”
Su Chen found that there were about fifty people outside, all of them were quite old.
Su Chen understood before he finished speaking. These should be the retired veterans or the families of military martyrs that Li Chengqian had found.
However, the number seemed to be different from what he said!
Then he thought that Li Chengqian might have remembered the number wrongly.
He remembered 15 people as 50 people, but it was not a big problem.
"Uncle Cheng, I already know your purpose and the purpose of those people coming here.
I will ask someone to arrange it later."
Cheng Yaojin nodded, and was about to speak, but he kept silent.
Because the cut watermelon was brought in, there were three plates.
"Uncle Cheng, you guys talk about things, Yaoyao and I will leave."
Princess Changle and Zhangsun Yao left the living room with a plate of watermelon.
Cheng Yaojin was not polite at all, and he wanted to eat the watermelon rind as well.
He didn't eat a single bite of the watermelon given to him yesterday, so it was a loss!
After about half a cup of tea, Cheng Yaojin felt that he had eaten enough and wiped his mouth.
"Su kid, those old guys outside are all my brothers who have been through thick and thin together.
Some of them are old, and some retired due to injuries.
There are a few of them who can read. I heard from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that you need people to shout and sell newspapers. I will arrange fifty people for you first.
Don't worry, if you don't have enough people, just let me know. There are still many people.
These people have been living in Lao Hei and the second brother's farm, relying on their strength to dig for food in the fields and barely avoid starvation.
It's great that you can arrange some work for them.
As for people, you can rest assured!"
Cheng Yaojin slowly introduced the general situation to Su Chen.
"Uncle Cheng, don't worry! I will arrange for these fifty people."
Su Chen nodded after listening. What he said to Li Chengqian before was to find these retired veterans.
It's just that the number of people seems to be a little more.
"Hehe, that's good.
His Majesty asked me to tell you that he has sent someone to make the sign for the bookstore.
As for the plaque of the academy, it is carved in stone and can only be delivered to the manor tomorrow."
"Okay, I got it!"
Cheng Yaojin stood up, "Su kid, I need to go back to the palace to report to His Majesty, I'm leaving.
I'll leave those old guys to you, goodbye!"
After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he walked out of the living room in a hurry and left as soon as he said he would!
"Uncle Cheng, wait!
Zhang Long, go get another watermelon and put it on the carriage for Uncle Cheng to take back."
Su Chen hurriedly called Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin stopped outside the living room, "Hey, Su kid, then I won't be polite!"
He didn't know how many watermelons Su Chen had left, and he didn't think of asking Su Chen to give him another watermelon.
In Cheng Yaojin's view, this watermelon is a valuable item.
"There's no need to be polite, Uncle Cheng can take it back for my aunt to taste. "
Su Chen smiled.
"He is very filial, maybe that's why everyone looks at him differently!"
Cheng Yaojin nodded slightly and thought.
Then, Cheng Yaojin walked towards the fifty people in the square.
"Old guys, you should follow the arrangements of the owner in the manor, and get out of here by carriage after the work is done."
Among the fifty people, several of them immediately fought back and cursed.
"Old Cheng, you don't want to go back, do you want to stay here and let the owner treat you to a meal?"
An old man cursed unceremoniously.
Although Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, and Lao Hei have been very caring for them over the years.
But it didn't affect their cursing at each other at all.
They didn't care whether you were a general or a duke.
They only talked about comradeship.
"Hehe, I'll leave right away and report back to the palace to His Majesty."
How could Cheng Yaojin be scolded by them in a few words?
Cheng Yaojin is a tough guy!
Soon, Zhang Long brought a watermelon and walked out of the manor, and Cheng Yaojin followed immediately.
"Su boy, I'm leaving!"
He waved his hand and left the square without looking back. He came quickly and left quickly.
After Zhang returned, Su Chen asked him to call the housekeeper.
The housekeeper Su Chen mentioned here refers to Wang Xi.
Yesterday evening, Su Chen wrote a few shouting words and asked him to practice.
I didn't expect it to come in handy today. The newspaper seller must shout loudly, otherwise the people don't know what it does.
Let alone what a newspaper is, who would spend a copper coin to buy something they don't know.
"Su Hou!"
Wang Xi came to the square quickly.
"Well, Steward Wang, take these veteran soldiers to the cafeteria to register, and mark those who can read separately.
Go find some newspapers, and practice those hawking phrases with everyone."
"Okay, Lord Su!"
Wang Xi led fifty people to the cafeteria to register.
Everyone had left, and Su Chen also had to prepare some things.
The first issue of Chang'an Daily will be published tomorrow.
Su Chen wants to write something to submit.
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