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Chapter 98 Arrival in Suzhou
When the ship arrived in Suzhou, did Shen Zhi tell Zhu Biao that Shen Qiancheng wanted to invite them to stay at Shen's house for a few days.

Zhu Biao shook his head and refused. This time he came to Suzhou, besides going to Shen's house to uncover the mystery, he also had a big event to tour Suzhou.

On the pier, Zhu Biao brought his three younger brothers, dressed in ordinary clothes, they looked like ordinary people, and did not attract much attention.

Shen Qiancheng has been in business for a long time, and knows that His Royal Highness does not want to make public, and revealing his identity will also cause inconvenience.

Arrange to accompany Zhu Biao and the others in the ordinary inn of the Shen family property.

Mu Ying and the others were just like ordinary tourists and did not attract attention.

People came and went at the pier, Zhu Xi and Zhu Min no longer caused trouble, and walked forward quietly with Zhu Di.

Shen's father and daughter went east, Zhu Biao and the others went to the inn.

Just as he was about to leave, a group of government servants in soap clothes suddenly came to the pier, standing beside the pier, extremely majestic.

Then a middle-aged county magistrate with a mustache came up with his master, followed by Li Wei, looking at the boats on the water.

Looking at his clothes, Zhu Biao knew that he was a county magistrate.

Shen Qiancheng and Shen Zhifu were stopped by the county magistrate as soon as they got out of the pier.

"Boss Shen, are you going back to Suzhou?"

"I've seen Li Zhi County, my little girl just came back from Nanjing." Shen Qiancheng laughed.

Li Wei next to him didn't see Zhu Biao not far away, his eyes were fixed on Shen Zhibu, and he was about to post it.

"What is Lizhi County doing at the pier?" Shen Qiancheng asked.

Li Zhixian said a few words: "Don't mention it, I heard from the capital that the crown prince has come to Suzhou, Miss Shen returned to Suzhou, but there is no big boat."

From the corner of Shen Zhi's eyes, he saw Zhu Biao not far away, and smiled at Li Zhi County: "Go back to Li Zhi County, when I came back, I remembered that there was a big ship behind me, and it must be coming soon."

When Li Zhixian heard that there was still a large ship that hadn't arrived, he subconsciously thought that it was the ship that His Royal Highness was on, so he said goodbye to the Shen family's father and daughter, and walked to the pier to look around.

Zhu Biao shook his head at Mu Ying, caught up with Zhu Xun and Zhu Xun in front, and took Zhu Di and the others to the inn.

The servants of the Shen family only regarded Zhu Biao and the others as ordinary scholars whom their master knew, and politely led the way.

The room in the inn was comfortable and tidy. Zhu Biao told them, "Don't reveal your true identity, otherwise you won't be able to play around."

Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan originally had other opinions, but they nodded immediately after hearing what the elder brother said: "Don't worry, elder brother, we will remember."

Yu'er and Jin'er obediently stood outside the door to serve.

Zhu Di was the most reassuring of himself, he only let Mu Ying in after he left with Zhu Xi and the others.

"How did the magistrate of Suzhou know that we came to Suzhou?" Zhu Biao was puzzled.

"It may be that the court knew that His Highness brought the prince to Suzhou, and it spread." Mu Ying said with certainty.

Zhu Biao nodded. He had been exhausted in the past few days and needed a good sleep.

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Suzhou County Government.

"Don't worry, the news from the court could be false. The prince's boat must be delayed." The master flattered Li Zhicai.

"Then what should we do now?" Li Zhicai became more thoughtful and said, "In case His Royal Highness visits in private, what should I do? Why come to Suzhou suddenly!"

Li Zhijie frowned.

"Master Zhixian, this is a good thing." The master said.

"What a good thing, my lord, I've had a good time here in Suzhou. Now that the crown prince is here, I still have to worry about it and waste money. What a good thing."

"Your magistrate doesn't know, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for His Highness the Crown Prince to come to Suzhou." The master said wittily, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is His Majesty's favourite. The crown prince is sure to win the Crown Prince's favor. You can reach the sky in one step."

"Okay, not bad." Li Zhicai turned his head and looked at the master again and said, "What kind of way is this to please people?"

"Quickly think of a way for me." Li Zhicai put down his teacup and asked the master to speak quickly.

"His Royal Highness's boat hasn't arrived yet, we can send people to patrol the pier and the river, and report immediately when we see His Royal Highness's boat.

Your Highness, I will definitely visit Suzhou, so we will let everyone in the big and small shops wear new clothes and new shoes, and lower the price of the meat.Mark the price of rice and the prices of various stalls such as vegetable cloth to the lowest price. "

Li Zhicai clapped his hands and applauded: "This is a good idea. When His Royal Highness arrives to visit Suzhou, he will see that under my Li Zhicai's governance, the people are happy, with good quality and low price, and there are no beggars."

The master nodded: "Now the imperial court encourages the restoration of various places. His Royal Highness sees that the county magistrate governs so well, so I will nominate you as a high-ranking official as soon as he is happy."

"Yes, show him the good ones, and make the prince happy." Li Zhicai said worriedly again: "If His Royal Highness doesn't buy meat, vegetables and rice, what will you do with the shopping, then you won't know the price."

"Don't worry, magistrate, the small ones will have people put prices on those things, and then people will go to the streets to sell them.

As long as His Royal Highness can set foot in Suzhou City, he has to watch it if he doesn't want to, and listen to it if he doesn't want to, what do you think. "

"But this is not enough to please His Royal Highness, mention me to be a high official!" Li Zhicai walked around the county office with his hands behind his back.

"Your magistrate can go to the street to help the elderly carry water, punish the evil and promote the good. After seeing this, His Royal Highness will think that you love the people like a son and work hard for the people."

Li Zhicai hummed a little tune and walked up to the yamen servants to give them a lecture. "Let these people under my command pay attention to me these few days, and don't cause trouble for me. Let my nephew also pay attention to me these few days."

Afterwards, Li Zhicai asked the master and the officials to go to the streets of Suzhou City to arrange to change the prices of meat, vegetables and food in Suzhou City.

Zhu Biao slept until night fell, and Jin'er brought him food.

Four dishes and one soup, both meat and vegetables.

You don't need to ask to know that it was prepared by Shen Qiancheng, these businessmen must be rich.He didn't hate the Shen family that much either.

However, the fact that Shanxi merchants betrayed their country and sought glory back then shows that merchants still prefer places that are beneficial to them.

Shen Qiancheng helped him not only because of his identity as the prince, but also because Shen knew whether he was sincere to him.

But in this life, there will be no more businessmen betraying the country, or Confucianism surrendering for fear of getting cold.

Daming is bound to become strong.

After dinner, Zhu Biao took Zhu Di to find Zhu Xi and Zhu Bian, but Yu'er said that they couldn't wait for Zhu Biao and had already left.

The streets of Suzhou City are crowded with people, and you can see stalls and steaming snacks everywhere.

Everything was marked with prices written in pen.

Zhu Biao was very surprised. He turned to Zhu Di who was next to him and said, "All these peddlers in Suzhou can read and write. Look at the prices they wrote."

"Brother, it seems that Suzhou City is really a paradise on earth. Let's go look for them." Zhu Di said and walked forward.

Mu Ying followed Zhu Biao, behind him were some soldiers with sharp knives.

　Ask for collection, ask for recommendation.

　　


(End of this chapter)