Wan Houyu smiled and saluted to Prefect Liu: "Greetings, Prefect Liu, the prince and princess separated from us when they were almost reaching Fucheng and came to Fucheng first."
It was probably because of this scene that the unknown officials were waiting here, and more people came. He thought that the prince and princess did not like the feeling of being watched, so they arrived in Fucheng in advance.
The palace has a branch courtyard in Fucheng, so this time they will not stay anywhere else, but directly stay in the palace branch courtyard. The prefect's mouth twitched, feeling a little helpless. He came to pick someone up just to make a good impression on the prince and princess, after all, he had something to ask for.
But now it seems that it is not possible, no one has answered the call: "Then you go back first."
After sending the Wan family away, Magistrate Liu also headed back to the Magistrate's residence. Mu Laohei was right. The prince and princess didn't like this kind of formality. No wonder that stinky Laohei didn't come today. It turned out that stinky Laohei understood the prince and princess better.
At this time, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao just returned to the Villa from the street. The Villa’s chief steward stood in front of the prince and princess and said, “Prince, I have already found out that there is a very busy dock in Fucheng. There is a shipyard over there. It belongs to the Wan family. Almost all the ships that the Wan family uses to go out to sea are built there.”
The Wan family is an old family in Fucheng. In addition to going out to sea, most of the ships used in the inland sea are also from the Wan family. Just based on shipbuilding, the Wan family's status is not low, especially now that no one can build better ships than the Wan family.
Even if the imperial court wanted the Wan family's shipbuilding technology, it had to save its face and couldn't just snatch it away by force, so the matter came to a stalemate.
The Wan family also became lively because of Wan Houyu's return. Wan Houyu had someone sort out Yu Ziying's dowry, and after putting it all away, he took the other things to find his eldest brother Wan Chengling.
"Brother, I'm back."
Wan Chengling looked at Wan Houyu with a smile. He hadn't seen his younger brother for a long time. He walked up to him and patted Wan Houyu on the shoulder: "It's good to be back. You've grown stronger."
The two had the same father and mother, and because of the age difference, Wan Houyu could be said to be raised as a son by Wan Chengling. Wan Houyu's parents had long passed away, and all of Wan Houyu's affairs were decided by his elder brother Wan Chengling.
"Brother, this is Ying'er. I'm bringing her back to get married."
Wan Chengling knew of Yu Ziying's existence, and he was very happy that his brother had found someone he liked: "Okay, I've asked someone to prepare. You guys take a rest first, and the wedding will be held in a few days."
Seeing that his elder brother had prepared everything, Wan Houyu asked someone to take Yu Ziying down, while he took Wan Chengling to see the harvest. After Yu Ziying left, the two brothers began to talk about other things.
"Did you succeed in making friends with the King and the Princess this time?"
Wan Houyu nodded: "Yes, brother, after this contact, I found that the prince and the princess are really good. The court should not do something that directly seizes our shipbuilding ability. Brother, are you thinking too much?"
Wan Chengling shook his head: "The prince and princess like to travel, this is known to everyone, other people don't, our emperor is a person who is determined to build a strong country. Going to sea is too profitable, we have probably been targeted by the emperor a long time ago. It is necessary to prevent it, and you said that the prince and princess happened to go to sea, isn't it too coincidental?"
Wan Houyu was reminded of this and said, "Brother, do we really want to give up this piece? With such a huge benefit, even if we agree, others will not agree."
Although Wan Chengling is the head of the Wan family, he cannot make all decisions about the family. The Wan family has elders who can decide the family's affairs. Wan Chengling frowned and said, "Gather the elders for a meeting tomorrow."
Qian Jiujiu and the others didn't know what the Wan family was doing, but they still sent someone to keep an eye on it. After all, you can't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.
The next day, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao were still traveling around Fucheng with their two children, as if they were not in a hurry at all. This family was not in a hurry, but the major families in Fucheng began to worry and wanted to come to pay a visit, but the protagonist was not there every day.
These noble families had no choice but to ask people to find the prefect, and the prefect had no choice but to go find Mu Laohei. If they couldn't stop the prince and princess, they couldn't find Mu Laohei either.
"Old Blackhead, you have to help me. If I can't find the prince and princess, those people will bother me every day, which is not a big deal. I don't care. If you don't help me, I will bother you every day."
Mu Laohei's face was dark, but because he was originally dark, no one noticed it. Finally, he was annoyed by Prefect Liu and finally agreed: "Okay, I'll give you news tomorrow, you go back first."
Prefect Liu was overjoyed and went home. When Mu Laohei saw Prefect Liu leaving, he sent a letter to the Prince's mansion and asked the housekeeper to deliver it to the Prince.
When Mu Yexiao took Qian Jiujiu and others home at night, the housekeeper came over with a visiting card: "Your Majesty, this is a visiting card sent by General Mu."
In fact, in addition to Mu Laohei, Prefect Liu and other noble families have sent visiting cards. However, Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu did not respond. Mu Yexiao did not reach out to take the visiting card, but just nodded: "Got it."
The housekeeper finished his work and turned to leave. Qian Jiujiu sighed helplessly: "I have to be forced to open business again."
Beibei looked at Qian Jiujiu in confusion: "Mom, what does it mean to be forced to operate?"
Qian Jiujiu curled her lips and said, "It's just doing things you don't want to do. Those ladies are so annoying."
Beibei blinked her big, cute eyes and said, "Mom doesn't like to attend banquets. That's easy. I'll do it. Mom will take Dad out to play tomorrow. Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other and then looked at Bei Bei: "Are you serious?"
Beibei nodded, indicating that she really wanted to: "Mom, don't worry about me, I am the highest status, and I am still a child, so it doesn't matter even if I make mistakes."
When Mu Yexiao heard this, he really agreed: "Okay, then I'll ask your Uncle Mu and Aunt Mu to come and help you."
Seeing the family of three solve the problem, Nan Nan looked miserable. He was the fourth person in the family, why didn't anyone ask for his opinion? His mother didn't like being forced to run the business, and he didn't like it either.
But the matter was settled, and no one listened to him. The next day, Mu Laohei brought his wife to the palace. After listening to the prince's request, Mu Laohei's mouth twitched: "Prince, I am a rough man, aren't you making things difficult for me?"
Mu Yexiao glared at him and said, "You have been here for so many years, but you are still a rough man. This is a chance for you. It's settled. You and your wife will decide on the banquet. Invite people in three days. And take good care of the prince and the princess."
Mu Laohei thought something was wrong: "My Lord, you are not going to run away with the princess again, are you?"
Mu Yexiao coughed twice. He didn't expect that Mu Laohei, a rough man, could guess people's thoughts accurately. He didn't object, but patted Mu Laohei on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Mu Laohei knew this would happen, so he took his wife to stay and started distributing invitations, inviting the wives of the noble families and officials of all ranks to come and pay their respects.
When Prefect Liu received the invitation, he suddenly felt a sigh in his heart. Fortunately, he was honest and did not make things difficult for Mu Laohei. Who knew that Mu Laohei was so powerful and was actually the prince's man.
They worked so hard just to see the prince, but who would have thought that Mu Laohei was more capable. Prefect Liu wanted to ask Mu Laohei what the prince and princess liked, but he found out that they were living in the prince's mansion, so he didn't dare to go there.
Qian Jiujiu saw that Fucheng didn't need to worry about it and didn't want to stay here any longer, so she looked at Mu Yexiao and said, "Mu Yexiao, let's go to the shipyard now."
She was eager to know the situation at the Wanjia Shipyard, how advanced the technology was, and whether it could build the big ship she wanted.
Mu Yexiao immediately obeyed Qian Jiujiu's instructions, and knowing that Qian Jiujiu was anxious, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's set off now."
The two of them had space in hand, so they didn't need to pack at all. They went out directly. There was nothing to visit in Fucheng, so they went to the town they had heard about.
Yongfeng Town is the town where the Wanjia Shipyard is located. Most of the men in the town work in the shipyard. Because of the shipyard and the dock, life in Yongfeng Town is better than in other towns, and there are more outsiders.
The arrival of Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao did not attract any attention at all. They randomly found a restaurant in the town to eat. Because Qian Jiujiu had used the menu, it was copied by the people here, and almost every restaurant prepared a menu.
The waiter saw the two people coming in and brought the menu very attentively: "Dear guests, please take a look at our restaurant's special dishes. The guests who come here like them."
Qian Jiujiu took the menu and looked at it. It was indeed near the sea, and almost all the special dishes were seafood. Qian Jiujiu didn't choose, and just opened his mouth and shouted, and then put the silver on the table.
"Waiter, give me one portion of all your special dishes."
With money as a base, the waiter was not afraid that this was a free meal. Of course, the more you order, the better, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter: "Okay, wait a moment, sir."
After that, he went to the kitchen with a smile to place the order: "Chef, a big customer is here, I want all our special dishes to be served quickly."
The chef was also a little surprised. He kept moving his hands, and soon one special dish after another was brought out and placed on the tables of Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao.