area51novel Chapter 205
Chapter 205
Because the people who were building the road were a little scattered, the people in front might not hear what was said on the ground.
Li Chengqian jumped on his horse, bowed and said loudly.
"No need to be polite, folks. Father knows that you all had a hard time living due to the disaster. You traveled thousands of miles from Shanxi to Chang'an. Now you are working outside in the hot summer, which is even more tiring. I was specially appointed to visit you and prepare some anti-heat soup to express my condolences."
"Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live your majesty!" The people raised their hands and shouted in unison.
After a full minute, the shouting of the people subsided, and Li Chengqian bowed again and said, "Fellow villagers, you have worked hard. I will continue to move forward and see other people."
"Farewell, His Royal Highness!" The people present bowed.
Li Chengqian drove his horse forward, and the people behind him followed closely.
"Your Royal Highness, a dozen miles ahead is the construction team where Fang Jun and Baolin are." Wei Shuyu quickly stepped forward and said to Li Chengqian.
"Okay, Shuyu, you and Huaiyu don't have to go on with us. Just go back to the 'toll station' together when we return!" Li Chengqian nodded and said.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Wei Shuyu and Qin Huaiyu responded respectfully.
Riding a horse is much faster than riding a carriage. It takes less than 20 minutes to reach a distance of more than ten miles.
Along the way, they would occasionally encounter ox-horse teams transporting materials. Li Chengqian and his team would pull over in time to avoid them. Even though the cement road is now one-way, it is nearly two meters wide.
The people turned their heads curiously to look at Li Chengqian and his team, mainly because Li Chengqian's clothes were too conspicuous, a five-clawed python robe.
Li Chengqian didn't care about their wanton staring, but nodded and smiled at them.
"Angkor, could the young man in the python robe just now be the current prince?" One group of people driving ox carts discussed.
The oxcarts transported broken materials in groups of two, one following behind the oxcart. Sometimes they could help the oxcarts get out of trouble when encountering pits and ridges, but the most important thing was to clean up the cow dung.
These materials should have been transported to Wei Shuyu and his team for construction.
"Hey! Now that you say it, it's really possible.
I heard them say this morning that His Majesty sent the crown prince to visit us." Another man answered thoughtfully.
"Oh! If that's the case, His Majesty just nodded and smiled at us, but we didn't salute, which is very disrespectful!"
The man who spoke first sighed, and now it was too late to salute, Li Chengqian and his team had already walked away.
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"The owner and his wife are here!" A commoner who was directing the pouring of cement looked up and saw Su Chen and others and shouted loudly.
"Owner!"
"Hello, owner!"
When Li Chengqian and his team came to the construction section, five people stopped what they were doing and greeted Su Chen.
For a moment, they could not recognize Li Chengqian in his official uniform, and Su Chen looked no different from usual.
Su Chen smiled and waved to them. Su Chen did not recognize the five people, at least he could not call out their names.
The others also stopped their work and looked at Su Chen and the others.
Su Chen immediately dismounted and walked quickly to Li Chengqian, "Your Highness, we are here!" Su Chen said loudly and deliberately.
The people around heard Su Chen's words, and then they carefully looked at the young man riding in the front.
"I pay my respects to Your Highness!"
"I pay my respects to Your Highness!"
Li Chengqian turned over and dismounted, and went through the previous set of procedures again.
The people shouted in unison: Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live Your Majesty!
Fang Jun and Baolin were not here, Li Chengqian and Su Chen and others continued to move forward.
"Hey, do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looks like the former owner's eldest son?"
"Yes! I think so too."
"What do you mean by similar? That's the former owner's eldest son. No, the former owner is the Emperor!"
"Ah!"
"Remember, don't go out and talk nonsense when you return to the manor in the future!" One of them warned the others seriously.
Everyone nodded.
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The further Li Chengqian and his party walked, the slower they moved. The convoys transporting materials on the road gradually increased.
"Su Chen, will the villagers in the manor find out that I am the former young owner of the manor?" Li Chengqian asked with a smile.
"Those villagers should know that the former owner of the manor is the emperor. There is nothing to hide. It's just that His Majesty doesn't want them to perform a big ceremony in the manor. It's more relaxed like before." Su Chen nodded slightly.
"I didn't expect that Chang Sun Chong and the others were so tanned, but Daniu has the best skin color now, hahaha." Li Chengqian laughed.
This is the last construction team. Fang Jun, Bao Lin and Chang Sun Chong are discussing things with the third construction team that just passed by.
"Well, let's see if Du He and Bao Qing are darker." Su Chen also laughed.
Among the eight of them, Cheng Chuliang originally had the darkest skin, BaoLin and Baoqing did not inherit Yuchi Laohei, and their skin color is normal.
Not long after, the cement road reached the end. Du He and Baoqing were responsible for leveling and tamping the roadbed at the front, which was also the easiest job.
After riding forward for about 20 minutes, they saw people tamping the roadbed in front.
There were so many people that they could not see the end at a glance.
Neither Li Chengqian nor Su Chen planned to walk into the crowd of construction teams, as it was inconvenient to have too many people. Standing at the front of the construction crowd, some people took a few curious glances.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Fortunately, Du He and Baoqing received the report and walked out of the crowd.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
A large group of people followed to pay their respects, regardless of whether they could see the people in front of them.
"No need to pay respects, everyone!"
Li Chengqian responded loudly.
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"Su Chen, long time no see!"
After Li Chengqian skillfully gave a short speech, Du He and Baoqing greeted everyone.
After the greetings, Su Chen looked at the time. It was past four in the afternoon. On the way back, he had to go and see the pyrite.
"Du He, Bao Qing, can you leave the construction site now? Let's get together in the evening." Su Chen asked.
If possible, they would just go back together.
"Of course, the foreman is now very experienced in all aspects and can fully guarantee the quality of construction." Du He patted his chest and said.
Su Chen nodded, "Your Highness, our mission has been completed. Why don't we return to the 'toll station' now?"
"Okay, Du He, Bao Qing, let's go back together and have a drink in the evening!
We came here specifically to bring you delicious food you have never tasted before." Li Chengqian whispered to Du He and the others.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
"Hahaha, you're welcome! Go back the same way!" Li Chengqian laughed and waved his hand.
"Damn hooligan, didn't you say you were going to find a gold mine?" Princess Changle slowed down and rode parallel to Su Chen's horse.
"Yes, that 'gold mine' is not far from Wei Shuyu's construction team, just on the way." Su Chen said with a smile.
"Is there really a gold mine? Could it be a copper mine? Copper is also yellow." Princess Changle asked in a low voice.
Su Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Princess Changle, and gave a thumbs up: "You are so smart!"
"It can't really be a copper mine! An annual output of 5,000 kilograms is not much."