Chapter 26 Arrived in Xianyang
"What are you going to do?"
Meng Ao looked at Mo Jun. Now that the King of Qin has offered an olive branch, it is natural to wait for Mo Jun's response.
Mr. Mo is not Meng Ao. Now he doesn’t have the capital to be neutral. Facing Ying Zheng’s solicitation, he only has two choices: ‘accept’ or ‘not accept’.
certainly.
If Mo Jun asks Meng Ao to force neutrality, it is not impossible.
But it is not necessary.
Throughout the ages, any competition for that position has always been a big gamble for the vast majority of 'investors'.
Since it is gambling, there will be risks.
The winner eats meat, the loser eats dust.
But if someone knows the result in advance, then this is no longer a gamble, but a business with huge profits, even tens of thousands of profits.
It just so happened that Mo Jun happened to be the one who knew the outcome of the bet in advance.
Understanding Mo Jun's thoughts, Meng Ao didn't say much, but reminded: "Since you have made a decision, then you and I will not be able to return to Xianyang together."
Mr. Mo nodded. He also understood what Meng Ao meant. With Meng Ao's current status, if Mr. Mo took a car with him to return to Xianyang, no matter whether it was intentional or not, it would definitely attract a lot of attention.
And this obviously does not match the low-key that Qin Wang Yingzheng and Mo Jun himself wanted.
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As the capital of Qin State.
Xianyang now has a total population of more than 200,000, with a dense flow of people and prosperous business. It is second only to HD, the capital of Zhao State, and Linzi, the capital of Qi State. It is a well-deserved big city.
Shangdang is not too far from Xianyang, but this is not too far away according to Mo Jun's concept calculation. In fact, since Shangdang and Meng Ao separated, Mo Jun drove a carriage and wandered away for nearly ten days. Only successfully arrived at the destination.
Even with the memory of the original body, Mo Jun came to Xianyang for the first time in this world, so he was naturally curious.
The carriage was driving slowly in the middle of the road, and there were pedestrians passing by on both sides of the road from time to time, bustling with people. Such a flow of people would not be worth mentioning in later generations, but at present, this is already an extremely prosperous area.
Xianyang Palace is located on the east side of the capital.
So the area closer to the east city is more prosperous. Mo Jun came to Xianyang in the evening, and after wandering around the city for a while, the sky gradually dimmed.
Nowadays, wax and oil are precious, so most ordinary people will go to bed early when it gets dark, and seldom light a fire at night.
So the west city of Xianyang, just after the sunset, immediately became completely silent.
However, Dongcheng, on the other hand, seemed to show its true posture after entering the night.
Along both sides of the road.
Almost every household will hang lanterns in front of the door.
Vendors do not close their accounts at night and operate as usual.
Especially the many restaurants and inns, which are overcrowded by all kinds of wealthy children in fancy clothes.
Of course, at this time of night, the most lively places are undoubtedly those places where you can have fun. The number of lanterns hung in these places is also the largest and the most eye-catching. You don't even need to go into the gate, just pass by the side of the road, you can already hear a burst of Yingying Yanyan's words coming from inside.
If someone stands above and looks down at this moment, they will find that compared with the silence in the south, north, and west directions of Xianyang, the sky where the east city of Xianyang is located has already been illuminated by countless lanterns and candles in a brilliant yellow color.
At first glance.
The entire east city of Xianyang seems to have turned into a city that never sleeps.
"I kind of like it here."
A sincere and honest smile appeared on the corner of Mo Jun's mouth.
He is a layman.
Money, power, fame... all the vulgar things in the eyes of others, Mo Jun likes very much.
But Mr. Mo was also worried about a problem before, that is, no matter how much he earns in the future, if he has nowhere to spend it, wouldn’t it be nothing?
But now it seems that he seems to be thinking too much.
The mansion awarded by Ying Zheng to Mo Jun is in Xianyang Zhongcheng, which is considered a special place, but not many places.
After all, although the land price in Xianyang is still not comparable to that of later generations, as the capital of a country, naturally not everyone can afford a house here.
The king of Qin rewarded Mo Jun with five mansions.
However, the "five seats" here does not refer to quantity, but to area.
The size of the mansions being built now is not exactly the same. Sometimes the area of the rewarded mansions is too small, and several more will be given. If the area is too large, it will be combined for calculation.
certainly.
Generally, no matter how small the rewarded mansion is, the actual area will only be larger than the measured area, not smaller.
After all, in this era, there is no such thing as a "shared share".
As for the mansions awarded to Mo Jun by the King of Qin, there are only three in total. They are a big main house and two small shops.
When we returned to the main house.
There are also two lanterns hanging outside the gate of the main house. The style is quite new, and it is obviously a new lantern that has just been hung.
"Boom boom boom~"
Mr. Mo stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.
Not for a while.
A voice came from inside the door: "Here we come!"
Then there was a rush of footsteps. After a while, the door opened, and a servant in coarse linen came out. He first looked at Mo Jun, and then said cautiously: "You are..."
Before this person finished speaking, Mo Jun took out the token of 'Doctor' and waved it in front of his eyes.
The servant's face turned pale immediately, and he knelt down on the ground: "I don't know it's the master's return, this servant really deserves to die, please forgive me."
"Get up! Those who don't know are innocent. Now go and call the other people in the house to the lobby. I want to see them later."
"yes!"
Seeing that without saying a word, he had already made the slave turn pale with fright, Mo Jun also shook his head helplessly.
But he also understands that in this era when the master can decide the life and death of a slave with a single word, the slave's reaction seems violent, but it is actually the norm in this world.
Not long.
Six men and six women, twelve slaves all appeared in front of Mo Jun.
These twelve slaves are all the property that the King of Qin rewarded Mo Jun. Despite the large number of people, in fact, among Mo Jun's rewards, the value of these twelve slaves is the lowest.
Slaves are not worth much in this era.
Even the lowest title of the empire, the "Master", will be equipped with a slave as standard when awarding rewards. It's just that the slaves obtained by "public officials" are generally of the worst quality.
The slaves rewarded to Mr. Mo are all of the highest grade.
The six female slaves are all fifteen or sixteen years old, in their prime of life. Although their appearances were not overwhelming, they were all dignified and beautiful, bright and moving.
The six male slaves are all well-built and strong.
"There is no other purpose for calling you here today, the main thing is to let you recognize people. As for the various affairs in the house, how you handled them before, you can do as usual in the future."
"Yes, master. The slave (servant) understands!"
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(end of this chapter)