Chapter 197 Decided to Trick Emperor Xuan

When Ning Chen woke up from his sleep, it was already noon.

Li Hanru and Shen Min probably went home after the morning court.

Ning Chen ate something in the Siyi Pavilion, then went out to buy some things, and rode Diao Chan straight out of the city.

In the small fenced courtyard, a few free-range chickens were foraging for food casually, and a chubby child was riding a wooden horse, swinging back and forth.

The child stared with black eyes, looking at the tall horse that appeared outside the door, and then looked at his own small wooden horse, a little envious.

Ning Chen tied up the horse and walked into the yard.

The child was not afraid of strangers, and showed Ning Chen an innocent smile... He knew this brother and had been to his house before.

Ning Chen opened a package of snacks in his hand, picked up a piece and handed it to the child.

The child looked at the snacks in Ning Chen's hand, swallowed quietly, but shook his head to refuse.

At this time, a lame old man lifted the curtain and walked out, "Little Tiger..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Ning Chen standing in the yard.

The old man was excited, "Fourth Young Master?"

"Uncle Chai?"

Ning Chen smiled and greeted.

The wrinkles on Uncle Chai's face were stretched out, and he smiled happily.

"When did the Fourth Young Master come? Come in and sit down."

Ning Chen waved his hand and walked forward, "How is Uncle Chai?"

"Thank you for your concern, Fourth Young Master. I'm in good health... Everything is fine."

As Uncle Chai said this, a trace of sadness flashed across his face, perhaps thinking of the death of his daughter-in-law.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Chai, I came here today to tell you good news?"

"What good news?"

"Uncle Chai, I have my own mansion, a very large mansion, bigger than Ning Mansion."

Uncle Chai was happier than Ning Chen, "I knew that the Fourth Young Master would be successful. With his own mansion, he won't be bullied in the future."

Ning Chen said in a deep voice, "No one bullies me now. Ning Ziming's family has been imprisoned, and Ning Mansion has been confiscated... They can't bully me if they want to."

Uncle Chai widened his eyes and was shocked.

Ning Chen waved his hand, restrained his emotions, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Chai, I came here this time just to ask you, are you willing to come back to take care of me?"

Uncle Chai was stunned, and said a little disappointedly: "Of course I am willing to take care of the fourth young master...but I am old and my legs are not convenient, I am afraid I can't take good care of the fourth young master."

Ning Chen smiled, "Uncle Chai, you come to my house to be a housekeeper, you don't have to work anymore, just command others to do it."

"I promised before that when I have my own house, I will take you over...You also promised to come back to take care of me, you can't break your promise."

"Actually, I'm still used to Uncle Chai taking care of me. You take Brother Dazhuang and the child over...When the time comes, I will find a teacher for the child to teach him to read and write."

Uncle Chai was excited.

"As long as the Fourth Young Master doesn't mind, I will go... But I can't be a housekeeper, I will just serve the Fourth Young Master."

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Chai, you must be the housekeeper... I feel relieved that you are in charge of the house!"

"Please arrange the family affairs in the next two days. When the house is arranged, I will send someone to pick you up."

Uncle Chai nodded excitedly.

"Fourth Young Master, please sit inside first. I will cook for you."

Ning Chen waved his hand, "Don't be busy. I am still on duty. I sneaked out and have to go back quickly."

Ning Chen handed the snacks in his hand to Uncle Chai and left.

......

Back to the Supervisory Department.

No one in the first department was there.

It is estimated that there was some big case, so they all went out.

Ning Chen came to his office, took out paper, ground the ink, and was about to pick up the pen to start drawing... But suddenly he thought of something!

He has too much silver in his hand now, and he can't let this silver sit idle. He has to make money.

After only cheating Kang Luo of one million taels, Ning Ziming kept 200,000 taels, and he also got 100,000 taels from the jewelry he brought back from the Beidu Royal Court. With the reward from His Majesty, he now has almost 1.4 million taels of silver.

Ning Chen thought for a while and came up with an idea.

Brew wine.

The wine in this world is not only turbid, but also low in alcohol.

If you open a winery and make distilled wine... and then use your identity to open up the market, you will definitely make a fortune.

If you make it into imperial wine at that time, you will definitely make a fortune.

In the future, make glass, toothpaste, soap and other things... and then open a bank. He wants to be the richest man in Daxuan and control the economic lifeline of Daxuan.

Even if he loses the protection of Emperor Xuan in the future, he can rest assured.

But this matter must be done quietly. Tomorrow, I will go to Gu Yichun and ask him to open the winery first.

There is another thing to do, that is, to build a private army of my own.

Raising private soldiers by myself is a crime of extermination.

However, Ning Chen already has an idea in his mind.

He cheated the minister out of one million taels of silver, and he didn't keep a penny of it... And this matter can't be concealed for long? Those spineless people will know that they have been tricked sooner or later.

At that time, they dare not question Emperor Xuan... But they will definitely criticize him and curse his family's ancestral graves.

Why should Emperor Xuan get the benefits, while he didn't get anything and still got scolded? It's too unfair.

Ning Chen's eyes flickered, and he smiled like a fox.

He decided to cheat Emperor Xuan.

It was illegal to raise private soldiers, and he could ask Emperor Xuan for people.

Not only did he have to raise private soldiers, but he also had to ask Emperor Xuan to provide people and money.

"Hehehe..."

Ning Chen smiled cunningly.

Having made up his mind, Ning Chen began to draw.

Strange patterns appeared on the paper.

This is the parts diagram of the cannon.

In fact, there is no need to hide this thing. Just like a musket, you can find a few skilled craftsmen to disassemble and study it and make it.

Only Emperor Xuan didn't understand it and made it mysterious.

An hour later, Ning Chen picked up the finished drawing and looked at it for a while, and then modified a few places. Only then did he show satisfaction on his face.

At this time, Gao Ziping and others came back.

Ning Chen put away the drawing and asked, "Is there a big case?"

"It's just a big case... It's just a few ruffians in the gambling house causing trouble, causing the brothers to go there in vain."

Feng Qi was complaining.

Chen Chong followed up by saying, "Brothers have been so bored lately that they are almost growing hair. They say that someone was killed in the gambling house... When we arrived, we saw that it was just a fight between a few hooligans."

Ning Chen was surprised and said, "This should be the matter of the Jingdu Yamen, right?"

A group of people stared at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen touched his face and looked down at his body. There was no dirt on his face and his clothes were very neat. There was nothing wrong.

"Why are you looking at me like this?"

Feng Qizheng laughed and scolded, "You are not guilty of saying this, because you overthrew the left prime minister, and the Jingji Yamen from top to bottom has been combed... Now everyone is in danger, how can they have time to take care of other things?"

Ning Chen was stunned.

After overthrowing the left prime minister, because of his relationship with the Ning Mansion, he did not participate in the interrogation.

It seems that it is similar to what he guessed before, the prefect of the Jingji Yamen is also the left prime minister's man.

Ning Chen changed the subject and said, "I have something happy to tell you."

Feng Qizheng looked at him, "Don't tell me that you have taken another girl from the twelfth room?"

Ning Chen rolled his eyes in annoyance and scolded with a smile, "Get lost! Can you think of something else?"

"I will open my mansion in two days, and then everyone will go to have fun... Remember to bring gifts. If anyone's gift is not good, I will have people beat him out with sticks."

Feng Qizheng laughed and said, "I will definitely go! I will give you a small copper-plated golden Buddha."

Ning Chen picked up a case file on the table and threw it at him in annoyance.

Feng Qizheng dodged and smiled.

Gao Ziping came over and asked, "Is there anything we can help you with? Just ask."

"Maids and servants, have you found the cooks and guards?"

Ning Chen said, "Your Majesty said that he would assign me one from the palace, and I have found the guards... I just remembered when you mentioned the cook, but I haven't found one yet?"

The group of people were all stunned.

"Ning Chen, are the servants in your house appointed by His Majesty?"

Ning Chen nodded.

A bunch of animals cried out in envy.

His Majesty dotes on this bitch Ning Chen too much.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Do you know any good chefs? Recommend me a few."

Feng Qizheng smiled slyly, "What else can you recommend? Just go to Tianfulou and pick one."

Ning Chen was speechless, "They don't want to do business anymore?"

"Pick one or two won't affect their business... When you open your mansion, invite the chefs from Tianfulou over, and keep all the ones you think are good at cooking."

Ning Chen glared at him, "If I dare to steal someone's chef, the owner of Tianfulou will probably fight me to death... Cutting off someone's wealth is like killing their parents."

"He dares?" Feng Qizheng looked ferocious, "If he dares to refuse, I'll let him try all the tortures of the Supervisory Department one by one... By then, let alone a few chefs, even if I want his mother, he won't dare to say no."

Ning Chen was so angry that he almost couldn't help stomping on this idiot, this brainless thing.

"Shut up! Stop giving bad advice."

"I'll go to Yashi tomorrow to see if I can find a few good cooks?"

Yashi is a talent market... but in this world, people are not so civilized. Yashi is actually a slave market.

Ning Chen thought for a while and continued, "Old Gao, if you have nothing to do now, accompany me to the new house to take a look and see what else needs to be prepared?"

Gao Ziping nodded, "Okay!"

Gao Ziping, Feng Qizhen, Chen Chong... accompanied Ning Chen to the new house.

The seal on the door has been removed.

Ning Chen stepped forward and pushed the door but it didn't open. It seems that the people sent by His Majesty have arrived.

Ning Chen rang the door knocker.

Soon, the door opened!

It turned out to be a palace guard.

"Meet Ning Yinyi!"

Seeing Ning Chen, the guard opened the door completely and bowed.

Ning Chen felt that the guard looked familiar, "Have we met before?"

The other party smiled and said, "Ning Yinyi, have you forgotten? Last time in the Supervisory Department, you gave me gold."

Ning Chen remembered.

"It turned out to be you? I said you looked familiar... Did His Majesty send you?"

The guard nodded and said, "His Majesty said that before Ning Yinyi found a suitable guard, he asked us to be responsible for the safety of the Ning Mansion."

"Thank you!"

Ning Chen said a few polite words and walked in with Gao Ziping and others.

Ning Chen had been to the Prime Minister's Mansion several times and was familiar with it.

As he walked along, he saw maids busy everywhere.

"Ning Chen, His Majesty loves you too much. Even the imperial guards have been transferred to serve as your guards."

Chen Chong was full of envy.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Don't exaggerate. This is only temporary... When I find a suitable guard, they will leave."

Feng Qizheng made a tut-tut sound from time to time.

Ning Chen glanced at him, "Do you have hemorrhoids in your mouth?"

Feng Qizhen tutted again, "I'm really envious... As expected of people in the palace, look at these little palace maids, they are so beautiful, so tender that you can squeeze water out of them."

Ning Chen agreed with this point. These little palace maids are not very old. They are not stunningly beautiful, but they all have delicate and pretty faces.

He began to sympathize with Emperor Xuan again.

The concubines of Emperor Xuan are probably not as beautiful as these little palace maids.

The women of Emperor Xuan are all bound by interests... For example, the queen, because her father is the Grand Tutor.

The Emperor Xuan is also proud of his status and is embarrassed to favor the little palace maids.

In fact, it is right not to favor them. These little palace maids have no background. Once they are favored, they will be envied by other concubines and probably won't live for more than three days.

Alas...Poor His Majesty!

Ning Chen felt sorry for Emperor Xuan for three seconds in his heart.

Feng Qizheng looked around with a pair of thieving eyes, "Surrounded by beauties... Ning Chen, can your little body handle it?"

Ning Chen glanced at him, "What do you want to say?"

Feng Qizheng patted his chest and said heroically: "As a brother, I decided to move in with you... to help you bear part of the burden, I will help you deal with these beautiful skeletons, we are all brothers, no need to thank me, just provide food and accommodation."

Ning Chen's mouth twitched, this bitch.

Chen Chong laughed and scolded: "This is someone in the palace, you dare to mess around... Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will chop off your dog head?"

Feng Qizheng shrank his neck and laughed dryly a few times: "I'm not worried that Ning Chen's body can't bear it?"

The three of them rolled their eyes at him.

Chen Chong suddenly said: "Ning Chen, didn't you say you didn't find a cook?"

"I didn't find one, what's wrong?"

Chen Chong pointed to the distance, "If that's not the kitchen, then your house is on fire."

Ning Chen looked intently, and sure enough, there was smoke rising in the distance.

"Let's go and have a look!"

The four of them came to a small courtyard, which was the kitchen, where a group of people were busy.

Ning Chen waved and called someone over. After asking, he found out that... His Majesty actually assigned him a royal chef.

Feng Qizheng and the other two were so envious and jealous that they shouted that they would come to eat every day in the future.