Chapter 722: Enfeoffed Land

Li Li Banfeng followed Ayi to Gourd Village, all the way to Ayi's residence. Next to her residence was the largest open space in the village, and Ayi had set up an opera stage on this open space.

Ayi said to Li Li Banfeng: "See, this is the altar."

Li Li Banfeng looked at the opera stage carefully. The stage was not small, with stone pillars underneath, wooden boards on top, and a layer of carpet spread over the wooden boards.

"This is the altar?" Li Li Banfeng examined it back and forth for a long time. "Isn't it a bit too crude?

,"

Ayi thought it was quite good: "Why make it so exquisite? Didn't the Peddler say, we don't need those cumbersome rituals,

You go to my house, sleep first, and accompany my wife to drink tomorrow morning. Don't drink too much, we still have things to do at night."

Li Li Banfeng shook his head repeatedly: "That won't do, I am also a man with a wife. Besides, the two of us brothers can't let you do it alone!"

Ayi spat: "What do you think we're doing? I am now taking Gourd Village to the Inner Continent. We are holding a sacrificial ceremony tomorrow night. You hurry up and rest!"

By the next night, Ayi pinched Qiu Qiu Luoye's nose and calculated with her fingers that Gourd Village had reached a suitable place.

If you don't understand, ask. Li Li Banfeng said: "Sister, what is called a suitable place?"

Ayi said: "Hao City is a suitable place. In the Inner Continent, only this place can generate soil, but you blew up the altar before, and Hao City has tightened its guard. I don't dare to get too close to Hao City,

but if we are too far from Hao City, we can't generate soil, which is equal to wasted effort. So we must find a place that is not too far and not too close, the most suitable place!"

Ayi calculated very carefully, pinching inch by inch with her hands, with great force.

Qiu Qiu Luoye said muffledly: "Let go of my nose first!"

Ayi hurriedly let go of Qiu Qiu Luoye's nose and said softly: "Did it hurt? I especially like this nose of yours. Calculating dimensions by pinching it is especially accurate."

Qiu Qiu Luoye rubbed his nose and said: "You must think of a way out. We almost failed last time. If we are caught by the Inner Continent, the whole village won't be able to run!"

Ayi laughed: "Rest assured, I've become familiar with this road. Even if we are discovered by the Inner Continent, we can run out with our eyes closed."

Having calculated the suitable position, Ayi jumped from the window to the downstairs, called Ayu and Along, and asked them to greet the manpower to prepare for the sacrificial ceremony.

The sacrificial ceremony Ayi prepared was much simpler than the authentic sacrificial ceremony of the Shang Kingdom. Rituals were omitted whenever possible, and the offerings were only some river fish, river shrimp, corn, and rice.

The most important part was dancing. Li Li Banfeng was quite familiar with the singing and dancing of Gourd Village. Unlike Bai Sun Commandery,

most of the dancers in Gourd Village were women, and their dance postures were very soft and beautiful.

But today's dance was contrary to the norm. Among the dancers, there were half men and half women, and their dance postures were vigorous and powerful.

Li Li Banfeng was wondering who choreographed this dance, but on the stage, he saw a strange man leading the dance for everyone.

This man's dance posture was the most relaxed, and he mastered the rhythm very well, but Li Li Banfeng always felt that his appearance was not quite right.

Opening the Golden Eyes and Autumn Hair, he looked carefully for a while, and Li Li Banfeng said to Ayi: "This man leading the dance is not a living person, right?"

Ayi didn't like hearing this: "How is he not a living person? This person was brought back by us from Hao City, and now he is a person of Gourd Village."

Li Li Banfeng knew who this was. This was the Stone Monster.

The Stone Monster was originally a first-class weapon responsible for guarding the altar, but now he had eaten the puppet Ayi made for him and turned into a handsome and strong young man. He was the one who taught the dance of the Shang Kingdom's sacrificial ceremony to the villagers of Gourd Village.

After dancing for more than half an hour, the carpet in the center of the stage suddenly cracked, and mud gushed out like a spring.

The villagers on the stage were greatly encouraged. After dancing for nearly two hours, the mud had piled up into a small hill.

Qiu Qiu Luoye watched happily and shouted: "Good~"

Before the word "Good" could be shouted completely, Ayi pinched Qiu Qiu Luoye's nose.

Qiu Qiu Luoye pushed Ayi away, rubbing his nose and said: "Crazy woman, do you want to kill me?"

Ayi felt that the situation was not right, so she asked everyone playing the zither and drums to stop, left a dozen people to prepare to unload the soil, and asked the rest to go home.

Li Li Banfeng also perceived the danger: "Sister, is it that the Inner Continent people discovered us?"

Ayi shook her head: "Not yet, but they will discover us soon. With this soil, it's enough to make two pieces of hundred-mile territory. We won't be greedy for more today, let's retreat first!"

Li Li Banfeng and Qiu Qiu Luoye returned to Ayi's house, and the two drank a whole jar of wine.

Qiu Qiu Luoye laughed: "Old Seven, are you happy in your heart!"

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "Happy! Sister Ayi doing things is indeed satisfying!"

Qiu Qiu Luoye sighed: "Ayi is a good person. I respect her from the bottom of my heart. If she didn't treat me as a wife,

I wouldn't mind living with her for two years."

Ayi suddenly jumped in through the window and poked the Elephant's forehead with her finger: "Why can't I treat you as a wife? I love you so much, what else do you have to be picky about?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye smiled and gave Ayi a lamb leg.

Ayi held the lamb leg, gnawed it clean in three or five bites, wiped the grease from her mouth, waved her hand at Qiu Qiu Luoye: "Bring the wine!"

Qiu Qiu Luoye hurriedly filled it up for Ayi.

Ayi also drank a jar of wine, ate and drank her fill, and prepared to take her subordinates to unload the soil.

Qiu Qiu Luoye said: "This soil still needs to be left in Gourd Village? How big is Gourd Village already? If you keep doing this, it will become the second Puluo Continent."

Hearing this, Ayi became angry: "A woman, long nose, short-sighted!"

Qiu Qiu Luoye was unconvinced: "Why is it called short-sighted?"

Ayi put down the wine bowl and said: "I made our family bigger, what is it for? Isn't it so you can eat spicy food and drink spicy drinks with me in the future!

Besides, I can't keep all this territory. I have an agreement with the Peddler, and I have to hand over half to him later. Thinking about it now, I feel heartache!

"I've given you all the family assets I have, yet you still complain it's too much. What's the use of having a spendthrift wife like you?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Li Banfeng still couldn't figure it out: "Sister, you set up an opera stage and made the altar. There are so many capable people in the Inner Continent, yet they say this altar can't be repaired in a year, and it might even take three or five years. What is the reason for this?"

Ayi scratched her scalp: "I can't quite figure this out either."

Qiu Qiu Luoye laughed: "This time it's your turn to be short-sighted, right? The Inner Continent is very particular about sacrificial ceremonies. The ancients said,

'Ritual is to a righteous country what a balance is to lightness and heaviness, what a plumb line is to crookedness and straightness, and what a compass and square are to roundness and squareness.'"

Ayi marveled: "Wife, this poem is well written!"

Qiu Qiu Luoye frowned: "What kind of poem is this? This is from the 'Book of Rites: Explication of the Classics', which talks about the importance of etiquette."

Li Li Banfeng was very surprised. In his impression, Qiu Qiu Luoye's literacy was limited. How could he speak such sentences so fluently?

"Brother Qiu, when did you read the 'Book of Rites'?"

Qiu Qiu Luoye shook his head: "I can't understand it by reading it, but I've heard others talk about it. When I was in the Inner Continent, I worked as a coolie in Hao City and learned a lot about the rules of etiquette.

The Inner Continent attaches great importance to etiquette. They have many particularities about sacrificial ceremonies, which is not something that can be done by just setting up a stage.

The altar was destroyed. I estimate they still have to rebuild it exactly as it was, otherwise, it would be a violation of the etiquette of their ancestors.

Think about the craftsmanship of their altar, every brick and tile, every stroke, if everything has to be restored, three years,

is not considered much."

Ayi poured a glass of wine for Qiu Qiu Luoye, pinched Qiu Qiu Luoye's nose, and said softly: "Wife, the way you study is really likable."

Qiu Qiu Luoye drank the wine, his face full of mixed feelings.

He was very happy to be called a scholar.

But being called a wife, he didn't find it very pleasant to hear.

Qiu Qiu Luoye's explanation indeed made some sense, but Li Li Banfeng felt that things were not that simple.

No matter how much the Shang Kingdom cared about etiquette, Lan Qiao Yi was ultimately a pragmatic person. The new land was the core means for the Inner Continent to restrict Puluo Continent. Logically speaking, he should have made an altar to make do first.

Now that he was almost driven to illness because of the altar, couldn't there be a compromise in this matter?

Was the news Luo Su Lijun inquired about from the Inner Continent true or false?

If it was false, he had to be prepared early.

If it was true, the opportunity had come!

Ayi looked at Qiu Qiu Luoye, the more she looked, the more pleasing he was: "I'm going to unload the soil now. You wash up clean at home and wait for me to come back."

Qiu Qiu Luoye choked on his wine and shook his head: "It's not convenient today."

Ayi's face sank: "For the past three years, you weren't convenient for a single day. For the next three years, you said you weren't convenient. Now that you've married into the family, you're not convenient every day. When exactly will you be convenient?

When you asked me to let go of the Bai He Gang, why didn't I say it wasn't convenient? When you asked me to help you protect Seventh Autumn City, why didn't I say it wasn't convenient? I'm telling you, if you say it's not convenient again today, don't blame me for being ruthless to you!"

Qiu Qiu Luoye drank the wine in the bowl and said to Li Li Banfeng: "Old Seven, you heard this. If I lose my life here today, you must seek justice for me in the future!"

Seeing that both were serious, Li Li Banfeng hurriedly persuaded Qiu Qiu Luoye: "Brother Qiu, just follow her."

Qiu Qiu Luoye waved his hand: "Don't worry about this matter. It's not what you think. You don't know what she wants to do at all!"

The next day, Li Li Banfeng left Gourd Village. When he walked downstairs, he saw Ayi washing clothes.

Qiu Qiu Luoye was injured and couldn't get out of bed for the time being.

Ayi also felt aggrieved, washing clothes while complaining: "What's the point of marrying a wife who won't let you touch her?"

Li Li Banfeng hurriedly left. He really couldn't figure out the things inside.

Leaving Gourd Village, Li Li Banfeng went straight to the General Hall of Guanfang. The Santoucha matter had to be asked clearly.

"General Envoy Liao, you sent so many people to Santoucha, what are you trying to do?"

Liao Liao Zihui poured a cup of tea for Li Li Banfeng: "Is this asked by Dean Li? Or Seventh Master? Or my brother?"

"Brother Liao, please give me the truth."

Liao Liao Zihui smiled: "Brother, the reason I sent people to Santoucha is because I heard that something happened in the Inner Continent."

"What happened?"

Liao Liao Zihui drank the tea: "The Hao City altar was blown up, Lan Qiao Yi is burning with anxiety, and now he is seriously ill, fearing that he won't live long."

The Outer Continent had also inquired about Lan Qiao Yi's news. It seemed this matter was true.

Li Li Banfeng probed slightly to see how much news Liao Liao Zihui had mastered: "Lan Qiao Yi was actually forced to this point? The altar is gone, why doesn't he rebuild one?"

Liao Liao Zihui shook his head slightly: "I don't know much about this matter. Logically speaking, brother, you are a Prince of the Inner Continent, you should know more.

I feel that Lan Qiao Yi definitely wants to build another altar, but he might not be able to control this matter. The Inner Continent is afraid that the sky is about to change.

A new official takes office with three fires. I'm afraid that after the Inner Continent changes its master, it will take action against Puluo Continent. I sent people to Santoucha,

just to tighten the guard. I also added manpower to Tie Wan Gang."

This old fox Liao Liao Zihui really thought far ahead.

Lan Qiao Yi was almost unable to control the situation of the Shang Kingdom.

"This matter might really succeed!" Li Li Banfeng showed a smile.

Liao Liao Zihui was stunned: "Brother, what matter is about to succeed?"

"Good thing!" Li Li Banfeng smiled even more happily.

Returning to the Leaving Suishenju, Li Li Banfeng picked up Did Honglian: "Flower Jiu'er, help me make a contract paper, the most ruthless one."

Did Honglian opened her lotus leaves and rubbed Li Li Banfeng's cheek: "That kind of contract paper is not easy to make."

Li Li Banfeng touched the lotus heart: "I know it's not easy to make. As long as you make it well, I definitely won't treat you badly."

Did Honglian laughed: "I believe you. Three days later, wait to receive the goods."

Xiang Xiang Hongying watched from the side and felt uncomfortable: "Zhao Xiao Wan, did those two hook up?"

The Phonograph laughed it off and didn't care.

Tang Dao also laughed: "The Lord lacks Yang energy. Even if they hooked up, nothing would come of it. It's just a pity for the Marshal and the General; their days will be hard in the future."

Xiang Xiang Hongying was silent for a moment, made a pot of fire, and placed Tang Dao on the fire, burning it red.

Li Li Banfeng took out a few sheets of white paper, wrote and drew, and made a guide map.

"Niangzi, can you understand this?"

Niangzi looked for a long time and used the stylus to clarify the train of thought on the map: "Husband has good means, but there are still some hidden dangers in this."

Li Li Banfeng nodded: "The hidden dangers are indeed there. The key is not before the event, but after the event is completed."

Niangzi agreed very much: "After the event is completed, it is indeed difficult to handle. It's not that Husband is difficult to handle, but that they are difficult to round off over there. Let Little Slave think carefully."

That night, Li Li Banfeng ran back to Yuezhou.

He didn't go to the Dark Star Bureau; he returned to his residence.

In the room on the dark side, several ghosts were playing cards to pass the time. Seeing Li Li Banfeng return, they hurriedly put away the cards.

These ghosts were all brought back by Li Li Banfeng from the Magic Cultivator Jin Jin Shunying. They had been living in Li Li Banfeng's house for some time, occasionally going to the black market to do some odd jobs for Tang Tang Changfa.

Li Li Banfeng signaled everyone not to be restrained: "You play, Drama Zhao Fu, come with me for a moment."

Arriving in the room upstairs, Li Li Banfeng took two Golden Yuan Pills and handed them to Drama Zhao Fu: "I have an important matter to ask for your help. This is considered your deposit."

Drama Zhao Fu looked at the pills and said with a surprised face: "This is still a deposit? Seventh Master, how can I afford this!"

"You can afford it. This matter is quite difficult. I will show you the characteristics of this person first."

Li Li Banfeng first let the projector play a video.

Staying in Yuezhou for three days, Drama Zhao Fu was taught quite well.

Li Li Banfeng picked out some detailed problems and was guiding Drama Zhao Fu to practice when the projector took out a simple telephone. It was a call from Ma Wu.

The Luo sisters invited Li Li Banfeng to go to Wubian City again, saying there was an important matter to discuss.

Li Li Banfeng had already guessed what it was. He asked Tang Tang Changfa to get a high-quality ghost servant container from Yin Yin Siniang, and he took Drama Zhao Fu to the Soda Kiln.

Arriving in Wubian City, Li Li Banfeng saw Nian Nian Shangyou again.

Compared with the first meeting, Nian Nian Shangyou had changed quite a bit. His cheeks were thin, his wrinkles were deeper, and he looked quite haggard.

The light in his round eyes was much dimmer, his long whiskers were bent and drooping, and his temperament was much more humble than before.

"Prince, I told my master about the price you proposed, and he said it's negotiable." Nian Nian Shangyou's way of speaking also changed quite a bit, much more straightforward than before.

Li Li Banfeng sat in the chair, pinched his chin, and nodded: "Then let's negotiate."

"Three first-class weapons, can be promised."

"That's quite good." Li Li Banfeng was very satisfied.

"Twenty pieces of new land, still need to be raised. Before the matter is completed, give the Prince ten pieces first, and the remaining ten pieces will be made up after the matter is completed."

"Can be considered." Li Li Banfeng was a little dissatisfied.

"The matter of Train Eunuch is really impossible. This concerns the safety of the Great Shang's country, so please, Prince, grant some accommodation."

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "How do you want me to grant accommodation?"

Nian Nian Shangyou lowered his head and said softly: "Can you open another price?"

Although Li Li Banfeng's face was very ugly, this was actually within his expectations. To exchange for Train Eunuch,

the chips in Li Li Banfeng's hands were not enough.

He had been prepared, but he still put on a posture of repeated deliberation.

After more than ten minutes, Li Li Banfeng spoke: "Since I am the Prince Pingyuan Prince of the Shang Kingdom, it wouldn't be too much to ask for a piece of enfeoffed land, right?"

Nian Nian Shangyou's heart tightened. This request was quite excessive.

The title of Prince Pingyuan Prince was originally intended to restrain Li Qi, and now Li Qi was asking for enfeoffed land, which was equivalent to cutting a piece of meat from the Shang Kingdom.

But this was much better than releasing Train Eunuch. Nian Nian Shangyou nodded slightly: "This subordinate has noted this matter and will discuss it with my master in the future."

Li Li Banfeng waved his hand: "Don't be anxious, I haven't said which piece of enfeoffed land I want yet."

Nian Nian Shangyou's whiskers trembled: "Prince, which piece do you want?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "I want Xiao City."

"Xiao Capital?" Nian Nian Shangyou opened his big mouth, and his eight whiskers trembled together.

Xiao City had also been the capital of the Shang Kingdom. It was an immovable city, not far from the capital and Hao City.

"Prince, can this place be changed?"

Li Li Banfeng didn't want to change: "Is there anything wrong with Xiao City?"

"This—" After stuttering for a long time, Nian Nian Shangyou simply spoke his mind, "Prince, you can nail nails, but you can't nail them into the eyes! Xiao City was once our capital!"

Li Li Banfeng thought it was quite suitable: "It is no longer the capital now. Enfeoffing it to a Prince is quite matching."

"This cannot be called matching—" Nian Nian Shangyou's voice trembled, "How about this, can you consider wanting a moving city, like a city like Wubian City."

"A moving city is also not bad," Li Li Banfeng nodded, "This can be negotiated."

Nian Nian Shangyou showed joy: "You agreed?"

After serious consideration, Li Li Banfeng agreed: "As a Prince, one piece of enfeoffed land is indeed a bit less.

I accept Xiao City, and I also accept the moving city. Only then can it match the status of a Prince."

Slap!

Nian Nian Shangyou slapped himself.

Li Li Banfeng was stunned: "What are you doing?"

Nian Nian Shangyou smiled bitterly: "Nothing, my palm was itchy, so I used my face to scratch it. Prince, is there really no room for maneuver in this matter?"

Li Li Banfeng picked up the teacup: "If you don't want to give me enfeoffed land, then release Train Eunuch. Isn't the room for maneuver I gave enough?"

Nian Nian Shangyou cupped his hands: "Farewell."

Watching Nian Nian Shangyou leave in a huff again, Luo Su Lijun didn't know how to persuade him.

Luo Luo Yanjun was open-minded: "Sister, no need to persuade him. He will definitely come back."

Luo Su Lijun was puzzled: "How can you be so sure?"

Luo Luo Yanjun looked back at the east courtyard: "I'm not sure, but Seventh Brother is sure."

Luo Su Lijun shook her head: "What can he be sure about? He is just asking for an exorbitant price. He doesn't even know who Nian Nian Shangyou belongs to!"

Luo Luo Yanjun said: "I feel Seventh Brother already knows."

Lan Qiao Yi, Zhu Jin, and Xie Gong arrived at Hao City by boat.

Arriving at the Nine-Layer Gate and taking a look at the altar, Lan Qiao Yi almost fainted.

Compared with when he came to see it last time, the altar was still a ruin, with almost no changes.

In order to take Puluo Continent, he had planned for decades. The key to taking Puluo Continent lay in the new land.

Now that the altar was blown up, he had already accepted this fact.

But he ordered the altar to be rebuilt, and the Ministry of Works had not started construction yet. He could not accept this result.

"Is the Ministry of Works openly resisting orders?"

Zhu Jin said nothing.

Xie Gong explained: "The Ministry of Works has done a lot of things. They counted the stone materials, measured the land, and found the craftsmanship used to build the altar."

"The Ministry of Works has really worked hard!" Lan Qiao Yi gritted his teeth in anger. "Let the Minister of Works come to Hao City to see me."

Zhu Jin lowered his head and said nothing.

Xie Gong said: "Brother, don't you remember? You summoned the Minister of Works the day before yesterday, and he said he caught a cold and didn't come to see you."

"A cold?" Lan Qiao Yi smiled. "This excuse was made up so casually, he really looks down on me too much!"

Xie Gong sighed: "The altar was destroyed, and many people in the court have quite a few criticisms of you, brother."

"It's not their turn to point fingers at me, it's not their turn!" Lan Qiao Yi coughed for a long time and fainted.

Xie Gong and Zhu Jin each took over half of the body and returned to their residence.

Sending others away, Zhu Jin said to Xie Gong: "Second Brother, did we go a bit too far with the altar matter?"

"If we didn't go a bit too far, could you still see this letter?" Xie Gong handed the letter to Zhu Jin.

Last night, Zhu Jin and Lan Qiao Yi were all asleep, Xie Gong was awake, and Nian Nian Shangyou entrusted someone to hand the letter to him.

After reading the letter, Zhu Jin frowned: "Li Qi is pushing his luck, we cannot let him go!"

"If we don't let him go, what can we do? Is there anyone else who can get things done?"

Zhu Jin was startled: "Second Brother, are you really going to enfeoff Xiao Capital to him?"

Xie Gong said expressionlessly: "Otherwise? Do you want to let that train head go? If he takes away a few first-class weapons, how will we fight Puluo Continent in the future?"

While speaking, Xie Gong coughed a few times.

Zhu Jin pondered for a moment and said: "I feel this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run."

Xie Gong said angrily: "Still need to discuss in the long run? He acts so stubbornly. If we delay any longer, our lives will be in danger."

While speaking, Xie Gong's breath was a bit rapid, and Zhu Jin also felt a bit dizzy.

Because of Lan Qiao Yi's relationship, their physical condition was extremely worrying.

"Forget it, I'll listen to Second Brother. But after the event is completed, how will we face the ministers?"

Xie Gong gasped for a moment: "After the event is completed, we will first use illusions to cover it up for a while. After ascending the throne, our brothers will jointly control the country, and at that time, the ministers will not be allowed to say much!"

PS: Thanks to Alliance Leader Naiyazi Highest, this is the second alliance leader for me. Cui Cui Tike stood on the peak of Dao Gui Ridge and blew the horn of war for you. ===== CHAPTER 723 =====