bestfiction Chapter 433 Return
Chapter 433 Return
As a legitimate prince, Xia Yuanying naturally had designs on the throne.
When the late emperor passed away, not a single prince didn't want to vie for the throne, but unfortunately...
Even the rightful heir, the Crown Prince, failed to ascend the throne smoothly, let alone a prince like Xia Yuanying who ranked lower.
Xia Yuanying was ambitious and capable. Of course, the officials in the capital and the powerful families did not want to see Xia Yuanying sit in that position. Therefore, only a handful of Xia Yuanying's subordinates were willing to support him to succeed to the throne, which was not enough to push him to the throne.
On the contrary, his useless older brother Xia Yuanyao was favored by the powerful clans and easily ascended to the supreme throne with almost no effort.
The thought of his useless, pleasure-seeking older brother made Xia Yuanying's eyes flash with jealousy. In his eyes, Xia Yuanyao was no different from a cripple, with no strategy in his mind and no strength to even kill a chicken. How could such a cripple become emperor?
However, Xia Yuanying could only be jealous. Now that the throne had fallen into Xia Yuanyao's hands, and all the officials and powerful families in the capital were on Xia Yuanying's side, it was probably unrealistic for him to sit on that throne, even if he controlled 10 Qingzhou soldiers!
Of course, Xia Yuanying never gave up his dream of taking that position. Why did he keep working so hard to manage the Qingzhou Army?
Isn't it all for the sake of having enough power to plot for the throne?
If Xia Yuanying only had the Qingzhou Army under his control, he wouldn't be very confident in seizing the throne. However, if he could cultivate a large number of loyal warriors within the Qingzhou Army...
Those 10 Qingzhou soldiers can rival a million-strong army. At that time... the throne will be within reach!
"Go to Chenjia Village."
Xia Yuanying looked at Huang Ting with burning eyes and said, "Order Chenjia Village to hand over all the Blood Feather Chickens and Crimson Blood Chickens produced there to the Qingwang Mansion."
"What if Chenjia Village is unwilling to pay?"
"Unwilling to pay?"
Xia Yuanying sneered, "If you don't want to hand it over, then die!"
In Xia Yuanying's eyes, or rather, in the eyes of all the royal relatives, everything in the world belonged to the royal family. If they wanted something, they only needed to issue an order. Those who were unwilling to hand it over could die!
"I understand! I will set off tomorrow!"
Huang Ting nodded in agreement, then immediately brought up another matter: "Your Highness, there's been progress in contacting the north."
"Oh?"
A glint of light flashed in Xia Yuanying's eyes: "So, what did they say?"
"They need people, a lot of people, both men and women."
"Need people? That's easy!"
Xia Yuanying said, "Keep in touch with them. As long as they can provide the medicinal herbs, we're willing to accept any number of people."
"Yes."
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Three days later.
After being treated to a banquet by Zheng Qing in the county town, which delayed them somewhat, Chen Dao and Chen Cheng successfully returned to Chenjia Village.
Unsurprisingly, Chen Dao's return was warmly welcomed.
"Dao Ge'er is back."
"Great! Daoge'er is back."
"Now we can all rest assured!"
"..."
At the village entrance, some people who encountered Chen Dao greeted him warmly, while others who were busy with their work looked at Chen Dao from afar, a relieved smile on their lips.
For the villagers of Chenjia Village and Xiaohe Village, as well as the migrant workers, Chendao is a pillar of stability and the key to their current good life.
Therefore, whenever Chen Dao went out, they couldn't help but worry about him. Fortunately, Chen Dao finally returned safely, and they could finally put their minds at ease.
"Brother Dao, you're back?"
Village chief Chen He rushed over and asked with a smile.
"Well, I'm back."
Chen Dao dismounted and, leading the horse forward, asked, "How's the village lately?"
"Everything is fine."
Chen He nodded: "The crops in the fields are growing very well, and there are no problems at the chicken farm and duck farm either."
"That's good!"
After reporting the situation in the village to Chen Dao, Chen He left with a smile.
Chen Dao handed the horse to Chen Cheng to be taken to the cowshed for temporary shelter. He then went into his house, took out the advanced medicinal herbs he had brought back, and began to feed Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan needs advanced medicinal materials, specifically fire berries, and needs to be fed them continuously for a month. Fortunately, the fire berries are extremely large, comparable to the grapefruits of her previous life, enough to be divided into 30 portions.
Chen Dao took out a dagger and carefully cut the fire berry into 30 small pieces, then handed one piece of fire berry to Xiao Yuan.
Little Round sniffed the fire berry with its wet nose, then stretched out a front paw to grab the fire berry and put it in its mouth to chew quickly.
At the same time, Chen Dao whistled, summoning all the Cangyu chickens patrolling the village to his front yard. He then picked out two Cangyu chickens and fed them Golden Cry Fruit.
"Giggle!"
The other Azure Feathered Chickens that failed to eat the Golden Cry Fruit showed a hint of human-like resentment in their eyes. The more times an animal advances in rank, the higher its intelligence becomes.
The Azure Feather Chicken is already a fighting chicken comparable to a fourth-rank martial artist. Although its intelligence cannot compare with that of a human, it is already close to that of a child. Therefore, it knows the importance of the Golden Sound Fruit, and that is why it reacts this way when it cannot eat the Golden Sound Fruit.
"OK OK!"
Chen Dao quickly reassured the other Azure Feathered Chickens: "If we find Golden Singing Fruit again, I'll definitely give it to you guys first!"
Chen Dao was clearly not satisfied with only advancing two Azure Feather Chickens. His idea was to cultivate as many Azure Feather Chickens as possible to ensure the safety of Chen Family Village.
Therefore, Chen Dao has entrusted Zheng Qiuyan to continue searching for more advanced medicinal herbs, but Chen Dao does not know when they will be found.
"Giggle!"
After receiving Chen Dao's promise, the grey-feathered chickens were satisfied and strode out of the yard with an air of indifference, continuing their patrols in the village.
The stability of Chenjia Village is largely due to these grey-feathered chickens. With these enormous grey-feathered chickens patrolling the village, ordinary thieves really don't dare to cause trouble in Chenjia Village.
"Xiaoyuan, come with me to the farmland!"
Chen Dao took out the cut fire spirit mushroom, hung the small round one on his shoulder, and then walked towards the farmland.
In the boundless fields, women from Chenjia Village, along with some newly recruited women, were busy working in the fields.
A gust of wind blew by, and the golden wheat waves swayed in the wind, like a shimmering golden ocean, a truly breathtaking sight.
Looking at the wheat with its heavy ears of grain in the field, Chen Dao couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face. Just as Chen He had said, the wheat was growing quite well, and it would probably be ready for harvest soon.