Chapter 61: Those Who Don't Listen Won't Get Meat

  The male servant gave orders to his subordinates and then let the third-class guard who had delivered the message enter the living room. After a few words of conversation, he understood that it was the 14th prince, Beile Yin Zhen, who had arrived. This master was currently in high spirits, so he dared not slack off and immediately ordered his subordinates to make all necessary preparations.

  Before noon, the sound of horseshoes like thunder came from outside the station, knowing that the master had arrived, Male Aytu hurriedly led a group of station attendants to go out and welcome him.

  Suddenly, a group of cavalry guards rushed forward, with more than 100 personal guards and over 400 empty horses. Ma Er Tai was a Manchu, and he had an innate love for horses. As soon as he saw these horses, his eyes widened. Each of these horses was a rare breed, and he repeatedly ordered the postmen to serve them. However, in his heart, he was secretly alarmed by the grandeur of this Beile lord.

  Another moment passed, and a large group of disheveled and unsteady people appeared in the line of sight of Male Aoyin Tu. There were more than 100 riders closely following behind this group of people. As they approached, his heart suddenly tightened. Although these people were all disheveled, each one had either a yellow or red belt around their waist. He was stunned on the spot. Good heavens! What kind of huge case had occurred in the capital again? How could so many imperial clan members be exiled and banished at once?

  Very soon, Nan Aotian reacted and realized that this was not a dispatch to exile. Although the group of imperial clansmen were dressed in a sloppy manner with their clothes wet with sweat, they looked refreshed and joyful. What was going on? Just as he was still trying to figure it out, Yin Zhen had already ridden forward, shouting: "Rest for two hours where you are."

  As soon as Yin Zhen finished speaking, the group of imperial clansmen didn't care whether the ground was clean or not and immediately lay down or sat down. Unexpectedly, Yin Zhen suddenly shouted: "No lying down, no sitting, all of you walk in place!"

  A group of people could only get up again with difficulty, although they didn't dare to scold in their mouths, but in their hearts, they had scolded Yu Ting countless times. Male A Yin Tu also came back to his senses and hastily went forward to kowtow to Yu Ting. Yu Ting calmly instructed: "Two minutes later, bring the prepared things over again."

  Male Aytu responded with a grunt, turned around and went back to work. Before he had taken a few steps, someone shouted: "Male Aytu, you dog slave, blind your dog eyes, Master is here, but you don't come to pay respects."

  The man Ao was shocked, turned his head to look, and indeed it was his own young master Galtzi. He hastily ran over to kowtow and pay respects, "Young Master, I never thought I'd see you here in my dreams..."

  Galezi's face was bitter, "Less nonsense, hurry up and get some food over here. I've only had a bowl of porridge all morning, ran 40 miles, and I'm so hungry I could swallow a whole cow."

  Two quarters of an hour later, Ma Ao brought over a group of servants carrying several large bowls of steamed buns and white rice porridge, as well as four large buckets of beef soup and four jars of pickled vegetables. The group of young nobles who had been starving for hours looked at each other in dismay when they saw the simple food, wondering if this was really all there was for lunch. No one made a move, as if waiting for someone else to make the first complaint. Wasn't this the famous Lühe Water Horse Station? Gradually, everyone's eyes turned to Gao Erqi, although no one said a word, the implication was clear: wasn't this stationmaster your family's servant, and yet he dared to serve such humble food to his master?

  Gāo Qí's heart was clear, this should be Yìn Zhēn intentionally dealing with them, but he couldn't afford to lose face either. This bitter life had just begun, and if they were to offend these brothers, the future would be even more difficult. He had no choice but to pretend to be angry and shout loudly, "Māo ài Tú, you dog slave, do you think these pig feedings are enough for us to eat?"

  The man, A Yun Tu, didn't dare to respond, but instead walked away with a sad face to look at Yin Zhen. Yin Zhen also didn't go into the station to eat, he held a big steamed bun in one hand and a bowl of beef noodle soup in the other, took a big bite, swallowed it down before slowly saying, "Gai Er Qi, are you indirectly scolding me for being a pig?"

  Gāo Qízhī only then noticed that Yìn Zhēn was gnawing on a rice ball, and was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, "Director, I dare not."

  "What's there to be afraid of?" Yinzhen asked in a calm tone, but his words were directed at Yan De. "Gaqi is on your team, right? Your team arrived first, so it was originally your turn to eat beef. Now let's switch, Wuge's team will have the meat and you'll have the salted vegetables." After finishing speaking, he didn't care about the angry or happy expressions on everyone's faces and continued, "Half an hour later, we'll continue on our way. This afternoon's training task is still a 40-mile run-in-training." Having said that, he continued to gnaw on his steamed bun.

  As soon as they heard that there would be another 40-li march after half a day, the group immediately rushed towards the steamed buns, regardless of what they were called. They just wanted to fill their stomachs first and talk later. Moreover, Yinzhen himself was also eating steamed buns, so no one dared to say more. In their hearts, they all knew that Yinzhen was trying to make them leave on their own accord by changing his methods. The more he did this, the more it showed that the navy had a future. Anyway, they couldn't go back, and it was better to stick with Yinzhen. After enduring this period, they would eventually be rewarded. However, none of them expected that this endurance would last until they reached Shanghai.

  In April, Beijing has gradually warmed up. After careful investigation and design, Yinxiang, Yinmin, and Yinbi finally started from the outer city to thoroughly solve the environmental sanitation problems of the capital's dirty and chaotic environment, including garbage stations, public toilets, renovation of drainage ditches, tree planting, etc., which were comprehensively launched.

  This kind of good thing that benefits the people has never been done since the Ming Dynasty built its capital, so as soon as this project was launched, it caused great interest among the residents of the capital, and who wouldn't care about something related to their own family? As soon as the news spread, countless residents came to watch.

  However, after several days, no one knew who was behind the great good deed of building a temple for ten thousand families. Even the craftsmen involved in the construction did not know who their master was. People are naturally curious, and such a large project, which is also a great good deed that has been widely praised by tens of thousands of people, is unknown to anyone. This matter is more attractive than the renovation project, and within a few days, it spread throughout Beijing like wildfire.

  All sorts of speculation naturally spread like wildfire, some said it was the imperial court's, some said it was Shuntian Prefecture's, and some said it was a wealthy merchant's, in short, all those with this kind of financial power were guessed. Meanwhile, the wine shops and tea houses in the capital city were constantly churning out new versions every day, and amidst the chaotic speculation, the project was proceeding in an orderly manner.

  Such sensational news naturally reached Kangxi's ears very quickly, and the first thing he thought of was Yin Zhen. However, he soon dismissed this idea, as Yin Zhen had only been in Beijing for a short two days, and it would have been impossible for him to plan such a large-scale project without being detected. After some brief consideration, Kangxi ordered Li Dequan, "Go and summon Eighth Prince Yinxiang."