Having children earns benefit, start competing for dominance in the world by marrying a wife - Chapter 447
Chapter 447: Chapter 273: The Ashamed Xuanyuan Yunqi_1
Lu Chen hugged Xiao Wenyao and asked the maidservants of the City Lord’s Mansion many questions about Xuanyuan Chaoge and Great Yu City.
Seeing how much Lu Chen cared about the matters of Great Yu City and his exceptionally serious demeanor, Xiao Wenyao obediently sat in Lu Chen’s embrace without moving a muscle, feeling the hard seat becoming somewhat uncomfortable.
Through Lu Chen’s inquiries, he had come to understand the situation in Great Yu City quite thoroughly; it had developed even better than he had anticipated.
Initially, he had thought that Great Yu City was merely wealthier than Yan County, but as he came to understand, he found that the lives of the common people in Great Yu City far surpassed those in the Great Xia Capital city, thus it was no wonder that these commoners had no desire to go to Yan County.
However, on another note, Great Yu City really provided a suitable environment for industrial development. Firstly, craftsmen were abundant, and Xuanyuan Chaoge encouraged the common people to be hands-on, unlike other places in the Great Xia Dynasty that still had divisions among scholars, farmers, artisans, and traders.
Some of the officials in Great Yu City were of craftsman origin, so the status of craftsmen in Great Yu City was relatively high, without the strict divisions of scholars, farmers, artisans, and traders.
Lu Chen now felt that sending Mo Xing back to Great Yu City to construct steam engines and trains had been an utterly correct decision. To develop industry in Great Yu City one would benefit from a relatively stable environment, where numerous craftsmen were present, and importantly, these craftsmen’s acceptance of new things far exceeded that of the common folk of Great Xia.
While Lu Chen was lost in such thoughts, suddenly he felt the delicate beauty in his arms squirming.
Lu Chen came back to his senses and asked at Xiao Wenyao’s ear, “What’s wrong?”
Hearing Lu Chen’s question, Xiao Wenyao’s face flushed with heat as she whispered back, “Prince, your servant… your servant feels somewhat uncomfortable.”
Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately realized and said with a smile, “I apologize, I wasn’t paying attention. I will make it up to you right now.”
With that said, Lu Chen directly hugged Xiao Wenyao’s delicate body and placed her on the large bed before gently pressing down upon her.
The next morning, bright and early.
After getting up, Lu Chen enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast. The arrangements Xuanyuan Chaoge made for him were of the highest standard, whether it was the food, the amenities, or the accommodations.
It must be said that the systems in place were truly loyal.
After breakfast, Lu Chen planned to visit the northern cattle ranch of Great Yu City. A significant reason for the city’s high standard of living was because Great Yu City had long engaged in large-scale ranching. Though the common people of Great Yu City couldn’t have meat in every meal, they at least ate more meat annually than the commoners in average cities.
At that moment, Lu Chen said to Xuanyuan Chaoge, “Lord Xuanyuan, you have official duties to attend to, so there’s no need to accompany this Prince today.”
Hearing Lu Chen’s words, Xuanyuan Chaoge immediately thought of the look Lu Chen gave Xuanyuan Yunqi the day before, and promptly said to Lu Chen, “Your Majesty, since it’s your first visit to Great Yu City and you are not yet familiar with it, how about I have my daughter show you around?”
At this, Xuanyuan Chaoge turned to a servant at his side and instructed, “Go call Yunqi and have her show the way for the Prince.”
Seeing how understanding Xuanyuan Chaoge was, Lu Chen smiled faintly and then said, “Then I’ll trouble Yunqi.”
Hearing Lu Chen call Xuanyuan Yunqi as “Yunqi,” so intimately, Xuanyuan Chaoge knew there was a chance. He hadn’t anticipated that his daughter, born when he was more than two hundred years old, could potentially catch the eye of the future Human Emperor. It seemed destiny itself wished for the revival of the Xuanyuan Family!
A moment later.
City Lord’s Mansion, Xuanyuan Yunqi’s boudoir.
As Xuanyuan Yunqi donned her black and gold armor and picked up her Red Tassel Spear, preparing to head to the military camp outside the city, a maid hurried to her side.
“Miss, the master has instructed that you accompany the Prince around today.”
Hearing this, Xuanyuan Yunqi was taken aback.
Frankly, she did not have a particularly good impression of Lu Chen. Upon learning of the appearance of the Human Emperor, she had used various channels to inquire about Lu Chen, only to discover that their future Human Emperor was quite the philanderer, with a harem full of women.
While it was normal for a man to have multiple wives and concubines, even her father had more than one wife.
But her father’s motivation to have children was not solely driven by lust. He was just worried about leaving no successor until the coming of the Human Emperor, which was why he desired a child with exceptional Martial Arts Talent to take up the mantle. Moreover, her father didn’t marry many women at once; he only took another wife after the passing of the previous one.
This North Prince, on the other hand, was different. According to letters sent back by her brother, the North Prince’s harem already contained many beautiful women, and he had fathered six children.
In her view, this future Human Emperor was simply fond of beauty.
Of course, even though she knew of the Human Emperor’s proclivity for beauty, she didn’t harbor too much contempt for him. After all, he was the future Human Emperor, the one her father and his predecessors had awaited for centuries. The Xuanyuan Family’s mission was to assist the Human Emperor in achieving great feats.
Moreover, Xuanyuan Yunqi also saw that despite Lu Chen’s fondness for the opposite sex, always having beautiful wives and concubines by his side and unable to live without women, he was still quite kind to the people of North Country. It was also indeed possible that the North Prince had managed to annihilate two powerful Barbarian Tribe clans in North Land and even defeat the Tianqi King, a Grandmaster.
