Chapter 470 (1/2)

Chapter 470

“The Master has returned!” The housekeeper stepped forward and help took off Mi Zhu’s coat the ot home A lot of firewood had been burned so the place ar you, housekeeper” Mi Zhu nodded in acknowledgement of the housekeeper’s efforts The housekeeper looked pale, evidently waiting outside for Mi Zhu to return

“It is no trouble at all This is so!” The housekeeper quickly replied

“Master Are you going to eat now?” The housekeeper asked It was already noon Although the common people of that era only had two meals a day, the prosperous still ate threeto the study” Mi Zhu initially wanted to eat first but decided not to after receiving that exciting news He was going to becoer be a lowly

“Also, Second Master and theMi Zhu’s mood to immediately plummet The most important people in his life had disappeared

The housekeeper i the ed He quickly knelt down and begged for forgiveness

“Get up You are not the one at fault” Mi Zhu shook his head When Liu Bei attacked Yangzhou, none of theuarding Yingshang city When Yingshang city was captured, his brother had also disappeared along with his sister that had coincidentally went to pay a visit

Mi Zhu did not know if the two of them were still alive If they were dead, there should at least be corpses for Mi Zhu to bury However, he could not find his siblings despite his efforts He could only hope that his siblings were captured by Liu Mang At least they would still be alive

“Coo and eat” Mi Zhu finally said, not wanting to think about his siblings anyht about it, the more heart broken he became

“No, no Master This cannot be done!” The housekeeper panicked after Mi Zhu invited him to eat He was just a servant If others find out about this, they would laugh at Mi Zhu

“Why not? Do you wantoffense There were a dozen dishes on the table

“No, that would not conform to common sense!1” The housekeeper shook his head The servants all eat leftovers that their masters could not finish but they were not allowed to sit on the table

“Who decided that?” Mi Zhu sneered “Who decided that was common sense? It is the nobles! Who am I? I am just a lowly merchant! Why do I need to follow etiquette? Come and sit!” Mi Zhu said as he forcefully made the housekeeper sit

“Master! I…!” The housekeeper wanted to object but finally gave up after a glare He sat down, picked up his chopsticks and carefully took vegetables

Mi Du didn’t care All he cared about was that he no longer had to eat alone

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“Jingzhou needs a person in charge of cozhou With Liu Qi’s help, supplies would flow fro and Wu De persuaded people to go to Yangzhou and start a business However, all of this is too disorderly and would eventually cause trouble That hy a person in charge of commerce was needed People like Xu Shu, Liu Ye and Jia Xu did not know much about business

As merchants were at the bottom of the social ladder, they don’t mix with the people from the upper class As a result, the visitors that went to Wancheng split off into two groups

“What?” Liu Bei was stunned when he heard the news Liu Mang had dispatched an envoy to Yangzhou It was not even just a proble’s cavalry of three thousand was still around outside Were they not afraid that the envoy would be killed?

“Why did Liu Mang send an envoy? Does he want to surrender?” Liu Beithat boy’s envoy in!”

“His Highness the King of Shu’s envoy, Yang Jie, greets the Left General” Yang Jie was Yang Hong’s nephew As Yang Hong was in charge of intelligence, thisJie volunteered

Yang Jie showed perfect etiquette as an envoy by greeting Liu Bei respectfully with his title even though both sides were enereet Liu Bei as I was Liu Bei’s nephew, putting Liu Bei is a higher position

Liu Bei nodded and excused the envoy, acknowledging the way he was greeted Yang Jie ’s envoy but Liu Bei would not act too excessively

“Why business does your Lord have withinquired as there was no need for Liu Bei himself to personally talk to the envoy

“My Lord dispatched me to return the Left General’s wife and brother-in-law!”

“Hm?” Liu Bei frowned

“It is Lady Mi and General Mi Fang” Yang Jie explained