Chapter 426 - 425 Ran an Empty Car
Liu Yu faced Prince Fu’s gaze, nodding as he said, "I also believe that the proposal His Highness Prince Yu made to remodel the streets must have come from Miss Ye. Elder Master Ye’s boldness is indisputable, and with Qi Ye moving in and out with a face identical to Miss Ye’s, the old master still remains undisturbed. One can’t help but admire his composure."
When Prince Yu and that Qi Ye returned to the capital, it wasn’t just them observing in secret; there were many others keeping watch. There were those who paid attention because of the Crown Prince and my lord, their concern arising from justified causes. And there were many more who were idle, waiting to be entertained, waiting to see when Qi Ye could no longer hold on and under what pretext would revert back to Ye Xinyan.
Liu Yu did not believe that Duke An was unaware of these things, yet the old man was still this formidable, allowing his granddaughter to work so openly. The daughter of the Duke’s Mansion, out working for others... The Duke commands respect.
Jinyi rubbed his temples and said to Liu Yu, "What do you think is really going on with this Qi Ye? She was just an ordinary girl, and suddenly she has all these impressive tactics at her disposal. Sixth Brother has been carefree for so many years, and we never see him involved in serious matters, but now, with Qi Ye’s various strategies aiding him, Sixth Brother has really made a show of himself. If someone with ulterior motives stirs things up a bit, Sixth Brother might actually start having other ideas."
Liu Yu fell silent. Seventh Master was indeed right; Prince Yu was now very different from before. In the past, neither the Crown Prince nor Seventh Master put much effort into watching Prince Yu. But in these last two years, things were getting too noisy around Sixth Master.
The year before last, shortly after Prince Yu arrived in Yuyuan Prefecture, he launched a cattle farm in Qingyuan County. Although it turned out that the cattle farm was indeed established to earn silver, the male calves and excess female cows bred by the dairy farm had an undeniable impact on farming.
Just over a year after the cattle farm in Qingyuan County was established, a larger one appeared in the southern part of Yuyuan Prefecture. Once this cattle farm scaled up and began continuously selling male calves and under-producing female cows, it would inevitably drive down the price of draft cattle. More farmers would profit from their fields.
If Prince Yu were to start several more of these cattle farms and dairy product workshops elsewhere, wouldn’t the common people everywhere start praising His Highness Prince Yu?