Reunion with Li Yu

"This is not..."

"When asking someone to do something, you have to give something in return. We've already benefited so much from the Master; we can't possibly take money too, can we?"

Ye Sanqi chuckled and spoke slowly to Verdant Green Maiden.

Verdant Green Maiden's eyes held a trace of disdain. Ye Sanqi was worldly, but he was also sincere. That was one reason she thought he was not such a bad person. It was just that...

Sometimes, being too sincere or too worldly was no good either. One had to strike the right balance.

"Take it back!"

Verdant Green Maiden said slowly.

Ye Sanqi blinked.

She said, "If you try this again, I won't look after you people anymore."

Only after hearing that did Ye Sanqi hurriedly put the money away.

"Please forgive me, Master!"

"Hmph."

Verdant Green Maiden snorted.

Disdainful.

Bianjing, Kaifeng Prefecture.

As the most prosperous city in Great Song today, Bianjing's population still did not exceed a million, nor had it reached the population Chang'an possessed during Great Tang's Prosperous Age.

Bianjing's population would not surpass a million until more than a century later!

But once a population reached a certain level, it became difficult to feel the difference no matter how much larger it grew. Five or six hundred thousand people living within Bianjing were already more than enough.

It was not Ye Sanqi and the others' first time in Bianjing, yet every visit still left them shaken by its prosperity.

"Bianjing is different again!"

"It wasn't this bustling when we came last time."

Ye Sanqi said.

Verdant Green Maiden nodded.

Compared to Ye Sanqi's group, who came once every year or two, Verdant Green Maiden had been away far longer.

The last time she had come to Bianjing was nearly ten years ago.

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