C19 First Fight

After seeing all of this, Chen Yu was very satisfied. She returned to the second floor, took a bath in the fish bath, and enjoyed herself first, then came to the massage bed, where she was massaged by a young girl. She felt comfortable all over, and to the side, Dian Wei and Xu Qing also had expressions of enjoyment on their faces, allowing the young girl to massage their robust bodies.

In the next few days, Chen Yu had Steward Chen spread the news of the opening of the Prosperous Entertainment through various channels throughout the city, which aroused many people's curiosity. Just what kind of appearance did this Prosperous Entertainment have?

On the opening day, Chen Yu had the crew perform a series of songs and dances, attracting a lot of people. The streets were packed with people, making it difficult for people to find their way around.

The appearance of Chen Ji had also attracted the attention of many soldiers. Most of these soldiers were distinguished, and they were a huge consumer group, plus Chen Yu had fully initiated their relationship with Chen Ji, the majority of which were the sons of the influential Chen family, many of which were distinguished officials of the Wang family, and some of them were popinjays, who were potential customers of the Prosperous Appreciation Workshop. After enjoying the benefits of entertainment, these officials, nobles, and children had all forgotten to take a bath and enjoy the beauty of the dishes. Coming to the Prosperous Entertainment Market had become a vogue, and many scholars had even travelled a great distance to come here. They had come from other cities just to experience the benefits of this place. However, this was a story for the future.

In this week, after deducting the fees, the Prosperous Entertainment Market had earned a total of three thousand taels of silver. At this rate, the Prosperous Entertainment Workshop could earn one hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver per year, as well as fifteen thousand taels of gold. This amount of money was equivalent to the sum of the Chen family's income.

"Chief Steward Chen, from now on, I'll give you 1% of the share bonus every year. You must help me manage Prosperity properly." Chen Yu said.

"Thank you, Second Young Master." Chief Steward Chen was getting a bit excited. He only earned fifty taels of silver at the end of each year, but this one percent bonus was a thousand and five hundred taels of silver. To him, this was a huge sum of money, enough for him to earn for half a lifetime.

Fifth Uncle, your hard work is great, so you should be able to get some benefits. However, other than me, no one is allowed to talk about the real profits of Prosperity, you can set up two books, one of which will make a profit of 10,000 taels of silver per year. This way, you will be able to account for the taxes collected by the government, and the other one will be carefully kept by you. Chen Yu said.

"Yes, Second Young Master, I will follow you for the rest of my life. Whatever you say, I will do. Even if Old Master wants to see the accounts, I will not take out the true accounts."

There would always be brave men under the so-called 'great rewards'. Having obtained such a great benefit from Chen Yu, Steward Chen had already decided to tie himself and Chen Yu together.

"Un, that's good. You can keep the future earnings for me. I need to spend it regularly."

"Yes, second young master, I will definitely do it beautifully." Chief Steward Chen said.

Chen Yu nodded her head. Chen Yu trusted Director Chen's ability a lot, and he also believed that under his double entanglement of money and emotions, Chief Chen would definitely not betray him.

For the sake of building a foundation in the future, what Chen Yu intended was to play in the entertainment market for the sake of either becoming an official or a strong person, or it could be a rich businessman. It was very helpful for her future development to get to know these people, and the entertainment market was also a place for exchanging all kinds of information. Here, she could get a lot of information that she wanted to know.

The Ying Chuan area was not peaceful recently, with groups of thieves robbing food and other large items everywhere. More importantly, the Taiping Road was spreading rapidly in Ying Chuan, and now, not only Xu Chang, including Yang Zhai, Xiang, Ying Yang, Ying Yin, Xin Yin, Kunyang, Dingling, Dance, Lin Ying, Yang Ling, Zhang Gang, Yang City, Father City, Run family and other counties all had Taiping activities. Just from Ying Chuan's Taiping followers, close to a hundred thousand people had already developed.

Was it really inevitable? Thinking about it, the Chen family would also suffer from the huge impact, so he had to train an elite soldier in the shortest amount of time, a elite soldier that could protect the Chen family. Fifty cavalrymen were obviously not enough, but now he had no excuse to train his family members, did he have to tell them that the rebellion was about to break out, did he have to be the first to know? Who would believe him? Thus, everything could only be done in secret.

Fortunately, after several months of accumulation, he had his first bucket of gold and 40,000 taels of silver. He should be able to form his own army. Now, he could carry out his own plan.

Outside of Xu Chang City, blood colored flags fluttered in the wind. Fifty war horses lined up in two rows, and their riders were all wearing black helmets and holding bright sabers, exuding a solemn aura.

Under his banner, Dian Wei and Xu Qing stood behind Chen Yu, looking at the cold gazes of the Knights, Chen Yu's heart was filled with pride. Three months of time, this small cavalry unit had finally been formed, what they lacked the most was only actual combat, now, it was time for them to see blood, to hone themselves in the battlefield.

"I have just received news that a logistics caravan of my Chen family was robbed by a group of bandits in the wilderness 50 miles southeast of Xu Chang City. The time to test you has come. This time, I will personally lead the team, and I will reward you according to the amount of contribution you have made. Now, you guys can shine the sword in your hands and go and cut off the heads of those thieves! "

"Kill!" Kill! Kill! " The fifty cavalrymen let out sonorous and forceful roars. This roar shook the world, making one's blood boil.

"Forward!" The target is the southeastern wilderness! " Xu Qing drew his snow-white saber and rode off with his fifty cavalrymen.

Chen Yu brought the fifty mounts along a small mountain path. Finally, at midnight, they arrived at the wilderness southeast of Xu Chang City.

"My lord, according to the reports from the scouts, this group of thieves' lair is on the mountain right in front of this wilderness, roughly a hundred of them." Xu Qing said.

"Hmm, let the brothers rest for a bit, eat and rest. We will attack when the sun is up, how is the preparation for the bait going?"

"Don't worry, sir. Ten large carriages will pass through the wilderness at dawn. When that happens, the bandits at the foot of the mountain will definitely come down to rob us. We will use this opportunity to launch our attack."

"Very good." Chen Yu nodded her head with a grave expression on her face. This was the first time Chen Yu had led her troops into a battle, hence, she was extremely cautious. In order to lure out the enemy and make full use of the cavalry's advantage, Chen Yu made a detailed plan of letting a team of grain carts pass through the wilderness, then turning east to leave, luring the thieves out, and then using the cavalry to carry out a devastating attack.

"My lord, this set of armor doesn't seem to be as beautiful as the copper armor." Dian Wei pointed at the black armor on his body and said.

"This armor is much harder than bronze. I specially made the blacksmith forge it for the cavalry. Normal bows and arrows can't penetrate this armor. It can save your life at critical moments." Chen Yu said.