The Guanglu Temple was quite efficient. A temple secretary personally led people to bring a stone mill and a little donkey that was washed and smooth.

I don’t know what Zhao Xin wants to do, but the Guanglu Temple is different now. Now Guanglu Xun is no longer a member of the Cui family, but the emperor’s man.

The people under the Guanglu Temple were so busy trying to please the emperor that they naturally did not dare to question his behavior.

Zhao Xin naturally didn't explain much. He stood aside and watched the Temple Secretary nervously directing the men to set up the millstone in the back garden. Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he casually asked, "Temple Secretary, how many people are under Guanglu Xun's command now?"

"His Majesty……"

When the Guanglu Temple Secretary heard the emperor calling him, he immediately bowed and responded.

However, after hearing Zhao Xin's question, he hesitated, "That... is hard to say."

"Um?"

Zhao Xin had originally asked casually out of boredom since he saw that Li Yunqing had not arrived yet, but when he heard that it was hard to say, his eyes narrowed slightly and his gaze became sharp.

His eyes changed, and the temple secretary was startled.

He immediately realized that his ambiguous words had caused the emperor to misunderstand him, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, I used the wrong words. It's not that it's difficult to say, but I can't clearly say how many people there are."

Zhao Xin was stunned, feeling a bit amused and helpless. He waved his hands and said, "It's okay, just give a rough idea. This isn't a court performance, so there's no need for such strictness."

“Here!”

The Temple Secretary breathed a sigh of relief, then estimated: "It depends on how you count it. If you count the soldiers under the command of the Yulin and Huben, plus the servants of various offices, the number of people will be much higher, at least 20,000, right?"

"Twenty thousand people... so many?"

Zhao Xin was stunned when he heard this. He immediately made a rough calculation and found that the Yulin and Huben had about 3,000 people each. In addition, there were other scattered people, so there were 3,000 soldiers at least.

That means there are only about 10,000 soldiers in total.

Doesn't this mean that the officials under Guanglu Xun alone, plus the miscellaneous servants in various places, number more than 10,000 people?

"This is just a rough calculation, I can't give you a specific number. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

The temple secretary saw that the emperor's face looked a little gloomy and he couldn't help sweating on his forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it off.

Zhao Xin didn't say anything, but frowned slightly.

He had long known that the Qin court had too many officials and staff.

But isn’t this excessive redundancy of officials and staff too serious?

He was just about to ask the temple secretary if he knew which of the Nine Ministers of the Great Qin had the most people, but Li Yunqing happened to arrive at this time.

Seeing this, Zhao Xin took a deep breath and put the matter aside for the time being.

Anyway, he can't solve this kind of problem now, so it is more important to try to get through the present situation perfectly.

But... the Qin Dynasty is really full of holes.

Zhao Xin sighed inwardly, but his face returned to its usual calm smile.

I saw Li Yunqing pushing a cart and entering the back garden under the guidance of a eunuch.

The eunuch seemed to want to lend a hand, but was silently rejected by Li Yunqing.

He even looked like he was afraid that someone would bump into his stroller.

Zhao Xin couldn't help but smile slightly.

Without waiting for him to put down the cart and salute, she smiled and teased him, "Yunqing, I'm heartbroken that I asked you to deliver so many treasures at once?"

Li Yunqing's facial muscles twitched slightly, then he took a breath, put down the cart, and saluted, saying, "I have reserved enough seeds as Your Majesty requested. Moreover, I also know that if this product is to be promoted throughout the country, the problems raised by Mr. Liu Muzhi and others must be resolved."

"good."

Zhao Xin nodded slightly, then asked, "I've sent you the method I wrote down earlier for storing things in a cellar. Do you think it will be useful?"

"I have already ordered people to start digging the cellar as Your Majesty requested. Although it is not yet completed, I have thought about it and think this method should be feasible!"

Speaking of this, Li Yunqing's eyes lit up slightly. It seemed that he had indeed thought seriously about the method of hiding the treasures, and was quite confident.

Then he turned his eyes and saw that the temple secretary had ordered people to set up the stone mill and harness the donkey.

Li Yunqing's eyes lit up slightly. "Your Majesty, the method you mentioned for using this substance as a staple food, does it mean that you need to grind it into powder? Shouldn't it be dried in the sun first?"

"Haha, my dear, you will understand after watching."

Zhao Xin chuckled and kept the secret.

Then he waved his hand and asked the temple secretary to take a group of servants and, with the help of the eunuchs, clean some of the sweet potatoes sent by Li Yunqing.

Just as he was about to take action himself, Queen Su Qingyu also arrived.

Seeing the emperor leading a group of eunuchs, surrounding a bunch of red things, with their arms exposed and sleeves rolled up, he was so stunned that he even forgot to greet them.

She grew up in seclusion and entered the palace at the age of 28. She was educated in rules and etiquette. She had never seen the emperor act like this.

I don’t know what the emperor is doing.

She thought the emperor was going to become an absurd tyrant again, and her pretty face turned pale with fright.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing...?"

Zhao Xin turned around and saw Su Qingyu, but he laughed heartily and waved, saying, "The Queen has arrived at just the right time. I am about to personally take care of the farm work and work for the well-being of the people of the world. I feel that such a glorious event should be shared with the Queen.

Zi Tong, you and I are husband and wife, are you willing to join me in this endeavor? "

In fact, what Zhao Xin was really thinking was that Su Qingyu was too bored staying in the palace all day doing nothing. It was rare for her to do something interesting that the Queen could also participate in, so naturally he asked her to come over.

To put it bluntly, it's just to take her out for fun.

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