The emperor was relatively speechless. Didn't he ask about the origin of the name? Why was he more verbose than the memorials when he saw it in person? "What precious horse is so good? The Ferghana horse?"

Qin Fang shook his head: "No, the prince said it was a little worse than the Ferghana horse, but it was still good." "

Prince?" The emperor narrowed his eyes again. As an emperor, he hated ministers forming cliques the most. He was optimistic about Du Ke because Du Ke knew how to look upon people and would not form cliques.

Qin Fang said with a brilliant smile: "It's the prince of Yonghe Marquis. The year before last at the border, the prince's young master was kidnapped by barbarians, and I offered a plan to save the young master, so the prince thanked me for the precious horse." He said it frankly, smiling innocently, with a simple and honest face.

The emperor's doubts and suspicions were suppressed again.

The emperor was about to speak, and then Qin Fang said: "That horse is very expensive, worth several hundred taels of silver. At that time, I had no money, so I wanted to sell it for money, but I couldn't bear it."

The emperor: "..." He kept nagging, but listening to this person nagging, I actually felt like I was enjoying it. The emperor snorted and said generously: "Since it is not a precious horse, it is naturally not a good horse. If you like it, I will give you a precious horse." Although there are not many, he also has several horses in his stable. However, he felt painful when he said it. Even if there are several horses, it is not a lot.

Qin Fang was delighted and his eyebrows were raised: "Really?"

The emperor thought to himself, does this person not know how to be polite? However, seeing his happy expression, he thought about it and forgot about it. Qin

Fang was ignorant, why should he argue with him? "Your Majesty, please give me two horses?"

"What did you say?" The emperor's eyes widened. He could still bargain? Who in the court dared to ask for something like this?

Qin Fang explained: "I think if the two horses are one male and one female, I can breed a few small blood horses for the emperor. If there is only one, it will have to be bred, and it will definitely not be as good as a purebred."

The emperor's mouth twitched a few times, and he wanted to say something vulgar, but he endured it: "Okay, let's go back and see if there is a male and a female." He really endured it for his horse farm. "Let's stop talking about horses. Tell me the other four benefits." Otherwise, he would ask for feed in addition to horses.

Qin Fang: "..." He really wanted to ask for feed, because his family didn't have feed for the precious horses. However, he decided to ask the emperor for it when he left. He thought the emperor was generous and would not mind. Then, he continued with the second point. Qin Fang held up two fingers, "If the other party is not asking for me because of my status as the garrison commander of Yunxiang County, then it may be the second benefit, the Qin family's status as a franchisee of the imperial grain. However, I can't figure it out. My family is on a trial basis, and we don't know whether it is good or bad. If the other party is here for the status of an imperial grain franchisee, they should wait a year to see how profitable my family is before making a decision. Moreover, with so many imperial grain franchisees, why would they come to me? So In my humble opinion, this possibility is not high, Your Majesty, don’t you agree? "

The emperor would naturally not agree with him. If he did, he estimated that Qin Fang would never stop: "What about the third benefit?"

Qin Fang did not care whether the emperor would agree or not. He held up three fingers: "The third benefit, the other party may be targeting the teacher, but since they can’t beat the teacher, they will attack me first."

The emperor: "..." He felt that he was a tyrant after listening to Qin Fang's analysis.

Qin Fang continued: "Although I haven't entered the court yet, I am now an official appointed by the court. I know that the court is very competitive and the intrigues are hard to guard against. So everyone can't fight the teacher, so they come to fight me."

The emperor: "...What's the benefit point?"

Qin Fang widened his eyes: "Of course it's a benefit point, using me to threaten or stimulate the teacher. Zhuo Jing said that scaring people can scare them to death. This person can stimulate people to death, right? At the very least, it can stimulate people to get sick."

The emperor: "..." Qin Fang is soft-eared and timid, as he talks about Zhuo Jing every three sentences. However, the emperor likes such ministers. It is better for ministers to have weaknesses. If they don't have weaknesses, it will be difficult to deal with them. This characteristic of Qin Fang also shows that he values ​​his wife.

Qin Fang then extended his fourth finger: "This fourth benefit point is probably that the other party wanted to be a student of mine, but failed, so he was jealous of me and wanted to take advantage of me."

The emperor: "..." This guy is not only long-winded, but also seems to have a weird mind.

Qin Fang then extended his fifth finger: "This fifth benefit point...ore."

The emperor suddenly narrowed his eyes. He had made a mistake. Although this guy was long-winded, he still had some brains. "What do you think of the ore?"

Qin Fang said, "I don't think so either. Your Majesty has already made public the fact that saltpeter is used to make ice, and has also started selling ice. The fact that there are saltpeter and sulfur mines in Shoushan is probably not a secret, and I am guarding Shoushan, so the target may want to make money by making ice with saltpeter. So just deal with me first." Speaking of this, Qin Fang's heart was pounding, because he knew that the biggest use of saltpeter was not to make ice, but gunpowder. But the matter of gunpowder was confidential and should not be known to outsiders.

Qin Fang did not mention it, but the emperor had already thought of it. However, the emperor didn't care whether Qin Fang had thought of it or not. He remembered another thing: "You left Yunxiang County without permission. What if someone rushed into the Beast Mountain to steal saltpeter or someone came out of the volcano and leaked the formula of gunpowder?"

Qin Fang said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have already instructed two captains before leaving. If someone wants to break into the Beast Mountain, stop them at all costs. If they can't be stopped, use gunpowder to stop them. If someone in the Taoist temple in the Beast Mountain wants to come out, they can only come out sideways." When he said this, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, and his whole demeanor suddenly changed. He was an upright country boy before, but now he became sharp.

The change in that instant attracted the emperor's attention. What changed him? It is said that when it comes to war, this man, judging from his height and physique, is born to be suitable for the battlefield. Moreover, he was able to rescue the grandson of Yonghe Hou from the hands of the barbarians and suppress the bandits without spending a single soldier, which shows his strategy and thoughts. If this thought is used in other places, the emperor will naturally not like it, but if it is used to protect Qiguo, the emperor will naturally like it.

The emperor was killed in blood, so he naturally has a vision of people. He can also see that Qin Fang is not a treacherous person. He is a little smart, but he is indeed honest and simple. He likes such people very much. Especially since he does not have a family background, even though Du Ke became his teacher, Du Ke is an old fox and never participates in the faction of the family. Moreover, even if Du Ke is his teacher, he himself has no other power. Therefore, the emperor can use such a person with confidence.

These are actually not important. What is important is that the emperor thinks this person is lucky. There is a saying that goes, if the emperor thinks you can do it, you will definitely do it.

The emperor is already the ruler of a country. For him now, what else can attract him is luck. He usurped the throne. In the minds of some people, his throne is not legitimate, so he uses the lucky Qin Fang by his side. He wants the country of Qi under his governance to be peaceful and prosperous, so that those people know that he is the true emperor.

The emperor: "I will consider your matter as appropriate, but leaving Yunxiang County without authorization is a serious crime. Do you want to know how I punish you?"

Qin Fang thought for a moment and asked cautiously, "Can I help the emperor raise a few more horses?"

The emperor said, "Nonsense."

Qin Fang explained, "I have a plan. If the 100,000 taels of silver given by the emperor are used to buy horses and fodder, it will be difficult to equip a thousand cavalrymen with war horses." To raise a thousand horses, the fodder is not ordinary. "Moreover, raising these horses also requires a very particular horse farm. If you want to buy land, I'm afraid the money given by the emperor is not enough."

The emperor certainly knew this. How could 100,000 taels of silver be enough to raise war horses? But the problem is... he is reluctant to spend the money. The emperor is not short of money, but the treasury is short of money. How could he bear to use his private treasury when the national treasury was short of silver? As a wise and intelligent emperor, he was ready to use his private treasury to subsidize the national treasury at any time. So at this time, he could give Qin Fang 100,000 taels of silver, which was already a lot of money.

However, Qin Fang didn't know this.

So when the emperor heard that Qin Fang was dissatisfied with his silver, he was really angry. "Then tell me, what are you going to do?"

Qin Fang smiled, showing his white teeth, and then took out the plan he had written long ago: "Here you go."

The emperor was flashed by his teeth, took the plan, and stared at him and said, "Open your mouth and show me your teeth."

Qin Fang blinked, a little puzzled, but he still opened his mouth honestly and showed his teeth.

The emperor looked at Qin Fang's teeth and felt like he had eaten several lemons, because Qin Fang's teeth were so good. He was the emperor, the ruler of a country, but his teeth were not as white as Qin Fang's. "Your teeth are good, very white." And there are no cavities. Thinking of him... He already has two cavities, and every time it hurts, he has to ask the imperial physician for pain relief. It makes me sad just thinking about it.

Qin Fang smiled consciously again: "It was Zhuo Jing who asked me to take good care of my teeth. I brush my teeth with a small brush every day. Some time ago, when the teacher went to Yunxiang County to discuss the plan to join the imperial grain, he also took a fancy to my small brush. Zhuo Jing made a pair specially for the teacher."

The emperor stared at Qin Fang. Why did he only give this thing to Du Ke and not to him?

The king of a country may not be afraid of heaven, earth, harem, or court officials, but... he cannot bear the pain of his teeth.