Yan Guangyi thought that his younger brother had not disappointed him at all. Just as he was about to go to the Ministry of Personnel, his personal servant Zhang Ren said that the second young master had come with a letter.
Cheng'er's letter?
Yan Guangyi held the thick letter in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.
Not bad, not bad. Cheng'er still remembers his old father, unlike Zhuo'er who only writes a few words every time he writes a letter, as if writing more words would tire him out.
After opening the letter, his smile gradually faded, replaced by solemnity and thought. His lips were pursed into a line, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Zhang Ren calculated the time and saw that his master had not yet planned to leave, so he had to remind him carefully: "Master, it will be too late if you don't leave now."
Yan Guangyi then remembered that although there was no morning court today, he still had to go to the Ministry of Personnel to work. He stuffed the letter into his lapel and hurriedly got on the carriage and set off.
However, he did not go directly to the Ministry of Personnel, but went to the imperial city to meet the emperor first.
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After Yan Guangyi left, Emperor Jingxi, who was once again looking at the blueprints of the new textile machine, couldn't help but shake his head: "This Yan family father and son are really ruthless. They didn't keep the money-making things for themselves, but instead presented them to me."
Li Guangde saw the satisfaction in Emperor Jingxi's eyes and knew that the Yan family had become a household name in the emperor's heart. He smiled and said, "Doesn't this demonstrate the Yan family's loyalty to the emperor?"
"If others had such a good thing, they would definitely hide it. Unlike Lord Yan and his son, they are so considerate of the people of the world. I really admire Lord Yan."
Li Guangde frowned and pretended to recall: "What did Lord Yan say? All the people in the world are the emperor's subjects. It is my responsibility to ensure that your majesty's subjects live a good life. Yes, that's what he said."
"You're the only one who can say that."
Li Guangde narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The Emperor is a true dragon emperor. It must be the blessing of dragon energy that allowed Young Master Yan to accidentally discover a textile machine that increases efficiency fivefold."
"Go away, you old bastard! How could I not know that I could protect Yan Cheng of Wuding from afar?"
Emperor Jingxi pointed at Li Guangde and scolded him, but the smile on his face showed that he was not really angry. Instead, he was very satisfied with Li Guangde's flattery.
"Once the new looms spread abroad, the price of Daxia cloth will drop. With the same money, ordinary people can buy more cloth, and fewer and fewer people will be left without clothes. This will happen during my reign."
Emperor Jingxi was in high spirits. Through the thin paper, he seemed to see the people living and working in peace and contentment, and praising the emperor's wisdom.
"The people have seen and remembered the emperor's benevolence. Once the textile machine drawings are leaked, the people will be very grateful." Li Guangde flattered the emperor again.
Otherwise, how could Li Guangde serve Emperor Jingxi for decades? After hearing these words, Emperor Jingxi was even happier.
"Yan Guangyi's second son is a good person. I hope he can enter the court as soon as possible."
Li Guangde understood the hidden meaning of these words. The young master Yan was indeed lucky. Even before he took the imperial examination and entered the court, the emperor had already remembered him in his heart.
When you enter the court in the future, you will definitely be able to rise to a high position early under the emperor's favor.
Rizhizide had already ruled Daxia in an orderly manner. Emperor Jingxi sent the drawings of the new textile machine to the Ministry of Industry, and waited for the Ministry of Industry to make the new textile machine, promote it in Daxia, and improve the efficiency of cloth production.
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Yan Guangyi returned home with a large number of glittering golden rewards. Fortunately, it was not during the day, otherwise the whole family would have been blinded by the dazzle.
Looking at a row of huge gold ingots, Yan Luo squatted on the ground and asked, "Why are they all gold?"
Yan Xi squatted beside him: "Yes! Why? Dad, are the emperor's rewards so real?"
Chu Yuan was very puzzled: "I remember when I was young and at my mother's house, the rewards given by the late emperor were not all gold, but also various rare items. The current emperor is different. Could it be that the current emperor knows that the officials' salaries are low, so he specially rewards them with gold?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Yan Guangyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pulled the cloth to cover the gold ingot again and told the story of the loom. "Your Majesty feels that our family has suffered a loss, and this is to compensate us."
Upon hearing this, Yan Luo's little fat hand covered his chest in pain: "Dad, why are you and my second brother so generous? If we had kept the textile machine blueprint, how much money could our family have made?"
"With that loom, we can open a cloth shop and offer prices 10% to 20% lower than regular cloth on the market to attract customers. If we sell in large quantities, we'll definitely make a profit."
Counting on his little fingers, numbers kept popping up in his mind. Thinking about those gold ingots, Yan Luo didn't dare to think about how much money he had lost. It was not worth it.
"You little money-grubber! The value of that thing presented to the Emperor is many times greater than what we can earn from running our own cloth shop."
Chu Yuan poked Yan Luo's little head with her finger, and saw Yan Luo crying out in pain and covering his forehead. She was very puzzled. She didn't particularly love money, so why did she give birth to a person who was obsessed with money?
It must be because my master is a hidden lover of money.
Chu Yuan thought so and glared at the unaware Yan Guangyi without leaving a trace.
The family talked for a while and then went to eat together. After sending away the two little kids who were full and satisfied, Chu Yuan told Yan Guangyi about the girl from the Ying family.
Yan Guangyi asked his people to investigate, but before they could find out anything, the maid that Chu Yuan sent out casually found out something.
It turned out that the girl from the Ying family broke off her engagement with Yan Su in order to marry the newly found eldest grandson of the Prime Minister's family.
It cannot be said that it was for the purpose, but it can be said that the two families reached a cooperation and exchanged interests.
The girl from the Ying family married the eldest grandson of the Prime Minister's family, and the eldest granddaughter of the Prime Minister's family married the son of the Marquis of Haining.
"Isn't this a marriage exchange?"
Yan Guangyi found it incredible. Even if the two families were to marry and reach a cooperation, they would not be so tightly bound that both families would use two heirs.
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