In order to retrieve the lost bows and crossbows, Ning Yuanhou was entangled by a mysterious army and was captured and disappeared!
The Ao family army seriously suspected that it was done by the Tianlang army.
After all, the Tianlang garrison is closest to the Ao family army.
It turned out that Ningyuan Hou's army also had a 50-man guard, each of them equipped with the best bow and crossbow.
According to previous intelligence: The Tianlang Kingdom wanted to obtain grenades and guns before, but failed to find them after repeated searches, so it had to settle for the next best thing and focus on crossbows.
From Tianlang's perspective, if they could get Tianwu's bows and crossbows and then mass-produce them, it would greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of Tianlang.
The most crucial thing now is: Tianlang does not admit that they arrested Ao Guangchun, saying that they were completely unaware of it.
Ao Guangchun has disappeared and no one knows where he is hidden.
Fu Zhonghai became anxious when he heard this: "I will go back to the palace first, you wait for the news."
How could Zhan Yunfu wait any longer?
"I will go to the palace with you."
Fu Zhonghai hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
The two men quickly changed their clothes and entered the palace.
Fu Chenan received the news and was already waiting in the imperial study. After Fu Zhonghai and Zhan Yunfu arrived, he immediately started a meeting.
Fu Chenan thought he should go by himself: "I will go find the Heavenly Wolf Emperor. No matter if it is him or not, I will ask him to find the person."
Fu Zhonghai felt that this would not work: "He has already denied it, how could he hand over the person?"
"Now he is pushing the blame on Nan An."
"Does Nan'an have the guts?"
Fu Chenan thought about it and said, "Should I go to Tianlang incognito to look for him?"
Zhan Yunfu frowned: "You are familiar with the Emperor of Tianlang. You are tall and stand out from the crowd of Tianlang people. You are very eye-catching."
"I'd better go. I'm a middle-aged woman. I can't be recognized in a crowd of people."
Fu Zhonghai glanced at Zhan Yunfu and said, "Let's go together. I'll be in the light and you'll be in the dark? Let's act in coordination?"
He looked at Fu Chenan again: "The Crown Prince is the regent."
Fu Chenan: Hmm???
Zhan Yunfu was stunned: "You want to go too?"
Fu Zhonghai said righteously: "My Lord of Tianwu has been arrested. If I, as the emperor, do nothing about it, won't people say that I don't value my civil and military officials?"
Zhan Yunfu: ...
Knowing that he did it for her, Zhan Yunfu felt very warm in her heart.
After Fu Chenan received the assignment of regent, he went back to complain to Xiao Yingchun.
Xiao Yingchun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your father finally found an opportunity to go on a business trip with Madam Zhan, so you should work hard."
"Madam, will you stay with me?" Fu Chenan hurriedly said what he had planned for a long time.
"I'm busy too...I'll accompany you after I'm done?"
Spring plowing has begun and she is busy planting seedlings.
Recently, she has been transporting various fruit seedlings, the latest varieties of high-yield potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes to Tianwu Kingdom...
She no longer sent rice and wheat seeds to Tianwu Kingdom.
Improved hybrid rice and wheat seeds cannot be saved and new ones need to be purchased every year.
Such a big country relies on the prince and his wife to transport rice and wheat seeds every year. They could easily die of exhaustion.
Another hidden danger is that if people get used to growing hybrid rice and wheat, their own seeds will not germinate and cannot be sown after being left for too long.
By then, we will become dependent on hybrid rice seeds.
This is not the result that Xiao Yingchun and Fu Chenan want to see.
Fruit seedlings, potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes are different, as they can all be saved for seeds.
Xiao Yingchun has shipped a lot of new varieties this year. In order to cooperate with the promotion of new varieties in various places, he also specially built some "demonstration forests and demonstration fields."
The latest batch of demonstration forests in the suburbs of Beijing have planted early spring peaches, which are now full of peach blossoms and are beginning to bear fruit.
According to feedback from the Ministry of Households, the harvest of sweet potatoes and potatoes planted last year was excellent. They took out a small portion of the damaged ones and cooked them on the spot to share with the wives of the heads of various aristocratic families.
They ate fried sweet potato chips, sweet potato noodles, and stewed potatoes, and they all found them delicious and filling, and suitable for large-scale cultivation.
In early spring this year, they started planting sweet potatoes and potatoes in large quantities on their farm...
The situation is mostly the same in major provincial capitals. County governors and others sow the seeds, and when it is time to harvest, they invite the wives of the heads of major families to observe the harvest.
When the ladies saw those things being dug out of the soil, and how big they were and how good they tasted, they all wanted the seeds...
Even the Minister of Revenue Cui Chaoyong himself did not expect that the Ministry of Revenue’s seed business would become so big!
The first batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes planted last year were not eaten as meals, and most of them were sold as seeds.
Last year, the people who had the courage to try new things and followed the Ministry of Households to plant new seeds also unexpectedly made a fortune: their sweet potatoes and potatoes were more expensive than refined rice and white flour!
Seeing that the money from selling potatoes and sweet potatoes from only two acres of land was enough to feed the whole family, the neighbors were very jealous and started planting them too this year.
There are also those who have a long-term vision and begin to focus their attention on the government.
What good new varieties does the court recommend this year?
Can you plant some for us too?
The agricultural technicians who followed Ji Hongchang back to Sanhe County were also surprised: when they were planting sugarcane strictly according to the video instructions, many people came up to watch the fun.
The soldiers in charge of protection came forward to drive them away, and they watched from a distance.
Some brave ones even asked directly: "Sir, can you plant some of this kind of bamboo for us? What is this bamboo used for?"
They had never seen sugar cane before, it looked like bamboo...
The agricultural officer had already received instructions and explained with a loud speaker: "This is called sugarcane. If planted well, it can produce sugar."
"The court is trying to plant it in Sanhe County this year. If it is successful, it will be promoted next year. By then, you can all come and learn how to plant sugarcane and buy seedlings..."
Ji Hongchang's relatives and friends were also jealous: "Master Ji, your family has become the in-laws of the Minister of Revenue. There will be more good things like this in the future. Don't miss us..."
Ji Hongchang originally thought that it would be difficult to promote this new thing, but he didn't expect so many people to be jealous.
He immediately felt confident: "Okay, okay..."
As Emperor Tianwu personally led the army to the Tianlang Kingdom to "search for Marquis Ningyuan", Fu Chenan's work as regent began again.
With the experience from his last job, he seemed to be at ease this time.
He attended court in the morning, held a meeting at noon to deal with more complicated small-scale government affairs, got off work at four o'clock, and wandered around the capital incognito with Xiao Yingchun.
The rest of the work?
Throw it to the six departments!
Fu Chenan changed his appearance slightly and took Xiao Yingchun shopping in Tianwu Capital again.
There are many pedestrians on the street. At dusk, those who do business during the day start to close their stalls, while those who do business at night start to set up their stalls.
Wontons, dumplings, glutinous rice balls cooked with fermented glutinous rice wine... the dim oil lamps hung on the street stalls add a bit of vitality to the night of the capital.
Xiao Yingchun ate all the way and listened to the people talking. Finally, when they were tired, the couple went into a restaurant and had hotpot.
The advantage of Tianwu Dynasty's hotpot lies in the authentic ingredients.
Spicy and tomato hotpot, beef, mutton, fish balls, meatballs, tofu, green vegetables...
It’s still cold in early spring, so hotpot is just right. After eating the hot food, you can have a bowl of iced cold soup. The combination of ice and fire makes life so comfortable!
The couple was enjoying their meal, but their ears were listening to the latest gossip from the next table.
"Marquis Ningyuan is missing. Why did Your Majesty go to retrieve him in person?"
"Hey! Your Majesty treats Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion differently. The old Ningyuan Marquis was your Majesty's brother in life and death!"
"But I heard that your majesty treated the old Ningyuan Marquis' wife very..."
"My God! Are you saying that Ning Yuanhou is..."
The voices suddenly became quieter. Obviously, the emperor's romantic scandal made them nervous and scared, and they were afraid of being convicted for their words.
Xiao Yingchun quietly asked Fu Chenan: "Does the people's words have no impact on your father and Madam Zhan?" (End of this chapter)
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