"Master, the caravan has already arranged everything for you, but the sweet potatoes you requested are not enough. We have too little time to produce less than three acres of sweet potatoes. We have already dug out a batch, and the best piece of land is reserved for Your Majesty."
"Then the sweet potatoes you requested for the caravan must not be enough... Should we let them take the remaining ones in the county as well?"
"As for the road construction, it may not be completed within six months. The difficulty is beyond our expectations... It may take even longer."
Fang Zheng thought about it for a long while.
The delay in road construction was within expectations. According to Fang Zhengyi's habit, for a task that could only be completed in a year, he would directly request it to be completed in half a year. No matter how long it was delayed after that, most of the time it could be completed within a year, so this matter was not a surprise.
The news of the birth of sweet potatoes should reach Hengjiang Prefecture within twenty days. According to the speed of news dissemination in ancient times, everyone in Hengjiang Prefecture should know about it within two months.
By then, food prices should have dropped significantly, and by the time they react, a new wave of sweet potatoes should have been harvested.
It shouldn't be a big problem if you go slower.
"That's fine. Then send them over to survey the market first. The sweet potatoes from the county will be left to continue planting. The imperial farm will also plant them on a large scale. I will ask Your Majesty for them when the time comes. I will make other arrangements when the new batch of sweet potatoes grows."
"Also, the one hundred people I asked you to select..."
Next, the two of them had a secret conversation, talking about pressing three sheets into one... putting an anti-counterfeiting thread in the middle... special ink... and so on.
When Fang Zheng finished his talk and came out satisfied, he found Li Yuanzhao still sticking his butt out studying the microscope.
Fang Zheng was delighted when he saw this. He didn't expect that the prince had such a strong scientific research spirit.
Li Yuanzhao heard footsteps behind him, raised his head and urged Fang Zhengyi: "Old Fang, come on, let me show you something fun!"
Then he pulled him to the microscope.
Fang Zheng was completely confused. He looked down and his face suddenly became long.
I've only been gone for a few minutes and you're already messing with me here?!
Under the microscope, I saw a dense mass of tadpoles swimming happily...
Li Yuanzhao looked mysterious: "Guess what this is?"
"Well.........."
Fang Zhengyi took a deep breath and tried to smile: "Oh my, this is incredible! I see this thing is very lively, it seems to be emitting golden light! And there is a faint breath of the sea, it is obviously a divine object! Where did your highness get this?"
Li Yuanzhao was pleasantly surprised: "Old Fang, you are indeed worthy of me! You have good taste!"
"I'm telling you the truth. This is my son and grandson!" He said while raising his head with a proud look on his face.
Fang Zhengyi: "............"
"Oh! It's really strange. I thought it would be a little man, but it turned out to be a group of tadpoles. There are so many of them. I was really shocked!"
"I am indeed of true dragon blood. I never thought that dragons looked like tadpoles when they were young... But why are there so many of them? Wouldn't that woman die of bloating with so many children? Also, if I am a dragon, why did I grow into a human? Do you know why, Lao Fang?"
Fang Zheng looked at the roof and didn't want to pay any attention to him.
Li Yuanzhao lowered his head and thought: "I wonder what my father is like!"
After saying that, he reached out and grabbed Fang Zhengyi's belt.
Fang Zheng was startled and quickly jumped away and shouted, "What are you doing?"
"Look at yours."
"Your Highness, please respect yourself!!!"
.............
Two days later, Fang Zhengyi set off back to Beijing with the prince and princess.
On the way back to Beijing, Li Yuanzhao was still happily holding the microscope. Fang Zheng thought it was dirty and didn't want it anymore, so he gave it to him directly.
This thing is very useful, so I might as well take it back to Beijing. If I get into trouble someday, I can use the microscope to ward off disaster.
Wait until the next day
Fang Zhengyi listened to the eunuch reading out the imperial decree with a gloomy face.
I thought he would get some big reward, but in the end he was just given the title of county earl, ten hectares of permanent farmland, and one hundred taels of gold.
After counting on my fingers for a long time, I still feel that I have lost money this time.
However, the young official looked at Fang Zhengyi with envy.
Although His Majesty did not promote him, it was obviously because Fang Zheng had been in the court for too short a time... After all, there are unspoken rules everywhere.
You've only been here for less than a year, and you've been promoted three levels in ten years, and you still want to move up?
Won't you push Lord Li down in another two years?
Fang Zhengyi certainly understood this truth, but he still sneered. He had been making big plans for several years, so how could he, Fang Zhengyi, still like to eat other people's plans?
The future depends entirely on the emperor’s words. If he’s in a bad mood one day, he might just forget about it.
After all, a bird in the hand is worth a hundred in the bush.
No one can predict what the future holds!
Finally, the court was adjourned and many officials came to congratulate Fang Zheng.
Fang Zhengyi also returned the gifts one by one. This time he also showed off his skills in front of all the officials. It was not bad, not too bad!
When he walked out of the main hall, Fang Zhengyi was still thinking about the renovation of Banshanfang.
A man with shifty eyes came over and bowed to Fang Zhengyi.
Fang Zheng turned his head and felt that the person looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he was. He hesitated and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Yang Fengfan, the Imperial Academy Editor. I am here to greet Master Fang!"
Yang Fengfan raised his head, and Fang Zheng suddenly realized that this was the troublemaker he met on his first day in the palace.
So he said indifferently: "What's the matter? Tell me."
Yang Fengfan smiled and complimented, "Nothing serious. I came here to congratulate Lord Fang. Lord Fang's favor is growing day by day. It is a cause for celebration..."
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