Chapter 90 Ah Yin's lust makes her lose her mind

The action of force is mutual. The ground does not need to move when the pile driver is driving the pile, but it still suffers enough.

Seeing that Rong Yin really didn't want to, Zong Zheng Xiao could only droop his brows and say pitifully: "Okay, then I'll hold it in myself. It doesn't matter if I get hurt."

Rong Yin: "...Stop talking nonsense."

Zong Zhengxiao felt wronged: "You won't let me hug you, and you won't even allow me to say a few words. How can you be so overbearing?"

Rong Yin held up Zong Zhengxiao's face and said with a smile, "You're not going to cry in front of me again, are you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zong Zhengxiao's eyes instantly turned red and Rong Yin was stunned.

"Are you really going to cry?"

Zong Zhengxiao slapped his hand away and said coldly, "Only those who love you will care about your tears. I won't cry in front of someone like you who doesn't care about me."

Rong Yin couldn't stand it anymore, "Alright, just act it out again, if it really doesn't work, use this."

He raised his hand as he spoke.

Zong Zhengxiao's expression softened a little, "You took the initiative to bring it up, I didn't force you to do it."

"Yes, yes, yes, I did it voluntarily. Please don't bother your Majesty."

"That's more like it." Zong Zhengxiao finally regained his normal expression.

Zong Zhengxiao held Rong Yin's hand and joined him. Rong Yin finished quickly, but Zong Zhengxiao took a long time. Rong Yin suspected that his hand was about to be useless.

Before falling asleep, Rong Yin's only thought was regret, why she couldn't withstand Zong Zhengxiao's green tea attack and took the initiative to send herself into the wolf's den.

As spring turned to summer, Rong Yin, who hated the scorching heat, went out of the palace less often and spent almost every day soaking in the water.

Fortunately, he is a mermaid, otherwise no ordinary person can endure being in the water for most of the day and his skin would be wrinkled.

When Zong Zhengxiao came back from work, he knew where Rong Yin would be at this moment without even asking the palace maids.

He walked to the pavilion and looked down to see Rong Yin diving into the water. Her black hair swayed in the water like seaweed, her silver tail swayed gently, and her eyes were lightly closed as if she was fast asleep. She was as beautiful as a god in heaven, sacred and inviolable.

Those who didn't know would have thought that Rong Yin had fallen asleep at this time, but only Zong Zheng Xiao knew that, contrary to his quiet appearance, he was extremely active inside.

Rong Yin: It’s so comfortable, as peaceful as being dead. I wish I could stay in the water forever.

Rong Yin: I am water and water is me.

Rong Yin: If someone calls me a parallel importer now, I would thank him for the compliment.

Rong Yin: At this moment, water is my favorite, it ranks first in my heart.

Zong Zhengxiao, who was originally happily listening to Rong Yin's nonsense, said: "..."

Did he hear correctly? Rong Yin said that his favorite thing is water?

In an instant, Zong Zhengxiao's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

He turned to Si Xi who was waiting beside him and said, "Go and get my fishing rod."

Si Xi was stunned for a moment. There were no fish to fish here, so what did His Majesty need a fishing rod for?

Suddenly, he realized that mermaids are also a kind of fish.

Although Si Xi didn't understand what Zong Zheng Xiao was going to do, he still took the fishing rod swiftly.

There were several plates of iced lychees on the table next to him. Zong Zhengxiao hung the fishing hook, put a few lychees on it, raised his hand and threw it, and the "bait" fell near where Rong Yin was diving.

Rong Yin in the water couldn't hear the movements on the shore, but he could sense any slight ripples in the water.

When he looked up, he saw a fishhook with a lychee stuck in it floating in front of him.

Rong Yin floated to the surface and found Zong Zheng Xiao sitting leisurely in the shade of the pavilion. He was the one who cast the fishing rod.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Zong Zheng Xiao smiled and said, "Is it hard to tell? I'm fishing, fishing for a fish called Rong Yin."

Rong Yin also became interested after hearing this. He grabbed the fishhook, took off the lychee from it, raised his chin towards Zong Zheng Xiao, and said with a smile, "I'll take the bait. Your Majesty, you can keep the fishhook for yourself."

Rong Yin ate the lychee and threw the remaining skin and core in front of Zong Zhengxiao with mischievous intent.

"Your Majesty, it looks like your fishing plan today is going to fail."

"Really? I don't think so."

Zong Zhengxiao retracted the fishing line, re-stuck the lychee on it, and threw it in front of Rong Yin again, but this time there was one lychee missing.

After Rong Yin finished eating, Zong Zhengxiao sent it for the third time, and the fourth time...

By the fifth time, there was only an empty hook left.

Rong Yin was enjoying his meal, but was dumbfounded. "Your Majesty, do you fish without bait?"

Zong Zhengxiao said calmly, "Those who are willing will take the bait."

After saying this, he put his fishing rod aside and began to slowly peel and eat lychees.

Rong Yin: “…”

Zong Zhengxiao heard Rong Yin cursing him in his heart: Stinky emperor! Stingy guy!

The arc of Zong Zhengxiao's lips became even bigger.

Lychee is one of Rong Yin’s favorite fruits. Now that her appetite has been whetted, she is not full yet. She is really gluttonous.

He could have gone ashore and gotten it himself, but when he thought about Zong Zhengxiao's fishing plan, if he didn't cooperate with him, he would pretend to be pitiful to gain sympathy. He couldn't stand that and would definitely soften his heart.

It would be better to play with him for a while now. When he is happy, he will stop making trouble for himself.

Rong Yin was in a complicated mood. Talking to a person was like coaxing a child.

Rong Yin tugged at the fishing hook, and after Zong Zhengxiao looked over, he said, "Your Majesty, you caught me, bring me ashore quickly."

Zong Zhengxiao said, "Don't worry. Wait until the fish struggles for a while and runs out of strength. Then I can pull it back and it will be easier."

Rong Yin was angry: "Zong Zhengxiao, you're never going to stop talking, are you? If you keep on nagging, you'll have to sleep with classmate Xiao Ai tonight!"

Fortunately, Xiao Ai went outside to play, otherwise he would probably have started barking again if he heard his father calling him.

Zong Zhengxiao decided to quit while he was ahead, fearing that Rong Yin would really kick him out of the house, so he quickly reeled in his fishing line.

Rong Yin swam over with the fishing line in hand. After landing, he transformed into a human form. He casually picked up a robe beside him and put it on. He stepped on Zong Zhengxiao's lower abdomen with his bare feet, which were still dripping with water, and rubbed it as if to vent his anger. "Humph, this is the price you pay for bullying me."

Zong Zheng Xiao held Rong Yin's ankles, and instead of pushing them away, he pressed them down, his eyes deep.

"If this is what I have to pay, I'm willing to pay more."

"Pervert." Rong Yin glared at him.

"Thank you for the compliment." Rong Yin's words were indeed a compliment to Zong Zheng Xiao.

Rong Yin retracted his foot, snatched the fishing rod from Zong Zhengxiao's hand, pointed at the pond, and said, "This time it's your Majesty's turn to be my fish. Get down quickly."

Zong Zhengxiao did not reject his order, but stared at him the whole time: "Do you really want to catch me?"

"Nonsense." Rong Yin said.

Zong Zhengxiao stood up, took off his clothes and jumped into the water.

Rong Yin was even more extreme than Zong Zheng Xiao. The first time he swung the rod, he didn't even want to hang a lychee, and just left an empty hook for Zong Zheng Xiao to watch.

Zong Zhengxiao grabbed the fishing hook, looked up and smiled at Rong Yin: "Ah Yin, the fish has taken the bait, why don't you reel it in?"

Rong Yin was feeling vengeful, so he crossed his legs and ate lychees while saying, "I have my own rhythm. I will reel in the line when it's time to do so. Don't worry about it."

Knowing Rong Yin's little thoughts, Zong Zhengxiao was not in a hurry. It just so happened that he was a good swimmer. Although he was not as talented as Rong Yin, he still had enough energy to swim one or two laps at ease.

The water in the pool was clear. Zong Zhengxiao was only wearing a pair of underpants. His sturdy figure was revealed as he swam. He looked full of vitality, just like the scorching sun overhead, hot and dazzling.

If Rong Yin's swimming style is free and casual, floating like a ribbon dancing in the wind, then Zong Zhengxiao is wild and unrestrained, like a sharp arrow flying straight to the bull's eye, with unstoppable force.

Rong Yin swallowed the fruit in his mouth and blew a hooligan whistle at Zong Zheng Xiao.

"Young handsome man, you are alone. Come up and I will treat you to some lychees."

Rong Yin waved at Zong Zheng Xiao who was in the water, like a second-rate guy who was flirting with decent women and men.

Zong Zhengxiao held the fishing hook in his hand, wrapped his fingers around the fishing line, and pulled the fishing rod towards him.

Zong Zhengxiao chuckled, "Brother, if you don't reel in the line, your handsome boy will swim away."

Facing Zong Zheng Xiao's aggressive eyes, Rong Yin couldn't tell for a moment whether it was him or Zong Zheng Xiao who was fishing.

However, Rong Yin, who was blinded by lust at this moment, didn't care about these things. He retracted the line little by little, and Zong Zheng Xiao also came out of the water, stepped onto the stairs, and walked in front of him step by step.

Zong Zhengxiao's hair was wet, and the water droplets on it dripped down, sliding down his muscular chest along his well-defined abdominal muscles, and finally being absorbed by the fabric.

Rong Yin couldn't help but sigh as she watched the whole thing: Even though I've done this many times, I still find it hard to believe that I could actually eat this whole big meal.

Hearing his inner thoughts, Zong Zheng Xiao smiled slightly, leaned closer to Rong Yin, put his hands on the armrests of his chair, and smiled like a fairy.

"Are you satisfied with the fish that Ayin caught with his own hands?"

The water droplets from Zong Zheng Xiao's body dripped onto Rong Yin's legs. It felt cold and hot at the same time, and he couldn't tell the difference.

The two looked at each other, filled with affection. Rong Yin pursed her moist lips, and Zong Zhengxiao's eyes dimmed and he lowered his head and moved closer.

Who knew that before he touched Rong Yin, he felt a chill in his chest. He looked down and saw Rong Yin holding up a plate of chilled lychees and placing it in front of him.

The confusion in Rong Yin's eyes had long disappeared. He smiled and said, "Peel the lychees for me. I'll be satisfied once I'm full."

When Zong Zheng Xiao realized that he was being teased, he was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed even more brilliantly.

"Okay, I'll peel as much as Rong Yin eats."

So this afternoon, with the beautiful Rong Yin in his arms and someone peeling lychees for him, he lived a more enjoyable life than the emperor.

Oh, I almost forgot, the handsome man he was holding was the emperor.

But the emperor was a narrow-minded person, and that night Rong Yin paid the price for what he had done during the day.

"Who do you love most, water or me? Ayin, speak up."

"Wuwu, stop bumping into me. Why are you jealous of Shui?"

“乖一點，告訴我答案，說了我就放過你。”

“嗚嗚，是你，我的摯愛是你，是宗政逍，滿意了吧！”

“那以後還敢不敢捉弄我，故意不讓我親了？”

“不敢了不敢了。”

“真乖。”

“……啊！”

第二天一早，戎音跟條鹹魚一樣躺在床上，宮人來服侍他起床，他揉着酸痛的腰，咬牙切齒：“宗政逍這個畜生。”

低着頭的宮人：我什麽也沒聽見，真的。

等到入了秋，溫度降了許多，戎音才真正開心起來。

今年新發放下去的玉米種子長勢良好，玉米嫩的時候京城的酒樓就根據季世子手冊裏說的那幾個做菜配方，做了幾道時新的菜出來，後面還自己研究出了各種蒸炸煎炒烤的方法，做出來的玉米菜都很受客人歡迎。

玉米徹底成熟後，也到了秋收的季節，政府部門把玉米也列入了秋稅糧食的種類之中。

那幾個世家不知從哪裏打聽到奶油蛋糕裏的奶油，其中一樣材料就跟玉米有關，為了研究出這一賺錢良方，他們幾乎把自家種的玉米全都用上了，但還是沒琢磨出來真正的配方。

為了繼續研究，他們還開始收購玉米，本來怕新糧食賣不出去的百姓也不用慌了，送去世家的糧店就能賣個好價錢。

戎音這天來店裏巡查，又遇見了趙老二一家三口，看着他們身上穿的都是新衣服，妻子頭上別着銀簪，娟兒也戴着頭花，并且精氣神都很好，戎音就知道他們家今年收成不錯。

因為這幾年地裏的收成越來越好，從前對趙老二一家來說等同于奢侈品的面包，現在偶爾也能來消費一次。

這次見到戎音，趙老二照舊跟他說了自己田地的情況，出于對陛下的信任，今年新出的玉米種子他們家也毫不猶豫地種了，村裏其他人也是一樣的态度。

“陛下在咱們百姓心裏，就是神仙般的存在，他要咱們做的事，絕對錯不了。”趙老二興奮得滿臉通紅。

趙老二的妻子笑得腼腆：“那個種玉米指南，一個村只有一本，大家都說好用，我們就買了紙筆，讓娟兒去謄抄了一份，後面我們有什麽不懂的地方，娟兒就翻書給我們解答，上面什麽都有呢。”

戎音驚喜地道：“娟兒小小年紀就識得那麽多字了，好厲害啊。”

趙老二驕傲地道：“這兩年收成不錯，家裏有了些餘錢，我和娟兒她娘就把娟兒送到村裏老秀才那裏，讓她跟同齡的男孩一起學點東西，姑娘家雖然不能參加科考，但識字跟不識字總歸是不一樣的，識字才能在城裏找活幹，比跟我們在地裏刨食強多了。”

戎音訝然，在這個時代，趙家夫妻倆又是這樣的身份，居然能有如此遠見，實在是叫人佩服。

“你們夫妻倆做得很好，都說知識能改變命運，你看娟兒才學了多久就能寫字識字了，說明她天生就是讀書的料，即便她不能參加科考，依舊我心裏的女狀元。”戎音摸摸娟兒的腦袋，面上露出欣慰的笑容。

娟兒也很高興：“我是女狀元，我聽夫子說過，狀元就是最厲害的讀書人。”

看見孩子這麽歡喜，趙家夫妻也跟着笑了起來。

人更容易信服比自己地位高的人說的話，在趙家夫妻倆眼裏，戎音能經營起兩家日進鬥金的店鋪，就已經是頂頂厲害的人物了。

聽他說送娟兒去識字這件事做得好，夫妻倆心裏別提多高興了。

之前村裏人都嘲笑他倆生了個賠錢貨，還要送賠錢貨去識字，簡直是浪費錢浪費時間，有這個精力不如早點再生個兒子出來。

夫妻倆雖然不會因為村裏人的話就放棄讓娟兒讀書，但心裏總是覺得不得勁，想反駁他們又不知道該怎麽開口。

今天聽見戎音這句“知識改變命運”，他們才恍然大悟。

遠的不說，就說他們村裏的老秀才，原來家裏窮得都揭不開鍋了，但自從他考上秀才，家裏的田地免了稅不說，每月官府還給發糧食。

他即便無力再往上考，只考在村裏開個小私塾，一年光是收學生的束脩，就足夠一家人全部嚼用了。

又比如他家娟兒，這次要是沒有她謄抄和讀種植指南，他們也得像其他不識字的人家一樣，巴巴地去找識字的人求問，人家不可能白給你讀，你至少得送幾個雞蛋幾把青菜，而且人家還不一定時時都有空。

不像他們家，什麽時候想問了就讓娟兒翻書，方便又有面子。

也有人來問娟兒的，還送了雞蛋，雞蛋全都被夫妻倆收好，一天給娟兒煮一個補身體，而他們家自己家雞下的蛋，就攢起來送進城裏賣，也是一筆收入。

“戎老板說得真好，不像我們，嘴巴笨。”老趙二憨厚地笑着，撓了撓頭。

戎音道：“你們雖然不懂怎麽說好聽的話，但你們的心裏有塊明鏡，分得清是非好壞，也是有行動力的人，不然怎麽會第一年就敢把自己全部地都用上肥料，還送了娟兒去讀書，這些事跡都能證明，你們是有大智慧的人。”

他這一番話下來，趙家夫妻倆感覺自己都快飄起來了，直到買完東西回到村裏，他們都還有些回不過神來。

村裏人見一家三口進趟城回來，嘴角都快咧到天上去了，再看他們手裏拎着的面包奶茶，頓時心裏的酸勁兒就上來了。

一群老婆子坐在村口的大樹下，在三人經過時故意大聲道：“年輕人就是不知節儉，手裏有幾個錢，就想着買那些不實用的東西，還送一個小丫頭去讀書，她又不能科考，有個屁用。”

“他嬸子你這就不懂了吧，人家以後可是要當城裏人的，跟咱們這些村裏人可不一樣。”

“哎喲，一個小丫頭片子，就算識得幾個字又怎麽樣，城裏那些老板會招她？”

“誰知道呢，心比天高！”

有些人就是這樣的，別人沒花他家的錢吃他家的飯，更沒侵害他的利益，但就是喜歡對別人的事情評頭論足。

要是換做以前，趙家夫妻倆可能還要跟她們理論幾句，但一想到戎音說的那些話，兩人就覺得跟這些無知的人争論就是浪費時間。

有吵嘴的功夫，不如回家休息，省得自己還要生氣，得不償失。

回宮後，戎音跟宗政逍說了自己今天的見聞。

宗政逍感嘆：“世家貴族的小姐們也會讀書寫字，其中也不乏才女，只是她們的一生大多都在後宅中蹉跎過去了，能夠施展抱負的人少之又少。沒想到在普通百姓裏，也有趙家父母這樣明事理的人，讓女兒讀書，只是為了她以後能更好地安身立命。”

戎音道：“時代有自己的局限性，這無法避免，等以後咱們權力穩固了，再沒了能跟咱們作對的家夥，就能采取更多措施去拯救那些弱勢群體了。”

“嗯，希望未來會有更多像趙家夫妻一樣有遠見的父母，會有更多像娟兒一樣幸福的孩子，這樣大晟才會更加繁榮昌盛。”

又過了一段時間，随着衛生紙在全國各地普及開來，進貨的商人絡繹不絕，京中的造紙工坊壓力劇增，不得不擴建工坊，大規模招收工人。

宗政逍和戎音商量過後，決定招收一定數量的女工人，這事兒史無前例，自然遭到了一些人的反對。

“陛下，那工坊都是一堆男人擠在一起幹活，招女子進去，于名聲上不好聽啊。”

工部的一位大人，代替底下所有人說出了他們的看法。

宗政逍既然敢下達這個命令，自然是早就想好會出現的問題以及解決措施了。

“女子單獨一個工坊，再派人看着，大家集體活動，不會有問題。”

這位大人還是不放心：“可這事關女子聲譽，會有人來報名嗎？”

“不是所有百姓都落後迂腐，總有敢做嘗試的第一人，而且工坊給出的條件，相信不會有人不心動。”

倉廪實而知禮節，飯都吃不飽了，誰還在意這些所謂的名聲和男女之分。

這位大人見勸不動宗政逍，只能将招工告示傳揚了出去。

反正他覺得，肯定是不會有女子前來報名的。

事實也是果真如他猜的那樣，招工告示放出去的第一天，前來報名的男人都快把門檻給踏破了。

盡管他們一再申明，進工坊後要簽保密協議，要是敢違背協議裏的要求，被抓到後不僅要賠錢，還可能會被砍頭。

可工坊給出的條件實在誘人，包吃包住，飯菜有葷腥，一天十文錢，有午休時間，幹得好還能得獎金。

進去以後只要不犯錯，這就是能幹一輩子的工作，不用像種地一樣不穩定，說出去還體面，這簡直就是夢中情工。

經過管事多方面調查，除去那些可能是卧底的家夥，再根據個人體質，挑選出身強力壯的，男子這邊的招工很快就完事了。

But as for the female workers, no one has come forward to sign up so far.

Rong Yin did not lose heart after knowing this. He paid beggars in the city to spread the news of the recruitment of female workers to the surrounding villages as much as possible, saying that as long as you are over 16 years old and in good health, regardless of whether you are married or not, you can go to the toilet paper store in the city to sign up.

And they don't have to worry about safety issues, because this is a government workshop and the government will send people to protect them.

Rong Yin asked the beggars to describe the recruitment threshold as low as possible and focus on promoting the welfare benefits of the workshop. If the beggars could bring women who volunteered to sign up and successfully sign a female worker, they would be given ten cents.

The workshop wants to recruit a total of fifty female workers, which means five hundred coins, plus the basic salary given by Rong Yin, this is a huge sum of money for beggars.

So that afternoon, many groups of beggars appeared in the villages near the capital.