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 stand 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 as she watched the whole thing: Even though I've done sigh 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?"
"Be good and tell me the answer, and I'll let you go."
"Wuwu, it's you, my beloved is you, it's Zong Zhengxiao, are you satisfied?"
"Will you dare to tease me and deliberately not let me kiss you in the future?"
"I don't dare anymore."
"So good."
"……ah!"
The next morning, Rong Yin lay in bed like a salted fish. When the palace maids came to help him get up, he rubbed his aching waist and gritted his teeth, "Zong Zhengxiao, that beast."
The palace maid with her head down: I didn’t hear anything, really.
It wasn't until autumn came and the temperature dropped a lot that Rong Yin became truly happy.
The newly distributed corn seeds grew well this year, and when the corn was tender, the restaurants in the capital made several new dishes according to the cooking recipes in Prince Ji's handbook. Later, they also developed various methods of steaming, frying, stir-frying and roasting, and the corn dishes they made were very popular with customers.
When corn is fully mature, it is time for the autumn harvest, and the government has included corn in the types of autumn tax grains.
Those wealthy families somehow found out that one of the ingredients in the cream cake was related to corn. In order to come up with this money-making recipe, they used almost all of the corn they grew, but still failed to figure out the real recipe.
In order to continue their research, they also started purchasing corn. The people who were worried that they would not be able to sell the new grain no longer had to panic, as they could send the corn to the wealthy grain stores and sell it for a good price.
Rong Yin came to the store for inspection that day and met Zhao Laoer's family of three. Seeing that they were wearing new clothes, his wife had a silver hairpin on her hair, Juan'er also wore a hair flower, and they all looked very energetic, Rong Yin knew that their family had a good harvest this year.
Because the harvest from the fields has been getting better and better in recent years, bread, which used to be a luxury for Zhao Laoer's family, can now be consumed occasionally.
When he met Rong Yin this time, Zhao Laoer told him about the situation of his fields as usual. Out of trust in His Majesty, their family planted the new corn seeds without hesitation, and other people in the village had the same attitude.
"Your Majesty is like a god in the hearts of us common people. What he asks us to do will definitely not be wrong." Zhao Laoer's face flushed with excitement.
Zhao Laoer's wife smiled shyly: "There is only one corn planting guide in the village. Everyone said it is useful, so we bought paper and pen and asked Juaner to copy a copy. Later, when we don't understand something, Juaner will look it up in the book to answer our questions. It has everything."
Rong Yin said in amazement: "Juan'er knows so many words at such a young age, it's amazing."
Zhao Laoer said proudly, "The harvests have been good in the past two years, and the family has some extra money. Juan'er's mother and I sent Juan'er to the old scholar in the village to let her learn something with boys of the same age. Although girls cannot take the imperial examinations, knowing how to read and not knowing how to read are different. Only by knowing how to read can you find a job in the city, which is much better than digging for food in the fields with us."
Rong Yin was surprised. In this era, the Zhao couple, who were of such status, could have such foresight. It was truly admirable.
"You two have done a great job. It is said that knowledge can change one's destiny. Look, it has only taken Juan'er a short time to learn how to write and read. This shows that she is born to be a student. Even if she can't take part in the imperial examination, she is still the top female scholar in my heart." Rong Yin touched Juan'er's head with a relieved smile on his face.
Juan'er was also very happy: "I am the female top scholar. I heard from the teacher that the top scholar is the most powerful scholar."
Seeing their child so happy, the Zhao couple also started smiling.
People are more likely to believe what people with higher status than themselves say. In the eyes of the Zhao couple, Rong Yin is already a very powerful figure because he can run two shops that make a lot of money every day.
Hearing him say that sending Juan'er to learn to read was a good thing, the couple were extremely happy.
Before, everyone in the village laughed at them for having a loser and sending him to learn to read. They thought it was a waste of money and time. They would be better off having another son as soon as possible instead of wasting their energy on it.
Although the couple would not give up on letting Juan'er go to school just because of what the villagers said, they always felt unsatisfied in their hearts, and they didn't know how to refute them.
Today, when they heard Rong Yin say, "Knowledge changes destiny," they suddenly realized.
Let’s not talk about people from far away, let’s just talk about the old scholar in their village. His family was so poor that they could barely make ends meet, but since he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, not only were the lands in his family exempted from taxes, but the government also gave them food every month.
Even if he was unable to take further examinations, he could just pass and open a small private school in the village. The tuition fees from the students in a year would be enough to support his family.
For example, if his family's Juan'er hadn't copied and read the planting guide, they would have to go to literate people for help like other illiterate families. People can't read for you for free, you have to at least give them a few eggs and a few vegetables, and they may not always be available.
Unlike their family, whenever they want to ask something, they can just let Juan'er look through the books. It is convenient and gives them face.
Some people also came to ask about Juan'er and gave her eggs. The couple kept all the eggs and cooked one for Juan'er every day to nourish her body. They also collected the eggs laid by their own chickens and sold them in the city, which also brought in income.
"Boss Rong said it very well. Unlike us, we are not good at talking." Old Zhao Er smiled naively and nodded his head.
Rong Yin said, "Although you don't know how to say nice things, you have a clear mind and can tell right from wrong. You are also capable of taking action. Otherwise, how could you have used fertilizer on all your land in the first year and sent Juan'er to school? These deeds can prove that you are very wise."
After he said this, the Zhao couple felt like they were floating on the water. They were still a little dazed until they returned to the village after shopping.
When the villagers saw the family of three coming back from a trip to the city, their smiles almost reached the sky. Then, when they saw the bread and milk tea in their hands, they immediately felt jealous.
A group of old ladies were sitting under a big tree at the entrance of the village. When the three people passed by, they deliberately shouted: "Young people just don't know how to save money. They have a few dollars in their hands, but they just want to buy those useless things. They also send a little girl to study. She can't take the imperial examination. It's useless."
"You don't understand, auntie. He wants to be a city dweller in the future, which is different from us country people."
"Ah, a little girl, even if she knows a few words, what good is it, will the bosses in the city hire her?"
"Who knows? My heart is higher than the sky!"
Some people are like this. Others don't spend their money to eat their meals, nor do they infringe on their interests, but they just like to comment on other people's affairs.
If it were in the past, the Zhao couple might have argued with them, but when they thought of what Rong Yin said, they felt that arguing with these ignorant people was a waste of time.
Instead of arguing, it is better to go home and rest to avoid getting angry and losing more.
After returning to the palace, Rong Yin told Zong Zhengxiao what she had seen and heard today.
Zong Zhengxiao sighed: "Young ladies from aristocratic families can also read and write, and there are also talented ladies among them, but most of them have wasted their lives in the harem, and very few of them can realize their ambitions. I didn't expect that among ordinary people, there are also people like Zhao's parents who are sensible and let their daughter study just to make her better off in the future."
Rong Yin said: "The times have their own limitations. This is unavoidable. When our power is consolidated and there are no more people who can oppose us, we can take more measures to save those disadvantaged groups."
"Well, I hope that in the future there will be more far-sighted parents like the Zhao couple, and more happy children like Juan'er, so that Dasheng will be more prosperous."
After a period of time, as toilet paper became popular throughout the country, merchants came in an endless stream to purchase it. The pressure on the papermaking workshops in Beijing increased dramatically, and they had to expand their workshops and recruit workers on a large scale.
After discussion, Zong Zhengxiao and Rong Yin decided to recruit a certain number of female workers. This was unprecedented and naturally met with opposition from some people.
"Your Majesty, that workshop is full of men working together. It would be bad for the company's reputation to hire women."
An official from the Ministry of Industry expressed the opinions of everyone below.
Since Zong Zhengxiao dared to issue this order, he must have already thought about the problems that might arise and their solutions.
"The women can work in a separate workshop and have someone watch over them. If everyone works together, there won't be any problems."
The adult was still worried: "But this concerns a woman's reputation. Will anyone sign up?"
"Not all common people are backward and conservative. There are always people who dare to be the first to try. And I believe that no one will be uninvited by the conditions offered by the workshop."
When the granaries are full, people know etiquette. When people are hungry, who would care about these so-called reputations and differences between men and women?
Seeing that Zong Zhengxiao could not be persuaded, the gentleman had no choice but to spread the job recruitment notice.
Anyway, he felt that no woman would come to sign up.
The fact was just as he guessed. On the first day the recruitment notice was released, the number of men who came to register almost broke down the threshold.
Although they have repeatedly stated that they must sign a confidentiality agreement after entering the workshop, if they dare to violate the requirements of the agreement, they will not only have to pay money if caught, but may also be beheaded.
But the conditions offered by the workshop were really tempting: free food and accommodation, delicious meals, ten cents a day, a lunch break, and bonuses for good work.
As long as you don't make any mistakes after you get in, this is a job you can do for a lifetime. It's not as unstable as farming, and it's decent to talk about it. It's simply a dream job.
After extensive investigation by the manager, those who might be undercover agents were eliminated, and those who were strong and healthy were selected based on their physique. The recruitment of men was quickly completed.
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.
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