Are you happy?
Qin Fang was of course happy, but when he thought about having a child, he couldn't be intimate with his wife, and someone could be closer to his wife than him, he felt sad. When he felt sad, the child was not so important.
However, he was still rational. If he dared to say so, his mother would definitely not let him go. The rational Qin Fang thought of what happened last night, and he asked Nanny Lian: "What did Doctor Li say? Is Xiangjun in good health? What about the child? Is he okay?"
As someone in their courtyard, Nanny Lian naturally knew what he was talking about, so she said with a happy face: "Don't worry, General, Xiangjun is in good health."
Qin breathed a sigh of relief. If Yanyan and the child were ill because of what happened yesterday, he would blame himself to death. "That's good. I have something important to do now. Go back and tell your cousin to let her have a good rest and not tire herself out." Thinking about it, this was redundant. His wife knew how to combine work and rest better than he did.
Mother Qin couldn't stand his nagging, and said in a shooing tone: "Go, go, go, go, go and get busy. Yanyan has me and your grandmother, as well as Nanny Lian, so it's useless for you to be here. Business is more important. Go." As she said that, she grabbed the curtain and said, "Uncle Hong, let's go."
Uncle Hong: "Hey."
Qin Fang watched the carriage go away. Thinking of his mother's impatient look, he knew that he had no status. In his mother's heart, Yanyan is currently the first and grandson is the second. Thinking
of this, Qin Fang felt sad again. He didn't know who was more important in Yanyan's heart, him or the child. Qin Fangxin returned to Du Ke with a heavy heart and heard Shen Lixian say, "Congratulations to General Qin on the happy event."
Du Ke said, "You're going to be a father, you have to learn to grow up."
Qin Fang: "..." Why, why is he not as good as a child in the eyes of others now that he's going to be a father? Is he born to have children? "Thank you, teacher, thank you, Lord Shen."
Shen Lixian smiled and joked, "From the tone of General Qin, he doesn't seem very happy."
Qin Fang said, "No, no, I'm just too surprised, and I feel scared instead." He really didn't plan to have children, at least not in the next few years. He asked Doctor Li, and it's not too late for a woman to have children at the age of 20. So he still wanted to live a clean life with Yanyan for two years, and then have children when Yanyan turned 20. But who knew that he would still miss something even if he kept it in every time and saved all the seeds.
Thinking of this, Qin Fang regretted it to death.
Du Ke laughed: "He looks frightened." As for being unhappy, Du Ke didn't believe it. Which man would not be happy to have a legitimate son? When his wife was pregnant, he was also happy, and his mind was blank. It didn't matter whether it was a legitimate son or daughter, but having a child made him feel mature and responsible.
Although he was usually very serious, especially in educating his son, and even seldom spent time with his son except when testing his son's homework, he had great hopes and sustenance for his son's birth, but he was not good at expressing this love.
Qin Fang said, "I was scared." But then, he also smiled. He was going to be a father. Let's see how Han Zhen can still be proud in front of him. Qin Fang began to fantasize that if he had a daughter, she would be as pretty as his wife, like Han Zhen's daughter... He didn't mean to say that the child was not good. Anyway, his daughter would definitely be prettier than Han Zhen's daughter.
Shen Lixian looked at Qin Fang's silly smile and couldn't help shaking his head: "It is said that boys look like their mothers and girls look like their fathers. From what I have seen in General Qin's family, it is better to have boys."
Qin Fang was stunned, and then his eyes suddenly widened: "What did you say? Girls look like their fathers?"
Shen Lixian raised his eyebrows: "Why? Haven't you heard of it? The elders in our capital city all say so. When Zhuo Jing was pregnant, she hoped to have a girl every day because she thought the girl would look like me." Shen Lixian is good-looking and is a famous handsome man in the capital. Compared with Shen Lixian, the deceased Empress Shen looked better, otherwise she would not have been favored by the late emperor and betrothed to the current emperor.
Qin Fang suddenly felt that he was struck by lightning. If the girl looks like her father and his daughter looks like him... he would be sorry for his daughter. Although among men, Qin Fang is still very confident about his height and appearance, otherwise why would his wife be so obsessed with his body? He thinks that a man looks like him, and Han Zhen looks like... a woman.
However, if a girl looks like him, she would be too tall. He had to admit that a girl would look better like Han Zhen. Qin Fang seemed to see Han Zhen's mocking look, and his face turned black. No, for the sake of his daughter, he has to... make himself look better? He remembered the things his wife would stick on her face every day. After sticking them on, her face would be tender and smooth. Qin Fang touched his rough face and shook it. Do you want to try it?
Shen Lixian saw that he looked absent-minded and couldn't help laughing.
The crops in the barracks fields were growing very well. Not only the crops, but also the pigs, ducks and chickens were growing well.
Before coming to the barracks fields, Duco had never thought that this place would be like this. The green crops, the clucking poultry, and the honest smile of the manager in the barracks.
They went to the fields that Qin's father was in charge of. Qin's father took them to see the crops in several places despite the heat, and took them to see the chickens that had already laid eggs. He said, "These eggs will be sent to the barracks every few days to supplement the soldiers' bodies. Don't look at the fat chickens one by one, they are fed by the soldiers who come here to take turns. They work very hard."
Facing Qin's father, this honest man, Duco He couldn't help but laugh: "That's right, they can have enough food and clothing by working on their own. They will naturally work hard for their own food. Only for their own food will they work so hard. I have to say that the military camp land policy is really good. I hope that military camps across the country can implement it as soon as possible. In this way, our Qi country's army will no longer worry about lack of food." Why didn't I think of it before? It is really not as practical to send food from other places as to grow food next to the military camp. It can save a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.
Qin's father listened and laughed. Although he didn't understand the big truth Du Ke said, he knew that this was a good thing anyway.
Shen Lixian also sighed: "It's really good. If Qiguo had discovered this policy earlier, the Qiguo army would not have to worry about food now."
Qin Fang: "It's better to discover it late than not to discover it."
Du Ke: "Indeed, it's better to have it than not to have it."
After leaving the military camp field, they went to the military camp manor. The managers in the military camp manor were new citizens. There were several of them. When they saw Qin Fang coming, they were all very enthusiastic.
"General Qin is here."
"General Qin, two mares are pregnant this time. By this time next year, the foals will be born."
Qin Fang was delighted when he heard it.
Du Ke asked, "How long does it take for a mare to give birth to a foal?"
Hearing Du Ke's question, the people who were speaking looked at him but did not answer immediately because they did not know him.
Qin Fang hurriedly said, "This is Lord Du Ke, the current Minister of War and my mentor. After you surrendered, he was the one who brought the Emperor's decree to settle you."
When everyone heard this, they immediately saluted and said, "So you are General Qin's teacher."
"Replying to Lord Du, a mare's pregnancy takes more than 300 days, which is about the same as ours, or maybe a few days longer than ours, and a mare only has one foal at a time. But the biggest difference is that humans go into heat every month, while horses go into heat from March to July. So the next breeding will be next year." "
But after we sell the sheep and cattle we have raised, we can buy a few more horses. When there are more horses, the chances of mares getting pregnant will be higher."
"That's right."
Du Ke was very interested in listening to them excitedly talking about horse breeding and future plans for horses. He asked, "Can you take me to have a look?"
The steward of the manor said, "Of course. But we are just a few rough guys here and we don't have any tea. Please forgive us, Lord Du." Although there were only a few rough guys and no tea, the place was clean. People like them who like to raise horses, cattle and sheep are particularly fond of these animals, so they pay great attention to the hygiene here.
Du Ke said, "It's no problem. I'll bring my own tea."
The steward took them to see the horse shed, sheep shed and cow shed.
Du Ke asked: "I heard you say before that the goat milk here is for soldiers to drink, and then you will sell these cows after they are raised. Who will you sell them to then?" You should know that cows are the ancestors of the people, and in this dynasty, cows cannot be killed at will, mainly because cows are few and expensive.
The steward said, "The soldiers should drink goat milk. This is what the general's wife asked, saying it is good for the body. As for the cattle, we sell them to the common people, and some common people have already reserved cattle with us."
Du Ke laughed when he heard it, "This is a good business." Turning around, he looked at Qin Fang, "Only your wife can think of drinking goat milk when working."
Qin Fang said, "She cares about everyone's health. When she was at the border before, she bought a shop and sheep, and used goat milk to make cakes, and the extra goat milk was distributed to the servants. Everyone has been drinking it for more than a year, and their bodies are very good. So after arriving here, she suggested raising sheep here and giving the soldiers goat milk."
Du Ke said, "She is a caring person."
After visiting the manor, they went to visit other people and inquire about the "specialties" and skills of each race. Du Ke wrote down all these while listening, and he would sort them out later, and he would also send them to the emperor.
Qin Fang looked at Du Ke and thought to himself that he would also carry a pen and paper with him in the future, so that he could write down important things when he heard them, because sometimes he would forget them if he wrote them down in his mind, but he would not forget them if he wrote them down in a notebook.
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