Beijing
The emperor is reading Du Ke's letter. This is Du Ke's first letter after he went to Yunxiang County. The letter records the progress of gunpowder. At the same time, Du Ke also mentioned cucumbers, the craftsmanship of various ethnic groups caused by cucumbers, and other events, which surprised the emperor.
After all, they have never valued the barbarians. They are just composed of multiple small ethnic groups. But after receiving Du Ke's memorial this time, the emperor does not think so.
Each ethnic group has its own crafts, specialties, and other good things. If these crafts, specialties, and good things are unified, it will be of great help to Qiguo. For example, cucumbers are easy to grow. The Hu people often migrate, so taking cucumbers with them also shows that cucumbers do not require much land. In this way, if the border can be planted, Renzhou can be planted, then the military camps can also plant.
The so-called military camp land policy is not just about growing food. The so-called military camp land policy refers to the allocation of land to the military camp. How the land is used is the business of the military camp. For example, Qin Fang grows food, vegetables, and so on.
The emperor read Du Ke's memorial and benefited a lot. At the same time, looking at this huge palace, he actually had an impulse to go on a private visit.
Chief Steward Chi looked at the emperor. He knew that the emperor was reading Du Ke's memorial. Judging from the emperor's expression, he seemed to be in a good mood. Chief Chi said: "Your Majesty is in such a good mood. Is there something rare and special in Yunxiang County?" He did not ask about national affairs, but used the word "rare and special" to describe it, which was not considered to be against the rules.
The emperor was relatively tolerant of this eunuch who had served him since childhood. Besides, this was not a secret, so when Chi Zongguan asked, he said: "Du Ke said in the memorial that Yunxiang County has discovered a new crop that can be eaten as a vegetable or a fruit. When it is eaten as a vegetable, various seasonings can be added to season it. When it is eaten as a fruit, it has a light taste and a lot of water. It is also said that this vegetable is easy to grow and the cycle is only two months. This Yunxiang County... No, it is this Qin Fang family, it is really good."
The memorial written by Du Ke was much more advanced. He did not say that this was discovered by Yang Haiyan, but only said that this was a thank-you gift from the Hu people to the general's mansion. He knew very well that merit was sometimes a good thing for a woman, and sometimes not. Too much merit can easily arouse some people's ideas.
Besides, using cucumber as a thank-you gift is a very simple thank-you gift, and it will not arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Du Ke did not mention Yang Haiyan, so the emperor would naturally not attribute the credit to Yang Haiyan. In the eyes of the emperor, the Qin family is Qin Fang, so it is just Qin Fang who discovered it. Therefore, the emperor thinks Qin Fang is really lucky.
Chief Steward Chi smiled and said, "In my opinion, the emperor is the true son of heaven. The emperor uses Qin Fang, so Qin Fang can discover these things. This is God's recognition of the emperor through Qin Fang's hands."
The emperor laughed when he heard it: "You old man, your mouth is always sweet."
Chief Steward Chi said: "No way, what I said is the truth." Mrs. Du
of the Du
Mansion also received Du Ke's letter. She read the contents of the letter and was surprised at first that her husband actually adopted a daughter on her behalf. Then when she saw the cause and effect of adopting a daughter, she felt disgusted again. Mrs. Du really felt disgusted with the Wei family's behavior. As for
the things between the Wei family and the Yang family, no matter how the Wei family claimed to be innocent, who with a discerning eye didn't know? However, the intelligence that the Wei family got from the Yang family helped the emperor, so no one openly said no.
And at this moment, the Wei family actually wanted to adopt Yang Haiyan as an adopted daughter.
No matter what, Yang Haiyan came out of the Yang family. If the Wei family accepted Yang Haiyan as an adopted daughter, there would be two results.
The first is that when Qin Fang comes to the capital in the future, everyone will say that Yang Haiyan is an ungrateful person. Even if they dare not say it openly, who will look up to Yang Haiyan behind her back?
The second is that everyone will say that Yang Haiyan betrayed her master for glory. Even the Wei family's betrayal of the Yang family and the various intelligence they obtained might have had a share from Yang Haiyan.
Besides, it was not good for their Du family either. After all, Qin Fang was her husband's student. If Yang Haiyan became the adopted daughter of the Wei family, wouldn't their Du family and the Wei family be linked together?
Mrs. Du felt that the Wei family's behavior was really disgusting.
Mrs. Du took the letter and went to find Mr. Du.
After Mr. Du knew about it, he didn't say anything and let Mrs. Du make her own decision. So, Mrs. Du went out. She was going back to her parents' home to tell her mother about this. After all, there was the matter of the red jade hairpin in the middle, and she had to say good things to her mother. Although this was a small matter and might not be exposed, Mrs. Du wanted to be stable in doing things. Besides, Du Ke had also explained this matter.
Yunxiang County
Qin Fang recently took Du Ke to different places in Yunxiang County. They not only visited the new people, but also the local residents. Du Ke felt that not only should they bring things of different races to the whole Qi Kingdom, but also the "special products" of Yunxiang County to the whole Qi Kingdom. Of course, this does not only refer to Yunxiang County. If they go to other places and have good things, good habits, etc., Du Ke also plans to record them.
Du Ke was very happy these days, but Qin Fang was not so happy. Because... he was getting darker and darker. Qin Fang was so worried that he was very serious and tried hard every night... secretly using his wife's things to wipe his face, but he still couldn't resist the scorching summer, and he was getting darker and darker.
That day, during dinner, Qin Fang said, "Yan Yan, is there anything I can put on my face to make myself whiter?" He was really afraid that when his daughter was born, she would be as black as him.
Yang Haiyan was stunned. This man never paid attention to his image, but now he asked him if he had anything to whiten his skin. Wait... Yang Haiyan suddenly remembered some clues. She had used up her water essence lotion very quickly recently, and she felt a little confused at first, but she didn't think much about it. There were only Nanny Lian, Aunt Yu and Qin Fang in her yard. Nanny Lian and Aunt Yu would not touch her things, and Qin Fang was a man, so naturally he would not do that either, so she thought she might have thought wrong, or maybe her memory was not good after she got pregnant.
However, when she heard Qin Fang asking about whitening, she had to doubt it again. Yang Haiyan said, "I put this thing on the dressing table. If you apply a little on your face every day, it will make your skin whiter. If you want to be very white, you should apply more. Husband, do you want to apply it?"
Qin Fang hurriedly said, "No, I'm a man, why should I apply that?" What he was thinking was, apply a little more at night.
Yang Haiyan looked at his disgusted look, was she overthinking?
Qin Fang changed the subject: "The imperial grain factory has been built. Lord Liu from Hedong Prefecture has sent a letter, and the prefecture has issued a notice. Soon, potatoes and sweet potatoes from all over Hedong Prefecture will be sent here for sale. Lord Liu will also prepare a list of agents from various counties and cities. I will then send Kunshi to investigate the local area. What do you think?"
When Yang Haiyan heard him talk about this, she stopped thinking about what had just happened. She said, "Okay. Mother and father have been busy with the factory's affairs recently. They have worked hard." Qin's mother was unable to handle it alone, so Qin's father came over to help, and the fields that Qin's father was in charge of were taken over by Uncle Qin San.
Qin Fang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the topic shifted: "The teacher said that after the affairs of the county agent here are dealt with, he will leave Yunxiang County and go to the next stop."
Speaking of this, Yang Haiyan was also a little reluctant: "I originally wanted to go with the teacher, but now it seems hopeless." Originally, she wanted to disguise herself as a man and take a good look at this world, but now... her hand unconsciously touched her belly. Pregnancy is really a magical thing. It can give women unlimited power. For example, she doesn't like a dish, but that dish is very nutritious and very good for pregnant women, then she will try hard to eat it.
This is the power of motherhood.
Qin Fang saw her touching her belly and couldn't help asking worriedly: "What's wrong? Is your stomach uncomfortable? I'll go call Doctor Li." As he said, he put down his chopsticks and stood up, ready to run out.
Yang Haiyan hurriedly stopped him: "I'm fine, I was just thinking that in the future, there will be one more person who is related to me by blood in this world, and I will no longer be... alone."
Qin Fang felt distressed after hearing this. He thought Yang Haiyan was thinking about the fact that she was sold by her parents. He held her hand and said: "You have never been alone. Since we got married the year before last, you still have me."
Yang Haiyan held his hand in return: "Yeah." But this is different. In her previous life, she didn't know who she was, who her parents were, and she only had her grandmother as a relative. However, her grandmother died when she was fifteen, and she, a little girl, lived to the age of twenty-eight with bumps and bruises. After graduating from college and having a successful career, she woke up for some reason and found herself in a book. Could it be because of her message?
This child who was related to her by blood had a different meaning to her. It seemed to make her understand the meaning of her existence and let her let go of the thorn of being an orphan in her previous life. However, she did not tell Qin Fang these. "Thank you, husband. I have you and a child, and I feel that my life is complete."
Qin Fang said, "Silly, we will have grandchildren in the future. There will be many children around you and coax you." Thinking of this, it would be nice to have a son. He could teach his son kung fu, and then teach him from an early age to be filial to his mother and listen to his mother. Just like
the previous few days, after Yang Haiyan digested her food, she rested for a while and went to bed. Qin Fang went back to the study to read military books as usual. When Yang Haiyan was almost asleep, he went to take a bath.
Perhaps because she thought of her grandmother today, Yang Haiyan did not go to bed early as usual. She lay in bed and could not fall asleep, counting sheep. The result...
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