The emperor: "What kind of small brush is it? Let me see it."
Qin Fang was a little embarrassed: "This... My luggage is still on the horse's back at the city gate. Everything is there."
The emperor waved his hand: "That's convenient, let Du Er get it." Thinking of something, the emperor said again, "Xiao Chi." The
chief steward Chi responded outside: "I'm here."
The emperor: "Prepare a room in the side hall and let General Qin live here." After saying that, he said to Qin Fang, "Qin Fang, during this time, I will take you to see a good show." Regardless of who the other party is, what their purpose is, and what their motive is, since the matter has come out, it will not be long before the fox's tail will be exposed. In this case, Qin Fang is not suitable to go out on the road. After all, although no one in the capital has seen Qin Fang, people who have been to Yunxiang County have seen Qin Fang.
Hearing the emperor say this, Qin Fang was also a little happy: "As ordered."
The emperor looked at his happy look and was in a good mood: "Next, tell me about the horse farm." He put the plan aside, and he was too lazy to read it. According to Qin Fang's verbosity, he could imagine that Qin Fang's plan would be even more verbose.
Then, Qin Fang talked to the emperor about the horse farm. He started with the requisition of land. The local land is the land of the court and the country. These lands can be requisitioned, and no money is required, but the emperor must give him an imperial edict, otherwise Yang County Magistrate will not give the land to Qin Fang for requisition.
At the same time, raising war horses is quite expensive, but each soldier in the barracks can adopt one. There is no war in Yunxiang County, and the soldiers usually train all the time. They will go to the fields when they are busy, but the fields do not need so many people, so they can be allowed to join the ranks of horse raising. If each person successfully raises five ponies, then this person can be promoted from infantry to cavalry, that is, he can have a horse.
This is what Qin Fang learned from the soldiers raising poultry. They eat the eggs laid by the poultry they raise themselves, so the same is true for raising horses.
Qin Fang said a lot, and when he said these things, Qin Fang had a very confident demeanor. Even though he is incompatible with this capital in many ways, in terms of pragmatism, no one in the capital is as serious as he is.
From Qin Fang's plan, the emperor could see that he had considered all aspects very seriously, so he came to ask for permission.
There is a lot of vacant land in the country. In other words, there are many mountains that can be used. These mountains are not valued by the people who can afford them, and the people who cannot afford them will not buy them, so many of them are left empty. It is indeed a good idea for Qin Fang to requisition them to build horse farms.
However, the emperor also thought of one thing in Qin Fang's plan.
Because Qin Fang requisitioned the mountains to do things for the court, there is no rent. But what if these lands are rented by ordinary people who cannot afford to buy land? For the country, is it an additional income? The rent for one or two people may not be noticeable, but what about the whole country?
Suddenly, the emperor thought of a business opportunity.
To be an emperor, the IQ is not comparable to that of ordinary people. In modern times, he must be a top student. Therefore, the emperor thought of the business opportunity of making money to enrich the national treasury.
Looking at the whole country, who is the biggest landlord? It must be the emperor. Those local landlords can rent the land to the people to make money, why can't he?
The two talked about Du Xingran taking Qin Fang's gift back.
Qin Fang took out a toothbrush and toothpaste from the gift. The toothbrush and toothpaste were made when he was at the border. The toothbrush is made of wool, from the sheep raised for snacks at the border, and the toothpaste is made by Yang Haiyan herself. With Qin Fang's promotion, the family population gradually increased, and Yang Haiyan no longer used the platform toothpaste and toothbrush.
The emperor looked at two wooden boxes, one of which was square and contained paste-like toothpaste, and the other was rectangular and used to hold toothbrushes.
"Is this the brush and toothpaste for brushing teeth?" The emperor looked at it curiously. This little thing was quite interesting.
Qin Fang said, "Yes, Zhuo Jing also gave it a name, saying that calling it a small brush doesn't sound good. Since it is used to brush teeth, it is called a toothbrush. And this is used to wash teeth, and it is in paste form, so it is called toothpaste."
The emperor: "Toothpaste and toothbrush are appropriate, then how do you use this?"
Qin Fang: "I'll show you."
Qin Fang used a clean wooden spoon to take a little toothpaste and put it on the toothbrush, then began to brush his teeth. After brushing, he rinsed his mouth with water: "Okay." Qin Fang thought for a while and said, "Why don't I write a letter and send someone to Zhuo Jing, asking Zhuo Jing to get a new set of toiletries and ask Your Majesty to try it too? This time I came in a hurry because of my business. I originally planned to send Your Majesty several gifts."
When the emperor heard this, it turned out that he was supposed to get a share, but it was ruined by someone. However, as an emperor, could he directly ask his ministers to bring gifts? He could only say, "No need for gifts, but... you are in such a hurry to come out, which will also make Bingyun Xiangjun worried. Why don't you write a letter home to reassure her?" Smart, you should bring the toiletries in the letter home.
Qin Fang heard it and knelt down to thank him, and said gratefully, "Thank you for your understanding
, Your Majesty." The emperor said again, "But you don't have anyone in the capital, and you can't show up now. You write a letter and I will find someone to deliver it for you."
Du Xingran's eyes turned and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to do my best." Maybe when he arrived in Yunxiang County, he could also ask Bingyun Xiangjun for a set of toiletries. Du Xingran, who had looked at the whole body, was also very tempted by this thing.
The emperor glanced at him. How could he not know what such a young man was thinking. However, it was appropriate for Du Xingran to send him there. After all, the Du family had such a relationship with the Qin family, and it was easier to talk. He nodded and said, "Please take sick leave."
Although Du Xingran was a school lieutenant, in fact, for a rich kid like him, being on duty seemed like a joke, and it was common for him to take leave every three days. It's just that Du Xingran couldn't tell the real reason for taking leave this time, so he took a sick leave.
Speaking of which, every time a kid from a rich family takes a day off, which one is not a sick day?
Du Xingran came out of the palace with Qin Fang's family letter. After coming out, he immediately returned to Du Mansion. He went directly to see Mr. Du.
After discussing with Master Du, the servants of the Du family asked Du Xingran for leave early the next morning. At the same time, Du Xingran left the capital in his wife's carriage.
Du Xingran was sick, and his wife went to the temple to pray for peace and happiness, so Du Xingran hid in the carriage and left.
Three days later, Du Xingran, who was on the road to life and death like Tao Shan, finally arrived in Yunxiang County.
When he arrived in Yunxiang County, he was stunned. This Yunxiang County was different from what he imagined. Many people were busy at the gate of the county city. What were they busy about?
At this time, it had been five or six days since Qin Fang left Yunxiang County, and Yunxiang County was already repairing the road.
Du Xingran got off the horse and looked at the bustling gate of Yunxiang County in a daze. This is... a remote and desolate place? How can a remote and desolate place be so lively?
Du Xingran walked up to an old man and asked, "Uncle, what are so many people doing here? They seem to be busy."
The old man glanced at Du Xingran and asked, "You are not from Yunxiang County, are you? Are you from outside?" If they were from Yunxiang County, they would know about it. The General's Mansion was building a road for Yunxiang County, using the emperor's money. Although there was no monthly allowance, everyone was provided with meals, so some idle people came to help, whether to fill their stomachs or for the emperor. The only people who didn't know about this were outsiders.
Du Xingran nodded: "Yes, I am from another place, visiting relatives in Yunxiang County. My sister is married to Yunxiang County. Oh, by the way, my sister's name is Yang Haiyan, and she is married to the general who guards the city here. Do you know how to get to the general's mansion?"
When the old man heard that it was a relative of the general's mansion, he immediately started to talk nonstop.
To be honest, Du Xingran was a little confused, especially when he heard that the general's mansion paid for the road construction. He was stunned. Such things have never been related to a rich kid like him who came from the capital.
Yang Haiyan naturally didn't know that there were guests at home. She was busy at the moment, busy with sculptures in the woodworking workshop.
The carpenter in the carpentry workshop is the most famous and skilled carpenter in Yunxiang County. He is carving for Yang Haiyan for free and has been carving for several days. The statue he carved is nine feet high, which is three meters. Such a high statue cannot be carved by him alone, so there are other skilled carving masters in Yunxiang County.
Why do they all carve for Yang Haiyan for free? It is not because of Yang Haiyan's identity, but because the sculpture is for the current emperor. Who would charge money for carving the emperor's statue?
All the carving masters in Yunxiang County gathered together and spent five days and nights to finally carve the emperor's statue, but there was a problem.
The sculptor Lao Xu said, "Madam, are we not going to carve the emperor's face?"
Yang Haiyan didn't know what the emperor looked like, so she really couldn't carve it. She said, "No need to carve it. The emperor is the true emperor. How can we look him in the face?" This reason is reasonable.
Lao Xu listened and thought it made sense: "Then..."
"Madam... Madam..." Just at this time, someone called outside. "General's wife, you have a guest." The one who spoke was the old man who was repairing the road at the gate of the county city. The guest he brought was naturally Du Xingran. He took Du Xingran to the general's mansion, but the people in the general's mansion said that the general's wife was in the woodworking workshop, so she brought someone here again.
Guest?
Yang Haiyan went out to see, and also saw Du Xingran, who was a noble family, next to the old man, but... Yang Haiyan didn't know him.
Just as Yang Haiyan was about to speak, Du Xingran spoke first: "Is this Miss Bingyun? I am the second son of the Du family, Du Xingran."
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