Your Majesty is too extravagant! The vegetables are in the fields, and the meat hasn't grown yet...
Gui Yang, who suddenly heard this question, really didn't know how to answer. He hesitated for a long time and said, "I have some experience."
Faced with the king's request, Gui Yang chose to agree first. After all, she couldn't say no. Even if it was really no, she had to say yes.
He wants to establish an extremely useful image in front of the king. In this way, no matter what the king wants to do in the future, he will consider him first. This is Gui Yang's path to promotion.
Shen Zhiwei asked this question just to test her, because she didn't think Gui Yang could really raise pigs. But Gui Yang said that she knew a little bit.
"The Grand Diviner is truly a talent." Shen Zhiwei praised him somewhat dryly, then continued, "I want to find a few people to raise pigs. Unlike most people, raising pigs requires building a house for them and cooking every day, whether it's wild vegetables or grains, to ensure the pigs are well fed. The pig house must also be cleaned every day, without any slacking off."
Shen Zhiwei raised several points that many people do not agree with today, such as building houses for pigs, cooking for pigs, and cleaning the houses for pigs every day, which is simply treating pigs as masters.
Nowadays, there are still countless people who cannot afford to eat and have no roof over their heads, let alone someone to clean their houses. Shen Zhiwei seems to be treating pigs more important than people.
Gui Yang listened but didn't think there was anything wrong.
Could the pig the king raise be an ordinary pig? Even if the king raises an ant, the ant must live better than a human.
Compared to the countless beauties in the harem of the previous king, your harem is so clean that you can run horses there. What's wrong with giving some of the rations for so many people to the pigs?
When Gui Yang thought of this, she immediately agreed to all of Shen Zhiwei’s requests.
He agreed too quickly, which made Shen Zhiwei very uneasy.
Don't tell him to deceive his superiors and subordinates and then raise pigs next to the toilet again. Shen Zhiwei is not a very picky person, but she really can't swallow the pork now.
Please allow her to retain a little bit of the hypocrisy that is unique to modern people! Shen Zhiwei cried madly in her heart.
After giving the order, Shen Zhiwei no longer cared about it. However, she wrote a pig farming manual and decided to conduct random inspections from time to time. She did not tell Gui Yang about the inspections to prevent her from being deceived.
It was impossible to have a good stir-fried dish at the moment, and it was really boring. Shen Zhiwei decided to review the incident of the king who lost his country after he traveled through time.
In Shen Zhiwei's opinion, she offended Queen Mother An as soon as she came here, and then she found a large number of slaves to farm for her. These two things were not what a wise monarch would do. The Queen Mother held great power, and if one wanted to stabilize the government, the Queen Mother's power could not be ignored. As a result, she not only ignored it, but also ignored it completely.
In this era, who would not call her incompetent?
Shen Zhiwei nodded with great satisfaction, and then he asked the craftsman to make iron for him. Others made iron to make weapons, but she made iron pots. It would be stupid if it got out that the news came out.
She also posted a message to curse the powerful King Anguo, and her curses were known to the whole world. Anguo must hate her to the core. With family feuds and national hatred in front of him, why doesn't he work hard to improve himself and wait for the future to overthrow her, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty?
Now she is raising pigs in the same way as raising a master. If this gets out to people all over the world, they will think she is crazy. It seems that her progress in becoming the king of a fallen country is quite good. Soon she will be able to complete her goal and return to the modern world to enjoy the good life and use her bonus to enjoy the world!
The more Shen Zhiwei thought about it, the happier she became, but she didn't know that when she was overjoyed, there was someone in the palace who was happier than her.
The person who was even happier was naturally Empress Dowager An.
Ever since she learned that Lord An vomited blood after reading the poem that scolded him, Empress Dowager An has never stopped smiling. When she heard that Lord An vomited blood again these days, she even called Ju Yan and Bo You into the palace to share the good news and make everyone happy.
Juyan Boyu actually didn't want to hear this news.
The more angry Lord An is now, the more intense his revenge will be in the future. They still want to return to Anguo to pursue their careers and have never thought of waiting to die in Jingchang.
However, facing the smiling Queen Mother An, the two did not dare to reveal their true feelings. They had to discuss this happy event with Queen Mother An and mentioned Prince Zhuo of Anguo by the way.
"Young Master Zhuo has been intelligent since childhood. His mother is a princess born in the Northern Kingdom, of noble status. He is also Lord An's eldest son. If he were to take control of Anguo, it would be legitimate and no one would stand up to oppose him. Therefore, Anguo would soon stabilize, and Lord An's illness would not have a significant impact on Anguo." The reason why Ju Yan still wanted to return to Anguo was because of Young Master Zhuo. "The Queen Mother must be prepared. Young Master Zhuo and Lord An have a deep father-son relationship, and he probably won't let this matter go lightly."
Ju Yan meant that Prince Zhuo might take revenge on Jing Chang later. When Empress Dowager An went to file a complaint, she did not hide her tracks. Anyone who is interested can find out why the emperor wrote that fu.
Queen Mother An is likely to become the target of Prince Zhuo's revenge.
As for the emperor, none of the princes has the courage to point their swords at him directly, so no matter what Shen Zhiwei does, her position as emperor remains unshakable.
Because the princes need the emperor to maintain balance, the emperor will not be their target, and those who want to break this balance will be a thorn in their eyes.
"Would I be afraid of him?"
Empress Dowager An smiled disdainfully. How much ability could a child who hasn't even reached adulthood have?
She did not kill Prince Zhuo to bury him with her Ziman. Even though she, as an aunt, had a kind heart, if Prince Zhuo was so blind as to come upon her, she would not mind letting Anguo replace him with someone else to be the next king.
There was a cold murderous intent flashing in Queen Dowager An's eyes. Seeing this, Ju Yan and Bo You didn't dare to say anything more. They were afraid that Queen Dowager An was really afraid that someone would assassinate Prince Zhuo. If the State of An fell into civil strife and declined, they would have no way out in the future.
I don’t know how much hatred there is between Empress Dowager An and An Guo. An Guo is obviously Empress Dowager An’s family, so why doesn’t Empress Dowager An care about her family at all?
If Anguo really loses and is annexed by other countries, the Queen Mother will have no family left.
Juyan Boyu was completely unable to understand Empress Dowager An's thoughts, and Empress Dowager An naturally would not explain them.
"Empress Dowager, I heard that the Emperor punished a chef these days," Boyou asked with a hint of curiosity. "Why did a chef disturb the Emperor? And how did he manage to leave the palace unharmed?"
Upon hearing this, Ju Yan said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "He's just a small cook, yet Bo You is so concerned about him that he even mentioned him in front of the Queen Mother. How can such a lowly person be worthy of the Queen Mother's hearing?"
"Although the chef is lowly, the king is noble. If the chef can anger the king, I have to pay attention to him."
Boyou's words made sense, and Juyan shut his mouth.
Queen Dowager An said, "The Northern Kingdom withheld the malted salt that the Rong people were offering. The cook used loose salt to deceive the king, and was subsequently expelled from the palace."
Empress Dowager An lived in the palace, and she had heard most of what happened in the palace, not to mention that Shen Zhiwei had no intention of concealing the matter.
"The Northern Kingdom...the Northern Kingdom has been restless in recent years. Even when the previous king was alive, they had rebellious intentions. Now that the king is young, the Northern Kingdom has made no secret of their intentions."
Boyou sighed with a worried look, thinking in his heart that he seemed to have relatives in the Northern Kingdom. If Anguo was unable to regain its former glory in the future, perhaps the Northern Kingdom would also be a good choice.
Queen Mother An snorted contemptuously, "A descendant of a lowly slave, do you think you're worthy enough to fight for the world? Can a single Manuel, with the barren lands of the Northern Kingdom, truly support a warrior capable of conquering the world?"
The founding monarch of the Northern Kingdom did raise horses for the King of Zhou. Not only was he good at raising horses, he was also very good at driving a chariot. He once saved the life of the King of Zhou by driving a chariot among the enemy. The King of Zhou was grateful for his kindness and granted him a piece of land in the north. A hundred years later, the current Northern Kingdom came into being.
The kings of the Northern Kingdom have all been capable. It was originally just a small place, but now it has become a major concern for the princes.
Many people have seen the wolfish ambition of the King of the Northern Kingdom. From the incident of malt salt, it can be seen that the other party wants to replace the King of Zhou.
Most people chose to remain silent. Would they offend the Northern Kingdom's ruler for the sake of a new emperor? How capable was the emperor? How capable was the Northern Kingdom?
The emperor couldn't even leave Jingchang's door, and he didn't dare send anyone to ask for more salt and malt. After all, he was young, and the royal family was no longer as strong as before. Everyone had their own thoughts and didn't dare to be the first to speak up for the emperor.
Even Taibu Yang didn't say a word. Shen Zhiwei was so focused on raising pigs, farming and drying salt that she didn't mention the lack of malt salt. Seeing her attitude, Taibu Yang thought that the emperor had bowed to the Northern Kingdom.
Tai Buyang didn't think there was anything wrong with bowing his head. When one was not strong enough, it was a wise thing to avoid the enemy's attack.
It was not until Shen Zhiwei took out the snow-white sea salt that Taibu Yang suddenly realized that the emperor was not indifferent, but was just too lazy to care. When there was better salt to use, who would care about the salt particles produced in the barren land?
"Is this really salt?"
Looking at the snow-white salt in front of her, Gui Yang's throat tightened, her mouth became dry, and she was completely stunned.
He had never seen salt like this before.
Shen Zhiwei sighed: "I really didn't expect it to be made first. This is indeed salt. This is the only step we can take now."
It seemed that the king was not satisfied, and Gui Yang was a little confused at the moment.
How did this come about?
"There are still some failed products over there, but they're much better than the salt we have now. You can use them to feed the pigs. Don't feed them bitter salt, it will affect the taste."
Shen Zhiwei knew where the salt came from. The cost was very low. The only difficulty was the distiller. However, he had already made a set, and with experience, he would be able to produce it in large quantities.
Once the salt fields are built on the seashore and the filtering technology is mastered, sea salt will be inexhaustible, so she doesn't care about it at all.
Gui Yang's heart ached when he heard this. He had no objection to raising pigs like raising masters, but it was too extravagant for the king to feed pigs with this snow-white salt!
Even if what Shen Zhiwei took out was a failure, it still looked better and tasted less bitter than many salts available today.
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