"Your Highness, are everything ready now?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, everything is ready, we can set off right away!"
At this time, outside the carriage, Zhou Tong and Zhao Feng were standing here carefully counting the taxes and items.
"These are pastries for my father, cotton coats for my mother, sausages for my fourth brother, and bacon for my eldest brother..."
Zhou Tong counted them one by one. Seeing that Zhou Tong had taken so many things, Zhao Feng suddenly felt dumbfounded.
"Your Highness, it's so close to the capital from our place. In fact, these things have been sold in the capital for a long time!"
Zhou Tong was a little surprised, then he patted his forehead and said.
"That's right. In the past, these things were considered souvenirs here, but now they are easier to buy in the capital than here, and they are not considered souvenirs anymore..."
Zhou Tong sighed softly, is this the disadvantage of developed business?
Zhao Feng shook his head slightly and turned to look at Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu.
"Are you two ready? This time we are going back to the capital. We will spend the New Year in the capital before coming back. Maybe we will stay a little longer."
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu looked at each other, nodded slightly and said.
"Don't worry, husband, we have prepared everything. Is there anything else you need to bring?"
Zhao Feng shook his head. He had already brought everything he wanted to bring.
"Okay, let's set off now!"
Zhao Feng took the two ladies and Zhou Tong directly into the carriage, and the carriage drove quickly towards the capital on the neat and wide cement road.
When there was no cement road before, they had to go far in order to take the main road, and it even took three days to reach the capital. But with the cement road, they can reach the capital through the fastest route.
Moreover, the cement road is very smooth. Even if a carriage walks on it, it will not feel too many bumps. This allows the carriage to reach the extreme speed, which is not much different from the speed of a horse.
Setting off in the morning, Zhao Feng and the others arrived in the capital in just one day.
"Your Highness Princess, please go back and rest first!"
Zhou Tong nodded lightly and returned directly to his mansion in the capital, while Zhao Feng took Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu back home.
Although Zhao Feng and Chen Rou do not live in the capital for the time being, the maids and servants in the mansion are all here, and they have been taking care of things at home during this time, so there is no need to worry about dust in the room. .
The next morning, Zhao Feng got up early, put on his official uniform, and went directly to Zhongshu Province.
When Zhao Feng was on duty here before, because Zhao Feng came very early every day, he led other officials to also come very early.
But this time Zhao Feng came here and discovered that there were no officials from Zhongshu Province working here. It seemed that they had all become a little lazy after he left.
Zhao Feng walked to his office and found that there were many memorials here, which made Zhao Feng couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Since I have been away from the capital for such a long time, the memorial should be sent directly to Zhou Zhen. Why are there so many memorials here?
Zhao Feng casually picked up the memorials and looked through them, then a sneer appeared on his face.
"So that's it. Are we going to use the same set of tactics that emphasize agriculture and suppress business to crack down on business?"
Zhao Feng shook his head slightly, picked up the pen and gave his own solution behind these memorials.
At this moment, the officials from Zhongshu Province came yawning. Seeing Zhao Feng sitting there working, they suddenly became energetic and couldn't help but rub their eyes, and then looked at Zhao Feng as if they had seen a ghost.
"Zhao, Master Zhao?"
Zhao Feng raised his head and greeted them with a smile.
"Good morning everyone!"
All the officials couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Zhao Feng didn't come back to work for such a long time, so they assumed that Zhao Feng had been kicked out of the court. But now that Zhao Feng appeared here, they suddenly remembered what Zhao Feng had done before and couldn't help but think about it. , is another bloody storm coming soon?
Seeing that Zhao Feng was dealing with the memorials, an official from the Central Publishing House came over and spoke in a low voice.
"Master Zhao, these memorials have been sent to His Majesty before, and it was His Majesty who sent them back."
Only then did Zhao Feng realize that these authors had already been sent to Zhou Zhen once. Zhou Zhen probably didn't know what to do with them, so he put them back.
Zhao Feng nodded slightly, compiled all the memorials about these matters, and then went directly to the palace with the memorials.
Seeing Zhao Feng's back, all the officials in Zhongshu Province couldn't help but look forward to it.
This time Zhao Feng returns to the court, maybe he won't leave, and then their work will be much easier.
Moreover, during this period, the four major families were very active in official circles, causing their rights in the three provinces to be suppressed.
Zhao Feng didn't care what they were thinking, but took these setbacks and went directly to the imperial study room.
"Please let the manager know and tell me I'm here."
The head eunuch was also startled when he saw it was Zhao Feng, then a smile appeared on his face and he nodded quickly.
"Master Zhao, please wait a moment. Your Majesty will be very happy to know that you are back!"
After saying this, he quickly walked to the imperial study and reported to Zhou Zhen with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao is back!"
Zhou Zhen was slightly startled.
"Master Zhao, which Master Zhao?"
"Of course it's Mr. Zhao Feng and Zhao!"
Zhou Zhen was instantly overjoyed and said immediately.
"Let him in!"
Zhao Feng walked in slowly, first placed the memorials in front of Zhou Zhen's desk, then took two steps back, bowed his hands and said respectfully.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Feng, bow to my Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Zhou Zhen couldn't help but smile slightly, waved his hand and said.
"Get flat!"
"Long live thanks!"
Zhao Feng slowly straightened up and couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw Zhou Zhen for the first time, with a horrified expression in his eyes.
When I saw Zhou Zhen half a year ago, Zhou Zhen's temples were already gray. But it was only half a year later. Not only was Zhou Zhen's hair completely white, but his face also had deep wrinkles, as if It's like being overworked.
Zhou Zhen saw Zhao Feng's surprised expression and was about to say that he was fine, but suddenly he coughed.
"His Majesty…"
The eunuch manager next to him quickly ran over and got a bowl of ginseng soup for Zhou Zhen. Zhou Zhen took a small sip, but vomited it all out.
"Your Majesty, you..."
Zhou Zhen waved his hand and calmed down for a while before returning to normal.
