"Master, the caravan has made arrangements for you, but the sweet potatoes you want are not enough. Our time is too short and we can only get less than three acres of sweet potatoes in total. We have dug out a wave before, and finally A good piece of land is left to Your Majesty."
"Then the sweet potatoes you requested to arrange for the caravan must not be enough... Do you want to let them take the remaining ones from the county?"
"There is also the matter of road construction. I'm afraid it won't be completed within half a year. The difficulty is beyond expectations... I'm afraid it will be even later."
Fang Zheng thought about each one for a long time.
The extension of the road construction meeting was expected. According to Fang Zhengyi's habit, he would directly ask for half a year to complete a task that could only be completed in a year. After that, no matter how much it was postponed, most of it could be completed within a year, so this matter There were no surprises.
The news of the sweet potato's birth should reach Hengjiang Mansion within twenty days. According to the speed of ancient news, everyone in Hengjiang Mansion should know about it within two months.
By then, food prices should have dropped significantly, and by the time they react, a new wave of sweet potatoes should have been harvested.
Slower speed shouldn't be a big problem.
"It doesn't matter, let's send them to the market first to check out the market. The sweet potatoes in the county will be kept for planting. There will also be large-scale planting in Huangzhuang. I will ask your majesty for it when the new batch of sweet potatoes grows. Make other arrangements.”
"Also, the one hundred people I asked you to select..."
What followed was a secret conversation between the two, about pressing three sheets into one... sandwiching security threads in the middle... special ink... and so on.
When Fang Zheng came out satisfied after the conversation, he found Li Yuanzhao still sticking his butt out and studying the microscope.
Fang Zheng was delighted when he saw this. He didn't expect that the prince had a scientific spirit.
Li Yuanzhao heard the footsteps behind him, raised his head and urged Fang Zhengyi: "Old Fang, come on, come on, let me show you something fun!"
He said and pulled him to the microscope.
Fang Zhengyi was confused. When he lowered his head and looked up, his face suddenly stretched.
I've only been gone for a few minutes, and you're here to do some work for me? !
I saw a dense mass of tadpoles swimming happily under the microscope...
Li Yuanzhao looked mysterious: "Guess what this is?"
"Well.........."
Fang Zheng took a deep breath and tried his best to smile: "Oh, wow, that's incredible! I see this thing is very lively, as if it has golden light emitting! And there is a faint aura of the sea, it can be seen that it is a divine thing! Where did this come from, Your Highness? Got it?"
Li Yuanzhao looked surprised: "Old Fang is indeed you! You have a vision!"
"Let me tell you the truth, this is the son and grandson of this palace!" After speaking, he raised his head proudly.
Fang Zhengyi: "............"
"Oh! It's strange to say that I thought it was a little person, but I didn't expect it to be a group of tadpoles. There were so many of them. I was really shocked!"
"As expected, I have the blood of a real dragon. I didn't expect dragons to look like tadpoles when they were young... But why are there so many of them? Why can't this woman die from so many children? Also, since it is a dragon, why do I have so many children? Are you pregnant? Do you know why, Lao Fang?"
Fang Zheng looked at the roof and didn't want to talk to him.
Li Yuanzhao lowered his head and thought: "I don't know what my father is like!"
After saying that, he reached out to grab Fang Zhengyi's belt.
Fang Zheng was startled, jumped away and shouted, "What are you doing?"
"look at yours."
"Your Highness, please respect yourself!!!"
.............
Two days later, Fang Zhengyi and the prince and princess set off back to Beijing.
On the way back to Beijing, Li Yuanzhao was still holding the microscope happily. Fang Zheng felt it was dirty and gave it to him directly when he didn't want it anymore.
This thing is of great use, and I just want to take it back to Beijing. If I do something wrong one day, I can use the microscope to ward off disaster.
Wait until the next day to go to court
Fang Zheng listened to the eunuch reading out the decree with a dark face.
I thought there was some big reward, but it turned out that I was granted the title of county uncle, with ten hectares of Yongye land and a hundred taels of gold.
After counting on my fingers for a long time, I still felt that I had lost money this time.
However, the young official looked at Fang Zhengyi with eyes full of envy.
Although His Majesty did not promote him to an official position, it was obviously because Fang Zheng had been in the court for too short a time... After all, there are unspoken rules everywhere.
You've been promoted to three levels in less than a year and still want to move up?
In the next two years, won’t you push Mr. Li down?
Of course Fang Zhengyi also understood this truth, but he still scoffed. He had been making cakes for several years, how could I, Fang Zhengyi, still enjoy eating other people's cakes?
The future depends entirely on the emperor's words. If you are in a bad mood one day, just forget it.
After all, a bird in the hand is worth less than a hundred birds in the forest.
No one can predict what will happen in the future!
Finally, he retired from the court, and many officials congratulated Fang Zheng one after another.
Fang Zhengyi also returned the favor one by one. This time it was a wave of excitement in front of all the officials. It was okay, not too bad!
When he walked outside the main hall, Fang Zheng was still studying the renovation of Banshanfang.
A man with a sinister look came over and bowed to Fang Zhengyi.
Fang Zheng turned around and looked, feeling that something looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember it, so he hesitated and said, "Who is your Excellency?"
"I, Hanlin Editor Yang Fengfan, have met Mr. Fang!"
Yang Fengfan raised his head, and Fang Zheng suddenly realized that this was the thorny head he saw on his first day in the palace.
So he said calmly, "What's the matter? Just tell me."
Yang Fengfan pursed his lips and smiled and complimented: "What's going on? I came here specifically to congratulate Mr. Fang. Mr. Fang's holy family is prospering. It's really gratifying and congratulatory..."
Haha, you flatterer! I despise this kind of person the most!
"He~tUi!" Fang Zheng spat on Yang Fengfan's boots.
Yang Fengfan was dumbfounded. He looked at his boots and then at Fang Zhengyi.
For a moment, his face turned from red to white, and he said with shame and anger: "Master Fang! I just came to congratulate Master Fang! Why are you insulting me?"
"What? What? Do you have any objections?" Fang Zheng put on an expression that didn't deserve a beating.
He was already feeling a little unhappy, but he became even more unhappy when he saw the flatterer!
Do literati understand?
Yang Fengfan looked confused. He had never seen such an unruly person.
They say you don’t hit someone with a smiling face, but you’ve gone too far! I see you have a bright future and want to get close to you, but you still spit on me?
Yang Fengfan gritted his teeth and said, "Master Fang, aren't you afraid of being criticized for humiliating your subordinates like this?"
Fang Zheng smiled: "Criticism? You don't even want to know who I am."
After speaking, he pointed at Li Yansong who had not gone far and said, "Do you know who I am?"
Yang Fengfan looked in the direction of his finger and blinked hard.
Isn't that man... Mr. Li?
How could it be possible that in addition to being related to Guo Tianyang, he was also related to Li Gong?
Yang Fengfan looked at Fang Zhengyi suspiciously. Could it be that he was trying to trick me? How could Mr. Li be so mature and prudent as to associate with someone like Fang Zhengyi?
Fang Zheng smiled slightly when he saw this, rolled up his hands in the shape of a trumpet, and shouted in the direction of Li Yansong: "Uncle!"
The shout was so loud that many people turned their heads to look at Fang Zhengyi.
Li Yansong naturally heard it too, his eyes widened and his whole body was shocked! He sped away from the scene without looking back.
Yang Fengfan also looked straight and was shocked inside.
This is really relevant! They are still relatives. Li Gong's behavior is obviously because he is afraid of being recognized!
Unfathomable... Fang Zhengyi is really unfathomable. I didn't expect the background to be so profound. I must not offend him!
Fang Zheng was confused: "Did you see it?"
"As long as you know, don't shout in the palace anymore. It will have bad influence on others. Do you understand?"
After speaking, he stretched out three fingers and rubbed them.
Yang Fengfan immediately understood, looked around, and took out a banknote from his sleeve.
Fang Zhengyi took the bank note naturally, wiped it with his fingers, and curled his lips disdainfully.
Poor guy!
However, the habitual criminal showed a bright smile after receiving the money and patted Yang Fengfan on the shoulder.
"Xiao Yang, I think you have a bright future. Come to my house for a meal together when you have time. If you have nothing else to do, I'll leave first!"
"Hey! Mr. Fang, please walk slowly."
Yang Fengfan, who was standing outside the hall door, looked at Fang Zheng's retreating back and showed a meaningful smile.
We have a bright future!
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