The first time he met Yang Ming, Dugu Xin knew that his old uncle was hard-hearted and said he wouldn't help, but he still helped.
"I am ashamed of myself for bothering Your Highness," Dugu Xin saluted Yang Ming.
Yang Ming chuckled: "You should be ashamed. Wynn has a good temper, but he was obviously angry just now. Did you say something that shouldn't be said?"
Dugu Xin was stunned, his mind was spinning rapidly, and finally he said honestly:
"I did say something inappropriate."
The reason why he was honest was that he was afraid that Dugu Huaien had already told the prince. If he didn't tell the truth, he would be deceiving the prince, and the prince would not trust him in the future.
Yang Ming chuckled and didn't ask any more questions. He just said:
"You still have to figure out the superiority of elders and younger ones. If I find out that you don't respect your teachers again in the future, I won't forgive you."
This was a warning and criticism, but Dugu Xin was very happy after hearing it, because his father once said to him: If you are not one of your own, I am too lazy to teach you.
So Dugu Xin said with a smile: "I know this, and I will never dare to do it again in the future."
"Where is Feng'er? Lead the way," Yang Ming said calmly.
Dugu Huaien's camp is very large. It is not the kind of camp built with tents, but small wooden buildings. Because it is newly built, it is relatively simple inside and does not have all the household necessities.
This will be the place where Dugu Huaien handles government affairs in the future, and it will definitely be expanded and repaired in the future.
Yang Ming met Dugu Feng'er, whose hands and feet were still bound, in a wooden house.
Without him having to say anything, Dugu Xin hurriedly stepped forward to untie the girl, and then quietly retreated.
He knew that with the prince here, Feng'er would not mess around.
Yang Ming sat down on a chair nearby, looking at the wall without saying a word.
Dugu Feng'er rubbed the bruises on her hands and feet, quietly raised her head to glance at Yang Ming, and then lowered her head again. She was waiting for Yang Ming to take the initiative to speak, but she was disappointed. Yang Ming seemed to have no intention of speaking at all.
After a while, Dugu Feng'er whispered: "Are you resenting me in your heart?"
"I don't dare," Yang Ming said calmly.
Dugu Feng'er was stunned and said, "Your tone is quite complaining. You are clearly resenting me."
"Shouldn't it?" Yang Ming turned his head and looked directly at the other person.
Dugu Feng'er didn't dare to look at him, lowered her head and muttered: "I was wrong."
"What's wrong?" Yang Ming asked.
Dugu Feng'er sighed: "My fault is that I was too cruel to you. I should have gone back to see you earlier."
"Didn't you say we send each other our longing thoughts?" Yang Ming said, "Oh, no, you were kidnapped. If it weren't for your second brother, you wouldn't have come to me."
Dugu Feng'er cried instantly:
"I don't want to see you, because I think of too many things in the past. I can only blame myself for my bad luck and not being able to be your wife. I have been exchanging letters with Shuyi and asking about you from her. Things, I don’t want to involve you because of myself.”
Yang Ming frowned for a moment and asked, "Then do you remember how you got sick?"
Dugu Feng'er slowly shook his head, tears falling down his cheeks one by one.
Yang Ming's eyes widened, he stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's jaw, and said in a deep voice:
"You remember, don't you?"
Dugu Feng'er closed her mouth tightly and shook her head.
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes. He had already guessed that Feng'er must have remembered it, but she couldn't say it.
"Is it Yang Jun?"
Dugu Feng'er shook his head.
Yang Ming asked again: "Yang Su?"
She still shook her head.
Yang Ming pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty or Pei Ju? It can't be my grandmother, right?"
Dugu Feng'er still shook his head: "Don't ask anymore, you know my temper. If you can't tell me, I won't tell you even to the death."
Yang Ming was so angry that he impulsively raised his hand and slapped Dugu Feng'er on the face, saying angrily:
"You can't tell me either?"
Dugu Feng'er cried and cried: "You beat me to death, I can't even say anything, don't ask anymore, the matter is over, this is my life, I accept it."
Yang Ming closed his eyes helplessly and let out a long sigh.
Originally, he thought that Feng'er refused to come back because she was once his legitimate wife. Now that her condition had recovered, she was afraid that Dugu Zuan would make a fuss about it.
Now it seems that everything was wrong. She recalled the truth, and she couldn't tell the truth, otherwise there would be big trouble. Feng'er refused to come back, which was actually avoiding the truth. She was afraid of Yang Ming's questioning, and she was afraid of herself. Revealed accidentally.
In this case, it is actually easy to guess that those few people can cause chaos to Yang Ming and attack Yong'an Palace.
But Yang Ming cannot analyze or make random guesses, otherwise once he falls in love with someone, it will affect his thinking and daily words and deeds. Since the truth will be harmless to him as long as he does not tell it, Yang Ming chooses to ignore it for the time being. Think about it again.
Some suspects are not the murderers, but when your emotions accumulate and you always associate them with the suspects, it will be easy to identify them as the real murderers. This is not good, because what you think is not necessarily the truth.
As long as Feng'er is around, there will always be a chance to ask.
After all, Dugu Feng'er chose to endure it all for his sake. After thinking about this, Yang Ming stepped forward to help Dugu Feng'er up and said, "I just hit hard, does it still hurt?"
"It's not serious at all," Dugu Feng'er said with a tearful smile, "I'm sorry for you."
As she spoke, she tentatively leaned into Yang Ming's arms, her heart pounding, for fear that Yang Ming would push her away.
Yang Ming patted her back and comforted her:
"Okay, don't think too much from now on, and don't say anything about accepting your fate. Your life is mine from now on."
Dugu Feng'er nodded heavily and hugged Yang Ming tighter.
As the saying goes, there is no best, only better.
The sword that Yang Ming presented to Yang Guang is now hung on the side of the main hall of Ziwei Palace, showing the pinnacle of Sui smelting technology.
So more and more people wrote to Yang Ming, hoping that Yang Ming could help them make better weapons and personal weapons.
Apart from anything else, the generals of the Sixteenth Guards Army Mansion must all hope that their weapons are better than ordinary soldiers, because weapons are also a status symbol in the Sui Dynasty.
Among them, the one who regarded himself as an outsider the most was Yang Xuangan. He wanted Yang Ming to help him make fifty horizontal knives, twenty high-quality horseshoes, and forty pairs of Mingguang armor. He also made it clear that these things must be of the best quality.
The horizontal sword is mostly used by the guards and the swords of the children of aristocratic families. This thing is a good thing to show off.
People always compare. In later generations, most of them come from the famous brands, luxury cars or mansions they wear, or their jobs, etc. In ancient times, they were mostly accessories.
Women's accessories are jewelry and gold, silver and jade, while men's accessories include swords and the like.
The swords of the Sui Dynasty are not very popular, and those who wear swords are far less popular than those who wear swords. This is because the horizontal swords of the Sui Dynasty are also straight and narrow, and they are as beautiful to wear as swords.
So many princes and nobles all had the same request. Yang Ming couldn't ignore it. He was a worldly person. Let alone the prince, he was the emperor, so he had to be a worldly person.
These four words have run through the five thousand years of Chinese history and are the essence of Chinese culture. Even if you are illiterate, as long as you do well in human relations and sophistication, your achievements will never be low.
Thousands of skills are in one's body, but they are not as transparent as human beings.
So Yang Ming had to find Yun Dingxing and build a blast furnace to bake fine products. All the materials were the best, and the craftsmen also wanted the best. He also recruited a group of sheath-making masters to specialize in making gorgeous and beautiful products. scabbard.
The ore for this furnace must be transported from Hebei, because the best iron ore is in Hebei and Northeast China, and Northeast China cannot control it now.
Let alone others, first of all Dugu Feng'er was greedy and wanted the best knife.
She is an expert on swordsmanship, and her swordsmanship has surpassed that of Dugu Bailou.
"The newly built high-quality blast furnace products cost a lot of money, so we can't give them away for nothing, right?" Dugu Feng'er, dressed in a warrior uniform and with her hair tied in a ponytail, was always following Yang Ming like a little follower.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Why don't they spend money? This is all refining by embezzling the national treasury. What shame do they have to eat from the national treasury? But, some people's face still needs to be taken care of, like you, Feng'er."
Dugu Feng'er smiled and said: "I only want two, and at most I can make a pair of armors. People ask for dozens or tens of dollars. If you don't pay, the treasury will lose money."
Yun Dingxing on the side said quickly: "Your Highness, don't worry, the products produced by this furnace must be of high quality. In addition to the weapons used in your majesty's inner treasury as usual, the quality is far superior to other furnaces. We can definitely sell it." A high price.”
Yang Ming patted Yun Dingxing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It depends on you. If the stuff coming out of this blast furnace is only slightly stronger than others, those big customers may not be happy."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, he is definitely not just slightly stronger," Yun Dingxing said with a smile.
Yang Ming nodded: "As long as you can do it well, 20% will go to me, 10% will go to you, and 70% will go to the treasury."
Yun Dingxing was stunned: "How can I have the guts to make this money? Your Highness, please stop playing tricks on me."
"Stop pretending, you have the guts to open a private kiln in Guanzhong, but don't have the guts to do this? Don't worry, you should earn this money," Yang Ming whispered: "You know this and I know Feng'er knows it, don't shirk it. ”
Yun Dingxing felt pleased with himself and said: "Girl, the weapons that I will pay for in the future must be of the highest quality."
Yang Ming laughed, looked at Dugu Feng'er and said, "See, this is called transparency."
Dugu Feng'er curled her lips: "It's cunning."
Yun Dingxing laughed heartily.
The two young ministers of Taifu Temple, Yun Dingxing and Yuan Shou, are currently in the training field. Yuan Shou looks down on Yun Dingxing because of the huge gap in their backgrounds.
At the moment, Yuan Shou is bringing craftsmen from other smelting kilns in Guanzhong to learn new smelting techniques.
Dugu Xin knew that he had spoken harshly that day, and he was not in a hurry to return to Luoyang, so he followed Dugu Huaien all day long, trying to please him in every possible way.
This man is a good businessman. He and Xiao Xuan of the Xiao family are in charge of the water transportation business of Tongji Canal. Xiao Xuan is really a good person. After letting the family be replaced earlier, he took refuge in Yang Xun. After Yang Xun was overthrown, I don't know how to manage it, but I became the person in charge of the Xiao family's water transportation again.
Firstly, he is indeed a good businessman, and he knows the water transport business well. Secondly, he is very good at dealing with people and sophistication. Furthermore, after all, he is the son of Xiao Cong, with direct lineage, and he is currently extremely favored by Empress Xiao. , has already attacked Liang Guogong.
Dugu Xin had only been in the refinery for a few days, and he was already thinking about starting a big business in Tangying Township.
However, this business is quite special and requires Yang Ming's tacit consent. After all, it is expressly prohibited by Sui law.
Yes, it's a brothel.
(End of chapter)
