With so much happening today, Yao Yanyan has forgotten about the cake. Now that she heard your majesty's question, she suddenly remembered, yes, your majesty has agreed to make her a cake. But remembering how your Majesty kept watering the flour, Yao Yanyan thought for a while and decided to give up the cake. If the cake made by your Majesty's hard work is unpalatable, will she swallow it or spit it out
Swallow? I was wronged.
Spit it out? Your majesty was wronged.
It all seems bad!
So Yao Yanyan said, "Your Majesty, my concubine, let's not make cakes anymore. We just have to invite some people to a small banquet, and it won't cost much." She is just a noble concubine, not a queen mother, let alone just A small banquet, even a big banquet, can't take a few days. After all, there is no need to pay attention to so many rules like the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.
Hearing Concubine Ai said that he didn’t want him to make cakes, His Majesty the Emperor was a bit disappointed. Yao Yanyan didn’t notice this. Now she puts most of her mind on her belly, and the rest is on her birthday banquet. The concubine was thinking that Mulberry Garden and the Weaving Bureau have woven a lot of silk cloth recently. The concubine intends to hold a small banquet through pregnancy and birth, and then wear silk clothes. Fortunately for those ladies Propaganda in front of you."
Hearing that Concubine Ai raised the matter, His Majesty's expression became serious. He said, "Do you want them to buy silk?"
Yao Yanyan nodded and said: "Since ancient times, women and children have made the best money, especially those women who live in high-end inner houses. The most irresistible thing is beautiful clothes and jewelry." As a woman, Yao Yanyan believes she understands. The psychology of most women, she went on to say: "Of course, the more important point is that the one who wears silk clothes is me, who is a royal concubine and still has a dragon seed!"
Yao Yanyan snorted proudly, "Nowadays, the concubines are the most noble women in this palace except the queen mother, but whatever the concubines like will become the fashion they are chasing after, and as long as they buy our silk, I will definitely wear it out to show off." After all, there are not many opportunities to use the same style with a big person like her!
"As long as they wear them out, they will definitely attract a lot of people's attention. We don't have to say, many people will know that there is a silkworm silk in the palace. This silkworm silk is more beautiful and soft than the lotus silk. Of course, the price is definitely More expensive!"
His Majesty the Emperor heard this, his eyes brightened, but he was very worried and said: "But you are pregnant with a baby now! No, I can't let you go! It's safer for Concubine Ai to stay in Feiluan Palace." In the eyes of your Majesty, the concubine with the baby is as soft as a petal pinched. What if she is touched by someone who is not long-eyed in a crowded occasion like attending a banquet
Yao Yanyan leaned in his arms, raised her head, and smiled: "Your Majesty, what are you worried about? The concubines who are pregnant with babies are naturally more careful than anyone else. Besides, even if they go to places with a lot of people. , Is it true that so many people around the concubine are dead, bah bah..."
Yao Yanyan gently slapped her mouth twice and asked her Majesty: "Your Majesty, before the baby is born, you should not say that word casually. It is unlucky. It will be bad if the baby hears it."
His Majesty the Emperor was stunned when he heard the words, and looked at Concubine Ai's still flat abdomen, "Can it hear?"
Yao Yanyan nodded her head and said with a sensation: "Of course, the concubine has also heard about it. If someone has been talking and singing around the baby before the baby is born, the baby will remember the voice of that person and get close to that person as soon as it is born. people."
"Really!" His Majesty the Emperor was very excited and immediately stood up, Yao Yanyan squatted down in front of her belly, and shouted at her belly: "Father, Father, Father..."
Yao Yanyan:...
Before Yao Yanyan could react, His Majesty said to himself for a while, and said, "Calling the father, the emperor doesn't seem to be very close." He thought for a while and said to Yao Yanyan's stomach: "Father, father..."
Yao Yanyan:...
She looked at His Majesty the Emperor who was squatting in front of her with excitement, and she couldn't say a word. After a while, she said: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
His Majesty the Emperor looked up at her and said, "I thought, if I call out every day, the baby will surely remember'Daddy'. Maybe it will be called Daddy as soon as it is born!"
His Majesty the emperor thought happily, "A doll that will be called'Father' as soon as it is born, there are no children in the world! At that time, everyone will say that the child born to my concubine is a child prodigy hahaha..."
Yao Yanyan:...
His Majesty the Emperor was so excited that he stayed up all night, but he was still in good spirits when he got up the next morning. He spoke softly to the belly of his concubine for a while, and then went up early with a firm expression on his face.
He is different now, he is different now, he is going to be a father now, and he has to work harder than before.
So from this day on, the courtiers found that Your Majesty has become different from before, which is manifested in working harder, more earnestly, and more seriously. Especially as the emperor grew older, his stature and appearance gradually expanded, and he became more and more prestigious.
On this day, Feng Yuan was reporting on the progress of the facilities at the Ministry of Industry, saying that the water conservancy equipment manufactured by the Ministry of Industry had been completed.
Water conservancy equipment is no better than a weapon. If you want to see the effect, you must go out of the palace to the river. Now it is approaching May, and the weather is not as cool as before. Feng Yuan originally thought that your Majesty should look at the models and drawings at most, but he did not expect his Majesty to speak: "I will go over and have a look myself."
Feng Yuan was a little surprised, but he bowed his hand and left the palace with the emperor in casual clothes.
It was almost noon when they left the palace, and the sky was shining brightly and cloudless.
Although the emperor wears several layers on his body, the material is light and comfortable, but he does not feel hot. Although the material worn by the attendants next to him is not so good, but he wears less, and he can pass it. The poor one works in the suburbs. The people, even if their clothes are thin, are sweating from exhaustion under the big sun.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the way they were pushing the tools to plow the land, and remembered the way he plowed the land when he held the Jitian ceremony. He could experience the hard work, and said: "Can't this plowing tool be improved?"
Feng Yuan smiled mildly and said: "Naturally, the Ministry of Industry is already under development. If you want to come and spend a few days, you can become it." Not only a tool for plowing and hoeing, but also the new loom mentioned by Yao Guifei. Almost developed. When the time comes, they will naturally be offered together.
He raised his hand and led His Majesty to the place where the waterwheel had been erected.
The capital city is located in the north, and the terrain is naturally much higher than that in the south. Irrigation of farmland is not as convenient as in the south, but with a waterwheel, water from the lower places can be drawn up.
His Majesty followed Feng Yuan to a nearby river, and saw there, a waterwheel had been erected, and it looked exactly like the drawing that Feng Yuan had submitted earlier.
Prior to this, the waterwheels used in Qi were all keel waterwheels, that is, rollovers. Although this type of waterwheel is more convenient to transport water than humans, it is necessary for someone to be nearby with hands or feet when transporting water. To step on, you either have to pull it with a bull or a donkey, which is quite laborious.
However, the newly improved waterwheel does not need to be like this. It has upper and lower wheels. Using water flow to drive gears to turn the water ashore can greatly save manpower and animal power.
Feng Yuan said: "This is a cart. But it's not available anywhere, you have to carry the water in a rushing place."
"It's already very good." His Majesty the Emperor stood by the water, listening to the sound of flowing water, and there seemed to be a large stretch of greenery in front of him. Is that green farmland
Not! That's white silver!
Calculating how many fields and food can be earned after this waterwheel is promoted, the Emperor's mood will become more and more happy.
At this moment, Feng Yuan said, "Your Majesty, the cost of a tube wagon is fifty taels of silver. In sum, the whole country needs at least one thousand."
His Majesty the Emperor:...
Feng Yuan said: "But your Majesty does not need money to worry about. Over the past few days, the people and the wealthy businessmen have deposited 10 million taels of silver in the treasury. At least, this year is enough."
His Majesty the Emperor nodded, only thinking of the interest of the ten thousand taels of silver, causing him pain for a while, but the pain of the flesh is the pain of the flesh, and the place to be spent still has to be spent.
His Majesty the Emperor thought of waiting for his concubine and children at home, and he was full of enthusiasm.
When they came to the outskirts to see the tube cart, there were many people in the vicinity surrounding the new water cart in awe.
His Majesty the Emperor was about to go back to the palace, and suddenly saw a woman with a basket squatting on the ground with difficulty among the people watching the excitement. He would notice this woman because her abdomen was so big that she had obviously been pregnant for several months.
Everyone was waiting for your majesty to get on the carriage so that they could ride back to the city, but saw that his majesty suddenly stopped moving, still staring at a woman.
Feng Yuan glanced at the woman's belly, thinking that Concubine Yao was pregnant, his eyes flashed a little clear, and asked, "Your Majesty?"
His Majesty the Emperor wondered: "Why did she pull the weeds?"
Feng Yuan smiled kindly and explained, "Your Majesty, it's not grass, it's wild vegetables. Look at this woman's dress, she should be from a poor family, so I went here to pick wild vegetables and cook."
The emperor was taken aback, and said, "What about her husband? How can I let a woman with a six-year-old pregnant woman come out alone and let people..." He looked at the woman's difficult appearance, and wanted to ask the people around him to come and help. But he was stopped by Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan said: "Your Majesty, how many people are suffering from poverty and suffering in this world? You help her now, who will help her in the future? To make a living, not to mention that she is a woman who is pregnant with Liujia, or a child who has just learned to walk. Work. After all, the capital is a place of wealth, and these poor families can still survive. The most miserable are those places where the cold is hardest. Even if some people are diligent and busy all year round for their livelihoods, many of them can’t survive and sell themselves. Even some elderly people will find a place to self-discipline, so as not to drag their children."
After hearing these words, His Majesty the Emperor was stunned, and he hadn't recovered for a long time. He changed his original thoughts and did not go directly to the palace. Instead, he was taken to the countryside to see. Many children who were not as tall as his calves were helping the family with their bare buttocks, and some did it. If they are not good, they will be scolded and beaten by the adults in the family.
The emperor frowned very unhappy when he saw these.
When Feng Yuan saw this, he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, it's not easy for some people to survive. The warmth you want to see among relatives is too precious for them, and there is no soil at all. Can grow out. First of all, people only have the energy to enjoy the happiness of family life only if they are full and clothed."
His Majesty: "Then can't they do some profitable business?"
Feng Yuan said: "Your Majesty, they are illiterate, have no energy and no money to learn a craft that can make money. They can only live like this day after day. Of course, what the minister is talking about is only two of the many reasons. It’s the whole country’s problem that causes them to live in poverty..."
Soon after, His Majesty the Emperor sat on the carriage returning to the palace and took a bite of the rough cake eaten by the poor people. His throat was stabbed with the rough thing. His brows were tightly furrowed, but his mind kept thinking about it. If he was not born in an emperor’s house, if he and Aifei were just one of those bitter-cold people, faced with the tragic situation of family members and lack of food and clothing every day. What can I do
He can do nothing, nothing can be changed. Because he was just a poor man, he was illiterate, and he didn't have the money to learn crafts. If Ai concubine and the child followed him, they could only live such a hard life and eat such hard-to-swallow food with him.
But that's just an assumption, he is now the emperor! He has the supreme power, as long as he wants, he can change the fate of those people.
Let every diligent person be able to eat the spring warmth and have free time to enjoy the family happiness.
Every pregnant woman does not need to struggle to make ends meet, and she can stay at home and raise her baby with peace of mind;
Let every child be able to read and read, play as much as they want, and don’t have to bear heavy burdens at a young age...
When His Majesty the Emperor returned to the palace, Yao Yanyan was lying on the soft couch to sleep in the morning, and the warm wind blew her cheeks, holding a strand of hair lingering around her face, but she didn't feel anything and slept soundly.
His Majesty the Emperor squatted in front of her, touched her head, and then touched her belly. He stayed quietly for a while, and left without saying a word.
In Yao Yanyan's sleep, she vaguely felt that someone had kissed herself. She dimly opened her eyes, only to see the back of her Majesty leaving, and wondered in a daze: Why is your Majesty today a little different
She didn't care much, and slept for a while, and heard Qing Hu shouting: "Manny, it's time to get up. You will meet Zhou Xiuyi and Gu Zhaorong in three quarters. They are already waiting outside."
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Today for so late, because I read horror novels and saw that I forgot the time o(╥﹏╥)o
This chapter is to compensate for being late yesterday. See you tomorrow~ Thanks to the little angel who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~
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