Qin Fang and Du Ke discussed the plan of joining the Royal Grain Franchise of Hedong Prefecture. No matter what the situation is with Lord Liu, as long as he is not a corrupt official, the agent of the prefecture city must be him. There are two advantages for the government to become an agent. One is that ordinary people, local noble families, and local hooligans dare not act rashly. The other is that the government will actively cooperate with related publicity.
Although being an official is good for the people, this consideration is based on one's own safety. Du Ke is a good official, but this good official is also realistic. Asking Du Ke to spend all his family wealth to become a good official? This is impossible.
Not to mention Du Ke, even Yang Haiyan would not agree to let Qin Fang do this.
Of course, Qin Fang would not do that either. He was not a fool, and he worked hard to earn money, so he would use it to help others? So the definition of a good official was complicated.
But officials don't just think that they can exploit the common people, they also need to learn how to survive in the officialdom. Giving the agent of the prefectural city to Lord Liu is the way to get along in the officialdom.
Of course, if you are not doing well yourself, why bother to care about other people
Bao Zheng in Justice Bao is, after all, just a novel.
Qin Fang stood up: "In that case, thank you teacher for telling me. Yanyan said that we will make an announcement today, and then ask County Magistrate Yang to issue an official document. It will be a joint document from the military government and the county government. The people of Yunxiang County will definitely trust it. As for the official documents from other counties and the prefectural city, it will be handed over to Lord Liu to issue the official documents from the prefectural government." Since you have taken benefits from him, you have to do things for him.
Du Ke said: "That's great. Once the imperial grain factory in Yunxiang County is up and running, I will go to the next city. I hope there will be a good omen here. By the way, I still want to talk to you about the Hugua and the Hu tribe. I want to visit those people."
Qin Fang was stunned: "Teacher, what is this?"
Du Ke: "Before, Bingyun talked about Hu Gua, which benefited me a lot."
Qin Fang said quickly: "She is talking nonsense, teacher, please don't praise her, otherwise her fox tail will get sticky." Although he knew that his wife was very smart, he still had to be humble in front of the teacher.
Du Ke snorted: "If your tone was a little more sincere, you wouldn't be so smug."
Qin Fang: “…” He was wrong. He originally thought that the teacher loved him the most, but now he found out that it was not the case.
Du Ke said again: "Bingyun is a smart girl, unlike those girls in the capital who only know how to play with flowers and plants and write poems. If you must say, those girls are also smart, but their intelligence is not in the right things, while Bingyun has great wisdom. You, you must have cultivated blessings in your previous life."
Qin Fang liked to hear this: "That's right, I was blessed in my previous life, so I was able to marry such a good wife and worship such a good teacher."
Du Ke: “…” He just didn’t understand. He had thought this guy was honest, a little clever, but honest. How come he became a little cunning after becoming his disciple and establishing his status
Borrowing Du Ke's words just now, if you think the other person is cunning, your eyes should not be so kind. Yes, although Du Ke felt that Qin Fang was a little cunning from the bottom of his heart, he was still very satisfied when he looked at him.
How should I put it? In his life, Du Ke had never been spoken of in such a nice way. His son and daughter would avoid him when they saw him. Now there was a younger generation who was not afraid of him and would flatter him. He really felt... quite comfortable.
This is called itchy bones.
Du Ke: "Bingyun mentioned cucumbers, saying that cucumbers were brought from their hometowns by the common people of the Hu tribe. Then I was thinking that the barbarians of the past were a combination of many different races. Does this also mean that different races have different abilities? A few days ago, I submitted a memorial to the emperor and told him about this. I want to visit different races and write down what each race is good at. Then, putting all these together may be beneficial to our Qi country. Just like Bingyun discovered the wonders of cucumbers, our Qi country has gained another kind of food."
Speaking of this, Qin Fang suddenly asked: "Teacher, is being good at raising cattle, sheep and horses also a skill?"
Du Ke's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is there anyone who is good at raising horses?"
Qin Fang asked: "If so, what benefits will the teacher give to the students?"
Du Ke was in tears and laughed, he scolded with a smile: "Look at you, you are so short-sighted, how can I take your benefits for nothing? Speaking of which, we in Qi country have more infantry and fewer cavalry. One reason is that our riding skills are ordinary, and the other is that we have few war horses. If we have grooms who are good at raising horses, then we can train the cavalry, and our Qi country will be even more powerful in the future." Coupled with the help of Huo Yao, why worry about becoming the number one power
Qin Fang said: "I have someone here who is good at raising horses. You also know that horses are expensive. An ordinary horse costs sixty taels of silver. I have a thousand soldiers here. If each of them is equipped with a horse, it will cost sixty thousand taels of silver..."
Du Ke commented on him: "You have small ambitions." He even wanted a thousand cavalrymen. Even the 50,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of Yonghe Hou were only a little more than this number. Could he say that this kid dared to dream
Qin Fang chuckled. In front of Du Ke, he was like a simple young man. "Yes, although I have great ambitions, I am just daydreaming. When I was chatting with those soldiers earlier, I found out that among the original barbarians, that is, among the new barbarians now, there are some who are good at raising cattle, sheep and horses. I have gathered them and settled them in the military camp manor next to the military camp field. Because we can't afford so many horses, we bought a few stallions and mares and asked people to train them. With stallions and mares, we can breed foals. After a few years, when the foals grow up, will everyone still worry about not having horses
Not only that, I also let them raise sheep and cattle, which can be sold for silver. The sheep's milk can be detoxified and cooked, and can be given to the soldiers to drink, which can nourish their bodies, killing two birds with one stone."
Du Ke was stunned. He didn't know that this student with no knowledge of literature could have such lofty ambitions. "You...you..." He said two yous, and for a moment he couldn't think of a good word to describe him. He wanted to praise him, but he thought he was too proud, so he had to give up. "Quick, take me to see." His old father said that Qin Fang was a lucky man. He believed it before, but now he was more looking forward to it.
Qin Fang said: "Teacher, please."
After they left the yard, Du Ke said to Zhang Hao, "Go and call Shen Lixian from next door."
Zhang Hao: “Yes.”
Du Ke asked Qin Fang: "Do you know why I brought Shen Lixian with me?"
Qin Fang said: "Because he is the teacher's assistant?"
Du Ke smiled and shook his head: "Because he is the son of the Marquis of Cheng'en." There is another explanation for this identity, he is the emperor's brother-in-law. In some cases, I praised Qin Fang in front of the emperor, not as much as Shen Lixian praised him. Because now, Qin Fang is his student, if he praises too much, Qin Fang's goodness in the emperor's heart will be greatly reduced. After all this, let Qin Fang figure it out himself.
After a while, Shen Lixian arrived. Shen Lixian had not been idle these days. He seemed to be in the general's mansion, but in fact, he secretly asked the people he brought to search for his nephew's whereabouts in various places in Yunxiang County. Wherever he went, he would search, not wanting to miss any place.
"Lord Du, General Qin." Shen Lixian greeted them.
Du Ke said: "Let's go, we have been here for several days. We have seen the Beast Mountain Scenic Spot and the Beast Mountain Ore, but we haven't seen the military camp land that the emperor praised so much. I heard from Qin Fang that there are other surprises over there. Let's go and take a look together."
Shen Lixian's main purpose was to find his nephew, but he was not the one looking for his nephew, so he would not fall behind in this matter. The military camp fields solved the army's food problem, which was indeed worthy of attention. Now that Du Ke invited him, he would naturally not miss it: "In this case, I would rather obey your order."
Then, Qin Fang took them to the military camp fields, and the group went there by horse-drawn carriage.
Except for Du Ke, Qin Fang and Shen Lixian rode horses.
Halfway through the journey, Qin Fang saw a carriage coming from afar. The one driving the carriage was Uncle Hong. Uncle Hong also saw Qin Fang. When the carriage arrived in front of Qin Fang, Uncle Hong said, "Greetings, General."
Qin Fang nodded: "Uncle Hong, are you going to the military camp field?"
Before Uncle Hong could answer, Qin's mother came out of the carriage, her brows raised and she said with a smile: "Where are you going? Oh, I haven't told you congratulations yet, and in the blink of an eye, you're going to be a father too." Qin's mother said as she looked at her eldest son. It's true that he has grown up so big in the blink of an eye. No matter whether her daughter-in-law gives birth to a boy or a girl, she will not suffer from the height.
Qin Fang was stunned by what his mother said: "Mother, what did you say? I'll take the teacher to the military camp to have a look."
Seeing that Qin Fang was busy with something important again, Mother Qin said immediately: "Then you go ahead and do your work. I'll go back to the military residence to see Yanyan first." As she spoke, Uncle Hong also made way and let them pass first.
Qin Fang didn't think much about it and took Du Ke and the others over. However, after a while, he suddenly came to his senses: "Gee..." He pulled the reins and chased after Uncle Hong's carriage. Uncle Hong hadn't moved yet and was immediately caught up by Qin Fang.
Uncle Hong: "Your army?"
Qin Fang jumped off the horse and came to the carriage. He lifted the curtain and saw that only his mother and Aunt Lian were in the carriage. He asked in a slightly nervous and excited tone: "Mother, what did you mean by that just now? What do you mean I'm going to be a father?"
Mother Qin was stunned. She blinked and said, "What's the matter? You're going to be a father, and you don't even know it?"
Qin Fang's mind was in a daze.
Nanny Lian said, "Oh, Madam, you really didn't know. Doctor Li came to take your pulse this morning and learned that you were pregnant. I told the old lady in the mansion first, and then I told you. I haven't told you yet."
Mother Qin heard this and said, "I see. It's no different now that you know this. Ah Fang, you're going to be a father."
Qin Fang looked at his mother, then at Nanny Lian, and there was no joy on his face.
Mother Qin also noticed that his expression was different, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you? Are you still happy that your wife is pregnant?"