Capital
The emperor was reading Du Ke's letter, which was the first letter Du Ke wrote after he went to Yunxiang County. The letter recorded the progress of Huo Yao. At the same time, Du Ke also mentioned the vegetable cucumber, the craftsmanship of various ethnic groups caused by cucumber, and other events, which surprised the emperor.
After all, they had never taken the barbarians seriously, as they were just a group of small ethnic groups. But after receiving Duco's memorial, the emperor no longer thought so.
Each ethnic group has its own crafts, specialties, and other things that it is good at. If these crafts, specialties, and things are unified, it will be of great help to Qi State. For example, cucumbers are easy to grow. The Hu people often migrate, so they take cucumbers with them, which also shows that cucumbers do not require much land. Therefore, if the border can be planted, Renzhou can be planted, then the military camps can also plant it.
The so-called military camp land policy is not just about growing food. The so-called military camp land policy refers to the allocation of land to the military camp. How the land is used is the business of the military camp. For example, Qin Fang grows food, vegetables, etc.
The emperor benefited a lot from reading Du Ke's memorial. At the same time, looking at the huge palace, he also had an urge to go on a private visit.
Chief Steward Chi looked at the Emperor. He knew that the Emperor was reading Du Ke's memorial. Judging from the Emperor's expression, he seemed to be in a good mood. Chief Steward Chi said, "The Emperor is in such a good mood. Is there something strange in Yunxiang County?" He did not ask about national affairs, but used the word "strange" to describe it, which was not beyond the rules.
The emperor was relatively tolerant of this eunuch who had served him since childhood. Besides, this was not a secret, so when Chief Steward Chi asked, he said, "Du Ke said in his memorial that Yunxiang County has discovered a new crop that can be eaten as a vegetable or as a fruit. When eaten as a vegetable, you can add various seasonings to flavor it. When eaten as a fruit, it has a light taste and a lot of water. It is also said that this vegetable is easy to grow and the cycle is only two months. This Yunxiang County... No, it's Qin Fang's family, it's really good."
The memorial Du Ke wrote was much more advanced. He did not say that it was discovered by Yang Haiyan, but only said that it was a thank-you gift from the Hu people to the General's Mansion. He knew that merit was sometimes a good thing for a woman, and sometimes not. Too much merit could easily attract some people's attention.
Besides, using cucumber as a thank you gift is a very simple thank you gift and will not arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Du Ke did not mention Yang Haiyan, so the emperor would not attribute the credit to Yang Haiyan. In the eyes of the emperor, the Qin family was Qin Fang, so he just thought that Qin Fang discovered it. Therefore, the emperor thought Qin Fang was really lucky.
Chief Steward Chi smiled and said, "In my opinion, the emperor is the true emperor. The emperor values Qin Fang, so Qin Fang was able to discover these things. This is God expressing his recognition of the emperor through Qin Fang's hands."
The emperor laughed out loud when he heard this: "You old fellow, you always have a sweet mouth."
Chief Chi said: "No, I am telling the truth."
Du Mansion
Mrs. Du also received Du Ke's letter. She read the contents of the letter and was surprised at first that her husband actually adopted a daughter on her behalf. Then, when she saw the cause and effect of adopting a daughter, she felt disgusted. Mrs. Du really felt disgusted by the Wei family's behavior.
As for the Wei and Yang families, no matter how innocent the Wei family claimed to be, who doesn't know? However, the intelligence the Wei family got from the Yang family helped the emperor, so no one openly said it was not true.
And at this moment, the Wei family actually wanted to adopt Yang Haiyan as their adopted daughter.
No matter what, Yang Haiyan came from the Yang family. If the Wei family adopted Yang Haiyan as their adopted daughter, two results would occur.
The first one is that when Qin Fang comes to Beijing, everyone will say that Yang Haiyan is an ungrateful person. Even if they dare not say it openly, who will respect Yang Haiyan behind her back
The second is that everyone would say Yang Haiyan betrayed her master for fame and fortune. Even the Wei family's betrayal of the Yang family and the various intelligence they obtained might have been obtained by Yang Haiyan.
Besides, it would not be good for the Du family. After all, Qin Fang was her husband's student, and if Yang Haiyan became the adopted daughter of the Wei family, wouldn't the Du family and the Wei family be involved
Mrs. Du felt that the Wei family's behavior was truly disgusting.
Mrs. Du took the letter and went to find Mr. Du.
After Mr. Du knew about it, he didn't say anything and let Mrs. Du make her own decision. So, Mrs. Du went out. She had to go back to her parents' home to tell her mother about this matter. After all, there was the matter of the red jade hairpin in the middle, and she had to talk to her mother about it. Although this was a small matter and might not be exposed, Mrs. Du was cautious in doing things. Besides, Du Ke had also explained this matter.
Yunxiang County
Qin Fang recently took Du Ke to different places in Yunxiang County. They not only visited the new people, but also the local residents. Du Ke felt that they could not only bring things of different races to the entire Qi Kingdom, but also bring the "specialties" of Yunxiang County to the entire Qi Kingdom. Of course, this does not only refer to Yunxiang County. If they go to other places and find good things, good habits, etc., Du Ke also plans to record them.
Du Ke was very sad these days, but Qin Fang was not so sad. Because... he was getting darker and darker. Qin Fang was very worried. Every night he tried very hard... secretly using his wife's stuff to wipe his face, but he still couldn't resist the scorching summer, and he was getting darker and darker.
That day, during dinner, Qin Fang said, "Yan Yan, is there anything I can apply on my face that can make me whiter?" He was really afraid that when his daughter was born, she would be as black as charcoal like him.
Yang Haiyan was stunned. This man never paid attention to his image, but now he actually asked him if he had any whitening products. Wait... Yang Haiyan suddenly remembered some clues. She had used up her water essence lotion very quickly recently. She felt a little confused at first, but she didn't think much about it. There were only Nanny Lian, Aunt Yu and Qin Fang in her yard. Nanny Lian and Aunt Yu would not touch her things. Qin Fang was a man, so naturally he would not touch them either. So she thought that she might have been wrong. Maybe her memory was not good after she got pregnant.
However, when Qin Fang asked about whitening, she had to doubt it again. Yang Haiyan said, "The stuff I put on the dressing table will make your face whiter if you apply it a little every day. If you want to be very white, you need to apply more. Husband, do you want to apply it?"
Qin Fang quickly said: "No, I'm a man, why should I apply that?" What he was thinking was that he should apply more at night.
Yang Haiyan looked at him with a look of disgust. Was she overthinking
Qin Fang changed the subject: "The imperial grain factory has been built. Lord Liu from Hedong Prefecture sent a letter. The prefectural city has issued a notice. Soon, potatoes and sweet potatoes from all over Hedong Prefecture will be sent here for sale. Lord Liu will also prepare a list of agents in various counties. When the time comes, I will send Kun Shi to investigate the local area. What do you think?"
When Yang Haiyan heard him talk about this, she stopped thinking about what happened just now. She said, "Okay, mother and father are busy with the factory affairs recently. They have worked hard." Qin's mother was too busy to handle it alone, so Qin's father came to help, and the fields that Qin's father was in charge of were taken over by Uncle Qin.
Qin Fang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the topic change: "The teacher said that after the affairs of the county agent here are dealt with, he will leave Yunxiang County and go to the next stop."
Speaking of this, Yang Haiyan was a little reluctant: "I originally wanted to go with the teacher, but now it seems hopeless." She originally wanted to dress up as a man and take a good look at the world, but now... Her hand unconsciously touched her belly. Pregnancy is really a magical thing that can give women unlimited strength. For example, if she doesn't like a dish, but that dish is very nutritious and good for pregnant women, she will try her best to eat it.
This is the power of motherhood.
Qin Fang saw her touching her belly and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "What's wrong? Is your stomach uncomfortable? I'll go call Doctor Li." As he said that, he put down his chopsticks, stood up, and prepared to run out.
Yang Haiyan hurriedly called him: "I'm fine, I was just thinking that in the future, there will be one more person in this world who is connected to me by blood, and I will no longer be... alone."
Qin Fang felt distressed after hearing this. He thought Yang Haiyan was remembering that she was sold by her parents, so he held her hand and said, "You have never been alone. Since we got married the year before last, you have had me."
Yang Haiyan held his hand and replied, "Yes." But this was different. In her previous life, she didn't know who she was, who her parents were, and her only relative was her grandmother. However, her grandmother passed away when she was 15 years old, and she, a little girl, lived a bumpy life until she was 28 years old. She graduated from college and had a successful career, but for some reason, she woke up and found herself in a book. Could it be because of her message
This child, who was related to her by blood, meant something different to her. It seemed to make her understand the meaning of her existence, and also let her let go of the thorn of being an orphan in her previous life. However, she did not tell Qin Fang about this. "Thank you, my husband. I feel that my life is complete now that I have you and a child."
Qin Fang said: "Silly boy, we will have grandchildren in the future. There will be many children around you and coaxing you." Thinking about it this way, it would be nice to have a son. He could teach his son kung fu and then teach him from a young age to be filial to his mother and listen to his mother.
Just like the previous few days, after Yang Haiyan digested her food, she rested for a while and went to bed. Qin Fang went back to the study to read military books as usual, and when Yang Haiyan was almost asleep, he went to take a shower.
Maybe because she thought of her grandmother today, Yang Haiyan did not go to bed early as usual. She lay in bed, unable to fall asleep, counting sheep. As a result…