The emperor was speechless. Didn't he ask about the origin of the name? Why was he more verbose than the memorials in person? "What kind of BMW is so good? The Ferghana BMW?"
Qin Fang shook his head: "No, the prince said it's not as good as a Ferghana horse, but it's still good."
"Prince?" The emperor narrowed his eyes again. As an emperor, he hated ministers forming cliques. He was optimistic about Du Ke because Du Ke was sensible and would not form cliques.
Qin Fang smiled brightly and said, "It's the prince of Yongxian Marquis. Two years ago, when we were at the border, the prince's young master was kidnapped by barbarians. I offered a plan to save the young master, so the prince thanks me for the BMW." He spoke frankly, with an innocent smile and a simple and honest face.
The emperor's doubts and suspicions were suppressed again.
The emperor was about to speak when Qin Fang continued, "That horse is very valuable, worth several hundred taels of silver. At that time, I had no money, so I wanted to sell it for money, but I couldn't bear to do so."
Emperor: "…" He kept nagging, but listening to him nagging, he actually felt a bit of enjoyment. The Emperor snorted and said generously: "Since it is not a Ferghana horse, it is naturally not a good horse. If you like it, I will give you a Ferghana horse." Although it is not much, he has several horses in his stable. However, he felt pain when he said it. Even if there are several horses, it is not much.
Qin Fang was delighted and asked, "Really?"
The emperor thought, does this guy not know how to be polite? However, seeing how happy he was, he thought it was okay. Qin Fang was ignorant, so why should he care about him? "Your Majesty, don't joke."
Qin Fang asked again: "Your Majesty, can you give me two?"
"What did you say?" The emperor's eyes widened. How could he bargain? Who in the court dared to ask for something like this
Qin Fang explained: "I thought that if the two horses are one male and one female, I could breed a few small Arabian horses for Your Majesty. If there is only one, it will have to be bred, and it will definitely not be as good as a purebred."
The emperor's mouth twitched a few times, and he wanted to say something vulgar, but he held back: "Okay, let's go back and see if there are a male and a female." He really held back for the sake of his horse farm. "Let's stop talking about horses. Tell me about the other four benefits." Otherwise, he would have to ask for feed in addition to the horses.
Qin Fang: "..." He really wanted to ask for feed, because his family didn't have feed for raising Arabian horses. However, he decided to ask the emperor for it when he left. He thought the emperor was very generous and would not mind. Then, he continued with the second point. Qin Fang held up two fingers, "If the other party is not after my identity as the garrison commander of Yunxiang County, then it may be the first benefit, the Qin family's identity as a franchisee of royal grain. However, I can't figure it out. My family is on trial, and we don't know whether it is good or not. If the other party comes for the identity of a franchisee of royal grain, they should wait a year to see my family's profitability before making a decision. Moreover, with so many franchisees of royal grain, why would they come for me? So I think this possibility is not high, Your Majesty, don't you think so?"
The emperor would naturally not agree with his words. If he did, he estimated that Qin Fang would never stop asking: "What about the third benefit?"
Qin Fang didn't care whether the emperor would be attached or not. He held up three fingers and said, "For the third benefit, the other party might be targeting the teacher, but since they can't defeat the teacher, they will attack me first."
Emperor: “…” He felt that after listening to Qin Fang’s analysis, he was a tyrant.
Qin Fang continued, "Although I have not yet entered the court, I am now an official appointed by the court. I know that the court is full of competition and intrigue, so everyone comes to fight me because they can't beat the teacher."
Emperor: "... What is the interest point?"
Qin Fang's eyes widened. "Of course this is a profit point. You are using me to threaten or provoke the teacher. My wife said that if someone scares someone, they will scare them to death. If this person provokes someone, it should be possible to provoke them to death, right? At the very least, it can make them sick."
Emperor: "..." Qin Fang always talks about my wife. He is soft-hearted and henpecked. However, the Emperor likes such ministers. It is good for ministers to have weaknesses. If they don't have weaknesses, it is not good for them. This characteristic of Qin Fang also shows that he values his wife.
Qin Fang then held up the fourth finger: "This fourth interest point is probably because the other party wanted to be my student, but failed, so he was jealous of me and wanted to deal with me."
Emperor: “…” This young man is not only long-winded, but also seems to be mentally unstable.
Qin Fang then extended his fifth finger: "This fifth point of interest... Ore."
The emperor narrowed his eyes suddenly. He had made a mistake. Although this young man was long-winded, he still had some brains. "What do you think of the ore?"
Qin Fang said, "I don't think it's a big deal. Your Majesty has already made public the fact that saltpeter is used to make ice, and has also started selling ice. The fact that there are saltpeter and sulfur mines in Shoushan is probably not hidden, and I am guarding Shoushan, so the target may want to make money by making saltpeter ice. So they will deal with me first." When he said this, Qin Fang's heart was pounding, because he knew that the biggest use of saltpeter was not to make ice, but to make drugs. But the matter of drugs was confidential and should not be known to outsiders.
Qin Fang didn't mention it, but the emperor had already thought of it. However, the emperor didn't care whether Qin Fang had thought of it or not, he did think of another thing: "You left Yunxiang County without permission, what if someone rushed into the Beast Mountain to steal saltpeter or someone came out of the volcano and leaked the formula of the toxic medicine?"
Qin Fang said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. Before I left, I had already instructed two lieutenants to stop anyone who wanted to break into the Beast Mountain at all costs. If they couldn't be stopped, they should be stopped with poison. If anyone in the Beast Mountain Temple wanted to come out, they could only come out in a horizontal manner." When he said this, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, and his whole aura suddenly changed. He was a straightforward country boy before, but now he became sharp.
The change in that moment attracted the emperor's attention. What changed him? When it comes to war, this person, judging from his height and body shape, is naturally suitable for the battlefield. Moreover, he was able to rescue the grandson of Yonghe Hou from the hands of the barbarians and suppress the bandits without spending a single soldier, which shows his strategy and thoughts. If this thought was used in other places, the emperor would naturally not like it, but if it was used to protect Qiguo, the emperor would naturally like it.
The emperor was born in blood, so he naturally has a good eye for people. He can see that Qin Fang is not a treacherous person. He is a little smart, but he is honest and simple. He likes such people very much. Especially since he does not have a noble family background. Even though Du Ke became his teacher, Du Ke is an old fox and never participates in the faction of noble families. Moreover, even if Du Ke is his teacher, he himself has no other power. Therefore, the emperor can rest assured to use such a person.
These are actually not important. What is important is that the emperor thinks this person is lucky. There is a saying that goes, if the emperor thinks you can do it, then you will definitely do it.
The emperor is already the ruler of a country, and for him now, what else can attract him is luck. He won the throne by seizing the throne, and in the minds of some people, his throne is not legitimate, so he uses the lucky Qin Fang by his side, and he wants to govern the country of Qi himself to make it peaceful and prosperous, so that those people know that he is the true emperor.
Emperor: "I will consider your matter, but leaving Yunxiang County without permission is a serious crime. Do you want to know how I will punish you?"
Qin Fang thought for a moment and asked cautiously, "Can I help Your Majesty raise a few more horses?"
Emperor: “… Nonsense.”
Qin Fang defended himself: "I have a plan. If the 100,000 taels of silver given by the emperor were used to buy horses and feed, it would be difficult to equip a thousand cavalrymen with war horses." To raise a thousand horses, the feed is not ordinary. "Moreover, raising these horses also requires a very particular horse farm. If we want to buy land, I'm afraid the silver given by the emperor is not enough."
The emperor certainly knew this. One hundred thousand taels of silver was not enough to raise war horses. But the problem was... he was reluctant to spend the money. The emperor was not short of silver, but the national treasury was. When the national treasury was short of silver, how could he be willing to use his private treasury? As a wise and intelligent emperor, he was ready to use his private treasury to subsidize the national treasury at any time. So at this time, he was able to give Qin Fang one hundred thousand taels of silver, which was already a lot of money.
However, Qin Fang didn’t know this.
So when the emperor heard Qin Fang complain about his lack of money, he was furious. "Then tell me, what are you going to do?"
Qin Fang smiled, showing his white teeth, and then took out the plan he had prepared long ago: "Here you go."
The emperor was startled by his teeth. He took the plan and stared at him: "Open your mouth and show me your teeth."
Qin Fang blinked, somewhat puzzled, but he still opened his mouth expertly and showed his teeth.
When the emperor looked at Qin Fang's teeth, he felt like he had eaten several lemons, because Qin Fang's teeth were too good. He was the emperor, the ruler of a country, but his teeth were not as white as Qin Fang's. "Your teeth are good, very white." No cavities yet. Thinking of him... He already had two cavities, and every time he felt pain, he had to ask the imperial physician to relieve the pain, which made him sad.
Qin Fang smiled again, "It was my wife who told me to take good care of my teeth. I brush my teeth with a small brush every day. Some time ago, when the teacher went to Yunxiang County to discuss the Huangliang franchise plan, he also took a fancy to my small brush, so my wife made a pair for the teacher."
The emperor stared at Qin Fang. Why did he only give this thing to Du Ke and not to him
The ruler of a country may not be afraid of heaven, earth, the harem, or the courtiers, but... he cannot bear the pain in his teeth.