202, Chapter 202

The Emperor: "What kind of little brush is it? Let me see it."

Qin Fang was a little embarrassed: "This... the minister's luggage is on the horseback at the city gate. Everything is over there."

The emperor waved his hand: "This is convenient, let Du Er get it." After thinking about something, the emperor said again, "Little pond."

Manager Chi responded from outside: "The slave is here."

The Emperor: "Prepare a room in the side hall and let General Qin live here." After that, he said to Qin Fang, "Qin Fang, during this time, I will take you to watch a good show." Ignore the other party. Who is it, what is the purpose, and the motive is, now that the matter has been revealed, the fox's tail will definitely be exposed before long. In this case, Qin Fang is not suitable to be outside on the road. After all, although there is no one in the capital I have met Qin Fang, but people who have been to Yunxiang County in the past have met Qin Fang.

‌‌The emperor said this, Qin Fang was a little happy: "I obey the order."

The emperor looked at his cheerful little face and said with great interest: "Next, tell me about the racecourse." He put the plan aside and he didn't bother to read it. Based on how verbose Qin Fang was, he could imagine that Qin Fang's plan must be even more verbose.

Then, Qin Fang talked about the racecourse with the emperor. He started with the requisition of land. Local land is the land of the court and the country. These lands can be requisitioned without any money, but the emperor  He issued an imperial edict, otherwise Magistrate Yang would not be able to requisition the land from Qin.

At that time, the cost of raising war horses was quite high, but the soldiers in the military camp could each adopt one. There was no war in Yunxiang County. The soldiers usually trained in addition to training. When the fields were busy, they would go to the fields to train. However, there are not so many people in the field, so they can be allowed to join the horse breeding ranks. If each person successfully raises five ponies, then this person can be promoted from infantry to horseback riding, ‌ That is, he can have a horse.

Qin Fang learned this from soldiers raising poultry. They eat the eggs laid by their own poultry, so the principle of raising horses is this.

Qin Fang talked a lot, and when talking about these things, Qin Fang had a very confident demeanor. Even though he is incompatible with this capital in many ways, in terms of pragmatism, no one in the capital is as serious as him.

From Qin Fang's plan, the emperor could see that he had considered all aspects very seriously, so he came to ask him for advice.

The country has a lot of free land. In other words, there are a lot of mountainous areas that can be utilized. People who can afford it look down on these mountainous lands, and people who can't afford them won't buy them, so many of them are just empty. It's really good for Qin Fang to use them to build horse farms.

However, the emperor thought a little more about Qin Fang's plan.

Because Qin Fang requisitioned the mountainous land to do things for the court, there was no need to rent it. But what if these lands are rented by ordinary people who cannot afford to buy land? Is it another additional income for the country? You may not be able to tell the rent for one person, but what about the whole country?

Suddenly, the emperor thought of a business opportunity.

Anyone who can be an emperor has an IQ that is not comparable to that of ordinary people. In modern times, he must be a top scholar. Therefore, the emperor thought of business opportunities to make money and replenish the treasury.

Looking at the country as a whole, who are the biggest landowners? It must be the emperor. The landlords in those places can rent their land to the people to make money. Why can't they?

‌People Talk‌Qin Fang’s Du Xingran took the salute back.

Qin Fang took out the toothbrush and toothpaste from the ceremony. The toothbrush and toothpaste were both made at the border. The toothbrush is made of wool, a sheep raised at the border for snacks, and the toothpaste is made by Yang Haiyan herself. With Qin Fang's promotion, the family's population gradually increased, and Yang Haiyan no longer used the platform's toothpaste and toothbrush.

The emperor looked at ‌ wooden boxes. One wooden box was square and contained paste-like toothpaste. The other wooden box was rectangular and was used to protect the toothbrush.

"Is this the brush and toothpaste you use to brush your teeth?" The emperor looked at it curiously. This gadget was quite interesting.

Qin Fang said: "Yes, Zhuo Jing named this one because it was not good to call it a small brush. Since it is used to brush teeth, it is called a toothbrush. And this one is used to wash teeth, and it is also called a toothbrush. If it’s in the form of a paste, it’s called toothpaste.”

The Emperor: "Toothpaste and toothbrush are appropriate, but how do you use this?"

Qin Fang: "Wei Chen demonstrates it. Look at it."

Qin Fang used a clean wooden spoon to take a little toothpaste and put it on the toothbrush, then began to brush his teeth. After brushing, he rinsed his mouth with water: "Okay." Qin Fang thought for a while and then said, "It's better to be a Weichen ‌Xinpai I asked Zhuo Jing to bring a new set of toiletries as a gift. Please give the emperor a try? Because of Wei Chen's affairs, I came in a hurry. I originally planned to have several gifts. ‌Sent from the Emperor.”

The emperor thought, it turned out that he was responsible for it, but it was ruined by others. However, as an emperor, can he directly ask his ministers to bring gifts? He could only say: "There is no need for the things, but... you came out in such a hurry to make Lord Bingyun worried. Why don't you send a letter to the family and go back, so that she can rest assured." You are smart. , just bring the toiletries in the book at home.

Qin Fang was relieved, and quickly knelt down to thank him, and said gratefully: "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."

The emperor added: "It's just that you have no one in the capital, and you can't show up now. If you have good faith, I will find someone to deliver it to you."

Du Xingran rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, I am willing to serve you." If he went to Yunxiang County, he could ask the King of Bingyun Township for a set of toiletries. Du Xingran, who had looked at him all over, was very tempted by this thing.

The emperor glanced at him. How could he not know what this young man was thinking? However, it was indeed appropriate to let Du Xingran deliver it. After all, the Du family and the Qin family had such a relationship, so it was convenient to talk. He nodded: "Gao, take sick leave."

Although Du Xingran was a lieutenant, in fact, for a rich kid like him, it was common to take leave for three days at a time. It was just that Du Xingran couldn't tell the real reason for his leave this time, so he took sick leave.

Speaking of which, every time a rich kid took leave, which one was not sick leave?

Du Xingran came out of the palace with Qin Fang's family letter, and immediately returned to the Du Mansion. He went directly to see Master Du.

After discussing with Master Du, the next morning, the servants of the Du family asked Du Xingran to take leave. At that time, Du Xingran sat in his wife's carriage and left the capital.

Du Xingran was sick, and his wife went to the temple to pray for peace and blessings, so Du Xingran hid in the carriage and left.

Three days later, Du Xingran, who was on the road with Tao Shan, finally arrived in Yunxiang County.

When he arrived in Yunxiang County, he was stunned. This Yunxiang County was different from what he imagined. Many people were busy at the gate of the county. What were they busy with?

At this time, it had been five or six days since Qin Fang left Yunxiang County, and Yunxiang County was already repairing the road.

Du Xingran got off the horse and looked at the bustling gate of Yunxiang County in a daze. This is... a remote place? How can such a remote place be so lively?

Du Xingran walked up to an old man and said, "Old man, what are all these people doing here? They seem to be busy."

The old man glanced at Du Xingran and said, "You are not from Yunxiang County, are you? Are you from outside?" If you are from Yunxiang County, everyone knows about it. The General's Mansion is building a road in Yunxiang County, using the emperor's money. Although there is no monthly allowance, everyone is provided with meals, so some idle people come to help, whether to fill their stomachs or for the emperor. The only people who don't know about this are outsiders.

Du Xingran nodded: "No, I'm from another place. I came to Yunxiang County to visit relatives. My sister married Yunxiang County. Oh, by the way, my sister is Yang Haiyan, and she married the general who guards the city here. Do you know how to get to the general's service?"

The old man was a relative of the general's mansion, and he immediately started to talk nonstop.

To be honest, Du Xingran was a little confused, especially when he saw the road repair in the general's mansion, he was completely shocked. This kind of thing has nothing to do with a rich kid like him who came from the capital.

Yang Haiyan naturally didn't know that there was a guest at home. She was busy at the moment, busy making sculptures in the woodworking workshop.

The carpenter in the woodworking workshop is the most famous and best-skilled carpenter in Yunxiang County. He is now carving for Yang Haiyan for free and has been carving for several days. The statue he carved was nine feet high, which is three meters. He couldn't carve such a high statue by himself, so he had other skilled carving masters in Yunxiang County to help.

Why did they all ask Yang Haiyan to carve for free? It was not because of Yang Haiyan's identity, but because the sculpture was for the current emperor. Who would charge money for carving the emperor's statue?

All the carving masters in Yunxiang County gathered together and spent five days and midnights to finally carve the emperor's statue. Now the problem came.

The carving master Lao Xu said: "Madam, are we not going to carve the emperor's face?"

Yang Haiyan didn't know what the emperor looked like, so she really couldn't carve it. She said: "No, the emperor is the true emperor, how can we treat him with arrogance?" This reason is quite reasonable.

Old Xu was stunned, and he thought it made sense: "Then..."

"Madam... Madam..." At this time, someone called outside. "General's wife, you have a guest." The one who spoke was the old man who was repairing the road at the gate of the county town, and the guest he brought was naturally Du Xingran. He took Du Xingran to the general's mansion, but the people in the general's mansion said that the general's wife was in the woodworking workshop, so he brought someone else.

Guests?

Yang Haiyan went out to see, and saw Du Xingran, who was a noble family, next to the old man, but... Yang Haiyan didn't know him.

Yang Haiyan just spoke, and Du Xingran spoke first: "Is this sister Bingyun? She is the second son of the Du family, Du Xingran."