I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 278

Fang Xiudao: "There are already a group of wealthy businessmen who are willing to spend money to build academies, but the money raised is still insufficient. I plan to build the three academies of Mingxiu Academy, Agricultural Academy, and Engineering Academy first, and the rest of the academies will be built later. Say it again."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong was puzzled and asked, "Why did you build these three academies first?"

"Mingxiu Academy must attract students and raise money. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and Engineering Academy must undertake the important task of researching steam engines."

Fang Xiu explained.

"Agricultural academy. Are you going to find some old farmers to give lectures to students?"

Although farming is the foundation of the imperial court, Wu Mingkong still cannot imagine that a group of scholars learn how to farm.

"Why not?"

Fang Xiu frowned and asked back.

Wu Mingkong was silent for a while, and said: "Planting the land is a matter of practice that makes perfect. There are farming books, so why let scholars who don't care about farming and mulberry learn how to farm?"

Fang Xiu smiled and said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. The Agricultural Academy is to teach students how to farm, but not only to teach them how to farm. They have to study more things from the farmland. They have to figure out how to do it. It will allow more grain to grow in the fields!"

"What's the difference between this and what I said?"

Wu Mingkong was puzzled.

Fang Xiudao:
"Of course there is a difference. Does Your Majesty think that there was wheat capable of producing a large number of ears in the world from the very beginning? The wheat grown in the fields today is also selected by countless ancestors!

In addition to screening, we can also cultivate wheat with more yields, and we can also study what kind of fertilizer can make wheat grow better, how to produce wheat in large quantities, and the nature of wheat ear formation
All in all, the old farmer may know how to cultivate the land better, but he does not know why, and the students of the Agricultural Academy need to figure out why!This is more important than cultivating a few acres of fertile land! "

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong had a thoughtful look on his face, and he didn't refute.

After a while.

She seemed to think of something, looked at Fang Xiu, and said leisurely: "I heard that you recently asked Li Yaoyue to go to Zhenbaozhai to learn how to do business?"

Fang Xiu nodded and replied, "It is true."

Seeing his frank appearance, Wu Mingkong felt a little more relaxed, snorted, and said, "I hope you still remember what I said, and don't be tempted by sex."

Fang Xiu said with a serious face: "I already have the stunning beauty of Your Majesty. There is no other woman in the world who can fall into my eyes. Therefore, Your Majesty does not have to worry that I will fall in love with you."

"What about Daji and Yang Yuhuan? Who is more beautiful between them and me?"

Wu Mingkong frowned and asked.

"You don't need to ask! Of course, His Majesty is more beautiful! There is no woman in the world whose appearance can be compared with Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiu's tone was very firm.

Wu Mingkong originally thought that he would say that His Majesty and the two of them have their own styles, but he didn't expect that he would say this without hesitation. He was at a loss for words for a while, and all the words that followed were blocked back.

"I hope that Your Majesty will not ask such inexplicable questions in the future! Anyone who questions His Majesty's incomparable appearance, even His Majesty himself, will be sad."

Fang Xiu looked at Wu Mingkong and said solemnly.

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When the little empress heard this, the corner of her mouth twitched, and said angrily, "It's over!"

"Not at all!"

Fang Xiu raised his voice and said: "Chang'an has beauties who are peerless and independent. They look at the city and then the country. It is not an exaggeration to say that your Majesty's face is as beautiful as the country, or even worse than that." !"

Seeing his serious face, the little empress inexplicably felt that it was very useful, a blush rose on her pretty face, and she whispered: "It's not that exaggerated."

Seeing this, Fang Xiu struck while the iron was hot, and recited a few more poems in succession.

"There is no beauty in a thousand years. She is beautiful if she is pleasing to the eye. She is the most beautiful woman in the world when she is beautiful. What I said is not an exaggeration. In my heart, Your Majesty is the most beautiful woman in the world!"

Wu Mingkong's pretty face flushed when he heard this, and he felt extremely satisfied.

Just now.

Fang Xiu said suddenly: "I suddenly remembered that Your Majesty promised to transfer 20 taels of silver to me before, and I need your Majesty's passbook to withdraw the internal money from the Royal Bank."

Wu Mingkong looked at him suspiciously, and said, "You say so much, don't you just want to cheat my passbook?"

When Fang Xiu heard this, his face showed grief and indignation, he slapped the table and said loudly:
"Could it be that this is the image you have in His Majesty's heart! The Royal Bank was founded by you alone. If you really want to get money from it, so what if you don't have a passbook! I just borrowed the passbook because I respect the rules of the Royal Bank and Your Majesty." !
Unexpectedly, His Majesty thought that because of a passbook, he pretended to flatter His Majesty, and he didn't believe in his ice-hearted heart. "

Seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending, Wu Mingkong was flustered in his beautiful peach eyes, and hurriedly said: "That's not what I meant."

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Fang Xiu asked coldly.

"I"

Wu Mingkong bit the powder stupidly, and admitted his mistake: "I was just joking, I know I was wrong."

That's more or less.

Fang Xiu murmured in his heart, stretched out his hand and said, "Then can your majesty hand over the passbook to the minister?"

"However, the passbook for internal money is not in my hands."

Wu Mingkong showed hesitation and whispered.

"Your Majesty still doesn't trust me! I've worked so hard for the court, yet I'm treated like this! I'm not willing to spend a little of your majesty's money, and everything I do is for your majesty!"

Fang Xiu's tone became sad and angry again.

"Stop talking, I'll get you a passbook right now."

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong thought of everything he had done for the imperial court this year, and suddenly felt that he was really nothing, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort him, took out the passbook from under the dragon chair, handed it to Fang Xiu, and said softly: "It's been a hard time. You, I know that everything you have done is for the court, for the people, and for the sake of me. The affairs of the state of Zhou have come to an end, and the rest of the affairs will be handled by all the officials. Don’t worry. Take advantage of this time and take a rest. Yes, go out and relax, I can accompany you."

Fang Xiu raised his brows and said, "Your Majesty is working with the ministers?"

"I just want to make it easier for you."

Wu Mingkong's delicate face showed a grievance, and he whispered.

Behind.

Looking at this scene, Lin Wan'er blinked her big eyes.

He thought to himself: It is obvious that Fang Xiang is asking His Majesty for money, why after a few words, it turned out to be His Majesty's fault.

The little maid always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong specifically.
In any case, Fang Xiu finally got the passbook from the little empress.

The deposit number is written on the passbook, 100 million taels!
"Fuck! So the little empress is so rich!"

Fang Xiu looked at the numbers above, and the veins on his forehead twitched.

It was the first time he knew that there was so much silver in the internal funds.

A full 100 million taels, just like that, the little empress still cries for poverty every day.

"The silver in the internal money must be deposited in the Royal Bank. The silver used as a reserve cannot be embezzled easily. This is what Daji told me, so it looks like a lot in the passbook, but in fact there is not much that can be used."

Wu Mingkong seemed to see Fang Xiu's thoughts, and explained: "And the money in the inner money is not just for me alone, there is also the queen mother in the harem, there are several concubines, and the maids, their food and clothing costs , all need this money, and I have tried every means to increase income and reduce expenditure, so I can barely use it."

Fang Xiu nodded and said, "Your Majesty doesn't need to explain, I understand."

The little empress didn't talk about drinking porridge, but she was not much different. She wore dragon robes for all seasons, and she didn't have many women's clothes of her own.

She also didn't have the habit of holding banquets, making tours to the south and north, and the money spent on her was very little.

Most of the money used was the expenses of the concubines and maids in the harem.

"If anyone suffers, His Majesty can't suffer. Your Majesty doesn't need to wrong yourself. After a while, the steam engine will be put into production, and the major academies will start to train talents. It won't be long before the court will have endless money!"

Fang Xiu said this with great confidence.

The little empress was slightly taken aback when she heard this.

Immediately, a smile appeared on the delicate face, and he said seriously: "I believe in you."

Fang Xiu looked her up and down, and said, "Why is Your Majesty so cute today?"

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong showed an unnatural expression, pretending to be indifferent and said: "I have always been like this, you are overthinking."

Fang Xiu thought for a while, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Could it be that His Majesty felt a sense of crisis when he saw that I accepted the position of Regent of the Zhou Kingdom, and was afraid that I would focus on Zhou's government?

Or is it that he is worried that the minister will repeat the old tricks and designate himself as the regent of Dagan, so as to empty His Majesty from the legal principle? "

Wu Mingkong rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily: "If I'm really worried about this, I should try every means to get rid of you after accusing a deer of a horse!"

Fang Xiu was silent for a while, and asked back: "Didn't His Majesty do that at that time?"

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Wu Mingkong was speechless for a moment.

Refers to the time when the deer is just over.

She really thought about using all her strength to get rid of Fang Xiu, but she was too weak to do it at all.

Of course, the relationship between the two of them tended to be peaceful later, and they gradually became intimate again.

This thought was buried in her heart.

"You dog traitor! Do you feel uncomfortable if I don't scold you!"

The little empress became angry from embarrassment, her eyes widened, she stared at Fang Xiu, and said angrily, "From now on, never think of me being gentle with you again!"

When Fang Xiu heard this, he was not angry, but stretched out his hand to pinch her small face, and said, "This is the Majesty I remember, and only such a Majesty, I feel at ease when I bully you, and I feel more fulfilled." .”

"you!"

Wu Mingkong looked annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about him.

[Emotion value +2000]

The familiar system beep sounds.

Fang Xiu showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said: "It seems that His Majesty also likes to be bullied by ministers."

"fart!"

This time, the little empress couldn't hold back, and uttered these two words through gritted teeth.

"Girls can't swear."

Fang Xiu frowned, stretched out his hand to pinch the little empress's mouth, and said, "Your Majesty should not mind accepting the punishment from the minister."

"Hmm, dog traitor, oh, let me go!"

Wu Mingkong struggled.

After a while.

On the dragon couch.

Struggling gradually turned into catering.

The little maid Lin Wan'er heard the movement from inside, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

She has found it, as long as it is in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and there are no outsiders.

The communication between His Majesty and Prime Minister Fang will eventually evolve into an in-depth communication on the dragon couch.

Tsk tsk tsk, I just can't bear to look directly at it.

When Fang Xiu and the little empress had an in-depth exchange.

In the six yamen outside the palace city.

A fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy was holding a wooden stick in his hand, shouting loudly in front of the military office.

"Old man! If you don't give me money today, I'll stay here and see who loses face in the end!"

"I can't even pay for a meal in Yirenju. What's the point of my life? It's better to die! Let the Qian family die!"

The gate of the six yamen.

The doctors and principals in official uniforms, holding fried sunflower seeds in their hands, looked at the young men making trouble in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War with great interest, as if they were watching the excitement and not afraid of big troubles.

"This is the young master of Qian Butang's family? Sure enough, his reputation is well-deserved!"

"I have just been transferred to the capital today, and this is the first time I have heard of Mr. Qian. Can any colleague tell me about his deeds?"

"I don't have any deeds. I'm just a prodigal son. I don't do bad things like burning, killing and looting, and I don't cheat others. I only cheat my own father. Every day, I go out with silver and spend a visit to the kiln. I can reward more than 1000 taels of silver!"

"This is one of the best prodigal sons in Chang'an! Qian Butang saves so much on weekdays, leaving his money to this Mr. Qian!"

"Qian Butang is a soldier who fought in the army, so why don't you care about him?"

"I scolded and scolded, and beat and beat. I heard that the most ruthless one was beaten up by Mr. Qian and couldn't get out of bed for a whole month. What's the use? What should I do? He cried, made trouble, hanged himself, heard that he drank poison once, luckily the imperial doctor arrived in time, otherwise he would have died!"

"This"

The head of the household department who had just been transferred to the capital didn't know what to say when he heard this.

"Hey, who made Qian Butang only have such a son, what a crime!"

Uiro, a member of the household department, sighed and made such an exclamation.

"What are you all doing here! If you have nothing to do, go fetch water for the old man!"

At this time, a voice full of anger came from the yamen.

"My lord, the officials and others are just passing by, so I'm going to work now!"

When the crowd saw Qin Xingyan approaching, they hurriedly saluted and dispersed in a hurry.

Qin Xingyan grabbed one of the principals and asked curiously, "What are you eating?"

The principal was caught, startled, and thought he was going to be slaughtered to warn the monkeys. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "This is a new gadget from Zhenbaozhai. It is made of a kind of sunflower Seeds, made by frying, nibbling when you have nothing to do, the fragrance will stay between your teeth, please taste it."

As he spoke, he handed a small handful of melon seeds to Qin Xingyan.

Qin Xingyan reached out to take it, and said coldly: "What are you still doing standing here, go back and be on duty!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The master left in a hurry.

moment.

Qin Xingyan was the only one left standing at the door of the Hubu Yamen next to the Military Department Yamen.

With vicissitudes of life, looking at the troublemaker boy, he shook his head, licked the melon seeds, and sighed: "Every family has its own hard-to-recite scriptures."

(End of this chapter)