Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 463 Special Business
The first time he saw Yang Ming, Dugu Xin knew that the old man was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and he said he wouldn't help, but he helped anyway.

"I'm ashamed to bother Your Highness," Dugu Xin saluted Yang Ming.

Yang Ming chuckled: "You should be ashamed. Wynn's temper is not bad, but he was obviously angry just now. Did you say something you shouldn't say?"

Dugu Xin was taken aback for a moment, his mind spinning rapidly, and finally said honestly:
"The minister did say something inappropriate."

The reason why he was honest was that he was afraid that Dugu Wynn had already told the prince. If he did not tell the truth, he would be deceiving the prince, and the prince would not trust him in the future.

Yang Ming chuckled and didn't ask any more questions, just said:
"You still have to figure out the status of seniors and juniors. If you find out in the future that you don't respect your teachers, I won't forgive you."

This was a warning to criticize, but Dugu Xin was very happy when he heard it, because his father once said a word to him: I am not from my own family, so I am too lazy to teach you.

So Dugu Xin laughed and said: "I know, I will never dare to do it again in the future."

"Where is Feng'er? Lead the way," Yang Ming said lightly.

Dugu Wynn's camp is very large, not the kind of camp built with tents, but small wooden buildings. Because it is newly built, the inside is relatively simple, and it is incomplete for all household necessities.

This will be the place where Dugu Huai'en will handle government affairs in the future, and it will definitely be expanded and repaired in the future.

In a wooden house, Yang Ming saw Dugu Feng'er whose hands and feet were still tied.

Without him needing to speak, Dugu Xin hurried forward to untie the girl, and then quietly backed out.

He knew that with the crown prince here, Feng'er would not mess around.

Yang Ming sat down on a chair beside him, looked at the wall, and said nothing.

Dugu Feng'er rubbed the bruises on her hands and feet, quietly raised her head to look at Yang Ming, then lowered her head again, she was waiting for Yang Ming to take the initiative to speak, but she was disappointed, Yang Ming seemed to have no intention of speaking at all.

After a long while, Dugu Feng'er whispered: "Are you resenting me in your heart?"

"Don't dare," Yang Ming said flatly.

Dugu Feng'er was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your tone is quite complaining, obviously you are resenting me."

"Shouldn't it?" Yang Ming turned his head and looked directly at the other party.

Dugu Feng'er didn't dare to look at him, she lowered her head and said: "I was wrong."

"What's wrong?" Yang Ming asked.

Dugu Feng'er sighed: "The fault is that I was too cruel to you, I should have gone back to see you earlier."

"Didn't you say to send distant thoughts to each other?" Yang Ming said, "Oh, no, you were kidnapped. If it wasn't for your second brother, you wouldn't have come to find me."

Dugu Feng'er burst into tears instantly:

"I don't want to see you, because I think of too many things from the past. I can only blame my bad luck for not being your wife. I have been communicating with Shuyi all the time, and I have asked about your situation from her. I don't want to burden you because of myself."

Yang Ming frowned instantly, and asked, "Then do you recall how you got sick?"

Dugu Feng'er slowly shook her head, tears dripping down her cheeks.

Yang Ming opened his eyes violently, stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's jaw, and said in a deep voice:
"You remember, don't you?"

Dugu Feng'er kept her mouth shut, but still shook her head.

Yang Ming narrowed his eyes. He already guessed that Feng'er must have remembered, but she couldn't say it.

"Is it Yang Jun?"

Dugu Fenger shook her head.

Yang Ming asked again: "Yang Su?"

She still shook her head.

Yang Ming pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty or Pei Ju? It can't be grandma, right?"

Dugu Feng'er still shook her head: "Don't ask any more, you know my temperament, if you can't say it, I won't say it even if I die."

Yang Ming was so angry that he raised his hand impulsively and slapped Dugu Feng'er on the face, angrily said:

"Can't you tell me?"

Dugu Feng'er cried: "You beat me to death, I can't even tell, don't ask any more, the matter is over, this is my fate, I admit it."

Yang Ming closed his eyes helplessly and let out a long sigh.

Originally, he thought that Feng'er refused to come back because she was once his rightful wife, and now that her condition has recovered, she was afraid that Dugu Zhuan would make a fuss about it.

Now it seems that they were all wrong. She recalled the truth, and she couldn't tell the truth, otherwise there would be a big mess. Feng'er refused to come back, but she was actually avoiding the truth. She was afraid of Yang Ming's questioning, and she was afraid of herself. Accidentally revealed it.

So in this way, it's actually easy to guess, there are only a few people who can cause turmoil to Yang Ming and attack Yong'an Palace.

But Yang Ming can't analyze or make random guesses, otherwise, once he likes someone in his heart, it will affect his thinking and daily words and deeds. Since the truth is harmless to him as long as he doesn't tell it, Yang Ming chooses to ignore it for the time being, don't Think about it again.

Some suspects are not murderers at all, but when you accumulate emotions and always associate with the other party, it is easy to identify them as the real murderer. This is not good, because what you think is not necessarily the truth.

As long as Feng'er is by my side, there will always be a chance to ask in the future.

In the final analysis, Dugu Feng'er chose to endure for his own sake. After thinking about it, Yang Ming stepped forward to help Dugu Feng'er up, and said, "I hit hard just now, does it still hurt?"

"It's not heavy at all," Dugu Feng'er said with a tearful smile, "I'm sorry for you."

As she spoke, she tentatively leaned into Yang Ming's arms, her heart pounding, for fear that Yang Ming would push her away.

Yang Ming patted her on the back and comforted her:
"Okay, don't think about it anymore, and don't say anything about accepting your fate. Your life will be mine from now on."

Dugu Feng'er nodded heavily, and hugged Yang Ming even tighter.

As the saying goes, there is no best, only better.

The precious knife that Yang Ming dedicated to Yang Guang has now been hung on the side of the main hall of Ziwei Palace, in order to show the pinnacle of smelting technology in the Sui Dynasty.

So more and more people wrote to Yang Ming, hoping that Yang Ming could help them make some better weapons, personal weapons.

Among other things, the generals of the Sixteenth Guards Mansion must hope that their weapons are better than ordinary soldiers, because weapons were also a status symbol in the Sui Dynasty.

Among them, Yang Xuangan was the one who regarded himself as an outsider the most. He hoped that Yang Ming would help him make fifty horizontal knives, twenty high-quality horse spears, and forty pairs of bright light armor.

The horizontal knife is mostly used by the guards and the saber of the children of the family. This thing is a good thing to pretend to be.

Humans always compare. The comparisons in later generations come from the famous brands, luxury cars or mansions, or work, while in ancient times it was mostly accessories.

Women's accessories are jewelry and gold, silver and jade articles, and men's accessories are swords and the like.

The swords of the Sui Dynasty were not very popular, and the number of swordsmen was far lower than that of the swordsmen. This is because the horizontal swords of the Sui Dynasty were also straight and narrow, and they were as beautiful to wear as swords.

So many princes and aristocrats have the same request, Yang Ming can't ignore it, people are so sophisticated, don't say he is a prince, he is an emperor, and he has to be so worldly.

These four words run through the 5000-year history of China, and are the essence of Chinese culture. You are illiterate, as long as you do a good job in human relationships, your achievements will never be low.

Thousands of skills are in the body, not as transparent as the worldly.

So Yang Ming had no choice but to find Yun Dingxing to set up a special blast furnace for firing high-quality goods. All the materials were the best, and the craftsmen also had to be the best. He also recruited a group of sheath makers to make gorgeous and beautiful scabbard.

The ore for this furnace has to be transported from Hebei, because the best iron ore is in Hebei and Northeast China, and the Northeast is out of control now.

Don't talk about others, first of all Dugu Feng'er is greedy and wants the best knife.

She is an expert in knife use, and her knife skills have surpassed Dugu Bailou.

"The new autocratic high-quality products of the blast furnace cost a lot, so you can't give them away for nothing, right?" Dugu Feng'er, dressed in a warrior outfit and with her hair in a ponytail, always followed Yang Ming like a small follower.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Why don't they spend money? This is all embezzlement of the national treasury for refining. What face do they have to eat the treasury? But, some people's face still needs to be taken care of, such as you, Fenger."

Dugu Feng'er smiled and said: "I only want two, at most I can tailor a pair of armor, others want dozens of them, if you don't pay for it, the treasury will die."

Yun Dingxing on the side hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the products produced by this furnace must be high-quality products. Apart from supplying the weapons used in His Majesty's inner warehouse as usual, the quality of other furnaces is far superior to other furnaces. We can definitely sell them." high price."

Yang Ming patted Yun Dingxing on the shoulder and said with a smile, "It depends on you. If the products from this blast furnace are only slightly stronger than others, those big customers may not be happy."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, it's not just slightly stronger," Yun Dingxing said with a smile.

Yang Ming nodded: "As long as you can do a good job, [-]% will go to me, [-]% will go to you, and [-]% will go to the treasury."

Yun Dingxing was taken aback: "How can I have the guts to earn this money? Your Highness, don't play tricks on me."

"Don't pretend, you have the guts to open a private kiln in Guanzhong, but you don't have the guts to do it? Don't worry, you should earn the money," Yang Ming said in a low voice, "You know this, I know Feng'er, don't shirk it gone."

Yun Dingxing was delighted in his heart, and said: "The girl's future military expenses will be covered by the minister, and they must be of the highest grade."

Yang Ming laughed, looked at Dugu Feng'er and said, "See, that's called transparency."

Dugu Feng'er curled her lips: "It's cunning."

Yun Dingxing laughed heartily.

The two young ministers of Taifu Temple, Yun Dingxing and Yuanshou, are currently in the training ground. Yuanshou looks down on Yun Dingxing because of the great difference in background.

Right now, Yuanshou is bringing craftsmen from other smelting kilns in Guanzhong to learn new smelting techniques.

Dugu Xin knew that he was talking too much that day, and he was not in a hurry to go back to Luoyang, so he followed Dugu Huai'en all day long, trying to please him in every possible way.

This man is a good businessman. He and Xiao Xuan of the Xiao family are in charge of the water transportation business of Tongji Canal. Xiao Xuan is really a bully. After he was replaced by the family earlier, he took refuge in Yang Hao. He didn't know how to manage it, but he became the person in charge of the Xiao family's water transportation again.

First of all, he is indeed a good businessman. In the business of water transportation, he understands it for fun. Second, he is very sophisticated in human relations. Moreover, he is Xiao Cong's son, an authentic direct lineage, and he is very much loved by Empress Xiao at the moment. , has attacked Liang Guogong.

Dugu Xin has only come to the refinery for a few days, and he is already thinking about starting a big business in Tangying Township.

However, this business is rather special and requires Yang Ming's acquiescence. After all, it was explicitly prohibited by the laws of the Sui Dynasty.

That's right, a brothel.

(End of this chapter)