Chapter 111 Abnormal
"pass."

The emperor had just returned from the morning court at this moment, and he did not expect Yu Zheng to come over, but it happened that he had nothing to do at the moment, so it would be no harm to see him.

Emperor Anqing would rest for a quarter of an hour after every morning session, and then start reviewing the day's memorials. Everyone in the palace knew this, but it would depend on whether Emperor Anqing would come to see him today. How's your mood?

But Yu Zheng had to meet Emperor Anqing today.

"Master Yu, please."

"Thank you, Mr. Mao."

As Yu Zheng spoke, he handed over a purse while no one was paying attention, and Eunuch Mao naturally put it in his cuff.

"You're welcome, Mr. Yu."

Yu Zheng followed Eunuch Mao into the imperial study, keeping his head down the whole time.

"My minister sees the emperor."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"

"Back to the Emperor, I came here today because I want to report something to the Emperor. But before that, I want to ask the Emperor to see a sword. This sword is now with my attendant."

"Bold!"

Eunuch Mao, who was standing behind the emperor, yelled at Yu Zheng's words.

"It doesn't matter, it's done."

The emperor was interested in this year's new number one scholar. Eunuch Mao knew it, but he did not expect that the emperor would agree to Yu's request, but this was not in line with the rules.But at this time, Eunuch Mao did not dare to say anything and left the imperial study room.

"General Manager Mao."

The little eunuch waiting at the door of the royal study knew that something was wrong when he saw Eunuch Mao coming out, and immediately stepped forward to salute.

"Go to the gate of the palace and find the attendant of Mr. Yu's family, and get a knife from him. The emperor is waiting now."

"Yes, the servant will go here."

The little eunuch didn't dare to keep the emperor waiting too long, he ran back and forth, and quickly took the wooden box containing the knife.

Eunuch Mao has been standing at the door of the imperial study and waited. When the little eunuch brought the knife, according to the rules, Eunuch Mao had to check it first.

When the wooden box was opened, the sun had just risen, and the sun shone on the knife. Eunuch Mao's eyes were dazzled, and he couldn't help secretly praising the knife. He has been with the emperor all year round, so he has seen many good things.After checking the wooden box to make sure there was no mechanism, Eunuch Mao entered the imperial study with the wooden box.

Eunuch Mao went to the emperor's dragon case, put the wooden box on the table and opened it. Emperor Anqing looked at the knife in the wooden box, and thought the knife was okay, but the knifemaker's skill was a little rough.

"Your Majesty, what I want to say is related to this knife. Not long ago, my last wife came to Kyoto with her eldest brother. She didn't like living in the city very much, so she went to Jinjia Village outside the city to buy some fields. , accidentally discovered that the material smelted from the stones in the field was similar to iron. She suddenly had a whim and wanted to see if this thing could be used to make knives. Later, she tried it and found that it was not possible, but Chen's fiancée still refused to give up and used it to make knives. It was fused with iron and beaten together, and later it was discovered that the quality of the knives produced was much better than the knives made with pig iron alone in the past. The knife in front of the emperor was made by fusing stone iron and pig iron. "

The emperor touched the knife in his hand and was amazed that someone could come up with such a method.

"Mao Zhe, call two people to come in and try."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Soon Eunuch Mao called in two Jin Yiweis. Jin Yiweis were the only ones in the palace who could walk with knives. The two Jin Yiweis were suddenly called to the imperial study, feeling a little flustered.

"See Your Majesty."

"Get up."

Eunuch Mao held the knife in front of one person.

"You two try this knife."

The two of them felt relieved. One of them picked up the knife handed over by Eunuch Mao, and the other took out the knife from his waist. The two of them slashed at the other's knife at the same time. Sparks flew out where the knife peaks touched. After the sparks passed, they held the knife in their hands. The sword in the guard's hand had already been cut into half an inch. Looking at the knife handed over by Eunuch Mao just now, although it looked a bit rough, the blade was unscathed. The two of them secretly praised it, it was a good knife.

"You all go down."

The two royal guards saluted and retreated.

"Ai Qing, do you know if there are many such stones?"

"Back to the emperor, I sent people to investigate yesterday, and only Jinjia Village near the capital city has them. As for other places in Dazhou, I don't know."

"I wonder what rewards Yu Aiqing and your fiancée want?"

Everyone could hear the joy in the emperor's tone. He shouldn't be in a good mood right now.

"Going back to the emperor, this is what I should do. I just told the emperor what my fiancée found out, and I didn't do any credit. As for my fiancée, I asked her yesterday, and she said she didn't have any requirements. She bought it in Jinjia Village. I have owned more than 300 mu of land and more than 700 mu of land. I just hope that when the emperor sends someone to buy stones, the price will be raised a little bit so that she can earn more money. She has no hobbies, but likes to earn money."

This made the emperor amused, it was the first time someone said that his fiancée liked money, that girl was really funny, she didn't want to reward her, she only made such a request.

"When did Aiqing have a fiancée, why didn't I know?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Yu said during the Qionglin Banquet that he has a fiancée in the countryside."

When Eunuch Mao said this, the emperor also remembered that Yu Zheng had indeed said it.

"Didn't I hear you say that they are in their hometown, why did they come to Kyoto?"

"Back to the emperor, I have to blame my minister for this matter. I have some friendship with Liu Jijiu of Guozijian. The elder brother of my fiancée passed the examination of scholar this year, so I asked Mr. Jijiu to increase the admission quota in Xingyang mansion. put his name on it."

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Kyoto, and the emperor doesn't care.

The emperor chatted with Yu Zheng for a few more words before letting him back down, but soon the Minister of the Ministry of War was passed on from the Imperial Study Room.

The Minister of War stayed in the imperial study room for half an hour, then hurried out of the palace, mobilized two battalions of men and went straight to Jinjia Village.

The imperial palace, especially the imperial study of the emperor, is a place that the ministers and concubines pay special attention to. Seeing that the emperor is so abnormal, the courtiers naturally attracted the attention of the ministers, but no matter how much they inquired, they could not find out the two people inside. What exactly did he say, but he found out that the emperor met this year's new champion Yu Zheng before meeting the Minister of War.

All the villagers in Jinjia Village were terrified, and some villagers who planned to leave tomorrow even regretted it in their hearts. They knew that such a thing would happen and they left this morning, but it was too late to say anything now.

Su Yu's newly bought servants were even more panic-stricken. They had just experienced house raids, but they didn't expect to encounter this again now.

Soon, the village chief of Jinjia Village was brought before the Minister of War.

When Village Chief Jin saw the second-grade court uniform worn by the adult in front of him, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.

"Grass people, meet your lord."

"Get up."

"Thank you sir."

"You can count the families in your village who have land now, and how many acres there are in total. Then report to me. The rest of the people in the village will stay at home and are not allowed to leave their homes unless they have anything to do."

"Yes, Caomin is going now."

Meeting with the village chief of Jinjia Village, the Minister of War looked at the large farmland in front of him, most of which was filled with white stones. As for the yield of millet in the field, which was extremely low, it could basically be ignored. However, thinking of the emperor's frugal style, he originally wanted to The Minister of War, who ignored the millet, immediately asked people to collect the millet in the field. A group of officers and soldiers collected the millet in the front. The officers and soldiers behind directly pulled the cart, picked up the stones in the field and threw them on the cart. Arrive at the military camp.

(End of this chapter)

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