Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Defang knelt down and held Haobo's face, "Haobo, why haven't you been to the palace to see the prince for so many days, the prince misses you so much."

"Go back to your lord, Haobo is in school, so he didn't visit you."

"Going to school? That's a little boy." Defang picked up Haobo, "Haobo, study hard. If you can't do it, go to the palace. The prince will ask Mr. Nangong to tell you."

"Thank you, my lord"

Baili hurried over, "My lord, why did you come to the backyard? It's full of dirt here. Come and sit in the main hall."

"Baili, isn't this a garden? Why...it's like this?"

Baili smiled embarrassingly, "My lord. I will tell you this little one later." Then he turned around and said, "Father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, little Fuqiuer, this is the Eight Sage Kings. Hurry up and salute the lord."

Only then did everyone get over their nerves, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Cao Min kowtows to the prince for thousands of years."

"The ground is full of dirt, so don't be too polite, get up quickly."

A few people stood up without daring to raise their heads, and they all bowed their bodies slightly, Defang said, "Baili, it's quite sunny here, let them all talk in an upright manner."

"Yes, my lord"

Defang carried Haobo back to the main hall, several people hurriedly scrubbed and changed their clothes, came to the main hall, and bowed again, Defang asked them all to sit, and several people just made a chair, bowing their heads very nervous, Defang said "Baili, are they Ke'er's parents, brother and sister-in-law?"

"Yes, my lord"

"Then." Defang looked at the two young people, "Who are they?"

Baili introduced, "They are Xiaofu, the son of brother and sister-in-law, and Qiuer, daughter-in-law."

"Oh." Defang nodded, "No wonder Xiaofu called you aunt just now, hehehe"

"My lord, look here. I haven't prepared anything." Baili said, "Qiu'er, hurry up and bring tea to your lord."

"Baili, you haven't talked about the backyard yet, so what's behind it?"

"This... lord," Baili said with some embarrassment, "Ker's family all came from other counties, and they have always been farming according to their duties. A few years ago, when the heavy rain washed over the mountains, their land was gone, and life was very difficult. Ke'er I built a small house for them outside the city, but because there was no land, their lives were not very good. At that time, the prince gave the little one this big house, so the little one asked Ke’er to bring his family to the city. live in."

"Well, isn't that very good, don't have to suffer anymore, and enjoy the blessings."

"Yes, my lord, the little one and Ke'er also think the same way, but... parents and brothers and sister-in-law said that it is a great blessing for them to live in such a big house, and they can't eat and be lazy every day, so... so they put the land in the backyard Opened it, planted peanuts, wheat, corn and so on, Xiaofu and two long-term workers took care of the land every day, father made some bacon by himself, mother spun cloth by herself, sister-in-law and Qiuer were also female workers, all these could be sold, You can earn a lot of money in a month, which is enough for the family to eat and drink, and can also pay the long-term workers."

"Wages?" De Fang said, "The twenty people hired by the Guwangrang mansion are all paid by Nanqing Palace. Why do you need to pay them?"

"My lord, my parents said that they can take care of themselves. They don't need so many people. They didn't want [-] people, but these two long-term workers said they wanted to stay. It's okay to have less money, so they plow the land together on weekdays and go out of the city to cut For firewood and fishing, the younger one discussed it with Ke’er, and then told the treasury that there is no need to hire long-term workers.”