After a lot of trouble, my wife finally made a small pot of fish soup.
Looking at Li Tai again, he was still doing the same thing, catching fish and putting them back again. Several fish in a row ended up like this.
Qujiang Pond is very large, covering an area of nearly 500 acres and a depth of nearly a thousand meters from north to south. People who can enter and leave here on weekdays are either relatives of the emperor or members of the clan.
Only on certain holidays will this place be open to ordinary people.
This also allows the fish in the pond to thrive well, and the fish here are also very fat.
Zhang Yang took the fish soup from his wife and drank the bowl of fish soup in one breath under her expectant eyes. "The taste is okay, there is improvement."
"really?"
"Um."
Li Yue happily served herself a bowl of fish soup. As soon as she took a sip, her face dropped, "It's so salty."
"If you don't add so much salt, this will be a very successful bowl of fish soup. You only have one mistake."
Looking at her husband sitting in the sun, Li Yue also smiled sillyly, and then gave the pot of fish soup to the fish in Qujiang Pond very gracefully.
The couple were sitting in the waterside pavilion, and Li Yue was thinking about the recent financial situation, "Our family now still has twenty thousand, five hundred and twenty-one, fifteen, and even if we have to invest more money in the village in the future, we still have money that can be used by our family."
There are more than six thousand strings."
After doing all these calculations, Li Yue was not in a good mood.
With industry comes investment. The construction of the village requires a lot of money, especially various expenses, medical clinics, village construction, and various business costs.
Excluding all these, plus the money needed for planning in the next three years, the family has only a few thousand dollars at its disposal.
It turns out that my family is not that rich.
Li Yue lowered her head in disappointment, "Looks like I'd better save some money."
Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Compared with our past, life like this is much better. At least we have meat to eat every day."
In fact, the daughter-in-law has no concept of squandering money. For her, there is nothing that needs to be spent. She has everything at home, which is enough for her. She is not very interested in the complicated things outside. She prefers to sit in the house instead of going out to spend money.
Reading at home.
In addition, Datang’s consumption power is not high.
There are not many places where you can spend money.
Richer families can only pile copper coins in the warehouse and watch them become moldy day by day.
The couple sat for a while and saw that Li Tai was still fishing. Since the construction of the village came to an end, he had not done hard work for some days. He had worked hard to lose weight before, but now he has returned to his original shape and is still so fat.
Seeing that Li Tai was obsessed, Li Yue shook her head and sighed.
When leaving Qujiang Pool, the little fat man was still competing with fishing.
At home, Aunt Wang threw out another pound of paper, which still needed to be cut.
After nightfall, the couple had a simple dinner and lit the oil lamp at home. Li Yue held a book and read, "Husband, is there really a lot of colored glaze in the Western Regions?"
"Liu Li." Zhang Yang thought for a while, "This thing is very valuable."
"Well, I heard that they are rare in the palace. There are some colored glazes left in the former Sui Dynasty, but most of them are damaged."
Zhang Yang was polishing two rivets on his workbench.
Li Yue picked up her chair and sat down next to her husband. Li Yue whispered: "There are a lot of colored glazes in Gaochang."
"The wealth of Gaochang is now in the hands of Adalan. The last time I wrote to him, I told him that all the wealth of Gaochang will be used to build Gaochang, and he will also grow cotton for us in the future. I guess he himself will be too busy."
Looking at his wife's expression, Zhang Yang added: "Besides, it's not safe to transport goods in this place in the Western Regions. It's okay to transport cotton, because cotton is worthless in the eyes of people in the Western Regions."
Li Yue held her chin with one hand and thought: "In the eyes of Westerners, cotton is not valuable, but to a husband, cotton is valuable."
Zhang Yang nodded.
After a pause, Li Yue thought for a while and then said: "If we can control the cotton production in the Western Regions, the benefits that can be realized are not limited to the treasure of Gaochang."
After opening his mind, Li Yue looked relieved and lost interest in Liuli.
"In my husband's words, the value of Liuli is only this. Handing Gaochang's treasure to Adalan and building Gaochang can bring us wealth. The specific value of something is not as good as the wealth created."
Holding his wife's shoulders, Zhang Yang looked at her eyebrows and said, "You can already keep up with my thinking."
The couple's faces were very close, and Li Yue raised her chin, "I tried my best to keep up with my husband's ideas, and I was very inspired."
"If I have two very valuable jade pendants, but I want to get more benefits from them, what should I do?"
Li Yue thought about it: "Are the two jade pendants unique?"
Zhang Yang nodded and stroked her long hair.
After thinking about it again, Li Yue said with a smile: "If these two jade pendants are a pair, I can let someone buy them at a high price, and then buy them back at a higher price. If you want to buy them again, you need to buy them again."
Higher and higher prices, thus generating benefits.”
Zhang Yang thought about it, "It is indeed a good way to increase the value of the goods in your hands by flipping hands, but it is just a bad idea. A wise person can see the problem clearly at a glance."
Li Yue wondered: "Is there a better way?"
"Um."
"What is it?"
"I won't tell you."
Li Yue was stunned for a while, unable to speak for a while, and then she could only raise her small fist and hit her husband on the shoulder.
"It's late at night, go to bed early." Li Yue said this and returned to her room.
After regaining consciousness and continuing to polish his rivets, the sound of water came from the room again. It was his wife who was taking a shower. There was a pile of drawings next to the workbench.
Looking through his pile of drawings, he found one of them.
This is a drawing of a shower. Summer is coming soon, and it’s really uncomfortable without the refreshing feeling of a shower.
The main difficulty in building a shower is to install a bucket on the roof and make a valve.
Pulling up the wick of the oil lamp, Zhang Yang walked out of the house, washed his face, refreshed himself and returned to his workbench, continuing to think about the drawings.
I repaired my roof myself. If I want to build a water bucket on the roof, I need to build a shelf or a flat roof.
It is easy to build a shelf, but the stability needs to be considered, and it needs to be maintained regularly. Once the shelf collapses, the entire bucket will overturn and it will be difficult to clean up.
And the bucket must be big.
Building a flat roof will make it stronger, and you must also consider the load-bearing capacity of your home's roof.
If it cannot bear the load, the entire roof will collapse.
After thinking about it, Zhang Yang looked up at the roof. At worst, he could build another floor to expand the roof and completely change its appearance.
Considering the construction period and construction materials, it has been quite busy these days.
On the morning of the next day, the couple arrived at the Imperial City early, planning to go to Hongwen Hall today to pick up another batch of books to take home and read.
The officials here are already used to the princess and the consort.
All the way to Chongwen Hall, Zhang Yang rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up first, "The weather is good today."
Just as he was about to sweep and mop the floor, Zhang Yang noticed his wife's gaze and looked at himself, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Li Yue asked curiously: "Husband, did you not sleep last night?"
"I really didn't sleep well."
Li Yue said thoughtfully, "Auntie said that people of your husband's age always have trouble sleeping and are particularly energetic."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "So I put all my energy into work."
Li Yue became more and more puzzled, "Work?"
"Making our lives better is also a job."
Li Yue smiled happily.
Zhang Yang came to the next door to Chongwen Hall, which is the East Palace.
As the saying goes, don’t hit someone with a smiling face.
The two guards in front of the East Palace also greeted Zhang Yang with smiles.
Looking into the east palace, there was no one there. Zhang Yang looked back and asked, "Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"
The guard replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is listening to politics in the Taiji Hall."
Zhang Yang frowned and put his hands on his hands.
The guards did not dare to neglect the Prince Consort. His Highness the Prince had given him an order before. He bowed and said, "I don't know what the Prince Consort's important matters are. I can wait until His Highness the Prince comes back before informing me."
Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly and said, "I want to borrow two buckets from the East Palace, but I don't know if it's convenient."
The two guards looked at each other and smiled awkwardly. They didn't expect such a thing.
"Hand-in-law, wait a moment."
After speaking, the guard walked into a room in the East Palace and soon took two buckets, "Do you need to help the prince consort fill it with water?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "Okay."
"I wonder what the consort wants the bucket for?"
"What else can a bucket be used for? To hold water, of course."
The guard diligently fetched two buckets of water from a well outside the East Palace.
Zhang Yang looked inside the well curiously.
The guard subconsciously looked at the well and asked in confusion: "What is the prince consort looking at?"
Zhang Yang coughed and said, "I heard that the palace is sinister. Some people will throw ignorant palace maids into the wells. From time to time, there will be a few more corpses in the wells in the palace. I don't know if it's true or not."
Taking the bucket, Zhang Yang asked in a low voice: "Brother, guard, is this really possible?"
The guard smiled and said: "How can it be said to be so sinister outside? The maids in our palace are very sensible. Those are all nonsense made by people outside."
"Oh..." Zhang Yang responded, "What if it's an ignorant palace maid?"
"Then send them all back."
"Yeah?"
"Is there anything else I need to tell you, Prince Consort?"
Seeing that the guard changed the topic, Zhang Yang came to Chongwen Hall with two buckets of water. The couple had a bucket each and carefully poured water on the floor of Chongwen Hall, so that it would be easier to clean.
"They say you, Zhang Yang, have a hobby of being clean and tidy. I didn't expect it to be true."
As he was pouring water on the ground, Zhang Yang came to his senses and looked at the people coming. It was Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian who had just left the morning court.
"I have met Mr. Zheng and His Highness the Crown Prince. This is not a hobby but a living habit. I am not mysophobic." Zhang Yang bowed and saluted.
Seeing that the corners of Wei Zheng's eyes were red and swollen, Zhang Yang said in confusion: "The corners of Zheng Gong's eyes are..."
Wei Zheng sighed: "There was a dispute in the court, and I was beaten by this old man Cheng Yaojin."
Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and said, "General Cheng is a rough man. Mr. Zheng endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden. I really admire him for being so tolerant."
"Be patient?" Wei Zheng snorted coldly, "When I practice boxing for a few more years, I will have to compete with him in the court to the death."