Xianhui had been idle on the grassland for several months, and her hands were already itchy. Seeing that the workshop was debugging a batch of new steam engines, she immediately put on a pair of linen work clothes and stayed in the workshop without going back.
The official road at the foot of Beimang Mountain is rarely paved with large bluestones. Although it is not as smooth as the cement mortar floor in the workshop, the right bumps at the joints of the bluestones when the carriage runs over them are very helpful for sleep and are quickly dispersed.
The timid hesitation of being close to home revealed a piece of dark sweetness.
"11. When I was passing by Bei City, I told you that I wanted to eat the glutinous rice from Grandma Wang's house."
Shi3 stayed on the Mobei grassland to farm, so the job of driving the cart naturally fell on Shi1.
"Your Majesty, we are here."
Li Chongrun woke up from his sleep amidst the greeting from Shi1. He stretched out a long stretch, trying to drive away the remaining confusion in his mind. Li Chongrun walked out in the still noisy fireworks of Shendu.
carriage.
Sitting down on the stall carelessly, Li Chongrun opened his mouth and shouted: "Grandma Wang, let's have a meat cake and a bowl of buns!"
"Boy, I'm late today. Grandma Wang's family only has plain cakes today."
A familiar voice sounded from behind Li Chongrun.
"I didn't expect that the first acquaintance I met when I just returned to Shendu was Mr. Di."
Of course it was Di Renjie. The boy dressed up and saw Li Chongrun, and hurried forward to greet him.
Since he was one of his own masters, Li Chongrun was not polite and sat directly opposite Duke Di. He stretched out his hand and snatched the remaining half bowl of Daigo from his hand: "I came here to eat these meaty dishes at 1 o'clock.
You want to lie in bed again, don’t you?”
He reached out and handed the half bowl of glutinous rice to Mrs. Wang, who was standing next to her with a cautious face, and motioned her to quickly take it and make two meat cakes for him. Li Chongrun continued to joke with Di Renjie: "Is Mr. Di just planning to skip work maliciously like this?
So that His Majesty can look down upon you, expel you from the imperial court, and return to Bingzhou to retire?"
"I don't have any other hobbies. I just love this one thing. I finally escaped from home and wanted to steal this one, but you kid blocked me."
Di Renjie looked at Mrs. Wang with a look of reluctance as she had turned the remaining glutinous rice into meat cakes. He angrily pointed at Li Chongrun while sucking in the buns in front of him and making a snoring sound.
"It's not like you don't have a private room in Grand View Garden, Mr. Dee. If you want to eat something good, just go and eat there. My family will ask for your money anytime."
Mrs. Wang's buns are filled with noodles made of Xiaomai. Although the taste is average, it is very chewy and has an unforgettable texture.
Li Chongrun was drinking hot cakes like Mr. Di and chatting with Mr. Di.
p "Your shop is just like Her Royal Highness's house, gorgeous and beautiful. But don't blame your uncle for criticizing you, that place really doesn't smell like fireworks. It's delicious, and it's really close to people."
Can’t get up.”
Judge Dee commented on the restaurant opened by Li Chongrun like a wise man.
"Yes, yes, that's what Mr. Dee taught us."
"This old fat man talks so arrogantly, but he always goes out to eat for free." Li Chongrun could only laugh at these complaints that Bao'er muttered behind his head, pretending that he didn't hear them.
Soon, the butter cakes were baked and served. While chewing the butter cakes, Li Chongrun was lingering in the sweet and warm aroma of Daigo, feeling that if there were ghosts from later generations who came through, they would probably give them to him.
Wang Po won 2 names by playing a game such as the "Oil Cake Fairy", and by the way, she fried each pancake for 200 yuan each.
When he and Di Renjie walked out of the cake shop, Shuang'er had already brought Di Renjie's skinny horse over.
However, Di Renjie had just recovered from gout, and his legs and feet were still a little unsteady. After several attempts, he could not climb up the thin horse that was also old. It was still Li Chongrun who had to lift him up.
Go up.
"I heard that you made a trip to the northern grassland? Is there any good news?"
Seeing Li Chongrun shaking his head, Di Renjie frowned: "I heard that there is quite a turmoil in Nanzhao in the southwest, there is also unrest in Tubo in the west, and there is no sound from the Mohe people in the northeast, which makes people uneasy. This time, there is even trouble in the north.
Have you got an idea?"
Di Renjie's emotion was quickly blown away by the hustle and bustle on the roadside in the breath of fireworks in the divine capital, leaving only Li Chongrun with a wry smile on his face.
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"Fortunately, at least the world is at peace now."
Li Chongrun didn't know whether to tell the old man that there was a fisherman behind all these worries. So he could only comfort him in a boring way.
"Your Majesty is also a little slack now, and he is not as diligent in political affairs as before. In addition to chanting sutras all day long, he also plays with the young men recruited by the two young men. It is really infuriating."
Logically speaking, Di Renjie should not complain like this to Li Chongrun under any circumstances.
However, at this moment, the two people, old and young, felt that this kind of conversation was extremely normal, as natural as eating and drinking.
"How about I tell my aunt and ask her to admonish His Majesty?"
"If the admonishment is useful, where will the affairs of the Magistrates' Council be?"
"It's also possible that Your Majesty just thinks that these alien people are nothing more than scabies, something innocuous."
Li Chongrun said in his heart that his father was brewing a huge plan, which really included the whole world. If the plan really succeeded, then these problems would really no longer be a problem.
"If you can be like these ignorant Shengdou people, running around just for a few taels of silver all day long, I think you will be able to avoid a lot of troubles."
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Di Renjie did not continue to expand on this issue of seeking death. Instead, he turned his attention to the chaotic flow of people in Bei City and made a sigh with some emotion.
"Mr. Dee, believe me, the ordinary people in your eyes have no less troubles than us."
"It's just a sigh of relief. I hate literati like you the most. You obviously live the most luxurious life in the world, but you still put on a show of compassion to educate people all day long."
"Mr. Dee has never been poor, but I have been very poor."
Maybe it was because he was getting older, or maybe it was because he finally ate glutinous rice glutinous rice to satisfy his craving, which put the old man in a good mood. On the way back, Di Renjie was more bickering with Li Chongrun than talking about business.
While they were talking, the two of them had arrived at the intersection not far from the palace gate.
"Mr. Di, as we get older, we really need to consider whether we should go back to Bingzhou to retire."
"Young man can still eat three buckets of rice in one meal, why are you so anxious to urge him to step down? Do you think you can take over the Dali Temple stall by learning a few tricks of cat kung fu from your uncle?
"
Di Renjie was a little surprised as to why Li Chongrun suddenly said such a sentence, and a clear light appeared in his eyes when he looked at Li Chongrun.
"I'll leave things like solving cases to smart people like you. I just feel that it's a bit pitiful for Shuang'er to help Mr. Dee mount his horse every day."
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"Is your investigation in Mobei related to the salt shop owned by Cui's family in Bei City?"
"Why did Mr. Di ask questions knowingly?" Li Chongrun hadn't decided whether to tell Di Renjie these things, so he could only give him an ambiguous answer.
"It seems that the little old man is really going to retire and return to his hometown."
Di Renjie shook his head and let out a long sigh. Although the expression on his face did not change much, he miraculously suppressed all the smiles on his face, leaving only a trace of helplessness and melancholy.
"If Duke Di dislikes the poverty in Bingzhou, I do have a lot of properties in Yangzhou. The wealth in Jiangnan is no less luxurious than the capital city."
After all, he was a man who had lived in the court for a long time. Just through Li Chongrun's ambiguous answer, he had already guessed what Li Chongrun had been investigating for several months.
Seeing Di Renjie's departing figure looking a little sad, Li Chongrun was somewhat reluctant to make arrangements behind his back, but did not get any response.
Everything is fine at home, and Wang Rong can be regarded as more or less a member of the family who grew up in the palace, so her arrival does not bring any drama to the family that is common in female pornographic novels.
However, Wang Qian, who has now been promoted to the Minister of Household Affairs, sent people to come here several times to convey the message. He only said that since he was unmarried after all, it was inappropriate to live directly in his husband's house.
However, Wang Rong's attitude towards Wang Qian was far from respectful. In addition, he had not been bound so tightly by the old coffin warriors of the later Song Dynasty. In addition, due to the lack of money, he had to exchange things for things.
The trend of allowing women to weave cloth can be used as money, which has indeed brought women's status to a new historical height. The customs of women among the people are also much more unrestrained than those of later generations. Although Wang Rong's approach is not very etiquette,
But it didn't reach the point of shocking the world.
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Because of these two reasons, Wang Rong's life at home was pretty good. She hadn't seen him for a month and had gained some weight.
There are two other dolls who have also become fat. Now they are big feeders, and their combat power is really amazing. Fortunately, there are many wet nurses specially hired from Bingzhou, which can guarantee the bottomless pit of the two little beasts who have inherited Li Chongrun's genes.
1 average stomach.
"I heard you reporting accounts to me just after I came back. Our family is not a company, so we really don't need to follow the standards of such a company."
Before he could enjoy the family happiness with his two children for a while, Li Chongrun was dragged to the study by Wang Rong, and then there was a dizzying digital bombardment.
"It's a shame. I should have asked His Majesty for more benefits if I had known earlier."
Li Chongrun thought that Wang Rong was still thinking about the two hundred bronze cannons that His Majesty had asked for before. "Now that the cannons have the help of steam engines, the process and cost have been reduced a lot. Besides, there are only two hundred of them, so they can't be counted."
How severe is the bleeding?"
"Who said there were only two hundred guns? Her Royal Highness the Princess later came to convey a message, saying that Your Majesty felt that the iron ore in Linzi was worth tens of millions, and if only two hundred guns were replaced, the deficit would be too great, so two hundred more guns were added.
I also asked for a batch of muskets and machetes prepared for Jianzhen."
"Father has a big plan, so Her Royal Highness the Princess naturally wants to help him. It will be used to subsidize the family to some extent, so don't make this account too detailed."
Why did Her Majesty the Princess, who was not in the court, come to ask for it? Instead of His Majesty issuing an edict or letting my aunt pass the order? This matter is a bit strange. But when you think of your father's big plan, all this is very reasonable.
"What did you find on the grassland? Why do you feel a little discouraged after just one trip to the grassland?"
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Wang Rong was naturally familiar with Li Chongrun, and it was not difficult to find from his words and deeds that his little fat boy was not in high spirits.
"Speaking of which, maybe you haven't seen Yubi for a long time since we left by Luoshui? Do you want to follow me to Linyi?"
Seeing that Li Chongrun changed the topic, Wang Rong knew that there must be some inside information that she didn't know and was not convenient to know at the moment, so she thoughtfully did not ask any more questions.
However, seeing that Li Chongrun was looking forward to going with him, Wang Rong felt that there seemed to be a lot of busy things in the local area, but there were really not many opportunities to go to Linyi, so she reluctantly nodded and agreed.
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"That's good. I'll tell my aunt again tonight, and then our whole family will go to Linyi to experience the scenery of the southern country."
My aunt went to work very late today, and it was already dinner time when she got home.
It is a family rule not to discuss business matters at the dinner table. Although Li Chongrun often takes the lead in violating it, it has also reduced many tragedies of the dining room becoming an office.
It has been early summer recently, and the weather has become a little hot. After dinner, Li Chongrun, who had changed into a pair of robes, invited his aunt to go for a walk in the back garden as an excuse to eat.
Walking is fake, talking about the discoveries in the grassland is real.
"Do you think your father is behind everything?"
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When Shangguan Auntie heard what Li Chongrun said, she burst into laughter without caring about her manners: "If King Luling is the mastermind behind this, then these hands must be on His Majesty's body."
"Could it be that my aunt means that His Majesty is behind all these plans?"
"General Wang has led his troops out for a long time, and you have never doubted what General Wang did when he went out? Do you think that your childish strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao can still be unclear when His Majesty has much better information than you?
The problem of Tubo? As for why I asked you to go to the grassland to check the news, I just wanted to let you discover this by yourself, so as to save you from making trouble again when the time comes.
It’s just a big deal.”
After all, Aunt Shangguan is His Majesty’s secretary, and she is familiar with Father, so she naturally knows very well: “In addition, based on my understanding of your father since childhood, if San Lang said that planning is okay, if this kind of decision can mobilize the world,
But it’s really not his strong suit.”
"That's really a good idea. But if my father cooperated with His Majesty so much, why was he exiled to Fangzhou and lived a hard life for so long?"
"With your Majesty's methods, if you really wanted your son to live a hard life, your father would have died in Fangzhou long ago."
What my aunt said made sense, and Li Chongrun kept nodding.
"Also, I have vaguely guessed recently, maybe your father was exiled because he deliberately cooperated with His Majesty in putting on a show. In order to set up an eye-catching target outside the imperial court, let
Those who are disloyal to Your Majesty take the initiative to move towards your father?"
"Auntie trusts father so much? Why exactly?"
"Because your aunt trusts him."
~Novel app,-app..
The aunt's expression was soft yet firm, as if she was saying that things would definitely fall down.
"Then why is aunt like this..." Li Chongrun really didn't know what adjectives should be used to describe this chaotic relationship: "He even gave the child a younger sister."
"If that's the case, you'd better rot in your stomach forever."
"My aunt is absolutely right."
Now that my aunt has spoken so clearly, many of Li Chongrun's questions that he didn't want to understand have been solved.
"Haier is going to transfer Chen Zi'ang to Yangzhou to be the governor. Can my aunt do it?"
Your Majesty has His Majesty's arrangements, and Li Chongrun naturally has his own plans.