"Report to your Majesty, Prime Minister Shang Rong and Yabigan to ask for an audience!"
"Please!"
Li Zhou, who had just finished checking the merit system, heard the report from his attendants and quickly asked these two ministers to come in.
"Your Majesty, could this salt and charcoal come from the palace?"
I saw Wang Uncle Bigan take out two things from his arms, which were the coarse salt and charcoal fire that Huang Feihu had seen at the previous banquet.
"Oh? Uncle Wang got it from Huang Feihu?"
As soon as Di Xin saw Bigan's anxious expression, he understood the whole story. It must be Huang Feihu who gave the item to Bigan, and then the two veterans came to the palace to ask for it.
"Uncle Wang and the Prime Minister have arrived just in time. Gu intends to set up a young government office to specialize in salt and charcoal, so as to benefit the people. What do you think?"
"The king considers the common people, which is really a blessing to the human race."
Prime Minister Shang Rong looked happy and bowed directly.
"It's just that I don't know who can be the official of this young mansion. Not only can he come in and out of the palace from time to time, but he can also buy property and do things for Jiagu."
Li Zhou didn't know who to appoint, so Bigan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have recommended Wei Ziqi to be the official of the Young Mansion."
"Wei Zi Qi?"
Di Xin looked at Bigan with complicated emotions, and sighed secretly. This uncle Wang was a loyal minister, but he was loyal to the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
Wei Ziqi is the brother of Emperor Xin from the same mother. He has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous. What is even more rare is that he knows the way to change. He is also a famous sage in Chaoge City. However, if he is given the position of young master, if his reputation is too high, it will inevitably affect him.
Di Xin's reputation.
Prime Minister Shang Rong frowned and said to Bigan, "Wei Ziqi is the king's brother, how can he do that kind of thing?"
"The old minister recommends Concubine Yang's father, Yang Ren, as the official of the Shaofu. Firstly, he is quite talented, and the Qiong Palace was built by this man. Secondly, he is the father of Concubine Yang. He often enters the palace, which is not inappropriate.
Thirdly, when the late Emperor Yi was still alive, Yang Ren was already an important minister of the country."
"Yang Ren?"
Li Zhou calculated in his mind that Yang Ren was also a loyal minister. After Concubine Yang hanged herself, King Zhou had her eyes gouged out. She was later rescued by the True Monarch Qingxu Daode. He later worshiped him as his teacher, developed magical powers, and then helped King Wu defeat Zhou.
, was awarded the title of Jiazi Taisui after his death.
"Introduce him to the palace and see him alone."
[Ding! Successfully supported the loyal minister! Obtained 100 merits, Shang Rong's loyalty increased to 70%]
"It's getting late. The two old ministers haven't had breakfast yet. Someone is here."
The businessman had two meals a day. After talking for a long time, the two old ministers were already hungry. The waiter directly brought a tender lamb up and started grilling it over a charcoal fire.
"This is the Zhi Yang that Huang Feihu said."
The two old prime ministers were not at all as slow and leisurely as the sages of later generations imagined. Instead, they ate like Lao Tie, using the daggers they brought with them and not being afraid of burning them. They ate in big bites, no less than a fierce general like Huang Feihu.
The roasted lamb is golden and crispy, and the fat is crackled by the roasting. You will definitely feel satisfied when you take a bite.
The two old prime ministers did not talk while eating or sleeping. Except for the sound of them eating meat and the sound of grease, there was no sound at all.
Li Zhou stared at these two distinguished ministers in stunned silence. Being hungry, he slowly started to eat.
"It would be better if it had some cumin and chili powder."
Although it was sprinkled with salt, the taste was still quite different, so I drank the fruit wine on my own.
The two gluttons looked at the wine bottle in front of Li Zhou, and their meaning was obvious, which made Li Zhou very embarrassed.
So he asked the attendant to pour them a glass each, and then said, "I didn't brew much fruit wine this time. When the brewing is finished next time, I will take a few jars to the two old ministers."
When the two old friends drank the fruit wine, they immediately felt that it tasted very good, much better than the previous wine.
After they were full of wine and food, Mr. Shang Rong said, "Your Majesty, each of these items is different. Whether it's charcoal fire, coarse salt, barbecue, fruit wine, and well water, I'm not far from a prosperous age."
Bigan also said with rare satisfaction, "As a descendant of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, your Majesty is not far away from the glory of Chengtang again."
[Ding! Successfully supported the loyal minister! Obtained 100 merits, Shang Rong's loyalty increased to 75%, and Bigan's loyalty increased to 40%]
"You two old ministers are very polite. I would like to encourage you all."
It was rare that these two people were satisfied with each other, and Li Zhou was very happy. He really wanted to see what it would be like to increase Bigan's loyalty to 100%.
Just as he was talking, the attendant outside the door reported that doctor Yang Ren had arrived.
"Doctor Yang Ren pays homage to the king!"
As soon as Yang Ren entered the door, he saw a pair of sheep bones. Apparently, this was the roasted sheep that was popular in Chaoge City. Legend has it that Huang Feihu admired it greatly after eating it and never had the opportunity to see it. Unfortunately, he came a step too late and didn't.
Eat.
"Pingshen!"
[Yang Ren: Doctor, Cultivation: Nine Levels of Acquired Qi Refining, Cultivation Technique: Yuqing Qi Refining Technique, Master: Qingxu Moral True Monarch, Specialty: Immortal Loyalty, Loyalty: 90%]
Li Zhou secretly exclaimed that Yang Ren's loyalty was actually 90%, which was the highest loyalty he had ever seen. But why did he rebel in the end?
[Loyalty is immortal: the soul of loyalty comes from the inside out, increasing loyalty by 100%. When the soul of loyalty is gone, loyalty is reduced by 100%, and the country's destiny is damaged by 100,000. 】
So that's the case, no wonder Yang Ren was rescued, and the True Lord Qingxu Daode used the elixir to save him. You must know that many virtuous ministers were harmed by King Zhou, and I didn't hear of any immortal coming to save him.
That burst of resentment soared into the sky, which must have damaged the destiny of the country for 100,000 people, so he was saved by the immortal.
"I intend to appoint Doctor Yang as the Young Mansion, but I wonder what Doctor Yang's intention is?"
"No one dares to disobey the king's orders, Yang Ren."
Yang Ren readily accepted, which made Li Zhou very happy, and then shouted, "Come here, bring up those treasures."
"treasure?"
Whether it was the Prime Minister, the Asian Prime Minister, or the newly appointed young official Yang Ren, they were all very surprised as to what this human king wanted to bring.
Di Xin pretended to be mysterious. When the waiter brought out various novel farm tools one by one, the three ministers became excited.
Big businessmen are based on agriculture, and ordinary people have to dig food from the fields to obtain grains.
These eight farm tools are a rake, a stone mill, a wooden plow, a straw shoe machine, a seed mill, a tiller, a dustpan, and a threshing board.
I saw these eight farm tools, and each of them seemed to have a light of merit, which was no less than that of the well.
[Perfect humanity, create eight farm tools, and gain 800 merits. 】
Because it was restored from the drawings, Di Xin also worked on it for a long time before letting the craftsmen make it. As soon as the young man decided on the candidate, he took it out immediately.
Prime Minister Shang Rong was also a man who was proficient in farming. How could he not know the importance of farm tools? Each of these eight farm tools was unheard of, and their functions had the power to lead an era.
Yabi Qian was even more moved to tears, and he suddenly discovered that Emperor Xin had truly become a human king who surpassed Emperor Yi, and was a human king who truly valued the country.
Yang Ren knew a lot about making one, and the people around him were also secretly amazed. They looked around and looked at each piece, treating each piece as a treasure.
"Doctor Yang, I don't ask you how many shell coins you can earn for me. I just ask you to quickly make farm tools available to every farmer and truly improve the food shortage problem of Dashang."
"I obey the king's orders!"
Di Xin took out another piece of tortoise shell and handed it to Yang Ren mysteriously.
Yang Ren understood the commercial text on the tortoise shell and immediately exclaimed, "Is this a waterwheel?"