The happy life of a prodigal

Therefore, he did not make rash comments, but looked at Fang Xiu beside him, and said, "I ask you, how long will it take for this sweet potato to grow?"

I am not a sweet potato planter, how would I know?

Fang Xiu thought so in his heart, but his face showed a thoughtful expression, he gritted his teeth, and said an answer casually: "I think that this batch of sweet potatoes will mature in half a year at most."

half a year...

It's acceptable.

Emperor Chu nodded and said: "I fully support you in planting these sweet potatoes. Just submit the required fields. Besides, if you have other requirements, as long as they are within a reasonable range, I will satisfy them all." you.

After half a year, I hope that these sweet potatoes will grow as vigorously as you said! "

When he said the last sentence, his tone rose a little.

After Fang Xiu heard this, he felt a little embarrassed.

But after thinking about it, he didn't just grow sweet potatoes by himself, Qianzheng also planted a lot in Jiangnan.

Since he arrived in Chu State, he has always been smooth sailing, so it's not like this time he is so unlucky, there is no ripe sweet potato in the two places, right?

So, he cupped his hands and said, "I am determined not to disgrace my mission!"

Emperor Chu nodded, took one last look at the sweet potatoes in the wooden box, and said, "It's cold outside, let's go back first."

After speaking, he walked into the warm pavilion.

Fang Xiu naturally followed behind.

Arriving at Nuan Pavilion and returning to his seat, Emperor Chu's voice sounded at the right time: "Yan'er has been living in your residence all this time, right?"

Just as Fang Xiu sat down, when he heard this sentence, he bounced up again as if the chair had been loaded with springs. He hurriedly denied, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Highness is only resting at the minister's residence, and has no other business."

When Emperor Chu heard this, he subconsciously twitched the corner of his mouth.

Originally it was just a casual question, but hearing this answer made him vigilant.

For his daughter, Chu Huang still knows quite well.

It's impossible for a character like Yan'er to like a dude like Fang Xiu.

Therefore, even though the two of them were often together and appeared in various places, he didn't take it seriously and only regarded them as friends.

But after hearing these words, it made him feel...something seemed wrong!

Emperor Chu raised his eyes, glanced at Fang Xiu, and said flatly: "I didn't say anything about you.

I understand Yan'er's character, and living in your house during this time should have caused you a lot of trouble..."

Before he finished speaking, he just paused, ready to prepare for the next words, when he heard Fang Xiu hurriedly said: "Don't bother, don't bother..."

After Fang Xiu finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and looked at Emperor Chu with a troubled expression on his face, as if he was making a decision.

When Emperor Chu saw this scene, he forgot what he wanted to say. He only felt an ominous premonition, and said, "Say what you want, and what else are you afraid to say?"

Chapter 482 Immortal spell?

Fang Xiu heard this, thought for a while, and said: "In this case, the minister said it directly...

Your Majesty, look, should you be reimbursed for the expenses of Her Majesty the Princess? "

Of course, Emperor Chu couldn't understand the word "reimbursement".

But combined with the upper and lower sentences, it also roughly understands what it means.

His expression suddenly became serious, and he said, "Just now you said that the sweet potatoes were obtained from Nanyang merchants?"

This method of changing the subject is also too blunt.

Even so, Fang Xiu had no choice but to reply: "It is true that I got it from a Nanyang businessman.

The Nanyang businessman put the sweet potato in a treasure box, and wanted to sell it to his minister as ginseng for thousands of years...

I saw that the so-called Wannian ginseng looked like a food crop mentioned in an ancient book I had read before—sweet potato, so I bought it. "

After hearing this, Emperor Chu nodded and asked, "If that's the case, why didn't you show it to me earlier?"

Fang Xiu explained: "I am afraid that this sweet potato will not be able to be planted, so I brought it to His Majesty, and His Majesty is full of expectations. When the time comes..."

The latter words, needless to say, the Emperor Chu can understand.

"You really have a heart..."

The Emperor Chu sighed, and said with some emotion: "If all the subjects in this world are like you, I can worry less about things..."

Fang Xiu was not happy when he heard this.

Because he thought of another thing.

So, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report."

Emperor Chu raised his eyes, glanced at Fang Xiu, waved his hands, and said, "Speak, I'm listening."

Fang Xiu showed a solemn expression, and said, "Your Majesty, it's still about sweet potatoes.

The servants of the minister's mansion escorted the sweet potatoes to Gusu City, bought a field, and planned to cultivate the sweet potatoes outside the city.

However, less than three days after buying the field, the magistrate of Gusu City ordered the land to be confiscated. There was no reason at all, just thinking that the servant of the minister's mansion came from another place, so he ordered it back. You can bully at will.

The servant in the minister's mansion had to write to the minister again and again, asking for help.

I'm just a little Xin'anbo. Apart from the three elders in the court, I don't know other people. After reading those letters, I can only feel helpless. Therefore, I want your majesty to make a decree to help a group of people. he. "

When Emperor Chu heard these words, he frowned: "Oh? Is there such a thing?"

A thoughtful look appeared on his face, and after a while, he remembered who the prefect of Gusu City was.

"I know about this matter, and I will send someone to investigate the prefect of Gusu City.

Don't worry, what should be yours is yours, and those lands will not be snatched away. "

With the words of Emperor Chu, Fang Xiu was relieved a lot.

With a smile on his face, he looked at Emperor Chu, cupped his hands, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The Emperor of Chu shook his head and said: "Your father fought for the imperial court in the southwest, and he devoted himself to it. If you have anything to do, please tell me. As long as I can help, I will never... .”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Fang Xiu's mouth curled up, with a thief-like expression on his face, and asked: "Then, Your Majesty, I want to borrow some money, can I?"

Empress Chu swallowed back the words in front of her, and looked at the thick-skinned guy in front of her with a pair of eyes, and suddenly felt angry, and said a word angrily: "Get out!"

............

"roll!"

In the south far away from the capital, there is an inconspicuous small city.

At this moment, the normally uninhabited town is full of soldiers in armor.

Looking around, the whole small city seemed to be submerged by a black wave.

The sonorous and forceful "roll" came from the middle of the wave.

"General, what I just said is absolutely not half a lie. None of the outposts sent by the army came back intact, either with broken legs or missing arms.

This is still riding a horse, if not riding a horse, I am afraid that the whole person will be gone.

General, one person can lie about the military situation, two people can also lie, three people, four people, all of them say the same thing, so can there be any mistakes? "

A man in armor knelt in the middle of the tent, raised his head, looked at the general in front of him, and said anxiously.

The middle-aged man who was honored as the general also had a thoughtful expression on his face when he heard these words.

After a while, he frowned and murmured, "Could it be that there are gods in this world?"

"General, I don't know if there are any gods or not, but what I said just now is true, and all the outposts that I sent out have seen it.

As long as you step into that field, within a few steps, there will be a fire from top to bottom..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the general.

"The general has already heard you say it once, so there is no need to repeat it!"

The middle-aged general got up slowly, walked in front of the man kneeling on the ground, leaned forward, looked at him, and asked in a cold voice: "Aren't you afraid to be an enemy of the imperial court? "

When the speaker heard this, he was slightly taken aback.

In an instant, his whole body began to tremble, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he hit his head heavily on the ground, shouting: "Although my humble ancestors are from the capital, since my father followed the Duke and settled in the southwest a hundred years ago, A low-ranking person is a person from the Southwest, a person from the Duke's Mansion.

There is only one imperial court in my heart, and that is the Duke's Mansion. I will never have the slightest dissent in my heart. Please learn from me, general! "

"I'm sorry you don't have the guts!"

Seeing this scene, the general snorted coldly, sat back down again, and asked: "Where are those people who have seen the fire, let them come to see this general.

The general wants to hear what kind of magic this fairy is like! "

When the people kneeling on the ground heard this, they immediately felt that they had saved their lives. After heaving a sigh of relief, they cupped their hands and said, "General, all the outposts that have seen the flames in the humble camp were seriously injured, and most of them died on the spot. After leaving there, a small part came back, and it disappeared after a while.

The rest are still dying, unable to speak, even if they see the general, they may not be able to say anything. "

The general frowned even more when he heard this.

As long as you walk on the road, there will be flames for no reason, and then it will be like being hit by thunder, the momentum is astonishing, and the power is even more astonishing...

No matter how it sounds, it sounds like a spell cast by a god.

But... a ruthless person who can sit in the position of the general of the Qianfeng Battalion will not believe the ghosts and gods.

Unless he saw it with his own eyes, he would never believe that there are such strange things in this world.

Moreover, it just happened to be a coincidence when my vanguard camp passed by!

Chapter 483 Boom!

When the general thought of this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he stood up abruptly, looked at General Zhonglang who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "There are really ghosts and gods in front of you today, so don't even think about stopping this general. !"

After finishing speaking, he turned to the outside of the tent and said loudly, "Come on!"

As soon as the words fell, a voice came from outside the tent: "General!"

"Prepare the horse, this general wants to go to the front to see for himself, what kind of ghosts and gods dare to block the way of our government's vanguard battalion!"

"Yes, General!"

The middle-aged general's surname is Mu and his first name is Zhenghong.

It is said that the surname is Mu, but the original surname was Li. Later, he fought with Mu Ying for many years and made great contributions, so he was given the surname Mu.

Giving surnames is a tradition of the countries in the Central Plains, and it is also a means of buying people's hearts.

However, except that the Taizu of Chu State bestowed the surname Zhao on several generals, the emperor of Chu State did not do similar things again.

On the contrary, in the Guogong Mansion in the southwest, the tradition of giving surnames has been preserved.

There are a total of five generals in the important town under the jurisdiction of Duke Qian. Except for one general from the personal guard battalion of Duke Qian, the generals of the other four battalions are all surnamed Mu. Everyone has a lot of deeds to tell.

Mu Zhenghong of the Pioneer Battalion, because every time he fought with the chieftain, he rushed to the forefront, and was talked about by many people in the southwest, and was also hated by the chieftains in the southwest.

At the same time, such a person can be described as a model who is not afraid of anything.

At that time, when Mu Ying, the Duke of Qian, made up his mind to fight against the imperial court and played the name of the Qing emperor, he was the only one with a look of excitement, as if he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

Not to mention some shadowless ghosts and gods, even if a real dragon appeared in front of him, he would dare to bend his bow and set an arrow.

After Mu Zhenghong gave the order, his personal guards brought a fine horse within less than a stick of incense.

He walked out of the tent, got on his horse, looked at the school lieutenant who was trembling with fear in the tent before, with a disdainful expression on his face, and ordered: "You go with this general!"

This lieutenant was not the lieutenant of the Pioneer Battalion, but the Duke's Mansion recruited a lot of new recruits, and after reorganizing the Fifth Battalion, he somehow went from the Central Army Battalion to the Pioneer Battalion.

Of course he didn't want to follow Mu Zhenghong to the front to take risks.

However, at this moment, it is no longer a question of whether he wants to or not.

Even if he didn't want to, there was no reason to refuse. He could only cup his hands, pretending to be calm, and said: "The humble job takes orders!"

After all, he is also one of the five generals of the Duke's Mansion.

When Mu Zhenghong left the camp, it was naturally impossible for him to be accompanied by only one school lieutenant.

There were 500 knights just following behind.

A group of people were all riding horses, and they arrived at the junction of the southwest and southeast of Chu State in less than half an hour.