The people in Mozhou watched the excitement as if it was New Year's Eve, but Xie Jing'an, along with the officials and guards of the entire palace, did not have such leisure.

They were able to deal with Yao Bin's transportation of silver and food before, firstly, the general manager Qin dispatched it properly, and secondly, there was only one family, although they were a little busy, they were not in a hurry.

But this time is different, and I don’t know if these aristocratic families have discussed it well, but the convoy to Chang’an only set off a few days ago, and these chariots and horses came slowly in a line, scaring the sergeant guarding the city to think Was there a large number of refugees, or Xie Jingan figured that the convoys of other aristocratic families would also arrive, which made the city guards feel relieved and did not close the city gate.

After several days of busy work, Director Qin led the literate and counting servants of the palace to count the silver taels of cloth and other items brought by the aristocratic families. .

These days, Xie Jing'an is really tired of dealing with these aristocratic families with a smile on his face, and pretending to deal with them. When he heard that Manager Qin had counted the amount of money, he hurriedly invited people in. Sitting down, took it and looked it over roughly, and sighed: "Thanks to the general manager Qin helping me, otherwise such complicated affairs, even if I don't sleep for a few days, I can't take care of it."

Director Qin, who was indifferent for a long time, was very pleased with these words of praise from King Shun, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up, and he said modestly: "Your Highness is absurd, these matters are small tasks, and you should not be like this, Your Highness." Praise, now that Yiying has made a clear calculation, does His Highness want to summon the noble families to hand over the goods so that they can be sent out to restore the palace to cleanliness?"

Hearing the word "goods", Xie Jing'an's eyelids twitched suddenly, he felt his scalp ache from being pulled, coughed lightly, and said solemnly: "This king really has this intention, it's just that there was a shortage of raw materials and there are many types of goods before, but now Looking at more than a dozen workshops, they are not large in scale, and some of them are newly built. More than half of the young and strong in the workshop are newly recruited, and the goods produced every day are not many. A batch was taken away a few days ago, and Chang’an took a lot from this king’s festival gift, and now the remaining ones can only supply one or two at most, and there will be no more.”

Although Director Qin has been busy these days, but because all the counts are money, it can be said to be painful and happy. Even in his dreams, the treasury is full, and there are merchants queuing up to send money to the palace. Qian, of course, hopes to have a clear handover with the aristocratic family as soon as possible, so that he can free up his hands as soon as possible to expand the scale according to King Shun's plan.

Now that the goods produced in the workshop can only be supplied to one or two people, he gasped suddenly and said with shaking fingertips: "Your Highness, are you serious? Are there really no more goods in the workshop?"

Xie Jingan nodded in pain, rubbed his forehead and said, "How could this king talk nonsense about such a big matter? Of course it is true."

Director Qin's heart that was still hot just now immediately cooled down, and he said anxiously: "Then what to do, these aristocratic families are very anxious after waiting for these few days, if they know that they can't get the goods after paying the money, what's the matter?" Don't you want to mess up?"

Regardless of the noble status of King Xie Jingan, it can be said that even though the surname is Xie in this world, he is also constrained by the family everywhere. In history, there are many families who are dissatisfied with the decrees issued by the current emperor, and thus unite to remove the emperor from that position. turned over.

Xie Jingan was also worried about the things that Director Qin was worried about. It's just that the matter has come to this point and there is no chance to do it again. Besides, Xie Jingan didn't have any money in his hands before, so he just threw in all the money he had, which is the dozen or so workers now. The workshop was expanded with the money brought by Yao Bin, and he tried his best, so he was worried, and he had no regrets, so he comforted him: "Mr. Qin, don't worry, the daily production of the workshop is limited. This king did it deliberately, but he had no choice but to wait for this king and the family to explain the reason. I think they will understand. The current plan is to think about how to build more workshops and recruit more young and strong craftsmen to cope with it. The difficulty ahead."

Although Director Qin panicked for a moment, he had seen some things in the world after all, he calmed down soon after hearing the words, cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness is right, I was a little panicked, and almost missed His Highness's important event, but Now that Wei Changshi is away in the palace, other subordinate officials are on errands, and Mr. Xu in the equipment department is also very busy. There is really no manpower available to take charge of the recruitment and construction of the workshop. I don’t know if His Highness will send this Who is the errand for?"

Xie Jingan had just been talking about appeasing Director Qin, but now he choked up when he heard his words. Although Xie Jingan didn't want to admit it, the scarcity of talents was indeed his weakness. He wanted to take the imperial examination, but He was afraid that the family would jump over the wall in a hurry, and besides, he had to greet the palace first for such a big event, so Xie Jingan thought about it, and was so worried that he was about to pull his hair out. He finally thought of someone, and he was shocked and said: "Director Qin knows Liu How is the master Bo hosting the new food?"

Hearing the words Liu Zhubo, Director Qin also suddenly remembered, and replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, I just sent someone to visit Liu Zhubo three days ago. According to the reports from the subordinates, the matter of Liu Zhubo's presiding over the new food is very serious. It's going well, it's already on the right track, and I think that as long as someone is taught and watched carefully by Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu will still be able to spare his hands."

Xie Jing'an silently calculated in his heart. It has been more than a month since he returned to Mozhou. In his impression, the maturity cycle of crops such as potatoes is about two to three months. It is naturally too early to mature now, but It's almost enough to germinate and grow branches and leaves. Besides, potatoes don't need to be carefully tended to like rice and wheat. Even if he is transferred to assign other errands, it will not affect his plan for potatoes.

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Mr. Liu, who was reminiscing with the two senior apprentices who came to the door, had no idea that King Shun had his idea again. He was very relieved to see the two students who had grown up a little before him, and asked his servants to take them from the wine cellar for the first time. Two bottles of white wine served in white porcelain came out, and there was no need for servants to wait on them. I filled them up for the students myself, and said with a smile: "Didn't Yan Jing and Chang Qing just follow me and wonder what kind of novelty His Highness King Shun made for you?" Is this the white wine? It looks clear, tastes very clear, and smells tangy, but it has a strong aftertaste. People who taste it for the first time will get drunk if they can't eat a cup. I think of you two as a teacher There is a reputation of not getting drunk after a thousand cups, it's better to drink it once, but if you get drunk after one cup, you can't blame the teacher."

Master Liu made a joke with a smile, and Yan Jing and Chang Qing also laughed when they heard it. They stretched out their hands and slapped the top of the wine glass without Liu Master Bo's greeting, took a deep breath and praised: "Sure enough, the smell of wine is so strong. It is deep and spicy, and you don’t need to taste it to know the taste. The students were worried that their teacher was far away in Mozhou, and they were not used to the water and soil. They must have suffered so much that they couldn’t sleep at night. Now it seems But the students worry too much, the mentor is not only suffering, even the days of immortals are not far from it."

"That's right," Chang Qing, who has slender eyebrows and long eyes, and a very gentle appearance, also echoed with a smile: "If I knew that my teacher lived such a fairy life in Mozhou, students would not have to think about it for many days, but I have already packed my bags and rushed day and night to seek refuge with my benefactor."

Being ridiculed and ridiculed by the two students, Mr. Liu was not angry. He obviously had a very good relationship with the two of them. He looked like a master and apprentice, more like a father and son. , even the teacher dared to sneer and sneer, it seems that the teacher left less homework before leaving Chang'an, which made you more treacherous thoughts, but it doesn't matter, the teacher can't hold you two, some can clean You people are teachers, but I heard that His Highness is in short supply of talents recently, and even the servants around him have sent a lot of errands, now that the two of you are here, it can be regarded as a solution to His Highness' urgent needs."

Speaking of King Shun, the two of them didn't dare to tease anymore, quickly restrained their expressions, and said solemnly: "The master actually admires King Shun so much? Are you afraid that King Shun is only wise for a while, and will return to his old ways after the current predicament is solved?"

Liu Zhubo also had this worry before, but the more he stood outside and watched King Shun do more, the more he felt that he was worrying too much. He stretched out his hand and stroked his long black beard, and sighed: "How can I be a teacher?" No such worries? It’s just that you have never met King Shun, so you naturally have doubts about the rumors, after two days as a teacher, you will introduce the two of you to His Highness, and you two will know that what the teacher said is true.”

The two of them looked at each other after listening to Liu Zhubo's words. They didn't know how to refute for a moment. While thinking about it, they heard Liu Zhubo say: "As a teacher, before following His Highness's vassal, why didn't you think like this? Waiting for the master, I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to use all I have learned in this life. I don’t want His Royal Highness to change his temperament after arriving in Demo Prefecture. To reduce the sufferings of the common people, these more than a dozen workshops have been opened in succession to produce so many rare things that make a lot of money every day. If this is not a British lord, who is it? Is it the prince? Or the king of Thailand?"

Although Liu Zhubo said he was expressing his feelings, the last sentence seemed disrespectful. Yan Jing and Chang Qing's expressions changed when they heard this, and they looked around nervously, and said anxiously: "Students know that the teacher has I am very happy to meet Lord Ming, but such words of decapitation must never be uttered. Although His Highness is noble, he is only a vassal king, and he is rejected by His Majesty. He is not like a prince. , Not only the Holy Dragon is very happy, but even the important ministers in the court have praised him a lot, if the words of my benefactor just spread, it will bring disaster to His Highness."

The two students looked anxious, but Liu Zhubo didn't take it seriously. He poured himself a cup and said sarcastically: "Being calm? The prince can only praise this one now. Who in Chang'an doesn't know that the prince is very happy and indulged in sensuality After a few years, there are actually more concubines than His Majesty left during the draft, and as a teacher, I am afraid that if things go on like this, the bedroom in the East Palace will not be able to accommodate them.”

I don't know if he was drunk, or there was resentment in his heart, before the two students opened their mouths, Liu Zhubo said again: "It's fine if he is only obsessed with female sex, but as a prince, he also likes things outside of him very much, so it's not for nothing. To please the prince, how many eunuchs in the palace collected treasures and jades, and how many wealthy merchants lost their lives because of this. It's not that the censor didn't know, but because he didn't dare to impeach him. With so many courtiers following me, the prince is naturally confident."

The more Mr. Liu talked, the more the two of them listened more and more like sitting on pins and needles. They wanted to reach out to cover Mrs. Liu's mouth. Fortunately, when the master and apprentice were talking about the past, they drove all the servants out for fear of being disturbed by others. And far away in Mozhou, I'm not afraid that the prince will know in a short while, otherwise, even if he cares about the friendship between master and apprentice, he will rush forward and use a handkerchief to stop Liu Zhubo's mouth.

Rao was sure that it would not reach the crown prince's ears, and the two were still sweating coldly. Yan Jing was afraid that his teacher would say something disrespectful, so he hurriedly interrupted: "But the crown prince is a crown prince after all, and King Shun is just a vassal king. No matter how wise you are, no matter how much your mentor praises you, you can only stay far away in Mozhou, and your mentor assists Shun Wang Haosheng to manage the fiefdom, so don't bother with the affairs of the court."

"I don't care?" Master Liu snorted coldly: "As a teacher, I naturally don't care. After reading so many sage books for my teacher, I naturally understand what to do and what not to do. Now, as a teacher, I only want to help His Highness wholeheartedly." Governing the fiefdom, I don't care about other things, just indignation in my heart, the prince is so caring and caring, but His Highness is so kind but is rejected by the Holy One, blame His Highness for not being born by the Empress."

I don't know what Liu Zhubo thought of, he let out a long sigh, his expression was full of pity for King Shun, he completely forgot the deeds of King Shun in Chang'an City before Xie Jingan crossed over.

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