I was a prince in ancient times

I don't know if it was Xie Anlan's delusion, but he always felt that Lu Chengjia's words were a bit unclear.

"Don't want to go to Chunsou?" Xie Anlan pondered.

"No." Lu Chengjie shook his head, stood up and moved his slightly stiff body, "I'm going to prepare some things I need for the spring search. Is there anything you want to bring, Your Highness?"

Xie Anlan had never participated in such activities before, so she looked up at him, "Just watch and get ready."

Lu Chengjiao nodded, calculated in his mind what needed to be prepared, and with the rules in mind, he went down to discuss with Lu Chuyi.

Sitting in the study, Xie Anlan turned her somewhat sore wrist, looked at the cleaned table, and exhaled heavily.

Can be regarded as busy.

In this era without computers and copiers, everything needs to be written by hand, which invisibly increases the workload. If it weren't for Lu Chengjiao's help, he doesn't know how long he would be busy.

I moved my body a bit, and when I came out of the study, I happened to see that the trees in the courtyard outside had sprouted, and there was a scene of vitality everywhere.

Xie Anlan thought of her own cotton and peppers, and Kan Ming asked, "Is the imperial court discussing about planting cotton recently?"

"Yes." Kan Ming nodded, "But the prince gave too few cotton seeds, and several states and counties at the Ministry of Household Affairs caused a big fuss over the issue of seed distribution."

"Oh?" Xie Anlan raised her eyebrows.

You can't blame him, he rented a total of [-] acres of land, of which [-] acres were occupied by quartz stones, and the remaining [-] acres of land were sparsely planted with weeds and cotton, and the harvested seeds were only [-] acres. Only a little bit.

If he wants to save some land for continuing to sow Yicheng this year, and give it to his five elder brothers, naturally there are not many who can leave one for the court.

Kan Ming calculated in his heart, and said, "My lord, I think the Minister of the Household Department will come to you in a few days."

"What do you want me to do?" Xie Anlan was stunned for a moment, "You want cotton seeds from me?"

Before Kan Ming could nod his head, someone from his servants presented a letter of greeting from Minister of the Household Department Wang Meng.

It really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here.

Xie Anlan pinched the greeting card with her fingertips, a bit dumbfounded, but she still said to the servant, "Let him in."

When Wang Shangshu came, Xie Anlan was standing under the corridor, holding a plate of fish food and teasing the newly raised red and white koi in the Wangfu fish pond.

When a ball of fish food went down, all the scattered koi in the pond rushed over, instantly staining the clear water in front of them red, and seeing the scene of scrambling for food made Xie Anlan very happy.

"My lord." Wang Shangshu bowed towards Xie Anlan's back.

"Wang Shangshu has such a good pigeon for me." Xie Anlan turned around, holding the fish food plate in one hand, twisting the fish food in the other, and smiled at him.

Wang Shangshu's heart suddenly tightened, and his face became embarrassed.

He promised to send plum blossoms to the prince last time at the state banquet, and he was indeed ready to be excavated after returning home, but His Majesty suddenly made a move to court with a sword, which made people panic.

It happened again that several ministers in the court carelessly flattered Queen Chen's house, and were severely beaten by His Majesty.

He, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was not favored by other ministers and His Majesty in the court because of poor financial revenue in recent years, which led to an empty treasury. After this incident, he dared to cause trouble again.

So the matter of agreeing to King Chen was delayed.

"My lord...it's really helpless for me to be an official." Wang Meng gritted his teeth and tried his best to explain, "After returning from the palace banquet that day, the next official was picking around the plum garden and wanted to give the lord some special products. This year's top-notch plum blossoms are actually a little bit bad, and I don't think I can give them away for a while..."

Just after this explanation, Wang Shangshu's forehead broke out in a lot of cold sweat.

The fact that he intentionally flattered the Prince of Chen must not be said publicly, otherwise, there will be many more memorials to impeach him in the court tomorrow.

"I just want you two plum blossoms, I think I'll be stingy with you." Xie Anlan watched the cold sweat of the little old man in front of him one by one. He didn't want to do anything to him. If enough is enough, I will accept it as soon as it is good.

"It's the lower officials being stingy." Wang Meng thanked Anlan for not taking this matter to heart, heaved a sigh of relief, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

In the past, he didn't think that Prince Chen was so terrifying. When he went to dig plums in his plum garden the year before last, he could still talk to him confidently. Zhu Xuemei was dug up.

But this year, he didn't even dare to breathe in front of him, not to mention fighting for reason with Prince Chen.

Sure enough, Shibie will treat each other with admiration for three days. No matter what his character is, this royal person can't afford to offend anyone.

"If you don't have anything to go to the Three Treasures Hall, how come Wang Shangshu is free to come to my palace today." Xie Anlan sprinkled all the fish food in his hands, pulled the silk handkerchief prepared by the servants to wipe his hands, and asked .

"For the matter of planting cotton." Speaking of business, Wang Meng immediately entered into a business-like attitude, without the timidity he had just had.

Xie Anlan frowned, "The cotton seeds that can be given to the court have already been given to the court, and the rest I keep for planting by myself. I can't let the king selflessly give the cotton in his hands. Give it up, your imperial court’s land is land, but this king’s land is not land.”

Xie Anlan's accountability made Wang Shangshu's heart feel depressed, and he quickly denied, "Of course not."

"My lord can find cotton seeds for the court and discover its usefulness, which is already a great favor to the Yong Dynasty. Our household department is such an unreasonable place, and it would be so shameless."

Wang Meng's speech was to praise Xie Anlan and belittle himself, which made Xie Anlan relax a little, and his tone softened, "Then why did you say that you came to the palace for cotton seeds?"

Wang Meng was slightly relieved, and expressed his intentions, "My lord is like this, the cotton seeds in the imperial court are not enough at present, after discussing with the lower officials, I want to ask my lord, where did the cotton seeds in my lord's hands come from?" Come, as long as you find the source, you may be able to find more cotton seeds, and the people of the Yong Dynasty will also have a few more cotton clothes in the coming year."

Xie Anlan raised her eyebrows, and there was no panic on her face. She squinted her eyes and thought for a while, as if she was thinking about something. After a long while, she replied, "You are asking the wrong person about this matter. This king doesn't know about it. The cotton seeds come from here, and they are all handled by the subordinates, and this king also saw that the cotton blooms beautifully like a flower, so he came up with a wonderful idea by chance."

Xie Anlan paused for a moment, looked directly at him and said, "You all know this king well. From time to time, you can always think of things that ordinary people can't imagine, and then realize them. This is a kind of talent of this king, right? .”

"Yes, yes." Wang Shangshu nodded his head.

Everyone in the Yong Dynasty now knows that His Royal Highness Chen Wang has an exquisite heart, which is why he can produce things that benefit the country and the people, such as cement and gunpowder.

This discovery of the use of cotton could not have been more plausible.

It's just that this cotton seed...

Wang Shangshu frowned, and cupped his hands at Xie Anlan again, "I wonder if my lord can let me meet the servant who found the cotton."

"Yes." Xie Anlan had nothing to refuse, she turned her head and said to a servant next to her, "Go and find Chen Gui."

It took a long time for the servants to go. At that time, it was the season of recovery of all things, and it was a good time to look for seeds. Chen Gui was busy outside, and the servants of the palace also searched for a long time before they found him.

Xie Anlan was not in a hurry at all, and asked his servants to serve tea to Wang Shangshu, and the two sat quietly in the corridor next to the fish pond and waited.

Wang Meng was in a hurry, he still had a lot of things to deal with in the household department, but when he thought of going back to not only deal with those official duties, but also face his subordinates endlessly discussing cotton seeds, he was also upset, so he might as well sit here and discuss with the prince. clean.

So the two of them just sat like this, sipping green tea, and enjoying the spring breeze, they felt at ease.

Well, if Wang Shangshu, a little old man, is ignored, just looking at Xie Anlan and the spring scenery in the courtyard will not only make him feel at ease, but also make him feel refreshed.

"Wang Shangshu, is your household department not good enough? I heard that His Majesty has used his private treasury to subsidize the national treasury in recent years. Even His Majesty's private treasury can be filled. Why can't the treasury be filled?" Sitting, Xie Anlan didn't mind chatting with him.

When Wang Shangshu heard this, his face was also embarrassed, not only the prince alone said that their household department was not good, but the whole Yong Dynasty said that their household department was not good, but how could they understand his hardships and bitterness.

The corner of Wang Shangshu's mouth was bitter, "My lord doesn't know, the Yong dynasty was in constant war, and the first emperor was a man who liked extravagance. He built a lot of gardens and towers during his reign for decades, which exhausted the treasury. Our household department is also struggling. To maintain military supplies and maintain domestic stability, and the country is in constant war and chaos, and the people are in dire straits, how much can the treasury have left in a year?"

Wang Meng said that he suddenly felt that the tea in his hand was bitter. He has been in the household department for so many years, and he also knows the hardships of the border soldiers. He tightened his belt and never defaulted on the border soldiers. As it was when he took the throne, I am afraid that the Yong Dynasty would have ceased to exist long ago.

It is true that their household department has taken a lot of His Majesty's private treasury, but they and His Majesty are one, and the Yong Dynasty has rotted like that a few years ago. If His Majesty does not show the momentum of breaking the boat, how can we keep this precarious country? .

Your Majesty understands the suffering of their household department, but others don't.

"What about now?" Xie Anlan couldn't believe that he had done so much, and the household department was still half-dead.

Speaking of this, Wang Shangshu's eyebrows became a little bit more happy, "Relying on commercial tax this year, it is much better financially than in previous years. This is all thanks to His Royal Highness Chen Wang."

Wang Meng still can't forget to glance at the huge tax paid by the Chuan Chen Wang in the account book.

"No, I'm just trying to earn more money." Xie Anlan picked up the teacup and took a sip, not caring at all.

"I believe that with cotton this year, it will look much better in terms of agricultural taxes, and the Yong Dynasty will get better and better." Speaking of this, Wang Meng is not only emotional, he has seen with his own eyes how this dynasty went from its peak to its decline. A person who is gradually recovering.

"These are all thanks to the prince, and all the people in the Yong Dynasty are grateful to the prince." Wang Meng stood up and bowed deeply to Xie Anlan as he spoke.

Xie Anlan hurriedly stopped him, "Don't, I'm not as great as you say, I just see that my Prince Chen's mansion is so poor that even ants don't want to patronize it, I just try to make some money, I don't deserve your thanks .”

Xie Anlan almost said clearly, I earned your money, and I want you to thank me, I really don't have that face.

Wang Meng smiled, but he didn't force it.

While chatting, Chen Gui came back.

"My lord." Chen Gui came back in a hurry, with a lot of green leaves on his body and a lot of sweat stains on his silver hair, and saluted Xie Anlan.

Xie Anlan straightened her body, raised her hand and pointed at Wang Meng, "This Wang Shangshu wants to ask you something, just tell him the truth."

Chen Gui saluted Wang Meng again, "Wang Shangshu."

"Chen Guanshi is being polite." Wang Meng smiled and asked, "I came here today to ask Chen Guanshi, where did you collect the cotton seeds in your hand?"

Chen Gui didn't expect that the dignified Shangshu would come to Chenwang's mansion, and he just asked him about this. He looked at Xie Anlan with floating eyes, and replied, "Collected from Yicheng."

"Chen Guanshi, can you explain in more detail?" When he was chatting with Xie Anlan just now, Xie Anlan also said that Chen Gui had collected these seeds in Yicheng by chance.

Now that spring plowing is just around the corner, the matter of seeds cannot be delayed. They don't have so much time to search slowly, so they can only pin their hopes on Chen Gui.

Chen Gui is still confused about the matter of cotton. At that time, he also thought that the prince collected the seeds just for fun.

After all, the barren land in Yicheng could not grow anything at first glance. He did collect a lot of seeds, but most of them were seeds that he didn't even know what they were.

However, Wang Shangshu's gaze was too hot, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell everyone he had been to and everyone he had met.

Wang Shangshu borrowed a pen and paper from Xie Anlan, and wrote down Chen Gui's complaints one by one. He didn't stop until he filled more than a dozen sheets of paper.

"Thank you, Steward Chen. If we can find more cotton seeds, our household department will thank you very much. It's getting dark, so I won't bother you anymore." Wang Shangshu got the news he wanted and put away the paper in his hand , anxious to go back to find cotton, bowed to Xie Anlan, and exited the palace.

After seeing off Wang Shangshu, Chen Gui looked at Xie Anlan with a puzzled old face.

"Good job." Xie Anlan patted him on the shoulder and smiled.

"My lord, I didn't do anything." Chen Gui spread his hands, really not knowing what he had done.

Xie Anlan looked directly at him and said firmly, "You found the cotton seeds, didn't you?"

Chen Gui lowered his head. He still hasn't remembered when he found the cotton seed. After hearing what the prince said that day, he went to the warehouse to look at the cotton seed, and he was sure that he had never seen this seed before.

After going back, he thought hard and did not remember it. Today when Wang Shangshu asked, he even recalled it again, but he still didn't recall it.

But the prince has a determined look on his face, and it doesn't seem like a fake.

Such a great contribution cannot be given to him for nothing.

Chen Gui couldn't figure it out, so he nodded in response.

"Keep it up." Xie Anlan said a few words of reassurance, and then asked, "By the way, have you collected other seeds recently?"

"Yes." Chen Gui said as he took out a bag of seeds from the bag he brought back and put it at his feet.

Xie Anlan saw that there were not only seeds in the package, but also several account books, and asked in puzzlement, "What is this?"

"This is used by the old slave to record. The old slave is old, and many things are easy to forget. Like the matter of cotton this time, the old slave can't remember where he collected it, so he made a booklet and listed them all one by one. Record it down, next time if you find anything else, if the lord and others ask, this old servant will be able to answer you fluently." Chen Gui replied truthfully.

"..." Xie Anlan wordlessly picked up the booklet and flipped through it, and saw that he had written it in great detail, who collected it from, and even wrote down the origin of the family and what the seeds looked like.

"Chen Gui." Xie Anlan flipped through the booklet in his hand and murmured to him.

"What's wrong with your lord?" Chen Gui's scalp went numb from his murmur.

"You don't need to record it in such detail. Looking for seeds is not just looking for a sense of surprise. Besides, the cotton seeds you found last time when you were lucky. People who are lucky like this may only have one time in their life. It will never happen again. You wrote It's so detailed, time-consuming and labor-intensive." Xie Anlan flipped through the booklet and put it down, saying something incomprehensible.

"Then I don't remember the file?" Chen Gui followed his words.

"This king doesn't mean that," Xie Anlan shook her head, and said ambiguously, "It must be recorded."

Chen Gui was even more confused by what the prince said. It seemed that since he was neglected by the prince for a while, he couldn't keep up with the prince's train of thought.

Could it be that he is old and his head is not enough.

Xie Anlan ignored Chen Gui who was pondering his words in the corridor, and left with the seed bag Chen Gui gave her.

When he returned to his room, he found the chili seeds that he had quietly left behind during this time, and asked someone for a flower hoe, and went to a small piece of land specially opened up for planting in the backyard of the palace, and prepared to plant these seeds.

however……

As soon as he swung the hoe twice, his palms were a little sore from the hoe.

"My lord, let's come."

Some servants couldn't stand it anymore and offered to help.

"It's okay, I can move a bit." Xie Anlan was farming for the first time in two lives, and it still felt quite fresh.

It's just that I don't know that this hoe is so abrasive, and after only a few swings, there is a burning pain in the palm of my hand.

"I'll do it." Lu Chengjia had stood in front of Xie Anlan at some point, and whispered to him.

Xie Anlan, "Grind your hands."

Lu Chengjiao stretched out his hands, palms facing up, revealing a row of old calluses inside, "I'll reclaim, you can just sow the seeds."

Xie Anlan looked at his palm, and after listening to his words, she couldn't help but smiled slightly, raised her phoenix eyes, and said with a pun, "Okay, I'll sow the seeds."

The two words of sowing are extremely heavy.

Lu Chengjie didn't care, took the hoe, and hoeed the ground in front, while Xie Anlan sowed the seeds behind, and finally the two of them covered the soil together.

It was only then that Lu Chengjie remembered the word sowing seeds that had been bitten so hard. It seemed that Xie Anlan had teased him in this way between the two of them in bed, but his consciousness was always confused at that time, and he didn't remember it for a while. .

The back of her ears turned slightly red, she pursed her lips, and finally said everything.

Xie Anlan thought that Lu Chengjie didn't understand, but when he saw the thin red behind his ears, there was something he didn't understand, so he raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

At the beginning of April, spring returns to the earth, a hundred flowers bloom, and the spring light shines warmly on people.

Hundreds of officials gathered at the gate of the imperial capital, and the imperial guards lined up on both sides of the imperial city as far as the eye could see, all of them were waiting to be chased by the dragon.

Xie Anlan waited bored in the carriage, looked at the horses with only a few faint figures behind the imperial guards, and smiled: "I thought these officials liked to be quiet and didn't like to move, no Think of every family raising good horses."

"In the past, when the country was at war, these officials wanted to indulge, but His Majesty was holding back. How could they dare? Now they can finally have a carnival. Naturally, they want to take their own horses to have a good time." Lu Chengjie took a look. , then understand.

Xie Anlan hummed, looked up and saw the interest in his eyes, raised her eyebrows and asked, "You want to ride the horse too?"

"It's been a long time since I rode. I don't know if my riding skills are still there." Lu Chengjie didn't deny it.

"Unfortunately, I won't." Xie Anlan twitched the corners of his mouth, he was not interested in this Chunsou at all.

Lu Chengjie asked curiously, "Isn't Your Highness coming out for Spring Search in a rush of business?"

"I just wanted to go for an outing and go for a picnic. I thought that all the civil servants had the same thoughts as me. Who knew that they were all focused on hunting." Xie Anlan leaned back against the wall of the carriage, Said rather helplessly.

He had just seen quite a few veterans with gray hair leading a horse with a smile on their faces, as if they were eager to try.

Lu Chengjie comforted, "Then I will accompany His Highness on an outing."

"No, you just have to have fun." Xie Anlan shook his head, disliked that Lu Chengjie always accommodated him too much.

Not long after, Long Huan drove out from the imperial city, followed by many forbidden troops, with great momentum and magnificent waves.

The princess of the snow country is also behind, raising the car window and smiling towards them.

Xie Anlan took a glance, then looked away, and greeted the other princes.

The location of the spring search this time is Luming Mountain not far from the imperial capital. As early as two months ago, Luming Mountain was seized by the imperial guards. There are people patrolling day and night, beware of someone setting a trap .

The camp at the foot of the mountain was also set up, and when they arrived, guards led them into their respective camps.

Xie Anlan checked it carefully, and it was still clean and tidy. Fearing that there would be too many mosquitoes in the wild, he asked Lu Chengjie to light mugwort leaves to smoke it.

As soon as they smoked, they attracted the eyes of the other brothers around them.

"Old Qi, give brother some too." Xie Guanchao was never a person who could not be embarrassed, and he immediately asked for it when he saw it.

They hadn't searched in spring for many years, some of the preparations were not even known to the people below, and they suddenly thought of it when they saw Xie Anlan pointing mugwort leaves to smoke mosquitoes.

Fortunately, Lu Chengjie has been walking and outdoors all year round, so he is used to preparing these things, and he brought a lot of them, so he brought a lot of them out and shared some among the princes.

Xue Ling over there was also very greedy, so she cheekily came over to ask for it, "Can you give me some too."

Lu Chengjie glanced at her, but still hugged a pile of wormwood for her.

"Thank you." Xue Ling thanked in a low voice.

As soon as she left, Lu Chengjia frowned slightly.

Xie Anlan was still moving things down from the carriage, seeing him frowning, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's so fragrant." Lu Chengjie held his breath and came to Xie Anlan's side, then he relaxed and took a breath of fresh air around him.

Even though it's all like this, I still feel that there is a sweet and greasy floral fragrance around the air.

As soon as he got close, Xie Anlan also smelled the pungent flower fragrance without saying a word, and frowned, "Is there anything wrong with this princess, with such a strong flower fragrance on her body, she is not afraid of being wasps."

Lu Chengjie hummed lightly, and smiled at him, "I think she wants to recruit Your Highness, the bumblebee."

Xie Anlan swept his eyes back and forth on him, and teased, "It's a pity, I am a hornet, I just stare at you and sting."

Speaking of which, Xie Anlan seemed to have thought of something, and said to a guard beside her, "Find some people to collect some flowers and bring them back. The quantity should be large."

The guard responded and took a few attendants to pick flowers.

This happened when the mountain flowers were in full bloom, and Xie Anlan saw many unknown wild flowers on the road, and when he arrived at Luming Mountain, which was rich in natural resources, there was no shortage of these flowers.

Lu Chengjie laughed and said, "Do you want to learn how others recruit hornets?"

Xie Anlan looked back at him, "I want to recruit you, but you can't."

The back of Lu Chengjiao's ears turned red again, and he propped his neck for a long time without uttering a word.

Xie Anlan stopped teasing him, pinched his hot red earlobe, turned around and entered the camp, found a stove, ordered someone to clean it up, while he himself rummaged through the carriage, but couldn't find what he wanted, I went to the other princes to look for it.

In the end, it was a rewarding experience from Xie Cangming.

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