Proton is Emperor [Rebirth]

Chapter 56 Salt and Sugar

Seeing that Xie Yuan was stunned, Xie Hanying repeated the words just now more solemnly, and said: "A Yuan, the will of A Weng before he passed away... A Weng took it seriously, but I didn't take it seriously. To me, Between you and me, there is no need for those calculations. Ah Weng and Ah Weng also love Ah Yuan, but Ah Weng probably thought of a few emperor uncles before he decided on such a plan. But even so, Ah Weng In Weng's heart, he also really loves A Yuan."

Xie Yuan felt warm in his heart, paused for a moment, and then smiled and said, "Brother, Yuan understands what you mean. It's just... I'm only sixteen years old, so I'm not in a hurry about those things, just wait."

Xie Yuan is able to refuse right now, but he understands in his heart that Xie Hanying is feeling extremely guilty towards him now, if he refuses straight away, Xie Hanying's guilt towards him will be even deeper - he and Xie Hanying have a deep brotherhood, Naturally, I understand that Xie Hanying is gentle and elegant on the surface, but his mind is extremely delicate.Xie Yuan didn't want Xie Hanying to be sad because of his guilt towards him, so he planned to delay the matter with words and wait for a few years before refusing.

Xie Hanying heard Xie Yuan's words, and she was really in a good mood. She only thought that Xie Yuan had agreed to him, but because of filial piety and not finding a suitable person, she could only delay it for the time being, so she smiled and stopped mentioning it. This matter turned to Xie Yuan's marriage.

Xie Yuan frowned when he heard the words, and sighed: "For this matter, I have to thank Ah Weng. If Ah Weng hadn't adopted me as my brother to be my brother, I am afraid that my marriage will be decided by King Jing. King King..." He paused and did not continue speaking.

But Xie Hanying suddenly said: "This is not necessarily a good thing." King Jing has no way to calculate Xie Yuan's marriage, but now his mother Gao's name is justified!Xie Yuan was adopted to his father, although the imperial decree did not specify a concubine, but Xie Hanying felt sorry for Xie Yuan, so he put Xie Yuan under Gao's name, making Xie Yuan a legitimate son.

In other words, in matters of marriage and the orders of parents, Gao Shi and Xie Hanying are the ones who have the most right to interfere with Xie Yuan's marriage.

Xie Hanying's complexion suddenly turned ugly, Xie Yuan saw it, he was stunned for a moment, he also reacted, hesitantly said: "The queen mother wants to come, but she doesn't care about me. Brother help me delay for a few more years, just saying that the war in my domain is not settled, If you dare not talk about getting married and starting a business, let it be."

Xie Hanying opened her mouth, unwilling to annoy Xie Yuan by talking about the nasty things in the harem, so she just nodded slightly and said: "Then it will be another two years. However, it is only two years. You are lonely in the feudal land Wuyi, you have to have someone caring to take care of you, so you can rest assured that you are a brother. But this person...my brother will let your cousin Qingwan choose carefully."

Since Xie Yuan heard Xie Hanying talk about his marriage, he felt a little irritated in his heart, but he became more and more tolerant these years, and he didn't reveal his secrets in front of Xie Hanying, only nodded slightly.

The two of them didn't drink alcohol, they just had a long talk by holding a candle, and then they went to sleep.

The next day, after Xie Hanying came to court early, she heard that Qing Ning Palace Empress Xiao Gao accidentally had a miscarriage, and her body was injured, and she might not be able to have children in the future.

The corner of his mouth twitched lightly, and he said: "I know. Go to the storeroom to pick some good things and send them to Xiao Gao, and said, I have just ascended the throne and I am busy with everything, so I won't go to see her."

The palace man answered softly, and went to work immediately.

When Xie Yuan returned to the mansion, he saw that his fourth brother He Yunmo was already waiting for him in Prince Zhao's mansion.

Xie Yuan and He Yunmo hadn't seen each other for several years, and when they saw each other again, the two brothers and sisters also felt a lot of emotion.

He Yunmo smiled and said: "Good junior brother, when you and I parted, you only reached my waist. You are an elementary school student who only talks with a straight face every day. Unexpectedly, I haven't seen you in nine years, and my junior brother is as tall as me." , and still born with such a beautiful appearance, thinking about my brother, even that Song Yupanan, I think he can't compare with his junior brother. I just don't know if there are enemies on the battlefield who saw the beauty of their junior brother and put their weapons in their hands. Carefully lose it."

He Yunmo's eyes were quite playful.

Xie Yuan was helpless.

In this dynasty, not only female sex was valued, but also male sex was valued.For example, if the gentleman of a family is outstanding in appearance, as long as he has good character and a little bit of talent, many people will rush to recommend him.When being an official, when the level of ability is similar, the sage and his colleagues will also favor the one with the outstanding appearance.

There was even a man who was surrounded by the little lady and the little man because of his good looks...

The reason why Xie Yuan is safe and sound now is also thanks to his killings on the battlefield and his staying behind closed doors for days.

As a result, as soon as he saw this senior who had taken good care of him, He Yunmo unceremoniously teased him.

Xie Yuan had no choice but to say: "Senior brother is confused. On the battlefield, when everyone is red-eyed, their faces and bodies are covered with dirt. How can you tell who is good-looking and who is ugly? It's just that when you see the enemy, you cut it and go all out." .”

After hearing this, He Yunmo sighed softly, patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder, withdrew his hands again, cupped his hands and said, "Junior Brother is in a difficult situation, but I can finally come to help Junior Brother at this time. If King Zhao doesn't give up, That servant will belong to His Highness from then on, and he will never leave him!"

He Yunmo came from a noble family, although he had never met Xie Yuan in the past few years, he knew that Xie Yuan was in a difficult situation, but he was a son of a noble family after all, and he had not completed his studies, so he had to rest his mind.It wasn't until recently that his family finally let go when they heard that Xie Yuan was named King Zhao, and Xu He Yunmo went out alone to follow Xie Yuan. ——In the final analysis, it was just that the He family chose an extra way out for their own family.

Xie Yuan didn't care about the plans of the He family, and neither did He Yunmo.After all, what the two of them thought in their hearts was to take care of Xie Yuan's feudal land and keep those enemies out of the feudal land.

So Xie Yuan helped He Yunmo up, and said with a smile: "Senior brother treats me like this, and I treat senior brother as brothers and sisters, never abandon or leave!"

The brothers and sisters looked at each other, but there is no need to say more about the rest.

The two had exchanged letters before, and He Yunmo even personally sent their elder brother to Qiongzhou to settle down for Xie Yuan, and arranged for the construction of an academy, and met with officials from Qiongzhou, Yunzhou, and Jinzhou On the one hand, after Chu Chu asked about the situation, he came to Chang'an and met Xie Yuan in person.

Xie Yuan said: "I have told the sage to listen to the official examination, and the sage has already agreed. This matter, after I write down the announcement, press the seal, and when the senior brother returns, I will start to announce the matter in the three states. But, In addition to selecting civil servants, among the generals, I am also preparing for the selection of officials, so that the officers and soldiers will also start the examination. The examination subjects include simple literacy, the way of fighting with soldiers, and personal force, etc. It is just the examination after this As for the method, I will think about it carefully before taking the general examination for generals, but the general content of the examination and the reality of the examination, I also ask my seniors to inform the generals of the three states when they go back."

He Yunmo made a serious face and nodded: "Of course. Although the current recommendation system has merits, there are also many mediocre people. Especially on the battlefield, those mediocre people, apart from delaying life and death , there is absolutely no other benefit! The promotion rules should be changed!"

Xie Yuan smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry, it's completely changed, but it's too early. If you can find a way to let capable people stand out, that's enough for now." After a pause, he discussed with He Yunmo about conscription .

When the first emperor was in power, he reduced the military strength of the vassal kings.When he came to Xie Yuan's place, because he was the vassal king with the same surname, he could support 15 soldiers.

On the other hand, Yunzhou is adjacent to the Turks in the north, and Jinzhou is facing the sea. On the opposite side are Goryeo and Fusang, which are always trying to seize the opportunity to pull the wool out of the Daqing Dynasty. These two prefectures have soldiers.It's a pity that the number of people among them is said to be 20, but in reality it is less than 15.

If Xie Yuan took over this feudal land, these soldiers would not be able to move at first, because once these people left, the border would be in chaos.Xie Hanying then discussed with him that these soldiers are still counted as imperial sergeants, but they are only restrained and controlled by Xie Yuan, but this restraint and control is also conditional, Xie Yuan can control them, but these people must stay at the border to resist the enemy , Xie Yuan has no right to transfer him away from the border.

Xie Yuan, on the other hand, was able to recruit 10 soldiers in his domain, and only these 10 people were the ones he could really mobilize at will.

And among these 10 people, once a war really breaks out on the border, most of them will be urgently transferred to the border to help.

He Yunmo heard this, and sighed: "The sage and His Highness really have a deep affection. Thinking about it, the sage won the 10 places for His Highness because he had to resist the pressure from the court and the vassal kings."

Although it seems that Xie Yuan is at a disadvantage, he can only mobilize 10 people at will.However, once those frontier soldiers are completely tamed by Xie Yuan, once the sage gives Xie Yuan more power, who said that the 15 people on the border will really not be under Xie Yuan's control?

Therefore, Xie Yuan is not at a disadvantage in this matter.

Xie Yuan smiled slightly, but didn't answer, he just said: "As for recruiting men, senior brother knows how to do it. I have one more thing, I want to talk to senior brother..." He paused, then said, "I want to recruit female soldier."

He Yunmo's hand holding the tea cup trembled.

Xie Yuan just pretended not to notice, and continued: "Brother, after returning, he posted a notice to recruit female soldiers from the age of 12, and any female soldier who enlists as a soldier will be rewarded with one tael of silver at home, and then the female soldier will serve as a soldier for a year. , you can reward another three hundred coins in silver, and when the female soldiers leave the army and get married, the lieutenant will prepare a dowry for them.” After thinking for a while, he said, “Let me explain to the common people that these female soldiers are separated from the male soldiers on daily basis. , mainly practicing bows and arrows and escorting food and grass, which can be separated from male soldiers. When those female soldiers are 22 years old, except for those who have formal official positions, they can all be discharged according to the rules. Those who have official official positions, follow their hearts. By the way, One more thing, all female soldiers who have military merits, no matter how big or small, are allowed to divorce once after they get married in the future."

He Yunmo: "..." He hesitated for a long time before finally opening his mouth, "I'm afraid this matter will be difficult. After all, the people's customs need to be changed, it really is..." He shook his head, and said, "In addition to the people's customs, there is also the imperial court ..."

When it comes to the imperial court, He Yunmo shut up again.

If you really report the matter to the court, I am afraid that the court, especially the other vassal kings, will immediately agree with both hands and feet.

As for the common people, unless those common people intend to leave Xie Yuan's feudal land, otherwise, on the feudal land, the one who really has the final say is of course Xie Yuan.In particular, this King Zhao Xie Yuan is a person who has actually led troops to fight, who would dare to really disobey him?

So He Yunmo could only shut up.

Xie Yuan said again: "There is one more thing, encouraging birth."

He Yunmo said strangely: "The common people always pay attention to having more children and more blessings. Even if they are not encouraged, the common people will be diligent in having children."

Xie Yuan shook his head and said: "Senior brother, when I say encouragement, I don't just encourage people to give birth to a little man, but also encourage people to not drown or raise a little girl after they are born. died."

He Yunmo was stunned, and then said after a while: "This matter really needs to be restrained." After a while, he thumped his head and said, "The villagers are always in the same spirit, and they would never take the initiative to confess. On the contrary, His Highness's method is to use rewards directly. It can make a part of the mind suppress. After all, everyone likes money." This last sentence is sarcasm.

Afterwards, He Yunmo asked about the method of rewards, and Xie Yuan said: "Those who give birth to a boy will be rewarded with ten coins, and those who have a daughter will be rewarded with 120 coins. However, for those who receive the reward, if the daughter dies before the age of five, her body must be taken away." An autopsy will be conducted by the government, and if someone dies of being deliberately abused, all his family members will be registered in the military.”

Military status is not an ordinary conscription person.Ordinary people who are conscripted are just soldiers themselves. After a certain age, they can return to their hometowns, and their sons and grandsons are still ordinary people.However, those who enroll in the army, their children and grandchildren, all have to join the army.

He Yunmo's expression turned serious, and he nodded solemnly.

The two discussed many things, and finally He Yunmo frowned and said, "I just don't know how much gold and silver the saint intends to give His Highness this time. If there is less, I'm afraid that many things will not be carried out."

Only then did Xie Yuan clap his hands, ordering the sake and the jade pot to bring up a plate of food each, and they both walked towards He Yunmo.

He Yunmo was slightly puzzled, but he lifted the two red cloths on top, and found that there were white particles on the two plates.

He is not the kind of person who waits for the grains to be discriminated against, but he was still stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand, tasted each, and then was completely stunned.

"This salt is just fine, it's only a little finer than ordinary salt, but this sugar..." He Yunmo's voice was a little dry, "Is this really sugar? This sugar is sweeter and more delicious than the current sugar. It's also pretty."

Xie Yuan nodded and said: "I went to Tianzhu with my uncle back then, because I have a good memory, I learned the language there, and when I listened to people talking by chance, I understood their sugar-making methods. Although I only heard about it Probably, but they knew that their method was quite different from ours, so when they came back, they asked their servants to use that method to make sugar, and only then did today's sugar come into being." Seeing He Yunmo's slightly excited look, Xie Yuan said again, " And this salt... I came up with it by accident when I was fighting on the border of Bohai Sea. This method can save a lot of manpower and wood."

He Yunmo immediately listened attentively.After all, sugar is nothing more than sugar, and poor people don't have to eat it.But salt is something that no one can do without, okay?It must be eaten every day.

Xie Yuan said: "Salt, you don't need to boil it, you can dry it." After finishing speaking, he ordered Sake to explain the method of drying salt to He Yunmo.

He Yunmo heard this, and couldn't help saying happily: "This method is great! In this way, how much manpower and wood can be saved! Moreover, if this is the case, the price of salt in Zhaodi can be lowered, and it will be even better for the reputation of the younger brother. How much! Miao Miao Miao!"

Xie Yuan heard this, but said: "We naturally have to keep the method of making sugar for ourselves. As for the method of drying salt... I want to tell the sage before I leave Chang'an that the sage will lower the price of salt all over the world." Think about it, this is a good deed for the country and the people.”

He Yunmo was stunned for a long time before he finally sighed: "Junior brother cares about the common people and remembers the saint, it is the blessing of the common people and the blessing of the saint."

Xie Yuan just smiled: "Senior brother, you can continue to call me junior brother, don't call your highness again, it makes you feel strange. What you and I do, what we do, is nothing more than a common people's country, so why bother?" Stick to the details?"

He Yunmo laughed out loud, and immediately agreed.

He Yunmo stayed in Xie Yuan's mansion for another three days, the two discussed many things, and then took Qingjiu and the other twenty of Xie Yuan's cronies, rode away, and went to Xie Yuan's domain, first to help Xie Yuan arranged everything.

Xie Yuan was finally free.

Whether it is him or the other six vassals, they are actually all idle in the mansion right now.After all, their vassal lords have a special status, and if they have too close contacts with other people, they will attract suspicion.Although the three kings already knew Sima Zhaozhi's heart, they didn't dare to offend Xie Hanying at this moment, lest Xie Hanying suddenly deal with them, and they couldn't even abide by the last will of the late emperor, so they could only flee in a hurry.

After Xie Yuan was free, he couldn't help but paint in the gazebo.

He painted his nieces and nieces a few times ago, but this time it was Ah Shou.

At that time, Ah Shou when we first met.

A real little wolf cub, little wild child.

When I saw him, I was both curious and scared, with a hint of vigilance in my eyes.

Xie Yuan finished the painting, put down his pen, looked at the little wolf cub in the painting, and just smiled.

He was about to sigh when he suddenly felt someone behind him, turned his head abruptly, exchanged a few tricks with the person behind him, and then realized something was wrong, and said, "A Shou?"

The man tore off the cloth towel off his face, and said happily: "A Yuan! I knew that A Yuan would recognize me!" Then he glanced at the painting on the stone table, feeling even happier in his heart, and stepped forward a few steps , and hugged Xie Yuan tightly in his arms, "Ayuan, Ayuan, it turns out that you are also thinking of me in your heart. Ayuan, I, my heart is also the same! I wish I could be with you all the time about!"

Yin Shou thought, whether it was the "love poems" he copied from his predecessors or his own "love poems", A Yuan obviously mistook him for "practicing calligraphy".But now, he said these words to A Yuan himself, and A Yuan is also painting him, does it mean that his A Yuan also has him in his heart?Does it mean that his "confession" just now is also useful?

So Yin Shou couldn't help but asked again: "Ah Yuan also has Ah Shou in his heart, right? Isn't it?"

Goodbye to Xie Yuan, Yin Shou felt that the ruthlessness he had trained in the feudal land had all disappeared.

Only satisfied and anxiously waiting for Xie Yuan's answer.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yuan couldn't help laughing, patted him on the back, and said with a smile: "A Shou is my younger brother, he is the one who I married Jinlan. I have A Shou in my heart."

When Yin Shou heard the words, he suddenly felt a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and his brain was rumbling. After a long time, he said with difficulty: "But, I am older than A Yuan, and you and I are not real siblings."

Xie Yuan smiled slightly and said, "So what? As long as you and I regard each other as siblings, isn't that all right? Ah Shou, you..."

Xie Yuan wanted to say something more, when Yin Shou suddenly grabbed his arms while he was relaxing, then lowered his head, and kissed him.

It's a kiss, but it's not accurate.

Because Yin Shou didn't know what kind of kiss was, he just relied on his own instinct to press his lips firmly on Xie Yuan's.

Cling to each other tightly and refuse to separate!

Those bright black eyes also fixedly looked at Xie Yuan, as if telling Xie Yuan all his unfinished words with those eyes without reservation.

Xie Yuan was stunned and froze in place.

Yin Shou... Yin Shou really doesn't understand kissing, after pressing Xie Yuan's lips for a long while, he began to kiss Xie Yuan's face again.

While kissing, he said vaguely: "I don't want to be A Yuan's brother! I want to be A Yuan's husband! A Yuan's husband! A Yuan, A Yuan, I like you! Let's be together, okay? My I will give you my heart, my people, my domain, and everything I have, okay? Okay?"

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