Rebirth of the first courtier

The things that the caravan of Yongan City brought back from Ying Xian were gradually accepted by the people, and more and more people joined the caravan, making the caravan of more than a dozen people originally composed of Qin Yuyi and Xiao Qiao send It became a large caravan of hundreds of people.And after the surrounding cities heard about it, people gradually joined the caravan.

Of course, more people still stay in Yong'an City. The land in the northwest is barren. If you want to increase the grain yield, you must introduce suitable crops.

Hu Li contributed a lot to this matter. He used to live in the extreme north mountain. Although the people at the foot of the mountain were tough and loved hunting, there were still many people who planted crops.He remembered that there was a kind of grain that grew in the lower part of the country, called sweet potato, which had a very high yield and was relatively easy to store.

Hu Li's small Qiankun bag contained some sweet potatoes that he kept before, and he thought carefully about how the residents at the foot of the mountain planted them at that time, and planted them bit by bit, hoping that sweet potatoes could also be planted in the northwest.

It is precisely because of this that Hu Li runs to that small area every day at dawn.From the planted sweet potatoes, sprouts began to sprout, green leaves sprouted and vines grew, and the rooted vines were cut and replanted, watching the small piece of land covered with green little by little.

But Hu Li's planting time is almost winter, so the situation of the sweet potato seedlings is not good, but the effect can be seen.In such a cold northwest winter, they can still grow tenaciously, which proves that at least sweet potatoes can withstand severe cold.

Later, some farmers who dared to take risks tried to plant after breeding in spring, and they harvested a lot of sweet potatoes that year, and the yield was amazing.It is also because of this that the sweet potato industry here is also in full swing.

After winter, Hu Li started to nest, even though he was not afraid of the cold.In the past, when Xiao Qiao and Qin Yuyi went to the surrounding cities, he happily followed them, but since the weather turned cold, he could follow them three times out of ten at most.

Xiao Qi'ao doted on him, especially when he saw him buried in the furry cloak with only his small face showing, he couldn't help laughing, so he didn't force him to go with him.Just don't let him stay in the house all day, and often tempt him with Hu Li's favorite food.

Every time he sees Hu Li who doesn't want to move and wants to eat, he can't help teasing him even more, Xiao Qiao always has to tease Hu Li until he gets angry.

Qin Yuyi rolled his eyes at this, he really didn't understand the relationship between the teacher and brother Hu Li.But the gentle love that can be seen from the corners of the eyes and brows is irresistible. Even the way the teacher comforts Hu Li after his brother blew up can make people feel sweet, and make people feel warm just by looking at it. .

Qin Yuyi curled his lips, he'd better go find Xia Er to feed him!

Xiao Qi'ao wrapped the fried-haired Hu Li in a thick cloak, and hilariously embraced him including the cloak in his arms. Seeing him staring at her with angry eyes, he just felt My heart is soft.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, don't get angry." Xiao Qi'ao leaned over and kissed Hu Li's swollen cheek, Hu Li's long and narrow eyes were stared round, and he hummed angrily With a voice, "Brother Xiao, you always say that you are wrong, but you don't change every time, so I don't believe you anymore."

Xiao Qi'ao secretly smiled inwardly, but on the face he still maintained the previous look of admitting his mistake, with lowered eyes, he looked at Hu Li seriously, the deep pupils seemed to be soaked in ink, which attracted people's attention.

Hu Li turned his head uncomfortably, pursed his lips and looked stubborn in his clothes, but the expression on his face had already let Xiao Qi'ao know that Hu Li was holding on.

"Xiao Li, do you really not forgive me?" Xiao Qi'ao's eyes showed a little grievance for the first time, Hu Li pursed his lips, but his heart was already shaken severely.He had never seen Brother Xiao's expression like this before, as if his all-time strong aura had weakened, looking at him so wronged made him almost nod his head and say forgive him.

However, he should not be fooled!

Xiao Qi'ao was pushed away by Hu Li, and looked at Hu Li who gave him a menacing look, dumbfounded, "I'm very angry today, very very angry." After speaking, he jumped off the soft couch, put on his shoes, and immediately gave a menacing look. go outside.

As soon as the door was opened, Hu Li shivered violently due to the cold wind mixed with snowflakes, and the hot air he exhaled quickly turned into a white mist. Hu Li turned his head and gave Xiao Qi'ao another look, then stomped out up.

Xiao Qi'ao rubbed his forehead, as if he had teased it this time, looked at the wide open door, and smiled helplessly, "That's all, it's all because I couldn't hold back."

Xiao Qi'ao closed the door without worrying, Hu Li was just looking for the Eighth Prince, at most he would not run out of Yong'an City.The people in Yong'an city all know Hu Li, and every time they see him, their attitude is very good, even every time Hu Li comes back from outside, he can bring back a bunch of simple food given by the people.

After winter, the speed of forging weapons in the forging room has accelerated a lot, and the best finished products have been sent to the imperial city at high speed in the past few days.Everyone has full confidence in the weapons made from this new mine, and as long as His Majesty gives orders, they will be free to fight.

For this reason, people with knowledge in the entire Yong'an City are staring at the forging room, waiting for the people in the forging room to say when they want someone, and they can rush to the front to see the magic weapon that is said to be praised by the Eighth Prince weapon.

"Young master, there's a letter from the house." Shuzhu knocked on the door "bang bang" without the usual rules at all, Xiao Qiao frowned, "Come in."

"Young master, there are letters from the house." Shuzhu took out three letters, one was written by the old lady, one was written by Xiao's father, and the other was written by Xia Ba who stayed in the imperial city.

Xiao Qi'ao opened Xia Ba's letter and frowned slightly after reading it at a glance.Immediately after opening the letters from the old lady and Father Xiao, they both said the same thing, and Mother Xiao's illness got worse.

"Young master, is something wrong in the mansion?" Xiao Qi'ao's expression was not good, Shuzhu asked with some worry.

Xiao Qi'ao shook his head, walked to the desk, picked up a pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote back a letter to each of the three, and handed two of them to Shuzhu, "Send someone to send it back to Xiao's residence."

"Hey!" Shuzhu took the letter and ran out.

Xiao Qi'ao sat in front of the table, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, the sound of "dong dong dong" made Xiao Qi'ao's thoughts clear.

"Xia Yi, give this letter to Xia Ba." Xiao Qi'ao put the last letter on the table, a gust of wind blew outside the window, and the letter was gone, leaving only Xia Yi's low reply, "Yes, master .”

After Mother Xiao was sent back to the Xiao Mansion because of "serious illness", he had let Xia Yi control the Gu worms in Mother Xiao's body. Mother Xiao's life was never in danger, but she always had no strength to meet people.

Concubine Ning approached Mother Xiao at this time and rewarded Mother Xiao with a lot of things, fearing that it was not because of Mother Xiao's "illness" at all, but because of him.

Thinking of the methods Concubine Ning used to win him over in the previous life, Xiao Qi'ao narrowed his eyes. This time, something happened in the northwest, so he can take advantage of Concubine Ning's east wind to rise up a level.I just don't know if Concubine Ning can really satisfy him by then, he doesn't care what people outside will think of him, whether he is in collusion with the concubine, or he is a treacherous, there will be a conclusion one day of.

Xiao Qi'ao withdrew his thoughts, and felt that Hu Li, who had been within his mental range, was about to arrive at the forging room.Xiao Qi'ao stood up, looked at the wind and snow outside the window, and chuckled, "Little thing, I really lost my way to find the Eighth Prince!"

Compared with the northwest, the wind and snow in the imperial city is unbelievably mild.

The cold wind from the northwest was blowing on the body, the chill seemed to penetrate through the clothes, the skin penetrated into the bones, and the cold people shivered.

After Hu Li ran out angrily, he wrapped his cloak tightly around his body, and walked all the way to the forging room, still muttering non-stop, listening carefully to what he said was full of anger.

"I don't care about it. I'm going to find the Eighth Prince. He said before that he would take me to eat folk snacks in the Northwest. Hmph!"

When Xiao Qi'ao was catching up all the way, he happened to hear him muttering this sentence, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Xiao Li!"

"I can't hear it, I can't hear it, I can't hear it!" Hu Li covered his ears and walked forward with his head depressed, Xiao Qi'ao followed Hu Li helplessly.

In the forging room, the craftsmen were clanging in full swing. Hu Li pushed open the door with a puffy face, and saw Qin Yuyi, just like ordinary craftsmen, wearing simple strong clothes, holding a big hammer and beating the iron pliers rhythmically. The fixed sword embryo.

"Eighth Prince, are you forging your sword?"

Hu Li looked curiously at the sword embryo that had just seen the shape of the sword. He had seen his grandfather refining weapons, but when refining weapons, most of the attention was on the magic circle carved on the sword, and the shape was not that important.

Qin Yuyi nodded, and kept moving his hands, "Well, I want to hit a sword, but the previous weapons are not easy for me."

Xiao Qi'ao followed him in, and saw Hu Li crouching in front of Qin Yuyi, staring at the sword embryo that Qin Yuyi was forging without blinking.

"Hmph!" Seeing Xiao Qi'ao coming in, Hu Li turned his head and snorted coldly.

Qin Yuyi looked at the two of them curiously. It was rare for Brother Hu Li to be angry with the teacher!

Xiao Qi'ao helplessly shook his head and smiled wryly, this is really self-inflicted!

Imperial Palace, Qixia Palace.

Concubine Ning was sitting on the imperial concubine's bed, wearing a gorgeous palace attire, holding a small and exquisite stove in her hand, her brows were a little sad.

Her emperor's son is the same age as the eighth prince, and the eighth prince has already joined the army and obtained the official position of General Mingwei. He was sent to the Northwest to assist Xiao Qi'ao in dealing with Northwest affairs temporarily.And Huang'er is still attending classes at the Royal Academy, studying with his masters.

Although His Majesty still loves the emperor and often cares about the emperor's homework, among the several princes, except for the tenth prince who is too young, the others have more or less started to contact the court.

After the first prince was sealed off, the third prince is now at the top of the court.Thinking of that woman, Concubine Li, Concubine Ning gritted her teeth, she was also one of the four concubines, the old woman Li Concubine only had the fame of today because the third prince was older than the emperor's son, and was appointed earlier.

Concubine Ning changed her posture, "Li'er, what happened to the things you sent to the Xiao Mansion?"

Li'er, who was serving at the side, knelt down respectfully in front of Concubine Ning, and gently squeezed Concubine Ning's legs, "If you go back to your mother, the Xiao Mansion will pick up the things that have been sent to the Xiao Mansion several times. But you also know that Xiao Yuanwailang is currently in the northwest , You can only know what the Xiao Mansion means when Xiao Yuanwailang comes back."

Concubine Ning nodded, looking at the gloomy weather outside the window, "The emperor is going to go to school, the weather is bad today, I will send someone to bring the emperor back later."

"Yes, ma'am." Li'er nodded respectfully, her hands kept moving.