This land was contracted by me [farming]

After finishing the meal, Sola just wanted to go back to the county government quickly, and he wanted to have a good talk with Zhao Keran about trade.

If it weren't for the limited financial resources, he would like to evacuate Jingyang and take him back to Huaixi.

Zhao Keran didn't deliberately trick Sora, after getting along for a long time, Zhao Keran had a good impression of this tall man.

Sola has an inexplicable charm that makes people unable to bear to cheat and refuse.

No wonder King Huaixi asked him to facilitate trade with Dayuan.

According to incomplete statistics, the business that Zhao Keran facilitated directly filled most of Dayuan's treasury.

It's okay to want anything in Huaixi, but the money is really a lot, and I don't know where it all came from.

...

The royal mansion.

"I heard that an envoy from Huaixi came to Zhao County Magistrate, saying that he wanted to discuss business with him." Calculation flashed in Sun Changde's eyes, "I wonder if Patriarch Wang has heard about this?"

Wang Huaiyi gave a deep hum, and didn't want to say more.

Seeing this, Sun Changde smiled, "Patriarch Wang, don't be angry."

Wang Huaiyi gave Sun Changde a sideways look, and snorted, "You're not in a hurry, now my Wang family is almost empty!"

"Patriarch Wang, have you ever thought about everything, relying on others is worse than relying on yourself?"

"What do you mean?"

Sun Changde saw that someone took the bait, and analyzed it to Wang Huaiyi: "Look, it doesn't matter whether it is the Zhao Mansion in Fengyang or the Zhao County Magistrate in Jingyang. We always rely on others to help clean up, but which time? Is it finished?"

Wang Huaiyi didn't speak, and he couldn't say that.Can he still blame Zhang Shihai for his incompetence, for Mr. Xie's incompetence?

Although he didn't speak, the words "You're right" were almost written on his face.

"The family surnamed Zhao is very lucky. Every time they die, they can bring good luck and turn bad luck into good luck. 'Zhao Gongzhi', this is a famous name that can be recorded in history. Master Wang, if we don't do anything now, then The Zhao family boy is probably going back to Fengyang."

Sun Changde guided Wang Huaiyi step by step, "At that time, no matter how much resentment and anger we have in our hearts, we will smash our teeth and swallow it in our stomachs."

"Patriarch Wang, are you willing?"

Wang Huaiyi is also asking himself, is he willing?

The answer is definitely not reconciled.

His Wang family was originally the No. [-] family in Jingyang, but after Zhao Keran came, the Xu family stepped on his head, and even the Hong family dared to steal his business!

These are just the beginning, ever since Zhao Keran launched those weird policies, and sent a team out to find a lot of unheard of seeds, planted food that none of them had seen before, and thought of many ways to make sugar, After waiting for the candle, the majesty of the yamen is no longer established by torture, but by the people in Jingyang who trust it from the bottom of their hearts.

Unknowingly, Jingyang is no longer under the control of the clan.

Now, any family that employs workers with less monthly wages will not be able to recruit a single person.

It's not that they ordered less, they came at the previous price.But now in Jingyang, there are many people who get much more money than they give, and these are all workers working for the yamen in the labor union of the county yamen.

Wang Huaiyi's unwillingness made him lose his ability to think.

He didn't think about the consequences at all, he only wanted to take revenge while he was still there.

"how do you want to do it?"

Sun Changde chuckled, "Isn't he talking about business with people in West Huai recently? I heard that there are those vegetables in it. The protection of the vegetable planting base is relatively weak, and the people in charge are old people who smashed his vegetables. Land, let him have nothing to hand over."

As if thinking of the predicament that Zhao Keran would face by doing so, Sun Changde's smile deepened, "Patriarch Wang, in this way, he has broken his promise in the western part of Huai. The two countries have established business relations. Gone……"

Everything was kept silent, Wang Huaiyi followed Sun Changde's words, thinking that Zhao Keran would end up disbelieving his words, losing Dayuan's face, and causing the Holy One to be furious.

Such an important matter can go wrong, so the punishment should not be light.

Hmph, multiple punishments, that's what he asked for!

Wang Huaiyi readily agreed to Sun Changde's proposal, and that night, someone sneaked into the vegetable planting base.

In fact, the defense of this base is not bad for Jingyang, but because the area is too large, only fences are set up around it, and people are sent to patrol back and forth.

Also because the area was too large, the opponent took advantage of it and destroyed a lot of tomatoes and cucumbers before being discovered by the patrolling guards.

"What are you doing!"

The guard held the torch in his hand and let out a loud roar.

The other party trembled in fright, and quickly fled back.

...

"My lord is not well!" The guards of the vegetable planting base came to report to Zhao Keran overnight.

At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and the moon was still hanging in the sky, but it was not as bright as in the middle of the night.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Keran yawned, he was too sleepy to open his eyes.

The guard reported outside, "Go back to the county magistrate, the vegetable planting base was destroyed in the middle of the night."

At this point, he knelt on the ground violently, and his knee hit the ground with a muffled sound, "It's the subordinate's ineffective supervision, and please punish me, my lord."

Zhao Keran was already sobered by this thunderbolt from the blue sky, and couldn't wake up anymore.

He hurriedly opened the door with bare feet, only a coat was draped over his body, and when he saw someone kneeling, he asked him to get up, "Stop kneeling, and tell me what's going on? Did someone catch you? How much was destroyed?"

After the question, Zhao Keran was also a little anxious, and said, "Forget it, I'll go over there now and have a look."

"Where are you going to see?" Huo Yuan followed the sound and heard Zhao Keran say that he was going out.

Before Zhao Keran could answer, Huo Yuan saw Zhao Keran's bare feet, "Why don't you wear shoes?"

"That's it..." Zhao Keran was hugged by Huo Yuan before he could utter the word Chuan.

This time it wasn't the princess hug, Huo Yuan saw an outsider, he was afraid that Zhao Keran would get angry with him again and avoided him.

He half squatted down, wrapped his arms around Zhao Keran's thigh, and lifted him up vigorously.

Zhao Keran happened to sit on Huo Yuan's forearm.

Suddenly raised, his center of gravity was unstable, he subconsciously hugged Huo Yuan's neck tightly, and put his head against it.

Warm heat came from his neck, Zhao Keran was busy blushing, but he was too embarrassed to move, and obediently lay on Huo Yuan's neck and shoulders.

Huo Yuan smiled slightly, put him on the couch, and put on shoes and socks for Zhao Keran.

"It's cold on the ground, and it's easy to get sick." Huo Yuan said to Zhao Keran in a threatening tone: "If you don't want to take bitter medicine, don't be like today. No matter how urgent you are, you have to wear shoes, understand?"

Zhao Keran's shy toes shrank, and he kept nodding his head. Brother Yuan did whatever he said.

He quietly raised his eyes to look at Huo Yuan who was putting on shoes for him, thinking about the feeling when he was picked up just now, brother Yuan's strength is not ordinary...

After packing up the carriage, Huo Yuan was worried about Zhao Keran, so instead of Du Youwei, he drove Zhao Keran to the vegetable planting base.

The little brown horse is now tall and muscular, with powerful hooves, and runs very fast.

It's just a pain. Zhao Keran sat in the carriage and was bumped all the way.

When he got out of the car, his feet were still a little weak, and he felt unreal when he stepped on the ground.

After slowing down and entering the base, Huo Yuan handed over the carriage to the guards of the base and followed behind Zhao Keran.

"Let me die! How can I explain to the county magistrate!" Hong Laosan looked at the destroyed vegetable garden and sat slumped on the ground crying bitterly.

Tears were running down the wrinkled face, crying heartbreakingly.

Zhao Keran heard it from afar, and couldn't help speeding up his pace. He was really afraid that Mr. Hong would cry like this when he was old, and cry for good or bad again.

"I've seen the county magistrate." The people at the vegetable base saw Zhao Keran coming and saluted one after another.

Listening to the sound, Hong Laosan wanted to get up from the ground, but he had no strength left.

Zhao Keran walked up to him, knelt down, wiped the old man's tears with his sleeves, and comforted him: "It's okay, I can't blame you for this matter. No matter how many defenses these conscience-broken people put in, the other party can take advantage of the loopholes."

Although Hong Laosan was comforted in this way, he still decided to recruit more people and improve the guards.

Not only the vegetable base, but also the wax forest, the paper workshop, the printing workshop, and the daily chemical product production manor... He has to strengthen his defenses in these places.

Today is different from the past, and now those who really want him to make a fool of himself will no longer care about his status as the county magistrate.

People are pushed to do anything.

The members of the Hong family were all guarding the youngest Hong in the vegetable field, fearing that something might happen to him.

But Hong Laosan couldn't listen to what they said, Hong Laosan only listened to what they said after Zhao Keran came.

"My lord! I'm the one who's sorry for you! I shouldn't have slept so badly! This dish has been ruined like this, what can we exchange for money!" Hong Lao San held Zhao Keran in a teary voice, subconsciously Find yourself a spiritual support.

Zhao Keran looked at the mess, but didn't see any rotten vegetables on the ground, they were all leaves and melon vines, "The vegetables that fell on the ground have been cleaned up?"

Hong Laosan touched his tears and said, "They were all broken, but those who came to destroy the vegetable garden couldn't see anything, and there were not many people who were afraid that people would find out. So the tomatoes and cucumbers that fell on the ground were not rotten, but they were delicious. In appearance, they were all damaged to varying degrees. I felt distressed when I saw it, and I didn’t want such a good thing to rot in the ground, so I was put away and put in the warehouse.”

"Take me to take a look." Zhao Keran said.

Hong Laosan nodded quickly, and led Zhao Keran to the warehouse where the vegetables were stored.

This warehouse is specially built for storing fresh vegetables. In summer, there is a special place for ice, and there are special people to change it when the time comes.

There is sufficient air-conditioning in the warehouse, and as soon as you come in from the hot outdoor, the cool breeze blows over your face. Zhao Keran, who is comfortable, can't wait to build a "ice store" in the county government to spend the summer.

"That's all, my lord." Hong Laosan stepped forward and lifted the small quilt on the special box.

Zhao Keran picked up a few tomatoes and compared them, then put them in again.

He walked to the cucumber box and continued the same operation as before.

It was determined that although these were ruined, they were completely edible.

But it must not be sent to the west of Huai after a long journey, even if it is well preserved, it will rot halfway.

Then he will change the form.

"Someone peeled and chopped the tomatoes, and sliced ​​the cucumbers in the same way. The broken parts must be cut off directly, and must not be kept." Zhao Keran clapped his hands and said to Hong Laosan.

Youngest Hong thought that Zhao Keran might rot if left for a long time, so he said to Zhao Keran, "My lord, there are so many tomatoes and cucumbers, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them in a while."

Zhao Keran looked at Hong Laosan and smiled slightly, "Who said it was going to be eaten? After it's done, it will be brought back to Huaixi by the Huaixi envoy."

Hong Laosan didn't understand, so, "The tomatoes have been mashed into mud, and the cucumbers have been cut up, so they still want it?"

"We make tomato sauce and pickled cucumbers, maybe Huaixi will like it very much." Zhao Keran looked at the boxes of tomatoes and cucumbers, and it was not difficult to hear that Huaixi was short of food from Sola's words.

There is a shortage of food, money is not as good as food in Huaixi, after all, money cannot be eaten.

From the other party's fanatical love for salt and sugar, Zhao Keran can meet the salty, crisp and refreshing pickled cucumbers and the sweet and sour tomato sauce to see how popular Huaixi can be.

Of course, the most important thing now is to have a certain amount of time to make them, and to stabilize Sola and let him stay for a few more days, allowing time for them to make tomato sauce and pickled cucumbers.

However, if Sola is really unwilling, Zhao Keran will not force it.

At worst, he would give Sola something else to appease him.They kept the tomato sauce and pickles for themselves.

Looking at the person in front of him, Huo Yuan felt more love in his heart.

He knows a lot of things, and even the most difficult problems can be solved well in front of him.

Zhao Keran seemed to be able to shine, so talented and dazzling that he couldn't take his eyes off it.

He gave the recipe for making tomato sauce and pickled cucumbers to Hong Laosan, who asked his family to study in the Enlightenment School because he could not read, and his grandson, who is now on summer vacation, read it to him.

Listening to his grandson's crisp recitation, the last bit of depression in Hong's heart disappeared.

In the past, he never dreamed that his Hong family's ancestors had been eating in the fields for generations, and yet they could produce a scholar.

All this was given by the county magistrate.

Hong Laosan encouraged himself, he can't worry about his body now, the adults have taught them what to do next, then he will work hard, and can't let the adults down again!

After returning to the county office, Zhao Keran found Sola.

He didn't want to cheat, so he took Sora to the vegetable base to have a look at the tomatoes and cucumbers inside.

Sola already knew the whole story on the way, and he felt very uncomfortable.

He felt that he was suffering too much, and a similar thing happened in the stock market before, but at that time the road was destroyed.

If too many tomatoes and cucumbers were destroyed this time, what should he do? There would be very little that he could take home to eat.

Along the way, Sora silently prayed that they would not be too bad.

Everyone, including Zhao Keran himself, underestimated Sola's tolerance and appreciation for Zhao Keran.

For Sola, the county magistrate of Dayuan can be compared with their king.

Even if Zhao Keran really violated the agreement in the end and gave a small amount of tomatoes and cucumbers, Sola would not be embarrassed.

I will only beg him to give him more goods next time.

Sola originally thought that these dishes were ruined and could not be ordered, but after looking at them, he found that they were just scratched.

"These aren't rotten, can't you take them with me?" Sola held a tomato in his hand and asked Zhao Keran, pointing to the scratch marks on it.

Zhao Keran shook his head, "No, the road is too far. If there is a little damage, it will become perishable. If one rots, it will rot with the others. When you think of Huaixi, you can't see a pile of rotten things. Do you eat vegetables?"

So La shook his head and asked Zhao Keran what to do.

Zhao Keran told the truth that he wanted to make tomato sauce and pickled cucumbers for him.

Sola had never heard of it, let alone seen it, but he always felt that as long as the magistrate of Dayuan made something, it must be amazing.

Thinking about it, he still made money.

Without hesitation, Sola nodded in agreement with what Zhao Keran said.

Although even if he disagreed, Zhao Keran had already started to do it.

In order to wait for the tomato sauce and pickled cucumbers, Suo La temporarily lives in Jingyang County Yamen.

Not many people smashed the vegetable garden, and they didn't go deep into it.So they ran fast and escaped without being caught by the guards.

There was no movement at the yamen, and there was no notice posted asking for someone to look for.On the contrary, the Huaixi envoy could be found all day long in restaurants on the streets of Jingyang. If there were no restaurants, they would be food stalls.

Because the Wang family did something wrong, they couldn't keep their peace.They didn't dare to inquire more about what was going on, they could only wait and see what happened.

Jingyang is calm.

...

Fengyang, the imperial palace.

"How is it, does anyone have any clues?" Chu Wenjue asked the hidden guard who was kneeling in the room and answered.

The dark guard nodded, and said: "There is a clue, it is said that a businessman flattened the cook for that."

Chu Wenjue asked eagerly, "Where is the businessman now?"

"I left the city the day before the fire in the Prince's Mansion, and I didn't think that the fire would really rise." The dark guard lowered his head, not daring to look at the emperor's face. "However, it is written in the record of Lu Yin in Yali that it went to Jing'an Mansion in the northwest. It's just that there are more than a dozen counties under Jing'an Mansion, and it will take some time to find them."

Chu Wenjue tried his best to calm himself down. It is better to have news now than to have no clues before.

"Then go and investigate, let Zhou Jingren help you to investigate together!" Chu Wenjue reminded: "Don't scare the snake, I want to see people die and corpses."

"Yes."

"Go back."

The dark guard hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Your Majesty, I have something to tell you."

Chu Wenjue nodded, and the secret guard got permission, and said: "During the investigation of the case of the fire in the Prince's Mansion, we accidentally discovered another team. They were secretly investigating the relationship between the former prince of the Zhao Mansion and His Majesty. contact."

Chu Wenjue sat on the chair, closed his eyes, looked tired, and said he understood.

After the dark guard retreated, the empty imperial study room could hear the sound of a needle drop.

After a long time, a sigh came from the empty room.

Father still doesn't trust the Zhao family, and he doesn't trust him.

But it is true, Mr. Zhao was originally the mentor of the first prince, but after the death of the first prince, he made it clear that he stood by Chu Wenjue.

He has worked so much for him back and forth, saying that they had nothing to do before, and he didn't believe it if he gave it to him.

Born in an emperor's family, one has to be suspicious about everything.It's just that Zhao Gong's benevolent heart for the country and the people has suffered, and he has also failed the painstaking efforts of his prince's brother.

Others don't know, but Chu Wenjue does.

Zhao Gong had come to look for him after the prince passed away, and Zhao Gong said that he would support him to ascend the throne.

Chu Wenjue asked why it was him.

Zhao Gong only said that Wenbo always told me that Xiaoliu was more suitable than him.Wenbo values ​​you and appreciates you. I am his teacher, and I love Wu Jiwu.

Also because Wenbo always mentions you well, in private, he always pays more attention to the sixth prince subconsciously.

Wenbo will not deceive people, nor has it ever deceived anyone.Sixth prince, you really deserve Wenbo's appreciation.

The future road of Dayuan will not collapse unless you walk it.

Emperor Chongwu lost his beloved son abroad, and Zen was located in the sixth prince.

But in fact, the Zen position this time was due to Zhao Gong and many other ministers working together to support the Sixth Prince.

It's just that they didn't expect that Emperor Chongwu would be the Zen throne in the end, not the new crown prince.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Chen is asking to see you." A notification came from outside the door, Chu Wenjue calmed down and waited for Eunuch Chen to come in.

"See Your Majesty."

"Eunuch, please get up." Chu Wenjue asked, "Eunuch, what are you doing here today?"

Eunuch Chen was a little anxious, "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor coughed up blood again. I'm afraid it's going to be bad."

Hearing this, Chu Wenjue felt nothing in his heart, "There is a hundred-year-old ginseng in the storeroom, take it to nourish the father's body.

Eunuch Chen shook his head and said anxiously: "The Supreme Emperor didn't get much care when he was young, and he lost his health. Now he can't make up for it...Your Majesty, you should go and have a look..."

"I'm not an imperial doctor, so what can I tell?" Chu Wenjue waved his hand and said, "Let the Imperial Physician Min of the Imperial Hospital go and have a look, the Imperial Physician Min is very skilled in medicine, and if you want to come and take a look, your father's health will be healed." Quite a few."

Eunuch Chen looked at this pair of father and son who were not enemies but enemies, and he was heartbroken. He persuaded: "Your Majesty, there is no overnight hatred between father and son."

Chu Wenjue lost his patience. He looked at Eunuch Chen and said coldly, "Eunuch, I remember the kindness you gave me when I was young, but this kindness is not for you to teach me how to do things."

Eunuch Chen didn't speak any more, he just looked sad.

Chu Wenjue said: "Besides, there is no quarrel between me and the Supreme Emperor. You are old and your memory is not very good. You should go out of the palace to retire in a few days. Look at the bowl of hot porridge you gave back then. Come on, I won't let you go hungry."

Eunuch Chen knew that it was useless for him to talk too much, so he withdrew.

As he left, he glanced back at the closed door.He sighed silently.

He knew that Chu Wenjue was a kind person.He also knew that Chu Wenjue was the most personal among the princes besides the prince.

But what's the use of him as a eunuch knowing?

After Eunuch Chen left, Chu Wenjue fell asleep on the table and fell into a nightmare.

He was just born of a court lady, if he hadn't been a prince, Emperor Chongwu wouldn't have cared about his life back then.

A little court lady is not worthy to give birth to a prince, and she was killed as soon as she gave birth.

And he was also given to the queen to be raised.

The queen already had a prince, and she treated him lukewarm.

As long as people don't find fault, no one knows how the sixth prince is doing after the palace is closed, and no one cares.

Little Chu Wenjue, the only kindness he got was the bowl of hot porridge from the crown prince and Eunuch Chen.

During countless cold days and nights, Chu Wenjue had become numb with hatred. He couldn't hate anyone, only hated why he was born.

If it weren't for the crown prince's constant care, and he didn't have to commit suicide, the palace would have buried him long ago.

He relied on Chu Wenbo, and he never dared to think what would happen to him if Chu Wenbo left him.

Later, Chu Wenbo got married.Chu Wenbo divided his love into many shares, but he, Chu Wenjue, could only get a small one.

The huge gap made Chu Wenjue fascinated and lost his mind.

On the night of the prince's wedding, he drank too much wine.Chu Wenbo was worried about him, and followed him to the gazebo. In the gazebo of the Prince's Mansion, he smelled alcohol mixed with sour smell.

He kissed Dae-won's crown prince.

This scene was seen by Zhao Keran, who was lost. At that time, Zhao Keran was still a child.

After Chu Wenbo broke free, he went to appease Zhao Keran and made an agreement with him, hoping that he would not speak out.

Chu Wenjue sat in the pavilion and watched Chu Wenbo squatting on the ground rubbing the child's head, who nodded with a smile.

He had mixed feelings in his heart.

He screwed everything up.

Little Zhao Keran left, Chu Wenbo went back to the pavilion, he said, you are drunk, sixth brother.

Yes, he was drunk.

He thought that using drunkenness as an excuse could solve all problems, but he didn't expect that their good father would actually send someone to monitor every move of the Prince's Mansion.

In order to completely cover up the scandal, Zhao Keran, who was still a child, was thrown into the lake by the dark guards.

Originally they wanted to rescue them, but they were stopped by the hidden guards.

Fortunately, the prince's newly appointed brother-in-law, Huo Yuan came to the pavilion to search for someone and rescued him.

Chu Wenbo didn't want innocent lives to die because of him, Emperor Chongwu preferred Chu Wenbo, he agreed, and let the little baby of the Zhao family go.

But Emperor Chongwu had another thought, Chu Wenbo didn't know about it, but Chu Wenjue knew it very well.

That is to deter him, so that he will stop coveting what he shouldn't covet.

Whether it's people or status.

As long as the Zhao family boy lived for one day, Emperor Chongwu would have enough bargaining chips to ruin Chu Wenbo's reputation.

The prince is just a victim, he is the heinous devil.

The world will spurn him, loathe him, nail him to the pillar of shame and criticize him mercilessly.

But in order to completely save Zhao Keran's life, the Zhao family sent the young Zhao Keran away.

It was sent to a place where no one could find it, including the Zhao family themselves.

Emperor Chongwu searched secretly for many years before finding out the approximate location.

At that time, Chu Wenjue was already the emperor.

The sixth prince can have stains, but the emperor of Dayuan cannot.

Emperor Chongwu immediately sent people to assassinate him, but all the hidden guards left without returning.

Chu Wenjue finally found Zhao Keran along the line of the dark guards. In order to protect him, he sent him to the northwest border with an edict.

Chu Wenbo didn't want to harm Zhao Keran, he listened to Chu Wenbo.

As for whether Zhao Keran would say something, it didn't matter to him, as long as Chu Wenbo wanted it, he would do it.

Including being the emperor of the Great Yuan.

It was raining heavily in Fengyang, Chu Wenjue slept for a long time, and woke up to the sound of rain.

After Eunuch Chen left, Chu Wenjue gave an order not to let anyone in, and the study was extremely dark at this time.

The palace lanterns outside the screen window had already been lit, and the faint flickering candlelight shone into Chu Wenjue's eyes through the screen window.

He sat on a chair and looked into nothingness.

The sound of rain outside the window was dense and loud, covering up the whimper.

"Brother Prince, I miss you so much."