Little wealth

In fact, this matter started a month ago——

The old man who was talking next to him was Mr. Yan Keyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. He had been obsessed with making all kinds of small machines and gadgets in his life.A month ago, he got off the road heading home and passed by on the main street of the capital. He saw a merchant selling a small wooden cart. It started to move, so immediately he bought a small wooden cart with money, and sent it to the palace to show the emperor.

Then this small wooden cart was naturally sent to the Ministry of Industry. After it was disassembled, it was made of pure iron according to the same ratio. It took almost a month to complete it.

But at this time, the problem came. This iron car made of pure iron could not move at all. Someone had to step on it with a lot of force to move it. Forward somersault.After countless attempts, the iron car that took a lot of time and effort to build had to be scrapped.

Yan Shangshu reported this matter to the emperor.

Emperor Yongkang stared at him at that time. He approved the iron frame to be made. I spent so much iron and man-made iron carts. How dare you tell me that this cart can't go?

"Tell me, why can't this car go?" Don't look at Emperor Yongkang as an emperor. In fact, he is very poor as an emperor. He is looking for disaster relief and rescue. He, the emperor, wanted money. He had been the emperor all these years, but he had put money into it. He kept transferring money from his private treasury to the state treasury, and finally emptied his private treasury.

This car made of pure iron is his private money!

Do you understand private money?It was the little pocket money he had saved with great difficulty, or the little pocket money he asked for the last time he was crying to the Queen.I thought I could make a car that could run without a horse-drawn cart, but who knew it couldn't go away!At that time, the emperor was angry and sent Shenwuwei to arrest the businessman who sold the wooden frame to the Minister of Industry and ask for clarification.

So in fact, Emperor Yongkang used Shenwuwei willfully once, but the emperor felt that Shenwuwei was originally a private soldier raised by him from his private treasury over the years, why couldn't he send him some personal ones? It's a trivial matter, so the emperor didn't feel any guilt at all, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

The only thing that scared the little businessman almost peed his pants.

So when he heard the emperor's question now, Zhou Xian knew why the emperor sent Shenwuwei to arrest him. While he was relieved, he didn't know how to answer the emperor's question, so he could only be truthful. He passed through Anyang Town on his way to do business. These wooden carts were all bought from a carpenter, so he had to ask the carpenter to find out.

"Oh, Anyang Town?" Emperor Kang Ning felt a little familiar when he heard the word Anyang Town, and pulled out a memorial from the table. Didn't it just say "Anyang County Magistrate" on it? Isn't Anyang Town his hometown? Accompanying Fu Wenqing to go to the small place where he is an official?

He glanced at the content written on the memorial, did the people in the place under the rule of my companion find out a way to increase food production?This is a good thing, just as he wants to send someone to Anyang to verify whether the matter is true, and ask his little companion when he wants to return to Beijing to accompany him, he is a bit of an emperor in the capital alone boring.

However, thinking about the relationship between Xiaobandu and his family, being a small county magistrate in the local area makes him happy, and he doesn't want to come back to the capital as an official for the time being, so he had to give up the idea of ​​recalling Xiaobandu back to the capital in advance.

"Back to the emperor, he is a little carpenter surnamed Zhao who sells things on the street. He often sells goods on the street. Last time he told the grassroots that he lives in a village near Anyang Town." Zhou Xian replied. road.

"Oh, since that's the case, I'll send people to go with you, and you take my people to find the carpenter." Emperor Kang Ning immediately ordered Xu Ren, the captain of Shenwuwei, "Xu Ren, take someone to Anyang with you. .”

"Yes, I obey the order." Xu Ren, the captain of Shenwuwei, came out and led the mission to Anyang.

"Your Majesty, the old minister wants to go together." The little old man next to him also said aloud.

"You..." Emperor Kang Ning looked at the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry who wanted to run around at an age. He was really afraid that this little old man would be too old to bear the fatigue of the boat and would fall on the road. Where would he find a skilled craftsman? Coming to help some of his kids make fun gadgets?You must know that the emperor is also very poor. If he wants to coax the child, he has to ask the minister for help.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of money, the Ministry of Military Affairs is in charge of officers and soldiers, and the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of laws and criminal laws... Only a group of old men in the Ministry of Industry can help him find ways to make all kinds of strange and fun things for him to take back to his three children. It's fun, and it saves him a lot of money.

As soon as they heard their emperor speak, the little old man knew that the emperor didn't want him to go far away. Yan Shangshu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what does Mr. Xu know? It's better to send the old minister to communicate with the carpenter and ask him clearly. Come back, right?"

"..." Mr. Xu, who didn't know anything, was very unconvinced, but seeing that Yan Shangshu was older than him, he still restrained himself from speaking.Just thinking in my heart, you little old man still wants to go out with us, and then you will regret it!

"Okay, since you want to follow, let's go together. If you are a worthy talent, you can bring him back to the capital to show me." Emperor Kang Ning waved his hand, meaning that this matter has come to an end This place is almost enough. Before leaving, he took a look at Xu Ren.

Xu Ren received the look from the emperor and knew that the emperor had something important to tell him to do, so he led his people to follow behind their king.

As for Zhou Xian, a small businessman who was forgotten by everyone, it was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry who kindly took him out of the palace.

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The emperor, who returned to the harem after the court, took off his dragon robe and changed into a bright yellow uniform. He also took off the dragon crown on his head and replaced it with an ordinary jade crown. His long hair hung loose behind him. , it looks like a jade tree facing the wind, suave and suave, and when he walks out, he looks like a noble son full of nobility.

Emperor Kangning, who returned to the harem, thought that he would be able to see the queen and the children soon. He was in a good mood, with a little smile on his lips, and he couldn't see the appearance of the decisive emperor in the Jinluan Hall.

There were two children running around in the room, and the two running children were the three-year-old second prince Situ Tai'an and the five-year-old third prince Situ Taiping.

The appearance of the two children are three points similar, they are a pair of twins, the elder Situ Taian is the elder brother, and the younger Situ Taiping is the younger brother, the two children grew up together, love to run when they came out of the mother's womb Play around.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is seven years old, is still studying with his teacher, and he has not returned yet.

"Don't run away, you two, be careful that you fall down." Hearing the sound of two children making a fuss, the Queen who was arranging the dishes looked up and shouted.

The two children fell silent for a while when they heard the voice, and then continued running around again.

"..." The queen glanced at the two children. The older the two children were, the less he could control them. It was really a headache every day.Apart from him, there were no other concubines in the harem, and he gave birth to the three children for the emperor, so there was no right and wrong in the harem, and the three children grew up safely.

In addition to being unable to enter and leave the palace gate at will, life in the palace is also very peaceful and quiet.Except that these two twins who were growing up day by day chased and fought all day long and wanted to overturn the roof of the palace, there was nothing that could make him angry.

A lot of maids and eunuchs in the palace were let out, and no newcomers were recruited in. The only ones serving them in the palace were a few old people who had been with him for many years.However, he usually likes to do many things by himself, and he brought up the three children by himself. Occasionally, he would cook and cook when he had nothing to do. The whole family likes to eat his dishes, and he is very happy The emperor and the children cook some good dishes.

Today's dishes on this table are all cooked by himself, the palace servants helped him wash the dishes, and he did the rest of the work by himself.Counting the time to go to court, the eldest son who still had to go to study was coming back soon, so he asked people to serve the prepared dishes on the table, set down the bowls and chopsticks, and waited for people to come back to eat.

Just as he was setting down a few pairs of bowls and chopsticks, he heard footsteps approaching.

As soon as he looked up, he saw his king came out in a change of normal clothes, but no matter how many times he had seen him, every time he saw the handsome king, he was always fascinated by the face of the king, and he was stunned immediately. up.

It wasn't until she saw a narrow smile on her husband's face that Sun Yi suddenly came over, lowered her head, her face was a little red, and couldn't help but look up at the approaching king, and said with a smile: "You, you are back , Come and eat soon."

"Hehe, okay, Yi'er has been waiting for me for a long time?" Seeing the reddish face of the person he loves, the emperor felt a little itchy and wanted to kiss him.

But before he could touch his queen, two aggressive brats ran towards them, hugged his queen's legs and shouted for food, and refused to give him any food. Chances of post tofu.

"..." In fact, he doesn't like these cubs that much, he wants to send the cubs to the minister to help him raise them, but he doesn't know if the minister's family will accept them or not!This is what the emperor is thinking at the moment.

The emperor came back on the front foot, and His Royal Highness the little prince also came back to eat after class.

"Okay, let's all sit down and eat." Seeing that the whole family had come back, the queen didn't know what the emperor was thinking, so she called the children to sit down and eat.

The big cargo ship that was parked at the Beijing-Hong Kong Wharf did not leave until the morning of the next day. In addition to the crew, there were also a small businessman Zhou Xian, Master Xu who was sent by the emperor to Beijing to handle business, and two subordinates brought by Master Xu. , and Yan Shangshu, Lord Yan who came running with a small burden on his back.