The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

After a dizzy rainbow fart, the central idea is: if Zhongshan still collects lacquer fruits, their counties, as brother cities, can also mobilize the local people to search for them, and in the name of the government I bought it and sent it together!

Compared with Zhongshan, which is dominated by plains, mountainous hills are more suitable for the growth of lacquer trees, so they can provide a larger quantity.

It's just that the cost of long-distance transportation is high, so the little official here wants to ask Xia Anran, one is to ask him if he wants anything, and the other is to hope that the price can be negotiated again.

Xia Anran fiddled with the small things in his heart for a long time, and finally said to the little official with some regret on his face: The current purchase price is a preferential price for the citizens of Zhongshan, and it is difficult to raise it further. Moreover, the fruit purchase market in Zhongshan Country is not saturated yet.

"But I have an idea, you can go back and ask Prefect Li if you can accept it."

The price must be the same price, otherwise Xia Anran will not be able to explain to the people in her own country that there is no way to give preferential treatment to foreigners when doing business.But if several county guards can unite and mobilize several counties to collect seeds, it will indeed be beneficial to him.

He took the bamboo slips, wrote down the price of the skin and seeds only, and then asked him to pass it on to the little official.

The little prince said that if you are willing to do one more step and process it, we can purchase it at this price, and it will be valid throughout the year.

By the way, we only accept dry goods, not fresh seeds, this must be agreed first.

The little official held the bamboo slips, carefully scanned the numbers on it, calculated quickly in his mind, and then immediately relaxed his expression.Xia Anran knew at a glance that this person was a master of calculations, so she asked him if he planned to change jobs.

The little official who had been blatantly poached went back with a complicated expression, and also brought back a piece of Amway called Huokang.

It’s an energy-saving and emission-reducing kang that’s easy to use. Dear friends, winter must be difficult in the north of us, so don’t come here.

Just as Xia Ran's business was booming, Zhongshan Kingdom unexpectedly welcomed an angel.The angel escorting the bulk of the cargo has felt strange since stepping into the border of Zhongshan.

The winter is bleak and snowy, and the streets are definitely bleak, but the streets in Zhongshan are full of people walking forward with heavy loads.

Dou Ying thought it was the King of Zhongshan who had issued corvee, but after a closer look, he only felt that they were full of energy, even a little happy, not depressed.

With the emperor's decree in hand, he couldn't stop asking more questions, so he could only go to the place where King Liu Sheng of Zhongshan stayed with doubts.

Then, he was taken aback by this simple and simple house that could only be described by the word "simple", and when he saw the ordinaryly dressed female servants, he raised his eyebrows even more.

Xia Anran didn't notice his expression, he had already put on the clothes representing the feudal lord's identity and bowed to greet him.

Today's imperial decree does not have a complicated writing format, basically you can write whatever you want.

As the father who was given another big gift by his son, Liu Qi praised his son a lot about the kang.And because Zhidu followed Xia Anran's wishes, the fact that the people and craftsmen of Zhongshan Kingdom came up with the idea of ​​writing the kang in the form handed in, so the emperor also praised the people of the entire Zhongshan Kingdom, and by the way gave a big hand. Give Xia Anran a thousand gold rewards.

As for how to promote Huopeng in the future, Liu Qi didn't say much, he just let his son do things cheaply.

After receiving the order, Xia Anran breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, her father's attitude was simple and clear, and his words were quite intimate, obviously he was in a good mood!

Dou Ying smiled and congratulated the little prince, and then he took out another scroll and passed it to the King of Zhongshan.

Xia Anran took it with a face full of question marks, opened it, and found that the three characters "Zhongshan Kingdom" written by the emperor himself were written on paper.Seeing King Zhongshan's round eyes widen, Dou Ying explained: "Your Majesty appreciates the wisdom of the people of Zhongshan, and wrote a special letter to praise the country's name."

The little boy choked for a moment, and looked at Dou Ying in disbelief.Well, what then?Is it just this?Is there no other reward?

Dou Ying looked at each other calmly, expressing with her eyes the message "I've finished my business, haven't I already rewarded you with a daughter? How poor is your father and you don't know how to be a son?"

Great.

Xia Anran rolled up the name of the country written by her father's own handwriting bit by bit, but on the surface she said respectfully, please don't worry, my father, we will invite the best stonemason in the country to carve my father's handwriting on the stone for display. But he recorded this sum in a small notebook.

To put it bluntly, it is very face-saving to have a personal letter written by the imperial pen, which is the only one among the major vassal states today.

And the old man also wrote this to reward the people of Zhongshan for inventing the kang.The heated kang can save the people from the cold winter. As the emperor, he is naturally very happy. He encourages everyone to continue to create, share the worries of the emperor, and benefit the world.

This can be engraved on the back of the stone tablet, maybe it will still be a tourist attraction in a few years.

Xia Anran was very face-saving and sent people to find a stonemason on the spot, and sorted out a place at the busiest market entrance in Lunu, and circled this golden location, and dedicated the stele to it after the pavilion was built.

It seems too wasteful to send a corvee for the first time to make stele pavilions, so Xia Anran thought about doing some greening around.But it's winter now, and the plants don't move too much. It's better to wait until spring to see what native flower species are around, and move some over.

However, the roads can be rearranged. Lunu itself is the configuration of the county seat. Although the roads are not rough, they are not very smooth. After the snow melts and the spring plowing is over, it can indeed be rearranged.

After finishing the business, Xia Anran welcomed Dou Ying to the hall to rest, and then the child showed a serious expression.

Xia Anran was extremely surprised that Dou Ying in the winter was actually sent here.

In Xia Anran's memory, this Marquis of Wei would soon become the crown prince and grand tutor, reaching the pinnacle of his favor with Emperor Jing, why did he suddenly leave the capital and come here?

In ancient times, communication was inconvenient, and there was a great delay in message transmission. Leaving at this critical moment...

His heart was clear.

There were only the two of them in the room, so he didn't shy away from it, he just frowned and asked, "Are the courtiers making trouble about establishing the crown prince again?"

Dou Ying smiled wryly. He poured a cup of tea for himself, held the pottery cup in both hands to keep warm, and sighed: "Some ministers ask you to make King Liang the crown prince..."

Then he pondered for a while, and couldn't find the words to describe all the events that happened after that, so he forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty was very happy to see the performance of Prime Minister Zhi, and sent someone to reward Jamie on the spot. Since then, His Majesty has been even more dissatisfied. Nai waited for the post to return, so he hurriedly sent his ministers here."

Xia Anran held the teacup and sipped it one bite at a time. His gaze gently swept over Dou Ying's tired complexion and his untrimmed beard. When he put down the teacup, there was concern on his face: "Wei Qihou is ...Admonishing my father about the disadvantages of making Liang Wang the crown prince?"

Dou Ying was taken aback for a moment, and the look he looked at the little prince suddenly became a little complicated. "Your Highness, why..." He paused, shook his head and smiled, "Is this so obvious?"

He was indeed somewhat disappointed in this trip.

In the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, he and Zhou Yafu jointly led the army to defeat the enemy, and they were also rewarded after the war.However, King Liang performed outstandingly in this battle, and Zhou Yafu's previous proposal to use King Liang as bait still reached the ears of the old lady.

No mother could tolerate others using her son as a bait. Empress Dowager Dou was furious, she cursed Emperor Jing when she caught her, and looked at him and Zhou Yafu as if they were accomplices.In addition, when celebrating the new year this year, King Liang showed his filial piety and understanding of righteousness, which made the heart of an old mother of Queen Mother Dou suddenly lean to one side.

Before Dou Ying felt bad, the voice of court asking for the crown prince was blazing.Compared with Emperor Jing's young princes who have not yet grown up, King Liang, who is brave, resourceful and physically strong, is naturally a good successor for Emperor Jing.

Dou Ying once objected to this at the family banquet back then, and he is no different now.Wei Qihou directly scolded back the person who suggested Liang Wang's dead brother and his dead brother in the court hall. This move undoubtedly poked Queen Dowager Dou's rebellious scales. Face the anger of mother, let alone Dou Ying.

However, Dou Ying has an upright character. Emperor Jing knew very well the result of letting the situation develop. It just so happened that Zhongshan Kingdom's statement was played at this time, so Liu Qi quickly sent Dou Ying over and arranged a task that seemed to take some time to complete. So that both parties can regain their composure.

——It's his father's style.

He did the same thing when he was in Baozhidu.

Xia Anran rubbed his chin, as a caring young son, he immediately realized another purpose of his father's sending people here - to delay time.

If Dou Ying was sent to another place, he would naturally have to go back after completing the task.But when it came to him, the little prince who had just founded the country, and he was his cousin, the younger generation who was a relative found a problem, so what's the problem if he wanted to keep someone to help?

Of course no problem duck!Xia Anran flicked her thick tail silently.

Dad just saw through the use value of this 12-year-old boy who is still considered a grandmother. The reason why he didn't know why he wanted to come was because he was afraid of really angering the old lady.

The little prince rolled his eyes and said to Dou Ying: "Biao Shu!"

As soon as he said this word, Dou Ying was so frightened that he jumped up and kept saying he didn't dare, but was suppressed by Xia Anran. The young boy's expression was very sincere: "The kingdom was established at the beginning, nephew was short of manpower, and cousin came just in time. Can I do my nephew a little favor?"

The little boy's cautious and expectant eyes looked particularly sincere, and Dou Ying agreed to "interview" talented scholars in the county for Xia Anran without checking, and choose the censor for him.

And after the promise was made, he realized that Xia Anran had never issued a request before.wit?The wit is still far away, so Dou Ying just felt angry and funny, but for the sake of the little prince acting like a baby, he let it go lightly.

At that moment, Xia Anran, who was overjoyed, immediately called someone to arrange a room for her cheap cousin.Dou Ying, who heard the little prince calling for someone to prepare a room for him, suddenly said: "I have brought Xiaolang with me on this trip, please let me make it easier for you."

Xia Anran stood up and was about to send someone out for a moment, then he looked up curiously.

"Awan is my nephew," Dou Ying said calmly, facing the little prince's shock at when he would have a son, "I will take care of my younger brother now."

Xia Anran sorted out this complicated family relationship for a while, and finally pulled the thread out of it reluctantly.

It is worth mentioning that Dou Ying's younger brother had passed away a few years ago, and this passing of the heir was obviously to allow this unknown cousin of Xia Anran to enjoy a share of offerings after his death. .

Adoption of the living to the dead was very common in the Han Dynasty. In fact, patriarchal clan was much more important than blood relationship at this time.Even if they are not biological, or have no blood relationship at all, as long as they are adopted and listed on the family tree, they have the right to inherit.

The more famous ones are Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.