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

The rice in the Lunu Grain Depot of Zhongshan State did encounter insect damage. Although most of the intact grain occupied, there were indeed hidden dangers of insect eggs.

And the most important thing is that there are still [-]% of the rice grains that have been bitten by insects, or the quality of the rice grains is slightly worse because of the cracking of the rice grains.

These rice are completely edible, and selling them at a low price does not violate the principles Xia Anran set for herself before.

On the day when the summer solstice came, a food stall was set up at the entrance of Lu Nu's granary.

It stands to reason that this does not comply with the regulations, the market in the Western Han Dynasty has its place in a city, but since this is an official event...cough.

While criticizing the world's wrong thinking in her heart, Xia Anran wrote down the prices for these rice in her own hand.

The price of this rice grain is less than a quarter of the price of excellent rice grain.

According to the current price of rice grain in Zhongshan country, it is even less than one-eighth.

That's right, during the lean period, the price of grain sold in Zhongshan almost doubled.Although some market regulators are prohibiting them from raising prices, for some merchants, it is inevitable that in the first year they think that the national policy should not be so strict and want to take advantage of it, or they simply do not sell and continue to hoard.

If the price is not right, I will not sell it to the head office. Is it illegal?

Their attitude of resistance came to an abrupt end when the Zhongshan State granary opened.

Xia Anran had already sent people to discuss the construction of the granary before, but the merchants all said with a gloomy face, "We don't have any food at home. I don't know why there are so many pests this year." ", while continuing to stand still.Only a few scattered merchants cooperated with the work and took out part of the grain.

So, the little king secretly wrote down the names of these profiteers.

Among them, the most special one is the family of Xu Yong, who is now serving as a subordinate of the Zhongshan State Tingwei—the Xu family of the former Zhongshan State.

Ting Wei is in charge of law enforcement. After Xu Yong joined this department, he was required to familiarize himself with various legal provisions of the big man, so he knew very well that His Royal Highness Zhongshan King's move was serious.

Of course, the Xu family also has a grain business. They have a big business here. They have several farms themselves, and the food source is very abundant. Now that they have resources from other counties, doing grain business can be said to be very profitable.

Prior to this, Xu Yong had a debate with his family about whether the price of food would increase.The meaning of the family is that they want to speculate by buying and selling.After all, the little king is young. From their point of view, Zhidu is the main ruler of the court. Of course, it is precisely because Zhidu is the one who does things. They dare not offend too much. After all, Zhidu made a bloody journey in Shandong. .

But not illegal does not mean there is no other way,

They are well-informed, except for Xu Yong's line, there are many members of the Xu family's bureaucratic grassroots bureaucrats in Zhongshan, and these people brought back the news of the granary accident for the big family.

The Xu family's response was extremely quick and bold, and Dang even began to hoard food from the market.The head of the Xu family moved away from Zhongshan to other counties, so there was naturally a certain loss of assets, and the deficit caused by this part of the asset loss made them more willing to take risks.

Xu Yong was extremely opposed to this, but his seniority in the family was not high, and he was soft-spoken, so naturally he couldn't speak.However, he was really afraid that something would happen at that time, so he contacted his brother from the same clan—Xu Shao, who was the heir of the main family.

Xu Shao also hesitated for a long time, and finally joined forces with Xu Yong to sell grain according to the standard of Hou Guo.Of course, because he is only a quasi-heir, he has limited resources to mobilize, so he doesn't sell much food.

But this is enough to cause the polarization of the Xu family.

While hoarding, while selling.

This delicate situation also made Xia Anran scratch her head, not knowing how to deal with it for a while.

Fortunately, the situation of the Xu family is still an exception, not to mention that they did not have time to violate the laws of Zhongshan Kingdom, it can only be said that they violated the inner values ​​of the little king, so Xia Anran just wrote down When I came down, no one else knew what I wrote... No, it's not that no one else.

Dou Wan knows.

Among Xia Anran's peers, Cheng Wu became less and less fond of brains as he grew up. He has acquired strength and martial arts quickly. For him, there is nothing that cannot be solved by fighting.Still can't solve it?Then fight two.

If he wanted to use his brain, he would rather go to the school field to play iron.

Such a little friend is simply a different-dimensional creature to the generally literary nerd. Relatively speaking, Dou Wan, who behaves more politely and has a common language in front of him, immediately became a Xia after he revealed that he had a permanent plan. An Ran has a good heart.

Xia Anran herself has long taken a fancy to Dou Wan's talent and potential, and has been committed to poaching talents again to keep him. Of course, she usually shows closeness and reliance.The little king was very scheming to show Zhongshan's various development plans and problems encountered in front of him, and he also encouraged his friends to join the problem-solving team.

This probably gives people a feeling of "how can you be willing to leave the duckling that you hatched?".

So far it seems to work well.

Similarly, this is also the reason why Liu Zhi's ducklings have not been abandoned by Xiao Yan after they were completely reduced to clown ducks.After all, in the eyes of the silly father, no matter how ugly the cub is, he is still his own cub.

Liu Zhi stared at the ducklings with a mix of black, white and yellow feathers and said firmly - they, this is personality, not ugly!

In this regard, Xia Anran can only say: as long as my brother likes it.

It was because of the clown duck, because Xia Anran personally didn't expect much from him, so he was not surprised after seeing Duoduo duck turned into a big duck with taupe feathers and a black head.

However, according to Xia Anran's judgment, he felt that Duoduo might indeed not be an ordinary duck, because it is a bit big, it should be a large duck, and then its eggs got mixed in.

This can also explain the reason why it has a large appetite since childhood.

As for why Xia Anran categorically determined that Duoduo was a duck... because he quacked after the duck.

Liu Zhi was very sorry to hear this judgment. The ugly duckling he was looking forward to did not turn into a swan, so he was a little frustrated and ashamed.

Because he has told the story of the ugly duckling to the new friends, and everyone is looking forward to Duoduo becoming a whooper swan, so now he feels a little unhappy.

Xia Anran couldn't appease her younger brother's emotions.

He has no way to say to his younger brother that this is your self-indulgence, Duoduo has always been Duoduo, it has never changed, it is because you have given too much expectation, and now you don't like it because your expectations have failed, which is unfair to it of.

The younger brother is too young to understand such a complicated theory.

Xia Anran just slept with his brother for one night, and he told him fairy tales all night, trying to brainwash him with all kinds of "truth, goodness and beauty".But such reassurance lasted only one day.

He went back to his room the next day.

Nothing else... How could he have imagined that his younger brother would perform martial arts in the middle of his sleep at night, and that his younger brother's ducks would jump on the bed after dawn and wake people up with the duck's particularly high body temperature in summer?

Xia Anran must give a bad review for the quality of her sleep.

But Liu Zhi is obviously used to this. After waking up from the heat, he rubbed his eyes skillfully and got up in the cloak. Without calling the waiter, he poured water for the ducks to loosen their diapers, and then opened the door for them to have breakfast.

The first phase of the Zhongshan Prince’s Mansion has been basically completed. The area where Liu Zhi lives should belong to Xia Anran’s children’s palace in terms of planning. At Xia Anran’s request, this place has been made into a pattern similar to a school dormitory, with independent spaces for each other. It is a public area.

Now there is a large pond in this public area. Of course, for safety reasons, this pond is as high as Mrs. Zheng’s chest, and all the excess water has been drained.

Zhongshan has a lot of water, and Lunu itself is irrigated by rivers. In this area, craftsmen diverted a short section of river water into the palace to make it look like a cascading cascade.

This method of attracting running water will naturally bring native animals and plants, and the water flow in the landscape pond in the palace is gentle. In order to highlight the status of Zhongshan porcelain, Xia Anran also asked the craftsman to specially make several large pieces of porcelain and put them in the palace. In the pond, I assumed the responsibility of a shelter.

Less than a month after the palace was built, Liu Yu rushed in excitedly holding a small fish, saying that the little duck at home had caught it from the pond in front of the gate.

And after Xia Anran got the lotus root from his father, the first lotus in the North China Plain bloomed in the king's palace of Zhongshan.

It also gave Xia Anran the opportunity to pull a poem of "Xiaohe just showed her sharp corners" to her younger brother.

Of course, because the little king's preliminary plan for this area is relatively large (after all, there are more than a hundred cubs), the overall size of the pool here is also large, and because it is running water, a few Doudings are completely warmed up in the weather. After that, I often play with the ducklings here, shaking my little ass.

Into the tub?Can the tub wash with ducklings?Can the bathtub pull the towel of the buddy and make him run around naked?Can several people stack Arhats in the bathtub?

No, neither, the pond is the romance of a man.

"Ah Wan, won't you go down?" Xia Anran smiled and looked sideways. The young schoolmaster was sitting with him by the pond with a book in his hand, watching the bare buttocks of the little bean dings through the scattered sunlight blocked by the reed curtain in the pavilion. .

"I'm not good at swimming, and it's not easy to bully children." Dou Wan calmly turned a page, and when he raised his eyes again, there was a smile in his eyes, "But I heard from King Jiaodong that His Highness likes playing with water very much." ?”

Xia Anran was stunned for a moment, he was a little strange, "I don't...ah!"

Since the younger brother said it, it must be about the time he took him to the hot spring.

At that time, my younger brother was beaten by him with a water gun, and he didn't even need the small towel to wrap his butt. He fled around. He actually talked about such a dark history?

As expected of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, his face is also thicker than ordinary people.

He was blessed in his heart, and suddenly turned his head to look at the historian who was waiting behind him.The two historians saluted respectfully when they saw him throwing their gazes over. Their expressions were appropriately reserved. As for what they were thinking, no one else knew.

The little king was silent for a moment.

As historians, they don't hold pens all the time. After all, most of the time they follow the actions of princes and kings, and they are amateurs who take bamboo slips. The most important thing for historians is their brains.

Xia Anran tried it, and the two historians can basically see it and hear it without forgetting it, and they can even remember the conversation a few days ago, which made Xia Anran quickly develop their new usage—— -memorandum.

Basically, the things that remind them have not been missed.

As for what the historian who is forced to develop a new role thinks, heck, Xia Anran doesn't care. As a modern person, one must have the courage of "after I die, don't care about the flood of rumors and gossip".

Anyway, whether they use it or not, they will definitely blackmail me in history, so it's better to use it.

Now, the historian belonging to Xia Anran came to remind him: "Your Highness, the day to open the kiln has arrived."

Oh oh oh!Xia Anran clapped his hands, he stood up and looked at the few peas who were holding their breath to fill their bellies with air so that they could float on the water to bask in the water, and decided not to call them, but the one on the side looked a bit empty, So Xia Anran invited Dou Wan to watch Zhongshan porcelain come out of the kiln together.

Now the dragon kiln is firing all the goods ordered by his father, that is, the goods that will be sold in the Hanxiong market in the near future.

Starting this autumn, the market between Han and Hungarians will be officially opened, and two openings will be opened first, for Yunzhong and Daijun.

The reason for opening these two first is that the defense facilities at these two places are relatively complete, and Wei Shang, the prefect of Yunzhong, has been a strong bone in Yunzhong County since Emperor Wen's dynasty.

If we talk about the county prefects who are famous for defending the Huns, there are only two names left in the history of the Western Han Dynasty, one is Wei Shang, and the other is Zhidu. Both of them intend to encircle the local city with an iron plate and let the Huns even kick it. None exists.

But now, the prefect of Daijun is Li Guang, who is also famous for his defense, and considering the inconvenient transportation of porcelain, it is more convenient to be closer to Zhongshan.

From what I heard so far, Daijun mainly sells porcelain, cloth and salt first.

That's right, in order to show the friendship of the big man, this transaction has the most precious salt of the grassland.

The salt was transported from Quanzhou, which is adjacent to the Bohai Sea, has a large salt cooking field, and is close to Daijun, so the transportation cost is relatively low.

It is worth mentioning that Zhongshan Kingdom also buys salt from there now, but once the waterway between Zhongshan Kingdom and Hejian Kingdom is connected, Xia Anran can go to Zhangwu County to buy salt.In fact, the distance between Zhongshan and the two places is about the same, but the cost of transporting bulk goods by water is lower than that of land transport, and the amount is very considerable.

Salt is no less important than food. Salt, iron, and tea have always been important sources of taxation in feudal countries, but fortunately, salt and iron are still allowed to be sold privately.

Of course, the situation of these goods that are going to be exported to the grasslands is different, they are all controlled goods.

Eating more salt can make people stronger, and sea salt contains iodine, which can effectively treat or relieve big neck disease. This advantage is not comparable to lake salt and well salt.

And for the grassland people, this kind of white salt that can prevent them from suffering from big neck disease is even more expensive than gold.

And they need to use salt to pickle and store animals.

——Frankly speaking, the issue of whether to export salt has caused a lot of controversy in the court.

The benefits of salt are well known. If salt is exported to the grassland, it will increase the physical strength and health of the grassland residents, as well as increase their grain reserves.

What if the Huns invade us with the salt we sold?

But the supporters also have reasons.

The Xiongnu themselves also had a source of salt, perhaps their source was an unknown country in the west, which was more difficult and expensive than obtaining these goods from the Han.

Therefore, we are not providing strategic materials to the Huns. On the contrary, for the Huns, we provide salt as goods in this way, which can effectively attract the Huns to accept it as quickly as possible, and have to accept this trade method.

"Especially small and medium-sized tribes."

Wei Shang, the prefect of Yunzhong, was transferred to Chang'an urgently.

Summer is the most beautiful season on the grasslands. Nomads cannot resist the temptation of grazing in this season of abundant water and grass. Generally, they will not go south. This is the reason why this sharp knife in Yunzhong County can temporarily leave to face the emperor.

Wei Shang has guarded the frontier for nearly 20 years. During this period, he repelled the invading Huns countless times. During the exchange of offense and defense, his understanding of the Huns also increased with the number of times the Huns invaded and the number of spies sent to each other. Even later, he would take the initiative to send troops out of the Great Wall to attack the Huns in the north.

During this process, he quickly discovered some behavioral characteristics and social phenomena of the Xiongnu, "The Xiongnu did have sources of salt, and the soldiers in the cloud once intercepted a salt truck. Only the big nobles in the tribe can buy it, and small and medium-sized tribes are not allowed to purchase salt privately. They can only get rewards from the big tribe very occasionally, which is also a way for the big tribe to control the small tribe.”

"Of course, they can also use this method of looting."

Therefore, if the news of the sale of salt by the Han Dynasty came out, it would be a huge temptation for small tribes compared to large tribes with supply channels.

As we all know, in order to survive, the relationship bonds and moral sense among small tribes are very weak, and their bottom line will be even lower.

Maybe for a year or two they dare not kiss the Han due to the existence of the big tribe, but how long has it been?

When they exhausted all the precious materials they exchanged from Han for a year and were looted again and again, when they encountered exploitation by the Huns court again and again, and when they discovered that the people of the Han Dynasty were actually very friendly, would they not Do you think it is better to rely on the big man?

What the big Han lacked most were these locals who knew the situation of the Huns.

It can even be said that as long as they are willing to take refuge in the big man and provide useful information to the big man, then prosperity and wealth will be waiting ahead.

Porcelain and silk can attract big merchants who come to buy them, but the merchants who will buy these goods generally belong to large tribes. There is basically no need to fight for such people, and even if they can be won, the price must be high.

And those who can be attracted by salt are the ones they need to win over.

This reason is very convincing, especially from Wei Shang's mouth.

Emperor Jing quickly agreed to this policy. As for how to set the price and how much to sell each year, it was not up to Wei Shang to decide.

After the court dispersed, Wei Shang was left behind by Emperor Jing.Liu Qi made a request to this heroic prefect of the border county. He wanted a woman who could speak the Hun dialect and understand the situation of the Huns to accompany Princess Nangong in the palace.

Wei Shang was very surprised by this request.He seldom hesitated because of this request, and when Emperor Jing looked over in doubt because he couldn't wait for his answer, Wei Shang asked him an unexpected question: "Your Majesty, this request... Did the princess propose it herself?"

……Um?

Emperor Jing was taken aback for a moment, he frowned almost reflexively, and then his expression gradually became serious. He looked at Wei Shang with a complicated look, and the latter let him look at him. There is a subtle tacit understanding.

Liu Qi's eyes swept across Wei Shang's expression, and then said in an extremely gentle tone: "It's Nangong who proposed it, so what if it wasn't, Nangong is my daughter."

"But she is also the princess of a big man." Wei Shang said bluntly, "If she married the Xiongnu, even if she didn't do anything, the Xiongnu Shanyu would not believe her..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Qi slapped the table with his palm. He felt that anger was about to burst out, and his fingers were trembling with anger.

The meaning of Wei Shang's words is that anyway, the princess will be guarded against no matter what she does or does not do, so it is better to do something.

He actually wanted to let his 14-year-old daughter go to the Xiongnu as his wife!

How dare he? !

"Your Majesty, calm down." Wei Shang couldn't bear to see Liu Qi being so angry, but when he thought of the thousands of good soldiers who had buried their bones when he was guarding the frontier, he still hardened his heart, "Please also listen to your Majesty. said."

"Say!" Liu Qi took a sip of water, calmed down, clenched and relaxed his knuckles, and repeated this several times before gritting his teeth and uttering the word.

"Your Majesty definitely wants to take advantage of the princess' marriage to send people into the grassland." Wei Shangdao, "The Xiongnu naturally knew about it."

"Zhong Xingyue is an internal servant of the Han Palace. He is very aware of some strategic calculations in the court. As the old minister expected, the people brought by the princess to the grassland will be detained or dealt with as soon as they arrive at the headquarters, especially the eunuchs and guards. flow."

"Even if it's a court lady, I'm afraid there will only be two or three personal maids left, and they will be closely monitored, so it's not easy to move."

"But the Yan family will not, especially the Da Yan family. Unless the Xiongnu Shanyu intends to tear his face completely, they will definitely not dare to treat the princess badly."

"So you want my daughter to inquire about the news and walk on the verge of life and death?"

Liu Qi waved his hand to signal him not to talk, it was his job to send spies, even if the Xiongnu caught them, as long as they found out that it had nothing to do with the Yan clan, then they would not blame Nangong. This was also a tacit understanding between the marriages.

Besides, Nangong was only 14 years old, and he was pampered and grew up, even seeing him with two eyes like walnuts these days, how could she bear the pressure of intercourse?

Wei Shang is right. If the princess of the Han Dynasty sent by the big man is a spy, this will indeed make the military minister Shanyu unable to guard against it, and even the advantages brought by his identity can help the big man do many things.But let Emperor Jing tell his daughter that your father sent you there to murder your husband, and even your children are just a tool to gain the trust of your husband...

No, he would rather let his daughter marry under the pressure of a "political marriage" and be a good Hun family.

At least in this way, she is safe.

Wei Shang's advice was not accepted, but this was within his expectation.

The prefect of Yunzhong sighed softly, and said: "I will write a letter to Yunzhong immediately, and send the people His Majesty needs."

Liu Qin hummed, flicked his fingertips, and immediately a servant came to see the guests off.Wei Shang bowed respectfully and then backed out. At the door of the announcement room, the servant sighed, and said to Wei Shang with some regret in his eyes: "Wei Taishou is too reckless, Your Majesty is very guilty of facing the princess."

"Oh?" Wei Shang's eyes moved, he clasped his fist at the servant, and sighed, "It's Wei's fault, but when Wei thinks of me, the general in the cloud...he can't help..."

He sighed: "Speaking of which, we are incompetent. If we men can live up to our expectations, why should we pin our hopes on women."

"Wei Taishou is too modest. Although I am a rootless person, I also admire the deeds of the border guards who sacrificed their lives." The servant looked around, quietly approached and said at a very fast speed, "The princess proposed to find someone. After the wedding last year, there was no news from the grassland, so your Majesty has no one who is familiar with the Huns to send here."

When Wei Shang heard about the contact, his heart suddenly brightened.He silently took off a jade pendant around his waist and wanted to hand it to the servant, but was rejected.

The servant bowed to him: "This statement is already presumptuous, but it is not for money."

After finishing speaking, he quickly rushed into the hall, leaving Wei Shang stunned. After a while, he chuckled lightly and sighed, "He's a man."