Chapter 199: Emperor Zhaoning is on vacation

Zhao Anbang returned to Beijing without seeing Emperor Zhaoning, rested at home for the night, and went to the Dingguo Mansion early the next morning. After parting that year, the two sisters and brothers had not seen each other for nearly seven years. Zhao Anbang has grown up, not very much like Zhao Zongbing, but he is generally burly and strong. Ting Fang smiled and patted Zhao Anbang's arm and said, "It's not good to call you a little fat man." ”

Zhao Anbang said with a smile: "My sister will call me if she likes to scream, and Your Majesty still calls me a little fat man." I am considered to have served my sister, only eight hundred miles back from Datong, I almost couldn't stand when I got off the horse, my sister came back from Nanchang and ran for seven days, amazing! ”

Ting Fang smiled and asked, "Is it miserable to call Daddy?" ”

Zhao Anbang wailed: "It's not ordinary miserable. Daddy said, I'm not as good as Brother Chang, and even you are not as good. A few days before he went to Datong, he was still holding back the fire, and then he saw that I was standing on the stump and was soft, so he directly picked up the horsewhip and whipped me hard. ”

Ting Fang asked again: "What now?" ”

Zhao Anbang bowed his head and said, "It's better, ask me to live in your house, only go back to sacrifice in Chinese New Year's Eve, and return to Datong after the New Year." If he caught me stealing a little lazy, he wouldn't have let it go lightly after a dozen lashes. Zhao Anbang said depressedly, "Sister, the whip hurts so much!" ”

Ting Fang couldn't stop laughing: "You deserve it." ”

Zhao Anbang complained: "Do you have a little sister's tenderness? ”

Ting Fang said categorically: "No! ”

Zhao Anbang wailed again: "Good sister, my own sister, do you know that my father has always used you as a benchmark, I was really beaten so badly!" Can't you comfort me? ”

Ting Fang smiled and said, "You have grown up, I don't coax adults." ”

Zhao Anbang pouted and said, "So my father strictly ordered me to live in the Dingguo Mansion." My nephew, do you plan to do the same in the future? ”

Ting Fang nodded: "It's a good thing to boil your muscles and bones." If I hadn't been a child, you wouldn't have been able to see me now. Doctor Wang said that I was the most difficult patient he had ever seen, why did you say? ”

Zhao Anbang asked curiously: "Why?" ”

Ting Fang smiled: "Because ordinary patients don't need to be on my job to die." ”

Zhao Anbang: "......"

Ting Fang pushed Zhao Anbang: "Go, go to the back to practice." My family is similar to your parents', I also have soldiers and weapons, so I will finish my homework for today first, and then come and gossip with me. ”

Zhao Anbang ran the horse for a day and a night, and felt that his bones were sore and he hadn't eased up, but Tingfang had ordered, and he had to go. He didn't believe that Tingfang, who was still soft at the moment, could be much better than his father. It's a general who is all meow, and the degree of ruthlessness is the same! Forced to go outside, called his own soldiers, and went to practice his fists and feet.

Ting Fang was lying sore, sent Zhao Anbang out, and walked outside himself. Chen's Yue clan and Zhao Zongbing's Aunt Wen were sitting and gossiping across from each other. When Chen saw Tingfang get up, he immediately complained, "Why don't you lie down?" ”

Ting Fang said: "I walk around. ”

Aunt Wen was about to get up to salute, but Ting Fang hurriedly held it down and got on the kang: "You talk, I'll move a place so that the girl can open the window in my house to ventilate." Go back to my house and say, "Let this room be ventilated." It's always stuffy and easy to get angry, and it's slower to get better. As he spoke, he shrank into the corner and closed his eyes again.

Yue sighed: "With her tired outside, we can have fun to our heart's content." ”

Ting Fang opened her eyes and smiled: "Whose master is not like this?" In the past, when the old lady was there, it was difficult to go home until it was dark. I won't mention our father-in-law, Aunt Wen's mother-in-law's father-in-law, who has been in Datong for more than ten years, and there is no genealogy. ”

Aunt Wen smiled: "Without him fighting outside, how can Jingli be stable?" I felt sorry for him, he told me to take care of the world, but I couldn't control it. Fortunately, there is a county lord, otherwise the prince will be beaten again when he returns to Datong. ”

Chen said: "My aunt is too modest, and I look at Xiao Shizi and understand etiquette." ”

Aunt Wen said: "Understanding etiquette is understanding etiquette, but it is inferior in martial arts." This time I came to the door with a cheeky face, knowing that the county lord was sick, and I was still tired, I was really sorry. ”

Tingfang didn't reply, Chen probed her forehead, still burning. Tucked the quilt for her and went to sleep with her. Tingfang didn't fall asleep, she just lazily talked.

Aunt Wen was even more embarrassed and said, "Otherwise, I'd better go with the prince's house, right?" ”

Ting Fang closed his eyes and said: "Okay, my knighthood is higher than that of my little uncle, and my family's relatives are not so scared, so I can be ruthless." The little uncle is so angry with the child. Datong is steep, there is no hard ability, and I don't know how to die. The aunt lives in peace, if there is a place to treat slowly, don't annoy the niece. ”

Aunt Wen was busy and didn't dare.

Tingfang listened to the short gossip of the three housewives and the parents, and fell asleep in a daze. I don't know how long it took, I was hit on the forehead, and when I opened my eyes, it was Emperor Zhaoning.

Emperor Zhaoning smiled at the frightened Yue clan: "Second wife? ”

Yue's was a spirit, and he quickly got off the kang to salute. I never expected Emperor Zhaoning to enter with his feet raised like this, and there was no movement outside to open the middle door!

Ting Fang wanted to get up and salute, but was held down by Emperor Zhaoning: "I'll come to see you, don't move." What about Xu Jingchang? ”

Ting Fang said weakly: "I've gone to the yamen." ”

"Huh?" Emperor Zhaoning said, "Didn't I tell him to rest for two days?" ”

Ting Fang smiled bitterly: "Someone came to invite me at only six o'clock, and I went out in the snow." With such heavy snow outside, why did His Majesty leave the palace? ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "I'll let the wind go!" sneaked out to play with Xu Jingchang, and he poured out the door. ”

Ting Fang pointed to the position behind him: "The little fat man is in the martial arts arena, and His Majesty is looking for him to play." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "It's okay! After saying that, he went back to the familiar way.

Yue: "......"

Aunt Wen: "......"

Chen sighed heavily: "Why don't you report from outside!" ”

Ting Fang said: "Eighty percent came in over the wall." ”

Yue Shi was dumbfounded: "Why? ”

Ting Fang smiled: "As soon as the middle door is opened, doesn't everyone know that His Majesty is coming to our house?" slipped in quietly, and chased the excerpts of the six Jiuqing of the province to our house. …… Our family's own soldiers all know him, and they pretend not to see it when they see it. ”

Yue Shi said: "You can guess it, right?" ”

Ting Fang said: "He is so pretentious, everyone with eyes knows that he is out of the palace to play, not a hundred thousand in a hurry, so he will not bother him." It's just a big guy acting. "It's hard for the emperor, especially the emperor who wants to work hard. Tingfang sent someone to the yali to call Xu Jingchang, Emperor Zhaoning came to talk to him, and the main master naturally wanted to call back.

Just settled here, Ting Shan ran in with a pale face, grabbed Ting Fang and asked, "Good master, why did Your Majesty run to the martial arts arena!" ”

Ting Fang smiled: "You actually went to the martial arts arena?" ”

Ting Shan said sadly: "Didn't you say that you wanted me to learn boxing and kicking with him!" The little fat man entered the door, and the two of them made a gesture. Just as I was happy, His Majesty rushed in and scared me to death. ”

Ting Fang said: "It's okay, go back and ask Your Majesty for a jade bonsai to add makeup to you." ”

Emperor Zhaoning was forced to sneak out just to take a holiday, where did he know that when he ran to the Dingguo Mansion, Xu Jingchang was not at home, only the little fat man, and that's it. ran into Fang Zhide, and asked about shipping matters, and Fang Zhide started to report very seriously.

Emperor Zhaoning: "...... it, I just want to take a vacation!" But there are many details I don't know, and I can't help but ask. The two of them squatted in the martial arts arena, asked and answered, and suffocated the little fat man to run outside.

It wasn't until Xu Jingchang came back that Emperor Zhaoning was shocked to realize that he had been talking about serious things for a while, and he immediately burst into tears. How did he, an idle prince, fall into this field! What about those who say they are idle to death? Before Xu Jingchang could speak, he said: "If you mention a word of military affairs to me today, I will remove your Zuodu Governor tomorrow!" ”

Xu Jingchang: "......"

Emperor Zhaoning rubbed his hands and said, "Come, I'll play tricks on my debut math problems." ”

Xu Jingchang asked very unkindly: "Do you want the account book?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning angrily pinched Xu Jingchang's neck: "You want to die?" ”

Xu Jingchang couldn't stop laughing, but still persuaded: "Your Majesty, the martial arts arena is very cold, and please go to the house to sit." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said angrily: "A group of girls in your house." ”

Xu Jingchang said: "It's been withdrawn, and there is only the Taifu left in my house, and he also entered the inner room, put a curtain, and saved His Majesty from illness." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Okay, I'll have lunch at your house, get some wine, and let's have a drink." Fang Zhide, do you want to be together? Ah, by the way, which is that little girl? ”

Fang Zhide said respectfully: "It's the student's fiancée." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said in surprise: "Why does it look a bit like Taifu?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "That's Taifu's third sister......"

Emperor Zhaoning: "......" his Taifu's ability to find his in-laws, can he still bypass Taifu and employ people!?

Fang Zhide smiled embarrassedly: "I knew it when I was a child." ”

Emperor Zhaoning twitched the corners of his mouth, and there was actually a childhood sweetheart. The Ye family's feng shui is a bit ruthless! Stormy seas! There are many talents! That house, he took back the prince, forget it!

Xu Jingchang asked Emperor Zhaoning to go to the main room again, and Fang Zhide would not follow without interest. Walking to the main courtyard, he saw Eunuch Zhao and the living note standing outside, and sighed deeply: "Sure enough, it's unrealistic for me to only take a few guards to run." They're so fast! ”

Xu Jingchang smiled and let Emperor Zhaoning into the house, and the house was really cleaned up, and the kang table was also full of snacks and fruits. Emperor Zhaoning rolled into the pillow pile, felt out a fluffy thing, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Red panda." ”

"What the hell?"

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "A kind of beast in the southwest, Taifu painted it and asked people to make it." ”

Emperor Zhaoning picked up the tail of the red panda and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Taifu likes it, she has a bed and everything. I had to sleep for half a day at night to make room for a while. Xu Jingchang said helplessly, "There is an even stranger one on the bed, and I don't know what kind of animal it is, it is dusty, so she sleeps with it." ”

Emperor Zhaoning burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, is it really fake?" Our wife is still so childish? Chu Hui didn't sleep with anything in his arms! As he spoke, he tucked the red panda behind his waist and cushioned his head, "It's very comfortable to lean." Why don't you see her put it out in the past? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "She is piled up on the bed, and Your Majesty has not looked carefully." This eighty percent was dragged out by Xu Qing. Your Majesty must keep it a secret, and the provincial one will let people know, as if he deserves something, he can send it home. ”

Emperor Zhaoning smiled and said, "What else?" I'll take a look when I move out. ”

Xu Jingchang had to go to the inner room to move, Tingfang fell asleep on the kang, and the bed was piled up more and more exaggerated. took out a thin quilt and wrapped it, and took it out in one go. Emperor Zhaoning's whole person threw himself into the puppet pile and looked at it one by one, belching is quite complete! All kinds of animals have it. Pick up a particularly strange-looking one and ask, "What is this?" ”

Xu Jingchang had a constipated expression on his face: "It is said to be called Totoro." ”

Emperor Zhaoning was confused, he hadn't seen it, but it was quite fun. Hold it in your arms and continue to rummage through it. Looking at it, his eyes began to droop, and he simply tilted his pillow, hugged the big chinchilla and fell asleep.

Xu Jingchang: "......" that...... It's Tingfang...... Sleeping ......

Chapter 200 The little fat man who was beaten

The main house of the Dingguo Mansion was warm, and Emperor Zhaoning slept on his back after a while. Xu Jingchang was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he reached out to take off his coat for him. Emperor Zhaoning's eyes opened a slit, and when he saw that it was Xu Jingchang, he turned over and fell asleep again. After recovering the quilt, Xu Jingchang felt a burst of liver pain, the bed in Qianqing Palace was not enough for him to roll, why did he want to go to his house to sleep.

Eunuch Zhao came in lightly, and said to Xu Jingchang in a very low voice: "Guogong, Your Majesty is tired, please ask Guogong to guard the main courtyard, don't make a sound." ”

Xu Jingchang went out and ordered a few words, and the circle of the main courtyard was immediately filled with pro-soldiers, and the encirclement was tight. Under the heavy snowfall, only the slight snoring of Emperor Zhaoning was quiet in the main courtyard. When Xu Jingchang entered the house, the eunuchs were already guarding the east room. Eunuch Chong Zhao nodded, lifted the curtain and entered the bedroom. Tingfang was still burning, and he kicked the quilt hot. Thinking of the two little ancestors who slept one mile and one away, Xu Jingchang also felt tired. Tuck Tingfang's feet back into the quilt, sit on the outer edge of the kang, pick up a book and turn it silently.

Ting Fang's light cough was especially clear in the silent day, and Eunuch Zhao glanced at the curtain a few times, but still didn't have the courage to ask the sick Ting Fang to move out. Emperor Zhaoning was sleeping incense, and that idea couldn't wake him up at all. Hei Tian woke up, looked at the somewhat unfamiliar roof, and didn't know where he was in a trance. Eunuch Zhao came over and shouted softly, "Your Majesty? ”

Emperor Zhaoning sat up with a messy hair, and then remembered that he was in the Dingguo Mansion. He yawned and asked, "It's dark?" ”

Eunuch Zhao said: "No, the time has not yet arrived, does Your Majesty still want to rest?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning pinched up the curtains, and it was really bright outside, and he asked, "Where is Xu Jingchang?" ”

Xu Jingchang came out of the curtain and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty woke up?" Hungry? ”

After sleeping too much and having no appetite, Emperor Zhaoning lazily crooked in the pile of plush toys: "I want to drink." ”

Xu Jingchang said: "My family only has fruit wine. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "You liar the ghost, your family feasts and drinks all the time, and it is impossible to be without wine without rice." Taifu hates drinking, so you don't even drink alcohol, and I've never seen a man like you who is afraid of his wife. ”

Xu Jingchang didn't say anything when he smiled, he didn't like to drink. Drinking is easy to make mistakes, he has been a little since he was a child, and he was more idle in the years when Emperor Zhaoning was just crowned King Fu, and he got drunk a few times when he messed around with Emperor Zhaoning. After that, I can't push it, and it's just a drink. Emperor Zhaoning was tired for a month, and he couldn't let him get drunk no matter what.

If in the palace, Emperor Zhaoning became willful, and the eunuch could only offer the wine obediently. When he arrived at the Dingguo Mansion, Xu Jingchang said no, but no. Emperor Zhaoning said depressedly: "Fruit wine, fruit wine!" ”

Xu Jingchang got up again and went outside to give a few orders, and after a while, the Xu family's subordinates came in with dishes one after another. Emperor Zhaoning looked at the table full of light meals, and glared at Xu Jingchang angrily: "Even if it's fruit wine, it's not sent with yam mutton soup!?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty will eat something first, and then go back to accompany Your Majesty to eat wine." ”

Emperor Zhaoning looked at the bowl of red dates, pumpkin and millet porridge that Eunuch Zhao gave him, and said angrily: "This is for the mother to replenish qi and blood, what are you doing for me?" Throw it to your wife to eat. ”

Xu Jingchang said very seriously: "She is about to drop the bowl after eating." "There are only two things that replenish qi and blood, when Tingfang is in good health, she eats red date rice, and when she is not in good health, she eats red date porridge. With the strange smell of Ejiao stewed chicken soup, it almost suffocated the goods.

Eunuch Zhao couldn't help but laugh on the side. He watched Emperor Zhaoning grow up, and he and Xu Jingchang are old acquaintances. Emperor Zhaoning pretended to be old in front of the courtiers, and became more and more willful in private. Xu Jingchang was silent, anyway, Emperor Zhaoning, who could grind, surrendered. When he was a child, he was not obvious, but after Emperor Zhaoning ascended the throne, he was even more able to manage it.

How did Eunuch Zhao know about the loneliness of the Ninety-Five Supreme, there is such a person who is willing to take care of it, which is more precious than the money of the Internal Affairs Office! The people on the side advised him to drink less, most of which was just a sign of loyalty and concern for his body. Xu Jingchang was not allowed to drink, but he really felt that the wine was not good. There is nothing else to be an emperor, and this kind of mind-reading technique will automatically reach the full level from the time he ascends the throne.

was forced to eat until he was half-full, so Xu Jingchang asked someone to bring mulberry wine. The clear mulberry wine was poured into the glass, and Emperor Zhaoning took it all and drank it all: "It's so sweet!" Did you give me sherb? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Mulberry wine is sweet. ”

Emperor Zhaoning: "......" I endure!

Xu Jingchang said: "Jiangxi's mulberry wine is selling very well. ”

Emperor Zhaoning snorted coldly: "Do the ladies in Beijing still eat other wine?" Who doesn't buy mulberry wine. It's just the common feeling of a whisker and a horseman. Your wife has slept for so long, don't you get up to eat? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "When His Majesty was asleep, she took medicine. I don't know what Imperial Doctor Wang put in the medicine, as long as she takes the medicine, she will sleep for a long time. ”

Emperor Zhaoning drank the wine tastelessly and said, "What's going on with Taifu's body bones?" Originally, he was rarely sick. After calling back to Beijing, how many times have you been sick? ”

Xu Jingchang looked at Emperor Zhaoning and said silently: It's not you who tossed it!

Emperor Zhaoning sighed deeply: "Okay, I'll try to stay until spring before sending her to work." I don't have anyone to do it! Do you know how many corrupt officials have been detected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs? I will come to your house today to relax, and tomorrow I will begin to withdraw the institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Communist Party is just our family, where do we need so many minions. ”

Xu Jingchang said: "The Internal Affairs Office still takes care of the clan. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "The clan buys my, I didn't give them a!" ”

Xu Jingchang silently mended the knife: "You owe it." ”

Emperor Zhaoning choked, so he had to say: "I just copied Shuo Mouse's house, and it happened to be a fortune." Do you still have any money for the New Year? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "I don't know, I'm not at home." ”

Emperor Zhaoning gritted his teeth and said, "Why is your Xu Qing a brother!" If it's a sister, you have to snatch it back to be a daughter-in-law! "It's so happy to have a powerful housekeeper! If Yan Chunwen had this ability, ah, no, as long as he had half of it, he would rather be terrible about his wife!

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "The rich have the law, and the poor have the law." However, the dowry of the two sisters is not complete, and our Taifu is a pragmatist, and they are all used, and there are basically no ornaments. How about your majesty give you a few extra makeup? ”

Emperor Zhaoning asked, "Is there really no money?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "The newly opened mansion has not accumulated, and I have married two sisters in a row, and it will be fine in two years." ”

Emperor Zhaoning looked at Xu Jingchang's main house, there was indeed no antique, and said with a smile: "I don't have any cash if I ask for it, I'm afraid there are still a bunch of antiques in the inner library, and I can't take that folded silver, and I will go back and give you a few boxes to support the façade and marry a sister." I still don't understand what's so good about that thing. You say that you just put a bottle to look good, but you have to put antiques. I am a layman, and I can't appreciate it. After speaking, he instructed, "The affairs of the Internal Affairs Office are not over, and there are many people who come to your house to give gifts." If they dare to send it, you will take it. When our Taifu was a child, his head was full of pearls, but now he doesn't even wear a pearl crown, like words? ”

Xu Jingchang said: "It's not like that, this year is the East Lake Port to recover, Taifu is busy, and the income will be pressed into Beijing at the end of the year." Next year will be a quarterly account. There is also silver for sea freight, and the daily expenses are enough. The housekeeper invited by the Taifu is so good that she is careful about it. After a few years, it is nothing more than the marriage of her brothers, and she is very strict with her younger brothers, not as indulgent as her sisters, and she can't spend a few dollars. ”

Emperor Zhaoning asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Good men don't eat family meals. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "A good girl doesn't wear a wedding dress." ”

Xu Jingchang smiled: "But girls don't have a choice." Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about us, we really don't have any money, so I have to ask Your Majesty. It's like Taifu is in charge of a family of younger siblings, and the younger brother has no money, so it is naturally the responsibility of the elder brother. My marriage certificate is all stamped by His Majesty, and His Majesty can no longer repay his debts. ”

Emperor Zhaoning glanced at Xu Jingchang deeply, and only hoped that you husband and wife would really be able to keep the word "proportion".

Seeing that he was about to turn to business again, Emperor Zhaoning immediately stopped the car and talked to Xu Jingchang about the workshop. Speaking of the end of Shen Shi, Eunuch Zhao came to urge: "Your Majesty, there is a curfew." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Hey, the time when you don't have to deal with government affairs is three minutes faster, let's talk about it in detail another day." ”

Ting Fang also woke up, dressed up herself, and came out to greet Emperor Zhaoning. Emperor Zhaoning walked to the door and stopped Tingfang's steps: "Xu Jingchang can send me back to the palace, you are so good that you will be raised." For the banquet in the palace during the New Year, if you can go, you can go to join in the fun, and don't go if you are not happy. The first day of the new year will be even more uncomfortable, so you won't go this year. If I give you something and I will not fall into your dignity. ”

Ting Fang respectfully thanked. Emperor Zhaoning waved his hand and left.

After Emperor Zhaoning left, the Ye family gathered in the main house one after another. Yue clapped his hands and smiled: "I know how to write the word Holy Grace today." ”

Chen asked: "Can you still hold on for a day of driving?" ”

Ting Fang said: "I'm sleeping, and I'm accompanied by my senior brother." ”

Zhao Anbang squeezed in and said, "Good sister, where is Brother Chang?" I still want to train with him. My dad said I was far behind, and I wanted to see for myself how far I was. ”

Ting Fang shot violently, Zhao Anbang's instinctive gear leaked a flaw, and Ting Fang kicked Zhao Anbang in the abdomen with a swing leg. Zhao Anbang took two steps back painfully, grinning his teeth and said, "Sister, you sneak attack!" ”

Ting Fang said: "This is the gap, I can't sneak attack your brother Chang again." You're so full of flaws, and you really don't have a pump. ”

Zhao Anbang: "......"

Chen Shi hurriedly said: "Let's eat first, and then we will talk about eating when the big thing happens." ”

Ting Fang sat on the kang and suddenly threw a chopstick, Zhao Anbang reacted much faster this time and narrowly avoided it. Ting Fang smiled: "That's it, it's your fate." I didn't dodge it just now, and you will stand on the stake for me tomorrow with the pain. ”

Zhao Anbang's cold hair stands upright, and he is really the same as his father! silently hid behind Fang Zhide, men and women sat separately, probably won't be attacked when eating, right?

Not long after sitting down, Xu Jingchang entered the door. When I saw Zhao Anbang, I went to try it, Zhao Anbang stared at Ting Fang with two eyes, where did he expect Xu Jingchang to also play this trick. Xu Jingchang's strength is not comparable to that of Ting Fang in his illness, and Zhao Anbang's screams resounded through the hall.

Aunt Wen's heartache trembled, but she didn't dare to stop her.

Xu Jingchang said quietly: "Little fat man, you are eighteen." ”

Zhao Anbang's tears of pain were about to come out: "Brother Chang, can you let me go when you speak?" ”

Xu Jingchang smiled: "You ask your fourth sister, when I was twisted by your father, did you dare to talk nonsense?" "Saying that, he made a lot of effort.

Zhao Anbang trembled in pain, and he didn't dare to squeak anymore.

After a while, Xu Jingchang let go of Zhao Anbang and said, "Let's eat." ”

Zhao Anbang gasped for breath, couldn't hold the chopsticks for a while, and asked, "Fourth sister, have you been twisted like this!" ”

Ting Fang said lightly: "I'm not as stupid as you." ”

Zhao Anbang: "......"

Xu Jingchang said coldly: "When your fourth sister was studying, her lack of reaction was due to her lack of training time, and failure to react was a problem that she should be beaten to death." Those who practice martial arts should be vigilant at all times. When you go to the battlefield, how do you know where the arrows are coming from? If you don't rely on your usual training, how many lives do you have to live on the battlefield? Saying that, he turned his head to Ting Fang and said, "No one else can take care of this matter, although you are sick, pay attention to it a little." Remember how many mistakes you have made. I'll come home at night and smoke it! ”

Zhao Anbang suddenly felt that the wound behind his father began to ache faintly.

Fang Zhide patted Zhao Anbang on the shoulder and said: "Your fourth sister is the master who can fight back when she encounters a sneak attack after giving birth. To meet the requirements of the two of them, you ask for a lot of blessings. ”

Zhao Anbang: "......" Daddy! I want to go back to Datong! It's true!

Chapter 201: New Year's Day

With Prince Ying being directly beheaded, the last luck of the clan relatives disappeared. Under the torture of Jinyiwei, they confessed one by one. The accounts that were not on the number were slowly gathered into the hands of Emperor Zhaoning, and the total amount of land was recovered by more than 2,000 hectares, and 200,000 acres of land could be distributed to 100,000 people for planting. It was a good thing, but it was a rumor. Bad words such as usurpation and murder of his father gradually spread among the people.

Those clans are all relatives of Emperor Zhaoning. Although Emperor Zhaoning did not treat them very closely, they were always connected by blood. The Emperor Taishang received the news and scolded in the palace. Some civil servants in the court also felt that he was too tyrannical. Emperor Zhaoning knew that in the hearts of people who pay attention to patriarchal law, such abuse of relatives and elders would not be tolerated by the world. But he can't compromise, who remembers where the clans of the Ming Dynasty are now? If the clan wants to be prosperous, the first thing is that the Yan Dynasty can survive smoothly.

If you are the master of the world, you must take on the responsibilities that no one in the world can bear. Emperor Zhaoning calmed down and continued to ruthlessly dismantle the departments in the Internal Affairs Office that he thought were unnecessary. The death of a prince and three county kings in one go, coupled with the previous policy of taking the test before anyone can attack the lord, the entire clan was silent. Due to the wide involvement of the internal affairs government case, the people involved are either killed or trapped, and the family property must be confiscated, and the pressure on the annual income expenditure of the clan has dropped sharply this year. Emperor Zhaoning stepped on the New Year's pass and handed out all the money owed this year, which was regarded as a reward for the honest clan.

Zhao Anbang's life in the Dingguo Mansion was unspeakably miserable, and compared with Xu Jingchang, who had a sinister living environment in his childhood, his conditions were undoubtedly much better. There is a big brother poked in front of him, he is the same son of the country, and he naturally uses the standard of the senior brother to get him. Tingfang has not been well, but he is wrapped in a heavy sweater, holding a hand stove, sitting in the martial arts arena, personally staring at Zhao Anbang's training. She had a pile of rocks at her hand, and the movement of standing on the stake was a little broken, and the small stones would surely hit him where he was lax.

As for mounted archery, he transferred his own soldiers to teach, and every day his own soldiers reported what the results of archery were, how many kinds of mistakes were made, and how many times each mistake was made, and they were recorded one by one. Five days of statistics, Ting Fang drew a statistical chart, progress and shortcomings at a glance. Zhao Anbang had never seen such a terrifyingly precise teaching method. Looking at Xu Qing, his eyes were full of sympathy. But he felt that he should be more sympathetic to himself, and as Chinese New Year's Eve approached, a stack of papers recording his achievements was placed in front of him. Ting Fang's calm voice seemed to come from hell: "Archery is always not calm enough, and the problem of shooting out in a hurry has not been changed for a whole month." ”

Zhao Anbang bowed his head and did not dare to answer.

Ting Fang said: "How about handing over this record to your father?" ”

Zhao Anbang smiled bitterly: "Since my father entrusted it to my sister, my younger brother is at fault, and my sister will punish him directly." ”

Ting Fang sighed: "I don't want to punish you, I only have a sword and no eyes." Of course, you are the son of the world, and if you don't climb up from a low-level military attaché, everyone will not accept it. ”

Zhao Anbang said: "I understand the truth. He just felt that the way Ting Fang came up with a record was too terrifying. Whether there is progress every day, and how much progress there is every day, is so quantified and placed in front of people's eyes. The pressure was so great that he couldn't breathe. The rattan of punishment was hit on his back, much lighter than his father's whip, but he just felt more afraid of Tingfang. Because under the simple statistics of numbers, the whole person is seen thoroughly. The bad fault that can't be changed is the character flaw he tries to cover up, impatience. But as long as it is on the paper, even a child of several years old can see it clearly.

Ting Fang chuckled: "Look at what scares you." When your brother Chang was a child, he was directly whipped. ”

Zhao Anbang was a little unconvinced: "When my father talks about Brother Chang, there is nothing bad about it, where will he be punished." ”

Ting Fang smiled: "The requirements are different. "Whiplash wounds are actually very easy to see, she didn't understand them when she was a child, and when she was learning to swim, Xu Jingchang fooled her that she was running a horse in the woods and believed it. When he grew up, he asked again, and Xu Jingchang picked it up and said. But Ting Fang knew that he didn't tell the whole story. Just like the arrow wound in Datong that year, Xu Jingchang will always understate it and will not tell her how much pain it was at that time. The little fat man is really too pampered, and he is considered to be the top in the world in the capital, but when he goes to Datong, he has to use the same level of strictness as Xu Jingchang. Because that's a place where you will die if you're not careful, no matter how high your status, no matter how big an officer is, it's the same.

Zhao Anbang said depressedly: "I'll go to get the punishment." ”

Ting Fang smiled very kindly: "Come back to my house to eat cakes." ”

Zhao Anbang: "......" please don't cut back to the expression of the gentle big sister in an instant! No matter how gentle you are, I won't believe you! Brother Chang, your preferences are so perverted!

Zhao Anbang was whipped twenty times by the rattan, rubbed into Tingfang's upper room, and bumped into Emperor Zhaoning when he entered the house, and couldn't help but be shocked, this is twenty-nine years old, doesn't the emperor have to celebrate the New Year?

Emperor Zhaoning was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhao Anbang: "You don't go back to worship?" ”

Zhao Anbang said: "I haven't beaten enough yet." ”

Emperor Zhaoning laughed: "Be your sister's student, wow!" ”

Zhao Anbang said: "Your Majesty, you don't pretend, and my sister can't do anything to you." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "When your sister taunts, it hurts more than beating people." ”

Ting Fang coughed lightly twice and said, "You should also pack up your things and go home." Come back again on the first day of the new year. ”

Zhao Anbang obediently agreed: "Yes." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "The little fat man has also grown up. It's time to talk about the daughter-in-law. Is there a good candidate for Taifu? ”

Ting Fang asked: "Is there a suitable young lady in the Yasukuni family?" ”

Emperor Zhaoning smiled: "It's a pity that you don't have a sister." ”

Ting Fang said directly: "My sister-in-law is married to Wenchen." ”

Emperor Zhaoning: "......" is so blatant, it is worthy of Ye Taifu's painting style!

The child has never had a say in his marriage, and Zhao Anbang followed Emperor Zhaoning and did not answer.

Emperor Zhaoning said unhappily: "When you grow up, you will be like your father's temperament, a gourd without a mouth." Okay, you go home, I have something to discuss with Taifu. ”

Zhao Anbang said goodbye to Emperor Zhaoning neatly and rushed home.

Emperor Zhaoning turned back to Ting Fang and said: "In short, the composition of the land in Gyeonggi is like this, I have recovered two thousand tilts, plus the imperial village, compared to the one that has been divided, it is a drop in the bucket." ”

Ting Fang said: "Your Majesty has you ever thought about how to deal with the Imperial Zhuang?" 10,000 taels of annual salaries is really not enough for the princes. But if His Majesty wants to do the royal field in Gyeonggi, what will happen to the manor in the clan? ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "I want to use the benefits of shipping to support them." ”

Ting Fang said: "Why don't you let go of the restriction that the clan is not allowed to take the imperial examination." Nowadays, the sect is so strict, there are always those who can't pass the exam. The children of the idle clan are not even qualified for the exam. Allowing them to take the imperial examination is also a rush. Besides, His Majesty only gave him one chance to take the exam, which was too little. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said unhappily: "The clan really asked for you." ”

Ting Fang smiled: "I can't hide it from Your Majesty." But the gossip outside is not good, and the pen of the reader is like a knife, and His Majesty may as well relax a little. The imperial court is the time to employ people, and it is not wrong for His Majesty to give them a little chance. The clan is His Majesty's kinship, and it is more convenient to use. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Are you blocking me?" I just cut Prince Ying! The weavers in the south of the Yangtze River are about to die quickly when you are squeezed by you, aren't you also afraid that the literati will arrange you, so you will suddenly be reconciled, right? ”

Ting Fang sneered: "Now it's cotton, and I'm working on someone to develop semi-automatic silk reeling and silkworm seed improvement." Sooner or later, I will run on them, and the whole silk industry will collapse. Well-intentioned to ask them to update their technology, all because I was selling machines. I don't want to think about it, I sit in Donghu Port, and I can see their small profits? The General Administration Department is quite sophisticated, and directly pressed down the fold of participating in the struggle for profit with the people. The starter in Jiangnan really owes it to clean up! Am I fighting with the people? That's obviously a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Industry! In addition to expanding the scale, the money earned is to set up a school for the children of factories and mines! Relying on the old pedants alone, I can't find a few engineers in the factory. Now there are only a few senior engineers in Jiangxi, and if there is an idea, it all depends on them to run all over Jiangxi, which one is tired to death? There is no reserve of technical talents, waiting to be crushed to death by foreigners! ”

Emperor Zhaoning hurriedly reassured: "Calm down, calm down." Saying that, you are in a hurry, and the doctor tells you to recuperate! ”

Ting Fang said in disgust: "They have seen the impact of emerging things on them. Industrial production is profitable, and it is impossible for the imperial court not to pursue profits. If you want to pursue profits, you have to rely on the industrial sector, and your majesty is now consulting more and more officials of the Ministry of Works, and they are at a loss, so are they in a hurry? In the official career, they are very knowledgeable and long-term! ”

Emperor Zhaoning said softly: "The power of the Jiangnan Party is too great. I can't see any flaws in the account book that the household department submitted a few years ago. I don't know where to start. ”

Ting Fang wanted to speak, but coughed again. After coughing, Emperor Zhaoning said: "That's it, I said that I won't bother you before the beginning of spring, and I'm annoyed again." In short, Gyeonggi has a spring equinox field, and there is no room for carelessness. Unlike elsewhere, there is nothing wrong with it. You have to write an excerpt, summarize a few experiences, and be sure to divide them beautifully. By then, you should be almost fine, and you'll be in charge. By the way, what about your staff? ”

Ting Fang drank half a glass of honey water before suppressing the cough and said, "The staff will come after the New Year." After saying that, he started coughing again.

Emperor Zhaoning listened irritably: "Okay, then you wait for the staff to come and then worry about it." I'm not recruiting you, I'm back! ”

Ting Fang sent Emperor Zhaoning out of the door, and asked Chunyi: "Is the sacrifice at the end of the Ye family ready?" ”

Chunyi nodded: "Mrs. sent the second master to do it." The New Year is still spent in the house. In addition, our family's sacrifices are also ready, and the national justice is scrubbing the sacrificial vessels. People with foreign surnames are not allowed to touch their hands in this matter, so many of them, and the prince has to wipe them for a while. ”

Ting Fang was annoyed by those bullshit rules, thinking that she would go to the ancestral hall tomorrow to toss for a long time, which was even more annoying. After being sick for a month, Ting Fang also knelt down for the medical conditions at this time! Think about the absence of antibiotics now, take a few deep breaths, calm down, and recuperate. Not long after, Eunuch Li came out with a big burden, and Ting Fangqi said, "Didn't you just reward something yesterday?" ”

Eunuch Li said with a smile: "It's not for the courtiers, but the Internal Affairs Office will report to Your Majesty how to dispose of the loose skins of the clothes cut, and Your Majesty will send the servants to the Taifu." said that it was for Taifu to make small animals. ”

Ting Fang twitched the corners of her mouth, Nima, Emperor Zhaoning, can you give compensation to be reliable? This matter is going to get out, and Mrs. Ye still wants to be a domineering president! The Bear Emperor is a pit!

Chapter 202: Your Majesty, you are so self-sufficient

Zhengdan, civil and military officials rank in the Taihe Palace, compared to the horizontal and vertical of the brick Fenger station, for the Zhaoning Emperor to congratulate. If you are ordered to be above the fourth grade in Beijing, you will go to Cining Palace. The Emperor Taishang was placed under house arrest in the palace, but the Empress Dowager Zhao lived in the palace. The husband and wife had a quarrel, and Emperor Zhaoning was reluctant to mention it, so everyone had to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the emperor died.

The roads in the capital are limited, and all the officials go out in advance to avoid missing the time. Chinese New Year's Eve was supposed to have a vigil, and many families in the capital stayed up all night. At two o'clock in the morning, Chen began to wear layers of fateful clothes. Yue's eyes were hot when he watched from the sidelines, and he was envious of others.

Xu Jingchang held the three positions of guest of honor, national prince and left governor of the Chinese army, and was usually ranked according to the highest position. Emperor Zhaoning ordered it a few years ago, and asked Xu Jingchang to lead the princes to congratulate, so he stood in the queue of the princes. The north wind blew snowflakes in front of the Taihe Palace, and the old and frail people shivered from the cold, but they still stood tenaciously.

Under the three dukes are the three orphans, Tingfang was absent due to illness, and Yuan Shoufu stood in the first place among the civil officials. New Year's greetings are both an obligation and an honor. Especially the first few. Wu is not as good as Wen, if Ting Fang comes, Wu Yipin can't walk in front of her. But in the first year of Chaohe, she was absent. The ministers couldn't figure out Tingfang's physical condition, and it was not suitable to talk in front of the Taihe Palace, so they made eye contact with each other.

There are not a few people who are looking forward to Tingfang's life. Since Xu Jingchang became the governor of Zuodu and was in charge of Jinyiwei, the Dingguo Mansion was like an iron bucket, and no one could find out the news. After completing the process, the civil and military officials and the edicts withdrew from the palace in an orderly manner. Out of the Taihe Gate, after crossing the Jinshui Bridge, the courtiers began to greet each other in twos and threes.

Chen Fengning bowed his hand to Yan Hongxin: "Yan Ge is happy for the New Year." ”

Yan Hongxin hurriedly replied: "Chen Ge is the old fortune, everything is good." ”

New Year's greetings, no need for style, what you want is to be lively, the more cheesy the better. Everyone comes and goes, all of them are smiling. bumped into Yuan Shoufu again, and the two said hello together. Several high-ranking officials immediately gathered together and politely invited them to play and drink.

Wei Pengyun asked: "The day before yesterday, I seemed to hear someone say that the Tao is a happy event for the Shoufu family, why don't you post?" ”

Yuan Shoufu said in his heart, turning around the corner to find out the news? didn't show it on his face, but still smiled: "It was originally the junior who married at the end of the year, but because the youngest son of the old man of the first house was going to end, the marriage of the third girl Ye was pressed back, and the fifth girl was not good at crossing her sister, and she dragged it back." It is necessary to put the wine on the table in April and May, and at that time, please enjoy your face and come to the house to drink a glass of wine. ”

Cao Junlang smiled: "That's nature!" ”

A few people continued to walk out as they spoke, and they had to greet people from all walks of life on the way. The high-ranking officials walked slowly in front, and those with low grades did not dare to cross over, and walked even more slowly. Wei Pengyun's eyes were sharp, and he saw Xu Jingchang and Liu Da walking out together, and hurriedly stopped: "Xu Dudu." ”

Xu Jingchang stopped and gestured to Wei Pengyun.

Wei Pengyun saluted and asked with a smile: "How is Taifu today?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding Wenchen immediately pricked up his ears. Xu Jingchang smiled: "It's okay." ”

It's not a serious illness, and I'm not absent from the court. The eyes of the ministers flew wildly, and when the internal affairs office was thoroughly investigated, Mrs. Ye was carried back. Is this the rhythm of lingering sickbeds?

Xu Jingchang refused to disclose too much information, in fact, Tingfang still had a little cough, Chaohe was a bit of a heavy burden on the patient, Emperor Zhaoning was too nervous, and Tingfang was in a good nest. They are all old people who are officials, and their face skills are excellent, and they can't see anything.

There was no news, and everyone was not interested. Xu Jingchang smiled at the ministers again and left with Liu Da.

Wu Shixian, the head of the household, walked over and said to Chen Fengning: "Ling grandchildren's son-in-law is really good!" ”

Who present didn't know that Chen Fengning had already put on a posture that was different from Ye Taifu Dao, and Wu Shixian said coldly, or because of Zhen Xianning's corruption of ink last time, the Lu Party's attack on the Jiangnan Party's hatred.

Chen Fengning sneered in his heart, you feel that you are too good at this time, and you will not be so naïve in two days!

As he spoke, the wind blew. Wei Pengyun complained: "It's only been sunny for two days, and today has started again." Seeing that it is going to snow, let's go back first. ”

A few people walked to the noon gate, and the wind in the hall was even colder, and several people quickened their pace. Chen Fengning and Yan Hongxin fell behind, walked out of the noon gate slowly, picked up the few people, and talked as they walked.

I only heard Yan Hongxin say: "The matter of the Internal Affairs Office a year ago, it can be seen that Your Majesty is really impatient. ”

Chen Fengning said: "Your Majesty is young and decisive. It is inevitable that things will boil, and it is not suitable for reputation. ”

Yan Hongxin sighed and said, "He was originally an impatient person. Said with a wry smile, "Now it seems that Fu is too stable." ”

Chen Fengning looked at Yan Hongxin with a smile: "Jiangxi Fengyun, Yan Ge is still holding a fluke?" ”

Yan Hongxin said: "Jiangxi is relying on floods, Taifu wants to be the king of the world, and the fool is dreaming. ”

Chen Fengning swept his eyes and confirmed that there was no one around, before he said: "Many people in Shandong feel that the tax is too high, so they simply donate their land with the government and become royal tenant farmers. ”

Yan Hongxin was stunned for a moment: "There is such a naïve person? ”

Chen Fengning laughed: "Your Majesty is a good method!" Knowing that someone would be greedy, he let it go. The wealthy middle-class family was overwhelmed and simply donated their fields. Wang Tian is only 30% tax, even if someone stretches out his hand, it is at most 40%. Moreover, His Majesty has personally decreed that the proletarians need not be forced into servitude. But with so many official residences to be repaired, so many rivers to be dredged, where is there a shortage of people? The burden of having property is heavier. Under the attack of the two phases, they either took Tian to vote for officials, or voted for His Majesty, depending on how the individual chooses. He took a long breath, "Your Majesty is a little impatient, but he is out of the division." ”

Yan Hongxin's eyes were a little cold: "How do you look at Mrs. Ye's body bones?" ”

Chen Fengning sneered: "There are many people who are looking forward to her dying of illness, and I think they are also daydreaming." The things next to our Xu Dudu are okay, and in the affairs of Mrs. Ye, it is easiest to expose flaws. Seeing that he was not in a hurry, he knew that Taifu was fine for the time being. ”

Yan Hongxin was told by Chen Fengning that he was thinking about the center, and he suddenly became depressed. Continuing the topic: "Then your family can still live?" ”

Chen Fengning shook his head: "You guessed it." Speaking of Jiangxi's richness now, what about your family? ”

Yan Hongxin smiled bitterly: "Who dares to have a hard time with Taifu." Today, the women didn't go to Kunning Palace to congratulate. ”

Chen Fengning went around the bend for a long time, and didn't want to play dumb riddles on a cold day, so he asked: "Jiangnan is not monolithic, right?" Jiangxi's cotton cloth sells well, and the Jiangnan wealthy family is not dissatisfied? ”

Yan Hongxin said: "I am a person with a long-term vision. ”

Chen Fengning said with a smile: "I still think everyone has accepted their fate." ”

Yan Hongxin smiled: "How is it possible, the Ye family didn't work together." Ye Denglai is very dissatisfied with his niece! Every day, a group of clear streams are thinking about books. ”

Chen Fengning despised it: "Jumping beam clown." ”

Yan Hongxin smiled: "Chen Gong swept me in." ”

Chen Fengning said: "Don't blame me for speaking straight, Ye Junde, it's really a straight intestine." The rest of the people who followed him to make trouble wanted to earn fame through him. Nothing set off a three-point wave, I really thought I was standing at the head of the wave. Do you know that a few years ago, Mrs. Ye gave a New Year's gift to Ye Junde, but she was coaxed to retreat. After two months of trouble, what I don't know is that the Ye family's uncle and nephew are acting, and they have received both fame and fortune! Mrs. Ye is magnanimous, affectionate and filial! Ye Junde is really her uncle! ”

Yan Hongxin was a little speechless for a moment, sighed and said: "Such a scolding is ugly, she can hold back and not be annoyed, and the people praise her for her generosity, and she can also praise her." ”

Chen Fengning said: "Why should she be annoyed, which person in charge is not scolded?" Which of us won't be scolded? Not too much, too much? Zhang Qi's wail has not yet dispersed! When I see it today, I know that friendship since childhood is different. Your Majesty, the three of them are called watching and helping each other! After a pause, Chen Fengning said again, "Killing, it's already ineffective, don't do useless work." ”

The two finally walked out of the confines of the palace, and the family came up to greet them, but they were waved back, and they had to fall behind not far away.

Chen Fengning slowly walked a few steps with his hands behind his back before he said, "Your hometown doesn't have any tricks at all?" ”

Yan Hongxin said: "I also learned to open a factory, but the channel is firmly in her hands, just to get some leftovers and cold rice." In that place in Jiangxi, others can't reach out anymore. Some of my family members are trying to migrate to Jiangnan. ”

Chen Fengning smiled: "It's not an attempt, it's already half of Thailand, right?" "The Fang family is in decline, and there is a hole to drill!

Yan Hongxin was called broken, and he didn't deny it, but he didn't want to admit it. The major families in Jiangnan are entrenched, and it is not easy to see the stitches. originally wanted to pick up the leaks of the Liu family, but he didn't expect Ting Fang to let go of the Liu family. After all, the Fang family is not completely finished, and the entire annexation is impossible, so they can only rely on being a cabinet minister, grab ideas, and settle the clansmen in order to plan for the future.

Chen Fengning said: "Jiangnan may not be safe. Your Majesty is keeping an eye on it. ”

Yan Hongxin said: "Your Majesty doesn't talk about half of your face, and you are still ruthless to your uncle, and everyone feels cold in their hearts!" ”

Chen Fengning knew what he meant when he heard this, and the day before yesterday, he said that Emperor Zhaoning was too vicious, and it was really released by Yan Hongxin and others. looked at Yan Hongxin quietly, migrating to Jiangnan, did he want to form an alliance with the Jiangnan Party? Chen Fengning pondered as he walked, Emperor Zhaoning became more and more sophisticated, if he was Emperor Zhaoning, in order to disintegrate the strength of Jiangnan, he would definitely deliberately not build the canal. Silting, forced people had to go by sea. The sea was firmly grasped in the hands of Emperor Zhaoning, and while forcing the family that was dependent on the canal along the river to die, he made a lot of money.

The cotton spun has been almost squeezed, followed by silk. The Jiangnan Party should indeed be in a hurry. Yan Hongxin's allies are looking for a good one. Random Chen Fengning laughed again, the chaos in the world is also good. If it weren't for the rotten roots, Emperor Zhaoning would not have been able to pretend to be dead and not repair the canal, and the interests would have been divided to the point where it is today, and it would be impossible to repair it if he sincerely wanted to. Jiangnan is too rampant.

If it weren't for the continuous squeeze of the family's land occupation, Chen Fengning would not want to be with the gluttonous Jiangnan. Emperor Zhaoning is indeed young, and if he wants to do anything, he will move anyone's interests. The canal and commercial taxes should be moved first, and then a way to go to Wangtian should be found last. A dry brain, refreshing is refreshing, but it is full of enemies. Random punches can't kill the master, and random punches will kill themselves.

Chen Fengning glanced in the direction of the Forbidden City, the battle between the monarch and the minister has not really begun, Your Majesty, you are so self-sufficient. 166 Reading Network