Soak in hot springs, shabu-shabu, and get a good night's sleep.

When the family of four got up early the next day, they felt that the fatigue caused by the various cumbersome etiquettes of the whole New Year had all dissipated.

Nguyen Bai had already made the egg scones, with a few plates of crispy vegetables and tender slices of meat on the side, as well as a few plates of sauce. He rolled it according to his personal taste, and by the way fed a few fat dogs waiting to be fed on the side.

Chu Hao grinded the soy milk.

The royal couple of Pingxi eat the food that the juniors respect...... Slightly dissatisfied: "It's not enough to eat, Xiao Er will cook a bowl of mutton noodles again." While sighing, "If only you could eat beef noodles in Shunyang." ”

That's right, in the Great Zhou, it was not easy for King Pingxi to eat a bite of beef. It's not difficult for him to really eat beef, but how many people are watching him in this position, he has to be careful in his actions, and he has to be particular about everything.

The princess slapped him on the stomach: "You've eaten five, and you still can't eat enough?" "The cake didn't look very good, but it was filled with tender eggs, plus all kinds of vegetables and meats, and the amount was very sincere. She was full after eating one, and she couldn't even drink soy milk.

Chu Hao didn't speak, just looked at Ruan Bai. He wasn't fed either.

Ruan Bai swallowed the contents of his mouth slowly and methodically, and then said, "The noodles have been prepared in the kitchen, and they will come up later." "Even if he doesn't know the amount of food his father-in-law, he doesn't know the amount of food he eats for his man?

Sure enough, not long after he spoke, the next man came up with noodles.

When the others left, Ruan Bai continued: "The beef has been killed, and it is bad to transport it from Shunyang to Western Kyoto." I'll have people drive cattle over next year. "I have to go back and find out if there are any special beef cattle.

The princess patted King Pingxi's stomach again: "You have a lot to do." "If you drive cattle from Shunyang, it's better to kill and eat them yourself in Xijing.

King Pingxi was unmoved: "By the way, get some more sheep." The mutton in Shunyang is better than in Xijing. ”

"Okay." Ruan Bai didn't say a word, "Mother, it's okay." Next year, a part of the official road from Shunyang to Xijing that is difficult to walk will be repaired again, and the cattle and sheep in Shunyang will not be consumed so much in the local area. ”

Although Shunyang has developed rapidly in the past two years, and its population has been steadily rising, it cannot change the situation of being vast and sparsely populated in a short period of time. The local crop output is limited, and most of the crops grown today are coarse grains. On the other hand, grasses such as alfalfa, some wild fruits and vegetables can still produce some of them. The barrenness of Shunyang will not change, and there is little choice for projects that can be developed. In particular, Shunyang is still backed by the vast grassland, and animal husbandry must be the focus of future development.

King Pingxi was interested in Ruan Bai's topic, and after eating a large bowl of noodles in two or three bites, he wiped his mouth clean and began to ask: "Build roads?" Is that a concrete road? ”

"Hmm. There are three roads to be built next year. One is Lingnan to Jiangnan; the second is from Shunyang to the capital; The third is Shunyang to Xijing. Ruan Bai looked at the way his father-in-law was eating, and sighed in his heart, he really deserved to be a person who had been in the army, and he used it directly when he ate when necessary, and he didn't even chew it.

"Both to Shunyang?"

"Ah, am I not in Shunyang? Of course, I have priority in the road administration project that I am in charge of. In front of his own family, Ruan Bai did not hide that he used his power for personal gain.

The abuse of power for personal gain is not a big deal, after all, everyone does this, which can be regarded as an unspoken rule. But as parents, they are a little worried: "Aren't you afraid that those officials in the DPRK and China will stumble on you?" "There is a kind of cunzài called political enemies, and you can find something to do to participate in two books; This kind of blatant behavior makes it easier for them to jump around.

"Don't be afraid. If they don't let me fix it, then I won't fix it. If they can afford to pay for the road, then they will repair it, and I don't care anyway. Ruan Bai bared his little white teeth, squinted his eyes and smiled, "The formula of cement will be given to the imperial court next year, and they love to open a few factories and factories." If they had taken the road away, I would have saved myself. The road in Lingnan has been knocked down, and it will not be changed; The road from Shunyang to Xijing is our own business, and they can't control the capital. The rest of the road to the capital will not be repaired, so I will pave all the cement roads in Shunyang. ”

Strive to achieve village to village communication in five years, so that the entire Shunyang is high!

How big is the whole Shunyang? King Pingxi was shocked by his wealth and magnificence, and grinned: "Little Er, do you have the money to help your father build a few roads?" ”

The princess looked at him faceless and skinless, she didn't get angry, she didn't slap her stomach, she just started to twist her hands, and looked at Ruan Bai and asked, "How much does it cost to build a road?" Xiao Er, don't listen to your father's nonsense, your mother will pay for it. "She has saved a lot of money in the past few years, and several roads have been built.

"Concrete roads are much cheaper than brick roads. However, this kind of money, try to let the government out, anyway, someone will stuff more money into their pockets, it is better to squeeze it out. He couldn't forget the few yamen he inspected at random along the way from the capital to Shunyang, and the accounts in them were simply simple.

He Ruan Bai thinks that he is not a dustless person at the moment, and he also agrees with the phrase "thousands of miles for officials and only for money", but he never knew that making money could make money without any technical content. In his opinion, more than ninety percent of the officials in the entire Great Zhou need to take an economics course.

King Pingxi always felt that he had been hit by an arrow in his knee. His own junior second child really didn't even hide Lao Tzu's ability to govern.

After the family finished breakfast, Ruan Bai put the backpacks that had been prepared long ago on the fat people's backs one by one. The family of four went up the mountain on foot, carrying only hunting weapons on their backs.

Although there are mountains and forests around the hot spring Zhuangzi, there are no large prey, not even a poisonous snake, at most it is something that can be found everywhere such as pheasants and hares, and you can also spear a fish.

This kind of activity is a bit pediatric for King Pingxi and Chu Hao, but the key is to play, and it is still very enjoyable.

The climate inside the hot spring village is much warmer than outside, and there is no midwinter feeling at all. They stayed for four days, and they were a little unsatisfied.

On the carriage back, Princess Pingxi whispered to King Pingxi: "It's far away, otherwise we can come to Zhuangzi to stay for a few days." "Otherwise, this time and again, I will go for two days just on the road. Neither of them is idlers, how can they have so much free time?

There were just the two of them in the carriage, and King Pingxi also nodded: "It's okay." Didn't Xiao Er say that he would build a road next year? This Zhuangzi is their property, and with the character of Xiao Er, this road will definitely be repaired, and there will not be much time to go back and forth at that time. ”

It is not the same thing for a carriage to run on a bumpy road and to run at a speed on a flat road.

Princess Pingxi thought about it: "By the way, how are the children you have seen in the clan?" Is there a suitable adoptive? ”

Speaking of this, King Pingxi was also helpless: "There is no special suitability." A few of them want to pass over, either because they are too old, or they have some problems in other aspects, so let's wait. The children are still young and in no hurry. "It's as if fate hasn't arrived.

Chu Hao and Ruan Bai are now going home for a few days all year round, and it is not easy for them and their husband and wife to talk about this kind of thing, and they are still happily finishing the rest of the year, and then happily sending people away.

As a result, not long after Shunyang's spring ploughing began, they received a letter from Xijing.

"Mother is happy!" Chu Hao's expression after reading the letter was like swallowing an egg alive, and his face was full of disbelief.

I came with the family letters, and there were several boxes of books, which were all kinds of books that were raised by the way when the girls' school was being organized, which was considered to be for the school in Shunyang, which was a bit of a support for the disaster area.

The affairs of spring ploughing were busy, and the people around Ruan Bai who could be used were all sent out, and he was personally classifying various books at this time, when he heard Chu Hao say something loudly in the room, he didn't hear clearly: "Ah Hao, what are you talking about?" ”

Chu Hao walked in quickly and handed the letter to Ruan Bai: "Mother is happy!" "He was an only child from childhood to adulthood, and his only sister was not biological. If you want to say that when he didn't understand anything when he was a child, he also thought about asking his mother to give him a few more younger brothers and sisters, so that he could also be majestic; But as he gradually got older, he also gave up this thought. I didn't expect him to get married, and his mother could still get pregnant......

Ruan Bai was not surprised: "It's a good thing." Count the days when you were in the hot spring Zhuangzi, right? "In these years, it seems that a woman after thirty years will be able to catch up with the old words; But for aristocratic women, if they are properly maintained all year round, especially like Princess Pingxi, their bodies are very good, and pregnancy is not too unexpected.

"Hmm." Chu Hao's mind was a little subtle and complicated. Of course, he is not afraid that his younger brothers will fight for him for the family property, but ...... Anyway, there are some awkwardness that can't be said.

Ruan Bai looked at him and sneered: "What's wrong?" Multiple little brothers or little sisters, let's raise them as our own sons and daughters, it's better than one adoptive. ”

Chu Hao said in a muffled voice: "If my mother gives birth to a daughter, we will have to have a stepson." ”

Ruan Bai smiled and responded casually, but he was thinking in his heart, according to the current momentum of the girls' school, if it can develop steadily, maybe there will be a few female lords in Da Zhou.

In fact, it is not uncommon for aristocratic women to have titles, but most of them have no real power, unlike some male nobles with titles.

If he had the opportunity, he would have liked to meet that Princess Min, and he always felt that according to her character, she was very promising. The girls' school in the capital has gradually become a girls' military academy under her......

Obviously, the emperor is a sven and black-bellied, how can the sons and daughters born are so upright and like to talk with their fists? I don't know what kind of character the second prince is?