Chapter 47: Fang Xuanling

After coming out of the palace, the excitement on Shang Shu's left servant's face gradually faded.

As one of the highest-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xuanling was of course very happy to see the appearance of the Quyuan plow, especially when he saw with his own eyes that only one ox and one person needed to drive this plough to plough the land, and the speed was no slower than the previous old-fashioned stupid plow, and the quality of the plough was not bad, he was immediately overjoyed like other officials!

There is no doubt that this is simply a divine object given to Datang by God!

Therefore, after witnessing the wonder of the Quyuan plough with his own eyes, and knowing that this thing is not too complicated to make, but any carpenter with a little skill can build it, Fang Xuanling naturally strongly supports the emperor's idea and promotes this new type of Quyuan plough in the world as soon as possible!

At least the Fang family's Zhuangzi and farmers, he will definitely give it.

After all, this account is actually very easy to calculate, with the Quyuan plough means that a person can plough at least half more land than before, even if there is no time to take care of the extra half, you can only sow seeds to finish the work, which also means that you can get a lot more food!

So it's an absolute good thing for both public and private.

Merely......

Why, it's the king?

Thinking that it was Li Yuanjia who took out the Quyuan plow and paid tribute to the emperor, the future eldest son-in-law of the old Fang family, Fang Xuanling felt a little headache - you said that you are a prince, and honestly do your thorn history in Luzhou, isn't it good for An An to live a lifetime? What kind of plough are you doing?!

"Alas!"

Until he went home and sat down, Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh heavily.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came: "What's the matter?" When I came home, I looked unhappy...... But what happened today? ”

Fang Xuanling turned his head and saw that it was his old wife Lu.

Although he never talked to his wife about the affairs of the court, but today is obviously an exception, Fang Xuanling informed his wife about the Qu Yuan plow, and finally asked: "Do you know who dedicated this Qu Yuan plough to the emperor?" ”

"Who is it? Who can create such a thing? ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Lu asked with a shocked face.

Although he was born noble and did not know how to farm, but the Lu family had been in charge of the house for so many years, how could he not understand how important it was to be driven by a plow that could be easily driven by only one ox and one person? So after I decided that I wanted the carpenter to learn how to make this plough as soon as possible, I couldn't wait to know who would give it.

"Luzhou."

"Luzhou?"

Hearing Fang Xuanling spit out two simple words from his mouth, Lu Shi was stunned for a moment.

No beginning and no end, just two words?

"Yes, Luzhou!"

Taking a deep breath, Fang Xuanling nodded vigorously.

"Sizzle......"

Hearing Fang Xuanling emphasize the place name Luzhou again, and his face was still so strange, Lu Shi suddenly thought of someone, and then gasped: "You, what you said is not ...... It can't be King Xu, right?! ”

"Hehe, isn't that him!"

With a wry smile, Fang Xuanling nodded.

At this moment, Lu Shi was even more surprised, his eyes widened and said, "It's him?" I can't imagine that our Yu'er's future Lang Jun will have such a capable person under his hands?! ”

Shaking his head, Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "What kind of capable person under his hands?" This curved plough was drawn by him and then made by someone! ”

"What did the king do? That's impossible! ”

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Lu Shi suddenly smiled: "He is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old hairy child, and he is either reading, writing, and painting in the palace every day, how can he know how to do farming?" The villa made a sacred object such as a curved plow...... If a prince can do it, then what do the officials of the Ministry of Industry do? ”

For his eldest son-in-law, in fact, the Lu family is quite satisfied.

You are a prince, one of the most noble people in the world, the key is that this Li Yuanjia's reputation is excellent, it is said that there are no other bad hobbies except for liking books, and the level of calligraphy and painting is very high, and the figure and appearance are also good......

To put it simply, he is the most ideal uncle.

If there is anything unsatisfactory, of course, it is Li Yuanjia's identity. After all, Fang Xuanling is now a servant of Shangshu, and he can almost be regarded as a very human minister, and now he has a prince as his son-in-law, which is too noble. For this reason, Fang Xuanling even resigned twice, if it weren't for the emperor's great trust in him, he would have been gossiped down by officialdom a long time ago.

But satisfaction is satisfaction, if you want to say that Li Yuanjia designed the Quyuan plough by himself, then the Lu family will not believe it!

"At first, I didn't believe it either!"

Sighing, Fang Xuanling shook his head and said: "But today, the emperor swears very clearly, the drawings of this Quyuan plough were drawn by King Yu, and the carpenter is just reading from the book...... Hehe, didn't you see the emperor's pride at that time, so you almost said how powerful your brother was! ”

When he said this, Fang Xuanling's voice was obviously much lower.

"Really?"

"Really!"

After Fang Xuanling confirmed it again, the Lu family finally believed that this Quyuan plough was really the result of Li Yuanjia's doing, and immediately swallowed his saliva and exclaimed: "I really can't imagine that the son-in-law of our Fang family still has this ability...... Hey? Then why did you come back with a sad face? Could it be that our son-in-law is so good, but you are not happy to do it? ”

"That's right, I'd rather he be mediocre!"

Nodding, Fang Xuanling sighed and said.

Looking at his solemn face, Lu Shi frowned and said softly, "Isn't it?" Now that the emperor has been on the throne for seven years, and the country is growing stronger and more prestigious, is it ......?"

Regarding Fang Xuanling's worries, of course the Lu family knew it.

When he first formed this relationship with the royal family, Fang Xuanling had already told the Lu family that if Li Yuanjia was honestly an idle prince, this would be a favor to the Fang Mansion, and if King Yu was not stable enough in the fief, then maybe when he would become a thorn in the emperor's heart!

Li Yuanheng, the king of the drunkenness, only died last year!

But after thinking about it, Lu Shi asked a little puzzled: "No, didn't you just say...... Does the emperor seem to be very proud of this younger brother? Moreover, King Yu has always kept a low profile, and after going to Luzhou, he rarely made friends with officials, and almost never participated in political affairs......"

If for ordinary young people, this is called not seeking progress, but for a prince, it is a representative of "self-cultivation and self-purification"!

Nodding, Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "That's right, if it's just like this, of course it's no problem, even if this Quyuan plough will bring him huge prestige, it won't have much impact after all." But ......"

"But what?"

"But today, the emperor suddenly had the idea of transferring him back to Chang'an!"

Sighing, Fang Xuanling said helplessly: "Although the emperor didn't say it explicitly, when he talked to me in private, he faintly revealed this idea......