After staying in Qingzhou for more than ten days, Yang Yong ended this inspection, Yang Yong also took several cronies to the sea in the middle of the journey, and landed on the island where Sun Qing was, this originally deserted island after three years of vigorous construction by Sun Qing, now there are more than 2,000 residents on the island, a large number of ships bring sugarcane raw materials from the south every year, processed into white sugar on the island and then shipped out, in addition to their own development, at least one million yuan of profit for Yang Yong every year.

It is precisely because of the support of the money here that Yang Yong never has to worry about money, Yang Yong chose Qingzhou as his last stop, and he wanted to go to Sugar Island to see it in person is also a reason, but he didn't expect an assassination incident in Qingzhou, but he delayed the time.

Yang Yong is very satisfied with the current scale of Sugar Island, compared with the sky-high price of 500 wen a catty in the first year, the price of white sugar has now fallen to about 60 or 70 wen a catty, and the people can afford it, and then increasing the output can only push the price of white sugar lower, and can not increase profits.

After seeing Sugar Island, Yang Yong set off to return to the capital, however, Fang Yanqian and his family were added to the team, Fang Yanqian was cautious, benevolent to the people, and not greedy for money, and took the initiative to hand over the five hundred gold given by the Lu family, so that Yang Yong had a great impression of him, and transferred him to the East Palace.

The prince washed the horse from the fifth grade, compared to the sixth grade of Qingzhou Sima was promoted by one level, the increase in grade is only one aspect, everyone knows that the official position of the prince washing the horse must be held by the prince's cronies, and even Wei Yi expressed envy for Fang Yanqian.

On the way back. Yang Yong knew that Fang Yanqian's son was called Fang Xuanling, and naturally there was another surprise, although the little guy was only four years old, he was already extremely smart, and he could already memorize dozens of poems and know five or six hundred words. Stronger than most of the adults in Yang Yong's guards.

Along the way, Yang Yong asked Fang Xuanling to sit in the carriage many times, and even Yang Yong rode with Fang Xuanling several times, which made the little guy laugh, and everyone was even more envious of Fang Yanqian, but he didn't expect the prince to like a four-year-old child so much, Yun Meier and Xing'er The two girls were even more surprised and delighted, the prince liked children so much. I don't know how happy they would be to have their own sons, they often touch their lower abdomen, and they wish they could conceive a child immediately.

When the prince's guard of honor passed through the state, and did not stay in the place again, when he returned to the capital, it was December of the third year of the emperor's reign, and the prince returned to Beijing, so that many ministers breathed a sigh of relief. It always makes people feel unsteady, not to mention that the prince also encountered a rebellion and an assassination, which sounds terrifying, Yang Jian is also very happy about his son's return, and specially sent the left servant Gao Ying and Wei Shikang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to greet him outside the city with hundreds of officials.

It has snowed several times in Daxingcheng. The entire Daxing City is covered in silver makeup, which is extremely beautiful, but the air is a little colder, so that the officials who have been waiting at the city gate stomp their feet from time to time to keep out the cold.

The officials who welcomed the prince back to Beijing this time accounted for about 30% of the officials in Beijing, and basically the deputy officials of each ministry led nearly half of the officials of each ministry to greet them. It's just that he is the only one by his side.

Everything in the College of Agriculture is still in the grass-roots stage, except for him, the vice president, there are only a few master craftsmen with hundreds of small craftsmen and handymen. Naturally, he was not qualified to come over to welcome the prince back to Beijing, but Yun Dingxing seemed very excited, as soon as the prince returned, the Agricultural College would have a backbone.

There are proud, naturally frustrated, the servant Lu Kai is undoubtedly the most depressed person, this time the assassination of the prince is the head of the Lu family in Qingzhou, Lu Wei, the mastermind, but he and Lu Wei are cousins, how can it be impossible to get rid of the relationship, as soon as the news reached the capital, the Lu Mansion that used to be full of cars and horses immediately became crowded, and the eyes of the officials looked at him strangely.

Fortunately, the result of the trial came down quickly, Lu Wei readily admitted that the assassination of the prince did not involve Lu Kai's father Lu Xun, the result was of course that the entire Lu family in Qingzhou was copied, Lu and his grandson Lu Chong and the Lu family generals who participated in it were all executed, Lu Xun was exempted from punishment because he didn't know, and his son was exempted from punishment, and Lu Kai finally escaped.

Lu Kai once asked to resign, but fortunately, the emperor trusted him and did not agree, but Yu Qing, the original secretary of the ministry, gave up the secretary of the ministry because he was promoted to the post of the right servant of the secretary, and Lu Kai was a popular candidate to take over the secretary of the ministry, but he never had a chance.

"Lord Lu."

Just when Lu Kai was looking at the front and was a little dazed, he suddenly heard someone calling, and he was very surprised.

"It turned out to be Qinghe Gong, and the officials were polite." Yang Suguan worships the three products, serves as the general of the right guard, in the twelve generals of the guard, second only to the emperor's brother, Yang Shuang, the general of the left guard, in just a few years, Yang Su from an insignificant idle six-grade official to the general of the third grade, by the title of Qinghe County, it can be seen that the emperor is favored by Yang Su. Mo said that Lu Kai is only a servant of the Ministry of Officials now, even if he really becomes the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, he does not dare to slack off on Yang Su.

"Why is Lord Lu so polite, I want to congratulate Lord Lu on taking over the Ministry immediately."

Lu Kai smiled bitterly: "Why should Qinghe Gong take over the official joke, although Lord Yu wants to take over the right servant of Shangshu, he is just a subordinate official to treat the guilt, no matter what, it is not the turn of the subordinate official to take over." ”

"That's not necessarily, in the Ministry of Officials, in terms of qualifications and ability, who is comparable to Lord Lu, not to mention that although there was an accident in the Lu Mansion in Qingzhou, but the emperor did not allow Lord Lu to resign, which shows that the emperor still trusts Lord Lu, as long as the emperor trusts, if someone can say a few good words for Lord Lu, it is not impossible to take over the Ministry of Officials."

Yang Su lowered his voice, a faint smile appeared on his face, Lu Kai suddenly heard it and his heart was pounding, Yang Su is undoubtedly a person who can speak by the emperor's side, if he can get his help, maybe the lost official department Shangshu will really fall on him again, the official department was originally the heaviest among the six, even the remaining five Shangshu would smile and greet Lu Kai before, but now no matter who sees him. I can't wait to distance myself immediately, if it is impossible to say that Lu Kai is not interested in the position of the secretary of the ministry.

However, as soon as he thought of the prince, Lu Kai's heart suddenly cooled again: "Qinghe Gong is bothered, the Lu family has offended the prince, although he has received the emperor's grace." did not remove the subordinate officials from the post of the people, but how could the subordinate officials dare to be greedy for the post of secretary of the ministry. ”

A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Yang Su's mouth: "Lord Lu, remember, you offended the crown prince, not the emperor, the emperor is now in the prime of life, and he can rule the world for at least twenty years, two."

Whether the crown prince will be able to take over is still unknown. Why should Lord Lu be careful? ”

Lu Kai was shocked when he heard this, Yang Su's words can be said to be a big rebellion, but it is not unreasonable, and suddenly the big stone that has been pressing on his heart seems to be half relaxed, and his heart has become itchy, and he is about to talk to Yang Su again, when a voice suddenly comes from around: "Here, His Royal Highness the Prince's car is here." ”

Lu Kai hurriedly looked forward, and a black line surged up on the snowy road in the distance. As the black line approached, the soldiers in front could already be seen holding aloft fourteen halberds representing the prince's travel. The officials, who were talking in whispers, suddenly fell silent and craned their necks to look forward.

"Lord Lu, it's inconvenient to talk about it here, after welcoming the prince, you might as well come to our mansion and wait for you." Lu Kai turned his head. When he opened his mouth slightly and wanted to talk to Yang Su again, Yang Su stopped him.

Lu Kai looked around, although he and Yang Su were standing on the side, even if the nearest official was more than a foot away from them, but many officials looked in the direction of the two, and they were quite curious about Yang Su, a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and Lu Kai were close to him, and it was really not a place to talk, Lu Kai nodded. When I returned to my original position, I didn't have the peace in my heart anymore, and it became extremely agitated.

"Your Highness, it's almost time to get to the city gate." Qu Tutong tapped the carriage. reminded that the woman's ** voice from inside made Qu Tutong blush, but he could already see the officials lining up at the main gate of Daxing City, but Qu Tutong had to remind the prince.

At this time, the carriage was in the boundless spring, Yun Meier and Xing'er were half-clothed, close to Yang Yong, one of them grabbed Yang Yong's big hand and put it on their chests, and let their delicate ** change various shapes under Yang Yong's hands.

The carriage was very wide, with red charcoal in front of it, making the whole carriage extremely warm, and the back was covered with brocade clothes, and the three of them had no problem lying in it at all.

If it was before, Yang Yong would not be so absurd, but the closer they got to the capital, the more uneasy Yun Meier and Xing'er became, not knowing how to face the crown princess, and knowing that it was impossible to have the opportunity to play with the prince like this again, the two women were immediately obsessed with Yang Yong, for fear that after returning to Beijing, Yang Yong would snub them aside.

"Got it." Yang Yong snorted, and reluctantly pulled his hands out of the chests of the two women, thinking in his heart that Gentle Township was indeed a hero's mound, and he had the memory of two lives, but it was so ridiculous to indulge a little, no wonder Emperor Zhou Xuan would do so many outrageous things.

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Hearing that they would arrive at the city gate immediately, Yun Meier and Xing'er also hurriedly dressed, but they had to take off the brocade clothes they were wearing first and change into the plain clothes they brought out when they left Beijing, lest some officials impeach the prince's luxury, and the snow-white ** of the two girls was even more exposed to Yang Yong's eyes, making Yang Yong swallow a few saliva times.

"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Gao Ying and Wei Shikang saw the prince's car coming, and hurriedly took the officials who came to greet him bowed and saluted, Yang Yong lifted the curtain, and saw that it was Gao Ying and Wei Shikang who came to greet him, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly walked down from the warm car and helped everyone with his hands: "Everyone Aiqing is exempt." ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie." After meeting the prince, the lower-ranking officials hurriedly retreated to the side, leaving only Gao Ying, Wei Shikang, Yang Su, and Liao Liao, a squire from various departments, more than ten people.

Gao Ying smiled with a smile on his face, and took out a holy decree from his sleeve: "The prince receives the decree!" ”

Yang Yong was about to kneel, but Gao Ying hurriedly stopped: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the emperor has a decree, this time the prince went out of Beijing hard, and now it is freezing and snowy, the prince can stand and listen to the order." ”

Yang Yong didn't listen to Gao Ying's words, but he still straightened his clothes: "Gao Aiqing, my father is the king, and the palace is still a minister, although my father is sympathetic to the palace, but the country's gifts cannot be abolished, and the palace is the prince, and it is better to kneel in the palace." After speaking, Yang Yong had already knelt down, this place was close to the city gate, people came and went, the falling snow had already been trampled by pedestrians and was muddy, Yang Yong knelt down like this, and suddenly the muddy water on the ground wet Yang Yong's legs, and Yang Yong's original clean clothes were also splashed with a lot of mud.

When the other officials saw the prince kneeling, they also secretly complained in their hearts, they knew that the emperor had a message, so that the prince would not kneel, they could also take the opportunity not to kneel in the mud, how do they know that the prince did not appreciate it, so kneeling, except for Gao Ying, everyone had to kneel down, in an instant, the cold snow water invaded the legs of these officials, and they all shivered a few times, the more senior officials stood in the middle, the deepest muddy water, but it was because some low-level officials stood on the side, and the snow did not melt in some places, It can also keep the lower legs dry for a short time and not get chills.

Yang Yong swept the look on everyone's faces, and secretly laughed in his heart, he could do whatever he wanted outside, and returned to the capital, Yang Yong knew that he had reached the time of Taoguang again, if he didn't pay attention to the small things, it was likely to cause the emperor's disgust, this kind of trivial matter was formed by the accumulation of time, since he had the memory of two lifetimes, he naturally would not make mistakes again, these people wanted to borrow their own light, it was a miscalculation.

Gao Ying was stunned for a moment, secretly regretting in his heart, knowing that he should find a clean place for the prince to receive the decree, and not to wet the prince's clothes, but now that the prince has knelt down, he can only quickly finish the holy decree and let the prince suffer less sin.

The holy decree is not long, to the effect that the prince will make some words of encouragement for this trip, and let the prince rest for a few days after returning to the East Palace, and then report to the emperor, after reading the holy decree, Gao Ying hurriedly handed over the holy decree to Yang Yong: "Your Royal Highness has been on this trip for half a year, traveling thousands of miles, and your Royal Highness has worked hard, and now Your Highness has finally returned to Beijing smoothly, and the ministers can also hand over to the emperor. ”

Yang Yong glanced at the officials, and saw that several of them were so cold that their faces turned blue, so he hurriedly arched his hand to everyone: "Everyone, it's freezing today, you come to greet the palace, the palace has received its intentions, go back." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince." A group of officials suddenly seemed to be amnesty, and they couldn't care about politeness, and suddenly scattered like birds and beasts, and in the blink of an eye, only Gao Ying was left to greet the officials of the prince's land, and Wei Shikang also had some officials who were close to the East Palace.