Chapter 20

After obtaining the consent of his biological mother, the Empress Dowager Song, and Jiang Zhong, the Marquis of Xiangbang Changxin, Yin Changying sent 100,000 prisoners and slaves to Minjun to build the Yulei embankment.

But at the same time, he issued another edict, ordering Wang Mei Yin to hold the royal festival and go to Minjun to preside over the Qiangshui sacrifice, and no one could return without an edict.

In order to make this sacrifice pompous enough, he also transferred a group of grassroots officials from the three Jiuqing yamen, Shaofu, Fengchang, and Taifu, and carried enough honor guards to accompany him.

As soon as this order came out, the government and the opposition all looked sideways.

Regarding the princess, whether it is in the court or in the market, there are not many speculations.

Everyone knows that the princess of Zhaoguo has been seriously ill since the death of the first king, and she has been sick for several months, and the noblewomen who accompanied her were infected and died. Although the other two were lucky not to die, they also hid in Hanzhang Hall and did not dare to come out, and they did not even bring a message home for three years.

Later, I heard that it was good, but the door of the Hanzhang Hall where she lived was still closed, outsiders couldn't get in, people inside couldn't get out, and only the king occasionally visited.

During the holidays, I never saw the figure of this princess,

According to legend, the Queen Mother (as for which one I don't know) once asked about the princess, but King Zhao avoided talking about it, and the Queen Mother didn't ask much in interest.

Since then, the princess has become an invisible person in this palace, and everyone tacitly treats this person as not existing.

Of course, there is no shortage of speculation about King Zhao's series of behaviors, and the final conclusion is that although the princess survived, maybe something went wrong?

Like, the mind never grows again? Or, can't you speak? Furthermore, facial disease?

No matter which one it is, it seems to be a scandal for the royal family, and it is understandable that King Zhao will not dispose of this sister in the love of brother and sister, but just lock her up and not be allowed to see outsiders, so as not to lose the face of the royal family.

Since King Zhao has put on this attitude, of course everyone has to cooperate and pretend that nothing has happened.

An insignificant princess, where is it more important than King Zhao after three years of filial piety?

Now King Zhao is just sixteen, it is the time of the young Mu Ai, if he can give birth to the eldest son for King Zhao, he will earn more than anything! Isn't the Empress Dowager Song a role model for all women?

Kabuki can still become the queen mother of a country, let alone other women?

It is precisely because of the Zhaoguo that the ministers and many merchants and people are worried about sending their daughters to the palace, hoping to be favored by the king. Yin Changying's order for Yin Cheng to go to Minjun did not cause any waves.

Everyone interprets it as - the princess is getting older, and it is inconvenient to stay in the outer court, but if she returns to the harem and is seen, won't it disgrace the royal family?

Rather than this, it is better to send away from afar, out of sight and out of mind, and not see that the edict is written "no edict shall not return"? What's the difference between this and exile? It's just a nice name!

Even Rong Shang, the general who escorted Yin Hui, thought so.

Rong Shang also has a nickname, called "General Pi", because he has never been the commander of the sole party, and he is the deputy general who rotates the three generals of Dangbiao, Meng, and Wang, and the identity of this general is twenty years.

Execute orders, he can do the best; But let him decide one thing for himself, and it is easy to get into trouble.

The task of escorting prisoners is familiar with Rong Shang, and he can take the princess to Minjun...... Rong Shang swears he's never had such a headache!

The princess has been in the car and has not come out, and it is Biao Wanzi and Sun Boji who are in charge of dealing with him.

The two women said at a glance that the pot of flowers was beloved by the princess and could not be damaged; The pot of grass was the princess's favorite, and she could not die.

By the way, and the litter of raccoons, you can't lose any of them. This is the rat catcher who is going to be taken to Minjun, and believe it or not, the barnsmen of Minjun are desperate with you?

Rong Shang's head was suddenly as big as a fight.

With so many flowers and plants, you can't have an accident, and there will definitely be a lot of delay on the road, what if you delay the day?

In Zhaoguo, "losing the deadline" is a serious crime, even if he is a general, once he loses the deadline, he will be demoted to the lowest level of the city, and from then on, the children and grandchildren will not be counted as people, but can only be regarded as criminal slaves.

But he can't drive the princess like a criminal slave, after all, King Zhao didn't really release the princess, the fig leaf is still very sufficient, and the princess just went to "preside over the sacrifice", and the responsibility is heavy. If he really dares to be disrespectful to the princess, once he is reported to King Zhao, it will be a big crime of the clan!

"When I look at this General Rong, I seem to be angry." Sun Boji returned.

Biao Wanzi sighed: "He doesn't know the princess's magical powers, so he is naturally afraid of going to Minjun, the road is difficult, and he is worried about missing the date." ”

Yin Ji knows the nature of bureaucrats too well, but she is afraid that she will not be able to keep the black yarn hat, she will not be in a hurry sooner or later, and she doesn't care how many people die on the road, anyway, as long as people do not die to a certain percentage, they will not be punished.

But in front of her, Rong Shang didn't dare to go too far, and the group of prisoners had a slightly better life.

Anyway, even if she encounters landslides, mudslides and other things on the way, she can solve them, so she doesn't really miss the deadline, so she doesn't pay attention to it at all, and only says: "These crops must not die." ”

It was only in the past two years that she learned that many crops had been brought over from the West. For example, cotton, sesame, garlic, courgette (cucumber), etc., but they are all tributed as ornamental crops and are not popular.

No way, the hardware is not in place.

Yin Ji recognized cotton, but first, the land of Zhaoguo is not suitable for growing cotton, and second, even if it is planted, there is not enough seeding technology this year!

There are many similar crops, and Yin Ji went to Minjun and simply brought them all.

She didn't believe it, and after Minjun became the "land of abundance", no one or two crops would be able to settle here.

In the past three years, among the exotic crops she recognized, those that can be popularized have gradually been accepted by the public. The most popular, in addition to alfalfa and garlic, are cats.

The big farmer in the West offered the cat as one of the "strange beasts", saying that it would catch snakes, insects, and birds, but because there were so many similar beasts, no one took it seriously.

Yin Changying knew that she liked these foreign things, and because of her magical powers, she had a wonderful sense of their use. Therefore, every time a tribute was presented, Zheng Gao would be ordered to send one to her, let her see it, and keep it if she wanted.

And when she saw the cat, she said, this raccoon can catch mice.

Then, first the entire Zhaowang Palace, then the entire Lulong City, and finally the entire Zhaoguo, all of them were sensational.

You know, these days, whether it is food or bamboo slips, the most headache is the problem of preservation. Damp and moldy, God can't help it if he doesn't give face, and the rats give all the warehouse clerks and clerks a headache.

Zhaoguo also attaches great importance to the rat infestation, in order to prevent one rat from damaging the entire granary, Zhaolu clearly stipulates that if there are three rats in a granary, the barn official will be punished.

Therefore, every official residence, as well as the storekeeper's house, must have a dog and use the dog to catch mice......

But no matter how hard the dog tries, he can't get into the mouse hole!

Liquid animals, cats, but with ease.

Almost overnight, the officials of the Zhao Kingdom, especially the warehouse officials, all became the most loyal shovel officials.

The two departments of Shaofu and Zhisu Neishi stared at the raccoon cats jumping up and down every day, and the county guards also wrote to express that they hoped that the king could send us a few raccoon dogs in the county and be prepared.

The kitten has not yet been born, and the yamen in line has made an appointment for three years, which can be called a raccoon dog.

At this time, if someone has a raccoon dog in their home, it is a symbol of power, wealth, and status—they really have a mine in their home.

Thinking of this stalk that was ridiculed in later generations, it actually became true at this time, and Yin Ji didn't feel it.

But soon, her smile retracted, as she sensed something unusual.