Chapter 183: Look away
Yan Yan didn't expect Li Cong to have high hopes for her, but she fell in love with the barren mountains and wasteland near Qinglian Nunnery, mainly because there was a water source and it was relatively close to her Zhuangzi. With-Dream- . com
What's more, the incense of Qinglian Nunnery is very prosperous, and there are many female dependents of dignitaries and nobles who go to incense, and Yan Yan wants to make the farm a high-end place for leisure, outing, catering, and fun, so these female dependents are potential customers.
Of course, these are just an idea at present, and it is estimated that it will not be effective in three or five years if it is really done, so Yan Yan did not say much, only said that he was already optimistic about a place.
"Sister Yan'er, do you need us to help you do anything?" Li Ji asked.
"Yes, I want to collect some new seeds, I heard that there are often foreigners coming from the coast in the southeast, I think there should be their native seeds brought in, whatever I want." Yan Yan said.
In fact, the seeds she wants most are corn, sweet potatoes and peppers, but these are from North or South America, it should be hundreds of years later, so what she wants to find most now are peanuts and cotton seeds, she has the impression that she has read a report, saying that peanuts from the Han Dynasty were unearthed in a mausoleum in Shaanxi, but Yan Yan has not seen peanuts in the past few months.
She doesn't remember the origin of cotton as if it was India or some Arab country, but it certainly didn't go out of Asia, so there should be hope that it could be found.
"No problem, just leave this matter to me, is there anything else?" Li Cong responded with a mouthful.
Yan Yan was entangled for a moment and shook his head.
In fact, Yan Yan originally wanted to take several princes together to form a large fleet to complete the feat of going to the West in advance, maybe he could also discover the New World of America in advance, and bring back the seeds that Yan Yan needed by the way.
It's just that the amount of funds needed for this fleet is too large, and the amount of silver that Yan Yan can take out by herself is only more than 30,000, which is too much, so she has to put this idea to rest for the time being.
Li Cong didn't ignore the expression on Yan Yan's face, and was just about to open his mouth to ask her again, but who knew that the eunuch at the door had passed the meal and sent two big hot pots and two big live carps.
The meal was eaten for nearly an hour, and after the meal, Yan Yan sat down with everyone for another cup of tea and left.
Subsequently, Li Cong sent Li Ji and the four of them away, leaving him alone, he wanted to know what Yan Yan and the Queen Mother said.
On the one hand, she said that she believed that you would not forget your mission and duty, and that you were by no means a faint man who would indulge in women; But on the other hand, she was very worried, afraid that you would agree to the alliance with the Jurchens, but when I asked her why, she said everything before, and there was no need to repeat it. The Queen Mother also wanted to talk to her son about this, so she also said Yan Yan's evaluation of Concubine Chen.
In fact, she didn't know why, every time she thought of the worry in Yan Yan's eyes, she always felt that she was inexplicably up and down.
"Oh, she actually commented on my evaluation of Concubine Chen?" Li Cong was a little surprised, but he didn't pay much attention to the following paragraph.
"Son, you say, could it be that Yan'er, this child, really has some adventures?" The Queen Mother is obviously more concerned about the latter paragraph.
"What adventure?" Li Cong didn't react for a while.
"What do you think, the pastries, hot pot, and gloves she makes, we haven't seen and eaten them before, and we haven't even heard of them. Besides, she is a deep boudoir woman, to put it mildly, she doesn't know the five grains and six animals, but I just heard her say that she wants to build a farm and find new seeds, I wonder if this child has some adventure on the Huangquan Road? The Queen Mother voiced her doubts.
In fact, these words have been in her heart for a long time, but she has never dared to say them, for fear of causing trouble to this child if they are spread out.
Originally, it was sensational enough for a person to be alive after dying for four or five hours, but Yan Yan, who had come back to life, had come up with so many new things, it was difficult not to make people suspicious.
"This shouldn't be, I've researched her, this kid has indeed read a lot of books, and the most important thing is that she is also clear about the previous things, and her father also told me about this joint Khitan fight against the Jurchens, she should have read the notes left by Peng Cheng or something, Peng Cheng has been dealing with the Khitan in the north for several years, and his understanding of the Khitan and Jurchen should be more specific, this kid is a pity, he knew it was so, it is better to fulfill Ji'er." Li Cong groaned for a moment and said slowly.
This is the first time he has said that he regrets not fulfilling Li Ji, and the Queen Mother naturally knows the reason, and she also sighed slightly.
It turned out that Yan Yan showed extraordinary intelligence when he was a child, and his personality was also very lively and cheerful, so he was particularly valued and blessed by Li Ji.
And Yan Yan's grandmother, Mrs. Yan, saw this, so she did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire Chen Siru to cultivate Yan Yan, but unfortunately, when Yan Yan was ten years old, Mrs. Yan suddenly fell ill, and before she died, she had tried this matter with the Queen Mother.
It's a pity that although the Queen Mother also liked Yan Yan at that time, she was somewhat taboo about Yan Yanke's father's and mother's life, and the queen was also taboo, and even more so.
At that time, Li Cong was not very opposed, as far as he was concerned, he was willing to take over Yan Yan for the sake of his good brother Yan Rui, but the queen had no choice but to move out of the ancestral law, and the children of the royal family could not marry the daughter of a military general family.
For this reason, this family business had to be abandoned.
Subsequently, in order to compensate her sister, the Queen Mother personally selected Lu Ming, the first son of a family who is famous in the capital for her literary talent and martial arts, and thought that she was worthy of her sister.
But who knew that he had lost his eyes, not only did he miss Yan Yan, a smart and capable girl, but also mistook Lu Ming, which caused Yan Yan's reputation to be damaged, and he hastily married a concubine, not to mention that he was still a disabled concubine, so Yan Yan had to show up in person to take care of these mundane affairs.
Hey, it's fate, she never thought that this family affair would be fulfilled in the end.
As the old saying goes, people can't fight with fate, whoever should be is who's.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother sighed again, "That's it, there's nothing to regret, this kid is a grateful person, stay outside, and he can help us." But what do you think? On the queen's side, has it been appeased? ”
The Queen Mother changed the subject.