Chapter 637, the old road
Knowing the content of the court meeting, Yan Yan smiled, she guessed that Li Cong did it on purpose.
On the one hand, he wanted to see how many voices there were in the court, and how much power the Lu family still had; On the other hand, I'm afraid that I am also preparing for Lu Ming's release; Another point is that he is also paving the way for Lu You, because officials from the third rank and above can participate in the court meeting, and he mostly wants to know if Lu You can bring him some other surprises in the court.
In other words, he wanted to squeeze out something he wanted from Yan Yan in the name of Lu You.
After all, the appearance of the threshing machine this time made the government and the opposition boil again, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Department of Agriculture said that with this threshing machine, the agricultural production of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be pushed forward for at least 30 years, especially for those rice growers in the south, it is a great benefit, and the effort and time saved can be used to open up the wasteland and plant something else.
Therefore, Yan Yan speculated that Li Cong was most likely eyeing her overseas trade, because she had already taken the 100,000 taels of tickets she had obtained in advance to Quanzhou to prepay the deposit for the sailboat.
She consulted Master Yang on this point, and Master Yang said that the best shipyard in Dazhou is in Quanzhou at present, especially the big ships that Yan Yan needs to take overseas routes.
"Husband, not only did you do it, I did it too." Yan Yan told his plan, including the origin of the threshing machine and the source of the silver.
"How much? How many tickets do you say you have in your hand? Although Lu You heard from Master Yang that Yan Yan had invented a threshing machine, he really didn't expect that this threshing machine could be sold at such a sky-high price.
"Not much, I'm still trying to save trouble, if I sell it myself, I should be able to earn more."
Yan Yan calculated that the cost of a threshing machine is about fifteen yuan, and the price is more than twenty yuan or even thirty yuan.
Of course, Yan Yan also knows that ordinary farmers can't afford this price at all, but she can't either, this space-time iron is a controlled item and is relatively expensive, so it raises the overall cost, but it doesn't matter if you can't afford it, they can rent it, it's like a harvester in later generations, and few buy it, most of them rent it.
"Lady, you, we... Lu You originally wanted to say that the war was over, and now that they had so much money in their hands, Yan Yan could rest at ease.
The main reason is that he is afraid that the more dazzling Yan Yan becomes, the more people will think about her, not only the emperor and prince on the side of the Great Zhou, but also Zhou Lu of the Khitan.
It turned out that Lu You also knew that the new master of the Khitan this time was Zhou Lu, so he proposed a truce under the pretext of mourning at the beginning of his reign, and Lu You also analyzed from the two conditions proposed by Zhou Lu that he wanted to form an alliance and buy the artillery of the Great Zhou, and that Zhou Lu was most likely thinking about Yan Yan.
For this reason, Lu You always felt unsteady and uncomfortable.
It's not that he doesn't believe Yan Yan, he still understands the truth of his guilt, but on the other hand, he is really unwilling to imprison Yan Yan's talent, for fear of wronging her, so he still didn't say these words after all.
Fortunately, he is not the useless dumb and fool he was before, he is General Yunlu from Sanpin, a well-known anti-Liao general on the border, and he has the ability to protect his wife.
Yan Yan saw that her husband's words stopped halfway through, but she also asked.
"It's nothing, I'm thinking, how can I, Lu You, marry you, husband and wife, have both children and daughters, have a solid family background, make meritorious contributions, and become a general, I have everything I want. Lady, don't worry, I will be good to you for the rest of my life, and I will never take a concubine. Lu You hugged Yan Yan.
"Okay, I believe in you, don't worry, our days will get better and better, but you can't leave me behind, just lose it for more than two years." Yan Yan still has a little complaint about this.
Pregnant, giving birth, sick, when a woman is the most vulnerable, her husband is thousands of miles away from the border, how can she not be anxious and not complain? Not to mention the more than 800 sleepless days.
"Don't worry. As long as there is no war, I will never leave you. Lu You lowered his head as he spoke.
Who knew that when he was about to touch Yan Yan's face, Lu Jin rushed in, "Mother, mother, I heard that Dad... ”
Lu Jin didn't say the rest of the words, because Li Xi stepped forward and grabbed her.
Yan Yan hurriedly pushed Lu You away, straightened his hair, and then asked Li Xi, "Why is His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson free to come over today?" ”
"Aunt Yan, how many times have I told you, just call me Xi'er, I heard that my uncle is back, and I came to pay a visit." After speaking, Li Xi bowed to Lu You in a dignified manner.
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun is too polite, and the ministers dare not be the minister." Lu You leaned sideways and hurriedly returned the salute.
Lu Jin's eyes widened, he looked at Li Xi curiously and then at his parents, and finally couldn't help it, "Brother Li Xi, Dad, what are you doing?" ”
"Jin Niang, didn't my mother tell you many times that you should call His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson, or Brother Imperial Grandson, and you are not allowed to call Brother Li Xi." Yan Yan had a headache and corrected his daughter again.
She was afraid that her daughter would follow the old path of the original owner.
Although this family affair is something that the crown prince and the crown princess are even happy to see, Yan Yan does not want her daughter to marry into the palace, compared to glory and wealth, she hopes that her daughter can find someone who treats her sincerely and is more willing to treat her wholeheartedly like her.
Therefore, Yan Yan didn't want her daughter to get too close to Li Xi, but there was no way, the emperor, the crown prince, and the crown princess all ordered Lu You to be Li Ran's companion, and Yan Yan didn't want to refuse too much.
Fortunately, the children are still young, and the prince and princess are not studying together, so Yan Yan can't worry so far for a while.
"Aunt Yan, I asked my sister to call me Brother Li Xi, my mother said, Aunt Yan is not only my aunt, but also my life-saving benefactor, and besides, we are originally relatives, so we only talk about family etiquette, regardless of national etiquette." Li Xi explained seriously.
Yan Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw his young and old little master, "Okay, aunt listen to you, come, what do you want to eat, tell your aunt, and aunt will order someone to cook it for you." ”
As soon as Yan Yan's voice fell, the sound of the maid's announcement came from outside, and then Li Sui's voice came from outside, "Sister Yan'er, I haven't eaten what you made for more than two years, and I'm hungry." ”
As soon as Yan Yan heard this voice, he was in the hall outside, and hurriedly lifted the curtain to see that Li Ji, Li Sui, Li Zhi, and Li Sui were standing neatly in the hall.
"You four don't bring such sneak attacks, do you?" Yan Yan blushed, she was afraid that Fang Cai and Lu You's private words would be overheard.
"What do you mean by our sneak attack, we obviously heard that our brother-in-law was promoted, so we came to congratulate my sister." Li Sui looked at Yan Yan with a mocking expression.
Lu You heard the movement and hurriedly walked out.