After a lot of twists and turns, the daughter-in-law finally made a small pot of fish soup.

Looking at Li Tai again, he is still doing the same thing, catching the fish, and putting the fish back, and several fish in a row have ended up like this.

Qujiang Pond is very large, covering an area of nearly 500 acres, nearly a thousand meters deep from north to south, and the people who can enter and exit here on weekdays are either imperial relatives or people in the clan.

If it's a specific festival, it's open to the general public.

As a result, the fish in the pond thrive well, and the fish here are very fat.

Zhang Yang took the fish soup brought by his daughter-in-law, and drank the bowl of fish soup in one breath under her expectant gaze, "The taste is okay, there is progress." ”

"Really?"

"Hmm."

Li Yue happily filled himself a bowl of fish soup, and just took a sip of his little face and pulled it down, "It's so salty." ”

"If you don't put so much salt, it's a very successful bowl of fish soup, and you have only one mistake."

Looking at her husband sitting in the sun, Li Yue also smirked, and then gave the pot of fish soup very chic and fed it to the fish in Qujiang Pond.

The couple sat in the water pavilion, and Li Yue counted the recent family background, "Our family still has 20,000 yuan and 520 yuan and 15 yuan, and if we put money into the village in the future, there will be more than 6,000 yuan of silver that can be used at home." ”

After counting these, Li Yue was not in a very good mood.

With industry, there is investment, and the construction of the village requires a lot of money, especially various expenses, hospitals, village construction, and various business costs.

Excluding all of these, plus the money needed for the next three years of planning, there are only a few thousand dollars of money that can really be used freely at home.

It turns out that the family is not so rich.

Li Yue lowered her head in disappointment, "It seems that you still have to save some flowers." ”

Zhang Yang smiled indifferently: "Compared with us before, such days are much better, at least there is meat to eat every day." ”

In fact, the daughter-in-law has no concept of squandering money at all, there is nothing to spend money on her, everything at home is enough for her, she is not too interested in the complexity outside, she prefers to sit at home and read books than to go out to spend money.

In addition, Datang's spending power is not high.

There are not many places where you can spend money.

Wealthy people can only pile up copper coins in the treasury and watch them mold day by day.

The couple sat for a while, seeing that Li Tai was still fishing, since the construction of the village came to an end, he had not done coolies for some days, and the previous hard weight loss was now back to his original shape, and he was still so fat.

Seeing that Li Tai was obsessed, Li Yue shook his head and sighed.

When he left Qujiang Pond, the little fat man was still struggling with fishing.

At home, Aunt Wang took another pound of paper, which had to be cut.

After nightfall, the couple simply dealt with a supper, lit the oil lamp at home, Li Yue held the book and looked at it, "Husband, is there really a lot of glass in the Western Regions?" ”

"Ruri." Zhang Yang thought for a while, "This thing is very valuable." ”

"Well, I heard that there are few in the palace, and there are some colored glasses left in the former Sui, but most of them are damaged."

Zhang Yang polishes two rivets on his workbench.

Carrying his own chair and simply sitting next to his husband, Li Yue whispered: "Does Gaochang also have a lot of glass." ”

"Gaochang's wealth is now in the hands of Adalan, the last time I wrote to say that Gaochang's treasures are used to build Gaochang, and he will plant cotton for us in the future, I guess he can't be busy himself."

Looking at his daughter-in-law's expression, Zhang Yang said again: "And it is not safe to transport goods in this place in the Western Regions, if you transport cotton, it is nothing, because in the eyes of the people of the Western Regions, cotton is worthless." ”

Li Yue held his chin with one hand and thought: "In the eyes of the people of the Western Regions, cotton is worthless, but to the husband, cotton is valuable. ”

Zhang Yang nodded.

After a pause, Li Yue pondered for a while and then spoke: "If we can master the cotton production in the Western Regions, the benefits that can be realized are not limited to the treasures of Gaochang country. ”

After the train of thought was opened, Li Yue's expression was soothed, and he lost interest in Liuli.

"In the words of the husband, the value of the glass is only these, hand over the treasure of Gaochang to Adalan, and the construction of Gaochang can bring us wealth, and the specific value of the same thing is not comparable to the wealth created."

Holding his daughter-in-law's shoulders, Zhang Yang looked at her eyebrows, "You can already keep up with my thinking." ”

The couple's faces were very close, and Li Yue raised his chin, "I tried my best to keep up with my husband's thoughts, and I was also very inspired." ”

"What if I have two very valuable jade pendants, but I want to get more out of them?"

Li Yue pondered: "Are the two jade pendants unique?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded and stroked her long hair.

After thinking about it again, Li Yue said with a smile: "If these two jade pendants are a pair, I can let people buy them at a high price, and then buy them back at a higher price, and if you want to buy another buyer, you need a higher and higher price, so that there will be benefits from it." ”

Zhang Yang pondered, "It is indeed a good way to increase the value of the goods in your hands by turning your hands in such a hand, but it is a good strategy, and wise people can see the problem clearly at a glance." ”

Li Yue was puzzled: "Is there a better way?" ”

"Hmm."

"What is it?"

"I won't tell you."

After being stunned for a while, Li Yue couldn't speak for a while, and then he could only wave his small fist and hit her husband's shoulder.

"It's late at night, rest early." Li Yue put down this sentence and returned to his room.

After coming back to his senses and continuing to polish his rivets, there was another sound of water in the room, this was the daughter-in-law taking a bath, and there was a pile of drawings next to the workbench.

Look through your stack of drawings and find one of them.

This is a drawing of a shower, summer is coming, and it is really uncomfortable to feel without the pleasure of showering.

The main difficulty in building a shower is to install a bucket on the roof and make a valve.

Pulling up the wick of the oil lamp, Zhang Yang walked out of the door and washed his face, refreshed himself and returned to his workbench, continuing to think about the drawings.

The roof of the house is repaired by yourself, and if you want to build a bucket on the roof to store water, you need to build a shelf, or build a flat roof.

It's easy to build a shelf, but stability needs to be considered, and it needs to be maintained from time to time, once the shelf collapses, the whole bucket overturns and it is not easy to clean up.

And this bucket must be big.

Building a flat roof is more firm, and you should also consider the load-bearing of your own roof.

If the load is not load-bearing, the whole roof will collapse.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yang looked up at the roof, and it was a big deal to build another floor to expand the roof and completely change its appearance.

Considering the construction period and building materials, some of these days are busy.

In the morning of the next day, the couple came to the imperial city early, and planned to go to the Hongwen Hall today to take another batch of books to take home to read.

The officials here are no longer surprised by the princess and the colt.

All the way to Chongwen Palace, Zhang Yang rolled up his sleeves and cleaned up first, "The weather is good today." ”

was about to sweep the floor and mop the floor, noticing his daughter-in-law's gaze, Zhang Yang also looked at himself, "What are you doing looking at me like this?" ”

Li Yue said curiously: "Didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

"I really didn't sleep well."

Li Yue thought thoughtfully, "Auntie said that people of her husband's age always can't sleep well, and their spirits are very good. ”

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "So I put all my energy into work." ”

Li Yue became more and more puzzled, "Work? ”

"It's also a job to make our lives better."

Li Yue smiled happily.

Zhang Yang came to the next door of the Chongwen Palace, which is the East Palace.

The so-called reach out and don't hit the smiling person.

The two guards in front of the East Palace also greeted Zhang Yang with a smile.

Looking into the East Palace, there was no one in sight, Zhang Yang withdrew his eyes, "What about His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

The guard replied, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is listening to the government in the Taiji Palace. ”

Zhang Yang frowned and folded his hands.

The guards didn't dare to snub this donkey, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had an order, bowed down and said: "I don't know what the important thing is about the horse, you can wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come back and then tell you." ”

Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly, "I want to borrow two buckets from the East Palace, but I don't know if it's inconvenient." ”

The two guards glanced at each other and smiled awkwardly, but they didn't expect such a thing.

"Wait a minute, donkey."

After speaking, the guard walked into a room in the East Palace, and after a while, he took two buckets, "Do you need to help the horse fill it with water?" ”

Zhang Yang nodded, "Yes." ”

"I wonder what the pony wants the bucket for?"

"What else can a bucket be used for? Of course, it's used to hold water. ”

The guard was very diligent in fetching two buckets of water from a well outside the East Palace.

Zhang Yang looked curiously at the well.

The guard subconsciously also looked at the well, and wondered: "What is this looking at, donkey?" ”

Zhang Yang coughed his throat, "I heard that the palace is sinister, some people will throw ignorant palace maids into the well, and there will be a few more corpses in the well in the palace from time to time, and I don't know if it's real or fake." ”

Taking the bucket, Zhang Yang asked in a low voice, "Is there really such a thing with this big brother of the guard?" ”

The guard smiled: "How can the outside say so sinister, the palace maids in our palace are very sensible, and it is all nonsense from outsiders." ”

"Oh......" Zhang Yang responded, "What if it's an ignorant palace maid?" ”

"That's all sent back."

"Really?"

"What else do you need to command?"

Seeing that the guard diverted the topic, Zhang Yang came to the Chongwen Hall with two buckets of water, and the husband and wife each had a bucket and carefully splashed water on the ground of the Chongwen Palace, which was easy to clean.

"It is said that Ling Zhangyang has a habit of loving cleanliness and tidyness, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

was pouring water on the ground, Zhang Yang looked back at the people who came, it was Wei Zheng and Li Chengqian, who had just left the early dynasty.

"I've seen Gong Zheng, I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince, this is not a habit, it's a habit of life, and I don't have a habit of cleanliness." Zhang Yang bowed.

Seeing that the corners of Wei Zheng's eyes were red and swollen, Zhang Yang was puzzled: "Zheng Gong's corners of his eyes are ......."

Wei Zheng sighed: "There was a dispute in the court, and I was beaten by Cheng Yanjin, an old horseman. ”

Zhang Yang waved his hands, "General Cheng is a rough man, Zheng Gong endures humiliation and burden, and I really admire it for being so tolerant." ”

"Forbearance?" Wei Zheng snorted coldly, "When the old man practices his fists and feet for a few more years, the old man will have to compete with him in the court." ”

(End of chapter)