Chapter 47: Uncle Gao is back
What happened in the capital, Zhao Yao, who was far away in Lingnan, didn't know for the time being, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, because Uncle Gao came back with the gold and silver dug up from the Wa Kingdom.
In addition to bringing more than a dozen boatloads of gold and silver, Uncle Gao also brought back a lot of things unique to the Wa Kingdom. And, of course, five thousand slaves.
In the past few days, Zhao Yao has been busy placing the gold and silver brought back from the Wa Kingdom. This time, the gold and silver brought back were not much, and the total was almost a thousand catties.
A thousand catties of gold and silver would be a lot in the eyes of others, but in Zhao Yao's eyes, there were not many, because these gold and silver were only the tip of the iceberg in the gold and silver mines of the Wa Kingdom.
The gold and silver mines of the Wa Kingdom can be mined for hundreds of years, and their production can be seen. Not to mention a thousand catties, it is 10,000 catties, or even 100,000 catties is not much.
In fact, Uncle Gao sent people to dig up more than 1,000 catties of gold and silver, but it was not good to transport them all back to Da Zhou at once, otherwise it would be too eye-catching.
The 1,000 catties of gold and silver brought back this time were somewhat eye-catching, but fortunately there were 5,000 slaves who could cover it up, otherwise a dozen boatloads of gold and silver would definitely be exposed. Fortunately, the gold and silver were transported back to the Marsh Mansion without any danger.
The 1,000 catties of gold and silver transported back from the Wa Kingdom were arranged by Zhao Yao to be put into the basement. Five thousand slaves were also immediately assigned to work.
Zhao Yao felt that 5,000 slaves were a bit less, so he asked Uncle Gao to send 5,000 or 10,000 slaves back after returning to the Wa Kingdom.
There are too many places to build in Numma Province, so there are a lot of people needed. Fortunately, the 5,000 Japanese slaves were sent in time, otherwise the trade conference in May would have been enough.
The 5,000 men were divided into groups. A group of people were assigned to build roads, cement roads. A group of people were assigned to build a dock.
The pier was built last year, but it was not completed. Zhao Yao planned to build it completely before the trade conference, so the slaves sent back by Uncle Gao were very timely.
A group of people were assigned to build factories, porcelain factories, farms. Another group of people was arranged to smelt iron, and the rest were arranged to go to the experiment to inoculate cowpox.
Uncle Gao saw that the five thousand slaves he brought back were divided up at once, and it was not enough, which made him very smacked.
Since he had the gold and silver and five thousand slaves brought back by Uncle Gao, Zhao Yao had become very busy. Uncle Gao saw Zhao Yao a few days after he came back, and he never saw His Royal Highness King Han again.
Uncle Gao picked up the big bowl in front of him, raised his head and drank the liquor in the bowl in one gulp. After drinking, he let out a sigh: "Cool! It's really cool! With that, he grabbed a leg of lamb and ate it in a big gulp. It's really refreshing to drink and eat meat. ”
When He Lianfang heard Uncle Gao say this, she couldn't help but think of the days when she marched and fought in the past. At that time, when they won the battle, they would eat meat and drink wine over and over again, and they would not be happy.
"The wine made by His Highness is really good." Uncle Gao raised his head and drank a bowl of wine again, and exclaimed, "After drinking the wine brewed by His Highness, I found that the wine we had been drinking before was water. ”
"He's really good at making wine."
"By the way, what about His Highness and others, why haven't you seen him for a few days?" Uncle Gao asked curiously, "What is Your Highness busy with?" ”
"It's either in the North Mountain, or it's in the South Mountain." He Lianfang picked up the freshly roasted meat and sprinkled some chili peppers on top. The roast meat is not sprinkled with chili peppers, and the flavor is less than half. "In Kitayama, I'm busy with factory matters. If you are in Namsan, you are busy with farm business. ”
At the mention of the farm, Uncle Gao's face became a little strange.
"Your Highness asked me to send back the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep of the Wa Kingdom before, is it serious?"
He Lianfang said: "He's serious." ”
Uncle Gao had an incomprehensible expression: "Isn't there chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep in Da Zhou, why do you want to go to the country?" There is nothing special about the Wa Kingdom, I don't think it is as delicious as the Great Zhou, what does His Royal Highness want the Wa Kingdom to do, breeding? ”
"I guess so." He Lianfang didn't know much either.
"The chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep of the Wa Kingdom are not bigger than our Da Zhou, and they are transported back to Da Zhou for breeding, so there is no need."
"He also asked people to buy chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep from Annan and Johor, in order to breed with Da Zhou to see if they can be cultivated better." He Lianfang said again, "He also sent someone to Mixi'er to buy it." ”
Uncle Gao: "......"
"Your Highness, is this going to buy all the beasts from all over the world for breeding?"
He Lianfang: "Really. ”
"It's the first time I've seen the prince and the prince like to buy foreign chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep." Uncle Gao sighed, "This highness of ours is really special. "Other princes like to spend money to buy beauties, land, and horses, but only His Royal Highness the King of Han has a special habit.
"There is another main reason why he bought these back, that is, he wanted to taste whether the meat of foreign countries was good or not, and what was the difference between it and the meat of Da Zhou."
"The pork of the Wa Kingdom is not as delicious as Da Zhou." Uncle Gao said with disgust on his face, "The pigs of the Wa Kingdom have not been castrated, and there is a smell of noise. After I went, I asked them to castrate the pigs, and the pork became delicious. ”
He Lianfang heard this, and said with a little surprise: "The pigs over there are not castrated? ”
"They don't know that pigs are going to be castrated." Uncle Gao drank another bowl of wine, smacked his lips and said, "Compared with the Great Zhou, there is no difference between the Wa Kingdom and the savages. In addition to the gold and silver mountains on the Japanese side, other things are really not good. Your Highness really doesn't need me to send back the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep of the Wa Kingdom. ”
"He also sent men to buy fruit trees from foreign countries, and you listened to him and sent back the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle, and sheep of the Wa kingdom." As soon as He Lianfang finished speaking, he remembered some of what Zhao Yao said before, "Didn't he say that the Wagyu beef in the Wa Kingdom is very delicious, and specially told you to send some Wagyu beef back." ”
Uncle Gao frowned slightly and said, "I've eaten the beef of the Wa Kingdom, it's nothing special." Besides, I haven't heard of any Wagyu beef. ”
"Inquire carefully when you get back." He Lianfang thought of Zhao Yao's persistence and seriousness in eating, and chuckled, "In terms of eating, it's better for you to listen to him obediently, otherwise he will be anxious with you." ”
"Okay, then I'll inquire carefully when I go back, and I must not let His Highness down." After Uncle Gao finished speaking, his face suddenly became serious, "How is it in the capital?" ”
He Lianfang raised the corners of her mouth and said with interest: "The capital should be very lively now. ”
As soon as Uncle Gao heard this, he immediately became interested, and his eyes flashed with gossip.
"What's the fun?"
He Lianfang told Uncle Gao about Zhao Yao's proposal to divide the land into the mu and return the fire consumption to the public and the official gentry to pay for the grain. After hearing this, Uncle Gao was stunned.
"This ...... Spread the land into the acres or something, was it really proposed by His Royal Highness? ”
He Lianfang bowed slightly: "It is indeed he who proposed it." ”
"How did Your Highness come up with this?" Although Uncle Gao is not an official in the court, he also knows that it is good for the people to divide the land into the mu and return the fire to the public. "Does the emperor really want to implement the division of the acres and the return of fire consumption to the public throughout the Great Week?"
"Well, I guess it's already ordered."
Uncle Gao was shocked: "This stall is good for the common people and the fire is returned to the public, but it will offend the family and the powerful, as well as the rich businessmen and rich gentry." As he spoke, a playful smile appeared on his face, "Can those ministers in the DPRK agree?" Aren't those families and magnates going to make a fuss? ”
He Lianfang sneered: "Zhao Zheng will not let them turn the sky. ”
Uncle Gao showed a look of regret on his face: "It's a pity that I'm not in the capital, otherwise I can see a good show." ”
"What's so good-looking, it's nothing more than Zhao Zheng playing those people."
Uncle Gao remembered the gambling contract between He Lianfang and the emperor, and asked in a low voice, "Where is the great cause of His Highness?" ”
"Everything is in plan." After He Lianfang finished speaking, she emphasized again, "He doesn't know yet." ”
"You don't really plan to wait until the end of the capital's succession to let His Highness know, right?"
He Lianfang nodded her head and said, "Hmm." ”
"No, have you ever thought about what to do if His Highness is still unwilling to wait until that time?" Uncle Gao felt that He Lianfang and they had been hiding from Zhao Yao was not a long-term solution. "If Your Highness knew that you had been calculating him, with his temper, what would happen to him, have you thought about it?" His Highness doesn't seem to have a temper on weekdays, but it doesn't mean that His Highness has no temper. The more temperamental people seem to be, the more scary it will be to get angry.
"When that happens, he doesn't want to think about it." He Lianfang narrowed her eyes slightly, and a hint of darkness flashed in her eyes, "At that time, there was only him, and he could only inherit that position obediently." ”
"Yes." When the drama of seizing the heir in the capital came to an end, the princes in the capital were gone, and only His Royal Highness the King of Han was left, and he couldn't help it. "Have you ever thought that Your Highness would blame you?"
He Lianfang didn't care and said: "It's weird, it's weird, by that time, I've already won." ”
Uncle Gao knew He Lianfang's heart knot, and he also knew that no matter how much he persuaded him, it would be useless, unless He Lianfang wanted to open it himself.
"I hope that at that time, His Highness will look at your face for assisting and helping him, and don't worry too much about you."
"He's not going to kill me." He Lianfang still understands Zhao Yao's temperament. When that time comes, Zhao Yao will be angry, but he will not be so angry that he will kill him.
"Your Highness is not a ruthless person." Uncle Gao thought for a while and asked, "Is it true that Your Highness didn't find out what you did at all?" With His Highness's intelligence and sensitivity, it is impossible not to notice it at all, right? ”
"No, he only cares about his infrastructure, and he doesn't care about anything else." He Lianfang hoped that Zhao Yao could detect his thoughts, but Zhao Yao really didn't notice it at all. "He never asks what he gives me to do."
"Your Highness really trusts you." Uncle Gao thought to himself that His Royal Highness the King of Han trusted the general so much, and when he finally found out that the general had been lying to him, His Royal Highness was afraid that he would not be able to accept it. "General, when His Highness is busy with Lingnan affairs, you should confess to him."
"When he ascends the throne, I will confess everything to him." Before Zhao Yao ascended the throne, He Lianfang would not say anything. "I know what I know."
When Uncle Gao heard this, it was hard to say anything.
At this time, Zhao Yao, who was busy building a factory in Beishan, sneezed coldly.
After having slaves from the Wa Kingdom, Zhao Yao couldn't wait to build a factory. Originally, the factory was to be built last year, but due to lack of manpower, it had to be put on hold for the time being.
Zhao Yao built a factory related to the military industry in Beishan. He also plans to build a food factory, a cloth factory, a medicinal herb factory, etc. However, these factories will not be built in Beishan, and he will build an industrial park in Xishan when the time comes.
The military factory is very important, so when it was first built, Zhao Yao had to keep an eye on it personally, and he couldn't make any mistakes.
I was going to do more, but there was something wrong in the past two days. When things are done, I'll do more.
It's the end of the month, and I'm asking the old iron for a monthly pass with a shy face!