The men and horses sent by Yan Xiaofeng returned, and at the same time brought back the intelligence of the Zhao family and his wife.

All kinds of evidence show that someone did kidnap Prince An's eldest daughter Yan Ruzhu in the capital, but not to sell it for money, but to harm the other party.

When the Zhao family and his wife passed by at night, they found that the other party still had breath, thinking that there was no child under their knees, so they took the person away, asked the doctor to heal, and treated it as if it were their own.

Eight years later, the Zhao family took their savings to Beijing with their daughter, thinking of following their relatives to do some business and save some money, but they didn't expect to stay here.

With evidence, Zhao Zhuer, who was gradually remembering the past, also accepted her identity.

She looked at her twin sister with tears in her eyes, and then at her brother. He was not only surprised by the reunion with his relatives after many years, but also saddened by the death of the Zhao family and his wife.

The sisters hugged each other and cried.

Yan Weiming's eyes were also red.

Yan Squeak stood beside Yan Xiaofeng obediently, saw this scene, sniffled, and suddenly turned around and hugged Yan Xiaofeng's thigh.

"What's wrong?"

Yan Xiaofeng picked the person up.

The little head immediately rested on his shoulder, and the little milk voice carried a hint of crying, "Squeak has also found Daddy." ”

Sister Azhu found her relatives, and she also found her relatives, she was very happy, so happy that she wanted to cry.

Yan Xiaofeng patted her head helplessly, but remembered the letter sent back by the dark guard Black Blade.

After such a long period of surveillance, the divine doctor seemed to have no patience and asked him to say that he would meet in the capital another day, and that he would not disturb outside the Hundred Flowers Valley anymore.

This is exactly what the emperor intended.

However, in order to prevent being deceived by the divine doctor's plot, he secretly sent people to find some masters. It is rumored that there is a wandering Taoist who can peek through the heavens and see through people's past and future. He wanted to see what the Taoist and the divine doctor were talking about.

After Yan Ruyue cried, she happily took her sister and sister to play together.

Yan Weiming found the emperor and made a straight face, "Father, can this matter be handed over to his sons for investigation?" ”

The people back then did not abduct and sell Yan Ruzhu, but wanted to harm the other party. Then this person must have an enmity with Prince An. But the other party did not directly kill Yan Ruzhu, so that the people in the capital were sad when they found out about her death, but created the illusion of disappearance, which shows that the people of the year did not dare to offend Prince An.

Eight years ago, Yan Xiaofeng had not returned to Beijing, and Prince An was just an ordinary county king. Because of his gentle temperament, outstanding talent and flawed face, he has been attracted by major forces.

"Tell me your guess."

Yan Xiaofeng lowered his eyes and looked at the young prince, but did not agree immediately.

Yan Weiming said without hesitation: "It must be one of the people or his subordinates who won over Prince An's forces back then." ”

The Prince of Hoi An didn't have much power, but he was co-opted by the princes. The other party's revenge is more like jealousy or venting anger, and he doesn't dare to let Prince An know right away.

"Yes."

After a pause, Yan Xiaofeng commanded, "You can find someone to borrow from Hanzhi." ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Within two days, Yan Xiaofeng was watching the recital in the Vertical Arch Palace, and found that many state capitals had warned that drought and flood were very likely this summer, and they all wanted to ask the capital for food.

Because of the first emperor, the capital's control over various places is not as good as before. Therefore, whether these disasters are real or false needs to be judged. In addition, there is really not much food in the treasury.

To investigate, to provide disaster relief, one thing after another, but recently some families have been making small moves.

The joy of the rivalry between the families is gone.

"Daddy! Daddy! ”

Just when the eyebrows gathered together, a cheerful voice came from outside the hall.

"Daddy! Daddy, there's a surprise! ”

Yan Xiaofeng put down the fold, and looked over with inky pupils.

After a while, there were little chubby dolls running over happily, with smiles on their faces that were brighter than flowers.

"Daddy! Daddy! ”

Yan squeaked and rushed into Yan Xiaofeng's arms, raising the two thin booklets in his hands.

"Look, Squeak has been rewarded again!"

Yan Xiaofeng's pupils trembled slightly.

His daughter is quite magical, not only to find her father from a magical world to Dacheng, but also to bring a lot of good things. For example, papermaking and letterpress printing before that.

The only thing that made him wonder was that paper and other things were easy to bring here, but how did those wheat seeds and corn seeds come back?

He was curious, but he didn't ask. After all, it's not easy for my daughter to pinch her fingers every time she blushes and pinches her fingers.

"What's this time?"

"Ah, Mao Mao said...... Ah no," Yan Squeak reacted slowly, quickly covered his little mouth, stared at Yan Xiaofeng with big eyes, and after making sure that his father didn't suspect it, he raised his little head proudly, "It seems to be ...... Ah, Squeak doesn't remember. ”

Yan Xiaofeng has already begun to flip through it.

The first booklet was actually only a few sheets of paper, and it was about agricultural tools, from planting to harvesting. There are only very simple drawings and analysis of key parts, and nothing else.

Even so, it can be of great help.

Dacheng now uses a straight plow, but what is recorded on the drawings is a curved plow. He didn't understand the difference between the two, but the drawings analyzed the key parts, which meant that the curved plough could be rotated flexibly and dig deeper.

This means less effort.

Farmers save effort and can plough more fields in the same time. Even if you don't cultivate the fields, you can find some short-term jobs or start a small business, and life will be better.

In addition, the booklet also describes the columon used for sowing seeds, and the combination of plough and columb.

Farming tools used for harvesting are also listed.

Yan Xiaofeng couldn't help pinching Yan's squeaky face.

"It's been overthought through."

If the farming capacity of farmers is greatly improved, the harvesting capacity will remain the same as before, which will only cause waste. But now that I think about it, there are tools for farming and sowing, some time ago, the young superintendent studied irrigation tools, and now there are harvesting tools. If there is another agricultural tool for processing and transportation, it will be complete.

Not only that, but his daughter also brought him good wheat seeds.

He sent a number of people to look after the fields, and according to some officials, when the harvest time came, some of the fields yielded more than five stones, but maybe seven or eight stones.

This is because when Liu Mao bought land in different state capitals, he hired different old farmers to farm. Different old farmers have different habits of fertilizing and pest control. He had already sent people to ask for advice, and even planned to hire old farmers who tended to the best crops to teach others.

In the past, Dacheng wheat yielded three stones per mu to allow officials to be promoted, and the local people boasted for a long time, but now, he Dacheng can have more grain.

This made Yan Xiaofeng look forward to corn even more.

Of course, he even fantasized that his daughter would bring good rice seeds. The area where rice is grown is also very vast!

"What do you want?"

Yan Xiaofeng felt that no matter what the reward was, it was not enough.

"Hehe, don't," Yan squeaked smugly, "Daddy, you're happy, you've been unhappy for the past few days." Is there no money or food again? ”

Yan Xiaofeng only felt that she was intimate, and couldn't help sighing.

"It's a pity that we can't harvest a lot of food in a short period of time."

The wheat in the daughter's grange was harvested and distributed to the state capitals as improved seeds, and the study of these agricultural tools was not a matter of a day or two.

Dacheng wants a bumper harvest, but he can't do it in a year.

Indeed, he was worried about money and food.

"Daddy, don't worry," Yan Squeak couldn't help but walk back and forth with his little hands behind his back, showing his sense of presence, "When Squeak came over, I heard Brother Jixing say that the first batch of bamboo paper has been made, and Brother Weiming is ready to sell it at a high price!" ”

Hearing and seeing, Yan Squeak will also want to make the family's money like the prince.

"Success?"

Yan Xiaofeng was a little surprised, "Soon." ”

Although it was found that the bamboo mill could speed up pulping and reduce the waiting time of several months, this efficiency was still higher than he expected.

"It seems like they've improved something."

Yan squeaked and scratched her hair, she didn't know much about this, she just wanted to make money.

As expected by several Yan family members, after the bamboo paper came out, those high-ranking officials and nobles rushed to buy it.

On weekdays, low-grade hemp paper can be sold for a hundred wen with a knife, and high-grade hemp paper is measured in silver. When it comes to bamboo paper, a knife of inferior bamboo paper is several times more expensive than high-grade hemp paper, not to mention those extra snow-white and delicate bamboo paper.

Even so, the bamboo paper was sold as soon as it came out, and many people also sent servants to ask in the shop, urging the paper mill to hurry up and produce. It is true that snow-white paper can show status, and for these nobles, it would be very humiliating for these nobles to recite poetry one day, and someone else's host provided white paper for the guest, and he could only provide hemp paper.

There are also businessmen who see business opportunities and want to send someone to steal the school, but when they hear that the paper mill is a squeaky shop, they suddenly stop fighting.

Because of the low price of healing the people, and because of the flower feast, Yan Squeak is now very famous, and the people have a good impression of her, even with the so-called tyrant.

The princess is still the emperor behind her fame, and the businessman doesn't have the courage to steal a school, so the family is secretly ready to move.

This does not prevent the paper mill from selling in limited quantities, deliberately hoarding a batch of goods, and the higher the price is sold.

Anyway, the people who came to buy it were either high-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen, and the conscience of Yan Qiqi and others had never been painful, and they were even able to eat a few more bowls of rice one by one.

Also because the dignitaries ran to buy bamboo paper, those merchants who deliberately boasted of high-quality hemp paper had to sell it at a lower price, and the price of low-grade hemp paper was also lowered.

Relying only on bamboo paper, the bamboo workshop paid a lot of taxes, and the treasury was gradually filled, which also showed in disguise that Dacheng was not without money, but the money was in the hands of wealthy merchants.

On this day, Yan Squeak and Yan Weiming got together, and the big head and small head were pasted, "Brother Weiming, it's so interesting to make money, can we still make money in other ways?" ”

"It depends on what else is new."

The little donkey lay on the side and couldn't help but remind, [Squeak, isn't there a salt-making method in the booklet you gave to your father before? That can also be sold for money.]

Yan squeaked his head, [yes, but my father didn't say anything at that time]

Yan Xiaofeng was only concerned about looking at those farm tools at that time, and quickly summoned the young government supervisor and the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, who had recently decided to support the emperor, and was afraid that he would also forget the pamphlet.

"Squeak has a way, let's go find Daddy!"

She got up, roared and ran out, Yan Weiming could only catch up.

The two ran to the vertical arch hall and found that Yan Xiaofeng was talking to the right waiter of the Ministry of Works, he had no expression on his face, but his tone was relaxed, and it could be seen that he was very satisfied with the right waiter of the Ministry of Works.

"It's strange," Yan Weiming imitated his sister's movements and squatted outside the hall, "How do I remember that this adult was neutral before?" ”

There are many officials who are dissatisfied with Yan Xiaofeng, and there are many children of the royal clan, and some of the princes who won the heir at the beginning are still there, and the capital's control over the local area is not strong, and there are always people who are ready to move.

This Shihe Zhengda belongs to the type of spectator who looks on the wall. In the face of the pull of various forces, Mingzhe protects himself. In order to avoid being calculated by some people and losing his official position, he also played Tai Chi when facing the emperor.

Now, though, he clearly prefers to play for the new emperor. This means that he will be targeted by those parties and selfish families in the officialdom, and he will lose his hat at least and worry about his life.

"Ah, it's him!"

Yan Squeak saw Shi Hezheng's appearance clearly, covered his small mouth, and whispered, "Squeak has treated his wife and his daughter." ”

Yan Weiming: "? ”

Yan squeaked and muttered an explanation, and the prince realized that the only daughter of Lord Shi also went to the flower viewing banquet that day, and was diagnosed with a problem by Yan Squeak.

Thanks to timely treatment, we were unable to cause a catastrophe. Later, Yan Squeak learned that their snow bubble bean water was particularly delicious, so she went to be a guest, and accidentally found that Mrs. Shi was in poor health.

Shi He is protecting himself for his official position and life. But he loved his wife and daughter, and after thinking about it again, he still showed favor to the emperor under the persuasion of his wife.

Because of the evidence that some people had taken bribes in secret, the emperor saw his sincerity, and handed over the matter of those farm tools to Shi Hezheng before the Shaofu Order was transferred to the Ministry of Works.

This is also the reason why Shi and Zheng report progress every once in a while.

Yan Weiming couldn't help but open his mouth wide, holding Yan's squeaky face with both hands.

Yan squeaked his head, who was holding his face, "Huh? ”

"Squeak, you are our great blessing!"

"Huh?"

Yan Squeak was confused, "Squeak just did what he wanted to do!" ”

Yan Weiming couldn't help but exclaim, the voice was too loud, attracting the attention of the hall.

Shi He was retiring at the right time, and when he passed by the two, he saluted very respectfully.

Yan squeaked and waved his paws, "I'm going to your house to drink another day!" ”

Shi Hezheng hurriedly responded.

When the others left, Yan squeaked and showed off his medical skills with Yan Xiaofeng.

These days have cured a lot of people, and later cured Yan Ruzhu, several noble daughters and Mrs. Shi, among which Mrs. Xu Shi and her daughter can affect Shi Hezheng, Shi Hezheng can affect the future situation, and get a lot of merits, so the total number of zero, and the rewards that will be randomly dropped in the end are also very rich.

Small show-offs, big recognitions.

Father and daughter sticked.

Yan Weiming looked anxious and reminded in a low voice, "Salt, squeak, don't you want to ask about salt?" ”

"Whoa."

Yan squeaked suddenly.

After being reminded by his children, Yan Xiaofeng realized what he had overlooked.

He picked up a second booklet, which was written on the method of drying salt.

Dacheng's salt is very expensive, and the grain is large and the taste is slightly bitter. Even the first emperor was crazy at the beginning, and he handed over part of the salt lake and salt wells to several family agents.

It's easy to hand it over, but it's hard to take it back.

Even if there is still sea salt in the imperial court, as well as other salt lakes and salt wells, as long as the special power of salt power is divided a little, it can have a great impact on the market.

And those families made a lot of money for this.

The workers worked very hard to boil salt, and all they earned was hard-earned money.

And what is written in this thin booklet is dried salt.

"There used to be salt in the coastal area, but the effect was not good."

Looking closely at the booklet, he found that it was purely technical.

The salt drying method provided in this booklet is not only much more efficient, but most importantly, it is possible to obtain the salt that is as white as snow and as fine as sand on the drawings.

He thought a lot, like hemp paper. When this seemingly novel salt came out, the price of the original salt would inevitably fall.

The approach can be similar. First find a way to test a batch of salt, sell it to the family at a high price, and harvest a large amount of silver to fill the treasury. When the production comes up in the future, it will be sold to ordinary people. Before that, let's bring down the price of ordinary salt.

Yan Weiming's eyes flashed slightly, "Even if the yield of this salt is good in the future, and it is sold to dignitaries and ordinary people at the same time, it can be sold at different prices." ”

Yan squeaked and wondered, "Then will they buy it?" Are they all big fools? ”

"No, no, no," Yan Weiming has been studying Shang Jia for a long time, "We can put our mind to packaging again." It's like those blank papers, if you use Nanmu boxes to pack them, the price will have to be doubled several times. If you can make the white paper produce some exquisite textures, the price will be doubled several times. The same goes for salt. Ordinary people bring their own crockpots and pack them back, and the price is low. Those families, just use wooden boxes to ......"

He began to gush endlessly, and his eyes seemed to be jumping with gold.

Yan squeaked at him, slowly moved to the side of the eye Xiaofeng, and muttered in a low voice, "Daddy, don't you think Brother Weiming is very, very ......?"

"Cunning." The emperor gave a description.

He even began to wonder if the prince was better suited for business.

No, if there is a prince who is good at business and does not forget the foundation of farming, he will be rich in the future, right?

As long as it is related to the family, Yan Weiming can always burst out with excellent ideas, knowing that he has other things to deal with in his hands, and he takes the initiative to take this matter away.

Yan Xiaofeng was happy.

There is less official business, and no one has robbed of his daughter by himself, which is beautiful.

Because he made a lot of money with bamboo paper, and copied the homes of Sun Biao, Chen Jianye and Wang Yuanzhe before, Yan Squeak also lent the money he earned from betting to the imperial court, and Yan Xiaofeng finally transferred the disaster relief silver.

Xindi felt a lot more relaxed, and even took his daughter to Weifu for a private visit.

As a result, when he turned his head, he saw a palace maid dressing his daughter's face, and the place where it was not covered was a little bruised. The other maid was holding a porcelain bowl with something like a wheat stalk inserted in it, and her daughter was drinking honey with it.

That handsome face immediately sank.

"What's going on?"

(End of chapter)