"What do you mean by your husband's words?" Ms. Dou was a little confused and didn't quite understand what her husband said.
Li Yuan touched his nose awkwardly, but he could only tell the truth.
"Your Majesty found a husband yesterday and plans to release me. Well, he intends to send me to Loufan County to serve as the prefect."
"...Loufan County?"
"Well, this is a new county established by His Majesty's decree last year. It is located in the north of Taiyuan County and in the south of Mayi County. It covers Jingle, Linquan and Xiurong counties, and is governed in Jingle County."
Dou put aside other distracting thoughts, narrowed her beautiful almond eyes and slowly shook her head.
"Mayi County is an important border town in the Sui Dynasty, and Taiyuan County is also a key place to take charge of the border counties.
The newly established county in the middle must be a poor and poor place with vast land and sparsely populated areas..."
Mrs. Dou stood up and walked slowly in the hall, her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
"Husband, have you done anything to displease His Majesty during this period?"
Li Yuan shook his head repeatedly.
"Of course not. Ever since I beat Your Majesty in a horse race last time, and my wife reminded me, I have always been very cautious."
"After that, husband...husband, can you try to make amends?"
"This, that's not true. It's not because my husband is unwilling to make amends. It's actually because during this period of time, it's rare for us to have top-notch horses in Dongdu Horse Market."
Having said this, Li Yuan's expression suddenly changed slightly, and the hand stroking his beard froze in mid-air.
"By the way, a few days ago, Yu Wenhua and that boy actually wanted to spend twice as much money to buy my good horse that beat His Majesty. Of course I didn't sell it, could it be..."
Mrs. Dou's heart skipped a beat, she sighed quietly, returned to sit down next to Li Yuan, and nodded.
"I'm afraid that's what happened. Maybe His Majesty is still obsessed with this good horse. Yu Wenshu or Yu Wenhuaji will find out about it, and then he will try to deal with my husband."
"Then, in Madam's opinion, I should present this good horse to Your Majesty?" Although Li Yuan's reaction was a little slow, he was not stupid.
I always thought it was a pity to give a good horse to the emperor, but now, it has involved his own career, and Li Yuan can understand the importance clearly.
"Alas..." Mr. Dou's eyes looked so full of resentment that Li Yuan felt bad all over.
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"Okay, madam, I know that I was wrong. I should have listened to you from the beginning. Such a thing would not happen now."
Mrs. Dou smiled sweetly, gently hugged Li Yuan's arm, calmed down and analyzed it carefully.
"Husband, now that your Majesty is still concerned about this matter, and is angry with you because of it.
Since we have to give it away at this time, we can’t do it like before, but we should make a bigger bet.”
"You mean..."
"What I want to say is that in the past two days, before the decree is issued, you can quickly collect a group of good horses and present them to His Majesty."
"If you only offer one horse, it will naturally please Your Majesty. But now, Your Majesty is obsessed with sharpening his sword and wants to conquer Goguryeo in the north."
Li Yuan suddenly realized it, but when he thought about the current prices in Dongdu Horse Market, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed even though he had a big business.
After stroking his short beard for a long time, he patted his thigh. "Okay, let's follow the lady's advice. I'll collect ten good horses and present them together to help the Sui Dynasty's northern expedition."
"My husband is right, that's exactly what you said." Mrs. Dou nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now the emperor was already unhappy.
If you want to change his opinion, you will naturally have to spend a lot of money.
"Then, husband, go buy it now. If you finish this matter as soon as possible, I can feel at ease in my heart."
"Well, husband, please go quickly. By the way, I will also visit some good sisters in a while to inquire about the news."
Mrs. Dou sent Li Yuan to the entrance of the hall, looked at her husband's back as he walked away quickly, and rubbed his brows helplessly.
I just finished worrying about my daughter, and now I have to worry about my husband again. Alas... these days are really difficult...
I don't know where the third daughter has gone at this time. In all likelihood, she went to Xingyang on the pretext of looking for Erlang.
"Little bastard named Yang, just wait. If you dare to do anything that damages the reputation of my third daughter, I will make you look good."
"Madam, madam..."
A steward hurried over and saluted Mr. Dou. "Madam, Mr. Chai heard that Madam was ill and came here to see Madam."
"..." Mr. Dou's whole body is not feeling well. This guy, comes to see me? Oh, doesn't he just want to come to see his third daughter?
But the problem is that the three daughters have all escaped. I have to be busy with my husband's career, so I can only put the daughter's affairs aside for the time being.
"Go and tell Mr. Chai that I have something to do and have left the house. By the way, don't forget that no matter who inquires about the whereabouts of the third lady.
It is said that she took Erlang out for hunting again. Do you understand?"
"Madam, don't worry, I'll spare you the trouble, I'll take my leave now."
"Go ahead. By the way, let someone prepare a carriage at the corner gate. I have something to do and I have to leave the house soon."
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The old housekeeper, Uncle Song, was really busy at home and outside, so busy that his feet never touched the ground. But even so, instead of feeling exhausted, he was very motivated.
After all, the old Yang family is really prosperous now, and now he is the dignified founding prince of the country.
Nowadays, the status has really risen. In the past, the Yang Mansion could be considered to have maintained a relationship of interdependence and coexistence with Daze Village.
But now, things have become different. These hundreds of villagers in Daze Village have become the food places of Yang Mansion.
To use an old saying, this place could be called Yangjiazhuang instead of Daze Village. Well...it seems that this name is quite unsophisticated, but what's the point?
Yang Qian was also very tired. After all, he was Yang Ning's biological son. Many procedures related to the settlement, the planning of the fields, and various other things also made him extremely busy.
During this time, nearly 300 of the 800 young slaves given by the emperor had been sent to them one after another.
Because the relationship was in place, a lot of management was done from top to bottom.
So the 300 teenagers who were obtained were all about twelve, and they were all thrown into the academy that Yang Qian had previously opened.
Yang Qian's family had already discussed and decided before that all these teenagers would be trained well, with the aim of being able to select at least 500 pieces from them in the future.
This is in line with Yang Qian's view on development. After all, facing the coming troubled times, the old Yang family really needs a team to protect themselves.
My mother got fifty pieces from her uncle, all of whom were veteran martial artists who had been in the army. It would be no problem to let them train the newcomers.
What made Yang Qian feel a little relieved was that his senior brother Cheng Yaojin and his gang of scum, although they usually ate and drank freely, were extremely unreliable.
But now, he has bravely taken on the responsibility and helped train those teenagers.
Whether it was Cheng Yaojin, Xu Shiji, or Niu Jinda, they trained these young men in an orderly manner.
Thinking about it, Yang Qian was relieved. Since these people can become famous generals in the future, they must have their talents. Although they have shortcomings of one kind or another, they are all talented people in the military field after all.
(The following number of words is free) Well, the third update is here, I will continue tomorrow, and try to make up for the updates I owed in the past two days. I owe two updates, so remember to do it when the weather clears.