Since they wanted to present the pond-making method, Huo Xi and Mu Yan began to make preparations.
First, the white sugar and rock sugar prepared in the sugar shop were transferred to the shop, ready to be shipped to the outside world. The sugar-making equipment, pots, etc. were all hidden, and the sugar shop was also cleaned up, eliminating all traces.
Then prepare pictures and texts of several high-yielding crops, various data, how to cook them in the fields and various planting stages. They also prepared physical objects and listed various ways to eat them.
When everything was ready, Huo Xi took Xiao Yuer into the palace.
In Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Zhang had finished handling the palace affairs and was lying on the soft couch in the pavilion, lost in thought.
From time to time, there were migratory birds flying from the north in the sky, fluttering their wings and passing by from high in the sky. Concubine Zhang watched in rapt attention, feeling that she was worse than the birds in the sky.
In recent years, the emperor frequently traveled to the north, and once he arrived in Beijing, he stayed there for a long time. He took the young concubines from his harem with him.
She will always be the one who stays in the palace to manage palace affairs.
"Your Majesty, it's cold outside. Don't freeze. Go inside the palace." Gong E reminded softly.
"If I am sick, do you think the emperor will come to see me?"
"Empress..."
That's all. "Go back."
Gong E stretched out her hand to help Zhang Guifei stand up...
"Grandma, Xiao Yu'er is here to see you! Xiao Yu'er is here!"
Concubine Zhang was stunned, "Did you hear anything?" She looked at Gong E next to her.
When the two maids heard it, there was a sound, but when they listened carefully it disappeared again. However, there seemed to be footsteps.
"I don't know which little eunuch is naughty again and refuses to walk properly. I'll let grandma talk about him later."
Several people moved.
"Grandma, Xiao Yu'er is here to see you!"
"Your Majesty, I think you are the young master of the Duke of Guizhou!"
Concubine Zhang also heard this and was very excited. She hurriedly stroked Gong'e's hand away and hurried down the steps of the pavilion, "Little Yu'er!"
"Grandma!"
A small figure appeared on the palace road, running very fast, twisting and twisting his little body, shouting as he ran: "The little fisher is here!"
"Hey, little fisher!"
"Grandma!"
The older one and the younger one hugged each other for a moment. "Grandma, do you miss Xiao Yu'er? Little Yu'er misses you too."
"I think my great-aunt misses our little fisher. But the little fisher doesn't even come to see my great-aunt."
"Little Yu'er wanted to come, but my mother said that I can't disturb my grandma too often."
"My aunt is not busy. Xiao Yuer comes here every day. My aunt is also very welcoming."
Concubine Zhang, who had no children in her life, was the happiest every time she saw her children, nephews, and grandnephews.
"Don't hug her, let her go by herself." Huo Xi walked over and saluted Concubine Zhang.
"Don't worry, your aunt is not old yet and can hold her. Besides, how heavy is the little Yu'er?" Concubine Zhang held the little Yu'er in her arms and refused to let go.
He told Gong'e, "Go and tell the imperial kitchen to prepare delicious food for our little fisher and send us some cakes and snacks that the little fisher likes to eat."
"Little Yu'er wants to eat crabapple cakes and rabbit dumplings."
"Okay, grandma will ask people to bring them to our little fisher. There are also plum blossom cakes, Dingsheng cakes, and almond cakes, okay?"
Xiaoyu sipped his saliva and nodded: "There are also delicious drinks!"
"Okay, yes, yes!" Oh, why is he so cute? I wish I could keep this child in the palace with her.
Not long after, Gong'e brought a lot of cakes and drinks, which were all the little fishermen's favorites.
This child has been eating since he was a child. He is not picky about food and eats everything deliciously. Concubine Zhang looked at him with good eyesight and saw that he ate deliciously, with a smile on her face.
The maids and nuns of Zhongcui Palace also liked to watch him eat, slurping mouthfuls of food, which made people feel good.
"Little Yu'er, eat this again and see if it tastes good." "It tastes good."
As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea. Except for the concubines in the harem, these palace maids and nuns have never enjoyed the joy of husband and wife or the joy of raising children. Now seeing such a small dumpling, cute, well-behaved and obedient,
Who doesn't love it.
"Don't feed him too much. He will accumulate food after a while. Take him outside for a walk in the garden."
Although Concubine Zhang was reluctant to let go of Xiao Yuer, she also knew that Huo Xi must have something to do when she entered the palace today.
Let someone take the little fisher and go outside for a walk first.
"Little Yu'er, let's go and have a walk in the garden."
"Okay, sister will take you."
"Hey, I'll hold him." "I'll hold him, I'll hold him..." They started to snatch him, and a palace maid simply picked him up and ran away.
Concubine Zhang couldn't help laughing.
Turning to look at Huo Xi, "Hey, it's been a long time since I entered the palace. Fortunately, Xiao Yu'er didn't forget me as my great-aunt."
"The emperor just announced the news of moving the capital recently, and the palace is probably in a state of chaos. I'm afraid that entering the palace will disturb you."
"They messed with them. I just closed the door and lived my life."
During this period, each concubine's natal family sent people to the palace to inquire about the situation, and someone handed signs to the inner palace every day to ask for permission.
Concubine Zhang Guifei lived a mediocre life in the palace, but fortunately her natal brothers were all good, and her natal family did not have so many troubles. However, among the concubines in the palace, except for the late Empress Wen who gave birth to an imperial heir, everyone
No children.
They all lived a dull life, it was just a matter of being favored but not being favored.
There's nothing to argue about.
"Is there anything going on in the palace today?"
Huo Xi nodded: "I have something to discuss with my aunt. I went back and asked my father. My father asked me to go into the palace to discuss it with you, saying that you can better grasp... your thoughts."
Concubine Zhang understood, "Okay, tell your aunt about it and she will give you the details."
Huo Xi then told her about the sugar-making law that had been negotiated in exchange for the exoneration of her grandfather's family.
Concubine Zhang looked serious after hearing this.
She thought she knew the emperor quite well.
Why did the emperor want to move the capital? A big reason is that Emperor Yongkang has always been dissatisfied with the current capital. This can be seen from his frequent tours to the north, leaving the prince to supervise the country.
Taizu's decree was passed to the late emperor, but the emperor seized the throne from his nephew and massacred all the old ministers of the previous dynasty, almost killing them all. He also erased the traces of the previous dynasty's four-year existence and did not recognize the reign name of the previous dynasty.
The fourth year was replaced by the reign name of Taizu Hongwu.
In this way, it means that he succeeded to the throne from Taizu and did not take the throne from his nephew.
This operation aroused great dissatisfaction among the scholars in Jiangnan.
Jiangnan was the late emperor's sphere of influence, and his whereabouts were still unknown, which became a worry for the emperor.
I feel like I have a stuck in my throat about the capital.
Only when he returns to Beijing and his feudal sphere of influence can he sleep peacefully. There are many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor always feels that his hands are tied.
As for the old ministers of the previous dynasty, the emperor wanted to wipe them all away. If he didn't wipe them away, at least he wouldn't want to see them. When he saw them, he would always remind him that he was not in the right position.
Over the years, I have only heard that the emperor has killed many people, but I have never heard of anyone being pardoned.
"This must be done with caution."
Don't stir up a thorn in the emperor's heart and make him dissatisfied with the Zhang family and the Duke of Guizhou. That would be bad.
"Can your sugar-making method really add so much wealth to the national treasury?"