The draft was carried out step by step, and show girls from all over the country arrived one after another. On September 20th, the first selection was held.
This selection is actually the first step of screening by the internal eunuchs and female officials, commonly known as the primary election. After the selection, there will be a period of intensive training, and then the general election. It is mainly selected by the queen and concubines. Emperor Ming Yan generally does not go there.
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Wu Fangzi also passed the primary election and came back to pack her things and prepare to enter the palace. Unexpectedly, when the carriage arrived in front of the palace, she saw Yan Shitu waiting on horseback. When he saw the carriage coming, he jumped off the horse and stopped in front of the road to salute.
The driver stopped, and Yan Shitu hurried to the window, lowering his voice and saying: "Little lady, I'm presumptuous, I'll make a long story short. I am Yan Shitu, the third son of Yan Chengyuan. If you are interested, I can ask the emperor to marry you."
There was silence in the carriage.
After a while, Yan Shitu became anxious and begged: "Little lady? Little lady, can you please answer me?"
The car window slowly opened, revealing Wu Fangzi's pretty face. She raised her eyebrows and said coyly: "I won't marry anyone who wants to marry you!"
Yan Shitu's face turned red at the look in her eyes, especially when he usually saw her cheerful and cheerful, but now she was extremely shy, and her ears were warm and her heart was beating.
The carriage immediately moved forward, and Yan Shitu pulled the horse to avoid it until the carriage turned the corner, still looking at each other longingly.
Little did he know that Wu Fangzi in the carriage had long since lost her shy look and was full of mockery.
Look, all the men in the world are like this, a bitch. She slapped him as soon as they met. After that, she scolded him and pulled out a knife. Even when she went to Prince Taiping's palace, she acted unscrupulously and deliberately behaved rough and poked him.
His mother's eyes...but so what? Didn't he come up to him like a dog and couldn't be beaten away? He didn't even care about the faces of his mother, sister-in-law and sister?
hehe!
It's a pity that the place he chose was too quiet, and there was no one there. It would be great if it was in a place where people come and go, and everyone could hear her saying she didn't want to get married. No matter what they wanted, it would be shameless!
Even if they really propose marriage, she is not afraid. She will defy the decree in public and let everyone know that she would rather die than marry him!
In fact, Yan Shiyue was quite curious about the draft. She originally planned to go and have a look, but she was so busy that she didn't even bother.
Because of the Chamcheng rice incident, this was the opportunity that Yan Shiyue had been waiting for, so the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Household Affairs were preparing for joint promotion in the past two days, and the imperial court was also preparing to issue a decree to encourage land reclamation.
If you have rice seeds, you must consider productivity, encourage land reclamation, and "if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools." These are all things that affect the whole body.
So Yan Shiyue first considered the improvement of farm tools.
Now that the beans are about to be harvested, the thresher is a top priority and will save a lot of labor.
Furthermore, water mills can also be improved. Water mills are powered by water and have been around since the Jin Dynasty. However, they can be improved and changed into a water wheel that drives several mills to rotate. This type is called a water rotating machine.
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It can also be used to make waterwheels and wind-powered waterwheels, which are also improved on the existing keel waterwheels.
Yan Shiyue went to the Imperial Study Room to meet the driver. When he saw a bunch of people waiting outside, he said, "Are you in a hurry? If not, I'll join the queue."
Anyone else who dared to argue with her would naturally indicate that the prime minister would invite him first. Then Yan Shiyue stretched out her head and gestured to Gu Jiuxing. Before even doing so, Emperor Ming Yan said: "Why are you sneaking around? Why don't you do it?"
Come in!"
Yan Shiyue went in. Prince Chun, who was discussing something, bowed his hands and stepped back with a smile. Emperor Ming Yan asked, "What's so urgent?"
"It's not urgent," Yan Shiyue said with a smile, "but I want to go out to play soon. If you're not afraid of Xiaojiu and Xiaoshi making a fuss, I'll wait a little longer."
Emperor Ming Yan glared at her and then asked: "What's the matter?"
Yan Shiyue put up the drawings in his hand: "I have drawn some improvements to farm tools. The harvest is about to be harvested. The thresher needs to be done quickly. Do you think who will leave this matter to me? Do I still need to give a discount?"
Emperor Yan of the Ming Dynasty looked at it carefully and said, "Don't the Ministry of Commerce have a workshop?"
"Aye," Yan Shiyue said: "The workshop of our Ministry of Commerce cannot do this! You have to understand that the more of this kind of thing, the better, and we encourage the public to follow suit. But all the things our Ministry of Commerce makes
, cannot be imitated, 'made by order of the Ministry of Commerce
The saying "Counterfeiting will be punished" must become a profound concept. Whenever you think of the Ministry of Commerce, it will have a deterrent effect. Therefore, there must be no such thing as this can be imitated and that cannot be imitated, which will lead to confusion.
The effect is not good.”
Emperor Ming Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Yan Shiyue continued: "So, after the experiment, either hand over the drawings and let the people do it themselves, or let the Ministry of Industry do it. Look at your Ministry of Industry. They are either building houses or making tables and chairs for the palace.
Yeah, I haven’t even done anything serious.”
"Whose Ministry of Industry?" Emperor Ming Yan laughed and scolded: "You, the prime minister, don't work for free because of your salary?
She spread her hands: "So, what do you think we should do?"
Emperor Ming Yan said: "You take it to the Ministry of Industry and tell them to make it. Make a trial batch first, and then send the drawings. Then let them write down the details."
Yan Shiyue pouted: "Oh!"
Emperor Ming Yan said: "Where are you going?"
Yan Shiyue said: "I want to take the children to Zhuangzi to eat edamame."
Emperor Ming Yan said: "Why don't you ask me to come with you?"
"Ah?" Yan Shiyue said, "Are you free? I thought you were definitely not free!"
Emperor Ming Yan snorted, "You didn't even ask me. It shows that you didn't sincerely invite me."
Yan Shiyue: "..."
Are you so childish? She had no choice but to bow and said: "Ah Ye, the green bean sprouts on my daughter's farm are ripe. I sincerely invite Ah Ye to come and taste them!"
Emperor Ming Yan nodded: "Yes!"
Emperor Yan of the Ming Dynasty had a whim, so the officials outside received an oral instruction to go to Xiangye Zhuangzi to eat spiced edamame.
The emperor's departure from the palace is no small matter, and naturally requires a lot of preparation.
Then Wu Gang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who hurriedly came to answer the call, was grabbed by Yan Shiyue and gave him the drawings: "Master Wu, hurry up, take this opportunity to go back and tell your craftsmen to grab these things quickly."
Make it. Forget about other things, the threshing machine must be made within half a month. After the drawings are completed, they will be sent to local governments to encourage private imitation... By the way, Aye said you have to provide details. "
Wu Gang saluted hurriedly and wanted to ask more questions. Prince Chun came over and said with a smile: "Master Wu, the Prime Minister's words are simple, just do what the Prime Minister said. Later, the Prime Minister will invite the emperor and us to have dinner at the Zhuangzi, so you
Please tell me quickly and come here quickly,"
He clicked on the drawing: "The prime minister means not to miss the farming season, so we can ask the craftsmen to study it while we are eating."
Wu Gang suddenly realized it and hurried away.
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and explained the matter, I heard that the emperor had already left the palace.
So should he rush over? Wouldn't rushing over seem too unprofessional and unprofessional? (To be continued)