While hesitating, someone announced that the Prime Minister had arrived. Wu Gang hurried out to greet him and saw Yan Shiyue in the car saying, "Master Wu! Have you finished explaining?"
Wu Gang said anxiously: "Just tell me."
She said: "Get in the car!"
Wu Gang quickly got into the car and saw that she was still holding a child in her hand. Wu Gang had nothing to say but Gong Wei said, "Is this the young man from the prime minister's family? He looks very lively and strong!"
Yan Shiyue looked at him curiously: "This is Xiao Jiu, the ninth prince. He is more than two years old. Mine is less than one year old."
Wu Gang was stunned and said anxiously: "Excuse me, Mr. Xiang, but I am blind."
"Hmm." Yan Shiyue waved her hand: "What do you think about the promotion of new farm tools?"
Wu Gang asked: "What does the Prime Minister mean?"
She said: "I want to ask you what you mean, how to do it specifically?"
Wu Gang said anxiously: "After all, it is a newly made thing. The lower officials will supervise the craftsmen to make it as soon as possible, and then hand it over to surrounding farms for trial use. If the trial is feasible, the drawings will be sent to local governments, and then the Ministry of Industry will dispatch them.
sent officials to various places to supervise local governments
, find a craftsman to make it as soon as possible, and then find someone locally to try it out, record the trial situation, and keep going until the end of the autumn harvest. One autumn harvest is enough to fully verify the use of this 'threshing machine', and then improve it according to the situation, or
We will continue to implement it next year.”
He glanced at her carefully: "Of course, in this process, more people will be taught how to use it, and people will be able to see its effectiveness with their own eyes. This will trigger spontaneous imitation among the people."
Yan Shiyue nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, Mr. Wu is very thoughtful."
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
The child in her arms made babbling noises from time to time, calling to the emperor's sister in a sweet voice, and kept pushing out. Yan Shiyue said: "Master Wu, take a rest, I will take Xiaojiu to ride a horse."
She didn't need to stop the carriage, she just opened the carriage door and went out, holding the Ninth Prince in her arms and jumped on the horse.
Wu Gang wiped the sweat from his head.
This prime minister, as people say, never beats around the bush, doesn't say a word of nonsense, and is not difficult to get along with once you get to know him well.
Emperor Ming Yan and his entourage arrived at Fuyuan and saw Yan Shiyue riding a horse and bringing the Ninth Prince over. He lightly jumped off the horse. Emperor Ming Yan was speechless: "Tell me, how old are you, Jiulang? How old are you?"
Riding with him!"
"It's not cold!" Yan Shiyue disagreed: "Don't worry, I'm riding very slowly!"
Emperor Ming Yan reached out to hug him, but the Ninth Prince refused to hug him. He twisted around and hugged Yan Shiyue's neck. Yan Shiyue was so happy: "Look, Jiulang likes me the most!"
She hugged him happily and left.
Fuyuan has its own vegetables and grains, as well as watermelons. The ministers walked around in a circle, and the dragon guards came over to serve tea, but it was not tea, it was all glass cups, and the cups were filled with various juices.
The transparent cup is slightly foggy, and it looks very appetizing at first glance.
Emperor Ming Yan took a cup of watermelon juice, and everyone also took it. He saw Xu Wenqu coming with people, and said with a smile: "The prime minister said, everyone is here, don't be idle, there are many walls in the blessing garden, everyone is welcome
Everyone shows off their talents.”
The person behind him sent the pen and ink, and Prince Chun smiled and said: "The food at the Prime Minister's house is not delicious, but whenever the Prime Minister entertains guests, he must work."
Even Prime Minister Xu laughed: "You have to have this temper to be able to manage the Ministry of Commerce."
Everyone was chatting and laughing, finding their own places, reciting poems, painting, and having fun.
At noon, these people were led to a place to eat.
The table is very low, and everyone is sitting on a futon. There is a barbecue grill roasting various game meats next to it. The dishes on the table are not exquisite, but natural. The vegetables and fruits are all very fresh, and there are also several kinds of dishes made from flower petals, meat
Once baked, just tear it apart and put it on the table.
And if you say you eat edamame, eat edamame. One pot of five-spice and one pot of spicy, just serve it like this.
That is, Yan Shiyue, no one else would dare to serve this kind of dish to the emperor. Although it looks very unseemly, sitting among the green mountains and green waters, it seems that this is the only way to fit in.
Emperor Ming Yan smiled and said to Yan Shiyue: "If you eat like this, if you are in a farm family, you will be a loser."
"Huh?" Yan Shiyue was very surprised: "How do you know this?"
Emperor Ming Yan glared at her: "In your eyes, do I just not understand the sufferings of the people's livelihood?"
"Of course not!" Yan Shiyue said sweetly: "Aye is wise, wise, and all-round in my eyes!"
Emperor Ming Yan looked at her with a smile and said, "She has a sweeter mouth than anyone else."
Sun Xuancheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in other people's homes, the sons have made great achievements, and the daughters have been good and playful. When you come to the Emperor, the prime minister has done it all. I am very envious of him."
"Exactly," someone laughed and said, "My daughter is eighteen years old. Whenever she comes to hold a cup of tea, she must have some kind of hairpin to buy."
"Even if this is the case, aren't you willing to pay for the money?"
"That's true. He's just a brat. He's really not cruel to his daughter."
Everyone talked about his daughter one after another, and Wu Gang couldn't help but laugh and said: "My daughter is also a headache. She doesn't want to study essays. She only loves swords and daggers are slipperier than chopsticks... I often joke with my wife, just...
I’m afraid I won’t be able to get married, so I’ll have to support her for the rest of my life!”
Yan Shiyue couldn't help but glance at him, and exchanged a distant look with Yan Shirui.
This is Wu Fangzi’s father. He seems to be a nice guy, and unlike Liu Zhongqing, who is exaggerated and empty, he obviously really loves his daughter. Even if this problem is intolerable in the eyes of the wealthy family, it is obviously cute in his eyes.
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Judging from this father alone, Wu Fangzi should be a pretty good person?
After dinner, he packed up and returned to the city. Yan Shiyue sent Jiu and Ten back to the queen, then turned around and went to the Ministry of Commerce again.
Qu Sinian sent Han Qi down, and in line with the prince's steps, he took his people to inspect the northwest area to find supply points, and then took advantage of the autumn harvest to purchase cotton and cotton seeds, and then went to the south to promote and promote it.
Yan Shilan had already left in advance and had just chosen Jizhou to build the workshop.
After all, after a textile factory is built, it cannot run idle, so the Ministry of Commerce will need to promote it in the first two years.
To build a textile factory, the Ministry of Industry also needed to send people, so Qu Sinian came over to discuss it with Wu Gang.
Wu Gang was accustomed to cooperating with the Ministry of Commerce. He quickly arranged manpower and chatted with Qu Sinian for a few words: "At noon, I followed the emperor to visit the prime minister's blessing garden."
"I know," Qu Sinian said with a smile: "The prime minister also brought back a basket of edamame. I am so busy that I haven't been able to take a bite yet."
Wu Gang smiled and said, "Master Xiang is very impatient."
"Indeed," Qu Sinian said with a smile, "If the prime minister can do everything he wants to do, even if there are 1,800 people in the Ministry of Commerce, they will still be busy."
Wu Gang said: "Speaking of which, I actually don't know something. Cotton is a new species. It is said that it can only be found in the northwest. Why should we build a textile factory in the south instead? We also have to work hard to transport cotton from the north. Wouldn't it waste people and money?
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Qu Sinian said with a smile: "I also asked the Prime Minister about this matter, and the Prime Minister said, do you still remember 'Submit Silk to Luliang'?"
Wu Gang thought for a while, suddenly realized, and repeatedly raised his hands: "The Prime Minister has a far-sighted vision, and his mind is full of valleys. We are far behind!" (To be continued)