The **** came in with two big bags, which were carried by four eunuchs. Director Chi handed Qin Fang's memorial to the emperor.

This memorial went up, and everyone in the imperial study saw it. Du Ke was a little ashamed. He knew that Qin Fang was long-winded and liked to write trivial things in letters, but he never thought that the memorial to the emperor could be written so thickly. He remembered that he had taught Qin Fang that the memorial should be long and short, concise and incisive, how could it be...

"Hahaha..." The emperor laughed loudly, and the monarch, who had a calm face just now, smiled cheerfully and cheerfully, which shocked the ministers in the imperial study. "Du Ke, this is why Qin Fang can write such a thick memorial to me. Speaking of which, Qin Fang is also your protégé, why didn't he learn your skills?"

Everyone listened to the emperor, and all looked at Du Ke.

In fact, Qin Fang can indeed be regarded as a student of Du Ke. In the literary examination, the students taking the exam can be said to be the protégé of the chief examiner. On the same day, the imperial decree that Qin Fang was appointed as the general of Wude was brought by Du Ke. In addition to the matter of Huanshui County, Du Ke was an imperial envoy. Moreover, Qin Fang sent two letters together, both of which were sent to the Minister of Military Affairs, so it is also possible to describe Qin Fang as a disciple of Du Ke.

When Du Ke heard what the emperor said, he was relieved. I was afraid that the emperor would not say anything, and guessed him in my heart. Du Ke hurriedly said: "No matter who's disciple, they are the pillars of the court and the emperor's ministers."

The emperor raised the memorial in his hand: "You always know him well, tell me, is there anything trivial in his memorial this time? My time is precious, if he writes trivial matters into the memorial again Here, he is so far away that I can't punish him, so I'm going to take you as a teacher and convict him."

Du Ke thought to himself, this is really a guilt that has nothing to do with it? However, this cannot be said. Du Ke came out and said: "Your Majesty, if Qin Fang wrote something that is considered worthy of chicken feathers, Wei Chen is willing to take the punishment. But if Qin Fang wrote something that made good contributions to the court, is this credit also given to Wei Chen?"

The emperor laughed and scolded: "You shameless, how come you have taken credit with Qin Fang?"

The emperor and Du Ke often ridiculed. Although the people present were all the emperor's confidants, there were also close confidants. For example, Du Ke was the emperor's closest confidant.

Therefore, they are also used to things between the emperor and Du Ke.

The emperor then read Qin Fang's memorial. When he read the memorial, there was silence in the imperial study. Many people were curious, who is this Qin Fang? Do you want to be a protégé of Duko? The emperor valued Du Ke. If Qin Fang was Du Ke's student, then Qin Fang's future would be incredible. And listening to the emperor's tone, the impression of Qin Fang must be excellent.

Some ministers had Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts and began to inquire about Qin Fang.

Qin Fang praised the emperor at the beginning of the chapter. Qin Fang was not a literati, so he praised it very straightforwardly, and the emperor would understand it when he saw it. For example, when people say that the emperor is powerful, they will say that the emperor is wise, and the emperor is wise. Qin Fang said, "Your Majesty, you are really amazing. I read your letter...what, if it's so straightforward, it's the emperor who is so cheeky. Looking a little embarrassed.

However, the emperor was always smiling, and everyone observed it carefully. If the emperor talks about a person, he can judge the weight of this person in the emperor's heart from his expression, and this Qin Fang, who has never been mentioned by anyone, already has a high weight in the emperor's heart.

Some people think that Qin Fang is Du Ke's student, and Du Ke must have reminded him many times in front of the emperor.

The emperor looked at it with a secret smile, but after a while, he pursed his lips, his eyes gradually became sharper, and finally he said: "Duke stay, the others step back."

Everyone was stunned: "Yes, Wei Chen retire."

Several ministers came out of the imperial study, and someone walked up to Wei Hong: "Master Wei, do you know who Qin Fang is?"

Wei Hong smiled: "Master You has to ask Du Shilang." His son Wei Ting was still working on gunpowder in Yunxiang County. The emperor told him about such an important matter. He was confident that he had the weight in the emperor's heart. So not jealous about some things. Moreover, the matter of gunpowder is a secret, so he naturally won't say anything about Qin Fang's identity.

However, seeing the emperor mentioning Qin Fang's importance today, he had an idea in his heart. When his second son Wei Wu wrote in the past, he mentioned that Qin Fang's wife was the maid of the Yang family, and she was also the maid next to Miss Yang. He also joked that he recognized the other party as his righteous sister. It's the son who recognizes the righteous sister, not the Wei family who recognizes the goddaughter. Moreover, Wei Wu can't represent the Wei family, so Wei Hong has no opinion on this matter. He just wrote back to tell his son to be careful, and don't do this kind of mindless in the future. thing.

But now... that person named Qin Fang first discovered sulfur ore and saltpeter ore. I have to say that this person does have some luck. And what the emperor likes most is luck. If someone with luck is in the royal family, the emperor will definitely not like it. Because the royal family does not need people with good luck other than the emperor and the prince, but if it is a minister, and if it is a minister without a backer, then it is different. The emperor has a courtier with luck, which means that the monarch and ministers are single-minded. It is a blessing for the emperor to have such a courtier.

Therefore, Wei Hong's eyes sank, and he had a plan in his heart. However, he was not impulsive. The emperor said today that Qin Fang was Du Ke's protégé, which was to find a backer for Qin Fang in disguise. Why did the emperor find a backer for Qin Fang?

The emperor doesn't care about the thoughts of outsiders. The emperor showed the memorial to Du Ke at the moment: "Old Du, your disciple is really... Really a good minister of Zhen." He is really a lucky person. After Qin Fang discovered sulfur and saltpeter mines, and his wife discovered saltpeter to make ice, the emperor said that Qin Fang was lucky. And now, how long has it been? It's only been a month, and Qin Fang gave him another surprise. Although it was discovered by his wife, they were one and the same as what Qin Fang discovered.

Du Ke didn't understand why the emperor said this, but looking at the emperor's meaning, it should be that Qin Fang made another contribution. Du Ke murmured in his heart, is this Qin Fang still the son of God? How can it be so successful? Then he complained while reading the memorial written by Qin Fang. The memorial was very long, and the long Du Ke wanted to write a letter to teach Qin Fang again.

Fortunately, although the memorial this time is long, it is not as trivial as before. The reason why the memorial is long this time is that Qin Fang wrote a plan for the franchise of potato flour and sweet potato flour. After Du Ke read the plan, Du Ke had only one thought: "Your Majesty, it's a pity that Qin Fang is the general of the city defense, he should be transferred to the Ministry of Household. If our Ministry of Household has money, why can't Qiguo unify the world? "

Unifying the world has been the ambition of every emperor in all dynasties.

The emperor laughed when he heard it. He liked to hear Du Ke say such ambitious words. He dared to take the heir, his courage and ability are not small. Du Ke was born in the military, and he was naturally belligerent, so they were so monarchs and ministers In harmony. "Unifying the world is far away, what do you think of Qin Fang's compromise plan? I set up a grain alliance, and then recruit agent franchisees across the country. The agent franchise requires a franchise fee, and the franchise fee is auctioned. People are giving the secret recipe for making potato flour and sweet potato flour, so that the potatoes and sweet potatoes grown by the common people will be bought."

Duke: "As far as the current grain output is concerned, potatoes and sweet potatoes have the highest yields. However, although the yields of potatoes and sweet potatoes are the highest, they are also the cheapest. Therefore, potatoes and sweet potatoes are not easy to sell for. If potatoes and sweet potatoes can be made into flour like flour, then the income of the common people can indeed increase. Moreover, it can also improve the flour whose yield has not been high. Even the flour is storable and not easy to break." Potatoes and sweet potatoes are not good. The reason for selling money is because aristocratic and wealthy families despise this kind of food and think it is something only the poor eat.

The emperor said: "There is one franchisee in each mansion. There are a total of 120 mansions in my country, that is, there are 120 franchisees. Do you think that if you join, 120 franchisees will receive How much is the joining fee?"

Du Ke said: "Even if one person is 10,000 taels of silver, there are also 1.2 million. But there are hundreds of thousands of people under a house, and there is only one franchisee in a house, and there is only one output of potato flour and sweet potato flour. The sales volume is very high, so if it is an auction, I am afraid that one person will pay more than 10,000 taels. If one person is 50,000 taels, it must be 6 million taels."

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help swallowing. He realized one thing. The power of a franchisee is limited, but when all franchisees unite, it will be different. For example, a franchisee with 50,000 taels of silver cannot solve the problem of the imperial treasury, but 120 franchisees with 6 million silver can indeed temporarily enrich the imperial treasury.

The emperor thought for a while: "Who is responsible for this matter? Qin Fang mentioned in his memorial that this plan represents me, and franchisees are very important. If franchisees fish the common people, then I will not care about my face. And if the franchisee is of good character, this is an opportunity to drive the common people to become rich. What is this called... The first is rich and the next is rich, oh, what Qin Fang said is that I will drive the people of the country to become rich. Hahaha... This The slogan is also very interesting.”

Du Ke thought to himself that it was not what Qin Fang said, but what Qin Fang's wife said. Although Qin Fang wrote in his memorial that he and Zhuojing came up with this plan... but Du Ke is someone who has met Qin Fang. Qin Fang is indeed an honest person, not the kind of person who is sloppy. Similarly, in his stomach Without ink, he didn't look down on Qin Fang. It might be possible to ask Qin Fang to lead the army to fight, but to ask Qin Fang to come up with such a plan, Qin Fang must not have the ability. Not to mention Qin Fang, he couldn't even think of it, so the real smart one should be the wife behind Qin Fang. "Your Majesty, this matter is no trivial matter. Do you think that in your name or in the name of the imperial court, who can take on this important task?"

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