The current emperor is Emperor Longwu, and the country is Changping. In October of the fourth year of Changping, Yonghe Hou defeated the barbarians, and the barbarians surrendered, and the barbarian tribe officially became the territory of Qiguo. Yonghe Hou Yimai ended his decades of border crossing career. In this war, Han Zhen, the commander of the thousand, took the head of the barbarian leader and made a great contribution.

The emperor discussed merit and deeds, and the Marquis of Yonghe took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to honor his years, pass the title to his son, and at the same time, hand over military power.

The emperor did not accept the military power, and the military power was given to the prince of Yonghe Hou, that is, the prince of Xinyonghe, and the former young master has now become the prince of Xinyonghe Hou.

At the same time, the male protagonist Han Zhen rose to the top and was awarded the title of fifth-rank guerrilla general.

When Qin Fang knew the news, he was also happy for his good brother. However, looking at the letter from the teacher Du Ke, Qin Fang was worried again: "Look at the meaning of the teacher's letter, how likely is it that I will be transferred to the capital?" Qin Fang has lived here for more than two years and has Once he got used to it, he really didn't want to leave. If he was transferred to the capital, all kinds of troubles continued, he still liked this kind of life with beautiful mountains and rivers, idle clouds and wild cranes, and then being a local snake in Yunxiang County.

Yang Haiyan has already adjusted her mentality, and now she can face Qin Fang's official career calmly, she said, "I don't know about this, but we can do both."

Qin Fang was curious: "what are you going to do to prepare?"

Yang Haiyan smiled slightly: "I plan to buy houses, farms and fields near the capital, and let Niu Da grow fruits and vegetables over there. We will go to the capital in the future, and these things haven't been done yet." Besides, they The family is rich now, the roads in Yunxiang County have been repaired, and the remaining profit from the Huangliang Factory is their own. Moreover, the walking cars, baby cars, and baby tricycles that she and the emperor cooperated with are sold in various places. Excellent. No one has the guts to imitate what the royal factory produces, so Yang Haiyan is very happy with the money she earns. Of course, the happiest is the emperor.

A dignified ruler of a country must also bow down for silver.

Qin Fang actually has this awareness: "Then you decide, if you buy a house, you can buy it near the teacher's house, or have someone to take care of it, I will write back to the teacher to inquire about the house... or let Tao Shan go. Bar."

Yang Haiyan: "Okay."

"Mother...Mother...Xiaoshuai is flying...Xiaoshuai is flying..." A small cannonball ran in from outside.

Small Cannonball is of course Qin Linyang's little friend. Eighteen months old, he has started to speak fluently and can already express his meaning in short sentences.

Children like to run, although they are not very stable, but because they have been supplemented with calcium since childhood, among their peers, they are considered to have developed better and walked more steadily. But this kind of stability is still shaky in the eyes of Yang Haiyan, a mother. Every time she sees her son running, her heart is always on her mind, and she is always worried that he will fall. Even if she thinks it doesn't matter if a child bumps, or if a boy has a scar on his knee, her heart will still be tight.

No... Qin Linyang's little friend ran too fast and bumped into his father. Fortunately, Qin Fang quickly supported him, otherwise he would fall backwards. However, the child wears a hat and there is something behind his head, which can reduce the impact force if he falls to the ground.

Qin Fang said: "Don't you look at the way when you walk? How many times have I taught you? You must look at the way when you walk."

Qin Linyang obviously couldn't understand his father's words. He grabbed his father's hand and said, "Xiaoshuai flew away... Dad, Xiaoshuai flew away..." His tone was very eager.

Xiaoshuai is the son of Hongshuai, the pony baby named Xiaoshuai. In fact, it was not called Xiaoshuai at first, because the children called him Shuai every day, and then Xiaoshuai took this as his name.

When Yang Haiyan heard her son's words, she couldn't help laughing. Those who didn't know it thought the horse was going to heaven. "Let's go and have a look."

Yang Haiyan walked in front, Qin Linyang took his father and followed his mother, and then went to hold his mother's hand with the other hand. He walked in the middle of his parents and felt that he was the happiest cub.

The temperature in October is moderate and the wind blows very cool.

Qin Linyang's little pony flying refers to kites. This weather is a good time to fly kites. Although it is not as good as spring, because the wind in this season is stronger than that in spring, there are times when the wind is small, such as today. After lunch, Qin Linyang slept for a while, and when he woke up, Yang Haiyan took him to fly a kite.

The venue for kite-flying is in the backyard, where there is still a mother-in-law guarding. Seeing that the lady and the general were coming, the women hurriedly saluted.

Qin Linyang looked around and didn't see his kite, so he asked the old lady, "Where's Xiaoshuai?"

The wind was a bit strong just now, and the children couldn't hold the kite, so it blew away.

The old woman pointed at the top of the tree and said, "Xiaoshuai fell on it, and the slave servant will pick it up for the young master?"

Qin Linyang looked at his father and said, "Father picks up." He has a very active personality, but he is also a bit domineering. He doesn't like the old ladies to touch the things he likes.

Qin Fang glanced at the position of the kite. It was indeed hanging on the top of the tree, but the top of the tree had no branches that could bear the weight of a person, so it was not easy to pick it up. He said to the old woman, "Go and get a slender stick."

There is no such stick in the General's Mansion, and it is not used at all on weekdays, so the old woman chopped up the bamboo on one side of the rockery. The bamboo of the rockery is a slender and slender type of bamboo, which is different from the bamboo of the bamboo forest. Qin Fang took the thin bamboo and climbed up the tree. Qin Linyang looked at his father with some envy, and grabbed the tree with his small hand. He was sure that he could not climb up, and was a little discouraged.

Seeing this, Yang Haiyan stepped forward with some amusing: "What's the matter? Do you want to go up too?"

Qin Linyang shook his head: "I can't climb... I can't get up." The milky voice sounded a little aggrieved. A child who is almost two years old may not understand long stories, but still understand short sentences.

Yang Haiyan took her son's little hand and walked away: "Then you have to eat a lot of food, and you can't be picky, so that you can grow as tall as your father, and then you can climb trees."

Qin Linyang looked up at his mother with a puzzled little head: "Eat and grow taller?"

The children are the cutest when they say overlapping characters. Yang Haiyan's heart softened when she heard it. She said, "Yeah, you grow taller when you eat."

Qin Linyang's little friend blinked, then pulled his mother: "Go..."

Yang Haiyan asked, "Where are you going?"

Qin Linyang said as a matter of course: "Eat, grow taller, go eat... go..."

Yang Haiyan looked at Yi Chuan's son: "What about your father? He is catching Xiaoshuai for you, you don't want it anymore?"

Qin Linyang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Xiaoshuai eats... eat a lot and grow taller." After speaking, he ran into the yard by himself.

Yang Haiyan chased after him, watching her son carefully climb over the threshold and enter the house, then grab a bag of corn kernels and rush out. The corn kernels are packed in small bags. In order to make it easier for her son to feed Xiaoshuai, Yang Haiyan asked her servants to make small bags, one bag after another.

Then, Yang Haiyan followed her son to the stable.

Xiaoshuai, Wushuai, and Hongshuai are all in the stable. Now is not the season for horses to be in heat, so Hong Shuai is also back. However, Qin Linyang only cares about his handsome boy. He came to Xiaoshuai, who was short and couldn't hook Xiaoshuai. Xiaoshuai and the little master have been with each other for several months, and they have cooperated and formed a tacit understanding. Every time the little master comes, he has something good to eat. So as soon as it saw the little master coming, it fell down, so that the little master could feed it.

Qin Linyang took out the corn kernels and fed them to Xiaoshuai: "Eat, grow taller..."

Xiaoshuai hooked his tongue and ate the corn kernels in the little master's palm into his mouth.

Every horse is switched separately. No, Wu Shuai and Hong Shuai looked at Xiao Shuai with envy in their hearts. Although they couldn't speak, they clearly protested.

Qin Fang came over with the kite, and Wu Shuai and Hong Shuai called to the master, as if saying: Come and feed us...

Seeing this, Yang Haiyan couldn't help but say, "Look at the disturbance caused by your son."

Qin Fang said, "Don't play kites anymore?" After saying that, he walked to his son and grabbed two handfuls of corn kernels from his small bag.

Qin Linyang grabbed his father's hand and looked at his father hummingly.

Qin Fang said: "feed it to Wushuai and Hongshuai. You don't like Wushuai and Hongshuai anymore? Don't you feed them?"

The little boy looked at Wu Shuai and Hong Shuai who were calling, and let go of his father's hand: "Here you go, grow tall and tall, handsome all grow tall and tall." After thinking about it, he added, "Me too. tall and tall."

Qin Linyang, who wanted to grow taller and climb trees, forgot about it when it was time for dinner. Children think it's a slap in the face, even more so than adults.

By November, all the ore from Beast Mountain had been mined, and gunpowder had also been made. The mining of Beast Mountain’s ore means that it is time for the officials of the Ministry of Industry to leave Yunxiang County.

All the finished gunpowder had to be transported to the capital. Because of the importance of gunpowder, Qin Fang had to deliver it himself.

The night before leaving, Yang Haiyan was very worried: "Last time there was only a lot of gunpowder, and the barbarians came to grab it. This time there is so much gunpowder, I don't know if there will be an accident on the road."

Qin Fang took her hand: "Don't worry, General Yu brought 500 Imperial Forest troops with me, and I have 500 soldiers on the road with me. In Qiguo, if there is still a robbery in a team of 1,000 people, then the other party will be robbed. I'm here to kill you." Qin Fang was sure that no one dared to come up with ideas this time. The last time about the gunpowder incident, the Royal Forest Army had already cleaned it up, and it was only a few months apart, and no one dared to touch the emperor's scales.

Even so, Yang Haiyan was still worried.

The next day, she carried her son and sent Qin Fang to the city gate of Yunxiang County.

Compared with Qin Fang's reassurance, the officials of the Ministry of Industry were also nervous when they returned to Beijing this time. Only these officials knew the formula of gunpowder, and the emperor would obviously not let this formula flow out. So, who is most reassuring? Naturally it is human.

Therefore, they were also anxious when they returned to the capital.

Qin Fang looked at the daughter-in-law and son behind him and waved: "Go back, I'll be back as soon as possible, it's cold, don't freeze your body here."

Before Yang Haiyan could speak, Qin Linyang's little friend waved at his father. In his eyes, when his father went to the capital today, it was just like going to the military camp in the past. When the sun went down, his father would come back.

Qin Fang laughed and scolded: "Little one with no conscience."

Yu Nian said: "General Qin's virtuous wife and filial son are really enviable." He knew that the emperor valued Qin Fang and would most likely let Qin Fang go back to the capital, so he also wanted to befriend Qin Fang. Although he is currently a Beijing official, he seems to have more face than Qin Fang, but once Qin Fang is transferred back to the capital, he still has the aura of a Du Ke student, it will be different. Even though he came from a poor family, he couldn't reach the backing, and he was highly valued by the emperor.

From Yunxiang County to the capital, according to the footsteps of Taoshan, three days is enough. But this time they carried gunpowder and walked more carefully, so it took five days. As Qin Fang said, in the territory of Qiguo, no one dared to rob a team of a thousand people. If even such a large team dared to loot, that means they are ready to rebel.

Five days later, they arrived in the capital.

A large number of gunpowder arrived at the gate of the capital, very pompous, and the boxes of things stunned the guards of the capital. However, Yu Nian led the team and wore the attire of the Royal Forest Army. The capital guards did not dare to stop them, nor did they dare to check their contents. The Royal Forest Army belonged to the emperor, let alone the fifth-grade capital guards who dared not stop them or check their belongings. , even the royal family and nobles, also dare not.

Gunpowder was transported directly to the gate of the palace, and when the emperor in the imperial study heard the news, he rarely came over in person. Although the emperor did not go to Yunxiang County to see the ore with his own eyes, he also knew that the sulfur ore and saltpeter ore were not small. Now that he saw so much gunpowder in the finished product, he knew how big the ore was.

"The last general Qin Fang sees the emperor." Qin Fang stepped forward and saluted.

When the emperor saw Qin Fang, it was like seeing gold ingots: "No gift. How much gunpowder is there in total?"

Qin Fang said: "A total of 8,000 bags."

Eight thousand packs? Only 200 bales were shipped to Yongzhou Barracks before, so 8,000 bales were very useful. Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but said: "You have done a good job in this matter, it's really good."

Qin Fang said modestly: "The emperor has won awards. It is an honor for Wei Chen to serve the emperor." Qin Fang's words were sincere. The emperor treated him very well. In his heart, the emperor was a good emperor.

The emperor didn't say much: "Go, go with me."

"promise."

The emperor took Qin Fang for a walk around the palace, and introduced some basic venues of the palace to Qin Fang. Manager Chi followed behind, shocked. Why did the emperor tell General Qin about the layout of the palace? Does the emperor want General Qin to serve in the palace?

After thinking about it in many ways, Director Chi, their group had already arrived at the study room.

The upper study room was where the prince read, and it was still in the morning, and there was the sound of reading aloud.

The emperor said: "My princes are all inside, I really take you in to get to know each other."

Qin Fang said respectfully on the face: "Yes." But his heart was also shocked.

The new Taifu's surname is Cui. Taifu Cui's current position is the position of Taifu Yang before, but Taifu Cui is different from Taifu Yang. The Yang family is an aristocratic family with great power, so Mrs. Yang seems to have no real power, but in fact it is not small. Taifu Cui was promoted by the emperor and was born in a poor family, but his literary talent was brilliant, so Taifu Cui was a false title and no real position.

When Taifu Cui saw the emperor coming, he hurriedly saluted: "Wei Chen sees the emperor."

Because the emperor often came to the study room to see the reading situation of the princes, neither Taifu Cui nor the princes were surprised. But this time I brought a stranger, which made the princes stare curiously.

"See Royal Father." Although the princes were curious, their small eyes couldn't help but look at them secretly, but they did not ignore the proper etiquette.

The emperor said: "No gift. This is General Qin, the one who discovered the sulphur and saltpeter mines. General Qin is loyal and patriotic, and is the backbone of a country."

Qin Fang wearing this hat almost fluttered.

The four princes said to Qin Fang: "I have seen General Qin."

Qin Fang avoided, and saluted: "The last general will see your highnesses."

The emperor said again: "Second child, do you recognize General Qin?"

The second prince was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to be named. He looked at Qin Fang carefully. He had no impression of Qin Fang, but he didn't know why the father asked him. The second prince said: "I have a slight impression, I seem to have seen it somewhere. However, I have seen it when I was young before returning to the palace, and may have forgotten it."

The emperor nodded and said: "Okay, you can continue to study." After saying that, he took Qin Fang and left the study. On the way, the emperor sighed, "Does Aiqing have any impression of the second prince?"

Qin Fang felt inexplicable: "His Royal Highness is precious and precious, and he lives in the capital. The last general was in his hometown Baili Village before joining the army, and in Yongzhou Barracks after joining the army. He is in Yunxiang County these days. How can we meet His Highness?"

The emperor said: "My son has a hard life. He used to wander at the border for a while, and I thought you had a chance to meet." The son lived in General Ao's mansion, and Qin Fang and General Ao knew each other again, so the emperor asked this. "Aiqing's three-year term expires in March next year. Do you have any plans for the future? Do you want to come to the capital?"

Qin Fang naturally didn't dare to say whether he wanted it or not. Who asked so directly? But when the emperor asked this, Qin Fang couldn't be sloppy, so he said: "Wait for the examination of the personnel department and listen to the arrangement of the imperial court."

The emperor said: "The transfer of military generals is not only about the examination of the personnel department. I have been on the throne for four years, and I have come to this day step by step, but there is a lack of cronies around me. Would you like to be my cronies?"

When Qin Fang heard this, he immediately knelt down: "I am willing to go through fire and water for the emperor." Although he said so, Qin Xin was puzzled, what was the intention of the emperor's actions today?

The emperor nodded: "Get up. The capital is a big dye vat, and noble families are used to doing superficial work. If you are transferred back to the capital, the family still needs someone to support the scene. Although Mrs. Bingyun is virtuous, in the end she was born as a maid, and she and all the wives. When people get along with each other, it's hard to survive the scene, why don't I point out a better marriage for you? What do you think of the daughter of Mrs. Cui's family?"

Qin Fang was startled when he heard this, and he knelt down with a thud: "The last will thank the emperor for his good intentions, but the last will swear that he and Zhuojing will be together forever, this life, the next life, the next life, three lives and three lives, Never let her down." He was nervous, sweating on his forehead. I was afraid that the emperor had a good intention and told him that a good family would be destroyed from now on. If that's the case, he might be... about to commit a crime.

The emperor looked at the nervous courtier in front of him, and listened to his words of deep love and righteousness towards his wife, and suddenly remembered that when he was young, he had also loved a woman, and he had told her that he would be one for the rest of his life. However... she didn't wait for him. At this moment, looking at the courtier in front of him, it seems like he is looking at himself. All the men in the world are so beautiful. No one in the capital has three wives and four concubines. This is the first time he has seen Qin Fang. The emperor felt that he was very similar to himself.

He was not good at beauty and only loved one girl, but in order to save her from the palace, he was pressed by the first emperor to marry the girl of the Ren family, and later he took the side concubine. The emperor felt that he used to be helpless. At this moment, he didn't want his helplessness to happen to Qin Fang.

So he said: "Get up, I just mentioned it casually."

If Du Ke knew the emperor's thoughts, he would definitely complain in his heart. If you marry a wife and take a concubine, you should marry a wife and take a concubine. If you have to say that he is helpless, this is really cheap and good.

Qin Fang got up, but his heart was thumping. This place in the capital cannot come. Today the emperor wants to marry him, and there may be people who will marry him in the future.

The emperor continued: "I heard that there are two more direct brothers in your family?"

Qin Fang said: "Wei Chen also has two direct brothers and a cousin. The second brother Qin Shouye is 18 years old, the third brother Qin Shoucheng is 15 years old, and the cousin Qin Shouxin is 14 years old."

The emperor: "Oh? Did your brother say kiss?"

Qin was relieved that he was afraid that the emperor would suggest marriage to his younger brothers. It's not that he despises his younger brother, it's that the younger brothers have no fame and no official position. If the emperor decides to marry, no matter how bad it is, she will be a concubine of the official family. , look down on his brother. Therefore, after thinking about it, he said, "The second brother has already made a marriage. It is a common people's family in Yunxiang County. The family name is Xu. They have a son and a daughter. , did you say that you will not know about the end of your marriage, I heard my mother mention it before, and it seems that there is, as for the fourth brother, because he is still young, so he has not yet." At the age of fourteen, it is not enough to talk about marriage so early. And Qin Fang felt that the emperor was not going to point to marriage for his cousin.

The emperor said: "Really? Aiqing is also tired from the journey. Go back and rest."

Qin Fang: "As ordered."

When Qin Fang left, his heart could not be calm for a long time.

Officials from outside Beijing like Qin Fang can live in the Beijing Post House when they return to Beijing, but Qin Fang just walked out of the palace gate when he saw a carriage parked at the gate of the palace. The curtains of the carriage were lifted, and someone looked at him. write. Qin Fang was overjoyed, and he strode forward: "Teacher."

Du Ke said: "Come up." They are masters and apprentices, so there is no need to avoid it when they meet, so Du Ke went directly to the gate of the palace to wait for Qin Fang. Today, Qin Fang sent gunpowder back to Beijing, and Du Ke also got the news, so he left the Ministry of War Yamen one step earlier and came to wait at the gate of the palace.

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