Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The first year of the Great Ming Dynasty saw a new emperor ascend the throne.

The Supreme Emperor oversaw the government, and the two kings ruled together.

In the same year, the capital saw the construction of skyscrapers, with private merchants and the mega-rich eagerly investing and initiating projects.

Li Yuanzhao personally appointed the Academy of Sciences to develop a four-wheeled steam-powered car.

Aside from this, everything remained as usual, and no other major events occurred.

In the second year of the Great Ming Dynasty, the Taoyuan County Imperial Villa was completed, and Emperor Jing moved to Taoyuan.

Two and a half years into the Great Ming Dynasty, inside the Taoyuan Imperial Villa.

Emperor Jing sat upright at his desk in the study, meticulously reviewing the reports in his hands.

Although he had abdicated from the throne, his diligent nature had not diminished in the slightest, even surpassing his time in power.

After all, the matters at hand were somewhat complex.

Besides the affairs of the court that Li Yuanzhao needed to discuss with him, there were also matters within Taoyuan County.

And it was precisely this part of the responsibility, originally supposed to be handled by Fang Zheng, that gave him a major headache.

He had never imagined that someone would manage the county's industries in this way.

He also seemed to get a first glimpse into another side of Fang Zheng's life...

Gross Domestic Product of the county, Fixed Asset Investment, Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods, Public Financial Budget and Final Accounts, Resident Price Consumption Value, Medical Care and Elderly Care....

Countless investigation reports and statements, details so meticulous they were appalling, even including the linkages between various industries, future forecasts, and so on.

When he first moved to the Taoyuan Imperial Villa, he had only casually asked about the management methods within Taoyuan County.

His good son-in-law, fearing that he would be idle, generously bundled up this pile of things and threw them over to him.

Initially, he was quite annoyed.

This son-in-law was extremely good at hiding his abilities, hiding them until he abdicated!

So many new things, not a single one had been shown to the court!

Later, after some time, he became relieved. These things really couldn't be implemented in the court... The world was too big, far from what Taoyuan County could compare to.

These data statistics and management models were all evolved from the accumulation of years in Taoyuan County, with a solid foundation from the root.

If the current court were to apply this set of things, it would be impossible in terms of both cost and difficulty, and they simply couldn't handle it.

While Emperor Jing regarded it as a treasure, he began to diligently study new knowledge. Before he even had time to experience retirement, he actively plunged into the re-employment position provided by his son-in-law.

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On this day, Fang Zheng hurried towards the Imperial Villa with brisk steps.

Qian Desheng followed behind him, carrying a stack of reports in his hands, keeping up with a fast pace.

This Imperial Villa, though called an Imperial Villa, was not large in scale.

Compared to the Imperial Palace, it appeared small and exquisite, with only a few palaces and sleeping quarters that did not occupy a large area.

The rest of the place had been transformed into gardens and water systems, with breathtaking scenery in the late summer and early autumn.

At the entrance of Emperor Jing's study, under a tree shade.

Guo Tianyang lay on a rocking chair, his right foot wrapped like a rice dumpling, with a small table next to him, with tea and snacks on the table.

He held a cattail leaf fan, squinted his eyes, swayed in the rocking chair, and mumbled something in his mouth.

When he vaguely saw Fang Zheng arriving, Guo Tianyang opened his eyes and said, "Lord Marquis is here."

Fang Zheng laughed: "Brother Guo, aren't you supposed to be serving inside? Why are you running outside to keep watch?"

"Hey, didn't you see? A few days ago, I sprained my foot. The Supreme Emperor told this old servant to go home and recuperate, saying that he wouldn't need me to serve him anymore." Guo Tianyang began to chatter, with a look of pride on his face, "How can the Supreme Emperor do without me? So he specially allowed me to sit here and watch the door. The Supreme Emperor really can't bear to part with me."

"Alright, then you rest. I have important matters to discuss with the Supreme Emperor."

"Wait a minute, Lord Marquis, who is this? First time seeing him." Guo Tianyang pointed the cattail leaf fan at Qian Desheng.

Could it be that this guy could see that Qian Desheng was a eunuch?

Fang Zheng's face stiffened, and he said, "This is my family servant."

"That's not right, I think he looks like a eunuch!" Guo Tianyang asserted, his suspicious gaze constantly scanning Qian Desheng's body.

Qian Desheng said unhappily: "Who are you calling a eunuch? Which eye of yours saw that I am a eunuch?"

"Hey!!" Guo Tianyang suddenly became unhappy, propped himself on the armrest, leaned forward, and said in a shrill voice, "This old servant smelled the stench on your body from a long distance! How dare you say you're not a eunuch? How dare a small family servant talk to this old servant like that?"

"What about you! Don't you have a smell on your body? You are simply unbearably stinky!" Qian Desheng said angrily.

Following Fang Zheng for so many years, no one had mentioned that he was a eunuch anymore. This dead eunuch actually came to expose his scar!

This old one was once the Chief of the Eastern Depot!

Guo Tianyang's chest heaved with anger: "You dare to..."

"Alright, Brother Guo, this is my former subordinate, he fell off a tree and damaged his basket on a branch. Why are you eunuchs discriminating against each other?" Fang Zheng hurriedly mediated, "I'm even planning to advise His Majesty to abolish eunuchs in the future, maybe there won't be any eunuchs anymore, so you two should cherish it."

"No way!" "No way!"

Guo Tianyang and Qian Desheng said in unison.

Guo Tianyang's eyes were full of panic, and he grabbed Fang Zheng's sleeve: "Lord Marquis, you can't talk nonsense about this! How can there be no eunuchs in the palace? You saying this is simply treasonous, it violates the ancestral system! Absolutely not."

"That's right." Qian Desheng deeply agreed.

Fang Zheng helplessly shook off Guo Tianyang's hand, and then snatched the reports from Qian Desheng's hand.

"I just said it casually, you two can chat outside." Fang Zheng looked at Qian Desheng and warned, "Be careful when talking to my Brother Guo, don't be impolite!"

Qian Desheng nodded: "Don't worry, sir, I know what to do."

Fang Zheng nodded and pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing his figure disappear into the room, Guo Tianyang immediately sneered.

"You know shit, you old stinky thing!"

"Who the hell are you calling a stinky thing?"

"Don't think that just because you are Lord Marquis's person, this old servant can't deal with you!"

"You, a disgraced, lame old eunuch, try dealing with me! ?"

"He -- tui!"

......

Emperor Jing, who was looking at the reports with a magnifying glass, raised his eyes when he heard the sound of the door opening and said, "Zheng Yi, you're here, what's the matter?"

"Father Emperor, these are the latest statistics. Our weapons and equipment and supplies... are almost ready, and we can choose a day to set off at any time."

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(It's still long, not the ending yet, everyone don't worry.)