Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 285 Library

In the East Palace, Concubine Su sent people to find the prince.

"Your Highness, your Majesty has suffered a bitter summer, and she didn't eat much of the meals cooked in the imperial kitchen. She wanted to take a bite of the ling melon, but the two she was given to her have already been eaten. Your Highness..."

What else did the prince think? After hearing this, he ordered the servants on the side, "Go to Qi Ya's shop and buy another cart, and distribute a few to each place. Concubine Su has given birth to the emperor's heir, and she will be rewarded with two more pills." .”

"Yes. I will order someone to do it right now." The waiter responded and went out.

The palace attendants who came to report the matter breathed a sigh of relief. If this matter was reported to the Crown Princess and Wei Concubine, they would probably be ridiculed. Fortunately, the empress gave the prince another son last month, and the prince valued him a lot.

He bowed to the prince and bowed respectfully.

After the people left, the prince discussed with his staff, "My father ordered the mausoleum households to plant mausoleum melons on even half of the fields next year. There will be fifty households in each mausoleum. There are nearly a thousand mausoleum households in the entire imperial mausoleum. If each household even plants two or three acres, the yield of mausoleums next year will be reduced." It’s also quite huge, so we can’t leave all this matter to Qiya’s Exotic Pet Shop.”

The Chiang clan is behind that elegant shop. They have made a lot of money in the past few years. Who in the capital is not jealous of it?

There are flowers, birds, fish and insects, all kinds of bath balms, all kinds of exotic goods from overseas, glass and pearls, and the money I make is probably gone to the sea.

His two good brothers, King Qin and King Chu, were jumping up and down behind him. If not for the protection of Uncle Qi, they would have been eaten up by King Qin and King Chu.

Now that the store has signed a melon harvest agreement with the mausoleum households on the other side of the imperial mausoleum, so much land will be planted next year that the Jiang family may not be able to monopolize it.

"Your Highness, this matter is the emperor's decree. The entire imperial mausoleum is following the planting of melons. I'm afraid the Jiang family wants to do a separate business, but I'm afraid it won't be possible." I'm afraid this matter will have to be left to the clan and other mausoleums. Assistant, as a merchant, the branch of the Jiang family can only get a piece of the pie.

Trying to dominate is impossible.

"Prince, why don't you send someone to the clan to see who is in charge of this matter." The prince has many properties in his name, but there are not many such good businesses for a pound of melon worth a hundred cents.

The prince quickly negotiated with his staff and sent people to intervene in the Linggua business next year.

King Qin and King Chu, who had the same idea as the prince, were not willing to lag behind. The prince immediately asked the person in charge, grabbed half of the Linggua business early, and even passed the emperor's side.

One acre produces two thousand kilograms of melons. As long as they manage the sales of five hundred acres of melons, a hundred cents per kilogram is a business of one hundred thousand taels of silver. And this is only on the surface. If they get some seeds, their village will follow suit. , you can earn a lot from the output of the land in a year.

The King of Qin and the King of Chu would not let go of such a good thing.

"Are you sure the King of Yue didn't interfere in this matter?" King Qin asked the people below.

The staff of the King of Qin nodded, "OK. The King of Yue has no heirs, so it is probably useless to ask for so much money. Since the summer solstice festival, when he became seriously ill, he has been recuperating in the palace. Previously, he would occasionally go to the Xiang Palace to copy scriptures for the late emperor. But then I couldn’t leave my house anymore.”

"Are you sure you won't leave home?" King Chu asked.

"Confirmed. I have asked at all the entrances and exits of the mausoleum area and at the guard post, and checked the entry and exit lists. Even Eunuch Cao, who is next to the King of Yue, has rarely left the house in the past few months. He is probably in the palace to relieve the King of Yue."

In the earliest days, Cao Cuo would often go out to seek medical advice for the King of Yue. Later, he gradually stopped going out. He was afraid that he would know that the King of Yue's medicine was ineffective and no more miracles would happen, so he gave up looking for a miracle doctor.

King Qin and King Chu looked at each other and could see the smiles in each other's eyes.

"My seventh brother is pitiful. When he returns to the capital in the future, I will definitely ask my father for permission to adopt a child from the clan to him, so that I will not be left empty-handed in the future."

King Chu also laughed, "If the seventh brother likes a son in my house, I will choose him as well."

"The King of Chu is righteous." All the staff complimented him one after another.

Not only the East Palace and the King of Qin and King Chu wanted to share the Linggua pie, the rest of the people were also jealous and ready to make a move.

In Jiang Mansion, Jiang Xiang listened to reports from everywhere and was as steady as Mount Tai.

The two sons Jiang Xuyang and Jiang Wentao stood aside respectfully, watching their father write a secret letter to the King of Yue.

After seeing his father finish writing and stuffing it into the envelope, he said, "Father, don't we need to remind the prince to make preparations early and sign more acquisition agreements besides the Lin family?"

The Lin family planted five acres of Linggua this year, also under the instruction of the King of Yue, and signed a five-year purchase agreement with his family in the name of Qiya Shop.

The emperor ordered the entire mausoleum to follow the planting, and also asked the Lin family to produce seeds. This was all at the convenience of the King of Yue and the Lin family. Now that the business has been transferred to the clan and princes, wouldn't it mean that the King of Yue made wedding clothes for others?

"The land next to the imperial mausoleum was originally the royal family's field. If it is allocated to the mausoleum households, it does not mean that it is the mausoleum households' own fields. Now the emperor has issued an order for the mausoleum households to cultivate melons in the fields. Naturally, it is what the royal family ordered the mausoleum households to do. Come on, do you still want to interfere? It’s not easy for the King of Yue to keep the Lin family’s five acres.”

Moreover, the King of Yue no longer relies on his shop in the capital to lay golden eggs.

Jiang Xiang received a secret report from the King of Yue and vaguely learned about the business situation of Yue, and Jiang Xiang was reassured. Otherwise, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would be too much to chew for just one month.

"The glass business was already arousing jealousy, but the prince had the foresight to give 10% of the shares to Prince Qi early, so that it was saved. Otherwise, do you think we can protect the glass business in the name of a branch of the Jiang family? "

Jiang Xiang looked at Jiang Xuyang, who was motionless, and felt satisfied when he saw that his eldest son was becoming more stable now. He looked at his younger son, who was jumping up and down, and frowned again, "You should learn from your elder brother, don't be anxious whenever something happens." You have to jump up and down, you are not young now."

Then he thought about his youngest son's marriage, and then thought about it, Princess Deyang had already delayed it for three years because of this little beast, which made her even more worried.

He stood up and handed the sealed letter to his eldest son, "Have someone send it to the King of Yue." After that, he walked out.

"Father, where are you going?" Jiang Wentao stepped forward to stop him. The words haven't been finished yet, the matter has not been explained clearly, where are we going?

Jiang Xiang glared at him and said, "Where are you going? I'm going to have a drink with Prince Qi! Let's work with him to choose a good son-in-law for Deyang. Let's see which son in the capital is worthy of marriage. We can make a decision as early as possible without delaying Deyang."

Jiang Wentao suddenly paused, extremely anxious, fearing that his father would really help Deyang choose someone else, "Father..." He wanted to hold him back, but stopped again.

Jiang Xiang looked at him and sighed deeply.

This year, the marriage between Deyang and Wen Tao must be facilitated no matter what. If the emperor continues to block it, let Prince Qi worry about it. After all, his daughter is also nineteen and it is difficult to keep him any longer.

If that doesn't work, let Deyang choose a better son-in-law as early as possible, so as not to delay the child.

"Why don't you go and watch over at Qiya Library! Didn't the King of Yue send someone to send another batch of books? Why don't you go arrange for people to print and copy them."

Jiang Wentao opened his mouth, lowered his head and responded, "Yes, I'll go right away."

After Jiang Xiang left, Jiang Wentao grabbed Jiang Xuyang and said, "Brother, father is not really discussing with Prince Qi to choose a good son-in-law for Deyang, right?" Jiang Xuyang saw his anxious look and laughed, "Don't worry, Qi If the prince wanted to choose a good son-in-law for Deyang, he would have decided on it long ago, why should he delay it until now?"

According to him, Prince Qi and Princess Qi had taken a fancy to his younger brother early on. However, the emperor was wary of his father and did not want the two families to marry, so he ordered the clan to stop it. But now Deyang is also nineteen. , if you don't get married, I'm afraid it will affect the marriages of other women in the clan.

There must be a result.

He patted Jiang Wentao on the shoulder, comforted him a few words, and then said: "You used to help the prince run the library, and collected books from all over the world in the name of the library. Didn't you get several unique ancient books, as well as several books from the former emperor's master? Didn’t father ask you to sort out the books and send them to the prince and Chang Zhi? Have you copied them all?"

Jiang Wentao nodded, "Copy it. I will give it to my elder brother later, and he will send it over together. There are also many ancient calligraphy and paintings collected from various places. This time, it is enough for the prince to sell it for a while."

"That's good." Jiang Xuyang nodded, seeing that he was anxious, and comforted him, "Prince Qi has become close to our family over the years, and our family has been tied to the boat of King Yue for a long time. If we can win the support of Prince Qi, the prince will You will get twice the result with half the effort. So even if your father doesn't care about your wishes, he will still make it happen, so don't worry."

"Who, who is worried?" Jiang Wentao blushed and refused to admit it.

Jiang Xuyang smiled and said, "You can just help the prince run the library with peace of mind. Over the years, the library has more and more books, and it is open to students all over the world for free. As a result, every spring, students from all over the world come to Beijing early and soak in the library every day. They benefit a lot. We are all grateful for His Majesty’s kindness in opening the library for free. Please help His Majesty manage this matter, and pay attention secretly to ensure that no one slanders His Majesty’s reputation.”

"Brother, don't worry. I know this matter is important and I don't dare to relax for a moment."

The two brothers separated, and Jiang Wentao went to Qiya Library in the west of the capital. It was lunch time, but looking around, the library was still crowded with people.

The library has five floors. Except for the top floor, which contains only ancient books collected from various places and is restricted to those with a certain reputation and status, the other four floors are open to students from all over the world.

There are four floors, divided into categories, and the books on each floor are different. Each floor is surrounded by tall bookshelves, densely packed with various books, with long tables and chairs in the middle for everyone to sit, read and copy.

The library has no restrictions on identity. Anyone can enter the library to read. You can sit there all day without being rushed. You can read or copy in the library, and you can also borrow books according to your household registration and road signs. In addition to charging five cents for borrowing a book a day, there is no charge for reading and copying there.

Since the library opened, it has attracted the attention of all students in the capital. In just one year, it attracted the attention of students from all over the world and attracted students from all over the world to come here.

Just because of the large collection of books and the breadth of content, it is rare in the world.

Aristocratic families also have libraries, but they are never open to the public, let alone of this scale, let alone allowing people to borrow them for copying. But Qiya Library is open to students from all over the world free of charge. You can borrow and copy, attracting countless people to come in and take a look.

Not to mention ordinary students, even students from high-ranking families may not be able to read so many books.

Before the library opens every day, the entrance is lined with students waiting to enter the library. There were so many people that Jiang Wentao was a self-taught person and invented the reservation function. If you make a reservation early, you will not be able to enter the museum after the reservation is over.

Otherwise, as soon as everyone crowds in, the library will be overcrowded and collapsed.

Even though the daily reservations are full, there are still many people waiting at the entrance of the library, hoping that someone will come out and quickly fill their seats.

It attracted the attention of all parties for a while. There was a lot of discussion, speculating on the intentions of the King of Yue.

Two students from other places made reservations several days in advance and were not able to enter the library until today. As soon as they entered the library, they were so shocked by the dense collection of books on each floor that their jaws almost hit the ground.

"God, there aren't as many books in our city as here." This row of shelves is densely packed with four floors! God, what a collection of books this is!

"I heard that there is a unique ancient book on the fifth floor, not even in the palace." A student stared at the stairs going up to the fifth floor, almost crying with envy.

"When you and I gain fame, we can go up there."

Seeing that his friend was still staring at the stairs going up to the fifth floor, he explained: "Don't be resentful in your heart. They won't let us go up. We are lucky to be able to get in. I heard outside that we couldn't get in despite queuing for several days." It’s coming.”

"What are you talking about? I'm such an ungrateful person? Look at the Li family in our county. They built a library with just a few books. They had to fawn over and beg for all kinds of benefits before they could go in and read it. You can't even stay for half an hour before you take a look at it. Look here, it's free for students all over the world to read."

He had just seen them all. Many of them were children from poor families, and they were still wearing straw sandals.

I heard that books are collected here, and if you copy some books in the library, you can get a lot of copper coins! Many students from poor families from other places came here to read and copy books to earn some money for food and accommodation. Otherwise, it would be difficult to live in this place in the capital and they would have to be beggars outside.

"I heard that the master behind this library is the King of Yue."

"Really or not? Isn't it the Jiang family?"

"Hush, it's the King of Yue. I heard that it was the King of Yue who cared about the hard work of the students and wanted to enlighten the people's wisdom, so he opened this free library. I heard that he wanted to save some blessings for his deceased relatives."

"Late relatives? First..."

"Shhh! Shut up! We can just think of King Yue's good deeds. Don't talk loudly. If you get into trouble, no one can save you."

They all knew who the deceased relatives of the Yue King were. In fact, who knows what happened nine years ago? Are you saying that Lu Guogong and the prince are rebelling? The kids didn't believe it.

The former Crown Prince was granted the title of Crown Prince when he was young. Is there any need to rebel?

However, no one dares to discuss royal matters. I dare not mention it.

Thinking of the King of Yue who had been assigned to the imperial mausoleum for nine years, the two students looked at each other with deep regret.

They didn't care about anything else, so they just asked the King of Yue to open such a free library for their emperor's students, so that they could read all the books in the world for free. They recognized the King of Yue in their hearts.

Jiang Wentao listened to the two students' quiet discussion, turned around and walked away quietly.

What Your Highness has done will not be in vain. It doesn't matter if we know that it was the king of Yue who opened it. We just want everyone in the world to know. For example, in the East Palace, King Qin and King Chu, what if they knew that His Highness had impure thoughts and wanted to use the world's students to gain fame? Such a thing that benefits the country and the people, why do you want to give the prince a bad reputation?

The king of Yue has no heirs, can he still rebel?

Now the East Palace and the King of Qin and King Chu just want to win over each other. Both parties want this help, but they dare not offend His Highness easily.

Jiang Wentao walked up to the fifth floor to see which books the elder could read, and then ordered someone to copy an extra copy for the child.

Thinking of how old he is, Jiang Wentao's lips twitched. That child must be nine years old this year. That's great.

　Catch insects right away

　　(End of this chapter)