Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

After kissing the princess, Fang Zheng was full of himself.

He strutted arrogantly towards the East Palace, intending to see Li Yuanzhao make a fool of himself.

The young man didn't know the immensity of the heavens and earth; he even dared to dismantle such a treasure as a microscope!

Arriving at the East Palace, he saw Li Yuanzhao bending over, studying something.

Fang Zheng stretched his head to look and was shocked.

Damn? He actually fixed it!?

"Your Highness, you fixed it?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, Li Yuanzhao stood up and glanced at him triumphantly.

"Of course! Such a simple toy couldn't stump me!"

"One thousand taels!"

Fang Zheng silently took out a one-thousand-tael silver note, held it in his hand, and asked, "Getting help doesn't count."

"Tch! There were only a few parts! The inside of the lens barrel even has carved grooves. What's so difficult about it!"

Fang Zheng regretfully shook his head and handed over the silver note.

It was a miscalculation; he didn't expect repairing this thing to be so simple.

However, getting rid of a burden and getting close to the princess is worth a thousand taels!

"What was Your Highness looking at just now?"

Li Yuanzhao perked up and pulled Fang Zheng closer to the microscope: "Old Fang, I've made a great discovery!"

"Look, here's that thing of a dog's! It's also a tadpole!"

Fang Zheng's face immediately fell.

You're using my microscope, and all you do is study that thing? Can't you study something else?

Damn it, are you going to obsess over tadpoles?

"Yes, yes, so what? What are you trying to say?"

"Don't you think it's amazing?"

"Not at all! Your Highness should spend your time researching something meaningful."

Li Yuanzhao looked puzzled.

"If I may be frank, I don't think this thing of yours is useful for anything other than looking at things."

Rotten wood cannot be carved, Fang Zheng sighed.

"Let me give you an example. There's a saying that illness enters through the mouth; people get sick from eating spoiled food."

"Why does food spoil? Why do people get sick after eating spoiled food? Has Your Highness ever thought about it?"

"The answer might be hidden in a place you can't see."

Li Yuanzhao's face showed contemplation.

"It rots if you leave it out for too long. Wouldn't it be better not to eat it when it's rotten? Everyone knows you'll get sick from eating it, so why do you need to know why?"

Fang Zheng smiled faintly, but inwardly, he was cursing!

The Crown Prince's thinking is gradually approaching Zhang Biao's!

Only what is visible is real; everything else is nonsense.

"Your Highness, it's not like that."

"Think about it. Only if you know why things rot can you find ways to extend the preservation time and ensure that food isn't wasted."

"If you can figure this out, it's like creating countless grains of food out of thin air!"

"Does Your Highness understand?"

Li Yuanzhao once again showed a thoughtful expression.

"Your Highness, think about it slowly. I'll take my leave first!"

Without waiting for Li Yuanzhao to react, Fang Zheng said goodbye and left.

He turned and went to the newspaper office.

Xie Xian sat in a separate office, looking quite imposing.

His desk was piled high with manuscripts.

In just a few days, the reporters in the newspaper office were completely convinced by him.

Xie Xian's knowledge and eloquence were already excellent.

Fang Zheng had initially set his sights on this very point and used any means necessary to bring him to the county.

Over the years, he hadn't neglected his studies. On the contrary, because he frequently traveled as a merchant in Taoyuan County,

he had traveled north and south, seen countless people, and combined knowledge with practice, further enhancing his scholarship.

His words were news, and his writing was full of allusions.

The reporters in the newspaper office sighed in admiration at his abilities.

In addition, many of the newly added benefits were announced by him personally, so everyone's goodwill towards him also increased greatly.

Seeing Fang Zheng arrive, Xie Xian quickly stood up: "Master, you've come."

Fang Zheng casually picked up the manuscripts on the table, glanced at them, and asked, "How is it? Are you used to the newspaper office?"

Xie Xian smiled slightly: "It's good, much less worrying and simpler than running around outside."

"Very good!"

"I'm here to see you today to tell you something. Today, I heard that the Northern Rong are sending a delegation to the capital. We need to report this news as soon as possible."

"Now, the imperial court has also issued many newspapers; we can't let our share be taken."

"Also, I want to establish a textile factory outside the city, using the best textile machines in our county."

"Only female workers will be hired. I will arrange for others to do this, and when it's established, I'll have someone notify you to publish an advertisement for recruitment in the newspaper."

"In the recent period, write some... women's news, such as stories of female heroes, and promote them well."

"There may be a lot of resistance when the textile factory is established. Try to reduce the risk with the newspaper."

After Fang Zheng finished speaking, Xie Xian asked, "Northern Rong delegation? I remember that the Northern Rong have always had some minor friction with Great Jing, but their internal disputes are constant. Why would they send a delegation?"

Fang Zheng explained: "I heard that a capable person has appeared in the Northern Rong, sweeping away all the tribes, and the internal disputes have been eliminated."

"The delegation wouldn't be here for a marriage alliance, would they...?" Xie Xian pondered, holding his chin.

"???"

Fang Zheng looked at Xie Xian with a puzzled expression: "Why do you say a marriage alliance? Does a delegation necessarily mean a marriage alliance?"

Xie Xian thought for a while: "Since they have just unified, their national strength is naturally unstable."

"Moreover, being able to sweep away all the tribes, he must be a strongman who can bend and stretch."

"At this time, they should have a marriage alliance to recuperate."

"Master, you think, our dynasty has six princesses. The Sixth Princess is too young, less than ten years old, and I heard that the Fourth Princess is over twenty and has been married for a long time."

"Then it should be the Fifth Princess! Yes, that's right."

"Master, should we make a fuss about this?"

Fang Zheng's expression froze.

These two are talking to me like this; they don't take me seriously at all!

Xie Xian was still waiting for Fang Zheng's instructions when he saw him turn his head to look at him blankly.

"What did you just say? Say it again?"

"I said the Fifth Princess might be going to a marriage alliance. Should we make a fuss about it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a hand rested on Xie Xian's shoulder.

A smile appeared on the corner of Fang Zheng's mouth, but there wasn't a trace of emotion.

"If what you, you crow's mouth, said is true, I'll send you to the Northern Rong to be married off to livestock."

Xie Xian swallowed: "Master, what do you mean...?"

"What do I mean!! I finally fell in love once! And you tell me the Fifth Princess is going to be married off!"

"You bunch of crow's mouths, you can't stand not disgusting me, can you!"

Seeing Fang Zheng roar, Xie Xian panicked.

He said repeatedly: "Consort Fang! Calm down! Calm down!"

Fang Zheng's expression eased slightly: "That's right... What the hell is the Northern Rong? How can you associate them with the princess?"

"Change the newspaper for me! Use half a page to write about the Northern Rong. Write about them until the Northern Rong delegation comes."

"Write that they don't take baths, don't wipe their butts after they shit, and live in misery every day. Write about them as disgustingly as possible."

"Then write about using a marriage alliance to exchange for peace, that men have no balls, that it leads to national extinction and racial extermination. Give me more examples, one article a day."

"I'll see who dares to mention this again!"

Xie Xian chuckled twice and said cautiously: "Understood, Master, but what's your relationship with the Fifth Princess...?"

"She's pregnant with my child."

Damn!

Xie Xian's mind buzzed. He didn't expect the Master to be so bold.

If the Emperor finds out, Taoyuan County will be razed to the ground!

Xie Xian couldn't help but tremble and said: "Master, you've progressed to this stage? Does His Majesty know?"

Fang Zheng sighed: "Of course he doesn't know. I just kissed her today, and I haven't figured out how to find an opportunity to tell His Majesty."

"Tsk! I have to find a chance to make a great contribution, and then it will happen naturally!"

"Kissing... can kissing also lead to pregnancy?"

"You don't understand. Everyone's constitution is different!"

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