Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Fang Zheng rode his horse all the way to the textile factory and was surprised to find Li Yuanzhao tinkering with a weaving machine.

A bewildered female worker stood beside him, clearly displaced from her station.

Fang Zheng watched Li Yuanzhao, who was thoroughly enjoying himself, with a head full of dark lines.

No, this won't do!

He's becoming more and more outrageous. If it doesn't improve, I'll have to ask His Majesty to send him back to the palace.

Why is his curiosity so strong? He wants to meddle with everything.

If others find out about this, won't I be held responsible again?

Fang Zheng walked to the weaving machine with a dark face and slapped Li Yuanzhao on the shoulder.

Li Yuanzhao immediately stopped what he was doing and looked back.

Seeing that it was Fang Zheng, he exclaimed with delight, "Lao Fang, why are you here?"

"Look at the cloth I wove! Take it back and have someone make you a set of clothes!"

Fang Zheng originally wanted to reprimand him, but the words got stuck in his throat.

He's weaving cloth to make clothes for me, what can I say?

"Ahem, Your Highness, you're sitting in someone else's seat. The female workers in our factory are all competing with each other."

"You see, you're taking up their time and delaying their ability to earn money."

Li Yuanzhao blinked and looked at the female worker.

He said blankly, "Is that so? Oh... I'm sorry, you go ahead."

With that, he stood up and stood beside Fang Zheng.

The female worker looked at Fang Zheng gratefully, then sat down and continued working.

"Lao Fang, what did you come for?" The two walked side by side to an open space outside the workshop.

At this time, there were still many children running around outside, followed by people who were leisurely keeping an eye on them. They took the initiative to salute when they saw Fang Zheng and the crown prince.

The factory's school and nursery were already being put on the agenda as quickly as possible.

It seemed that progress was not bad.

Looking at the children playing in the distance, Fang Zheng sighed and said, "It's nothing else, I came this time to say goodbye to Your Highness."

"His Majesty is sending me on an assignment, and I probably won't be back for a year."

Li Yuanzhao widened his eyes: "Where to? I want to go too."

"You can't go. His Majesty specifically instructed that Your Highness should stay in the capital. When I'm not here, there are many places that need Your Highness's care."

"Look, like this textile factory, the newspaper... Oh, and His Majesty gave me a piece of land in the eastern suburbs to build greenhouses."

"Besides the greenhouses, there's also... I've thought about it, such a large piece of land can be used for many things, so I'll entrust these things to Your Highness. I'll send people to help you."

"Ban Shan Ward is changing a lot now, and the surrounding areas are being driven by it. The lives of the people have also improved, but there is still much we need to do, and Your Highness has even greater responsibilities, not just one place and one city, but even the whole world. Personally understanding the people and how many things are produced is very important."

The things produced in the workshops, from raw materials to finished products, are all systematically operated step by step.

You can learn a lot from beginning to end and establish systematic thinking. It's very beneficial to be exposed to these things.

At least it will prevent some of your ideas from becoming rootless.

Being in the nobility, they are all waited on hand and foot, and it is very easy to cultivate the thinking of 'why not eat meat porridge'.

Of course, Li Yuanzhao is very good, but in Fang Zheng's view, he still needs a lot of learning.

Li Yuanzhao's expression visibly fell, and he forced a smile: "I know, don't worry."

He didn't ask any more questions, just simply agreed.

Communication between men is often so simple and direct.

Fang Zheng didn't speak, just patted the crown prince on the shoulder, and the two looked at the scenery in silence.

After a while, Fang Zheng said: "Your Highness, then I'll go. I'll go back to the county to prepare and set off as soon as possible."

"Are you going back to the palace, to the newspaper, or staying here to watch for a while?"

"I'll take another look, you go do your thing."

Fang Zheng nodded, then left straight away.

Not far after he left, Li Yuanzhao suddenly shouted: "Come back soon!"

"Ah, got it!"

......

Within Peach Blossom County.

Fang Zheng returned with his family in tow.

After all, he was not in the capital, and no one was willing to stay there.

Nowhere is as comfortable as Peach Blossom County, where you can have whatever you want.

After Fang Zheng arrived at the county government office, Ao Chen immediately greeted him.

Without much small talk, he went straight to the point: "Xie Xian's side may have some trouble, I have to go there myself."

"Prepare a hundred good men for me, with all the equipment."

Ao Chen said: "I'll send someone to do it right away! Master, are you making such a big show? Is the situation there very serious?"

Fang Zheng smiled easily: "Actually, it shouldn't be that serious, just a local snake. Bringing more people is just in case, it shouldn't be needed."

Salt merchants, he didn't take them seriously. Even if it's serious, how serious can it be? It's just that the preparations that should be made still need to be made!

Xie Xian only said in his letter that the Lü family was powerful and colluded with the government, but no matter how awesome they are, what can they do?

If it really doesn't work, just go on a killing spree and take down the leaders.

Direct decapitation action! The rest will be bought with money. He has long been familiar with this set of things.

"Get everything ready, I'll leave tomorrow!"

Ao Chen responded and turned to arrange things.

After simply explaining, Fang Zheng also hurried home. At this time, Xiao Tao and Zhang Biao were still packing the luggage brought from the capital.

Fang Zheng said: "Zhang Biao, you stay at home. This time we're going by water, and you can't take a boat anyway."

Zhang Biao was carrying a box, and said blankly: "Will there be any danger?"

"No, and Zhou Tie and your brothers are all there."

"Oh." Zhang Biao continued to pick up the box.

In the evening, the family gathered around a table for dinner.

Shui Yibai also arrived. Hearing that Fang Zheng had returned to the county, she came to see him as soon as possible.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit dull. After all, Fang Zheng would be gone again for another year and a half.

Without the backbone, they felt empty.

Xiao Tao was especially disappointed. Fang Zheng had hardly ever taken her with him when he went out.

This time was naturally no exception. Saying it would be useless, so she simply didn't speak and ate in silence.

Luo Ningxin looked left and right, seeing that no one was speaking, she hesitated several times, but finally gave up.

Everyone was eating slowly and methodically, except for Zhang Biao.

His whirlwind-like speed of picking up dishes swept across the entire dinner table.

After the meal, Fang Zheng washed up and returned to his room to rest.

He took out Xie Xian's letter and began to study it carefully again, to see if there was any information missing.

After all, the more thorough the preparation, the better.

While he was under the lamp, engrossed in reading the letter, the door suddenly opened.

Luo Ningxin carefully closed the door, walked to Fang Zheng's side with lotus steps, and whispered: "Young Master."

"Hmm? Ningxin, what's the matter?"

Fang Zheng looked up and saw that it was Luo Ningxin, and showed a smile.

Although Luo Ningxin was a woman sent by King Wu, she had always behaved well in the mansion and there was nothing unusual about her.

She also had a good chat with King Wu, and there were no special circumstances.

It was nothing special for wealthy nobles to secretly send women, so Fang Zheng gradually let down his guard.

"Young Master, can you take me with you this time?"