Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1450 Happy

   It's over, it's over.

  After hearing the news, Fang Jifan felt as if he had been hit by a bolt from the blue.

  Inflammable and explosive, the amount is not small, and the power is amazing.

  These three things combined are really fatal.

  If it explodes, God knows how many people will die.

Fang Jifan is a conscientious person, even if he is a thief, even if he is caught, he will only be beaten for dozens of hours, and then thrown into prison. My own conscience also couldn't bear it.

  The yellow gunpowder is gone, and it can be remade, but if the thieves and many innocent people were killed because of these, Fang Jifan would feel uneasy.

  He didn't dare to waste time, and hurriedly ordered many people to start investigating. Not only that, he also went to the factory guard and Shuntian Mansion, ordering him to follow the vine.

  Suddenly, the air in Beijing suddenly became cold.

  Afterwards, Fang Jifan found Zhu Houzhao in a depressed mood, but saw Zhu Houzhao looking angry.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "It's so hard to get these experimental products, it's hard to extract them, and you still expect to conduct experiments and record data, now it's all over, old Fang, who has such courage , dare to steal this, once caught, don't peel their skins, this Gong will not be able to swallow this breath."

Fang Jifan looked worried, frowned and said: "Your Highness, calm down first, this matter... is of great importance, I have already sent people to search, now I just hope that there will be no trouble, if not, there will be a big commotion at the foot of the emperor, but That would be bad."

  Zhu Houzhao nodded after thinking about it. That's right, this medicine is extremely unstable, and accidents may happen.

  Although he is sometimes muddled, the truth is still clear.

  He said: "I will go to Shuntian Mansion in person, this Shuntian Mansion should do something. Father Emperor..."

  Speaking of this, Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao look at me and I look at you.

   Both of them fell silent, as if they wanted to come up with ideas on each other.

   Just staring at him for a while, it seemed that Zhu Houzhao couldn't hold back any longer, so he had to say, "I have to keep it a secret for now. If I let him know that this medicine is so powerful, I don't know how much to worry about it."

  This sounds nice, but... this is deceiving the king.

   If you dare to lie about such a serious matter, you are courting death.

   But Fang Jifan's eyebrows were beaming, he wanted to slap his thigh, and said excitedly: "His Royal Highness, you are the prince, and you will be what you say, and we will act according to His Royal Highness's edict."

  Zhu Houzhao raised his head slightly, raised his chin at thirty-eight and a half degrees, sucked in his nose, and had an inexplicably tragic expression on his face.

  ………

  Xiao Jing hurried to the front of Emperor Hongzhi, walking slowly.

  The county magistrate of Huaiyuan County, Fengyang Prefecture, Southern Zhili Province, slammed the officials recently appointed by the Ministry of Officials for causing troubles, stirring up disputes, and causing public resentment.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned. This was the report of a mere county magistrate, but Emperor Hongzhi knew it. As far as he was concerned, the harsh words of the county magistrate showed how acute the conflict between parents and officials had become. .

  One county is like this, one government, one province, and the whole world?

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned deeply, sighed faintly, raised his head, saw Xiao Jing standing beside him bowed, and said lightly: "Why do you look panicked?"

   "Your Majesty... I heard... something happened to Xishan." Xiao Jing replied cautiously.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked surprised, and looked at Xiao Jing in astonishment.

   Xiao Jing said: "I heard that the newly developed new medicine was stolen."

  Emperor Hongzhi was startled, his originally indifferent expression suddenly disappeared, and his eyes widened slightly.

  He was full of anticipation for the new medicine, but he never expected that the new medicine would be stolen just now.

   This is the foot of the emperor, and it is also the most benevolent place in Xishan, how could such a thing happen?

  Emperor Hongzhi pursed his lips, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he uttered two words: "A thorough investigation."

  Xiao Jing then said: "Yes, the servant obeys the order."

  ...

  The news has spread like wildfire.

   This matter cannot be hidden.

   Suddenly, the city was full of wind and rain.

  People are already looking forward to new drugs.

  The things of the Xishan Research Institute are often very magical, which is already known to all.

  But who would have thought... it was actually stolen.

  Moreover, there was a lot of movement in the entire capital.

  Even the guards of Shuntian Mansion went door-to-door to search, and suddenly there was panic.

  ...

  Official Department...

  As usual, Ouyang Zhi entered the hall with no expression on his face, and all the officials from the Ministry of Officials listened to Hou's orders.

  Ouyang Zhi is a person who does everything by himself. He must ask about everything, and he can't hide anything that happens in the hall.

   After all, he has long-term experience of being in charge of one's own. In Baoding Mansion, he survived the difficult start and became more and more familiar with it. Although the affairs of the bureaucracy were complicated and difficult, he did not stump him.

  For many officials, although Ouyang Butang is strict and unfathomable, he can lead by example and often act vigorously and decisively. Therefore, he is awe-inspiring from top to bottom, but he dare not make trouble. He just obeys his orders obediently.

  But there are also some people who are completely idle.

  For example, Jiao Fang, the left servant, Liang Chu, the right servant, and Chen Yan, the middle servant.

  Ouyang Zhi took care of almost all the affairs of the three of them single-handedly, so he could hardly get in the way, so he simply... came to the hall, hid in one place, and drank tea slowly.

   Seeing this, all the officials in this department naturally know who is the master in this department. Therefore, all the orders given by Ouyang Zhi are almost completely fulfilled, but for the left and right servants, they are mostly evasive.

  Jiao Fang feels that she has entered the state of retirement for scholars ahead of time.

   At this time, she should have retreated bravely, but Jiao Fang's heart was still extremely eager.

  He refused to leave, and his death would depend on this.

At this time, he was holding a teacup, drinking tea slowly, listening to Chen Yan who was sitting on the side saying: "Have you heard? Xishan has lost a batch of new medicines. It is said...the latest research, now full of medicines." The entire capital is searching, and I even heard that...the factory guards have been mobilized. When the officials came, they saw the streets and alleys were full of turmoil. The movement must be too loud."

  Liang Chu took a sip of tea contentedly. He didn't like to get involved in these matters, so he didn't answer.

  I saw Chen Yan then lowered his voice and said: "Such a large-scale search shows how precious this new medicine is, I'm afraid...it's worth more than tens of millions of gold."

  Chen Yan's voice was trembling when he said this.

  Yeah, if it’s not worth the money, why would it take such a lot of trouble? It’s a big deal, just remake it.

   But now it seems... But it is not the same thing.

  Jiao Fang was overjoyed when she heard this.

  It turns out that this new drug is really so valuable. Looking at it like this, Fang Jifan is already in a hurry to go to the house. Well, at last his son has done a beautiful thing, and it can be regarded as a bad breath.

  And... in the future, when the rumors pass, this precious medicine will be resold... Tsk tsk... maybe even a thousand-acre mansion will come.

Although Jiao Fang was happy in her heart, she lowered her face and said: "The new medicine is something that benefits the country and the people. The old man heard that the crown prince and the Duke of Qi forgot to eat and sleep for the new medicine. How can such a treasure be measured by gold and silver? Brother Chen Xian, what you say is like boiling a crane and burning a qin, it is very indecent."

  Chen Yan's mood suddenly became disappointed. He thought that everyone would laugh and curse along with him, but Liang Chu just smiled and said nothing, and Jiao Fang directly accused him face to face, which made him blush slightly.

Although he was angry with Jiao Fang for refusing his own face with great reason, he was afraid of Jiao Fang, not only because Jiao Fang was the servant of the left, but also because he knew that Jiao Fang's temperament would be revenge, once he offended him, There is absolutely no good fruit to eat, so I had to knock down my front teeth and swallow it in my stomach, and said embarrassingly: "It is extremely, it is extremely, but the lower official made a slip of the tongue."

"This is not a breach of trust. It is what you think in your heart that makes you say this. Brother Chen Xian is still young. He was admitted to the imperial examination in the ninth year of Hongzhi. The common people of the world, just now are not out of court. Nowadays, people all over the street are rushing for money. Is this money a good thing? It is a harmful thing. How many people are stunned by it? Yes, but we are the disciples of the sages, the new medicine...is a good thing, it is good, it can bring blessings to the people of the world, but if it is regarded as wealth, it will fall into the inferior vehicle."

  Jiao Fang stroked her beard and spoke eloquently.

  Chen Yan: "..."

  Chen Yan already wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in, but in the end, he had no choice but to say, "I'm not as good as Jiao Gong."

  A lot of things can happen in a day, but it also passes quickly.

   After Jiao Fang hurried off duty, she found that the street was full of turmoil, and there were spies everywhere.

After returning to the mansion, I found that the outside of Jiao's mansion was relatively safe. Obviously, whether it was the factory guards or the servants of Shuntian Mansion, they were quite winking, and I didn't dare to suspect that the mansion of Zuo Shilang, the Ministry of Officials, would hide new drug.

  Jiao Fang hurried back to the backyard, and saw Jiao Huangzhong excitedly approaching, and saluted Jiao Fang: "Father, someone from my hometown is here."

  Jiao Fang was overjoyed. He pushed back all the servants in the backyard to the front yard. The backyard was empty and there were no servants. It always made people feel uneasy.

it's good now.

  My relatives are here.

  Jiao Fang suppressed the joy in her heart, and said as calmly as possible: "Have you all come yet?"

"They're all here." Jiao Huangzhong said joyfully, "Father summoned them, so why don't they come? A few uncles, a few brothers, and relatives within three servings have all arrived. I heard that you have a mission from me. All very happy."

Although Jiao Fang must retaliate, but for his relatives, it is not bad. In his hometown, these relatives rely on Jiao Fang, which one is not extremely nourishing? Now that Jiao Fang called, everyone rushed to come Ingratiate himself with this big man who came out of the family.

  (end of this chapter)