Chapter 249: Being in the government, working hard

The morning bell rings and the evening dawns, flowers bloom and fade.

Time always passes by inadvertently.

When Ou Zanghua came out of the palace, it was already six quarters past ten.

When Mu Gaoweng saw his young master coming out, he immediately opened the door of the carriage and said, "Young master, I'll warm up the mutton soup and cakes for you in the carriage. Eat some to fill your stomach first."

"Okay." Ou Zanghua responded, and after getting on the carriage, he found that Qu Feiyan had followed him.

She took out the mutton soup from the lunch box with a smile and handed it to Ou Zanghua.

"Why are you here?" Ou Zanghua looked at Qu Feiyan and asked with a smile.

Qu Feiyan took out the cakes and explained, "Sister Qingqing was discussing the sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sect with Miss Yue and Master Yihe. I am not from the Five Mountains Sword Sect, so it would be inappropriate for me to stay in the yard, so I came out to pick up the young master!"

"I see." Ou Zanghua drank two sips of soup and ate a few bites of pastries, and then the carriage rumbled home.

When getting off the car, Qu Feiyan asked, "Do you want to ask Sister Qingqing to come over?"

"No need, it's rare for her to be so happy, let her chat for a while!"

Ou Zanghua waved his hand and continued, "Send the food to the study. I have some things to deal with tonight."

"Yes."

Qu Feiyan responded and turned around to make arrangements.

Ou Zanghua walked into the study, and a maid had already lit the lamp for him.

After sitting down, Ou Zanghua took out the fish scale book and yellow book that Zhang Yong gave him.

The entire Weiyang Palace Village has 7,055.33 acres of land, and last year, 18,605 taels of silver were collected for grain.

Ou Zanghua had never seen how the imperial farm was operated, so he didn't know whether this income was a lot or a little.

The next step is to find someone who is good at business to help.

The first person he thought of was his father-in-law Liu Zhengfeng, and the other was Miss Cheng from Hangzhou.

After thinking for a while, Ou Zanghua picked up a pen and wrote a letter to both of them, inviting them to come to the capital to discuss major issues together.

The next step is to find some time to visit Weiyang Palace in person and conduct an on-site investigation to know how to generate income.

After doing all this, I looked at the time and it was already midnight. No wonder Ou Zanghua was so hungry.

Qu Feiyan waited by the side until Ou Zanghua finished his work and immediately brought out the food.

Seeing this, Ou Zanghua walked over with a smile and said, "You don't have to wait for me here."

"Then after the young master is done with his work, he doesn't see any acquaintances. Isn't that lonely?"

Qu Feiyan shook her head and said with a smile: "This is the beef that Hua An bought this morning. The east kitchen braised it. It's very delicious."

Ou Zanghua took a piece and tasted it. It was chewy but not woody, and had a rich aroma. It was indeed delicious.

With the four dishes, Ou Zanghua drank three bowls of rice before stopping. When Qu Feiyan stood up to clean up, his eyes passed by the girl and fell on a painting hanging in the study.

Perhaps because he was full and in a good mood, Ou Zanghua actually saw a set of fierce and aggressive sword techniques from this painting.

He was delighted and looked at every word more attentively.

Qu Feiyan felt that her young master's gaze was particularly hot. The movements of her hands became a little deformed, her pretty face became redder and redder, and there was surprise and uneasiness in her lively eyes.

She remembered that once when she was flipping through the young master's books, she saw a precept from Taizu: All men over the age of sixteen and women over the age of fourteen are allowed to marry.

I am already fifteen years old, can I
At this moment, Ou Zanghua stood up. Qu Feiyan paused for a moment and saw her own young master walking past her and standing in front of the calligraphy of "Ailao Mountain Thirty-Six Character Stele", looking at it very seriously.

Qu Feiyan was stunned, pouted her lips, and put down the dishes and clinked them in anger.

Ou Zanghua woke up with a start, turned around to look at Qu Feiyan, and asked with concern: "Is the plate broken? Feiyan didn't cut her hand, did she?"

"No, no!"

Qu Feiyan smiled and shook his head, explaining: "There was just too much oil and my hand slipped." "So that's what it is, I'm glad you're okay." Ou Zanghua breathed a sigh of relief and continued to look at Zhu Ziliu's work. A set of sword techniques gradually became clear in his mind.

Qu Feiyan sighed secretly, picked up the lunch box and walked out quietly.

When she came in again, she saw Ou Zanghua using his fingers as swords and gesturing with something.

Qu Feiyan looked at the sky and reminded him, "Sir, it's already late, why don't you take a rest first!"

Ou Zanghua showed a delighted expression on his face, and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

After washing up and returning to the bedroom, Liu Qing had already fallen asleep. When Ou Zanghua lay down, the little girl naturally stuck to him, like a cat, sweet and clingy, so soft that it made people feel extremely comfortable.

Ou Zanghua hugged his wife, listened to her even breathing, and opened his plug-in:

Thirty-six Swords of Ailao Mountain - Introduction
Looking at the reputation points again, I have accumulated 39 points without realizing it.

Runing City added five points, Xiangyang City added five points, and Zhengding City added five points.

These three places are exactly the areas where Ou Zanghua defeated Liu Liu, Liu Qi, Liu Hui and Zhao Qian, so it is understandable that they became famous.

Ou Zanghua decisively increased the Thirty-Six Swords of Ailao Mountain to the tenth level. The next moment, an elegant scholar appeared in his mind, demonstrating swordsmanship.

His sword vibrated, and one could hear a buzzing sound that lasted for a long time. Then he stabbed six swords up, six swords down, six swords in front, six swords in back, six swords on the left, and six swords on the right, totaling thirty-six swords. It contained the power-using techniques of the four styles of regular, cursive, official, and seal.

Perhaps in Huang Rong's view, this set of sword techniques is fierce and contains the wisdom of famous masters of all generations.

However, in Ou Zanghua's opinion, Zhu Ziliu was showing off his skills a bit too much. It's not that calligraphy and swordsmanship cannot be combined. It's just that neither Zhu Ziliu nor Dan Qingsheng can even develop calligraphy into a unique style. How can they have the ability to integrate the two?

Ou Zanghua has now mastered the "Hengshan Sword Technique", "Huifeng Luoyan Sword Technique", and "Hundred Changes and Thousands of Illusions Thirteen Clouds and Mists", and his calligraphy is unique.

Even so, he was not sure he could combine the two perfectly.

Suddenly, Ou Zanghua remembered that he had not yet found teaching materials for his good disciple Shunzhi.

He thought to himself that first of all, he must have reading materials for the imperial examination, and secondly, books on astronomy, geography, and music must not be left out. It would be best if he could also prepare a set of exercises.

"The Yuan Tian Zhen Yue Divine Art is very good, you can give it to Shunzhi to practice. As for the sword technique, you need to choose a better one."

As he was thinking, he fell asleep unknowingly.

On the second day, Ou Zanghua went directly to the Honglu Temple and took the left and right Shaoqing Cao Yu and Meng Zhao to receive the imperial edict from Emperor Zhengde.

From that day on, the Honglu Temple had one more job, which was to manage the imperial farm.

Cao Yu and Meng Zhao learned their lesson this time. After receiving the imperial edict, they followed Ou Zanghua and were determined not to let him escape.

That's the imperial estate. If anything goes wrong, the two of them won't be able to bear the consequences.

Ou Zanghua was speechless. These two subordinates didn't quite understand what was going on. It was impossible for him to slip away in the next few days. He guessed that the cabinet and the six ministries outside were waiting for "friendly consultations" with him!

The Honglu Temple is his territory after all. If the six ministries dare to come in and act presumptuously, he will fight back.

At this time, the Right Temple Secretary Chen Mengji walked over quickly, bowed and said, "Master Dongqing, this is the Korean national music we compiled, please take a look."

"So fast?" Ou Zanghua took it and said with some surprise.

Chen Mengji explained: "Because the Joseon envoy Cui Pu himself loves music, he gave us a lot of help."

"So that's it!" Ou Zanghua nodded, opened the book and started reading.

With the help of Cui Pu, a total of three pieces of music were included, namely "Arirang Song", "Gongwu Crossing the River Song" and "Turtle Order Song".

According to Cui Pu himself, "Arirang Song" originated from the legend of Cibei Mountain.

Back in the days, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Four Han Commanderies on the Korean Peninsula, and some northern people began to migrate across the river. These immigrants wandered between the Cibei Mountains, and many of the elderly, weak, women and children died of illness on the way.

After finally crossing mountains and rivers to reach central North Korea, these people also brought "Arirang Song" with them.

Cui Pu's basis is the word Arirang, which is the onomatopoeia of "Lelang" in Korean.

Ou Zanghua put down the manuscript and said helplessly: "Okay! This has really become something that has been going on since ancient times."

(End of this chapter)