Prince Consort

Chapter 53

Xie's family was very strict, and the news of Xie Hui's return to Beijing did not leak any information.

Xie Ze'an soon ushered in his first New Year in this era.

Since 26, Xu Juncheng has let Xie Zean and others leave.

Xie Ze'an rarely had the opportunity to celebrate the New Year with others before, and he didn't know much about many customs.When Xie Dalang saw the occasional flash of confusion on Xie Zean's face, he would secretly write down the usefulness of something on paper and tell Xie Zean.

Xie Dalang liked Xie Ze'an who was a bit childish, so he took Xie Ze'an to the streets to find new things.

Xie Ze'an happily ran around with Xie Dalang, but he didn't expect to run so happily that he left Zhao Chongzhao who was looking for him in Xie's mansion aside.Zhao Chongzhao was so angry that he ran back to the East Palace in a hurry. When he visited Xie's mansion again the next day, he arrived early in the morning and directly blocked Xie Ze'an and Xie Dalang at the door.

Zhao Chongzhao said, "Where are you going?"

Xie Ze'an said: "...Eat, eat, buy, buy, buy?" It's really a very unpursued life, but he likes it!

Zhao Chongzhao squeezed into the middle of their brothers and snorted, "I want to go too!"

Xie Ze'an asked cautiously, "Have you brought any money?"

Zhao Chongzhao: "..."

Zhang Dade immediately stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the money is enough!"

Zhao Chongzhao turned his head triumphantly and said to Xie Ze'an, "Did you hear that? The money is enough."

Xie Ze'an said: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go!"

Zhao Chongzhao felt that there was something wrong with Xie Zean's words, but he didn't think of anything wrong, so he could only put the little doubt behind him, and ran out with Xie Zean.

The capital city is very large, and during the Chinese New Year, the market extends more than ten miles outside the city. There are eighteen large and small bridges on the moat, and cruise ships and paintings pass through them, and there are bursts of high-pitched or tactful singing.Of course, what is more lively is the enthusiastic shouting of vendors, after all, this time of year is the time when people are most willing to pay!

The three of Xie Ze'an went to the eastern suburbs this time, and they got a lot of interesting things.

But the most useful thing for Xie Ze'an was meeting a few people with sex eyes.

Semuren is the name of the Daqing Dynasty for foreign races. Most Semuren have the characteristics of Westerners, with high noses, deep eyes, and different hair colors.No matter how powerful Xie Ze'an is, it is impossible for him to understand their language, but this does not affect him to understand some things from these color-eyed people - he has a universal communication secret: body language plus drawing on paper!

Xie Ze'an chatted with them enthusiastically for a while, and successfully found what he wanted in their goods: the plant seeds and fruits brought by these Semu people from their homeland.

They are not the goods brought by the Semu people for sale, some are brought by them to eat, some are kept by their side as a reminder, and there are even seeds that they spit on the side of the goods after eating, Xie installs Obediently, search them all.

Zhao Chongzhao didn't know why, but he knew that Xie Zean must have his reasons for looking for these things, so he didn't interrupt Xie Zean.He observed for a long time with a curious expression on his face, and found that there were indeed a few Semu people who hugged and kissed each other gently when they met, and immediately grabbed Xie Ze'an happily and said, "Sanlang, you really didn't lie to me!"

Xie Dalang has been protecting Xie Ze'an and Zhao Chongzhao, seeing Zhao Chongzhao so excited, he couldn't help but look up.When he turned his head around, Zhao Chongzhao had happily pulled Xie Zean over to kiss him on the cheek like those seductive people.

Xie Dalang: "..."

He quickly pulled Xie Zean behind him.

Zhao Chongzhao decided to hate Xie Dalang.

Seeing that there was something wrong between Zhao Chongzhao and Xie Dalang, Xie Ze'an hurriedly said, "We should go back."

Xie Dalang nodded and looked at Zhao Chongzhao warily.

Zhao Chongzhao followed without changing his face, and asked Xie Ze'an, "Sanlang, what do you need so many seeds for?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I was just about to tell Your Highness, do you have a farm outside the city, can you lend me one?"

Before Zhao Chongzhao could speak, Xie Dalang had already taken out a piece of paper and wrote, "I have it."

Zhao Chongzhao: "..."

He really, really hates Xie Dalang!

Xie Ze'an didn't think there was anything wrong, it was just right that his brother had a farm, so he didn't need to borrow land from Zhao Chongzhao.

Xie Ze'an said, "Okay, I'll borrow Dalang's."

Zhao Chongzhao was sullen, but he couldn't tell why he was angry.He said involuntarily: "No way!"

Xie Ze'an was taken aback, and asked, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Zhao Chongzhao was stunned, and quickly found out the reason: "You borrowed it from me first, why use his again!"

Xie Ze'an didn't expect that there would be people rushing to borrow land from others, so he smiled slightly: "Then let's borrow from His Highness."

Zhao Chongzhao said: "This is not too bad!" He greeted Zhang Dade, "Xiao Dezi, find a good farm for Sanlang."

Xie Ze'an said: "Then I thank Your Highness first." He smiled at Zhao Chongzhao, "I want to plant these seeds so that I can figure out where they came from."

Zhao Chongzhao asked in surprise: "Can this be figured out?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Of course, someone said that he brought lychees from his hometown. Can His Highness deduce where he is from?"

Zhao Chongzhao said without hesitation: "The ones in the south!"

Xie Ze'an said, "Isn't that right?"

Zhang Dade interrupted: "It's winter, I'm afraid the farm won't work. Your Highness, there is a greenhouse in the palace, and those who supply vegetables to the palace can ask the people in the greenhouse to help grow them."

Xie Ze'an's eyes lit up, and he asked what was going on with the greenhouse.After asking, I found out that it is actually a "greenhouse", which supplies juicy vegetables and fruits to the royal family in winter. The people who manage the greenhouse are experienced "professional growers of off-season vegetables", and the seeds are handed over to them It is much safer to plant than to mess with yourself!

Seeing that Xie Ze'an was very interested, Zhao Chongzhao patted his chest and said, "I'll take you there to have a look." He glanced at Xie Dalang, originally he was not happy to ask Xie Dalang to come with him, but when he thought that he should be lenient as a prince With a broad mind, he could only reluctantly say, "Da Lang is coming too."

Xie Ze'an followed Zhao Chongzhao into the palace to see the ancient "greenhouse".

At this time, the heating of the greenhouses was entirely dependent on artificial fires, and the planting of crops was also entirely dependent on manpower, which was troublesome.It's no wonder that even Xie's mansion rarely sees fresh vegetables and fruits. It turns out that this greenhouse is so difficult to manage!

Xie Ze'an walked around, and chatted for a long time with the person in charge of the greenhouse because of his young age. After getting to know each other well, he sorted the seeds and gave half of them to him.

With Zhao Chongzhao watching, the person in charge of the greenhouse naturally promised repeatedly that they would grow them, and even set aside a small plot for these seeds on the spot, saying that they could come and see them at any time.

Zhao Chongzhao nodded in satisfaction, and said to Xie Ze'an, "Do you want to bring some fresh vegetables back?"

Xie Ze'an said bluntly: "Then I won't be polite, there are so many expensive people out there!"

Finally, Xie Zean and Xie Dalang left the greenhouse with their arms full of vegetables and fruits.

After they got home, Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Li were startled and said, "Are you two spending money again?"

Xie Ze'an said with a smile, "I didn't spend money indiscriminately. Your Highness took us to the greenhouse to pick them."

Mrs. Xie: "..."

These two children are really bold, they are prepared for Zhao Ying, many courtiers want to eat and have to wait for Zhao Ying to give it to them!Fortunately, they ran to pick them carelessly, and picked so many honestly!

I picked them all back, and Mrs. Xie couldn't ask someone to send them back.She could only ask a servant to send it to the freezer for storage, and only take part of it to eat at night.

Originally, Xie Ze'an didn't pay much attention to food, and he didn't think about it when he didn't see it, but when he saw them, he was really greedy.He rubbed his hands and said, "Suddenly I feel a little hungry, why don't we eat earlier!"

Li said: "There is no such reason. If you are hungry, you have to eat when it is time."

Seeing that Mrs. Xie was about to give some lectures, Xie Dalang dragged Xie Zean away.

Xie Dalang stopped the servant who was taking the vegetables to the freezer, picked some of the most tender looking ones, and led Xie Zean to the kitchen.

There was still a long time before the meal, and the servants in the kitchen had nothing to do, so they all sat and chatted.Seeing Xie Dalang and Xie Ze'an coming in, they all stood up and said awkwardly, "Young official!"

Xie Dalang nodded.

He wrote to Xie Ze'an: "Tell them we want to borrow a pot."

Xie Ze'an's eyes lit up: "Da Lang, are you going to steal it?"

Xie Dalang pursed his lips disapprovingly when he heard the term "stealing food".He put down the dish in his hand and wrote on the paper: "If you want to eat, I will make it for you."

Xie Ze'an was so moved, he said eagerly, "I'll light the fire!"

Xie Dalang looked at him suspiciously.

Xie Ze'an said: "Don't underestimate me, it's not like I haven't been through it before..." Halfway through the words, he suddenly stopped.

No matter before or after this era, Xie Ze'an seldom thinks about the "before", because when he thinks about it, he will inevitably touch the indelible pain in his heart.

Xie Dalang looked at Xie Ze'an silently for a while, seeing that Xie Ze'an didn't seem to want to continue talking, he went to wash the dishes without saying a word.

When he turned his head, Xie Zhe'an had already lit up the fire, and the flickering light of the fire was reflected on the quiet side face, which seemed to have a rare tranquility.

Xie Dalang stared blankly for a moment, then seriously started cooking for Xie Ze'an.

Green vegetables are always the easiest to stir-fry, and they will be cooked in a short time. Xie Dalang put them on a plate, cut a cucumber and marinated it with vinegar, put it on the tray and brought it back to Xie Zean's yard.

Xie Ze'an's silence just now was swept away, picked up the chopsticks to taste the taste, and boasted as he tasted: "Da Lang, you can actually cook! You are such a good man at home!"

Xie Dalang also took food, but he ate slowly, keeping his gaze on Xie Zean.He had a lot of things he wanted to ask Xie Ze'an, but he couldn't speak.

For the first time, he hated himself for being a mute, he couldn't ask why Xie Zean looked so sad just now, and he couldn't comfort Xie Zean properly.

Xie Ze'an met Xie Dalang's gaze and immediately understood what he was thinking.

Xie Ze'an said, "Don't worry, Dalang, I'm really fine. I wasn't that happy before I came to the capital, but it's over." He laughed, "I've been very happy every day since I met you."

Xie Dalang paused, and the speed of lifting the chopsticks was much faster.

Xie Ze'an: "...Asshole! Don't fight me!"

Xie Zean had an extremely comfortable New Year.

After the year began to visit relatives and friends, Xie Ze'an visited Yao Dingyan, Xu Juncheng, Yan Chong in turn, and finally went to Zhang Dayi's house to find Zhang Dayi for a drink.

Zhang Dayi was the most active mind, and he was not idle even during the Chinese New Year. He excitedly said to Xie Ze'an: "Sanlang, your Yunniang is such a wonderful girl!"

Dai Shi and Yun Niang were the first people Xie Zean picked to teach him. After a month of "training", Dai Shi decided to stay by his side, but Yun Niang took the initiative to ask for an errand and went to the workshop to study hard.

Xie Ze'an raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did Yunniang do?"

Zhang Dayi's tone was full of appreciation: "Didn't you say you want to make some kind of glass? Yunniang made it. And the craftsmen in the workshop admire her very much, she is really a woman!"

The people at the "private school" were selected by Xie Ze'an himself, so naturally he would not doubt their abilities.But Xie Ze'an was still a little surprised when he heard that Yunniang really got the glass out.

In fact, glass is not difficult to make. It is nothing more than finding the raw materials and melting them at high temperature.For the high temperature point, Zhang Dayi has a ready-made furnace in the workshop that Zhang Dayi took over. The difficulty is how to perfect the whole process.

Xie Ze'an probably knows what raw materials to use, but it is impossible for him to figure out the whole melting process, he can only explore step by step!

Unexpectedly, it was only half a month before Yunniang actually made it.

It seems that he accidentally picked up the treasure!

Xie Ze'an excitedly asked Zhang Dayi to lead him to have a look.

Zhang Dayi said: "I have a few yuan here! Yunniang just sent it to me yesterday, please ask me to show it to you."

Zhang Dayi ordered someone to lift out the glass that was solemnly covered with cloth and put it on the table.

The servants tore off the cloth that covered it, revealing a few pieces of glass that were shining.

Xie Zean's eyes lit up.

This is good stuff!

You can do a lot of things and make a lot of money!