"Eh, how can this thing emit light?"
"There's actually no smoke at all."
Shi Qing, Kou Zhehai, Tong Zhenye, Qin Chuan, Tu Wan, and a few other big shots surrounded the two floor lamps in Yangxin Palace Hall and exclaimed in admiration.
The empress stood in front of a mirror not far away and ignored the people behind her.
"This thing stores sunlight before releasing it. Therefore, it doesn't require lamp oil or smoke," Ren Baqian said nonsense to the group of country bumpkins.
"It's indeed a treasure!" Everyone nodded after hearing this.
"Deputy Prefect Ren, do you still have this treasure?" Tong Zhenye asked.
"Of course not." In fact, it wasn't a big problem to give each of these big shots a solar battery, but Ren Baqian didn't have any intention of giving them something that was ahead of the times.
The empress had some understanding of Earth, but in the eyes of these people, this thing was more magical. It wouldn't be a good thing if it was everywhere.
Things like walkie-talkies were too useful.
There was no need for solar batteries and lamps as they were meaningless.
The group of people surrounded the floor lamps and exclaimed in admiration for a long time, fully satisfying the empress's desire to show off.
Ren Baqian felt that she invited so many people to have a meal in the palace just to show off this new toy.
Although there weren't many of these things on Earth, they were still very magical in this world. Previously, so many people were doubtful about her choice of a husband. At this moment, she was able to use the electric lamps on Earth to scare those big shots. This made her feel much better.
During lunch, everyone was full of praise for the food in the palace. The two shameless old men, Tong Zhenye and Qin Chuan, immediately licked the plates.
Everyone was also very tempted by the spices that Ren Baqian took out.
Although there were some spices planted in the beast park, it would take some time for them to mature. Furthermore, the amount was not enough to make anything.
They could only hope that Ren Baqian would quickly add more spices.
After lunch, Tong Zhenye pulled Ren Baqian to one side and said, "I heard that Deputy Prefect Ren wants to buy land? I have a few hundred acres of land and can transfer some to you. What do you think, Deputy Prefect Ren? "
"Sir Tong, it's not me who wants to buy land, it's Her Majesty who wants to buy land." Ren Baqian immediately corrected Tong Zhenye. However, Tong Zhenye's ears were really sharp. Teng Hulu and Tie Dao had only been out for two days, and he already knew about it.
In fact, Ren Baqian had forgotten about one thing. That day at the beast park, he mentioned that he was going to look for some land to plant spices.
"It's all the same," Tong Zhenye replied indifferently. The Imperial Family had not bought any land for many years. Everyone knew whose idea it was to suddenly buy land.
"How many mu of land can Sir Tong transfer? What do you want? "Ren Baqian asked. He didn't believe that Tong Zhenye was inspired by Her Majesty and immediately sold a portion of his family's land to the empress after knowing that she wanted to buy land.
"Fifty mu. Spices, at least ten mu of spices. I won't take them for free, just sell them to me, "Tong Zhenye immediately said.
Ren Baqian felt that this amount was pretty good. 50 mu of land wasn't a small amount. This morning, Teng Hulu came to the palace and said that the fields around Lan City were distributed to the soldiers who had rendered meritorious service when the country was founded. Although the annual harvest was not much, not many people were willing to sell. Although they could buy spices, they were scattered all over the place and were far from Ren Baqian's requirements.
"I can only sell them to you for three years," Ren Baqian added.
"What if I transfer 100 mu of land to you?" Tong Zhenye thought for a while and asked.
"I will sell 20 mu of spices to you for five years. There is no need for more than that. By then, the production of spices should be very large and you should be able to buy them easily, "Ren Baqian said. In fact, if they were to plant their own spices, they might not even need five years.
However, they couldn't possibly plant the spices the moment the empress planted them, right? Wouldn't that be snatching food from the mouth of the imperial family?
Ren Baqian felt that five years was more or less enough.
Tong Zhenye thought for a while and nodded his head in agreement. Other than the spices for his own use, the rest of the spices could be sold to Great Xia and the Yun Nation. He should be able to earn quite a lot.
Tong Zhenye was a businessman who was held back by the Ministry of Works.
Although there were not many business-minded people in Dayao, there were still some. Especially people like Tong Zhenye.
"I will take my leave first." Tong Zhenye looked at Tu Wan and nodded his head at Ren Baqian.
Tu Wan and Tong Zhenye had the same goal, so Ren Baqian gave Tong Zhenye the same exchange plan.
It had to be said that the officials in Dayao didn't have much land in their hands.
Rank 3 officials like Tong Zhenye and Tu Wan, who were already at the top, actually had a few hundred to a thousand mu of land in their hands. If Ren Baqian didn't hear it with his own ears, he wouldn't dare to believe it.
Even on the surface, it was still too little.
Furthermore, what the two of them said might be true.
The aboriginals actually didn't care much about land because these lands were distributed to the meritorious soldiers in the past. It was more of a kind of glory for them to keep the land near Lan City.
…
In the afternoon, the empress and Ren Baqian stood at the martial arts arena in the palace.
This was the first time Ren Baqian knew that there was such a place in the palace.
There were many stone locks, stone balls, and other things in the surroundings.
"Watch my moves." The empress was still wearing her red muslin dress. After she finished speaking, she stood there and practiced a set of boxing techniques.
When she started her first move, Ren Baqian's mind immediately shifted away from the empress's figure.
Austere.
This was Ren Baqian's first feeling.
As soon as the empress started her moves, Ren Baqian felt a murderous aura around him, as if he was on a battlefield.
Mighty.
The empress's moves weren't fast or complicated, but every punch made an explosive sound in the air, as if the air had exploded.
More importantly, the empress's slow punches actually had the imposing manner of a magnificent army, making people unable to stand in front of her and subconsciously retreat.
"Boom!" As the empress slapped the air, six or seven one-meter square slabs in front of her exploded.
"Your Majesty's martial arts are unparalleled and unparalleled. Invincible in the East, I am the only one!" Ren Baqian woke up from the feeling of being on a battlefield and immediately shouted.
"Hmph!" The empress's tone was a little higher and seemed to be a little mischievous. Following which, her voice became cold again and asked, "Did you see it clearly?"
Ren Baqian was speechless.
"Your Majesty, I only care about using my eyes to pursue your heroic appearance." Ren Baqian laughed dryly.
The empress raised her eyebrows and stared intently at Ren Baqian.
"I personally went down to demonstrate for you, yet you were actually distracted?"
"Just now, I saw a murderous aura around me, as if I was on a battlefield. Your Majesty, you were invincible in the midst of a magnificent army, but I was too slow to see this move," Ren Baqian quickly said.
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