I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

After being tortured in the dungeon for more than ten days, Zhao Tao finally couldn't bear it anymore and went crazy.

Ye Ze ordered to send her back to Shen Wenren's home in Shenjia Village. Didn't Shen Wenren say before that he would only marry Zhao Tao in this life? Of course Ye Ze had to fulfill his wish.

Afterwards, the regulations of the new law were gradually finalized, and the Women's Protection Law was freshly released.

However, the implementation of the new law is not easy. The principles of male superiority and female inferiority, the three obediences and four virtues, and the seven reasons for divorce have long been deeply rooted in people's minds. If we want to change them, it will not be done overnight.

In order to make the world accept the new law as soon as possible, Ye Ze specially issued an edict, ordering the prefects and county magistrates of various places to publicize the matter widely.

the other side,

The cement plant has produced the first batch of qualified cement, and the test of firing glass is also being carried out in full swing.

Now the Craftsmanship Bureau has more than 200 skilled craftsmen, and all those who were just there for nothing in the Ministry of Works were replaced by Ye Ze under various pretexts.

Ye Ze used the first batch of cement to pave the roads in the capital. All the streets in the capital, big and small, were paved with clean and tidy cement roads. This cement paving was quick, convenient, and low-cost, and it immediately attracted the attention of businessmen in the capital.

Even the merchants from North Vietnam who came to the capital to do business saw the business opportunity of cement, but the cement factory was controlled by the emperor and the cement was not open to the public for the time being, which made it a bit difficult.

In addition to supplying Qian State with cement, cement manufacturing is naturally also for profit. With the success of the first batch of cement, Ye Ze plans to expand the scale of the cement factory and open cement factories in other places in the court.

On the one hand, it is convenient for local people to use and saves transportation costs. On the other hand, it can create more employment opportunities for the local area and promote economic development.

Once this cement is mass-produced, won’t it be easy to make money?

However, if one wants to open factories across the country, the first thing to face is the funding issue. Even if the treasury is sufficient, the outflow of such a large amount of funds will be a considerable pressure.

Moreover, there has been no tax revenue in the treasury for three years, which means that the money in the treasury must last at least three years, during which time it must also deal with various emergencies.

Unable to touch the money in the national treasury, Ye Ze suddenly thought of the cave. Perhaps he could use his own money to build a factory.

Ye Ze was the type who would do things as soon as he thought of them. He was not the type who would procrastinate. After the morning court session that day, he summoned the Meng father and daughter and told them his idea.

As an emperor, Ye Ze cannot leave the palace often, so he needs someone to help him run errands outside.

It is a great honor to be trusted by the emperor and work for him! The Mengs agreed on the spot.

Ye Ze took out the silver from his private treasury and gave it to them, asking them to survey the terrain in cities in the south that were prone to floods. If they could find a limestone mine, they could build a factory there.

Don't the skinny monkeys and goudan feel bored staying in the capital? Then let them go out and look for a limestone mine to buy first, so that it will be convenient for building a factory in the future.

At the end of June, Ye Ze temporarily handed over the important affairs of the court to his father-in-law Mu Heng, while he himself took his family back to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

Except for Zhao Li who was pregnant and could not go with them, the three families of Ye Lao Da, Ye Lao Er and Ye Qiulan also had to go back to the village together. With Lin Tieshan leading two hundred guards to escort them all the way, and with the maids and old women serving them, the group set out from the palace in a mighty manner.

In the carriage, when Ye Ling (Daya) lifted the curtain to look out at the scenery, she suddenly saw a familiar figure. She stuck her head out to get a better look. Ye Qiulan was so scared that she quickly reached out and pulled the person back into the carriage. She frowned and scolded him, "Ling'er, don't stick your head out of the window. It's so dangerous..."

Ye Ling blinked her innocent eyes and looked at her mother, saying aggrievedly, "Mom, I think I saw Dad."

Hearing this, Ye Qiulan's body suddenly froze, "You, you must have seen it wrong. I haven't seen him for almost four years. How could you possibly still remember him?"

"It's true, I have seen him. He came to see me when we lived in the border town." Ye Ling said seriously.

Ye Qiulan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she asked nervously, "Why didn't you tell me? Who told you to meet him secretly?"

"Mom, don't cry." Seeing her mother like this, Ye Ling couldn't help but wipe her tears. She took out a jade pendant tied with a red string from her bosom. "Dad didn't let me tell you. He just wanted to see me. He gave it to me the night before he left for the army. He said that if he couldn't come back, he would leave it for me to remember. I never saw him again afterwards. It's true."

Ye Qiulan hugged her daughter in her arms, and the mother and daughter cried together.

More than three years have passed, and Ye Qiulan originally thought that she had let it go. But when she thought of that man, she still felt aggrieved. He listened to his mother in everything, and whatever his mother said was right and she was wrong. She worked like a slave in that family, serving the whole family, and her life was worse than that of a servant, but what did she get in return?

The Zhang family doesn't treat them, mother and daughter, as human beings at all!

Zhang Dongsheng is a big fool. His mother doesn't really like him. She is just using him. She uses his obedience to make him work hard for the family and make money. However, he doesn't spend a penny of the money he earns. But he still listens to his mother. He is a big fool! An incompetent and cowardly fool! A fool who can't even protect his wife and daughter!

Why is she coming to see her daughter now?

There was only a short break of fifteen minutes at noon, and everyone had a simple lunch in their own carriages.

When they arrived at the post station in the afternoon and the family gathered together for dinner, Old Mrs. Ye noticed that Ye Qiulan's expression was not right.

At night, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Old Lady Ye, supported by Nanny Tian, ​​came to Ye Qiulan's room. How could she not understand her own daughter? She couldn't hide her thoughts at all. I don't know what she had encountered. As a mother, I have to enlighten her.

In the room, Ye Qiulan had just coaxed her daughter to sleep. She was a little surprised to see her mother coming over, "Mom, it's so late, why aren't you sleeping?"

Old Lady Ye sat down beside the bed. Seeing Ye Ling sleeping soundly, she lowered her voice and asked, "Lanzi, I noticed that you don't look well. Are you worried about something?"

Ye Qiulan shook her head. "No, what can I worry about? I eat well, live well, and have someone to serve me..."

"Is there anything that even a mother cannot say? I'm not that narrow-minded. You've been raising the child alone in the past few years, and you must feel lonely. If you want to find another one, I won't stop you. As long as you are happy, I'm happy." said Old Mrs. Ye.

"No," Ye Qiulan couldn't hold it in in front of her mother, "It's Zhang Dongsheng, he followed."

"What? He... I'll ask Ze to find out what's going on tomorrow." Old Lady Ye frowned, "What are you thinking? Do you still want to live with him?"

"No, I just want to raise my daughter by myself and don't want to serve a man anymore." The days in Zhang's family were Ye Qiulan's nightmare. How could she forget the pain after the wound healed and get back together with him?

It was obvious that her daughter had not yet come out of the shadow of those days. Old Mrs. Ye did not try to persuade her any more and just let her live her life as she pleased. After all, her status was different now. Who would dare to give her daughter a hard time?

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