Farming and reading family

According to Fan Shiping, the Tao family should not be on Prince Qing's side, and he was curious about who the Tao family supported.

Fan Shiping didn't want to talk about this, but Gao E asked, so he gave a brief summary: "On the surface, there are still the Crown Prince's faction and the Huai Wang faction."

"Which party does the Tao family belong to?" Gao E asked directly.

"The Tao family has always been on the side of the prince." Fan Shiping said with a bitter expression.

Gao E was puzzled: "Is there something wrong with the Tao family standing with the prince's party?"

Fan Shiping sighed, "It's normal for a big clan like the Tao family to side with the prince. Not only the Tao family, but many old clans also support the prince. The prince represents orthodoxy, but people like us don't have much chance."

To put it bluntly, the prince represents the interests of the old clans, and they don't want others to share their interests, which makes it difficult for people like Fan Shiping to rise.

"Oh." Gao E suddenly realized, "What about Prince Huai?"

Mentioning Prince Huai, Fan Shiping perked up a bit: "Prince Huai is the son of Imperial Concubine Jing. Imperial Concubine Jing is currently in great favor. Many people think that if the Crown Prince makes a mistake, the Emperor will depose him and enthronize Prince Huai."

Moreover, Marquis Jingyang was also trying to win over people to build momentum for Prince Huai. This was a rare opportunity for someone like Fan Shiping. As long as he stood on the right side, he would be able to rise to great heights in the future.

However, Fan Shiping did not do so rashly. He had seen the powerful and influential people in the capital come and go so often that he became more cautious.

Looking at Fan Shiping's reaction, Gao E knew that Fan Shiping liked Prince Huai.

But she was not optimistic about Prince Huai.

Marquis Jingyang was a member of the Huai Wang faction, and Marquis Yishun was a member of Marquis Jingyang's faction.

How could a person like Marquis Jingyang who indulges himself so much be a good person?

"Then Prince Qing has no chance?" Gao E analyzed.

Fan Shiping forgot that he had only wanted to remind Gao E at first, and he became interested in the conversation: "Not really. Although Prince Qing is not a legitimate son, he is the eldest son of the emperor and has a high reputation. It's a pity that he lacks support."

Gao E listened to Fan Shiping's words and felt that he was very concerned about whether he had any help. "What do you think of Prince Qing?"

"I've only seen him from afar, and heard that he is a man of great talent and strategy, and is very popular among the people." Fan Shiping said with some regret.

Gao E was thinking about some great talent and strategy, it should be ambition: "I didn't expect the things in the capital to be so complicated."

Fan Shiping nodded: "If we get involved in these things, those in power can kill us with just a glance."

"Thank you, Mr. Fan, for the reminder." Gao E was grateful again.

Gao E kept Fan Shiping for lunch and then sent him away.

Fan Shiping brought carriages and horses this time, and arranged for his people to stay in He County, so he had to go and take care of it.

This time, Fan Shiping wanted six thousand taels of rare stone and asked Gao E to prepare it as soon as possible.

Gao E sent Fan Shiping away and asked Lianxin to take the pigeon cage to find Peng Can. Yu Ning and the others were picking wild vegetables in the yard.

"Second Aunt." Chen Yuning stood up hurriedly when she saw Second Aunt coming.

Gao E motioned for Chen Yuning to sit down: "Where's Peng Can?"

"Going to cut grass for the pigs." Chen Yuning saw Lianxin carrying two large cages. "Should I go call him?"

"Okay." Gao E sat on a low stool at the side. "Why does your house smell like medicine?"

"Uh..." Chen Yuning was a little embarrassed. "My mother gave me a folk remedy." She packed up and prepared to go out.

"What folk remedy?" Gao E was curious, thinking that one of the couple was sick.

"It's just..." Chen Yuning whispered, "a folk remedy for having a baby."

Gao E was speechless for a moment. "You two have only been married for a short time. Why are you so anxious? Is it Peng Can who is anxious?"

"No, no, no." Chen Yuning said hurriedly, "It's just that my mother said that I got married late..."

Gao E really didn't know what to say to Yang: "Go find Peng Can first."

"Yeah." Chen Yuning packed up and went out.

Gao E fanned away the smell of medicine lingering around her nose. She had to talk to Peng Can about this. It would be bad if Yu Ning's health was damaged by drinking it.

Soon Peng Can and Yu Ning came back together. He pulled the cloth around his neck and wiped the sweat off his face.

"Big sister is looking for me." Peng Can still called Gao E "Big Sister".

"Can you raise pigeons?" Gao E asked directly.

"Yes." Peng Can pulled a low stool to the side and sat down. "Pigeons are easy to raise. Just build a nest for them and they will find food on their own."

Chen Yuning brought out a pot of water for Peng Can, and Peng Can drank it in big gulps from the spout.

Gao E lifted the cloth covering the cage, revealing the pigeons inside.

Peng Can saw the pigeon quickly move away the spout and choked on the water. He coughed and hurriedly put down the kettle and moved to the side of the cage.

"These are carrier pigeons." He looked at the pigeons excitedly.

Gao E didn't expect Peng Can to know about carrier pigeons: "How is it?"

Peng Can didn't know what to say. He looked at Sister Gao and then at the pigeon: "Can I raise this one too?"

"Can you train it?" Gao E not only needs to be raised, but also needs to be trained.

Peng Can was unsure, as he had never trained before: "I can try."

"You can't just try it, you have to be trained well. I can find you anything you need." Gao E saw that Peng Can wanted to do this.

Peng Can was a little embarrassed: "There's a man named Yang Lao Gou in the Hexian County government office who raises homing pigeons. He's the only one who can raise homing pigeons, but if you ask him anything, you have to treat him to meat."

Gao E nodded: "Go ahead and ask for advice. You can eat as much meat as you want."

Peng Can nodded excitedly.

"Also, from now on you don't have to cut grass for pigs and cows yourself. Just let the villagers do it. It will be counted as one day's work. Just make a note of it." Gao E reminded.

"Ah?" Peng Can was surprised. "It's not a hard job."

"You are only responsible for watching the growth of the livestock. You can let the villagers do the cleaning and composting. It's all considered work." Gao E asked Peng Can to raise these animals not to do hard labor.

"This, this..." Peng Can is now paid and feels that it would be bad if he didn't do something.

"You just need to increase the number of livestock and poultry." Gao E ordered.

"Okay." Peng Can agreed. "Then, that circle isn't big enough."

"If it's not big enough, build another one." Gao E has been thinking about this matter.

Peng Can nodded again.

"Also, are you in a hurry to have a child?" Gao E asked directly.

When Chen Yuning heard Second Aunt ask this, she poked her head out of the kitchen and then hurriedly shrank back.

"Huh?" Peng Can was a little confused by the question. "No."

"Didn't you make Yu Ning drink any medicine?" Gao E said unhappily, "How long have you been married?"

"That's..." Peng Can was helpless, but he couldn't say anything wrong about his mother-in-law.

"Yu Ning married you, you have to protect her and know what's going on. Don't make it difficult for you to refute anyone who says something nonsense."

Peng Can and Yu Ning are indeed very passive in this matter, after all, there are no elders in the family.

"Yu Ning, too." Gao E turned her head and looked towards the kitchen. "How old are you? If you really don't understand something, you can ask me."

"Oh." Chen Yuning agreed.

He left the carrier pigeon with Peng Can and some silver for him, letting him figure out how to deal with Yang Laogou himself.

When she came out of Peng Can's house, she saw Zheng Xiaoshun and Que'er coming to find her.

"Second sister-in-law, you'd better take Que'er back." Zheng Xiaoshun looked resentful.