Luck entry, starting from the Nine Dragons' succession

Chapter 21: Third-Class Prince, Royal Secret Realm

The palace, the avenue.

Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu walked side by side.

Their figures are slim and graceful, like two lotus flowers in a row.

Behind him, a group of maids and eunuchs followed.

"Sister Ning Fei, look at the expression on Concubine Zhuang's face just now... Hehe, she's really embarrassed today." Concubine Shu covered her mouth and laughed.

I couldn't help laughing when I thought of Concubine Zhuang's face, which looked like she had eaten a fly.

"Noble Concubine Zhuang is very powerful in the palace. Sister, please don't tease her in front of outsiders."

"Don't worry, Sister Ning Fei, I know what's going on."

"And that Concubine Min, she's always competing with her sister for supremacy, but she doesn't even look at herself, she can't even give birth to a son."

"Unlike you, sister? You are so lucky to have given birth to such an outstanding prince. Even His Majesty is full of praise for him."

"Sister, you are very discerning. You sent the Ninth Prince to the Seed Selection Department."

"I have such good fortune today. If I don't make a sound, it will be nothing. But when I do, it will shock everyone."

Concubine Ning was very pleased with Concubine Shu's praise of Fang Heng.

How could the child born by Lu Wan'er be bad?

She completely forgot that more than a month ago, she had opposed Fang Heng's decision to go to the Seed Selection Department.

Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu talked as they walked, and soon arrived outside the Yaoguang Palace.

She happened to meet Fang Heng who was entering the palace. He was walking towards her, wearing gorgeous clothes and a sable fur coat, and was very elegant.

"Your son greets the Consort Mother and the Consort Shu."

Fang Heng bowed to the two women.

Concubine Shu looked at Fang Heng, and the curiosity in her eyes was beyond words.

It seemed as if he wanted to strip Fang Heng naked to see what he looked like and how he could make such a big noise.

"Sister, come in and sit down."

Concubine Ning chuckled and said invitingly, interrupting Concubine Shu's thoughts.

"Sister Ning Fei, no need!"

"Sister will leave first. I won't disturb you and your son anymore."

"Take care, sister. Come get together when you have time."

After Concubine Shu left, the two returned to the house and dismissed the servants.

Concubine Ning held Fang Heng's hand and asked impatiently.

"Heng'er, tell me, what happened today?"

Fang Heng knew that his mother was anxious, so he picked out the important things and told them one by one.

After hearing this, Concubine Ning curved her eyebrows, raised the corners of her mouth, and a faint smile appeared on her beautiful face.

"I was worried that you wouldn't be able to endure the hardship of the seed selection department."

"I didn't expect that you, my prince, would give Mother such a big surprise."

"Some time ago, I asked your uncle to help you smooth out the relationship with the Divine General's Mansion, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary."

After figuring out the whole story.

Concubine Ning soon realized that Fang Heng didn't need to go to the Divine General's Mansion to gain experience.

The Ministry of Agriculture is Fang Heng’s blessed land.

Soaring into the sky, it is right in front of you.

"It's a pity that the method of cultivating Holy Emperor Rice has to be handed over to the court." Concubine Ning showed a trace of regret in her eyes.

"Mother, there's nothing to regret."

"If the method of cultivating Holy Emperor Rice is known only to my son, it would be a catastrophic disaster."

"I don't know how many people want the emperor's life."

After hearing Fang Heng's words, Concubine Ning smiled with relief.

"It's my mother who is greedy."

"Compared to my life and property, the method of cultivating Holy Emperor Rice is handed over to me."

"Your Majesty has seen all your contributions and will certainly not treat you unfairly."

"Mother, the Emperor has already appointed me as a prince. As for the fief, I would like to discuss it with you."

Fang Heng pondered for a moment and then explained in detail.

According to the enfeoffment system of the Daqian royal family, fiefdom is not important, but it is also quite important if you say it is important.

The fief of a prince is a nominal title, not a real fiefdom.

As a prince, he only enjoyed the corresponding salary and had no jurisdiction.

Therefore, it is not important for a prince where his fief is.

Many princes will never set foot on the land of their fiefdom in their entire lives.

But if he can be promoted to the heir to the throne, this fief will become a real fief.

The fief of the successor king is located where the original fief is. Therefore, when a prince is a county prince, the fief he is granted determines the fief of the successor king and the prince.

This is also an important part of the fiefdom.

Of course, according to the Daqian clan system.

The fief of the heir to the throne belongs only to the heir to the throne and cannot be passed on to future generations. It is similar to a lifelong title.

Only the prince and his fiefdom can be passed down to future generations.

And with each generation, the title would be reduced by one level.

The prince becomes the heir to the throne, and the heir to the throne becomes the prince of a county.

After three generations, the royal title will be removed and the fiefdom will be taken back by the imperial court.

Want your own fiefdom?
Every generation must make contributions to Daqian.

This is also the ancestral precept left by Taizu Daqian, which is to encourage the descendants of the royal family to strive for progress and not become parasites.

"My dear, what do you think?"

Concubine Ning raised her delicate head and looked at Fang Heng.

She knew that her son was quite opinionated, as could be seen from his employment at the Seed Selection Department.

Therefore, she did not express her thoughts at the first time.

"I want to be granted a fiefdom in the royal secret realm."

"The Imperial Secret Realm?" Concubine Ning frowned and asked, "Why not confer it upon the Seventy-Two Commanderies of Daqian?"

"The seventy-two counties are the Daqian mainland. They have been managed for ten thousand years, and the land is fertile and the population is dense."

"If it is converted into a real seal in the future, it will be a fertile land without the need for management."

"Although the Imperial Secret Realm is rich in resources, it is difficult to develop. Ultimately, it cannot compare to the Seventy-Two Counties."

In Daqian, there is a chain of contempt between different lands.

Yujing despises the seventy-two counties, and the seventy-two counties despise the major secret realms.

It’s like the Age of Discovery, when the natives looked down on the colonies.

If Fang Heng's ideal is just to be an ordinary prince, then being granted a fiefdom in one of the seventy-two counties would naturally be great.

only……

"Mother, the emperor has set his sights on the mineral resources in the Daishan Secret Realm. I'd like to trouble you to speak to father about it."

"Mineral resources?"

There was a pause on Concubine Ning's pretty face.

Then suddenly, he reacted and his expression changed.

"My dear, are you planning to take the path of puppetry?"

Among the many Taoist paths, the one that consumes the most mineral resources is the puppeteer.

When Fang Heng took a fancy to the mineral resources in the Daishan secret realm, Concubine Ning subconsciously thought of the puppeteer lineage.

Fang Heng did not hide it and nodded.

"Mother guessed correctly. The prince does have the idea of ​​following the lineage of a puppeteer."

Concubine Ning patted her smooth forehead and looked at Fang Heng with a speechless look.

My son, the emperor, is so troublesome.

Having made such great contributions in the Seed Selection Department, it stands to reason that he has a bright future ahead of him by following the Lingnong lineage.

Why did you suddenly change your mind and decide to become a puppeteer?

"Mother, I'm counting on you."

"You...you are going to make Mother suffer."

Concubine Ning said this unhappily.

But who made her have only this one son?

Since Fang Heng wanted to follow the lineage of puppeteers, she naturally had no choice but to help.

Are you a puppeteer?

To be precise, Fang Heng's real purpose is somewhat different from that of the puppeteer.

Hybrid rice was developed.

Naturally, we also need to prepare for the launch of synthetic ammonia.

Now that we have synthetic ammonia, is chemical fertilizer far behind?
Chemical fertilizers and hybrid rice are different.

Hybrid rice cultivation is scattered, while fertilizer factories, concentrated in one place, will certainly attract covetousness.

Even if it wasn't coveting, just causing trouble was enough to give Fang Heng a headache.

This is also why Fang Heng chose the royal secret realm.

The royal secret realm is not located in Daqian, so it does not attract so much attention.

It is suitable for developing slowly and advancing slowly.

If the fertilizer factory were placed in Yujing City, it would be too conspicuous.

(End of this chapter)