Vol 2 Chapter 1517: to harvest
Chapter 1517 Harvest
This way, I was thirsty. The price of chrysanthemum tea here is twice that of other places. Although it was unpleasant to pay, but when the tea was drunk, suddenly... a coolness entered the lungs. Jiang Wen still He took a breath and felt happy.
"Continued Cup."
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There are even more people crowded inside. There are dozens of commercial streets, the crowds are like tides, and there is a huge square in the middle. There is a statue of Zhu Houzhao in the square.
Zhu Houzhao is most satisfied with this statue. It is a work completed after several revisions of the captives of Franji after their legs were almost broken.
In this square, some people have already started to prepare dry firewood for the bonfire at night.
The wine shop not far away has already begun to ship jars of wine.
The aroma of distilled wine wafts through the square.
Jiang Wen smelled the aroma of wine, curled his lips, and couldn't help complaining to Mrs. Zhou: "Look, look, that's how they waste food, ah, extravagance, this makes me smell like King Zhou of Shang, wine pool meat forest , but I know that the wine and meat are the worst food wastes, but who knows that the Chinese food is hard-working, good food..."
Mrs. Zhou has already rushed to the gouache shop not far away.
Jiang Wen stood alone in the square, watching the flow of people around.
People are full of novelty and smiles, but what is left to him alone is loneliness...
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Tuntianwei up and down, has already started to get busy.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao has led a team to the experimental field with the best harvest this time.
In this experimental field, the ears of rice are golden.
This is the land with the best harvest according to visual inspection.
It took countless efforts and invested countless manpower and material resources.
What Zhu Houzhao got was piles of records, and these data are the most valuable.
The lieutenants have blocked this place.
Wait until the auspicious time before allowing people to come closer to observe the harvest.
But just by visual inspection, the harvest is already very gratifying.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao was looking at the data with his head down. What kind of soil quality, how much daily irrigation, what kind of seeds were used, and how much fertilizer was applied. problem of outreach.
Fang Jifan stood aside, the weather was scorching, Wang Jinyuan held up an umbrella for Fang Jifan, Wang Jinyuan gave a tsk-tsk compliment: "Young master, this grain can harvest a lot, if it is five or six hundred catties, young master can set it up Great job."
Under the scorching sun, Fang Jifan only squinted his eyes, thinking about something on his mind.
Actually five or six hundred catties... This is indeed a huge amount.
You must know that the current rice yield, the highest record, is only 300 catties.
Of course, Daming’s unit of measurement is the catty.
At this moment, not far away, someone came in a hurry, and said: "Your Majesty is here, Your Majesty is here, Your Highness the Crown Prince, Duke Qi... Your Majesty is here... According to the news from the palace, His Majesty has come from the palace." Come, it will be here soon."
Fang Jifan was stunned for a moment. He didn't want to report this matter to the emperor now, but this time the movement was big, and it was only natural that His Majesty knew about it.
Hearing His Majesty coming, Fang Jifan immediately cheered up: "What are you doing in a daze, welcome, you all stay here, I will meet you."
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Emperor Hongzhi came to Xishan with curiosity. Wherever he entered his eyes, there were scenes of crowds of people, and he couldn't help but be tongue-in-cheek.
This road, because there were too many people, so Xiao Jing didn't dare to let Emperor Hongzhi get off the carriage, but the carriage and horses were walking slowly through the endless stream of people surrounded by groups.
When he got to the ticket office, Xiao Jing stepped forward first, and said to the ticket seller: "There is a nobleman in the car, hurry up, open the middle door, and let the nobleman go in first."
The person at the ticket office looked Xiao Jing up and down, and looked at Xiao Jing like a fool: "There are no nobles here in Xishan, and everyone goes in with a ticket. A ticket costs a hundred yuan, and a penny It can't be less, this is the rule of Xishan, and it's the same when the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu come."
Xiao Jing's nose was crooked with anger, he was so courageous, he pointed at the ticket seller, and said angrily: "You...you...you are so courageous."
The person who sold the ticket turned his eyebrows coldly.
Xiao Jing thought that this is Xishan, but he didn't immediately become ruthless, he just gritted his teeth and said: "You wait."
After finishing speaking, he turned around, trotted to the car, and got into the car.
Emperor Hongzhi was sitting in the car bored, seeing the car parked for a long time and not leaving, he said: "What's the matter, why are you still delaying here?"
Xiao Jing said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, they insisted that we buy tickets, and they also said that this is Xishan, and the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, so he also bought tickets. Your Majesty... tell me, where did he come from such a family courage…"
Emperor Hongzhi frowned at first, but suddenly burst out laughing.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing looked at Emperor Hongzhi cautiously, but he looked worried: "Your Majesty, don't get so angry, you..."
Emperor Hongzhi glared at him: "When did I get angry? You fool, do you still think that I am angry? This Fang Jifan is my Zhou Yafu. When I come to Xishan, it is like the emperor of Han. Liuying is average. In this Western Hills, I have a lot of shares. Since tickets are sold to enter, you can see how lively it is here. If this heavenly king comes here today, he wants to enter for free, and tomorrow another heavenly king will come. Free ticket? If you enter here, you have to pay money. This is the rule. If anyone breaks this rule, he will have trouble with me. Jifan can treat everyone equally, which is very good. A mere ticket seller dares to say such a thing. Don’t worry. Otherwise, with so many properties in Xishan, Fang Jifan would use them as favors and make friends, which would make me worry. Just this article, with a glimpse of the leopard, is enough to make me feel at ease about Jifan.”
Xiao Jing: "..."
Well, he said in his heart that he was speechless, Fang Jifan won again.
At this time, Emperor Hongzhi glared at Xiao Jing again: "What are you doing here, why don't you hurry up and buy tickets."
"Yes." Xiao Jing didn't dare to have any further objections, and quickly said: "Your maid obeys the order."
A son-in-law is a son-in-law, Xiao Jing sighed in his heart, everything he did was right, no matter where he was like us, everything he did was wrong.
Bought the entrance ticket, the car drove into Xishan immediately, and when he arrived at the square, Fang Jifan came in a hurry and boarded the car to meet the driver in person.
Emperor Hongzhi leaned halfway in the car, and said directly: "I came today because I heard that there is a harvest festival. What is the name of this harvest festival? It's quite lively here..."
Speaking of this, I saw bells coming from the Bell and Drum Tower in the distance.
Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming, hurry to the test field."
Auspicious time...Experimental field...
Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback.
At this time, it seems that because of the sound of the bell, many tourists are heading towards the experimental field.
Emperor Hongzhi's car approached the test field, and then... got out of the car, and saw the surrounding area, crowded with people.
Emperor Hongzhi saw many fields along the way, a scene of a bumper harvest.
I have to say that Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy when he saw this piece of golden yellow.
The three of Liu Jian couldn't help but catch up.
"Your Majesty, look, the rice harvest is really not small."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with a smile, and glanced at Fang Jifan: "Jifan, is this what you planted?"
Fang Jifan took an oil umbrella, then pushed Xiao Jing away very bluntly, held the umbrella for Emperor Hongzhi, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the Prince's Highness who presides over it personally, with the sons and ministers as deputy, united with the Tuntian Institute and the Research Institute. It was made in the yard, Your Majesty, please move, we are about to start harvesting."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with a smile.
The prince’s cultivation of grain was not favored by others, especially many ministers and scholars, who thought it was not doing their job properly, but Emperor Hongzhi had no objection to this.
Everyone needs to eat food, so why can’t one’s own son grow food?
Emperor Hongzhi said: "Those scholars always say that food is the foundation, and they write poems to pity the farmers. Who knows that the food on the plate is hard work. They know the hard work, but they never plow. How dissatisfied, what's the use of pity farmers?"
These words meant something, and they were clearly addressed to Liu Jian and the others, followed by a group of high-sighted and low-handed accompanying ministers.
The accompanying ministers had mixed feelings in their hearts, but none of them made a sound to refute.
Today is different from the past, talk more now, maybe tomorrow will be thrown away and all the bones will be tied up.
Emperor Hongzhi said enthusiastically: "I'm afraid the output of this rice field is quite a lot. Oh, how many catties of rice can be grown in the past rice fields?"
Emperor Hongzhi asked the Hanlin accompanying him.
The accompanying Hanlin immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, three hundred catties."
"Three hundred catties..." Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion: "Three hundred catties is not small. If a family planted ten acres of land, it would be three thousand catties. Not only would the whole family have enough to eat, but they would also have surplus. "
Emperor Hongzhi continued on along the field ridge.
After a while, I saw Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao became darker and thinner.
Now he is directing and staring at a stick of incense.
When I saw Emperor Hongzhi, I just glanced at it, and then fixed my eyes on the incense.
When the incense slowly burned to a certain scale, Zhu Houzhao's whole body was beaming with joy, and he shouted loudly: "The harvest has begun, it's harvested! Come on, get ready for the scale."
With an order, the guards who had already prepared their sickles immediately lifted their spirits, immediately rolled up their trouser legs, stepped into the experimental field, and began to wave their sickles.
Zhu Houzhao crossed his hands, but his eyes were fixed on the golden piece, his face became solemn, and his whole body was trembling with nervousness.
Emperor Hongzhi did not blame Zhu Houzhao for his rudeness, but he also began to focus on this acre of land, and his curiosity became stronger and stronger.
This acre of land is obviously denser and thicker than the rice ears in other places, densely packed, and obviously different.
(end of this chapter)