The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 248 The Great Xia Dynasty in Faisal's Eyes

In the ninth year of Tianshun, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Xia Hongdi announced to the civil and military officials the three kinds of grains that Zhongqinhou and others brought back with a yield of more than one thousand catties per mu.

In addition to announcing the addition of high-yield grain in the Great Xia Dynasty, it also announced that this year's Ju month, the Great Xia Navy will sail westward for the second time.

At the same time, the imperial court will set up a shipping department in Anzhou to manage all maritime trade-related affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Those who are well-informed have obtained relevant information earlier, and those who are not well-informed will faint from excitement when they hear about it for the first time. Today's long live shouts are especially loud, which is really a new year and a new atmosphere!
There were several good news in succession, no less than a blockbuster, and many ministers were still dizzy when they returned home.

After realizing it, Zhongqinhou's Mansion became a hot spot for New Year's greetings from the elites in the capital this year.

The cunning Marquis Zhongqin was dragged away by Tu Si Nong after the third day of the Lunar New Year, and went on a business trip to Lingnan.

Leaving Cuihua alone, she receives the noble ladies of the capital at home every day.

While chatting, the marriage of the two young masters of the Yuan Mansion and their nephews and nieces was brought up again and again.

Cuihua said to Xiang Shi who came to watch the excitement with a bitter face: "The two older ones haven't even earned a reputation as a scholar, and they are studying hard now, what kind of relatives are you talking about?"

Xiang Shi nodded her forehead: "Your Majesty, what merits do you need in the imperial examinations? Your mansion has a rule of not taking concubines. If it wasn't for my Lord Hou who quickly ordered Xiao Wu, my sister-in-law would want to be in your mansion." Dear!"

"Hey, what's the use of an incompetent son? You and your wife are the only ones who are willing to kiss this child."

"You incompetent dandy, whose family doesn't have wives and concubines? How many people are willing to take the imperial examination?"

Both of them sighed together, worried about their children, and looked at Yuan Wenyuan who was playing with Hu Niu with a wooden dog.

Blessed is my daughter/son, childhood sweetheart, the relationship cultivated in childhood, life should be able to live a harmonious life!
Putting down her son and niece's marriage, Cuihua hasn't discussed with Heiwa yet to come to an outcome.

Except for Qin Ke, the other boys, the couple more or less picked out some faults.

This year's Spring Banquet, Cuihua is busy
Last year, it was not only the imperial court who had the sweetness?From the clan to the ship merchants to various merchants, at least [-] times the profits allow the merchants to eat for ten years.

The saying that overseas is full of gold has already resounded throughout the Great Xia Dynasty. Businessmen, big and small, are inquiring for news from various channels, and they all want to keep up with the wave of this year's chrysanthemum moon.

Those who have made it want to make more, and those who have not made it can't wait to knock on the door to enter the market with a lot of money.

It's a pity that the court doesn't even lack food this year, so they have no way to pay the escort fee.

The selection of the first Shibo envoy is still in the game within the imperial court, and silk merchants and tea merchants have rushed to the capital.

Porcelain they are not comparable to official kilns and imperial kilns, and they are very self-aware.

Feisal and the others also received the news that the goods they brought to Daxia this year would be the only tax-free time, and they all regretted it, regretting that there were too few goods brought by the road explorer this time!

Most of the precious stones and spices they brought were replaced by silk and tea.

The price of such exquisite silk fabrics is so cheap, and the tea leaves were originally divided into different grades. Last time, what they snapped up at Dashi was not considered high-grade tea.

Feisal purchased dozens of sets of ready-made clothes for himself and his wife and children. The clothes of the female family members were elegant and delicate, and he bought several large boxes of money bags and handkerchiefs for wiping hands.

He wanted to buy porcelain in large quantities, the best blue and white porcelain and the famille rose porcelain he received as a reward from His Majesty the Emperor, but unfortunately they were not available in the market.

It turns out that this is also a luxury in Daxia, and only powerful and powerful families can buy it.

In Feisal's eyes, the Great Xia Dynasty was simply an existence stronger than the Roman Empire.

He still hasn't figured out what the cement they used to pave the road surface is made of. It is said that this cement road has been paved all over the country's official roads.

When he visited the capital, he only felt that the streets in the capital were also very clean, and the pedestrians on the street were very conscious of throwing rubbish into the trash can.

There are public toilets that can be used for free everywhere, and the public toilets are also clean. Compared with the smell of urine in the streets and alleys of Europe, this place is heaven.

In the hot pot restaurant that was said to be run by the empress of the dynasty, he ate different pot bottoms for seven days in a row.

Not only hot pot restaurants, there are countless delicious restaurants in Beijing.

It's a pity that the few noble sons who have made friends with him need to take the imperial examination, and they don't have time to play around with him, otherwise he can understand the Great Xia Dynasty more comprehensively.

The risk of the Kara Strait is unknown, and the big food merchants plan to continue to stay in Daxia, and when the Daxia navy sails westward, they will return with them.

Now I have enough time to understand the market in Daxia, and I have the opportunity to buy more and better products to return home.

The teenagers who made friends with him are making the final sprint, and they can drink love brand soup every day. When they are so brain-intensive, their jaws are still round.

The children's examination in the Great Xia Dynasty consisted of three stages of examinations: the county examination, the government examination, and the college examination. Only the county examination required five consecutive examinations.

The county examination is usually held in mid-spring. After passing the county examination, there is no way to relax, because Meng Xia will take the government examination in the next month.

The government examination is presided over by the magistrate, and there are three consecutive examinations. Only after passing the government examination can one become a child student.

And the last round of the children's examination, the courtyard examination, can make most children stop here, and there are many gray-haired people who still call themselves children.

Only those who pass the court examination can be regarded as having passed the first level of the imperial examination. People are called scholars, which shows that officials do not kneel.

Father Hu made another summary of the benefits of coming to Beijing when he fled. It is convenient to take the imperial examination in the capital.

The examination room is really close to home. If their family is in Sichuan, they would have to go to Jiazhou from the county to take the examination for a scholar.

The four teenagers in the Yuan Mansion, Meng Xia, who successfully became a child, returned to Beijing from Lingnan in a hurry.

Northland is the best home for corn and potatoes.

This year, all the Huangzhuang in the suburbs of Beijing will be used to plant these two kinds of corn. They brought back a whole boatload of seeds. As long as the planting is not dense, several Huangzhuang can be fully planted.

The apple saplings that had been watered a lot by him and lived to the summer also stretched out their branches, and it would take a few years before they left to bloom and bear fruit.

The northern coast of the Great Yellow River is a cotton-growing area.

Heiwa had no choice but to keep Tu Shinong, and focus on planting sweet potatoes, taro, pepper, rubber, etc. in Lingnan.

Peanuts, pumpkins, zucchini, tomatoes, and strawberries are also planted one by one, half in the north and half in the south.

The two hundred or so Indian slaves who planted cotton finally came in handy.

Since they were imprisoned in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, they have been able to eat rice, noodles, vegetables, and poultry and eggs every day.

Moreover, the new master's family doesn't like to whip slaves, and it seems that they are not interested in plundering their women.

They rejoiced more than [-] times, rejoicing that they came to the Great Xia Dynasty. Isn’t that just growing cotton and weaving cotton cloth? How many generations have they been doing this!
Hou Zhongqin got the blueprint of the loom, so don't have too many skilled craftsmen in Daxia!

The old Yuantou of Dali Village has taken a lot of orders.

Before the cotton cloth was successfully woven, and before the Great Xia Dynasty cultivated mature weavers, these technologies had to be placed at the feet of the emperor.

Hou Zhongqin was so busy that he heard that the two older children were all children, but he didn't remember to ask how many.

Perhaps it is better to study at a younger age. On the list this time, the youngest Xiao Chuan actually got the best test, No. 8, Yuan Wenwu No. 12, Yuan Wenjie 25, and Xiao Shan [-].

Yuan Wenwu was greatly stimulated, and finally no longer underestimated the children's examination. The candidates in the capital also passed the test very well.

He felt that his partner in the past few years had done a solid job in reading, but he hadn't passed the Xiaochuan exam.

The biggest advantage of scumbag parents is: just pass the test, the ranking is not the most important, as long as you can accept it!

Aiming at the relatively weakest five-character six-rhyme poems of several students, Mr. Mou began targeted high-intensity training.

This year's Zhongqiu, they still need to pass the final test.

Thousands of catties of coarse grain per mu were only seen in Tu Si Nong's memorials, so how could he be shocked by seeing it with his own eyes?
In Qiaoyue, the potatoes in Huangzhuang were the first to ripen, and Hou Zhongqin invited His Majesty the Emperor to dig potatoes together.

Tomatoes, beans and zucchini had been sent to the palace to taste, and the tomato was loved by all.

Especially Princess Jingyao and the fifth prince wanted to eat sour and sweet fresh tomatoes every day, and ate vegetables as fruits.

I heard that stewed beef with tomatoes and potatoes is the perfect match. Princess Jingyao has told her father several times to ask him to dig more potatoes and bring them back to the palace.

Looking at this unremarkable potato vine, Xia Hongdi waved his hand, and the servants in Huangzhuang started digging.

Hei Wa dug a few clumps herself, and was very satisfied when she saw that most of the potato eggs had grown to the size of a fist.

Digging first and then weighing, except for those that were dug into two pieces and were too small, five acres were dug continuously, with an average yield of [-] catties per mu.

Although it is not as high as the high yield of later generations, His Majesty the Emperor is already very satisfied. This is not the best dry land. These hundreds of acres of potatoes can be planted tens of thousands of acres next year, and then...
"Save the seeds, save all of them for seeds, and eat the small ones and the broken ones if you want!"

Who has such a good appetite to eat the grain that will soon be filled with the Great Xia Dynasty?Afraid of itchy teeth!
The peanuts are barely edible at the moment. With the addition of star anise, cinnamon, and peppercorns, the peanuts boiled in salt water make His Majesty the emperor unable to stop eating.

Peanuts are more crispy when fried in oil, and they can also be used to extract oil, which is also a good thing!
There is also the tender corn that is not ripe yet, and it does not delay eating at all. Heiwa mixed a lot of sweet and glutinous seeds into it.

With a thin green shell, it was boiled in a large pot, and the sweet and unique corn flavor wafted far away.

"It's delicious. This corn is sweeter when it's tender! Aiqing, how many acres of these corn can be planted next year?"

"One mu of corn needs three to five catties of seeds. This year we planted about 200 mu. If the yield per mu is [-] catties, then next year we can plant at least [-] million mu. In three years, it can be used for the people of Daxia. farming."

"Okay, three years, I will give you three years, three years, I want to see that there will be no more food shortages in Daxia!"

"Sir, take the lead!"

(End of this chapter)