farming female castellan

Chapter 209 Will You Think About It

The second prince saluted and said, "I would like to report to my father, if I go to the mountains with the imperial physician to find herbs, I will not be able to compare with the imperial physician. Many people are familiar with the herbs in the fields. People are not familiar with things. , maybe you won't care."

The emperor sat silently for a while without making a sound.

"Then why did Miss Chen plant?" He asked General Qi.

General Qi replied: "At that time, after the girl bought the saline-alkali land, she harvested the seeds for two days. Many people went to sell the seeds, even the seeds of ginseng, snow lotus and ganoderma."

This time the second prince couldn't hold back and laughed out loud, he quickly knelt down and begged the emperor for forgiveness.

The emperor saw him smile like this, but he was not as serious as before.

General Qi continued to answer: "The common people call those corn seeds golden beans. Ms. Chen planted golden beans and red beans and mung beans together, each with three acres. The harvest time is also about the same, and they are all harvested in Bailu. The common people give them A lot of names." These must have been reported by someone, and he just said it again.

If Chen Fan was here and was interrogated by the emperor like this, she might have thought: She has been involved here, those plants, jewelry, seeds, probably have been involved in so many things.The space-time rift is slightly deviated, perhaps decades or even hundreds of years.

The emperor didn't ask about farming any more.What Qi Zhenqun said has been reported several times in the memorial at hand, and all parties have said the same thing.

"What do you think of that girl?" He changed the subject.

"Very smart." Qi Zhenqun did not hesitate.

"Why do you think she's smart?"

"She knows how to transform saline-alkali land; she dared to try and planted corn and red beans and mung beans together; she knew that river management should not only focus on strengthening embankments and opening river channels to divert water; she also knew that the people in Shengping County lacked food, so they first planted rice and The sweet potatoes that can fill your stomach, and the saline-alkali land you plant first." Qi Zhenqun was eloquent.

The emperor smiled but said, "General Qi admires her very much?"

Qi Zhenqun hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, but in the end you are just stating the facts."

"Be flat."

"Thank you, sir." Qi Zhenqun kowtowed and stood up.

The emperor said slowly: "Why is her land so productive? The terraced fields are like this, and so are the tidal flats by the river."

"It must be the heaven's blessing and the emperor's grace. Once the three lands are reclaimed, there will be great harvest."

"How is her character?"

Qi Zhenqun hesitated for a moment and said, "Not a gentle woman."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"She is not as graceful as other women, and her voice is gentle. She speaks straightforwardly and has no tenderness towards her husband. Every day, she runs and skips rope with her group of younger brothers and sisters, goes to work in the fields, and is very tanned. .”

The second prince almost couldn't hold back.

"How dark is it?"

"The last general searched in his mind, but he couldn't find anyone in the capital who was darker than her."

The second prince couldn't hold back and smiled.

Yu Chenglin, the chief eunuch next to him, answered with a smile: "It's not necessarily very dark. It's just that the country people work in the fields every day, so they are not as white as the people in the city, and even more so than those in the capital." Incredible."

The emperor said: "It doesn't matter if you are black. I want to see what a woman with such black looks like, what a woman looks like when she runs and skips rope."

Yu Chenglin smiled: "Why don't you ask the maids to run around first?"

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, you all step back." The emperor spoke.Everyone saluted and thanked him and withdrew.

The emperor looked at Yu Chenglin: "30 catties of sweet potatoes, one million catties of high-yielding grain seeds, opening rivers and canals to build terraces, and transforming saline-alkali land. In just a few months, she has done so many great things? How many people in the court have presided over the So big a deal?"

Yu Chenglin smiled and said: "The Yema Mountain is a small hill. The terraced fields were built by Yao Shouzheng, the chief secretary at that time, and the county government also gave great support; the method of irrigation and salt drainage is an ancient one; corn, sweet potatoes and rice seeds Thanks to the emperor's blessing, Miss Chen only planted it for one season, and it happened to be high yielding."

The emperor smiled: "From what you say, she has no credit at all?"

Yu Chenglin apologized and said with a smile: "There are some credits. It is true that I bought the saline-alkali land and arranged it properly; she also presided over the opening of the canal; She was also the one who brought the human race out."

"Okay, don't be active for a while and useless for a while. It's true that this girl is smart." The emperor said.

"Yes." Kai Chenglin responded immediately.

"If she is a man, she can be an official and benefit the common people." The emperor pondered.

"Women can also benefit one party. Since she has already farmed, let her breed, and then dedicate the improved seeds to the court. The court promotes the improved seeds, and the people will definitely benefit."

"The proceeds from appreciating the fields belong to the recipient. The imperial court will buy seeds from her." The emperor glanced at him.

"Yes, yes, the slaves didn't think carefully, but the sage was wise and thoughtful."

The emperor laughed loudly.

In the middle of the night, an eagle flew into Youyidu and landed on the shoulder of Cang Yun, the guard of Zhongshuling.

Cang Yun took off the letter tube from the eagle's claw, tied it to another eagle's foot, and let it fly.

The eagle flew into the Su Garden and was taken over by the guard Cang Hai.

Cang Hai called softly by the window, and after a while, the door opened, and Cang Lin took the letter box in.

Zhongshu Ling woke up soon, opened the letter box, took out the letter paper and looked at it, with a displeased expression on his face.

Cang Lin looked at Zhongshuling with questioning eyes, and Zhongshuling handed him the letter.He read the content and was also stunned.

"You don't have any thoughts now, do you?" Cang Lin was a little worried.

"It's very possible, but don't worry too much, there will always be times when your thoughts will be diluted. Go to sleep."

The next morning, the officials saw the news from the capital.Everyone doesn't talk about the rice, they have already gone to Beijing to store, so what is there to talk about?What everyone cares about is what will happen today.

"What do you think, Master Zhongshuling?" Yan Shoulu asked with a smile.

"There are so many miscellaneous things that can be forgotten in a flash." Zhong Shuling replied.

Boring, all the officials curled their lips.

"You are calm. Don't underestimate the speed of the wind, it might blow to the door." Yan Shoulu was still smiling.

Zhong Shuling also smiled: "Isn't there still the wall of the Tai Tuo?"

Yan Shoulu didn't know how to reply, and leaned on the back of the chair listlessly.

"Isn't it time for you to go out? Are you shaking enough?" Zhong Shuling took the initiative to talk to General Yan.

General Yan was paralyzed and did not move: "Don't worry, the plank road is not long enough."

"When will it be repaired? The food has already entered Beijing, isn't Chencang ready yet?"

Yan Shoulu giggled: "Do you think those people gave Miss Chen their portraits?"

(End of this chapter)