Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 780

The friend was not angry either, because when he heard the news, he had the same reaction as Guo Bai.

"This is what my cousin said. He heard it from the courtiers when he was in court." He said in an authentic way, "Listen well, the courtiers said it in the court hall."

Guo Bai was stunned, and said in disbelief, "So what you say is true?"

"It's true!" said the friend, "In the court, the ministers don't dare to talk nonsense."

Guo Bai finally believed his friend's words.

"I heard that Mr. Du left his position in the Imperial Academy and invited him to Runzhou to practice the things written in the book. He planted about [-] mu of early rice in Runzhou, with an output of up to four stones." The friend said again.

"Four stones?" Guo Bai exclaimed.

His early rice is less than two stones.Master Du's output was twice as much as his, which really surprised him.

"How did he manage to produce four stones per mu?" he asked.

"I heard that fish are raised in rice fields."

"Fish farming in rice fields?" Guo Bai's eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again.

"Chang Tian Ji" mentioned a rice field to raise fish, but it didn't go into details.But Guo Bai knew that raising fish in rice fields required digging fish ditches in the fields in advance, and now that his late rice had been planted, it would be impossible to raise fish in rice fields this year.

When he came back to his senses, Guo Bai couldn't help feeling sincerely: "Master Du is really dedicated to serving the people."

His good friend was a friend of Guo Bai's when he was a dandy, and he was not keen on farming.But at this time, he also agreed with Guo Bai's words: "It is indeed for the people. Think about it, even if those officials know how to increase food production, they will not say it; After going there, more food was produced, which led to a drop in food prices and harmed his own interests. Only this Lord Du, who did not hide his secrets, told everyone about all the methods, and practiced them himself, speaking with facts. Such an official, What a good officer."

"What can we do for such a good official?" Guo Bai said.

As for "Chang Tian Ji", he didn't like it very much.At that time, I thought about how talented the author who wrote this storybook is, and how proficient in farming.He admires and loves this author, and if he knows who he is, he will definitely give him a generous gift, and he can even do many things for him.

Now that he knew that the author was actually the champion of the new discipline, and he had heard about Mr. Du's deeds, his admiration for Du Jinning was like a torrent of water, endless.

He even had the urge to visit Du Jinning in Runzhou.

The friend stroked his chin and came up with an idea: "Why don't you write an article and publish it directly on the "Sheng Shi Min Bao"? I heard that the newspaper has a special place where you can spend money to publish articles or advertise."

"Good idea." Guo Bai slapped the table and applauded loudly.

But my friend suddenly remembered: "Since "Chang Tian Ji" and "Sheng Shi Min Bao" were bought from that bookstore, then the bookstore could not be owned by Lord Du, right? If it was his, I'm afraid it's not easy to publish your article. "

Guo Bai thought for a while: "No matter what, I'll go and ask. I'm willing to spend any money as long as Kenden."

He is impatient, and he couldn't sit still when he talked about it, so he called the clerk to settle the bill, and said to his friend: "Eat slowly, I'll go first." After saying that, he led the boy downstairs and went directly to his usual place. A bookstore where you can buy scripts.

In such a situation, the shopkeeper naturally didn't dare to be self-reliant, and asked Guo Bai to go home and wait for the news. He quickly went to Zhuang Yue and told the matter.

Zhuang Yue has already received a letter from Du Jinning, not only asking him to hand over the tea garden to Qi Muyuan, but also asking him to try his best to spread his reputation.

Du Jinning also knows that Zhuang Yue has spent too much effort in the tea garden, and now is the time to make a lot of money. No one is happy to sell a hen that lays golden eggs for no reason.

In the letter, she explained the current political situation to Zhuang Yue carefully, and told him that when the situation stabilized in the future, the tea garden could be bought back—anyway, based on her relationship with Qi Muyuan and Qi Muyuan's temperament, she wanted to buy the tea garden. Buying it back is a matter of minutes.

The land deed of the tea garden is in Du Jinning's hands, and she signed a transaction contract with Qi Muyuan in Runzhou.Explaining so patiently to Zhuang Yue is also to respect him.Zhuang Yue also knew this. Although he was depressed, he had no choice but to hand over the tea garden with the housekeeper of the Qi family.

Hearing the shopkeeper's request for instructions at this moment, he said: "Okay, let him log in. But be sure to write his home address and his real name under the article, so as not to make people think that we are boasting and splashing on the young master." Dirty water."

After thinking for a while, he said again: "You can give him a little bit cheaper." After all, are they talking good things about their young master?

The shopkeeper got the instructions and asked someone to reply to Guo Bai.Guo Bai was overjoyed, went home and carefully wrote an article, took it to polish his uncle, and published it in the next issue of "Sheng Shi Min Bao".This is not over yet, he mobilized his group of friends who made friends with "Chang Tian Ji" to write articles praising Du Jinning's achievements.

Zhuang Yue didn't dare to go too far, so he selected another article and published it, and there were two newspaper issues in between, so as not to fail to praise Du Jinning and attract others to slander Du Jinning.

Although the newspaper did not publish articles by Guo Bai and the others, this did not prevent the people under Qin Liu faction from guiding public opinion in the teahouse.

Suddenly, Du Jinning became famous in farming.

The courtiers thought it was a rumor caused by Wu Shangshu's mention of this matter in the court last time, but they didn't care much.Anyway, regardless of intentional guidance or coincidence, as long as there is no follow-up to this kind of thing, the public discussion will subside after a while.

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Qin Liu's deputy was called Lu Jun. After listening to his report, he assigned tasks to his subordinates according to Qin Lao Liu's instructions: "The next thing is to encourage Monk Riben."

Monk Riben often came to the Song Dynasty to study Buddhism and learn Buddhist scriptures. The tea ceremony held by Du Jinning and Zhao Chang was closely related to the theme of Buddhism and Zen, so the monks were more interested in it. When Monk Riben came to learn Buddhist scriptures, they also held a There was a tea party, which made Monk Riben's eyes brighten, and he also wanted to learn.

And the source of the tea ceremony in the capital naturally lies with Zhao Chang.

During this period of time, the Japanese Benz monk who was received by Honglu Temple went to Zhao Chang's place all day long.

The task of Lu Jun and the others is to lure the Japanese monk from Zhao Chang's place to Runzhou.

Mentioning this, the two subordinates became a little worried: "Those monks are either at King Jing's place or in the temple, and they are often accompanied by people from Honglu Temple. .”

"They have to go out, right?" Lu Jun said angrily, "You can't do this well, so what's the use of you?"

　My aunt visited and felt uncomfortable.That's all for today, good night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)