Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 157 The emperor has arrived, Jia Zheng is gone (Happy New Year 2-3)
  This sweet potato really subverted everyone's understanding of the Great Zhou Empire.

So the first official stood up and tried, and the others couldn't wait to step forward.

The accompanying imperial chef also very wisely gave the prepared sweet potatoes to the mighty ministers who could not walk over.

Then, various shocked sounds appeared among the sounds of chewing.

"How is that possible? This stuff tastes so good."

"One acre of land requires at least 3000 kilograms of food. How is this possible?"

"How can there be such high-yielding food in the world?"

At first they just exclaimed, but then some couldn't help but kneel on the ground in tears.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, this is really auspicious! This is auspiciousness that is rare in ten thousand years!"

Others also reacted and realized that this thing could really yield more than 3000 kilograms per mu, which would be a subversive existence for the entire Great Zhou Empire.

The emergence of this sweet potato will lead the Great Zhou Empire to a more glorious tomorrow.

And the prosperous age of the Great Zhou Empire is about to begin from this sweet potato.

At that time, His Majesty will usher in a prosperous era, and they will all be participants in this prosperous era.

Whether they are civil servants or military generals, isn't it just to leave a name in history?

As an innovator and participant in a prosperous era, it is inevitable to leave a strong mark.

If you can contribute to this prosperous era again, you will definitely leave your name in history.

So they were all excited.

They all followed and bowed down.

Jia Zheng also hurriedly knelt on the ground along with the others.

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."

"The yield per mu is more than 3000 kilograms of grain. This must be the greatest auspicious event in history. May your Majesty be blessed."

"With the auspicious arrival, the Great Zhou Empire will surely become more glorious under the leadership of His Majesty."

Feeling comfortable. At this moment, His Majesty the Emperor is really feeling comfortable.

Isn't it just for this moment that he came here so early with all the civil and military officials from the dynasty and the capital?

However, His Majesty the Emperor looked at everyone, shook his head and smiled.

"The yield per mu is 3000 kilograms? My dear friends, I am afraid you have underestimated the yield of sweet potatoes."

Following his words, dozens of people who were busy over there also came over carrying the sweet potatoes they dug out.

The person in charge of weighing puts bag after bag of sweet potatoes on the scale and weighs them.

After each generation is weighed, it is added together with all the previous sweet potatoes and the weight is reported.

"530 pounds."

"890 pounds."

"1760 pounds."

"2735 pounds."

"3332 pounds."

When they heard this number, everyone was shocked and numb.

They knelt on the ground and didn't feel uncomfortable at all. They couldn't even feel the sensation in their legs. They just looked at the sweet potatoes from generation to generation in front of them.

There is only one thought in my mind, this yield is too high.

However, the numbers continue to increase.

"3896 pounds."

"4357 pounds."

"5560 pounds."

"6335 pounds."

When the weighing of the last generation of sweet potatoes was completed, the person responsible for the weighing knelt down and spoke loudly.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, your Majesty, the yield of sweet potatoes per acre has reached 6450 kilograms."

“Hahahaha, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, hard, and there will be rewards, and everyone involved will be rewarded.”

After speaking to these people, he looked at Manchao Wenwu, who had been shocked and numb, and waved his sword with his big hand.

"Everyone, get up. The imperial chef has almost prepared all the other ways to make sweet potatoes. Let's all have a try."

"The presentation of sweet potatoes will definitely make my Great Zhou even more glorious. Today, I will witness it together with all my dear friends."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After everyone thanked them in unison, they stood up. Some people were even a little unsteady, but fortunately the people next to them helped them.

When they all stood up, the royal chefs had brought sweet potatoes with different methods. They listened to the royal chef's instructions and tasted the different flavors.

Every time I eat one, the surprise in my heart becomes more and more.

After they tried each one, His Majesty the Emperor smiled and said.

"This sweet potato can solve the problem of food shortage and low grain production in our Great Zhou Empire. It can be said to be the first auspicious occasion since the founding of our Great Zhou Empire."

"My dear friends, how should I reward the person who presented this thing?"

At this time, everyone suppressed their excitement and recalled everything that had just happened.

Some smart people even unconsciously set their sights on Jia Zheng.

The most surprising thing about everything that happened today was that His Majesty called Jia Zheng from Rongguo Mansion to his side.

So does this matter have something to do with him?
  If it was really Jia Zheng who presented it, we should think carefully about this reward.

Someone couldn't help but say.

"Your Majesty, I still don't know who offered such auspiciousness!"

As soon as this man spoke, everyone couldn't help but look at His Majesty the Emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at Jia Zheng and said.

"Speaking of this matter, I would also like to thank Jia Zhengaiqing of Rongguo Mansion."

"I?"

Jia Zheng was confused for a moment. How could such a big thing have anything to do with him?
  Besides, he doesn’t know what this sweet potato is?

He also wanted to have such a credit, but he didn't dare to pretend to claim it.

If he dared to admit it, he might not even be able to save his head if he found out in the end that it had nothing to do with him.

He would not dare to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor.

"Plop!" a sound.

Jia Zheng immediately fell to his knees.

"Your Majesty, did Wei Chen really not know what this sweet potato was before?"

His Majesty the Emperor was still smiling and stretched out his hand to help Jia Zheng up.

"My dear, don't panic. I only said that this matter is related to you. I also know that you did not discover this thing."

Looking at everyone's curious eyes, His Majesty the Emperor patted Jia Zheng on the shoulder and said.

"You have a good son. This sweet potato was dedicated to me by your good son Jia Qi."

"Jia Qi? Brother Qi?"

Jia Zheng was completely stunned.

He never imagined that the son he had separated from him would one day make such a great contribution.

If he is rewarded for this contribution, he will be promoted to at least three levels in a row, and he may even be rewarded with a title.

The huge pie fell down, making him feel dizzy.

He, Jia Zheng, has only been a fifth-grade Yuanwailang in his life. But his son may only be offering treasure this time. It's about to surpass yourself.

Although a thought flashed through his mind for a moment, why didn't he give such a thing to himself as a donation, but he was still a father after all, and at the same time, he also knew that there was no way to change this.

The things have been presented to His Majesty the Emperor. If I have such thoughts again at this time, or even say them out, it would be a great disrespect to His Majesty.

So I can't even think about this idea.

Then, his heart was replaced by surprise.

No matter what, his son has become successful, and even if his son is separated from Rongguo Mansion, he comes from Rongguo Mansion and the Jia family.

How to calculate? He is also his own son.

Although this huge contribution did not fall on the Jia family but on himself, it also fell on his son, didn't it?

Now that his son has become successful, won't he, as a father, be able to hold his head up even more?

Just looking at the envious eyes of the ministers around him, he felt relaxed all over.

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor also gave him the answer with certainty.

"It's your second son who was separated. According to him, he saw the existence of this sweet potato in ancient books, but it was a note left by a person who traveled across the ocean."

"I only talked about planting sweet potatoes overseas. However, sweet potatoes have never existed in our Great Zhou Empire. And this time he accidentally discovered this thing and dedicated it to me."

"Such food that benefits the country and the people has changed the pattern of our great Zhou one by one."

"I have asked Huangzhuang to try planting sweet potatoes first, save the seeds, and prepare to spread them throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty once there are enough seeds."

"I want all the stars in Dazhou to never have to worry about not having enough to eat."

"And your son, Jia Qi, I have appointed him to be solely responsible for the planting of sweet potatoes. He must sum up a perfect planting method in a short time."

"After all this is completed, there will definitely be another reward."

"However, the contribution of this treasure presentation cannot be wiped out, so I would like to ask all of you to discuss how to award the reward."

The faces of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and all the officials in Beijing were a little complicated at this moment.

No one expected that the person offering the treasure turned out to be Jia Qi from the Jia family.

Everyone is from Beijing, who doesn't know that boy's reputation?
  The prodigal son who is famous throughout the capital has a lot of fallacies.

But it was such a person who actually gave such a valuable treasure.

For this contribution, it is impossible for me not to give him a reward even if I want to.

Among the crowd, those who promised Jia Zhen, promised Mrs. Wang, and even promised Jia Mu to trick Jia Qi, all complained endlessly.

With their joint efforts, the list has been submitted.

Now that boy is responsible for growing sweet potatoes, so what they do must be impossible to succeed.

That list is unlikely to be approved in the end.

But there is no turning back in this matter, and it will definitely leave traces.

Although they hope that Jia Qi will not receive too big a reward, they also know that this is simply impossible.

So I can only secretly decide in my heart that I must come to apologize after today.

Otherwise, they are afraid that they will not be able to withstand the other party's revenge.

After all, judging from today's incident, Jia Qi is already in the emperor's heart.

Although other unrelated people also had ideas, they thought that the boy had separated from the Jia family, and everyone knew that his relationship with the Jia family was not that good.

So it's not impossible to give him some rewards.

Besides, the reward in this matter is low, which is really unjustifiable.

Someone immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen feels that Jia Qi's offering of this auspicious sign is definitely a great contribution, but after all, he is just a doctor at the Imperial Hospital."

"This imperial doctor's promotion requires real strength, so I'm afraid his level won't be improved."

"However, if you don't upgrade your rank, you can't cover up this merit. Therefore, Wei Chen thinks that he should be given a title. As for whether he should be granted a title of Baron, it depends on your Majesty's decision."

"Please leave all matters to His Majesty's Holy Judgment."

Everyone else's eyes lit up when they heard this man's suggestion.

Through this treasure offering, Jia Qi has been valued by His Majesty. If he is allowed to enter the officialdom, whether he is a civil official or a military attache, he will be a threat.

It would be best if he stayed in the imperial hospital. After all, the other party was just an imperial doctor, so who could he influence?

As for the reward and title, there is no problem at all.

For such a great contribution, it would really be unjustifiable if he was not given a promotion or a title.

So it is better to give him the title.

In this way, it can reflect the importance that everyone and His Majesty attach to this award.

It also allows Jia Qi to stay outside of power.

The title can only allow Jia Qi to no longer be attached to the Jia family and have the right to make decisions for himself. At the same time, he can join the upper class of the Great Zhou Dynasty and no longer be an unknown little person.

However, even so, he can only safeguard his own rights and cannot interfere with others.

It can be said that this reward, although it seems very heavy, does not pose any actual threat to anyone.

So everyone unconsciously agreed with this plan in an instant.

Someone couldn't help but stood up and said.

"I agree, the promotion of the imperial physician does require the improvement of his own abilities. After all, he is still young. It would be good to be a healer, but this contribution is too great, so giving him a title is the best choice."

"I also seconded the proposal. If I remember correctly, the boy from the Jia family should have just grown up now, and his future has unlimited possibilities. In this case, it is better to reward him with a title first. If your Majesty feels that it is not enough, you can reward him again. As for some other items, how far he can go in the future still depends on his abilities."

"I second the proposal."

"Seconded."

In an instant, almost everyone agreed with this decision, but no one stood up to say whether the reward was a baron or a viscount.

It is better to leave the final decision to His Majesty.

His Majesty the Emperor was also very satisfied with the result. As they said, although the boy looked good, he was still young after all.

If I give him too many rewards now, what will I do if this kid Luo makes some achievements in the future?
  Therefore, awarding a knighthood is the best choice.

"It turns out that all of you have the same idea, so let's settle it. In addition to the title of Viscount, let's reward you with some other items."

"Jin Yiwei is responsible for transporting all the sweet potatoes to the major imperial villages. Dear ladies, please follow me back to the city."

"Jia Aiqing, when you go back, have your son ready. The reward will be distributed within today."

Jia Zheng hurriedly saluted respectfully: "I accept my order."

Afterwards, the group walked towards the city, His Majesty the Emperor got on the dragon chariot, and Jia Zheng naturally returned to his seat.

But everyone who originally didn't care about him was now very enthusiastic.

Even those who were originally sarcastic smiled and apologized to him.

As a member of the Ministry of Works, few people in the Ministry of Works paid attention to him, but this time when he returned to the team, everyone came forward to fawn over him.

This is a feeling that Jia Zheng has never experienced in all his years as an official.

For a moment, he even felt a little elated that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.

However, he was so dizzy after being complimented that he still regained consciousness after leaving the team.

He understands that all this is because he has a good son.

"I don't know when His Majesty's decree will be issued. I'd better go back quickly and tell Brother Qi about this first so that he can prepare."

Thinking of this, he quickly walked towards Rongning Street.

Just as he was heading towards Rongning Street, Jia Qi brought Qin Keqing to the banquet in Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as the two appeared, they attracted everyone's attention.

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