Ming politicians

At the end of February, Su Tiancheng went to the tenants' homes several times, mainly to see the growth of winter wheat. Seedlings will start at the end of March. Both sweet potatoes and maize need seedlings. They can go directly, but the harvest is pitiful. Since we have such advanced science and technology, we must put it into practice.

Su Tiancheng and Niu's second-class tenants have already selected a few acres of good land as a place to raise seedlings. After the winter wheat is purchased, these lands must be sorted out immediately, and they must be properly fertilized and irrigated.Seedling raising is the most critical step, and there can be no mistakes.

The tenants are still preparing straw and straw. There are quite a lot of these things. Many farmers use them as firewood, but it is not that simple to chop them up. There is no large-scale shredder, and they can only rely on every household to do it by hand. Finish.

Su Tiancheng has already discussed with Su Pingyang that the tenants still have to feed the pigs. The matter of feeding the pigs mentioned before is a bit out of touch with reality. No one has anything to eat. How to feed the pigs? If it weren't for growing sweet potatoes, Su Tiancheng wouldn't have Such thoughts.

But after planting sweet potatoes, they can be fed to pigs. Regularly go to the field to clean the leaves of sweet potatoes. This is the best pig food.The sweet potatoes grown on three thousand acres of land and the leaves grown can feed thousands of pigs.

However, the current conditions are still not good. The key is that the housing of the tenants is so poor that many of them cannot feed the pigs.

Some conditional tenants have begun to carry out appropriate renovations as required.

Qu Qingze went directly to the suburbs.

In the distance, Su Tiancheng saw a few people galloping towards them on horseback. He was still a little surprised. When he saw the leader clearly, he was overjoyed and trotted up to meet him.

After Qu Qingze got off the horse, the two hugged directly.

In fact, they are not very familiar with each other, but the feeling between the two is very good, and there is a taste of congeniality.

"Brother Su, stay safe."

"Brother Qu is a rare visitor, I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Unexpectedly, Brother Su is a scholar, and he knows farm work. I went to visit the mansion, and heard that Brother Su was here, so I hurried over here. I couldn't believe it when I saw Brother Su in the fields."

"Brother Qu is joking. I also learned from the farmers. If the four bodies are not working hard and the five grains are not distinguished, then it will be troublesome."

"This is just to say it in front of me. If the scholars hear it, you have to blame Brother Su."

The two laughed.

"Brother Qu, it's almost noon. If you come here, you can rest easy and eat here. Er Tong, you follow to Niu Er's house and prepare well. At two quarters in the afternoon, I will take brother Qu and his party to have dinner."

Niu Er shivered a little. It is the greatest honor for the young master's distinguished guest to eat at his house. Fortunately, there are still some pieces of meat at home, which are kept all the time.

But Niu Er still thinks too much, Su Pingyang has already made arrangements, and immediately someone went to the nearby market to buy high-quality pork and fresh fish, including a lot of vegetables, Lichang and Jiashou also arranged Several women came to Niu Er's house to help, counting the people who came with the young master and the young master's distinguished guests, a total of three tables had to be prepared.

Su Tiancheng took Qu Qingze around the fields, constantly introducing the situation to Qu Qingze.

"Brother Su, I really didn't expect it. Along the way, I saw a lot of fields, all of which were withered. The situation here is completely different. I heard that these ditches, weir ponds and wells were all built at your request. .”

"I just said that there were disasters last year and the year before the year before. If the water shortage problem cannot be solved, it will be difficult for the fields to produce any harvest. In this way, the Su family will not be able to receive food."

Qu Qingze patted Su Tiancheng's shoulder vigorously.

When introducing the situation, Su Tiancheng didn't hide anything. Qu Qingze became more and more surprised. At the beginning, Su Tiancheng purchased sweet potato seeds from Fuzhou. He couldn't understand it. Only now did he know that they had already made arrangements.

Qu Qingze's expression gradually became more serious. He didn't know why Su Tiancheng had such an idea. The scholars he came into contact with talked and followed the rules, and they never thought of things in the field.

This time he came to Pingyang Fucheng to look for Su Tiancheng, of course he had something to do.

During the meal, Qu Qingze showed boldness. He always used bowls to drink. Unexpectedly, Su Tiancheng didn't care at all, so he followed suit with drinking from bowls. Two of the brothers he brought with him drank almost enough, but Su Tiancheng still didn't drink. matter.

Qu Qingze felt that he could not see through Su Tiancheng more and more.

Dare to raise a knife to kill people, act resolutely and resolutely, drink so boldly, have a surprisingly large capacity for alcohol, be familiar with the things in the farmland, what kind of skills are there, I don't know yet.

Slightly drunk, the two walked forward slowly, and the people following behind consciously distanced themselves.

The content of the two people's conversation is not just idle talk, but also to talk about some key things.

"Brother Su, the provincial examination will be held in August, and I'm waiting for the good news of your title on the gold list."

"Thank you brother for your encouragement, I will definitely try my best."

"I heard that the magistrate specially met Brother Su. It seems that brother Su is really talented in writing, and the magistrate appreciates it."

"Master Zhifu is my mentor. Seeing that the provincial examination is about to take place, he encourages me and asks me to work hard. This is also normal. Brother Qu, don't listen to those rumors outside."

"Hehe, I understand. I don't know what arrangements Brother Su has before the provincial examination."

"There are no other arrangements for the time being. There are a lot of things in March. Sweet potatoes and corn are ready to be planted. The winter wheat is purchased in early April and will be planted soon. Next, I can prepare for the rural examination with peace of mind. The plan is to go to Taiyuan at the end of July. .”

"Oh, Brother Su, isn't he planning to go to a government school or a provincial school?"

"I'm not going to go. I don't want to do things like cramming. When I have time, I should review my homework and prepare myself. I don't believe in studying hard."

"Brother Su's understanding is very good. Have you ever thought about going out to experience it?"

Su Tiancheng's heart skipped a beat. Before the provincial examination, many students traveled together and traveled together. This is actually a process of increasing their knowledge. However, the situation outside has been somewhat chaotic these years, and the scholars are always somewhat sour. Breath, not thinking about contacting farmers, nor thinking about understanding the situation in various places, what comes to mind is always visiting famous teachers, or taking a quick tour to show off one's own knowledge, so that sour talents appear among the people Therefore, this kind of traveling has gradually become despised by people.

Qu Qingze must be unusual when it comes to traveling.

"I also thought about it. From April to July, there are not many things to do in the four months, but now the outside is not very peaceful. It is not easy to go out and travel."

"Brother Su said that this time I came here just to talk to you about traveling. I originally wanted to go out with Brother Su to have a look during this period of time, but Brother Su has something else to do, so four We're going to leave in a month, during this time, I wonder if it's convenient to bother Brother Su."

"Brother Qu, please don't say that. This is something I have troubled you with. The conditions in the mansion are good. There is absolutely no problem in staying here. With Brother Qu by my side, I wish for nothing."

"Hehe, okay, that's it. I'm still thinking about how busy Brother Su is with the field."

After returning to the mansion, Su Tiancheng found out that Qu Qingze had brought ten Mongolian horses with him when he came to Pingyang City this time, in name to express his gratitude for what happened last time.

Ten Mongolian horses are worth a hundred taels of gold, which is not a small sum of money.

Su Tiancheng didn't refuse, he already had a premonition that Qu Qingze's identity was not simple, and the identity of the old man was even more so. All of Qu Qingze's actions must be inextricably linked with the old man.

Here, what is the reason, he is not going to get to the bottom of it, some things must be known, but there are some things, the less you know, the better.

Qu Qingze and his party were arranged to live in the east courtyard with Su Tiancheng.

As for the people who followed Qu Qingze, they were very interested in seeing the Nursing Academy of the Su Mansion, and Qu Qingze also signaled them to participate in the training of the Nursing Academy.

That is to say, from this day on, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze called each other brothers.