farm lady

Chapter 343 Extra Story [-]: The Granary of the World
"My lord Zhang, the imperial court has sent a document. There is a flood in the south. Please transfer [-] catties of grain for disaster relief," an official hurried in, holding the [-]-mile document in his hand and said eagerly.

Zhang Minjun stood up immediately, and asked nervously, "Master Li, how big is the flood, are there any casualties?"

Lord Li said solemnly, "I'm afraid it's not small. Your Majesty has already gone to the scene of the flood, including the empress. Now the flood has flooded Nanping Prefecture, and five counties have been hit. Hundreds of thousands of people have nowhere to hide." .Fortunately, the Empress reminded me to prevent floods last year and strengthened the embankments. Although the floods were severe, the number of casualties should not be many."

Zhang Minjun nodded, pondered for a while, took the document, immediately wrote on it, and handed it to Mr. Li, saying, "Immediately order people to transfer [-] catties of grain from Su Yangzhou and Zhangzhou. I am now leaving for Nanping Prefecture."

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Zhang Minjun is now 23 years old, and he has become the chief executive of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Second Grade, in charge of food and farming all over the world.Since 11 years ago, he has been taking the imperial examinations. After passing the examination of candidates, the examination of Jinshi, and then the palace examination, he finally achieved the greatest fame in his life with the second place in the list.Later, he was sent to the border of Youzhou to guide the people of Youzhou to cultivate the fields as an inspector. He invented the furrow farming method and the young crop cultivation method, which increased the grain production and was deeply loved by the people.

Later, he was sent to more than a dozen states and counties including Daliang Prefecture and Tianshui Prefecture to guide farming, filling the granary with grain from Datang, and the people affectionately called him the farmer.

Today's Zhang Minjun is no longer as delicate and immature as before, and his whole body is calm and calm. Similarly, his maturity is accompanied by the fact that he has never married a wife.Because he still remembers those penetrating eyes and kind heart five years ago.

Five years ago, Xiaojun went to Daliang Prefecture to work. On the way to a farm to investigate the water conservancy situation, he met a mother and daughter.The mother and daughter were attacked by bandits and were penniless, so they prayed along the street.Later, I met a local family and forcibly bought the girl.Naturally, the mother was unwilling, and started arguing with the big family, but unexpectedly angered the big family, and called a dozen strong men to rob him.

How could Xiaojun let this kind of thing happen in Datang, he immediately reprimanded him, and when the big family knew Xiaojun's identity, he was frightened like an eggplant beaten by frost, and apologized again and again.

The girl is very handsome, especially those eyes, which are piercing and radiant, making Xiaojun want to look again after one glance.To his regret, the girl was actually a dumb girl.

Xiaojun ordered someone to give the mother and daughter ten taels of silver, and then left.But I didn't expect the girl to catch up and kowtow to Xiaojun, then drew on the ground and wrote a few words, "Thank you, my lord, little girl Ziyuan"

After the girl finished writing, she helped her mother to leave immediately.Ten days later, Xiaojun heard that there was a mother and daughter raising many orphans outside the city. After describing it, he realized that it was the mother and daughter he met, and he was filled with emotion.Because he was busy, he didn't inquire about the situation of the mother and daughter. When he finished his work, he heard that the mother and daughter had left with the orphans.

After returning home, he regretted it, because those eyes were deeply burned in his heart, and he couldn't get rid of it.Every night in the dead of night, he would think of those eyes, which gave him a moment of peace.Five years had passed, and he had inquired everywhere about the whereabouts of the mother and daughter, but unfortunately there was no news at all, as if the world had evaporated.

Sitting in the car, he waved away his thoughts, looked outside and asked, "How long will it take to reach Nanping Prefecture? Is there any news from the Holy One?"

Jin Si immediately said, "Master, it's still five or six days' journey away. There is a message from the Holy Majesty that [-] people have been evacuated safely, and there may be thousands of people killed. I hope that the food for disaster relief will be transported to Nanping Prefecture as soon as possible." "

Jin Si has been following Xiaojun all the time, and now he is a young man in his 20s. He married a handsome Muzi girl from Fuyuan and lived a very happy life.

Xiaojun closed his eyes and rested his mind. If his sister hadn't visited Nanping Prefecture last year and found that there was a problem with the local water conservancy, more than a thousand people would have died now.Hey, my sister is the most capable, she has seen problems that even the officials of the Ministry of Water Resources have not seen.He naturally didn't know that Yi Xue had studied civil engineering in her previous life, and although she was not proficient in water conservancy, she knew a lot about it.

Six days passed, and finally reached the border of Nanping Prefecture.The official road was already overcrowded, and the people from Nanping Prefecture went to other places to beg for a living.Others did not want to leave their homes and waited for relief from the court.

When the small army arrived in Nanping Prefecture, the court's food was also transported to Nanping Prefecture.

"Xiaojun, you are responsible for arranging the relief food now, and I have to check the condition of the embankment," Xiao Yu said coldly.

Xiaojun said politely, "I obey your orders."

Immediately arrange manpower to distribute all the relief materials and send them to the disaster-stricken locations in Nanping Prefecture.

"Master Zhang, the empress wants to see you," a court lady came over and said to Zhang Minjun.

Xiaojun was overjoyed. To be honest, he hadn't seen his sister for a long time.He has been so busy for more than ten years that he can't even go back to Fuyuan, and it is not easy to see his sister.Only seen it twice this year and no more time.

After tidying up briefly, he followed the maid.A simple tent was supported, and Yi Xue held a ladle and distributed the cooked porridge to the victims.When the victims knew that this was the current empress, the Goddess of Saturn, they were so excited that they almost knelt down.With the empress, the god of agriculture, in charge, the victims felt more at ease.

"Sister", Xiaojun shouted very respectfully.

Yi Xue handed the ladle to the maid beside her, patted her muddy palace attire, and said with a loving smile, "Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Following her sister into the tent, Yi Xue found a random place to sit down and said, "Is the relief food all arranged?"

Xiaojun nodded, "It's all arranged."

Yi Xue was very satisfied, and said, "Is your mother feeling better? I may not be back for a long time."

Xiaojun said embarrassingly, "Sister, I didn't bother to go back. Mother should be okay. There is no one at home. You are not here. I am busy. Xixue married far away to Beiman, so Zhixue is the only one left. Xue that girl, I don’t know where to go to sketch again.”

"Well, when this matter is over, I'll go back to Fuyuan to have a look. You can tell Xixue and Zhixue to come back, we should get together too," Xixue said with a smile.

Xiaojun was even more happy, "Okay, sister, if mother knows, she will be so happy that she won't be able to sleep."

"Well, hurry up and get busy. I should be busy too. There are too many victims here, and the project is huge." Yi Xue stood up again as she spoke, and said suddenly, "You are not young anymore, it's time to start a family."

"I see," Xiaojun murmured.

After going out, he saw his sister getting busy, so he contacted local officials and went to another county to check the relief situation.There were more and more victims along the way, and they all crowded towards the county seat, hoping to get something to eat.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a petite figure waiting by the side of the road with a group of half-grown children.There were dozens of children there, and the children were very quiet, without any panic caused by the disaster.

Xiaojun suddenly became excited, and his heart felt like a tide was surging, washing away his thoughts over and over again.That figure has grown up now, smiling at the children with her warm face, gesticulating with her hands.None of those children were naughty, they all nodded their heads very obediently, like a dearest big sister.

Xiaojun felt that his legs were suddenly heavy, and wanted to walk forward, but he couldn't.He took a deep breath and walked slowly.

A trace of panic appeared on the faces of the children when they saw Xiaojun walking over.The children had never seen an adult wearing official clothes smile at them, and they didn't know what to do for a while, a child tugged at the girl's sleeve.The girl turned her head and saw Xiaojun.

Her eyes lit up, she showed a charming smile, and then she led the children to bow down to Xiaojun.

Xiaojun hurriedly stopped him, and saw that those eyes were still so bright, without any impurities, just like the stars in the sky, which made people fascinated.This time he couldn't let it go anymore. He took a deep breath and said, "I want to take care of you for the rest of my life. I don't have a wife and concubine. I am willing to raise these children. Are you willing?"

Apparently, the girl was so frightened and blushed that she had never encountered a time when she was confessed by her expression.

Several children immediately understood the meaning, and a bold child asked, "Uncle, who are you? Are you willing to marry your sister? If you are willing, we will not follow you, just let my sister marry someone up"

The simple words moved Xiaojun, what a good boy.

The girl hurriedly shook her head and stretched out her hands to protect these children, which meant clearly that I couldn't do without them.The application of reluctance appeared on her face, and Xiaojun saw her kindness again.He knelt down and said to the child, "Don't be nervous, I'm Zhang Minjun from Fuyuan, you should have heard it, we have many children there, you won't go hungry"

Several older children shouted excitedly, "You are Uncle Nong, Uncle Nong".

Xiaojun smiled and nodded, "It's me."

Several children immediately took the girl's hand and said, "Sister, promise him, promise him"

The girl also knew Xiaojun's identity at this time.Fuyuan, the place that everyone in the world yearned for at that time, was dedicated to sheltering homeless children. She didn't know about it.The year before last, my mother asked her to take the children to Fuyuan to seek a living.But she thought, Fuyuan had already done enough, and she couldn't cause Fuyuan any more trouble, so she had to lead the children to live by herself.

The girl blushed, seeing Xiaojun's fiery eyes, she nodded slowly.

A year later, Xiaojun got married, and Fuyuan had a virtuous daughter-in-law. Although she was dumb, no one dared to look down on her. She was the only woman who raised more than 30 children for five years and deserved everyone's respect.

Mrs. Zhang smiled from ear to ear. No matter what, Xiaojun got married. Although the daughter-in-law has some flaws, it doesn't hinder Mrs. Zhang's good mood.In her heart, as long as her character is good, why bother?

(End of this chapter)