Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 142
The residents of Baiyun Lake Peninsula have long been used to the horses coming in and out, but the number of people who came today is a bit large, including some guards, there are a hundred people.

Therefore, they succeeded in scaring away the wild ducks that gathered around the duck cage to eat, and Ah Yue, who had worked hard all morning, pouted and lost her temper. A few wild duck eggs arrived, and they were placed in the duck shed built by Sun Xiangfu to attract the wild ducks.

"Ah Yue, hurry up and ask your brothers and sisters to bring some chilled melons and fruits, I want to entertain the guests."

Sun Xiangfu greeted, and Ah Yue reluctantly carried a basket full of rice to the residential area to call for someone. Since Sun Xiangfu taught everyone to make ice with saltpeter, everyone would make ice when eating fruit, which would prevent people from getting sick. fire.

Sun Xiangfu has never been in the habit of being served by others. He just sometimes uses Ah Yue who loves to cling to him. However, such a big scene like today obviously requires the residents of the peninsula to deal with it together.

Sun Xiangfu's house in the peninsula is not big, and it doesn't even have a wall. Walking up the stairs of more than one meter, there is a hall of more than [-] square meters. The same is true for the walls. He knows how torturous the south wind in Lingnan is. The house cannot be built next to the ground. The floors and walls must be made of wood that is not easy to get wet, otherwise the south wind will It turned out that the house was full of water seepage, and it was so humid that it was impossible to stay there.

All rosewood furniture and agarwood decorations added a heavy atmosphere to the room. Wei Shuxie and Li Gongyan fell in love with this house just by smelling the smell of agarwood in the living room.

"You kid is too extravagant! The whole house is made of golden nanmu, how much does it cost?" Li Gongyan, who was more simple, looked inside and outside the house.

"You don't know that. In Lingnan, this Jinsinnan is not as expensive as Chang'an. Besides, I picked it up off the shelf."

Sun Xiangfu triumphantly told the big guys about the second trip to Cochin with the Happiness. It turns out that this kind of nanmu is used to build houses in any small tribe in Cochin. It will rot, Xi Jun bought only a few bolts of silk, and exchanged a boatload of good wood, and brought it back to help Sun Xiangfu build this house with five or six houses, and this set is mainly made of golden nanmu, agarwood In the house supplemented by wooden ornaments, as long as the lights are not lit at night, no mosquitoes are willing to come.

"Scarcity is the most valuable thing. These nanmu trees in Sichuan and Lingnan are indeed just ordinary wood, but I am surprised. Seeing your farm, I feel that this land in Lingnan seems to be no worse than Guanzhong!" Li Gongyan After listening to Sun Xiangfu's narration, he said again.

"That's because you haven't been to Xingfu Village. This peninsula is still under construction! In the future, it will also look like Xingfu Village."

When it comes to this crop, Sun Xiangfu feels a little homesick. It will only be a few months after this, and the second season of crops in Xingfu Village should be planted under the auspices of Brother Sun Dali!
After the residents on the island knew that Feng An was here, the whole atmosphere became lively. Each family brought lychees, carambola, mangoes, bananas and other fruits that they had picked in the morning, and placed a large pile of them in Sun Xiangfu's hall. At this time, the canteen where the group ate was also smoked. After everyone ate some fruits and rested for a while, Sun Xiangfu led everyone to the direction of the rice field.

In fact, before, everyone saw the rice fields on the other side of the lake from a distance, which were green and neatly grown, but when they got closer and smelled the fragrance of rice flowers blowing towards their faces, everyone felt this. What is extraordinary about the paddy fields.

"This rice, the old man has seen it in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is not as strong as the rice here. Now it has begun to produce ears. When will the rice mature?"

Wei Shuxie's mind is now full of salt making, and he just glanced at the rice fields casually when he followed, but Li Gongyan pointed to the rice fields and asked.

"There are at most [-] more days before the rice will mature. By then, the yield can be calculated by mu. I dare not say that in other places. The experimental field planted next, the yield of eight stones per mu is not a problem. "

Every time others mentioned the words "eight stones per mu yield" before, Li Gongyan would show an expression of disbelief. However, this time when he saw the densely packed small ears of rice in the rice field, he put away his doubts, and instead looked forward to it. color.

Feng An was even more delighted to see the rice. If there is no shortage of food in Lingnan, he will be more confident in completing the plan conceived last night.

"Sun Xiamu, I don't know when I can plant a few rice fields like this in Chunzhou!"

Among Feng An's sons, Feng Zhidai is the most politically talented person. Before that, he led troops to suppress the rebellion, but he did not participate in the planting of Champa rice. Now that he saw the densely packed rice seedlings, he would I remembered my own rule.

"Hehe, with these rice seeds here, why don't you worry that rice fields can't be everywhere in Lingnan? Today, I invite you to come here to gather, and I want to tell you how to grow this new rice seed..."

In about half an hour, Sun Xiangfu explained to everyone a series of planting methods of Champa rice, from breeding, plowing, fertilizing, sowing, pollination, etc. Among them, those who pay attention to this matter will naturally listen carefully Remember, those who don’t pay much attention to this matter just listened to the general idea, but they all know that the rice of the new rice will be distributed to the Lingnan prefectures in a maximum of [-] days. You can organize people to plant another batch. After October, when the weather is slightly cold, you can harvest it once.

And the food obtained from the two seasons of planting this year alone can make the people in Lingnan land can't finish eating, because Lingnan has a small population!

Therefore, what they should discuss now is how to implement Feng An's plan to transform Lingnan from a backward tribal division into a unified government management. After all, people who are full of food are the best to manage.

After planting this season of Champa rice, Sun Xiangfu should return to Chang'an. How to manage Lingnan in the future depends on the Feng family and his son. Only when the fleet grows, can a large number of goods be shipped. Sun Xiangfu's idea of ​​Yazhou can only be implemented after the fleet is established, and it cannot be put into action in the short term.

The residents of the peninsula are very particular about their lunch. All the food must be cooked thoroughly. The shrimp and crab porridge cooked in a large casserole is the staple food at noon today. .

In terms of dishes, there is a fish stew cooked with all kinds of fresh vegetables and more than ten catties of large fish. Although it does not look light with too much seasoning, it feels fresh after eating. There is also a big wild boar hunted by farmers. It was cut into small pieces, put soybeans on the bottom, added radish and bitter gourd, and the aroma of cooking in a crock pot over high heat was overflowing. Before it was served, everyone's noses were twitching.

The few dishes that Sun Xiangfu taught the cooks have already greatly stimulated the desire of the mountain people to hunt. Recently, Xi Junmai and the guards also went to the mountains several times. But there are also a lot of prey. A big bear that stands taller than an adult is an outstanding harvest of the guards. The fur has too many holes shot by crossbow arrows and is useless. Grilling on the iron grill, the smell of oil stains can be smelled all over the peninsula. Ah Yue is like many children, standing by the oven with bowls and chopsticks, looking at the pieces of meat on the iron grill, drooling, they know According to Sun Xiangfu's rules, if the food is not fully cooked, it is not allowed to eat.

"This rice is only about twenty days away from maturity. I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy this delicious food here every day." Li Gongyan said a word, and everyone knew the travel arrangements of the two imperial envoys. Divide into two routes, visit the Lingnan states, and finally, return to Guangzhou to check the harvest data in Sun Xiangfu's experimental field, and return to Chang'an with the data and some of the grain produced.

"Will Zhengming return to Chang'an with the two of you?" Feng An looked at Sun Xiangfu with some reluctance and asked.

"That's right! I've been away from home for several months. After harvesting the rice, I should go back."

"The old man is a bit reluctant! I ask His Majesty to keep you as an official in Guangzhou and not to approve it. Does His Majesty want to keep you by your side as a retainer for the rest of your life?"

"Hehe, Duke Yue doesn't know something. If this new rice seed can really produce eight stones per mu, and the merits of righteousness are enough to confer a title, his retainer should be regarded as the leader." Wei Shuxie heard the words He answered with a smile.

The existence of crops like Bashi Valley per mu is of great significance to the Tang Dynasty. Even if Sun Xiangfu held the title of Li Shimin's retainer before, with this achievement, if Li Shimin does not award a title that can be passed down from generation to generation, everyone in the world will He was called ungrateful and ungrateful, so once he and Li Gongyan confirmed that the eight-stone valley per mu was true, it was inevitable that Sun Xiangfu would become a knight and leave the realm of the emperor's retainers.

However, Sun Xiangfu himself frowned when he heard the words. In fact, he didn't think a title was meaningful, especially when Li Tang was founded, in order to win the hearts of the people, he deprived many privileges of the powerful. Well, if a person with a title kills a civilian, he only needs to be fined with copper to make atonement, but in Datang, your title can be dismissed in a matter of minutes, and even your head can be chopped off.

Not only that, people with titles in the Tang Dynasty are counted as courtiers, their salaries are paid by the court, and the management is of course the same as that of courtiers. Therefore, once a title is granted, the business under his name cannot be continued by himself. Like Qin Qiong and the others, be a shareholder behind the scenes.

It may not be a good thing for Sun Xiangfu who wants to hide under the emperor's wings and make a fortune and grow himself.You must know that during the Taizong period, the officials were in charge of Qingming, and it was not so easy to play around the edges.

Of course, since Sun Xiangfu can't control things like whether to be a knight or not, he doesn't need to think about it. He usually doesn't worry about things that he can't control. A year ago, he was just a person who could be crushed to death It’s just a small farmer, how could the situation be worse than it was then?In the worst case, just give up all the business, and just hide in your fief and farm to get rich with peace of mind.

After figuring this out, Sun Xiangfu no longer struggled, and enthusiastically advised everyone to eat and drink, and chatted with Feng An's other sons. If he was asked to choose a place as his fief, he would be more willing to use this fief In Lingnan, far away from the emperor.

　It is the first time to receive such affirmation. I feel very honored. I am very grateful to Lan Xingde for the great reward, and Que Zhongyue for the reward, thank you!Thanks!In addition, ask for a monthly pass!It's been almost half a month since it was put on the shelves, and the monthly pass has not yet exceeded [-]. Please give me some pointers, thank you, thank you!

　　
　
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