Fields of Gold

In a small teahouse in a corner of the city...

“Have you heard? A pair of fishing village fathers and daughters were summoned by the Emperor because they planted a good field and sealed the official!” Speaking is a strong man, about four quarters of the year, dressed in coarse clothes, with yellow mud on his feet and a beard.

“What, you can be an officer when you've planted a field? Don't take the big guy for a fool! Who doesn't know, in order to be an official, the first thing you have to do is read a dozen loads of cold windows, and take the first level exam. In the most chaotic of times, you also have to take a lot of silver money to donate an uninvited official.” This one looks like a talented, shampooing long shirt with white hair, thin body, full of frost, looking at the crop man, full of despicable divinity.

“You're new in the field, right? It's all over the capital. Who hasn't heard of it? It is said that the rest of the family did indeed produce five or six hundred kilograms of winter wheat, more than double that of ordinary wheat! If I could grow this kind of production, I would not eat white noodles every day, eating meat three times apart...” The crop man with yellow mud on his feet looked forward to it. It's only natural to be an official or something, too far away from him, to fill your stomach and let your mothers and children eat smoothly.

“Brother Zhang, my brother-in-law's second aunt's cousin, works at the Yamen. I heard that the court would sell some high-yielding grain seeds at an affordable price, like wheat seeds purchased from the rest of the house, and what kind of rice could be harvested for over a thousand pounds last year. I asked my brother-in-law's relatives to help me find out. As soon as the news got out, we came in line to buy..."

At this age, he was younger than the crop man, had dark skin, had fine wrinkles in the corners of his eyes, had several patches on his clothes, his pants and feet rolled up tall, one leg stepped on the bench, spoke like thunder, and had a surprisingly large voice.

Yu Xiu sneered sarcastically and shook his head with disdain. “What's so good about this, it's your turn to muddy legs? High-producing seeds. Who doesn't want them? Once the seeds are pulled down, they'll give it to you! ”

The young man with the patch on his clothes glanced at him and was somewhat anxious to see Zhang Dahan. "Don't worry, Brother Zhang, my brother-in-law's relatives said, the Emperor has sent Yangxian Wang to oversee the seeds. You've all heard of the Yangshen King? Which of the royal relatives, the prince of the high minister's family, did not see him go around? The chief officer in the court did not dare to offend him easily. Ariyangshire King sits in town, and those who are officials dare not do it easily. Our village is not far from the capital. If you get the news, you can definitely get some. ”

Zhang Zheng Dahan was relieved when he heard the words. "If that's the case, our good days will soon come! And not to mention the seeds that can produce more than a thousand kilograms of grain, the seeds of the remaining winter wheat, can be planted on a few acres, our days will not be sad. If we can have a warm day eating well, I will support the rest of the father and daughter ”

“Bullshit! You can be an officer if you grow a good field? Where does that put the reader? What an insult to Sven!! Is Zhang San a good pig breeder, Li Si has a great cattle breeder, can he be a mixed official?” Yan Xiu only wanted to read his cold window for fifteen years, only to win a show talent. It's not fair!

Zhang Dahan couldn't get used to his face for a long time. He couldn't help but spray: “I can't read more books for the benefit of the people, and being an official is also for nothing! As the Emperor has said, the people are the foundation of the country, and the people can only live in peace if they are fed and warmed up! Can pig cattle feed the people or can they wear warmth? This is what Yu's father and daughter did, and his officials exchanged for it. You don't look too good! ”

Yan Xiu put his mouth aside, different ways do not conspire with each other, and reason with these large people who do not know a few words, he is also idle! He held up a large tea bowl, drank bitter tea, despised himself and stopped talking.

The young man wearing the patch clothes opened his mouth again: “It is said that the young lady from the rest of the family, only twelve or three years old, was sealed off as a six-grade officer, working in the household. I've only heard of women as officials in theatre. This is the first time in both the previous and the present days! ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but beat the table and drank loudly: “Chicken Chestnut, I have a system of loss!! A 12- or 3-year-old girl. Can you turn over or pull a plow? Still sealing six pints?? Damn it!! ”

“Are you questioning the emperor's wise decision?” The young man was too sour to talk about this, and he was very uncomfortable with the sour show. He hummed, "My brother-in-law's relatives said, the rest of the girl is young but clever. Master Sangshu of the household, she is highly regarded. Last year, what kind of rice was able to have a high yield of more than a thousand kilograms, just because we connected the rest of the girls and helped breed them, we were able to produce such a good yield! There are more winter wheat plants, also because of her potion, production is actually much higher than in the Imperial estate! ”

The young man took a breath of rest and continued: "Besides, after the emperor came to the throne, three times and five times he proposed to improve the status of women. Now women don't have to wear veils on the streets, everywhere. More and more women come out to do business. The Kang girl, the embroidery shop she runs, and the queen's wife in the palace let her make clothes. What's so strange about the rest of the girls being sealed off? ”

Zhang Zhenzi smiled. "If you can sell me a few acres of high-yielding grain seeds, don't say that Six Grade Officers are even higher officials, I won't object to pressing! Brother, you said that there must have been a lot of seeds left in the rest of the father's and daughter's house. You have a wide door, can you...”

The young man glanced at him and said: "The rest of the fathers and daughters are from Tang Gu, not from our capital. My brother-in-law's relatives are too wide to reach Tang Gu! However, I heard implicitly that nearly 1,000 acres of land in the rest of the family had only delivered 800 acres of production, and that more than 100 acres of other real estate food had been sold at a high price, except for what was left to grow in the coming year. Five times more than the market price! You want to buy it? ”

“What, five times? Didn't you say 50 words for a pound of seed? One acre of seeds, one taels of silver? Isn't it too expensive?” Zhang Dahan stumbled on his tongue and immediately beat the drum out of the house. We need five taels of silver just for the seeds. He can't even sell iron by smashing pots!

The young man shook his head and laughed: “Brother Zhang, I'm talking about Tang Gu's price. The rest of the houses are sold by gentlemen and wealthy merchants. They don't lack that kind of silver. Seeing the high price of seeds, did you ever think that 600 kilos per acre of land could be sold at the normal price of grain, and you could still earn three taels of silver per acre of land? Who do you think the rich businessmen are foolish enough to sell at a loss? ”

“But... who in our village can put up a few taels of silver to buy seeds? Well, it looks like it's not our turn!” Zhang Zheng sighed with some dismay.

“'Brother Zhang doesn't know anything,' said the young man. The Emperor loves his people like a son. He will certainly not make money for our poor people. I heard that the seeds of high-yielding food are sold to the outside world at the price of the market grain. What kind of rice seed in the Imperial Estate has begun to be sown, if it is sold outside, it will only be a few days! ”

“Is that a thousand pounds of food you're talking about reliable?” Zhang is a little hesitant.

“How can it be unreliable? I heard the Emperor ordered King Yangshen to find it back in the West. So what... Oh! I remember, call it corn!! Corn ground noodles, finely sieved, made of buns, golden and golden, fragrant, don't mention how delicious it is!” Young people show their insights and reveal their intentions.

Yan Xiu just punched him back in the original form: “It sounds like you've eaten it! Things are rare and expensive, production is so high, the price will certainly not be expensive in the future. Besides, most people don't know this corn. Who dares to buy it? Don't plant it then, but you can't sell it. Go out with seeds, fertilizer and kung fu! ”

“You shut the crow mouth!! If you don't speak no one will treat you as a mute!! My brother-in-law's relatives said that his boss had had the privilege of eating once at a friend's house, sprayed with corn noodle cake scent, with a sweet taste, the more he chewed it in his mouth, the more it smelled!

Brother Zhang, think about it, if a kilo of land sells only coarse grain, that's three or four taels of silver income! Anyway, our three-acre plot is going to take out an acre to try the corn. If you can't sell it, you'll be out of food for the next year!

I heard that corn leaves and straw can be fed to pigs and livestock. Next year our family will catch two more pigs, not afraid to feed them without feed!! Think about it all together... ”The young man said with both eyes straight, as if a good day was about to come.

Zhang Zhang was hesitant for a moment. He patted the table and bit his teeth: “Since my brother said so, I also made two acres of seeds to go back. After all, it's food. If you can't sell it, you can eat it yourself! Two acres less said to have more than 2,000 kg of food, our family is small and old, at least we won't have to starve for the next year! ”

Young people nodded with approval. Yan Xiu was still thinking about Yu's seal. In a slightly dissatisfied tone, he said: "A little girl's film was sealed off by six taste officers. What about her father? It can't be Master Sanpin, can it? ”

If you can't read a big word, you can only plant mud legs. Because you grow super-productive food, you can mix it up into the ranks of the three ranks, and the other officials in the middle can do it?

Unexpectedly, the young man smiled. "Interesting! This young girl won the position of six pints agricultural officer in the household, while her father sealed only seven pints of sesame seeds. She is said to still serve in Tang Gu, specializing in the fields on the Yangxian Wang sealed land..."