Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 302 Merit Together

On the other side, a village chief was invited here to sign a guarantee letter, on which the story of the cow's death was roughly written. A huge rock suddenly fell from the sky, and the cow fell in response to the sound. The head of the household, Liu San, was overwhelmed with grief. At this point, it is too late to mend the dead sheep, and now he is allowed to slaughter the dead cattle. Baochang Chen Wushi, Jiachang and Wu Er, an old official from Shuntian Mansion, gathered together and put them in charge.

  Wu Er glanced at Chen Wushi, his eyes didn't move, his lips trembled slightly: "Smile... smile more happily. Don't make people unhappy, otherwise we won't be any better than this cow."

  Chen Wushi squeezed out a smile.

  Wu Ercai was a little more satisfied, and then took the document, and cautiously went to Fang Jifan's side: "Uncle Xinjian, look, the cattle slaughter book has been prepared."

  Fang Jifan took it, glanced at it hastily, and said: "There is no doubt, you know, I am afraid of doing things that violate the law and discipline."

"Absolutely not." Wu Er patted his chest and said: "The small one can be guaranteed with a human head. Hey, this cow has bad luck. The original intention of the imperial court to ban the slaughter of cows is to promote agriculture, but this cow is dead. , died of an unreasonable disaster, and it was not man-made. Isn't this slaughter a matter of course? After the slaughter of cattle is completed, it is acting in accordance with the law, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."

  Fang Jifan felt relieved, and collected the documents for slaughtering the cow: "I'm tired, do you want to drink some water before leaving?"

   "No, no, villain... villain still has important things to do..."

  Fang Jifan nodded and let him go.

  Here the cattle and sheep are slaughtered, and on the other side, the firecrackers are also ready.

  Actually, Fang Jifan was very worried. He had no idea how much he could harvest from the densely planted potatoes.

  However...if the harvest is really low, I have no choice but to continue breeding. Anyway, there is Zhang Xin.

  In the distance, there was the sound of babbling reading in the school. Fang Jifan didn't want to stay here with Zhu Houzhao, who was a halazi, and wanted to go out with an excuse.

  Zhu Houzhao heard it, but he also chased after him.

  At this moment, I saw a flying horse approaching, and the person on the horse shouted: "Where is Uncle Xinjian?"

  This person is the imperial guard, and when he found Fang Jifan, he hurriedly said: "The holy driver is here, ready to pick him up."

  Zhu Houzhao heard it, and the halazi disappeared immediately. He was so frightened that he shuddered suddenly, and became a little confused: "What should we do? Should we bury the cow and destroy the corpse?"

  Fang Jifan calmed down, took out the "Book of Cow Slaughter", and said without changing his face: "What are you afraid of, we have obtained the certificate."

  Zhu Houzhao felt a little more at ease, paused, but couldn't help saying: "I've done it, and my father won't believe it."

  Fang Jifan didn't have time to comfort Zhu Houzhao anymore. The Emperor Hongzhi obviously came in a hurry, and a group of people came quickly.

  Fang Jifan had no choice but to pat Zhu Houzhao on the shoulder, and then walked quickly with Zhu Houzhao to meet him.

Emperor Hongzhi came here and looked around. This is his second visit to Xishan. The last time was more than half a year ago. After half a year, this place seems to be much more lively and prosperous, and many new houses have sprung up. , the original thatched houses are also less, especially the school, which occupies a huge area with blue bricks and red tiles. It seems that a new workshop has been opened near the foot of the mountain, and it is still a big chimney.

  Hundred households became a thousand households, and the scale increased greatly. It seems that this thousand households had been planned long ago, and many houses were newly built and the foundation was laid.

The warm sheds are one by one, and there is no end in sight. Even the road on the ground has begun to be paved with gravel. It has not snowed today, but the gravel exposed by the snow can still see the traces of the roadbed. .

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at this place with a smile on his face. He felt a sense of familiarity, but felt unfamiliar. He tried hard to find the way to Wang Sanjia, but unfortunately...he couldn't find it anymore.

   But... He's clearly here for 'business'.

  Liu Jian has also been here, and he is not interested in other things here, but he is a little worried about meeting his son Liu Jie here. If he bumps into him, how can he lie?

   After all, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian have both met him.

Beijing Central and Xishan are not too far away, but there is still a distance. All the officials are a bit tired. Since His Majesty intends to come in a sedan chair, the others are naturally not qualified to sit in a sedan chair. They simply came here on foot. But it took more than an hour to walk.

   Before Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao saluted, Emperor Hongzhi went directly to the topic with a sullen face, and said, "Where are the potatoes? Where are the potatoes?"

  Zhu Houzhao was so scared that he said pitifully: "Father, in the greenhouse..."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at the contiguous greenhouses: "Of course I know it's in the greenhouses, so you can just say it, where are the potatoes?"

  Fang Jifan said: "We have to wait for the auspicious time..."

   "I know, the auspicious time, is there still half an hour?" Emperor Hongzhi seemed to know better than Fang Jifan.

   But at this time, Fang Jifan glanced at the ministers who followed the emperor, and saw Liu Jian and others looking forward to it.

   It seems that they are no different from those who slurp at the beef.

   Sure enough... Minister, that's all.

  Fang Jifan thought in his heart, but then he thought about it, this is not right, people have high-level needs, and Zhu Houzhao’s low-level needs are just low-level needs, and the grades here are completely different.

  One is to help the world, and the other is to satisfy the desire of the mouth and stomach, and judge between superiors and inferiors.

  Fortunately, I also belong to high-level needs, and people who have the world in their hearts are always easy to cherish each other.

  Fang Jifan led Emperor Hongzhi and his party to the warm shed, but Zhang Xin waited anxiously outside the warm shed.

  Emperor Hongzhi did not enter the greenhouse, but sniffed and said, "Just now...does it smell like meat?"

   "Yes." Liu Jian said with a smile: "Old minister, I also smelled it. The fragrance is tangy, but it aroused the old minister's appetite."

  Zhu Houzhao was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.

  Fang Jifan said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, this is not the most important thing. Compared with potatoes, the smell of meat is just for appetite, and the other is something to save the common people. It is not the same."

  Finally, the topic was brought back.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, "Save the common people? With these potatoes? How many times can these potatoes be cooked in a year?"

   "In general, you can be familiar with each other." Fang Jifan replied.

  Double cooked...

  Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up.

   "Besides, this thing can be used as staple food." Fang Jifan said.

  Emperor Hongzhi heaved a long sigh of relief after getting Fang Jifan's confirmation, he was really afraid that Xiao Jing's report would be wrong.

  Recently, Xiao Jing became more and more careless. Dongchang made frequent mistakes, and Emperor Hongzhi didn't know what to do.

  Emperor Hongzhi said casually: "Since it can be used as staple food, how much is the yield per mu?"

  Actually, since he has a super per-acre yield of sweet potatoes, he doesn't expect much from this staple food.

  Fang Jifan said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, my minister...haven't you started to collect it yet? After a while, it will be clear."

  Although Fang Jifan knows that the yield of potatoes per mu is super high, it does not mean how much the first generation of densely planted potatoes born in the Hongzhi Dynasty has.

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head, thinking to himself, since it is the staple food, if there are three or five stones, it is considered a great achievement.

  Emperor Hongzhi obviously thought of many questions before coming here, so he looked at Fang Jifan again and said, "What else is special about this thing?"

   "There is one thing." Fang Jifan took a deep look at Emperor Hongzhi, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this thing is most suitable for planting outside the customs, whether it is in the desert or in Liaodong..."

   "What?" Emperor Hongzhi blushed...red.

  Liu Jian straightened his eyes and couldn't help but said, "Say it again?"

  The other ministers who came with them also found it incredible. You look at me, and I look at you.

  Fang Jifan... is he reliable?

  Fang Jifan said word by word: "This thing is most suitable for planting in the desert and Liaodong!"

  Emperor Hongzhi almost fainted: "The environment outside the pass is so harsh... Liaodong is fine, this desert..."

Fang Jifan spread his hands and said: "I don't know, anyway, the result of the trial planting is like this. Here in Xishan, the Tuntian Weihui will collect soil from all over the world, some from Liaodong, some from the desert, and some from Jiangnan. And in Huaibei, as well as near Gyeonggi, the soil from all over the place was collected. As a result...according to Feng Chengbo's trial planting, the soil in the desert can not only keep potatoes alive, but also grow well, and the soil in Liaodong is even better. As for For the growing environment, Uncle Fengcheng also invented some methods, that is, different greenhouses use different ground temperatures. The final result is that the potatoes are hardy and can be planted in the desert and Liaodong in spring, autumn and summer. "

  Fang Jifan mentioned Uncle Fengcheng many times in a row.

  No one can take away your credit, but a good brother, you have to show loyalty.

  Usually, I can beat Zhang Xin, kick him into the field, yell at him, and tell him to leave at will, but at critical moments, I still have to show my demeanor.

How many people in the Xishan Tuntian Thousand Households are willing to do their best to buy energy, so many honorable children and sons of good families, why do they follow Fang Jifan's buttocks, and Fang Jifan tells them to go east, so they go east, let them go east Dig a hole, and they dig a hole.

  Why?

   It's not that Fang Qianhu has a bad temper, but Fang Qianhu is honest and willing to lead everyone to make meritorious deeds.

  Everyone worked hard together to produce results, and they were not afraid that others would take credit for their achievements.

  These honorable children are mostly the second sons or **** in the family. Although they come from good backgrounds, they are born unable to inherit the family business.

  Fang Jifan has figured out their temperament, so he naturally knows how to deal with them.

  After all, I am a person who is determined to do great things, and I am not the kind of lazy waste.

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