Several ministers in charge of the bodyguard felt a little baffled.
During the siege of Mulan Paddock before, when the guards were not alone for a day, they always used colored flags as units.
But when they thought about the tenth, thirteenth, and fourteenth elder brothers who came with them, they knew it.
They should let the three little princes hold the flag and coax the children to play.
If the Three Flags vest is used, the momentum will be greater, and the Nanyuan Paddock is not that big.
Only the guards of the Three Banners were used, only a few hundred people in total, which was suitable for a small-scale hunting.
They didn't know that Kangxi had already planned to sort out the guard department.
But this was related to the interests of the three ministers leading the bodyguard, so he kept it secret.
He has already ordered Seventh Brother to withdraw his troops, keep an eye on tomorrow's march, and make assessments based on everyone's riding and shooting results.
Kangxi told them about the arrangement, but showed no intention of explaining. He waved his hand to signal them to go down.
Liang Jiugong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Sibeile is outside asking for an audience."
Kangxi was a little surprised. It was already noon, and it was meal time.
He nodded and said, "Pass it on!"
When Liang Jiugong went out, Brother Si was talking to Fushan: "Master Fu, the guards are here, they are outside."
Fu Shan's face showed a bit of embarrassment, and he nodded and said: "Then let me go over and take a look."
It was not Fushan's original intention for his younger son to withdraw from the guard service.
He didn't take it to heart when his old wife and his eldest daughter-in-law had some issues with each other. He also had a rough plan in mind for his eldest grandson's future, which was to make up for Luan Yiwei first.
A few years later, when Erhe's seniority was up, he was promoted to first-class bodyguard and supplementary deputy commander, and his eldest grandson was transferred to the bodyguard department.
He didn't expect his younger son and daughter-in-law to have such ideas. After listening to the eldest sister-in-law's harsh words, he immediately retreated and found a place to go.
These days, father and son are also having a cold war.
Even the relationship between the old couple was not happy. The old wife said that he thought about it later, but since he had arrangements, he didn't know to tell them in advance.
Fushan was actually a little disappointed with his eldest daughter-in-law, so he deliberately withheld the letter and wanted to see what his eldest grandson was doing.
If he was really instigated by Enie and couldn't tolerate his uncle, then he wouldn't trust the family inheritance to the eldest brother.
A strange combination of circumstances.
has become the current situation.
When Brother Si and Liang Jiugong entered the house, Fushan went out and met his son.
When Erhe saw him coming out, he said cautiously: "Amma."
The entrance to the palace was not the place to talk, so Fushan said with a straight face: "Do your job well, and don't go too fast when you ride back to the city!"
Erhe responded respectfully.
Fu Shancai left with a straight face.
Wood.
In the palace, Kangxi had already read through all the letters from Brother Jiu, and he felt a little excited when he saw the huge harvest on it.
But when he saw the "half-point of land", he calmed down again, and instead landed on the last page, where the Ming Emperor's Village planted fifteen stones.
Not only is the greenhouse at Ninth Brother's house cultivated intensively, it also has sufficient water, which is something that ordinary land outside can't guarantee.
However, even if it was only half of what was in the greenhouse and the output was the same as that of the previous imperial village, the output would still be astonishing.
He became sulky and pointed at this item: "What does a local official do? He didn't pay attention to this item?"
The high-yielding crops that existed in the previous dynasty have not been popularized for so many years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The fourth elder brother is more concerned about people's livelihood. Since he told the ninth elder brother's house about taking over the trial planting in early November, he asked people to investigate and inquire about it, and he really knew about it.
He said: "My son checked Wanping County Chronicles and Daxing County Chronicles and found several records. At the end of the previous dynasty, a county official wanted to promote potatoes. The harvest was quite good in the first year, but not even 30% of it was harvested in the second year. Potatoes consume the soil and have to be kept up with fertilizers. They cannot be cultivated continuously. The harvested potatoes should be stored improperly. They turn green and sprout. They become toxic and poisoned a family of two people. It caused trouble in Shuntian Mansion. In the end, it was promoted. It’s settled...”
Kangxi couldn't help frowning after hearing this, and said, "If it can't be preserved, how can we replace the food?"
If it cannot replace food and is only used as a vegetable, there is no need to promote it.
Fourth elder brother said: "My son also asked ninth elder brother about this. Ninth elder brother had a plan before he tried planting. One is to use it to make cornstarch, and it can also be used to make vermicelli and vermicelli."
Kangxi listened and said: "Then we have to see how much cornstarch and vermicelli can be produced from one hundred pounds of potatoes, and then we can see the need for promotion."
Cornstarch, vermicelli, and vermicelli are all ingredients now available in the Imperial Kitchen.
It's just that most of them are made of mung beans, which are very easy to preserve and can indeed fill your stomach.
If potatoes can also be used to make cornstarch, vermicelli, and vermicelli, then there is no need to worry about the storage condition.
If it can reach one pound out of ten pounds, that would be great.
Nowadays, millet and wheat are the most grown in the suburbs of Beijing. The top-grade fields only cost two dan. In terms of net grain, the amount is less than one and a half dan.
Middle fields and lower fields have less harvest.
In contrast, this potato promotion has something to do.
Si Age said: "It takes three and a half months from planting to harvesting potatoes. You can rotate them with other crops, so you can have two harvests a year."
Kangxi shook his head and said: "On paper, since you found that potatoes consume soil, then they should not be planted in rotation with crops, unless there is suitable fertilizer to fertilize the land..."
Speaking of this, he remembered that Si Age was going to try planting seeds next spring, and he mused: "Choose a dry field in Huangzhuang near Changchun Garden to plant corn and potatoes. After the corn is harvested, we can try planting potatoes again. "
Brother Si took note of it carefully.
Kangxi thought of corn and said, "Why did you only mention potatoes and corn?"
He has personally been to the greenhouse. There is twice as much space for growing corn as there is for potatoes, so there should be a separate plot of land.
Although it doesn't taste good, it can be regarded as serious food without processing.
The fourth elder brother said: "My son doesn't know either, but the ninth elder brother sent his guard Erhe to deliver the message. My son asked Khan Ama to ask questions and asked him to wait outside."
Kangxi was really curious about Erhe.
Since it was the bodyguard that Brother Nine wanted to mention, Kangxi asked Zhao Chang to inquire about it.
Even if he is the son of a confidant and veteran minister, he still has to look at his character and behavior to avoid leading the ninth elder brother astray.
As a result, he discovered his strange destiny.
"Bazi Chunyang", "child's fate"...
Kangxi was involved in Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, and was also familiar with Western learning, so he scorned the theory of destiny.
Too much of a coincidence.
In addition, the Shumulu family also had the title of first-class duke, Kangxi thought about whether someone had tampered with it, and asked Zhao Chang to investigate carefully.
As for the object of suspicion, Erhe's eldest sister-in-law, Jue Luo, was not very virtuous.
The women of Abatai's line are all domineering and courageous.
It turned out that the first time they said they were going to get married was actually a scam, and the other party was a sick man who died after just a cold.
The second time the other party did not die, but eloped with his cousin. The family was afraid of being embarrassed and offending the Shumulu family, so they simply said he was dead.
Only the third time was really unlucky, just like what others said.
The bride was thirsty and after eating the apple, it choked in her throat and became stuck.
Later, Erhe married no one else, but the eldest daughter-in-law of Dong E's Heli family, Da Gege of Shuncheng Palace.
When Erhe came in, he was in his twenties, tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked a bit plain.
In addition, he was filial to his parents and polite to his elder brothers, which made Kangxi's impression even better.
Kangxi said: "Brother Jiu only asked people to dig potatoes, but what about corn?"
Erhe had received instructions from Brother Jiu in advance and knew this, so he said: "Master Jiu said that the corn is still very moist and can be dried again, so as not to break it early and cause wilts, and wait until after New Year's Eve when it is completely dry before harvesting." .”
Kangxi nodded and asked, "What is Brother Jiu doing at home?"
Erhe pursed his lips, feeling numb.
"Um?"
Kangxi looked over with majesty in his eyes.
The sweat on Erhe's forehead dropped, he lowered his head and said: "I am on duty in front of the house and don't know what's going on in the main courtyard."
He actually knows something.
For example, Jiu Age and Jiu Fujin got up very late, had a late breakfast, walked in the yard, and then dug potatoes in the greenhouse.
It wasn't that he was deliberately staring, or that the servants in the prince's palace were talking loudly about the master, but the big kitchen was ahead.
Also, when Jiu Age brought Jiu Fu Jin Lida, he also came to the front.
He witnessed with his own eyes that Brother Jiu held Jiu Fujin's hand and carefully protected it as if he were a big treasure.
However, Jiu Fujin had a big belly and looked inconvenient. It was the time when money was at a premium.
Although it was not someone else who asked, but the emperor, he kept his mouth shut.
I don’t know which words can be said and which words cannot be said.
He chose not to say anything.
Kangxi looked at him, waved his hands and said, "Kneel down!"
Erhe agreed, but glanced at Brother Si.
I just wanted to ask if there was a reply.
The fourth elder brother thought about making potato flour and vermicelli for a while, and he couldn't wait. He was also afraid that the ninth elder brother would not know the importance, so he sent the potatoes directly to the dining room as a dish, so he said to Kangxi: "Khan Ama , son, let’s go back and take a look!”
Kangxi glanced at the clock next to him and said, "There's no need to be in such a hurry. We'll go back after eating."
Fourth Brother responded and took Erhe down.
After leaving the imperial court, seeing that Erhe was still nervous, Si Age comforted him and said: "It's okay, the emperor has no intention of blaming you..."
Erhe said sarcastically: "My servant has been checking the room at the front. Master Jiu wrote the letter before calling my servant over..."
So what he said before is not considered bullying, right?
The fourth elder brother was not picky and said: "It's dinner time, deal with me, and then we go back to Beijing together."
Erhe was very reserved, so the fourth elder brother stopped trembling and led him to the place where he stayed.
Su Peisheng went to pick up the meal.
The tenth elder brother came over first, his forehead was dripping with sweat and he was walking anxiously.
When he saw Erhe, he asked anxiously: "What did Ninth Brother send you to do? But what happened to Ninth Brother? Yin."
Concern leads to chaos.
He thought directly of Shu Shu.
What Ninth Brother cares about most is Ninth Sister-in-law and Ninth Sister-in-law's children.
Twins are precious because it is not easy to conceive.
It is even more difficult for Ninth Brother and Ninth Sister to have a baby.
Ever since Shu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Brother Ten was very worried.
He was afraid that Shushu would be like Bafujin, unable to hold the fetus. In that case, his brother and sister-in-law would not be able to bear it.
Erhe had already stood up and said: "There is nothing wrong in the house. Master Jiu asked people to dig potatoes this morning. I wrote a letter to tell Master Fourth about this."
