"Your Majesty, according to statistics from our Ministry of Household Affairs, after using those new agricultural tools, the efficiency of farming in various places has been significantly improved."
“The land that originally took many days to be planted can be planted in just one or two days!”
Du Zhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, said this and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
You must know that the sowing of crops must strictly follow the weather. If it is a few days late, it may cause a reduction in production.
Now that agricultural tools have been improved, the original farming speed has become faster. Not only can those crops be sown into the ground earlier, but also more land can be cultivated in a certain period of time.
Not to mention the terraces, which is simply a genius invention.
Originally, there was not much land that could be cultivated in the mountainous areas. Although the people there could survive by hunting or digging wild vegetables, there would still be big problems without sufficient food production.
But once this terraced field is promoted, it will allow a large number of mountainous areas to have enough land for cultivation. Even if the food cannot produce as much food as in plain areas, it will at least be able to feed the people there.
Eucommia thought this in her heart, and said to Zhou Zhen with great emotion.
"Your Majesty, these measures are really good. Who is it that proposed these measures?"
After listening to Du Zhong's report, Zhou Zhen smiled slightly, nodded with satisfaction and said.
"It seems that these measures are indeed more effective than I thought. As for the person who proposed this measure, I can't say more now. You just need to know that he is a very talented person!"
Eucommia ulmoides looked at Zhou Zhen with some surprise. He did not expect that Zhou Zhen would find such a talented person, and such a person has not yet entered the court.
Du Zhong couldn't help but think, if such a person is the master behind Zhou Zhen, then it won't be long before there will be some changes in the court.
Zhou Zhen waved his hand and said to Eucommia ulmoides.
"Okay, you go down first."
Du Zhong quickly bowed and left. After leaving the palace, Du Zhong was still thinking about these things.
Zhou Zhen looked at the memorials handed over by the Ministry of Revenue with great satisfaction. Through the Ministry of Revenue's inspections of various places, he could conclude that the farm tools made by Zhao Feng, including some other reforms, had great effects. of.
"I didn't expect that Mr. Zhao really has such a talent!"
Zhou Zhen nodded with great satisfaction, but then he couldn't help but sigh.
"It's a pity that the Zhou Dynasty is now in troubled times. If it were in its prosperous times, you would definitely be able to be a very good prime minister!"
"But now..."
Zhou Zhen thought like this, and suddenly an idea came to him.
The Zhou Dynasty is now considered to be suffering from internal and external troubles. For the internal troubles, Zhou Zhen has no good solution for the time being. But for the foreign troubles, Zhou Zhen feels that he can train more qualified generals, so that he can stop the invasion of those countries.
Now that Zhao Feng has such talent in agriculture, I wonder if he has the same talent in marching and formation!
"If I can find a good strategy to repel the enemy from him, wouldn't it be possible to directly repel the foreign enemy?"
Zhou Zhen laughed, nodded directly, and then wrote an imperial edict.
A few days later, Yu Ruhai in the state capital received the imperial edict, but when he saw the content of the edict, Yu Ruhai was almost frightened out of his wits.
"Why did the Holy One notice Zhao Feng?"
"And you actually issued such an imperial edict at this time?"
Yu Ruhai looked at the contents of the imperial edict and couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that he was already a state pastor, but he still needed to ask Zhao Feng for help.
The content of this imperial edict is also very simple. Since this state capital is prone to banditry, Yu Ruhai, who is the state shepherd, was specially ordered to clear out the bandits. He must ensure that all the bandits are wiped out!
But the complication is that this imperial edict not only requires Yu Ruhai to deal with the bandits, but also requires that Yu Ruhai must ask Zhao Feng to help and complete the task under the auspices of the magistrate of Zhao County.
Seeing this very strange imperial edict, Yu Ruhai couldn't help but think about it.
"Is it possible that Mr. Zhao not only has a good relationship with the fourth prince, but that even the Holy One has noticed Mr. Zhao?"
"If you say so, then Mr. Zhao will definitely become famous very quickly!"
Yu Ruhai thought this in his heart and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Fortunately, he promoted Zhao Feng into the officialdom. With this kind of friendship, it is estimated that when Zhao Feng becomes famous, he will be able to follow suit.
But now that he saw this imperial edict, Yu Ruhai couldn't help but think about it. Although it was not stated clearly in the imperial edict, the fact that the edict was delivered to his own hands instead of to Zhao Feng's hands already explained the problem.
So Yu Ruhai speculated in his mind that the reason why the Holy Emperor sent this imperial edict to him was probably because he didn't want Zhao Feng to know that this matter was an order issued by the court, so that Zhao Feng thought that this matter was because he had begged Zhao Feng in the past. .
But it happened that Zhao Feng was in charge of this bandit suppression. In other words, he, a sixth-grade state herdsman, actually had to listen to a county magistrate!
Thinking of this, Yu Ruhai couldn't help but shook his head, but he had no choice but to put down the imperial edict and go directly to Zhao County in a carriage.
Zhao Feng and Chen Rou were currently counting the book club's profits during this period, but after the statistics, Chen Rou couldn't help but sigh and said to Zhao Feng.
"Husband, let me just say that I am not suitable for business. You see, our book club has been open for a month. Not only has it not made any money, but it has also brought in so much money!"
"No one comes to buy those books at all, what should I do?"
Zhao Feng touched his chin and thought for a moment, then asked Chen Rou.
"Are your prices too high? Although there are some scholars in this county, most of them are poor. The scholars simply don't have much money to buy these books."
“If you price it a little cheaper, maybe someone will come and buy it.”
Chen Rou shook her head and said helplessly.
"Husband, this price is not something I take for granted. It is a price based on paper, ink, labor costs, etc."
"This book can only earn a few cents. If it were cheaper, I might lose more!"
Zhao Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked in disbelief.
"Why are paper and ink so expensive?"
"Your expenses are too much!"
