The big farmer ordered Yan Yi's daughter to come to him? It should be about Bai Diezi!
besides.
Huo Guang couldn't think of any other reason.
Shaking his head, he looked at the maid who was talking to him in the general's house and asked, "What about Yan Yuren?"
The maid replied: "She has been waiting for a long time, but she left before she could see you."
"okay, I get it."
Huo Guang nodded, then waved his hand to indicate to the maid that she could do her thing.
The guard next to him also heard the maid's report, so he said, "Who is it, old cousin? Why are you here?"
Huo Guang shrugged and said half-jokingly: "She must be the daughter of Da Nong Ling. His Majesty asked me to work with Da Nong Ling. She probably came to me to ask me to farm. Otherwise, you can go there for me tomorrow. A trip?"
Mr. and Mrs. Wei immediately shrank his neck and said, "Farming, you're just kidding me, I, the noble Marquis of Yichun, can't do that! If I don't go, I won't go..."
Huo Guang was just joking to tease him.
How can we really let him do this?
Moreover.
It is impossible to actually farm, but to discuss how to grow cotton.
Thinking that it was already getting late now, there would be nothing much that could be done if we went to Yan Yina. If you want to go, you have to wait until tomorrow. There are some things that cannot be said tomorrow.
then.
In this way, Huo Guang took a rest after washing up.
There was no entertainment at night in the Western Han Dynasty, so Huo Guang slept until dawn the next day.
I wanted to practice martial arts.
Unexpectedly.
Early in the morning, the maid came to call him, saying that Yan Yu, the daughter of the great farmer Ling's family, was here.
Huo Guang felt a little strange, but he still went to see Da Nong Ling's daughter.
I saw that the other party was wearing very simple clothes, which did not look like the clothes of children from official families at all.
"You are Yan Yu. Didn't you come to see me yesterday? Why are you here again so early today?" After Huo Guang came over, he greeted Yan Yu.
While talking.
He secretly looked at the other person, and it seemed that the other person was already fifteen or sixteen years old.
At such an age, one can already perform haircut ceremony.
certainly.
These are not important. What is important is that after seeing Yan Yu's figure, Huo Guang inexplicably remembered the words of Yuan Keli in the Ming Dynasty, "Modernness is the only benefit, tolerance is great."
Um.
The last two words are more important.
Seeing Huo Guang talking, Yan Yu immediately said, "Father asked me to take you over to discuss Bai Diezi's matter. I didn't wait for Huo Yilang yesterday, so naturally I have to come earlier today."
"oh..."
Huo Guang paused and then said: "Why don't you go back first? I will practice martial arts later. After sweating, I will take a shower when I come back. Don't worry, I will visit the big farmer today. Ordered."
However.
Yan Yu shook her head and said, "Then I'd better wait for Huo Yilang. If Huo Yilang doesn't want me to stay in the general's mansion, I can wait outside the mansion."
"Uh... I don't mean that." Huo Guang frowned, then shrugged and said, "Then it's up to you."
Is this Yan Yu afraid that she will run away?
Shake his head.
Huo Guang ignored her and practiced the six arts with his brother as usual. After breaking out in a sweat, he came back to take a bath.
Wait until you change your clothes.
When he came out, he found that Yan Yu was still waiting for him.
Seeing that Huo Guang had changed his clothes, Yan Yu asked at this time: "Huo Yilang has nothing to be busy with now, right?"
Huo Guang sighed and said, "I have a lot of things to do. Of course, now I can go with you to visit the Da Nong Ling Na."
Yan Yu nodded after hearing this and said, "Then please Huo Yilang come with me!"
"Walk?"
Huo Guang frowned and asked, "Isn't there a carriage?"
"No." Yan Yu said calmly, "It's not far. Walk faster. We'll be there soon."
Walk faster?
As soon as I heard it, I knew that the distance was not very short.
Huo Guang frowned and said, "If you don't mind, squeeze into the carriage with me. The carriage in our General's Palace is quite spacious inside."
Yan Yu heard it.
She blushed slightly, but nodded in agreement.
Subsequently.
The two of them crowded into the same carriage.
At this time, Huo Guang asked, "Don't you have a carriage in Yan's house? As the daughter of a great peasant, you must have a carriage when traveling, right?"
Hear this.
Yan Yu said: "My father often contradicts His Majesty outright, so naturally he is not favored by His Majesty like Huo Qiaoqi and the general. Although he is in the ninth rank, his family does not own any property, so it is normal not to have a carriage."
There isn’t even a carriage!
All right...
Huo Guang frowned, feeling that this was another honest official.
Previously, he thought that honest officials like Zhang Tang, the imperial censor, were already honest enough.
Unexpectedly.
There is also Yan Yi, who is even more strapped for money. He is a good guy, and he is the ninth minister, but he doesn't even have a carriage in his house.
Mr. Zhang's family is a bit poor.
After all, there is still a carriage to drive!
Huo Guang didn't talk to Yan Yu anymore. Until the carriage left the city and came to a place where a large number of officers and soldiers were stationed.
"This is the Capital Cang?" Huo Guang frowned slightly as he looked at the destination the carriage had arrived at.
A warehouse is used to store grain.
The so-called capital warehouse is the place where grain is stored in Chang'an City.
at the same time.
It is also the largest grain processing place in Chang'an City, with many rollers that can grind rice into rice.
Because this is the capital warehouse, there are a large number of soldiers guarding the warehouse, so you can hear the sound of plain drums similar to folk art here.
And because you can hear the sound of shipping boats here, you can also hear sounds similar to the old-style opera that is unique to later generations.
Huo Guang didn't expect it.
This Yan Yi actually called him to this place.
But that's right.
Although cotton seeds are not considered food, it is normal for such an important thing to be kept in a granary for guarding.
Huo Guang and Yan Yu got out of the carriage and were let in after being interrogated by the guarding soldiers.
now.
The great farmer Yan Yi is leading his subordinate officials to manage the food problem.
Yan Yu stepped forward and said, "Dad, Huo Yilang is here."
"Yes." Yan Yi nodded, then looked at Huo Guang and said with a serious smile: "Huo Yilang, please wait a moment. Several colleagues and I still need to deal with the food accumulation problem first."
"Okay." Huo Guang raised his hand.
The Great Agricultural Order was in charge of the world's finance and economy, and he was in charge of warehouse and village deployment and at the same time encouraged farming and mulberry cultivation.
The period of Emperor Wu.
I still need to deal with the affairs of the Yantie official camp, so I am really a busy man.
and!
Liu Che frantically accumulated food for the decisive battle with the Xiongnu Chanyu in the coming year. This result undoubtedly increased the workload of the granary.
Maybe it's because Yan Yi's temperament is too straightforward.
The people under his command did not do well, which caused the Da Nong Ling to get angry and directly yelled at his subordinate officials: "I really don't know what the imperial government does to support you guys. You don't even know how to introduce the old and bring out the new. There are two doors at the front and back of the granary." "
"The front door is responsible for stacking new grains in, and the back door is responsible for taking out the old grains."
"Wouldn't this prevent food from becoming moldy and wasted?"
then.
After Yan Yi's criticism, the subordinate officials began to urge the officials, people, and craftsmen to start changing the entrance and exit of the granary.
Time flies by.
The work in Jingshicang is very busy
Being busy, Yan Yi found time to come out and said to Huo Guang, "Sorry for keeping Huo Yilang waiting for so long."
"It won't be long, and it won't take long!" Huo Guang smiled slightly and asked, "Da Nong Ling, this capital warehouse is quite big, isn't it easy to manage?"
"This is just a small granary in Chang'an, not too big. The Ao granary in Xingyang is really big!" Yan Yi said.
Xingyang Aocang is a transfer station for grain from all over the world, and it has been like this since the pre-Qin period.
Later, it was rebuilt and expanded during the Western Han Dynasty, and its scale was even ahead of its time. Although the Capital Cang in front of us is not small, it is incomparable to Aocang in Xingyang.
Huo Guang nodded, not wanting to talk nonsense in this regard.
then!
Then he got straight to the point and said, "You must be here to find me because of Bai Diezi's affairs, right? How should I put it?"
Yan Yi then replied: "Huo Yilang, please come with me."
immediately.
Huo Guang was taken out of the capital warehouse and came to a nearby farmland.
At this time, people were living in Mud in an orderly manner.
"Huo Yilang, do you think the way these people pinched them fits the mold you said in the court that day?" Yan Yi asked.
Are the molds made by hand?
Forehead...
Huo Guang didn't expect this. The wisdom of the ancients didn't seem to be that good.
immediately.
He shook his head and said, "Da Nong Ling, why do you need to use your hands to make this mold? You can just cut a piece of bamboo, insert it into the living mud, pour it out, and it will be a mold."
"The production of the mold is not critical."
"The key is that it is very important for planting and soil selection."
When Yan Yi heard this, he suddenly understood.
He immediately clapped his hands and said, "Hey, I was so busy and confused. What Huo Yilang said makes sense."
immediately.
Yan Yi asked someone to cut a few bamboo sections and build the mold according to Huo Guang's method. The work effect was significantly improved.
certainly.
As Huo Guang said, the production of these molds is not important.
The important thing is the later cultivation and the selection of mold soil. Huo Guang looked at the living mud and asked, "Da Nong Ling, are these soils brought from the Western Regions?"
Da Nong Ling shook his head and said, "How can the soil from the Western Regions be transported so fast?"
"These!"
"The soil is all selected from the fertile farmland near Chang'an."
Huo Guang nodded immediately after hearing this.
later.
He also talked about some things about cultivating excellent cotton seedlings.
After the discussion was over, Huo Guang was ready to leave.
After walking out of the capital warehouse.
Da Nong Ling suddenly mentioned Zhang Tang and asked: "Huo Yilang, I heard that you have a good relationship with the imperial censor? However, I still advise you not to have close friendship with those deceitful female ministers."
Huo Guang frowned and said, "Why does the Da Nong Order say this?"
Yan Yi smiled and said, "Everyone in the court said that Huo Yilang and the imperial censor are from the same school."
Huo Guang shook his head and said, "I am just a small scholar, does it matter whether I belong to the same faction?"
Yan Yi said, "Of course you are not important. What is important is your brother, General Wei Qing, and the general behind you, Wei Qing. They are the most important."
Actually this.
Huo Guang had already thought of it.
But he was too lazy to explain, so he said calmly: "Has Da Nong Ling been to Zhang Tang's house?"
"I have a different personality with him and have never been there."
Yan Yi did not hide it and directly expressed his disgust towards Zhang Tang, the imperial censor.
At this time.
When Huo Guang heard the answer from Da Nong Ling, he immediately said: "No wonder you belittle Mr. Zhang like this. I have been to Mr. Zhang's house. Although he is the third Duke, he has not enclosed any land or property. He only supports his family with his salary and His Majesty's rewards. .”
"It can be said!"
"Zhang Gong
He is a rare honest official. "
If Zhang Tang is clean and honest, how about Yan Yi? As a high-ranking official, he is living a very tight life, right?
Just in terms of integrity.
Zhang Tang and Yan Yi are essentially honest officials.
pity!
Both sides dislike each other.
So when Huo Guang praised Zhang Tang, Yan Yi responded directly: "An honest official is not necessarily a good official, Huo Yilang!"
"A few years ago, this imperial censor seized the power of the prime minister and made all national affairs follow his opinion."
"But I don't know how to pretend to understand, and it makes people's livelihood miserable."
"What he always talks about is that he only cares about the emperor's will. But if a good official only cares about the emperor's will and ignores the common people in the world, he does not care about the people."
"Such an honest official, Huo Yilang, do you think he is still a good official?"
Listening to Yan Yi's talk.
Huo Guang didn't know how to refute for a while, but for some reason, he felt that Yan Yi made him feel very much like Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty in later film and television works.
But think of it here.
Huo Guang suddenly smiled again.
I have only heard of sons being like fathers, but never of fathers being like sons.
If you want to look like him, you should look like Yu Shaobao with a different look.
Yan Yi didn't know what Huo Guang was thinking. When he saw him laughing suddenly, he felt a little confused and asked, "Why is Huo Yilang laughing? Is there something wrong with what I said?"
Huo Guang said: "No, no, I was just thinking that Da Nong Ling was overly worried."
"I have nothing to do with Mr. Zhang."
"Other people think that I and Mr. Zhang are on the same side. That may be because of the case of Prince Liu Dan of Zhao Kingdom last time. Having said that, I can't represent my brother, let alone the general."
"alright."
"Da Nong Ling, it's time for me to go back. You're busy, so I won't be idle either. If Bai Diezi has something to do in the future, I'll come back to give you some advice."
The words fell.
He then got into his carriage and returned to Chang'an City.
Instead of going back to the General's Mansion, he went to this Le Restaurant. Let the kitchen cut the pasta into thin strips and cook it in the pot like noodles.
At this moment.
There was no word for noodles in the Han Dynasty.
There are steamed noodles like this, but according to the people of the Han Dynasty, this should be called soup cake.
When the thin noodles are cooked, pick them up and put them into a pan for frying.
until golden brown.
Only then did someone pick it up, and then homemade crispy noodles were made. It's just that the color is very different from the crisp noodles sold in small shops in my previous life.
Huo Guang frowned slightly, wondering if he should add something to the flour?
It seems that it still lacks some technology and hard work.
Not in terms of color.
Huo Guang tried it to taste, and after taking a bite, he thought it was good. With a little pre-prepared sauce, the taste is even more delicious.
"Now that we have the noodles, the next step is packaging and cards."
"Although there is no plastic bag, you can use clean paper instead. What should I use for the card? It can't be something like Water Margin or Three Kingdoms, right?"
"Those are things that came later."
"correct."
"You can use famous generals from the Warring States Period, such as Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Li Mu, Lian Po, etc. Then you can use this set of cards to play a Warring States killing game or something."
