Jinluan Palace in Beijing
"I went to Lanzhou County on the emperor's order to verify the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my order. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there are such high-yielding things in the world. They can not only be eaten as food but also made into dishes. , this is really God’s blessing for me.”
The person who can come to court is not a human spirit fox. When they heard Da Sinong talk about the output, no one came out.
As early as a few months ago, the emperor told the court that he had discovered two high-yielding crops, and asked Sinong Temple and the Ministry of Revenue to cooperate in the search. After several months of searching, they found nothing. Who would have thought that the emperor would have discovered their origin a long time ago? He also asked Da Sinong to conceal his identity and go to investigate.
All the ministers knew very well that the emperor must have known the yield of these two crops for a long time, and also knew their value, so he kept it secret. Now that Da Sinong is presented in front of others, the emperor wants to tell everyone present that they are not allowed to pursue these two crops in private.
Prince Situ Rui, Second Prince Situ Chen, and Third Prince Situ Xing stood in front of a group of ministers and each had their own thoughts. Normally, they would not pay attention to such a thing no matter how delicious it was. However, there has been a drought in Daji Dynasty for a whole year. The number of refugees in various places continues to increase, and they can no longer find a solution to the food problem. They know very well that civil unrest is not far away.
Da Sinong harvested a total of 200,000 jins of potatoes and sweet potatoes from Xiaoxi Village, leaving 30,000 jins of each kind for the local government. He transported all the rest back, and now they have been transported to the farm designated by the emperor. Regarding the method of fertilizing and raising seedlings, Da Sinong made a special trip to Xiaoxi Village before leaving Lanzhou County and learned it from beginning to end with the villagers before returning.
"Lin Aiqing, Sinong Temple needs to be more careful about seedling raising and planting. Don't plant until you, who have been dealing with crops all year round, are no better than a girl. That will make people laugh."
The great farmer came forward, knitted his hands and bowed in salute: "I will lead my men to protect the seeds, and will do my best to increase the yield. I will not let a girl outcompete. In addition, I suggest that you please The emperor sent a team of people to protect the seeds."
The people who originally planned to secretly attack this group of people stopped thinking after hearing this. When they went to court in the morning, each of them had an extra cooked potato or sweet potato in their hand. Although it is not delicious in the mouth, it is very fragrant and soft. This attempt let them know that if they control the seeds in their hands, they can definitely make a lot of money, but now their wish to make money is about to come true.
Many people looked at Da Sinong as if they were poisoned.
Situ Yuan, courtesy name Yu Heng, was the emperor of the Great Ji Dynasty and was also known as Uncle Heng in Ji Qingyao's mouth. He was sitting on the dragon chair and looking at the courtiers in the hall.
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. As an emperor, he understands this. However, he did not expect that when the country is facing a crisis, these people are not thinking about how to reduce the number of refugees or how to overcome the current difficulties. What they are thinking about is how to help reduce the number of refugees. How to bulge your wallet.
He had long known the yields of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and also knew that these two crops were drought-resistant. Before digging, he secretly notified the people at Sinong Temple and asked them to secretly leave the capital and go to Xiaoxi Village in Lanzhou County to collect the newly planted crops in the village. The crops were collected and transported to the capital without disturbing the outside world, and they were also told not to take the people's things in vain.
The things were brought back. I didn't expect the group of people in the court to look so ugly. They just saw the things and started thinking about them.
After being the emperor for so many years, Situ Yuan has long been indifferent to emotions and anger. The entire hall was obviously full of people, but it was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop. Some bold ministers secretly glanced at the people sitting on the dragon chair and saw After seeing the emperor's expression, he immediately understood that at this time, it was even more difficult to touch the emperor's brow.
You can make money elsewhere, but you only have one life.
Some people can clearly recognize reality, while others cannot, including the third prince Situ Xing and his subordinates.
Situ Yuan looked at the princes and the courtiers and snorted in his heart, and said slowly: "Put your thoughts away as soon as possible. This batch of seeds was not easy to come by. It has only been so much in a year. If It’s because of your selfishness that the world is in chaos. Then you can give up your current status and go live outside the city together with the refugees, no matter who they are.”
"Prince, go to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing and inform General Song to ask him to bring two thousand soldiers to Sinong Temple to find Lin Da Sinong, and cooperate with them to protect the seeds and the fields until the harvest is completed. During this period, if anyone wants to rob Tell General Song that you are welcome, I grant him the right to kill first and report later. As for the later precautions, you can discuss it with Da Sinong. If you need anything, just go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and get the money."
