"The uncle is talking nonsense again. Rui Zhuozhu has become the aunt of the house, how can she be a maid? If this is spread, she will not be laughed at! Mrs. Wang also said that day, since she is an aunt, she should have a maid by her side. It is not only the dignity in the palace, but also the dignity in the inner house."
"It's up to you." Brother Rong chuckled and said, "Whatever you say about the affairs of the inner house is whatever you want."
Qin Keqing said: "Not only does Rui Zhuozhu have to have maids by her side, but Xiang Ling and Que'er also have two maids by their side. When they move to a separate courtyard in two years, they won't be without someone who cares about them."
"It makes sense to have a maid by Xiang Ling's side. At least there is still a relationship with the Xue family, so Que'er doesn't need it. She would feel uncomfortable giving it to a maid." Brother Rong peeled himself clean and turned it into a bucket. , the feeling of being soaked in hot water all over the body is really refreshing.
He pulled Grandma Rong in, looked at the water-filled Jinshan Mountain, and said with a smile: "There are many little maids in this courtyard. One of them is assigned to Xiangling, so that their master and servant can move to the side room to live temporarily. Que'er will stay here for the time being. In your room. If you go to other mansions in the future, or to unimportant mansions, you don’t need to bring your precious jewels with you, but you have to keep Que’er by your side.”
Qin Keqing asked: "Why did you let Ke'er take her with you?"
Brother Rong smiled, turned his wife around, and rubbed her back. Explained: "This girl has some background, but she doesn't have bad intentions towards our Ningguo Mansion. I don't know what rumors she heard, and she only wants to come to the manor to be an aunt. You just think she is a motivated person who wants to be an aunt. My little maid will be fine."
Qin Keqing was tickled by Uncle Rong, and her slender waist swam in the water like a water snake. She complained: "Uncle Rong has become more and more mysterious in recent days. He doesn't tell me anything. Since Que'er has a background, it's from the outside." Those who come in, I don’t know if they can believe it or not.”
"If it were another person, I really wouldn't dare say it. But Que'er is a trustworthy person and can be kept by your side. If anything happens, he can protect you." Brother Rong looked at the water snake's waist and felt itchy in his heart. Pull his wife into his arms.
Qin Keqing said: "When I heard that I was asked to make several large barrels, each one wider than the last, I knew that I didn't have any good intentions. Don't make trouble, wash it first."
Jia Rong hugged his daughter-in-law, let her sit in his arms, and said with a smile: "I will wash it later."
Qin Keqing's face was stunned and she rolled her eyes at the uncle. For a time, the water in the barrel was surging, and layers of small waves beat against the walls of the barrel, making a splashing sound.
The diffuse mist shrouded the two of them, like a dream.
Qin Keqing's hands holding the wall of the barrel were sore, and she complained: "I know how to use these tricks to woo my wife."
Brother Rong said: "Why do you always have so many curious questions?"
Qin Keqing fell tiredly into Uncle Rong's arms, feeling the comfort brought by the hot water. He murmured: "My grandpa has been sitting in the clean room all day long. Why do you go there for one day every month? And I often heard that Prince Beijing came to the mansion to see my grandpa, but he never saw me. These strange things Son, even the maids in the mansion are curious, so I have to care about you."
Jia Rong's face changed subtly, and she said with a smile: "Now that the master is gone, there must be someone to honor him. As for King Beijing, I don't know what he is up to. Why are you suddenly curious about these things?"
Qin Keqing suddenly raised his head, with a trace of resentment on his fair and tender face, and said: "The uncle always likes to bury things in his heart and does not tell his wife. Although the wife does not have great wisdom, if the uncle encounters difficulties, she can share his worries to some extent. some."
Jia Rong suddenly picked up Qin Keqing from the water, put him on the bed, and said, "This is the problem that the uncle has now."
Qin Keqing held it with her little hand and said with a smile, "What kind of difficulty is it?"
What a gentle and graceful woman with a little bit of charm. The part that was being held swelled slightly, and Uncle Rong smiled and said, "The trouble is that you haven't given birth to a child for me yet!"
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"Que'er is no longer a child!" Little Que'er pouted, not waiting for the reward for a long time.
Jia Rong looked around and saw that there was no one around. She took a small peck and said, "Okay, take good care of your grandma. If anyone wants her to inquire about the situation of the grand master in the mansion, just write their name and send it to the ancestral hall." Go to the clean room.”
Que'er hummed and touched her little mouth. It really felt so special. It was so warm and my body felt a little numb, but the experience was a bit short.
She blushed and said, "Que'er didn't have time to realize it just now. Oh... don't hit me, don't hit me... From now on, Que'er will treat grandma as her own sister, and she will definitely protect her."
When Uncle Rong left the yard, Little Queer released his hands holding his head, hummed a folk song from Ping'an Province with a smile, and proudly walked into the room to wait for his grandma to get up.
It was rare to see the sun in Shenjing today.
Yellow-orange light shone on the earth, and Rong Geer rode a black and shiny horse swaggering down the avenue of Shenjing City. Opposite him were the ministers who had just returned from the court meeting, but he was slowly walking towards Prince Zhongshun's palace.
For the officials who had just come down from the court, Brother Rong was considered a retrograde act, and people gave him strange looks.
"Why are you here now?"
King Zhongshun had just come down from the court and met this bastard on the way, so he questioned him.
Is it still too late? Calculating the current time using 24 hours is only about seven in the morning. Brother Rong said: "Aren't you just waiting for the Thirteenth Master to go to court?"
The Thirteenth Master didn't know that this bastard was just quibbling, so he snorted: "If you can't get up in the morning, just don't go back to Ningguo Mansion at night, just sleep in the palace guard's office, and go to court with me in the morning."
"We are not qualified to discuss matters in court."
"Then just wait outside the palace." The Thirteenth Master said angrily, "How can you always have no rules?"
Well, it seems that I will have to get up early in the morning every night from now on. I don’t know who made the rules. The court will start around five o’clock in the morning, and it’s not even bright yet. Now I have to get up early too.
"Thirteenth Master, calm down, I will come here as soon as possible." Jia Rong looked at Duan Yu next to Thirteenth Master, cupped his hands and said, "I have seen Yu Shangguan."
"Brother Rong was exhausted after riding for so long yesterday. It's normal that he didn't get up early the next day." Duan Yu chuckled.
Brother Rong looked at the evil expression on this guy's face and thought he was being spied on last night. How could he know that he was exhausted? Later, he remembered that he was talking about riding a horse, and said sarcastically: "I don't have the opportunity to ride a horse all the time in the house, so I feel a little uncomfortable."
Duan Yu said: "You will get used to it in the future."
Hope so! It's good that my fragile body didn't fall apart after riding a horse for a day. Just as he was sighing, he heard the Thirteenth Master say: "I'm not going back to my hometown today. I'm going directly to Qinghe County."
Go, go, go for a ride outside the city.
Uncle Rong has already accepted his fate.
"Seeing this, what do you want to say, brother Rong?"
"Um?"
Jia Rong looked at the endless fields in front of her, feeling confused and wondering what King Zhongshun was asking.
King Zhongshun said: "In the past, when I visited the south with the Supreme Emperor, I saw rice fields there. In the prime of life, one acre could yield three or four shi of grain. However, in the capital, the wheat harvest from dry fields was less than 2 shi per mu. If the tens of thousands of hectares of dry fields in the capital were converted into paddy fields, the world would be in ruins. There will never be a shortage of food."
Brother Rong twitched the corner of his mouth, saying that Master Thirteen was just talking nonsense.
Jia Rong said: "Gyeonggi Province has been dominated by dry fields in the past dynasties. This is not only due to climate and soil quality, but also because the farmers in Gyeonggi Province have no experience in plowing paddy fields. In the past, most of them grew wheat mainly, supplemented by other miscellaneous grains, but now they have changed all at once. If it becomes rice, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble."
"I have heard of the climate you mentioned, but what is the soil quality?"
How do you explain this thing? Jia Rong was worried. She was not a top student at the Agricultural University, let alone an agriculture major. Although she had gone to the fields with her parents at home, she didn't know much about it.
"I just ask Master Thirteen to think carefully."
"Naturally be cautious, food is the foundation of a dynasty. For the time being, it will be trialled on hundreds of hectares of imperial farmland in the capital. If it is feasible, it will be promoted to all provinces."
King Zhongshun smiled and said, as if he had already seen the great harvest of food in the future, and did not chase Brother Rong to ask about the quality of the soil. On the contrary, he said proudly: "The soil in Jifu is rich and fertile, the best in the world. It is bordered by the sea in the southeast and backed by mountains in the northwest. It is nourished by springs and tides. It is not hindered by the rocks of Qin and Jin, and the agitation of Henan, Xu, Huang, and Huai Rivers. It is said that the water is beneficial to it." Here, the so-called person who exerts less effort and succeeds more."
It's not necessarily the best in the world. Can the land near Shenjing be more fertile than Beiliao?
Brother Rong thought about it, but there was no need to worry too much about the quality of the soil. The land in the north is always more fertile than most places in the south. If planted properly, it is not impossible to produce one or two hundred kilograms of rice from one acre of rice.
Jia Rong was led by King Zhongshun to inspect the imperial estate. Many officials were already re-measuring the land in preparation for converting dry fields into paddy fields in the future.
The Thirteenth Master smiled and said: "In the past, you once said that you don't understand other things, but you still know how to divert water, build canals and dams. The calculations of the Imperial Village here will be left to you. If the water diversion is not good, I will The king will punish you."
What is this!
I heard the Thirteenth Master recall: "When I first came to your Ningguo Mansion that year, I was really shocked. A small canal can actually irrigate a large field. If the emperor hadn't reminded me that day, I almost wouldn't have. I missed such a secretive guy like you. After your verification in the royal manor, I believe that you can arrange more than an acre of land in the royal manor."
What do you mean?
I am a bodyguard, a second-class bodyguard, a second-class bodyguard with a dignified fourth-grade official position, not a minor official of the fifth or sixth-grade Ministry of Industry. I sighed again in my heart: It turns out that these guys have been making plans for themselves for a long time. Maybe it was King Zhongshun who caused the palace to call him back later.
But he also knew in his heart that the reason why he was so valued by King Zhongshun was actually because both the emperor and King Zhongshun needed him. Naturally, the issue of converting dry fields into paddy fields did not start only in the past two years.
But now that cement has appeared, it can be cheaper to build dams, build canals and divert water, so it was immediately put on the agenda.
Therefore, Jia Rong did not refuse. The best choice at this time was to continue to show his importance and the value that could be utilized. Let the royal family and the palace be willing to condone it, or to protect it temporarily.
Food is the foundation of a country.
Such a great achievement, how could Xian De not be tempted.
Jia Rong said: "Since the Thirteenth Master trusts me so much, I have no choice but to give it a try. I just want to ask how many people we have working for us?"
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