As a teacher, I don’t want to be disgraced and thrown into the vast ocean. I don’t want to be shamed by everyone in the world and heard by all countries.
If there is a chance, it is best to teach the Japanese country a severe lesson.
I want that bastard Japanese country to understand the consequences of offending the officials of the Song Dynasty.
After writing the letter, the official Zhao Ji stamped it with his personal seal.
Then he brought the longevity seal carved by Gao Zhang and put it on the letter paper, and then he smiled with satisfaction.
Because he believes that Xiao Gao will definitely understand what he means, and he will definitely be able to save face for his master and will not let himself down.
The messenger respectfully took the wooden box containing the imperial edict and official letters from the hands of the palace eunuch, and quickly came to his mount. He just got on his horse and was about to gallop out.
Then I heard shouting in the distance, subconsciously nodded, and saw a fast horse approaching.
"Wait a minute, there are a few more letters here, brother, please bring them to Duke Zhuangyuan."
"Whose letter?" the messenger asked in astonishment.
He saw the man approaching, and after he came close to him, he quietly handed over a wooden box, and also handed over a heavy yellow and white thing.
"One letter from Cai Xiang, one letter from Tong Kuan, one letter from Gao Taiwei..."
When he heard that it was these three people, the messenger's eyelids jumped wildly, and he quickly wrapped the wooden box in oil paper.
Then he stuffed it into the rainproof cowhide bag, and then he officially started galloping away...
Darling, it seems that the leader of the Japanese country is really a great person, and he actually pissed off so many powerful people in the Song Dynasty.
The messenger was thinking wildly as he hit his horse and galloped away into the distance.
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Gao Zhang was standing next to the field at the moment, looking at the farmers who started working in the fields almost a month earlier than in previous years.
As Gao Zhang, a handsome young man in purple robe, approached, many people who were busy in the fields stopped their work and saluted respectfully towards this legendary young man.
At this time, Gao Zhang would kindly come forward, help these farmers up, and ask with concern if they had any problems in planting the rice in Champa.
Facing this amiable and handsome young official, all the farmers had honest smiles on their faces.
Fang Baihua, wearing a weft hat and holding a knife, stood not far away and watched Gao Zhang chatting happily with the farmers on the edge of the field.
At least as Fang Baihua has grown up, she has never seen an official who is so popular.
And he is so young and has such a bright future.
"Really, wherever our young master goes, the people everywhere recognize him. I remember that when I went to Changshu County a few days ago, the young master couldn't even ride a horse, and the local people blocked the road..."
"Who asked our young master to work hard and love the people, so that the people of Suzhou can grow those two crops of rice?"
“Since last year, every time I visited a village, I would stay for two days and talk to the old farmers in person.
He talked about the benefits of the double crop of rice, and specially invited gentry from all over the country, as well as village elders and people with high moral standards.
Go to those villages in Mingzhou where double-cropping rice is grown to investigate. Yes, the young master said that is called research.
Farm officials were invited from Namingzhou and other places to preach everywhere... Otherwise, how could we have the grand occasion today? "
A group of high-ranking family members and the Suzhou officials were whispering to each other.
The Zhuang Yuan Gong had already told him that no one was allowed to get close to him and disturb his communication with the people.
At this moment, he was surrounded by several agile and brave soldiers such as Fu An and Lu Qian.
These Suzhou officials were all transferred from various places after Gao Zhang put down the Zhu family rebellion in Jiangnan.
To be honest, this was the first time for these officials to see the magistrate who did this.
In the past, as the chief official of a state, he mostly stayed in the city, eating and drinking when he should. Even if he was an upright official or a good official, he could only achieve some results at most.
Last year, I heard that the prodigy champion said that he would promote the cultivation of double-cropping rice in Suzhou.
Naturally, everyone raised their hands to show support, but that was all. After all, Mingzhou had been growing double-cropping rice for nearly 20 or 30 years.
So far, only two counties have cultivated nearly one-third of the fields.
What's more, Suzhou has never grown double-cropping rice?
Naturally, what everyone is thinking about is to proceed step by step. Get some double-cropping rice seeds from Naming Prefecture, and then find a few farmers to plant them. That's all it takes.
No one expected that this child prodigy would do so many tricks, including inviting agricultural officials to give lectures and visiting villages in person.
We also invited prominent figures from various counties in Suzhou to go to Mingzhou for investigation.
The key point is that the prodigy champion also personally wrote many nursery rhymes and slogans, and ordered the servants to post them in the villages. In the words of the champion, technology is brought to the countryside and technology is brought to every household.
However, the prestige of this child prodigy number one scholar in Suzhou was so high that no matter whether it was the wealthy gentry or the old farmers in the countryside, they all really believed in him.
In the Suzhou area, anyone who dares to say a bad word about the No. 1 Scholar will be despised and reviled without being stabbed in the spine.
So much so that after the beginning of spring this year, almost all villages have become busy. I am afraid that Suzhou will promote double-cropping rice this year. I dare not say all, but it must be 70% to 80%.
You must know that Suzhou has been a land of fish and rice since ancient times, and the land wealth is astonishing. If 70% to 80% of people plant double-cropping rice, by the end of the year, it will definitely shock the world.
And Gao Zhang relied on the prestige of putting down the Zhu family's rebellion to re-inspect the fields in Suzhou, and finally got 57,000 hectares. You know, this number is really pitiful.
Today's Suzhou refers not only to Suzhou, but also includes Kunshan, Jiading, and Changshu.
But it is far higher than during the Song Renzong period. What's more, the ten farms owned by the Zhu family and his sons alone cover an area of 320,000 acres.
After the Zhu family rebellion was put down, nearly half a million acres of land was recovered from the hands of many rebel powerful men.
In Mingzhou, double-cropping rice can yield between two and three stones per mu per acre, and the two together add up to between five and six stones.
As usual in Suzhou, Gao Zhang believed that after the 57,000 hectares of cultivated land were planted with double-cropping rice, the harvest would reach an outrageously exaggerated amount.
Gao Zhang remembered that he had read a piece of information. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the grain in Suzhou Prefecture accounted for one-tenth of the Ming Dynasty's grain income.
It is enough to see that Jiangnan is known as the land of fish and rice. Naturally, it is not bragging, but it is done.
While Gao Zhang was chatting happily with the old farmers on the edge of the field, he heard the sound of galloping hooves coming from far away.
Gao Zhang raised his head and saw a personal entourage who had stayed behind in the government office galloping towards him on horseback.
(End of chapter)
