Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 713
Hearing Emperor Yongkang's question, Huo Xi hurriedly saluted.

"Back to the emperor, my wife did not dare to specialize in this secret method. After discussing with her husband, she was willing to offer it to the court. After my husband and I learned that the court wanted to move the capital, we admired the emperor's majesty and strategy, and hated not being able to share the emperor's worries. Obtaining this secret method may be the instruction of the heavens, entrusting my hand to offer it to the emperor."

Emperor Yongkang stared at Huo Xi without letting go.I don't know if I believe it or not.

Concubine Zhang Gui glanced at the side, keeping her expression on.

Huo Xi held her heart high and trembled. This oppressive feeling made her so nervous that she broke into white sweat.

"Bought it from a fan?"

"Yes. The other party said that instead of taking advantage of others, it's better to sell it to me for money. Sell it to me in the great eastern country, maybe in the future when he dies, we can still protect him."

A moment of silence.

Huo Xi never felt that Zhongcui Palace was so quiet that it made people panic.

After a long while, Emperor Yongkang said lightly: "What do you want?"

Huo Xi fell to his knees with a thump: "Please forgive me, my wife does have something to ask. Please forgive my wife's selfishness."

"You are innocent."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Huo Xi was sweating on his forehead, got up and found the book on high-yielding crops written by his grandfather, and handed it over with his head bowed: "This is the book on high-yielding crops written by Li Shimian, the grandfather of the minister's wife. "

He raised it above his eyebrows, and handed it to Emperor Yongkang with his hand.

Emperor Yongkang took it and looked through it in his hand.Huo Xi couldn't raise her head, but Concubine Zhang Gui was watching the emperor from the side, seeing that his face was a little moved, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Li Shimian..."

Just as the emperor opened his mouth, Huo Xi's heart skipped a beat, and a heart went up to his throat.

"I still remember him. He writes well, draws excellently, and has an upright personality..."

Guozijian sacrificed wine, was in charge of supervising education, and occasionally gave lectures to the prince.

When he came to the throne, the former court officials called him a rebellious minister who usurped the throne. In a rage, he killed many people and exiled many officials.

He knew that many people were simply implicated.But he didn't want to use any of the former ministers.

Looking at the booklet in his hand, he remembered the investigation he had asked Jin Yiwei to investigate Li Shimian a few years ago.

These years, Li Shimian stayed in Shangyong with peace of mind, and he didn't see him contacting anyone, or walking around to exonerate himself.

Now this sugar refining method is really a good thing. If it is handed over to the imperial court to implement it, it can increase a lot of income for the national treasury.The construction speed of the palace in Yanjing may be faster.

Hubu Shangshu doesn't have to come to him every day to cry about being poor.It gave him a headache.

A Li Shimian, although peaches and plums are all over the world, can't make any waves.

"Are you trying to get rid of your grandfather's family?" Emperor Yongkang looked at the real things in the basket next to him. What kind of potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, or pumpkins are these, and the yield per mu is really so high?
Also, delicious?

Huo Xi saw Emperor Yongkang's movements, and hurriedly replied: "Going back to the emperor, this is indeed my wife's selfishness. The concubine witnessed her mother's death when she was young, and she often dreamed of her, and told my wife that she missed her old parents. The minister's wife often cannot sleep at night..."

Immediately, Emperor Yongkang also remembered what had happened to Zhang Fuyuan's wife, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your grandfather was exiled to an inaccessible place in the southwest. He never resented the imperial court, and even led the exile village and nearby villages to plant such high-yield crops. His heart is for the imperial court. I am very relieved."

Huo Xi was overjoyed.

"Grandpa got the seeds sent by his wife, and took the whole family to study hard for several years. He was afraid that these seeds would not adapt to the soil and water, so he took care of them day and night. My grandmother often wrote to say that my grandfather almost moved the bedding to the field to sleep. .”

Concubine Zhang Gui also helped to intercede: "Your Majesty, with the sugar-making method presented by Sister Ning, the national treasury can be filled a lot. Knowing that the Emperor is now going to build the Forbidden City and use money everywhere, her husband and wife will be together." After obtaining this method, she rushed to present it to the emperor, which shows her sincerity. She only wanted to relieve the emperor's worries, which is really rare."

"Aifei is very right."

"The emperor also thinks what the concubine said makes sense?"

Concubine Zhang Guifei looked happy.

"Then the emperor will take a look at this thick book of cultivation techniques. From how to choose the seeds, to when and how to plant them, and how to manage them, it is written clearly. It is for those who can't go to the fields like concubines to read. I feel that I can also grow two to three thousand catties of grain per mu.”

"What's even more rare is that it's not just asking for credit when it's planted, but after several years of polishing, it's only when the seeds outside of this time are subdued and can be bred on the land of my dynasty, and the seeds are obtained again, that they are cautious. It was reported to the emperor. It shows sincerity."

"Hearing what the noble concubine said, if I can't get rid of the Li family, I will become an unreasonable and foolish emperor."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Huo Xi hurriedly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, look at you scaring my niece again. She, seeing that I am alone in the palace, often brings Xiao Yuer to visit me, saving me from staying in the palace alone with nowhere to spend my time." .”

Emperor Yongkang heard Concubine Zhang's words and thought that after the empress died all these years, he entrusted her with the palace affairs, but he rarely set foot in Zhongcui Palace.

Thinking that she entered the palace to serve him when she was ten years old, and now she is no longer young and has no children... It is true that I have treated her badly.

Patted Concubine Zhang's hand: "It was I who frightened your niece, and I apologize to Concubine Ai."

Concubine Zhang refused, "Your Majesty, just talk about it."

"Haha, you two aunts and nephews. Well, I have agreed to this matter. Not to mention the sugar production method, just because Li Shimian's family worked diligently for the court and for the people to study the method of high-yield crops, which will benefit the country. Sheji, for the benefit of the common people, I should also forgive his family."

"Thank you, Majesty Long En! Long live, long live, long live!" With tears in his eyes, Huo Xi slammed his head heavily on the floor tiles of Zhongcui Palace.

Southwest Shangyong.

Li Shimian was working in the field with a hoe and a cat.He wears a straw hat on his head, a pair of straw sandals on his feet, and his trouser legs are rolled up high.Just like a farmer who has been around for years.

Mrs. Ma took the hand of her great-grandson Li Sheng and walked on the ramp.

"Old man, old man!"

After shouting a few times, I didn't hear Li Shimian responding to her, so I couldn't help but mutter: "This old man, as soon as he arrived in the field, he seemed to be in samadhi."

When we reached the field ridge, we called out again: "Old man!"

Hearing the call, Li Shimian raised his head from the field ditch and saw that the old woman was leading his great-grandson, and said angrily, "It's cold, what are you doing with Sheng'er in the field?"

"You old man, you know it's cold. It's so cold at the end of December that people's bones hurt. You're still standing in the icy water with bare feet. Do you think you're still young? You're still young if you're not healthy. Isn't it implicating the children and grandchildren?"

Li Shimian raised his leg and signaled, "I'm wearing shoes."

Are the straw sandals windproof or waterproof?

Mrs. Ma glared at him, "You can come up quickly, get warm at home, don't get sick from the cold, lie on the bed and don't eat or drink, and then you will scare them."

"Taizu, he's gone home." Li Sheng called him in a childish voice.

"Hey, Taizu found out, so come here!"

(End of this chapter)