Red House Shoufu

Chapter 330

Since March, the temperature in various parts of the north has gradually picked up.

After a spring rain, the people took their farm tools and went to the fields one after another.Huangzhuang had a bumper harvest of potatoes last year, and it was obviously much easier to promote potatoes in Shuntian Prefecture. Before the county government publicized it, leaders of the people, such as village chiefs and patriarchs, had already come to receive seedlings.

The officials in charge of farming at the Ministry of Household Affairs have long distributed the precautions for planting and storing potatoes to the localities in detail. It is related to food, and the people are extremely concerned about this matter.

"It seems that Prince Zhongshun's restaurant has made a great contribution this time. It is much easier than the imperial court's forced planting."

It was rare for Wei Qinghe to go out of the city, but this time he was wearing a Confucian robe, walking slowly in the fields with his hands behind his back, looking at the common people who were busy in the fields with satisfaction.

The old farmer carefully inserted the potato seedlings into the fertile soil, and urged the son and daughter-in-law to scoop out a scoop of water from the wooden bucket to water hope.

I heard that potatoes are easy to live and resist drought, and have a large yield. For the common people in the northern land, these advantages are simply a gift from heaven.As for the taste and other issues, it is really not worth mentioning in front of filling the stomach.

Looking at the people's intensive farming, their faces were full of hope for the future. Lin Shu thanked that the efforts in collecting and cultivating potato seedlings in the past few years were not in vain.

Speaking of Zhongshun Wang Gao's eternal contribution, Wei Qinghe couldn't help laughing.It is not bad for the royal family to have an unruly dandy prince. At least one royal prince leads the people in his own restaurant, "inviting" passers-by to taste delicious potatoes. It is still a great help to the court.

"What Ge Lao said is that the prince's genius is more useful than the notice posted by the government at the gate of the county government."

Lin Shu thought of the unified announcement issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Shuntian Mansion. It was a bit of a head-scratcher. It was obviously promoting the bountiful harvest of Huangzhuang and the advantages of potatoes, but it was like a champion in the examination. ?

These days, I have been busy making artillery and guns, and have not paid attention to the affairs of the household department. When I discovered these problems, the spring planting had already begun.

Fortunately, the emperor asked Zhongshun Wang Gaoyong to be in charge of the promotion of potatoes, and then he found a new way, which greatly improved the popularity of potatoes in the vicinity of Shuntianfu.

In addition, Huangzhuang near Shuntianfu is relatively large, and the people have heard about the news of Huangzhuang Dafeng for a long time. This makes the people in Gyeonggi not too rebellious about changing to potatoes. On the contrary, they are very enthusiastic. Followed the head of the village and the head of the clan to the county government office to collect the seedlings.

Lin Shu squatted down to observe the green seedlings under his feet, then pinched a piece of soil in the field to test the fertility and humidity, and said happily: "There was a lot of snow last winter, and the humidity is good. No surprises, The survival rate of seedlings should be improved a lot, as long as there is no major drought, this batch of potato production can guarantee the food rations of the common people this year."

Wei Qinghe looked at the distant village with a smile, there were faint laughter of children and women's shouts, and the time was quiet under the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Shandong and Henan have been carrying out spring planting since the middle of last month. I received the memorial from Kaifeng yesterday. The area south of the Yellow River has been planted. In half a month, the rest of the area will be able to complete this year's spring planting. The old man is already looking forward to a bumper harvest in four months!"

Wei Qinghe threw the work of the cabinet to the other two great scholars, and spent three days traveling all over the capital with the officials in charge of agriculture in the household department and Lin Shu, the emperor's eye.

During the inspection, Wei Qinghe dismissed three officials under the Shuntian Mansion in front of the common people, beheaded more than a dozen local snakes who oppressed the common people, and while talking and laughing, the steward of the Xunqin Manor voluntarily gave up the land of the river canal. Use the right to help the common people complete the spring planting as soon as possible.

Wei Qinghe, who has presided over the cabinet of Great Chu for nearly ten years, except for the two saints, no one dares to act presumptuously in front of him.I heard that the royal relatives, civil and military officials in the capital have all issued death orders to their stewards. As long as they can take good care of the old man, it is fine for the entire Zhuangzi to help the common people farm the land. Get yourself into trouble.

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Lin Shu, who had been busy outside the city for three consecutive days, returned to the mansion exhausted. After taking a bath, he lay in the yard and petted the cat while Daiyu told him about the family affairs in the past few days.

"The sage gave several sets of books in the palace collection, which are printed in Song Dynasty and are extremely precious. I have someone transcribe a copy and plan to save the original."

"Oh, I don't know how our loyal county king will feel. In terms of the emperor's mind, the saint is still powerful. The people are afraid that the saint will respect the saint even more!"

"Isn't that right? The people in the capital now only scold Zhongxin Wangfu and the Zhen family, saying that the Zhen family taught the saint's son badly..."

Daiyu skillfully brewed scented tea, and handed it to Lin Shu: "Brother, try it, I've just made it, peach blossom tea!"

Lin Shu struggled to get up from the rocking chair, and when he picked it up, he felt choked up, even the peach blossom petals used to make tea were eaten.

"That's right, it quenches your thirst, but the cup is too small, remember to change to a bigger cup next time."

"Brother is really..."

"Grandpa, isn't this what I said, Zhu Bajie eats ginseng fruit - he doesn't know what it tastes like!"

Xueyan on the side covered her mouth and accepted Daiyu's words, and said with a smile: "However, the boldness of the uncle is the same as that of Beiqiao Peak. If it is replaced by a wine jar, it will be more similar."

Lin Shu took another cup of scented tea from Daiyu, tasted it and said, "Yu'er's craftsmanship is getting better and better, but unfortunately I'm a rude man, and I can't taste it. To describe it in one word, it's great!"

He winked and made mischief, which made Daiyu laugh out loud: "That's three words... By the way, I went to Rongguo Mansion yesterday and got some good or bad news..."

Daiyu told the news yesterday in Rongguo Mansion that Shi Xiangyun and Wei Ruolan's marriage had been verbally settled, and when Wei's family came to propose marriage, they began to go through the six ceremonies to formalize the marriage.

"Yichai was saved again..."

"Huh? Brother, what did you say? What did you save?"

Lin Shu lay on the rocking chair again, stroking the cat, and said lazily: "I mean, this is a good thing. In the case of the Shi family, it's better to get married early."

"But in terms of feelings, shouldn't it be mutual affection? Sister Yun is actually... actually..."

Daiyu didn't know what to say about Xiangyun and Baoyu, and finally she could only say: "Sister Yun has never met Wei Ruolan before. Didn't my brother say that love at first sight only appeared in the storybooks?" ever?"

Lin Shu naturally knew about Shi Xiangyun's entanglement with Jia Baoyu, but he felt that Jia Baoyu was not a good match for Shi Xiangyun.

"Does Yu'er know what Sister Yun needs most now?"

Daiyu shook her head in confusion, and Lin Shu explained leisurely: "You also know the situation of the historian. Sister Yun lived in the Baolinghou's mansion since she was a child. It can be said that it is worse than a real relative's house. Obviously You live in your own family, but now you can have a home that truly belongs to you, what will you do?"

"My brother is actually the same as what Sister Yun said before..."

Daiyu recalled what she had talked with Xiang Yunye that time, and sighed: "Grandmother also told me that the mistress of the Wei family liked Sister Yun very much, and even gave her the golden hairpin from the Wei family. For the past two days, Baoyu has been depressed and a little unhappy, and I heard that Wei Ruolan and Wei Ruolan almost cut off their righteousness."

Lin Shu smiled and said: "If the future mother-in-law likes it, Sister Yun's life will be much smoother. If there is no blessing from parents and elders for this marriage, life will be extremely difficult in the future. Just The stories about the poor scholar and the ladies in the storybook are all lies..."

"When you put on your make-up, prepare some silver bills as gifts. Sister Yun's mother's dowry must have been ruined by her good uncle and aunt."

As far as Shi Nai and Shi Ding are concerned, the property left by Shi Xiangyun's parents may have been embezzled long ago and there is not much left.Instead of giving those flashy things, it is better to prepare more money.

Anyway, there are only two brothers and sisters in the Lin family, and Daiyu has food to support, and the most important thing is money.

Daiyu sighed, nodded and replied, "Grandmother prepared 10,000 taels of silver in a silver box for Sister Yun, and her old man told me that her dowry will be left to Second Sister, Third Sister, Fourth Sister and Baoyu... And I……"

"If the old lady does this, I'm afraid it will make uncle unhappy."

Although there is no provision in the etiquette system, under normal circumstances, Jia She, the eldest son of the Jia Shi family, should be able to get most of the property, and the rest will be inherited by the second son Jia Zheng and his grandchildren.Not to mention Xiangyun, even Daiyu has no reason to take the old lady's dowry.

Lin Shu smiled and said: "Forget it, uncle is probably used to it long ago. If you have time, Yu'er will persuade the old lady that money is important, but after the younger sisters get married in the future, they will not be able to do without relying on their natal family. Uncle will not offend them because of this matter, but it will hurt the feelings of relatives in the end, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Daiyu nodded, she also felt that it was inappropriate to do so.But my grandmother became stubborn and couldn't listen to anything.

Everything was complicated, skipping over Xiangyun's marriage, Daiyu talked about other family matters.For example, the spring planting conditions of the various villages of the Lin family, the invitations and invitations received in the past few days, the weddings and funerals of relatives and friends, etc., all need to be attended by the master of the Lin family.Fortunately, Lin Bo and Lin Feng have already come to the capital, so they are quite handy in handling these matters.

……

The research and development of firearms cannot be achieved overnight. Lin Shu searched the memories of his previous life, and wrote down the relevant knowledge about smelting, firearms, and gunpowder in his memory.

However, he didn't know much about this aspect in the previous life of peace and prosperity. Many of them were just a simple concept, and craftsmen had to go through a lot of experiments to make the finished product.

The officials sent by the Ministry of Rites to the Tatar King City have sent back news that the alliance between Great Chu and Tatar was formally signed. Wei set up a mutual market, and the imperial court bestowed tea, salt, pig iron, silk and other things...

The Tatars' vassal tribute disintegrated Oala's conspiracy, and the pressure on Xuanda's front line was instantly relieved. The emperor issued a decree to Xuanda. In addition to keeping enough defensive troops, he mobilized elite soldiers and strong generals to go west along the Great Wall to enrich the Shaanxi-Gansu defense line.

Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

Since Prince Teng, the inspector of the Nine Frontiers, has been ordered to inspect the Nine Frontiers, Qi Bohan, the imperial envoy, governor of the world, military and political affairs, and cabinet scholar, also left the capital for Shanxi.

Gao Yongyi, the king of Zhongxin County and the great general of Fuyuan, failed to ask for money in the household department, and was sternly faced by the Supreme Emperor. He finally left the capital and embarked on the road of eating sand in the northwest.

The atmosphere in the capital became much more active, but Lin Shu was still paying attention to the situation of the Zhongxin Palace, the Zhen family, and the Wang family all the time.Gao Yongyi, Wang Ziteng and Zhen Yingjia are not dead, he will never feel at ease.

Just as Lin Shu came out of the imperial city that day, he saw Fu Quan chatting with Jia Cong beside the carriage.Seeing Lin Shu coming out of the palace gate, Jia Cong rushed over and said, "Brother Lin, my father asked me to send you a letter, saying that I will invite you to Shuntian Mansion to watch the excitement tomorrow!"

……

On the second day of April, a big and colorful case broke out in Beijing.

Prince Matmur of Wala wanted to rob a little lady who sold sesame seed cakes in the street, but was broken by the famous heroic Monk Lu in the capital's third leg.

The cabinet urged Shuntian Mansion to solve the case as soon as possible, and it was supervised by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The trial was held on the sixth day of April.

In the early morning of this day, the gate of Shuntian government office was crowded with people who came to watch the fun.Lin Shu followed Jia She, who was dressed in a python robe and jade belt, and squeezed into the crowd of spectators with a dozen strong guards.

The people who were squeezed away were a little dissatisfied. They wanted to swear, but they obediently shut their mouths when they saw Jia She, who was in the python robe and jade belt.

Jia Amnesty was very satisfied with the other party's attitude, threw a silver bean over, and then, looking like an old dandy, sat on the chair brought by the guards from the Shuntian government office.

As for the invitation of Jia She to sit in by Shuntian Mansion, Jia She bluntly said that he came to watch the excitement today, so naturally he had to sit in a place to watch the excitement to have a sense of ceremony.

"Heirs offend Lu Zhishen!"

Lu Zhishen is Monk Lu. He used to be a monk in Shaolin Temple for many years.

Although he has offended many people, he has also benefited from many people. He has a lot of connections in the underworld and the white world, and he is very happy.

As the trial was about to start, Jia Amnesty suddenly whispered to Lin Shu, "This monk Lu is from Xiuyiwei..."

Lin Shu was surprised at first, and then complained about the name in his heart. He asked in puzzlement, "How did the eldest uncle know? Could it be that the matter of injuring the Tartars was arranged by the Embroidery Guard?"

"It's a coincidence that Monk Lu once studied the Fa next to Master Liaoran. The crown prince and I... the old prince Yizhong and I met him when we visited the Dabaoen Temple. Later, Zuo Lan took the embroidered clothes guard I introduced Monk Lu to Zuo Lan."

Zuo Lan developed Monk Lu to become an embroidered clothes guard, probably because of his ability to communicate.Sometimes there are some things that are difficult to deal with officially, but have to be handled by hidden underground forces.

For example this time...

Jia Amnesty continued to whisper: "As for teaching Matmur a lesson, in my opinion, it should be related to the Palace of Zhongshun."

　Today, the picture of Sao Dazi and Dalang's cooking cake proprietress touched the line and was blocked for a chapter. Let's see if it can be released tomorrow. If it doesn't work, I will change it at noon and apply for unblocking.

　　Damn it, this book has written 70 words and I dare not drive a car, I will catch every car!Because today's plot was blocked, I had to change the order to temporarily make up enough words for full attendance. It was a bit messy. I will find time to adjust it tomorrow and change the blocked chapters.I'm going to see how other people's books write these special plots, why only catch me!
　　Stop here first, good night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)