Zhenguan Chang'an Xiaofangzheng

Chapter 276 Arrow Valley Pear

Ming Tan made the tea soup by himself: "Actually, calm down and think about it carefully. The land in the east is small, but it is not useless, at least it has a lot of trees!"

Du pears, black dates, and nai (shaguo) can be found in the east of Jingyuan. They are all fruit-bearing trees that are not tasty in nature, but they have strong vitality. .

Their close relatives, pear, persimmon, and ringo (apple), are delicious but not so easy to cultivate, and they are more picky.

The word Ringo has changed its meaning in history, but at this time it undoubtedly refers to Apple.

"Have you ever tried grafting a pear tree onto Du Li?" Fan Zheng asked.

Ming Tan nodded: "I have studied "Qi Min Yao Shu", and once grafted Xinfeng Jiangu pears onto Du pears, the pear tree gave birth to sons, the second son was pears, and the eighth son was Du pears. The key is, the grafting place, ten Not live one."

Arrow Valley pear is a specialty of Xinfeng County. It is well-known in Guanzhong and was a tribute in the Han Dynasty.

In "Qi Min Yao Shu", there are actually very detailed records about the grafting of pear trees to Du pears, including sawing the rootstock of Du pears to five or six inches from the ground, because pear trees are brittle and easy to break in the wind.

"The side of the wood is close to the wood, and the skin is close to the skin" is the main point noted in "Qi Min Yao Shu".

If the rootstock of Du pear is broken with a cross, the survival rate is extremely low.

Although this split grafting method was replaced by better tongue grafting and bud grafting methods in later generations, its survival rate is really not as low as [-] to [-]%. The rootstock needs to be tied after grafting, which is the key to improving the survival rate. .

"After grafting, wrap the soil with sackcloth, cover the joint, tie it with a rope, and slowly untie it after it survives." Fan Zheng pointed out casually.

After tasting the tea soup that Ming Tan cooked, it was okay and quite satisfactory.

Ming Tan paused, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have done something wrong.

Hehe, there are arrow valley pears in the east of Jingyuan, why can't Shangguan try a bite?Not worthy?

No wonder Wolong despises these colleagues who can only do things with their heads down.

In fact, there were many people like Ming Tan who did not care about human relationships and worldly sophistication in the heyday of a dynasty.

Only honest people whose hearts are frozen by the cold reality will flatter and flatter horses everywhere, and no one is willing to bow their heads and do thankless things.

Then, if an honest person makes a few complaints, the idiots will still clamor "I'm not satisfied with you leaving Datang".

"Hehehe, Shangguan, in a few days, I will pick some grafted Arrow Valley pears in the east of Jingyuan. Please taste them, whether the quality has deteriorated."

An honest person is in a hurry, throwing down his face, he will also flatter, but Ming Tan is still a beginner, and the traces are still very heavy.

Fan Zheng smiled: "Okay, I know that you are people who do things, and it is too difficult to learn to flatter. When the time comes, pick some up and send them to the upper officials in the temple, so that they can see the details of the prison in the east of the capital. results."

Hey, the content is obviously the same, but after Fan Zheng said it, Ming Tan's nervous mood quickly calmed down, and his big mouth almost reached his ears.

This statement, from the sound of it, feels that Dongmianjian has somehow stepped up to a higher level.

"The director is right. At that time, it is necessary to ask the director to give some pointers."

After the shackles in his heart were torn away, Ming Tan felt that he was much more relaxed in speaking, not to mention that Shangguan didn't mind his poor performance before.

This is so comfortable!

Ming Tan secretly swears that from this year to next year, the Jingyuan East Prison must have impressive results, so as to live up to Shangguan's tolerance.

Ming Tan went out happily, while Sinonong Shaoqing Li Wei walked slowly into the director's office of Jingyuan, took the tea bowl from Fan Zheng, and sighed softly.

"Ming Tan is such a straight-hearted person, he finally learned how to bend over. Without Tao Yuanming's ability, how could he learn not to bend over for five buckets of rice? He was actually delayed in his career as a deputy prisoner, and he was dumped to the ruthless East Prison."

Feelings are emotions, Li Wei didn't make a move to pull Ming Tan.

This is how things are in the world, even if there are thousands of people who sympathize with you, there may not be one person who is willing to give you a hand.

If there is, it must be a noble person who is difficult to meet in your life.

Although the rank of the Four Sides Prison is the same as that of the deputy supervisor, it is from the sixth rank, but the actual power is divided into high and low, and the priority of promotion is not the same.

Without taking advantage of Ming Tan's unlucky moment and taking another step, Li Wei is already a kind person.

Really, at the moment when the dog in the water was beaten, most of the people who raised the stick never had any grudges.

Fan Zheng smiled: "In this world, there must be some honest people, right?"

You can take care of some flatterers, but you must not block the promotion steps of all honest people, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.

Li Wei nodded: "It's no wonder that Shangguan is willing to resist some favors and insists on placing you as the director of Jingyuan. Apart from the talent of segmental transportation, your standing is what Shangguan wants to see."

I understand that the elders want to maintain a fair situation as much as possible so that the yamen they belong to can develop soundly.

It's a pity that such a wish of castles in the air...

Admiration is nothing but admiration, but this is really a wish to quench thirst, and it is destined that one crab is not as good as one crab.

This is an objective law of history, and it cannot be solved by chanting slogans and putting a few hats on the author.

When Lao Zhu peeled the corrupt officials to leather grass, he did not expect that his Ming Dynasty was the dynasty with the most corrupt officials in history.

"You don't need to worry about deputy supervisor Long Min here, even if he fell from the sky without you, his qualifications are not enough."

Besides, Sinong Temple does not only have the fifth-rank position of director of Jingyuan.

Well, the current Luoyang Palace is not the Eastern Capital, and there is no such level as the director of the Duyuan, but the director of the Jiucheng Palace is also from the fifth rank, and at most it is 320 miles away from Chang'an.

What about the extremely important Taicang Administration Order?

Sorry, from the seventh grade.

"It doesn't matter."

Fan Zheng didn't change his attitude in any way because of Li Wei's words.

Up to now, Long Min is still performing his duties conscientiously, and that's enough.

Fan Zheng wasn't so small-minded that he insisted on driving him away, there was still room for him.

If Long Min wanted to be a monster, he might as well think about which Yamen Fan Zheng came from.

"Shangguan heard that he is going to the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Li Wei said intentionally or unintentionally.

Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Duke of Ju State Tang Jian, because he ignored his duties and always drank and gambled with the guests, he was impeached by Liu Fan, the imperial censor.

His own qualifications, merits, and titles are sufficient. Tang Jian's son Tang Shanshi even married Princess Yuzhang. What is there to love?
If Guo Siben went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he would be promoted in line, and it would be Li Wei's turn to take over.

The point is, Li Wei's own qualifications are quite solid, and there is no problem at all.

Combining the above factors, Li Wei's coming here is not just for small talk, but to win Fan Zheng's support.

After all, there are not many fifth-rank officials in Sinong Temple.

Fan Zheng remained silent, but crossed his hands at Li Wei, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

(End of this chapter)