Kuai Chuan Teaches You To Be a Man

The magistrate's surname was Zhou, he was born under the roots of the imperial city, and was a son of a prominent family. Because of his background, how could this person know anything about farming? Potatoes, as coarse grains, can't make it to his table. Knowing that the potatoes are round and cooked is the limit for him.

Before leaving for Kangping, he asked several times, how amazing is this harvest? Seeing that the subordinate in charge of farming was full of excitement and nodded, he hurried on his way.

Zhou Zhifu doesn't know how to farm, so it doesn't matter if you don't know how to farm! One thing he understood was that if anyone could actually triple or triple the grain production, the credit would be too great.

Thinking about the usual procedures of the imperial court, he said with emotion that the farmer surnamed Qiao in Chenxiang was about to turn over. Lord Zhou thought about whether he could share some of the credit, but he felt that this was a hot potato, and it was difficult to take it.

It’s easy for you to get credit for the last book, but the increase in grain production is not the end of the matter. The court will send someone who knows what to do to check the situation to distinguish the truth from the false, and even say that some people will temporarily settle in Chenxiang to watch them plant another season. All steps are optimistic, and the new planting method and yield increase rate are recorded and reported to the imperial front. At this time, the imperial court's reward will be issued, and it is less likely to directly call farmers into Beijing to serve as officials, and it is more likely to reward titles or gold and silver land based on merit.

Gold, silver, and land are very attractive to officials from poor backgrounds, and they are good in front of Zhou Zhifu. As long as he follows the road paved by his family, it will be a matter of time before officials worship the first or second rank. Taking the risk and greed for the credit.

Furthermore, Linzhou under his governance saw a dramatic increase in grain production. Even if the farmer surnamed Qiao in Chenxiang achieved this initiative, the officials also deserve credit for the timely reporting and leadership.

Zhou Zhifu pondered the stakes while he was on his way. He had already figured it out when he arrived at Kangping. When he arrived at Chenxiang, he didn't take a second look at the young girls in colorful clothes, and went straight to the Qiao family and his son. He withdrew his official prestige, and put on an approachable appearance to chat with Qiao Fu. It was almost time to hear Qiao Fu say that the new potato seed method was thought up by his son Qiao Yue.

Having said that, he scratched his head--

"It can't be said that he came up with it. It was God who gave blessings to the emperor to the court, entrusted my son with a dream, and taught him how to farm in his dream. My son said that he not only learned the new method of planting potatoes, but also planted rice and wheat seeds. Other crops, but he can't distinguish so many thoughts and manage those many by himself, so he can only do the same."

Zhou Zhifu was shocked, turned to look at Qiao Yue, and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Standing in the shade, Qiao Yue was still uncomfortable. He had just wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and was about to change a handkerchief when he heard the question from the prefect, he held the handkerchief in his palm, nodded and said, "Go back. As an adult, everything my father said is true."

Well! That's great! Zhou Zhifu thought to himself that if the father and son really did not talk nonsense, it would be a big event that shocked the government and the opposition. The yield of grains can be increased, but the people will still be hungry? Are there disasters everywhere? Will the army still be short of food? Zhou Zhifu is already thinking about how to write the book so that he can take advantage of being a local parent official, and can attract enough attention from the court!

Qiao Fulai felt that the prefect was different from what he expected, as if he was more simple and less official.

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, do you think it's time to dig out the potatoes from those acres of land?"

Yes, yes, I was so busy daydreaming that I almost forgot about the business. The Zhou Zhifu gave the county magistrate a wink and asked him to lead someone to dig!

Qiao Fulai was originally afraid that his own people would be too slow to dig up, so he was going to ask the tenant farmers for help, so that the adults would not wait for a long time. Unexpectedly, he was taken down by the yamen. Magistrate Jin personally supervised the work. If you want to help him, don't let him. Just look at it. It's just a few acres of land. These yamen servants also did farm work before they became yamen servants.

A group of people were sweating profusely digging potatoes, and another group of people were measuring the area of ​​the land, and it was easy to report it after they had figured it out.

The people brought by the county magistrate Jin did not complain or tired and gritted their teeth for a whole day. Fortunately, Wang Zhenniang had a good look. The officers and gentlemen were all working under the sun, and they ordered their servants to cook mung bean soup to see if someone wanted to support When she couldn't stop, she sent the cold mung bean soup to the ground, greeted the big guy to drink a bowl, and then went on to work.

Zhou Zhifu nodded, and the county magistrate Jin greeted the yamen to come over. I didn't really think the mung bean soup was so delicious before, but now my throat is sweating with smoke, and now I drink a bowl, not to mention how happy it is.

Taking advantage of the mung bean soup, the summer heat dissipated a little. The yamen hurriedly dug up the remaining potatoes, and transported them to the side for weighing. The yield per mu was really amazing.

"This, this is more than twice the average yield per mu of Linzhou." The official in charge of agriculture was so excited that he could not speak clearly. Hearing this generalization, Zhou Zhifu, who did not understand farming at all, was also excited, and he was transferred to Linzhou. made money! Earn big!

The batch of potatoes dug out of the ground was bought by the yamen with money, and they said that they would take them back and actually cook them to try the taste. If they were different from those grown by traditional methods, they had to be written on the booklet.

When it's hot, Qiao Yue has a poor appetite or energy. He hasn't gone out very often recently, and he doesn't talk much. However, when it comes to professional issues, he still answered Zhou Zhifu's doubts, saying that the potatoes grown in this way are essentially the same as before, not only not bad, but only better.

This increase in production depends on optimizing planting methods. To fundamentally achieve a leap in yield per mu, the most direct and effective method is to optimize grain seeds through hybridization. However, hybridization requires suitable female and male parents, and it is easier to do with the assistance of the imperial court. , it is relatively troublesome to do it yourself.

Because the level of agricultural development in this dynasty is still relatively low, farming is not based on science but experience. Now it is only necessary to teach scientific farming methods and suitable fertilizers to achieve initial increase in production. With this result, the court will pay for it later. It is more realistic to make efforts to cultivate high-quality varieties by hybridization, and no one believes in the empty talk about increasing production.

Qiao Yue has a good heart, and he speaks with Zhou Zhifu in a decent manner. Although he is said to be a low-level man with a low emotional intelligence and a high degree of professional convincing, he often makes your blood boil after listening to it, and you can't wait to do it to the guy!

Just like Zhou Zhifu, at first his impression of Qiao Yue was still sick and crooked. After the two of them finished talking, he wished he would make a new year's friend today, and kept complimenting him, saying that it is not a good idea to say that he is a champion in three hundred and sixty lines. Xu, I used to feel how simple farming is, but I am really ashamed to listen to your words.

Ask Qiao Fu to come to his son and say he didn't say kiss? Young talent is a talent, there should be many girls who like it?

Qiao Fulai wanted to ask the prefect where your illusion came from?

He didn't dare...

He didn't dare, but Qiao Yue was very brave. Qiao Yue slid up the pole and said that he had not discussed a marriage yet, but he already had a sweetheart, but there was too much difference in rank, and he didn't dare to ask someone to match.

Qiao Yue's eyes were bright and his face was written: "You ask me, and then ask!"

Zhou Zhifu, who knew how to look at people's faces the most, really asked, and after a while, he questioned him, "I don't know which girl it is?"

As soon as he asked, he added: "If it's not convenient to say it, forget it. After all, it's a private matter for Brother Qiao."

Qiao Yue was quite generous, and with a face that didn't matter to me, he said, "Once I went to the county to be a guest at my uncle's house, and my uncle took me into the Cao county's mansion, and happened to have a relationship with his cousin. But I glanced at her from a distance, and I haven't seen her since, but I fell in love with her at first sight, I just hated that I was born in a country, and it was wrong to be a family."

Cao Fubiao girl?

Zhou Zhifu is from the capital, how can you know local celebrities? It was the county magistrate Jin who listened to him and explained a thing or two to him.

It is said that the Cao mansion in the mouth of little brother Qiao should be the mansion of the prime minister of Cao County.

"...But Yu Zixiao?"

"It is also."

Zhou Zhifu thought for a while, tapped Qiao Yue on the shoulder, and asked little brother Qiao to work harder, saying that it is indeed wrong to be in the right family now, and it may not be in the future. The increase in grain production is a great contribution, nothing worse than anything else. When the court rewards him, he asks his wife to talk to the aunt of the Yu family to see if he can ask her aunt to protect the matchmaker.

Originally, Wang Zhenniang was going to faint, and Qiao Fulai wanted to scold her son badly. Are you full to talk to your parents about your sweetheart? ? ? The two parents are working hard for the common people, how can they be free to take care of such matters?

Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhifu also agreed to him, and promised to ask the prefect's wife to come forward to find the Yu family's aunt for matchmaking.

This is really a good official for the sake of the people!

Wouldn't it be better to ask the prefect's wife to come forward than to ask the Cao family's wife for matchmaking?

That's Mrs. Prefect!

Qiao Fulai was grateful for another round of gratitude, and then he sent away the potatoes piled up in the hills and the yamen who were exhausted into dead dogs. Of course, the two adults have also left. Magistrate Jin has not slept peacefully for a while. Now that the matter is over, it may be considered a solid rest. As for the Zhou Zhifu, he couldn't wait to go back and write a book, and he wanted to report the great news of his house to the imperial court, so that the emperor would know that the potato production in his Linzhou land increased.

Zhou Zhifu is also preparing to repair books to the parents and brothers, so that they can push it at the right time. He repeatedly stated that he personally led people to dig out the potatoes in those several acres of land and watched and weighed them personally. This matter cannot be faked, it is more real than real gold.

This matter was reported to Linzhou at the end of May. At the beginning of June, the expedited secret package was sent from Linzhou to the capital. After the emperor saw it, he immediately asked the minister in charge of agricultural affairs to discuss it in front of the emperor, asking them to double the potato harvest or even Is it possible to double it.

The ministers shook their heads and said it was impossible.

The emperor slapped the book in front of them, let the old people take a closer look, and then asked if it was possible.

It is clear that the person who wrote this book is Zhou Chonglian, the prefect of Linzhou, and he is a member of the Zhou clan. It is possible for the local officials to talk things up in order to earn merit, but the Zhou family has had so many high-ranking officials, what can and cannot be done without his knowledge?

Since it was Lord Zhou's book, several of them winked at each other, and changed their minds to say that they couldn't imagine it, and they didn't dare to say that they couldn't.

Sure enough, just as the Zhou Zhifu thought, the emperor did not directly reward him, but appointed ministers on imperial envoys, and sent several officials who were proficient in farming to Linzhou to let them figure things out. If it is a rumor, it is deceiving the king, and it will be dealt with according to the law. If this is true, then figure out this new method and submit it back.

After some dawdling, until August, the imperial envoy arrived in Linzhou, and his party was repaired in Linzhou for two days, and then went to Kangping.

At this time, it was during the township examination. It stands to reason that everyone is concerned about who can be nominated on the list and who can flourish. This year is not the case, because the fame of "Chenxiang Qiao Potato" has spread far and wide. The counties and townships under the jurisdiction of Linzhou are discussing this matter, and they have made up stories for him based on imagination.

Some people say that the surname of Chen Xiang Qiao is a farmer. He is a great immortal who is in charge of farming. He said that he wants to increase the income of potatoes.

Some people say that where it is two or three times, it is obviously four or five times!

"No! What you said is wrong! Listen to me, my cousin's house is right next to Chenxiang...the distance is very close. It is said that the son of the big landlord Qiao Fulai in Chenxiang is the one who increases the potato income. His son looks like He is sick, and he didn't know how to farm, but I heard that God gave him a dream, taught him, and let him learn to teach us, and bring us to eat!"

"Is that so? That's a good thing!"

"Isn't it? I also heard that he can grow not only potatoes, but also rice, wheat and beans!"

"It's incredible, that's really incredible, I don't know how the court will reward him?"

"Give the silver to the land to add officials and titles, what else can I do?"

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From before the start of the township examination, to the end, to the completion of the transcription, to the completion of the grading, to the announcement of the yamen list... For so long, the common people have not stopped. In previous years, they would discuss this student and the master, and this time no one cared. Regarding the imperial examination, I just want to know when the new potato growing method will be implemented? How can the liveliness of other people's homes be as important as their own belly?

It is against this background that Cao Yaozu was elected. Originally, as the son of the county magistrate, it was a great event for him to be admitted to the university, and there should be congratulations from all directions.

In fact, there are a lot of congratulations, but people send gifts and congratulations and it's over, and they don't hold Cao Yaozu to keep advocating, everyone's mind is on the imperial envoy who came over a while ago, and the movement from Chen Xiang. They are also closely concerned.

I heard that Qiao Yue was the nephew of county magistrate Wan Rong, and the threshold of Wan Rong was about to be breached. Many people asked him about the cause and effect. Wan Rong and his wife Wang Jinniang also remembered that Qiao Yue had brought a cart of potatoes as a guest before the winter of last year.

Wang Jinniang comforted her eldest sister at the time, saying that it might be a big happy event for Xiaoyuezhong to become famous?

She just said casually, she didn't believe it herself, but it came true.

The eldest sister also said that the prefect and Xiaoyue had a good chat and promised to help him protect the media. Wang Jinniang became more and more stupefied when she heard it, saying that things that they couldn't do even if they were worried were really so easy to do?

No matter how she didn't believe it, things just came here in a daze. But he said that after Cao Yaozu was elected, because of the lack of scenery and pomp, his mother Fang was very sullen. Fang was angry that Wanrong's nephew was ignorant. But he was reprimanded by Master Cao.

"Now the magistrates can't do anything with him, you want to deal with him? What do you have to rely on to deal with him?"

Mrs Fang was so angry that she thought that she couldn't clean up the Qiao family who was stealing the limelight. She could always ask her brother-in-law to show off. Thinking like this, she wrote a letter saying that she was sharing the good news, but she was actually slapping Yu Zixiao in the face. , satirizing that he was blind to gold and jade, and also ridiculed Yu Xia, probably to see what kind of good husband you could find.

Cao Yaozu said it was reasonable, and Yu Zi's filial piety was Fang's malice towards his daughter. Although obscure, it can be seen between the lines.

He locked himself in the study and was bored for a long time, when he suddenly heard that his out-married sister had returned. As soon as his eldest sister sat down, he directly cut to the point, saying that the prefect lady invited her to sit down recently, and asked Yu Xia if she had not yet agreed.

Yu Zixiao frowned, and asked the eldest sister to continue, what does it mean to ask Mrs. prefect?

"It doesn't mean anything, it's said that I want to be a matchmaker for my niece."