Chapter 40 Purchase of Seedlings

Time dragged to the end of April, at this time, there was a news from the previous dynasty, saying that it was found to produce energy, and the shocked Kangxi personally took all the ministers to watch.

"This is what you call corn and sweet potatoes?"

Seeing three different plant samples, Kangxi asked curiously.

"Back to the emperor, this is corn. The man pointed to an unbroken ear of corn on the cob, and as he moved, a large ear of corn appeared in his hand.

Seeing such a big corn, Kangxi couldn't help but be a little excited, only to see him gently pinching the ears of corn in his hand and a sweet potato weighing more than a pound, that precious look, as if he had obtained some priceless treasure.

"Okay, good, you have done a great job for me. As he spoke, Kangxi happily patted the man's shoulder.

"Slaves don't dare to take credit. The man glanced at Lord Guo Luoluo embarrassedly, he knew best, the patriarch was willing to raise himself as a person who came out of the five suits, he knew in his heart how to dare to ask for merit again.

"You're very good, Lord Guo Luoluo also has a heart. ”

After Kangxi was excited, he also regained his usual wisdom, he has always been rewarded for meritorious service, for Lord Guo Luoluo's performance, his heart is very happy, and he is naturally willing to praise him, and he gave birth to a noble man for his brother.

Lord Guo Luoluo didn't answer, and Kangxi asked the next sentence about the person's planting, and when to plant and so on.

"Your Majesty, now is the best time to plant, corn can be soaked in water, just like peanuts planted in the ground, as for sweet potatoes, the minions have left sweet potato seedlings, if the emperor needs, the minions can let people prepare for the emperor immediately, I believe that when the autumn is ripe, it will definitely give the emperor a big surprise." ”

Hearing that people even have the most important seedlings ready for planting, Kangxi's heart was happy, just now he asked in detail about some seedlings, and naturally knew that seedlings are also very important, if there are no good seedlings, the yield will not be high during the autumn harvest.

He looked at the person next to him, and his heart suddenly became a little happier again, such a person who knows how to share his worries is really a rare talent, of course, if he is not a soldier, thinking of this, his eyes are aimed at Lord Guo Luoluo and said: "Lord Guo Luoluo has recommended a talent to me." ”

Knowing that his plan was seen by the emperor, Lord Guo Luoluo was not hypocritical, and smiled flatteringly at the moment: "Your Majesty, there are many people in Guo Luoluo's family, and the minister also wants them to have a good way out in order to support the family." When he said this, his heart was sour.

Kangxi also knew that when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, these families faced one of the most important problems, that is, they could not cultivate fertile land like those Han people, so that the clansmen of these families lived in poverty, but although he understood, he couldn't.

The courtiers around him were also very uncomfortable, there were many clansmen in their family, and sometimes he would listen to his wife say that some family life was hard, but they knew what they could do? Although their income was high, they had to support the small family, and the remaining silver taels could not solve their life problems at all.

Wiping away the tears in his eyes, the soldier lowered his head slightly, his Ama and his brother were seriously injured and paralyzed in bed when they were fighting, leaving Eniang and two young brothers and sisters, as the eldest child in the family, his knowledge is not enough to go to the scientific examination, and the rest is only in the army, fortunately, the patriarch is a person who cares about the old feelings, so that they have a place to live.

The fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy knelt in front of Lord Guo Luoluo, tears in his eyes dripping down his cheeks, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of situation would be their family without the care of the patriarch Guo Luoluo.

"Don't cry, child, it'll be fine. Lord Guo Luoluo comforted the boy and helped him up. The tears in his eyes also flickered, and his heart was uncomfortable, but his ability was too small, and he only hoped to help more of his own people and make them suffer less.

The young man stood up, looked at Kangxi with tears in his eyes and said: "My Ama and my brother were paralyzed in bed when they were fighting, in order to treat them, the family's pension and some valuable things were sold, leaving Eniang and a pair of young siblings less than ten years old, at that time, our family couldn't even afford to drink a mouthful of hot porridge, and in the end there was no way, so I had to secretly hide from my family and run to the patriarch's house." Saying this, he wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve: "At that time, the patriarch saw that I was young, so he only asked me to be a nurse, and it was not until the year before last that the patriarch let me enter the army. ”

"You attacked the three feudatories with me?" Kangxi asked, looking at the young man. He knew how much pressure the young man was under, and if it weren't for Lord Guo Luoluo's care, he was afraid that their family would be even worse.

"Back to the emperor, the slave followed the emperor to attack the three feudatories, and now he has the honor of serving as a thousand-commander. The boy said proudly.

The military exploits of the Qing Dynasty are all counted as merits by head, and being able to serve as a commander of a thousand means that he has killed at least 100 people, and a young man of the age of a weak crown can have such a record, which shows that he is a talent that can be imagined.

"Do you want to be a general in the army?"

Hearing Kangxi's words, the young man naturally knew what he meant, but his family had paid a huge price for it, if he followed in the footsteps of one day, he didn't dare to imagine that this family would do this, and shook his head at the moment: "Slaves are the pillars of the family, if they lose the protection of slaves, they really have no way to live." ”

Kangxi looked at this filial and motivated young man with satisfaction, and was happy: "Okay, I will give you a Qipin Zhi County, I only hope that you will be an official for one term and protect the health of the people." ”

"Slave thanks to the emperor's grace!" When the young man heard Kangxi's words, he knelt down happily and kowtowed three times.

When the ministers heard this, they were also happy for him, you must know that the Qing Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and the young people stayed away from the battlefield for their families, which made them feel that he had filial piety, such a person, even if he knew that he was not his own clansman, would make people feel good.

It is precisely for this reason that Kangxi rewarded him with an official position of the seventh grade, and everyone was happy for him, of course, there were also jealous people, but when he thought of his miserable family affairs, he was ashamed of his careful eyes.

With such a life experience, in addition to thinking that he is more miserable, they don't even have the little bit of caution at the beginning, this is human nature, if Kangxi directly rewards him with an official position, everyone will definitely be envious and jealous, but now, they don't envy him for having two paralyzed family members in bed.

Subsequently, Kangxi purchased seedlings of these two crops from Lord Guo Luoluo at the price of two taels of silver and one stone of corn, and one tael of silver for one hundred sweet potato seedlings.