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This year's spring is full of rain, because of last year's drought, seeing this year's so, everyone is happy, only hope that this year's wind and rain will be smooth, and the trend of last year's poor harvest will be reversed.

But the rain doesn't go as people want, it rains more and more. It's just that there is a lot of rain in Qingming Festival, but after the day of Mangzhong, it is always rainy and rainy, and Shi Fei'er is really depressed when she sees this weather. I remembered that there was a song I recited when I was a child: one year of drought, one year of waterlogging, and another year of grasshoppers. It's been a year of drought, and if this year's drought doesn't turn into flooding, I'm afraid it will really be another year of famine.

Last year's drought forced the northwest to go backwards, and now the northwest has just stopped for two days. If this year is flooded for another year, I don't know what kind of chaos will happen.

Shi Fei'er thought about it and instructed Huang Li: "Go and invite the uncle over, just say that I have something to look for him." Huang Li hurriedly responded, and hurriedly went to invite in person, but it happened that Jia Yu was not in the house, since Shi Fei'er said that Jia Yu thought about how to spread the name of loyalty and filial piety in this house, this Jia Yu often went out of the house. Shi Fei'er didn't care, but was a little curious about how this Jia Yu planned to do it.

Jia Yu returned home, and when he heard that Jia's mother was looking for him, he hurried over before he had time to change his clothes. "Old lady, old lady, are you looking for me?"

Shi Fei'er didn't answer first: "I see you often going out of the house these days, but what's the matter?"

Jia Yu nodded and said, "The old lady has a lot of rain this year, so I thought it would be a beautiful thing." Who would have thought that this rain would continue continuously, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that it will be waterlogged. I also went out for a walk to see, last year this grange was reported to repair the canal, if this year is really flooded, this canal may be able to use, I will go to see if these villages are deceived or not. ”

Shi Fei'er was a little surprised when she heard this, this kind of thing could have been ordered to be done, but she really didn't expect this Jia Yu to do it. Mo said that Shi Fei'er was surprised, even if the holy order made him so afraid in the early years, he could have dragged it out and scribbled, but now after listening to Jia's mother's words, Jia Yu really felt that he had done too little before, and if he wanted Jiafu to stand for a long time, it was really not a simple matter. This word loyalty and filial piety is easy to say, but it is really not easy to do. Besides, if you want to use this reputation of loyalty and filial piety to support the government, it is not something that can be achieved just by giving some money.

Jia Yu didn't have an idea, so after thinking about it, he went to the old father-in-law to ask for a way. Thinking that his old father-in-law was a first-class person in the dynasty and a university scholar, he was naturally several times stronger than himself. I told my father-in-law what I thought, but I didn't expect to be stunned by my father-in-law. After being silent for a long time, the old father-in-law spoke: "You are thoughtful and long-term, if you ask me about this, I won't be able to think of an idea for a while." However, in this world, agriculture is the foundation. Last year, I heard that you have gained some reputation for rent, and if this method is good, it is better to see if it can be promoted. In this way, your reputation for kindness in this house will spread more widely. ”

Jia Yu listened to it and thought deeply, and then remembered to go and see how these promises were made last year. I don't know if I don't go, but after an inspection, I found that there were a few Zhuang heads who were actually deceived and fooled, which made Jia Yu angry enough, and ordered someone to investigate carefully, and verified many things about these Zhuang heads who were deceived and concealed. Jia Yu is quite experienced in dealing with this matter now, he should be punished, he should be beaten, he should not be soft, he should not indulge, he should not look at the past situation, and after a good rectification, the farmers of this grange mentioned Jia Yu and Rongguo Mansion are not grateful, and praise them repeatedly.

Shi Fei'er asked again, "What about that?"

Jia Yu frowned slightly and said: "It's okay, but I still have a slippery mind, they didn't expect that I would go in person this time, and they were caught." I once sent someone to visit the village, and found that there were many side things to the head of the village that was deceived and concealed, and the peasant households dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. The son has been very tidy. ”

Shi Fei'er nodded and said: "I remembered that your uncle didn't send the taro to me, last time you said that the few people who came with this were also sent to the village by you, how is this taro planted now?" Shi Fei'er couldn't directly say that you planted this thing well, it was useful, and it could prevent disasters and famines, so she had to ask implicitly.

"I'm negligent about this," Jia Yu hesitated slightly, "I'll check it out for myself tomorrow." ”

Hearing Jia Yu say this, Shi Fei'er was not surprised, sweet potatoes can only show their effect in famine years. Besides, people here don't know about it in the first place, so it's normal not to care.

"After all, that thing was sent by your uncle all the way, if we don't have a good student to take care of it, it wouldn't be beautiful when your uncle returned to Beijing to ask about it. Shi Feier paused and said: "Although this thing is rare, there is a big difference in this field from the West Sea to here, and I don't know if it can be fed? I don't know what the yield is? ”

"I should, I'll check it out tomorrow, even if I can't live up to my uncle's wishes. Now the victory in the northwest, the saint is very happy, the army class is just around the corner, and when the time comes, it will be worth a thousand miles to send his uncle with this thing. ”

Shi Fei'er tried her best to hold back her laughter, thinking that if someone used sweet potatoes to wash the dust for herself, she would definitely turn her face. But he said, "That's very good." ”

After that, Jia Yu really ran and inquired in person, and when he learned the estimated yield of this thing, he was really frightened. I didn't expect such an inconspicuous harvest to be good. Moreover, the two men also said that the soil fertilizer here is more suitable for sowing than that of the West Sea Coast, and maybe the yield will be improved. Jia Yu returned home and hurriedly reported the matter to Jia's mother.

Shi Fei'er pretended to be surprised and said, "If this thing has such a harvest, even if it encounters a disaster year, you don't have to worry too much." That's a good thing. ”

"It is true, but it is unknown to all. Jia Yu sighed.

"It's not difficult, isn't the prince loyal to the government in charge of the inner government and military supplies, I think I will be interested in this kind of high-yield food, if it really happens to be a disaster year, you might as well take a look with him first. ”

Jia Yu nodded when he heard this, if this thing can really help the disaster, it will be a great achievement to submit it by himself.

In the blink of an eye, it was autumn again, because there was a lot of rain this year, and it really became a waterlogging, but fortunately, although there was waterlogging, it did not cause a catastrophe. Although there are still people who have fled from their hometowns, they are not the trend of becoming a vast number of displaced people. This made the imperial court also breathe a sigh of relief. However, last year's drought reduced the yield, and this year's natural harvest was not abundant, and in addition to last year's campaign in the northwest, where did the silver and grain come from for disaster relief? This made the imperial court also very worried.

Jia Yu used the grange to pay rent last year, and many of the canals built by the grange came in handy this year, but the impact of the flood was relatively small. Although the harvest was not a good year, it was good compared to other places. This did not surprise Jia Yu. What shocked Jia Yu the most was the yield of this taro, although he had known it before, he was still shocked to see it with his own eyes, he didn't expect these ten seedlings to breed so much.

Jia Yu thought about it and invited this loyal prince to his own grange on the pretext of hunting, and showed him this taro. This loyal prince was overjoyed after seeing it, and praised Jia Yu endlessly. Jia Yu didn't dare to monopolize the credit, and told the origin of this taro in detail and knew it to the loyal prince, and after hearing this, the loyal prince praised General Shi again, and at the end praised Jia Mu, saying that he was insightful and far-sighted.

Jia Yu was naturally happy, and went back to the house to explain the matter to Jia's mother, and told Jia's mother that she had only ordered someone to keep the potatoes in the field this year, and donated the rest to contribute to this disaster year.

This loyal prince got the potato and went on the fold to talk about the matter, and the saint was overjoyed, and ordered to reward General Shi Lao, and ordered his class to return to the court. Above the court, Jia Yu was praised, saying that he was very loyal and filial, and he was a model for hundreds of officials

The holy royal pen waved to this taro to give the name Hong En potato, take its imperial grace and mighty meaning, ordered a large number of planting to make up for the lack of famine, the people feel that the name Hong En potato is quite awkward, see its inner sac red, simply simplify and call it sweet potato. This sweet potato is large, delicious, and does not pick the land, which is really a good food supplement. As a result, the reputation of Jiafu has been further spread because of sweet potatoes. This is also a later story.

"Grandmother, grandmother!" The two little ones greeted Jia's mother in a proper manner, and after saluting, they snuggled up to Jia's mother and refused to leave.

Shi Fei'er looked at this, looked at that, in a blink of an eye, she hadn't seen her for three years, and these two children became more and more handsome, but she still couldn't tell which one was the eldest and which was the second.

"Nan'er, Hua'er, don't pester the old lady, you forgot all the rules when you went out?" Jia Min beckoned to his two children, and the two children pouted and reluctantly moved two steps in the direction of their mother. Shi Fei'er smiled: "I haven't seen them for a long time, don't rush to ask them to go, and let me take a good look." ”

Now that Lin Ruhai has completed his filial piety period, the saint has ordered his errand again. The Lin family returned to Beijing again. When he returned to Beijing, the first thing Jia Min did was to come to see Jia's mother and say hello to Jia's mother.

"Sister, I haven't seen it for a few years, but I'm thin again. Mrs. Zhang said on the side.

"I haven't seen it in the past two years, and this Lian'er is so big. Jia Min pulled Jia Lian and asked a few more questions, Jia Lian was smart and answered clearly and crisply, Jia Min was naturally happy. Turning his head and seeing Yuan Chun standing beside Mrs. Wang, he liked it even more, "When I left Beijing, Yuan Chun was not yet swaddling, and now it is indeed so cute, and the second sister-in-law is the most blessed, and now she has complete children." ”

Hearing Jia Min compliment herself like this, Mrs. Wang was also a little happy. This Yuanchun is smart and well-behaved, and he will please the old lady. Now the old lady only has this one granddaughter, and she is stronger than her grandson in this Yuanchun.

"My sister-in-law praised it, I think this Nan'er and Hua'er are sensible, and they will definitely be a great tool for creation in the future. ”

Shi Fei'er was too lazy to open her mouth, anyway, with this woman who had given birth to a child, the one who talked the most and could arouse the topic the most was naturally the child. praising other people's children, in fact, what they desire most is that others praise their own children.