In the end, there are not many people who come to the Jia family, and the emperor of Weifu is indispensable to the inner servants and guards, since Zhang Xixian is here, then as his grandson, Zhang Ye, the young secretary of Dali Temple, also came to the Jia family because he had to take care of his elderly grandfather, in addition, the two prime ministers left Qi Ying, right minister Liang Jian and the left waiter of the household department, Zheng Jing, both came, and even Yan Wei also came.

Only the eldest princess of Jiashan had to give up this opportunity because she wanted to preside over the hairpin flower party.

Of course, in order not to alarm Jia Mu, the emperor didn't even let open the middle gate or the side door, but walked the private alley between Ning Guofu and the General's Mansion, and then passed through the small gate and went directly to Jia Jiu's courtyard.

Several ministers who followed the emperor to the Jia family knew very well what the red lotus meant. If the red lotus can really produce 1,000 catties per mu, then the general trend of the world will also be tilted, and even cause huge irreversible changes.

The people live on food. If the people's jobs have undergone earth-shaking changes, then the court will also change, which is a fact that cannot be ignored, and it is also the valuable experience that the emperor has gained in his years of hidden residence career.

There are a lot of girls and mothers-in-law in Jia Jiu's yard, and they were shocked when they saw Jia Jiu enter this courtyard with a large group of strange men.

Even the maids and servants below know what etiquette is. If today's events spread, I am afraid that this girl will only have to go to the family temple.

It was Jia Cong, who saw her sister coming back, and babbled happily and staggered over, wanting her sister to hug her, but was held down by Zhao Dong's family. Zhao Dong's family was also shocked and didn't know the identity of the person who came. But when he saw the four nurturing grandmothers kneeling, they still knelt three times and bowed nine times, so he naturally guessed the identity of the other party. hurriedly knelt down.

The four nurturing grandmothers all came out of the palace, so how could they not recognize Wang Jien, the great eunuch beside the emperor. can let Wang Jien serve, and let the two prime ministers follow behind, isn't the identity of the man at the head about to come out? !

Seeing that the nurturing mothers all knelt down, these girls and mothers-in-law reacted, or full of surprise or doubt, but they all lay on the ground.

The emperor doesn't look at these girls. didn't care about the frost and snow all over the yard, so he asked Jia Jiu directly: "Where are the red lotus you are talking about?" The emperor raised his eyes, and no matter how he looked at it, he only planted some ordinary flowers. Where does the red weed look like?

Jia Jiu hurriedly led the way and led the emperor to the fourth. Along the way, a girl kneeling on the ground.

It's the middle of the lunar month, and there was a snowfall a few days ago, and ice cubes are hanging under the eaves. There was a thick layer of snow on the trees and stones. It seems more and more empty of this entry.

After Jia Jiu got the emperor's permission, he personally took the flower hoe to dig the red lotus. He had planted them with his own hands, and now they were crushed by a thick layer of snow, and he had to peel back the layers of snow to see the vines crawling on the ground.

Right in front of the emperor, Jia Jiu grabbed a vine, and then followed the vine all the way forward, and soon found the rhizome that had burrowed into the ground. Jia Jiu picked up the small flower hoe. Little by little, the frozen soil was dug up, and the soil that was dug up was mixed with fine ice chips. Under these mud and ice chips, a five-pound red moth appeared in front of everyone's eyes little by little.

When Wang Jien saw it, he immediately took a small shovel, helped Jia Jiu dig out the red lotus, shook it in his hand, and said, "Good guy, at least five catties, right?" ”

Wang Jien presented the red lotus to the emperor with both hands, but Qi Ying and Liang Jian over there couldn't sit still, so they immediately followed Jia Jiu's example, and also found a vine and dug along the vine, and sure enough, they also dug up two red lotus. Qi Ying's luck is not as good as Liang Jian's, and the one he dug up is a little smaller, but the one in his hand is also four catties, and the one in Liang Jian's hand is at least six catties, which looks bigger than the one in Qi Ying's hand.

Seeing such a result, the emperor couldn't sit still, and with a wave of his hand, the little eunuchs around him immediately went down to help. Soon, the half-acre garden was turned over. Countless red weeds were piled up in front of the emperor to form a small mountain, and Wang Jien stared at the little eunuchs working on the side, nodding from time to time.

When the little eunuchs were busy measuring the land and weighing the red lotus, Wang Jien secretly took the opportunity of serving tea and said in the emperor's ear: "Long live, these red vetches are not fake, they do grow in the ground, and they are not buried later." ”

The emperor said: "In other words, this red lotus is indeed hardy. How many pounds do you estimate? ”

Wang Jien said: "Long live, the old slave estimates that there are nine hundred catties anyway." ”

After a while, a little eunuch came to report: "Long live, Jia Xianjun has planted a total of four and a half, less than half an acre of land, and harvested a total of 970 catties of red roots. ”

The emperor was surprised and delighted, stood up at once, and said, "Really? ”

Five points of land is half an acre, that is to say, Jia Jiu used less than half an acre of land to grow 970 catties of grain, if converted into one acre of land, it is equivalent to one acre of land can grow 2,000 catties of grain. Just imagine, the best rice in the south of the Yangtze River can produce 600 catties of grain in one season, and the harvest of wheat is not as good as rice. The yield of this red root is twice that of rice, which is equivalent to the land that could have been used to feed one family, and now can feed two families.

As long as the people do not go hungry, there will be no rebellion.

The emperor was surprised and delighted, while several ministers were talking to each other, and Yan Wei couldn't stop peeking at Jia Jiu.

Qi Ying was summoned by the emperor and didn't know much about the whole story, so he immediately asked Jia Jiu: "Jia Xianjun, since there is such an auspicious fortune, why don't you enter the court early?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "Lord Xiangguo, you probably don't know that this red lotus originally grew in the jungle of the Southern Barbarians. Nanban is hot and humid and rainy, even rice can be harvested three times a year. In such a place, the climate is naturally not as cold as ours. Just like lychees, even if they are planted in pots and sent to our Daqi, they can only bear fruit once that year. For the sake of this red lotus, my grandfather took great pains, even my father, let go of the power of the family and did not give up this red lotus, after so many years. That's how ...... successfully cultivated"

Qi Ying said: "Since it is such a crop that is afraid of cold, will it hurt the roots if it is dug up today?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "The prime minister's worries also troubled my grandfather for many years. In the beginning, my grandfather thought that this red lotus was also propagated from seeds, just like rice and wheat. Later, my father discovered that the red weed was not propagated from seeds, but from cuttings and rhizomes. It's like those vines with small spores cut by the younger generations, as long as they are taken care of afterwards. If you plant it again in the spring of the next year, it will also multiply. ”

Liang Jian said: "But it doesn't matter if it's turned like this?" ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly said, "It doesn't matter. Actually, it's not winter yet. It was necessary to cut off the vines so that he could sprout and take root. It's time to go back and clean up again. As he spoke, Jia Jiu motioned to the girl to fetch a box and said, "Long live." Inside this box is the experience of the courtiers in planting red roots. ”

Where is the experience. It is simply the planting method of the red lotus that Jia Jiu spent a thousand points to exchange for huàn. Jia Jiu not only copied it once, but even the picture was copied by him himself. Now Jia Jiu has a lot of points, and he can be capricious.

Wang Jien immediately took it, and the emperor didn't wait for Wang Jien to hand it over to him, so he snatched it and opened it carefully. With this thing, coupled with the red lotus in front of him, the emperor almost saw the prosperous scene of the world without hunger.

Emotional excitement. The emperor didn't care much, and immediately paced in place. I walked around under the eaves a few times, but I couldn't stop at all.

Seeing such an emperor, Jia Jiu had to speak, and said: "Long live, the high yield of red lotus is a good thing, but the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and the lessons of the past are still in front of me, and I also ask long live to listen to the words of the courtiers." ”

After the excitement, Qi Ying and Liang Jian also faintly felt a little bad, but they didn't expect that the words "Gu Cheap and Hurting Farmers" would spit out of Jia Jiu's mouth. Jia Qing, who was walking at the back, couldn't help but glance at Jia Jiu more.

Yes, many traversers have really succeeded in offering treasures, where would they think of the hidden crisis behind the offerings? If you change yourself, maybe you will be carried away by the joy that follows, and forget the words "Gu Cheap and Hurting Farmers", right? This aunt is really different from the average crossing girl. Could it be that he used to be a pessimist?

couldn't help but think wildly, but Jia Qing still didn't forget to prick up his ears and eavesdrop.

The emperor was like someone poured a bucket of cold water, and he froze all of a sudden. Of course, he knows what it means to be a cheap farmer. This is also what the imperial court is most worried about in the harvest year. Although a bumper harvest is a good thing, for the common people, there are still foreign debts to be repaid in the disaster year, and the spring sowing here may also borrow money, if the rice cannot be sold at a price, then the harvest will also be a disaster. If you don't notice that the grain is hurting the farmers when this red lotus is promoted, I am afraid that a storm is just around the corner.

Jia Jiu saw that the emperor listened to it, and immediately said a thousand blessings, straightened up, and said: "Long live, this grain cheaply hurts the peasants, and my father is most worried about it, and my father is worried that someone will mess up because of this and bring disaster to the court." Therefore, in the end, my father thought that if we wanted to let the red lotus benefit the people of the world, we could only start from the border pass. There is a shortage of food at the border gates, the soldiers are short of food, and it is impossible for the imperial court to let the hungry and dizzy soldiers go to the battlefield. ”

Speaking of which, Daqi is very humane in many ways, for example, when it comes to saluting, even in the face of the emperor, in this kind of icy and snowy day, as the daughter of a courtier, Jia Jiu does not need to kneel on the ground all the time, and can get up directly with a thousand blessings.

Of course, this humanization is also due to people. Jia Jiu is a noble lady and a county monarch canonized by Emperor Chrysostom, of course she can enjoy such treatment, but the girls and servants below are not qualified for this.

When he heard about the military salary, the emperor was very uncomfortable.

Daqi owes at least thirty years of military salaries to the border passes. If it is replenished in a short period of time, then there will not be so much money and food in the treasury at all. Moreover, the emperor is also afraid that the well-fed soldiers will rebel. This kind of thing, how can the emperor talk to Jia Jiu?

Jia Jiu didn't know the emperor's hesitation, so he immediately took out another box and said: "My father is not at home, and the courtiers can't find the codex. ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and immediately threw away the red lotus planting method in his hand. The box was opened. I saw that there were two thick folds lying quietly in this gold-carved mahogany box, one was obviously the authentic work of Daokui, and the other was the other. It is Jia Jiu's transcript, and it carries a large number of small notes. Every little note was full of writing, stuffing the transcript with a bulge.

The Emperor soon noticed the difference between the two strategies. If Daokui's book focuses on domestic development and people's livelihood, then the one with countless small notes is full of blood and killing. It was a strategy that used both conspiracy and conspiracy to plot the country. The emperor believed that with such a thing, then. Twenty years later, the north will no longer be the enemy of Daqi, and the grassland will only be the grassland of Daqi.

The Emperor closed his strategy. Said: "Did you indicate it?" ”

"Yes."

"Your father hasn't seen it?"

Jia Jiu replied: "When the courtiers got this from Daokui, my father had already set off. ”

The emperor was stunned, looked at Jia Jiu again, and confirmed his conjecture: what kind of jade was born. Does that Jia Baoyu have the ability and ability to decide the country's major policies? It's only this kid in front of me. Born to know, born with a vision, there is only this girl. Can't let anyone else get this girl.

The emperor squinted, but he decided Jia Jiu's future.

Although the current emperor has been an emperor for more than ten years, there is still a third son under the emperor on his head who is also an adult, and he is even more impatient, and even many courtiers have faintly begun to stand in line. Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that the emperor's dragon chair can sit comfortably.

In order to strengthen the centralization. There are some things that the emperor must do.

I only heard the emperor Zhengse say: "Meritorious service will be rewarded." Since you are already a county magistrate. Then I will canonize you as the lord of Xinfeng County......"

Although there are many titles for unmarried women in Daqi, the county monarch under the county lord can only have this qualification to enter the palace for banquets under the big festival, and those who can hand over the sign to the palace must at least be a county lord. The emperor canonized Jia Jiu as the county lord in order to facilitate him to declare Jia Jiu into the palace.

As soon as the emperor spoke, Qi Ying and Liang Jian both felt a little unsuitable, but unexpectedly, Jia Jiu actually knelt down before them and declined the emperor's kindness: "Long live, the courtiers have already said in the mansion of the eldest princess of Jiashan, the Jia family, even if they press the entire clan, can't afford the merit of the red lotus." Although it is auspicious for the country and the people, for our Jia family, it is a talisman that will receive our Jia family at any time. The courtiers gave up the red lotus, gave up the merits that the red lotus can bring in the future, and only hoped that long live the peace of my father and brother. ”

The emperor said: "Hongtiao benefits the country and the people, just canonizing you as the county lord is already wronging you." ”

Jia Jiu shook his head again and again: "Long live, the courtier's daughter Meng Long Live Qingyan Tian is the county monarch, if she is promoted to the county lord again, I am afraid that anyone who cares will guess that the red lotus is related to the courtier." Please also take back your fate. ”

The Emperor was stunned.

Zhang Xixian then spoke: "Long live, this child is a girl in the end, long live before canonizing this child as the county monarch is already an exception, if you canonize this child as the county lord again, I am afraid that this child will have trouble sleeping." Since it is the child's wish to preserve his father and brother, why can't the child's filial piety be fulfilled by Banzai? ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhang Xixian, but saw a trace of disapproval flashing in Zhang Xixian's eyes.

Only then did the emperor remember that Jia Lian, Jia Yu's son, was not the grandson of the teacher. I was angry with Jia Pardon, although the teacher didn't say anything, why didn't he worry about the only blood and blood left in the world by his daughter?

looked at Jia Jiu who was kneeling on the ground, and his heart was also abrupt, and he hurriedly said, "Girl, you should get up." ”

Jia Jiu kowtowed on the ground, and then slowly stood up. When he got up, the emperor's eyes met with him, but he was struggling in his heart.

Maybe the kid already knows what he's doing behind his back?

At this moment, the emperor had no way to say anything like "Jia Yu is at the border pass, and I can't do anything", he could only say: "I will send more people to the border pass." ”

The emperor didn't stay at Jia's house for long, he only sat down briefly and left with a large pile of red lotus and two boxes.

When the emperor left, Zhang Xixian said slowly: "Girl, you made this red lotus yourself, right?" ”

Jia Jiu was just about to speak, but Zhang Xixian said: "Girl, you don't have to speak, the old man knows very well who your family is." If this is the case, your father should be the hereditary Duke of Rongguo at this time, not a first-class Shenwei general. That's it, if you don't say it, the old man doesn't have to be reluctant. Don't worry, the old man will take care of this for you. Lian'er is also the grandson of the old man. ”

As he spoke, he followed.

After these people were gone, Yan Wei said, "Senior sister, you asked for the trial to start in the spring of next year, just for this?" ”

"Senior brother guessed?"

"Long live since I promised my junior sister, I will naturally send more people to the border pass, but the imperial court has a limited number of soldiers, and in the end, it can only be Lingzun's camp to increase the number of soldiers. But in this way, it is simply to use Lingzun as a live target. ”

Jia Jiu said with a smile: "The first one paid off the deficit, senior brother thinks that the powerful people who are now disgraced by debts will let our family go?" Even if there is no Banzai to send people to protect it, there will be people who will instigate behind their backs to let those barbarians do something to their father, and the reason that can attract those barbarians is nothing more than that the guard where the father is located has a large amount of money and food. With the protection of Banzai, my father will have one more chance of life. And our Daqi also has a chance to defeat the opponent's main force in one fell swoop and give the border pass a respite, isn't it? ”

Yan Wei said: "You have already calculated!" ”

Jia Jiu shook his head and said, "It's not that I've already calculated. It's just that I took advantage of the situation and deduced this ending. Brother, I'm not going to bet on my father and brother. In order to save my father and brother, it became necessary today. ”

Yan Wei was silent for a while, and said, "Do you want to live long and feel that he owes you once?" Thus exalting thy hand unto thy father and brother? ”

Jia Jiu said: "Yes." The moment my father and brother left home, I knew that Banzai had acquiesced in my father's actions. I will show Banzai that I can do him more good, so that he has to protect my father for me. ”

Yan Wei sighed and said, "Senior sister, you don't have to keep everything in your heart. ”

For a daughter who does whatever it takes to protect her father, no one can criticize Jia Jiu, even Yan Xun, who was shocked before, can only sigh at this moment.

Isn't it a kind of helplessness for Jia Jiu to make such a choice? Yan Wei himself also knew very well that Jia Jiu had asked Daomen for help before, but Daomen refused, and Jia Jiu was restricted from using Daomen's martial arts. It can be said that a large part of the reason why this junior sister has come to this point today is that she was forced by the situation.

Yan Wei was silent for a while, and said, "Senior sister, have you thought about it?" Also, you can't use "Jiuyang Heavenly Formula", have you figured out how to save Lingzun with medicine? ”

Jia Jiu touched the snake bracelet on his wrist and said, "Senior brother, don't forget it, the ancestor of our family is a military general, even if my father and brother have never practiced martial arts, it does not mean that the ancestor has no martial arts to pass down." Senior brother, don't worry. ”

Yan Wei nodded, that's it. Before leaving, he said to Jia Jiu: "Senior sister, when you encounter something, don't keep it in your heart. Although the foolish brother is not talented, he is willing to do his best. ”

When the guests left, Zhao Dong's family came up with Jia Cong in his arms, only to see Jia Cong with a small mouth, but he was in tears, and he didn't dare to cry.

Jia Jiu sighed, hugged his younger brother into his arms, and said, "Good Cong'er, today's guests are very important, and my father and brother still need to be taken care of." Cong'er is a good child, and she will definitely want her father and brother to be well, right? ”

Jia Cong shrank in Jia Jiu's arms, and said in a low voice for a long time: "Cong'er is a good child, and my sister is also a good child." ”

Jia Jiu kissed Jia Cong and said, "Yes, we are all good children, we all have to be good." ”

Jia Cong was also tired and soon fell asleep, but Zhao Dong's family couldn't help but say, "Girl, I don't know which nobles are the guests who come today?" ”

Jia Jiu looked at Mama Li standing on the side, and then said, "Naturally, long live today." ”

Before the words fell, there was an exclamation in the room.

Zhao Dong's family said: "The girl doesn't keep food? If the old lady knew that the girl had let Banzai go like this, she would have blamed the girl. ”

As soon as Jia Jiu was about to answer, she heard a little girl outside announce: "Girl, the old lady asks the girl to go back." ”

Jia Jiu sighed, handed Jia Cong to Jia Qian and Jia Qing's sisters, changed her clothes, and then came to Jia's mother's side. Obviously, the emperor's arrival could not be hidden from Jia Mu at all. There's a tough battle to be fought next. (To be continued......)