On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, Meng Ming went to Sinong Temple to take office, and the Sinong Temple of the Six Grades, Sinong Temple was managed by the Ministry of Households. After arriving at the household department, he was led by the doorman to meet the household servant Liu Huan, and Liu Shilang said: "Meng Sicheng, now Sinong Temple is directly managed by Li Xianggong of the Zhengzhitang." Li Di is currently the servant of the Ministry of Officials and the young master of the prince, and he is the same as the middle book; Meng Ming went to see Li Di again, and Li Di said: "Meng Sicheng, the official family attaches great importance to Xiangrui, which is related to the food and clothing of the people, nothing is more important than eating a full belly, and it is related to the national fortune and long-term peace and stability of the Great Song Dynasty." Now the old man is also the secretary of the Sinong Temple, you are fully responsible for the trial of Xiangrui, you are responsible for everything, you are responsible for me, you don't have to go through Shaoqing, the official family has promoted the power of the Sinong Temple, and the Sinong Temple has been promoted to the fourth product, and two people are set up, you are Zuo Cheng, directly in charge of the R&D Division. Full-time auspicious trial promotion, you draw up a show, make a plan, and submit it to me tomorrow. Your office is not in Sinong Temple, but in Huangzhuang near Daqing Temple, there is an official residence, I will assign you capable officials, you can also recommend, now it is ready, you will take office immediately"

Meng Ming went to the new office, there was an official office, which had just been renovated, and there was a plaque that read: "R&D Division". R&D Division: Mainly responsible for collecting various species, conducting trial research, and researching and improving various farming tools. There is a compound of nearly 50 acres behind the official office, and there are 100 acres of fertile land outside the courtyard. For the sake of its secrecy, a separate barracks was set up to send troops to supervise it. Meng Ming entered the official office, several small officials were cleaning the courtyard, and a middle-aged man in a green official uniform came over and asked, "Is it Lord Meng, the next official Lu Yiqing will see Lord Meng." It is understood that Lu Yiqing is the main book of the "R&D Division", from the sixth product. Meng Ming said to him: "Lord Lu, I'll go to the farmland first, can you accompany me", he promised, and the two of them went to the farmland, ten acres of land are available, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes brought can be planted seven or eight acres, Meng Ming also wants to try to plant corn, as well as the wheat seeds brought by the jade cicada. There is a ditch in the courtyard, which is brought in from the Wuzhang River.

It's the first month of the year, and it's freezing. Potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted in March. I can't do anything during this period, so I will do a training program first. The officials and farmers involved in the trial planting of the church gave them lectures on planting methods, field management in the later stage, and pest and disease control. Meng Ming decided to print a booklet, one for each person. If you don't understand, you can ask him, saving time and effort. Meng Ming walked around before heading to the signing room. Lu Yiqing's subordinate officials called together, and after listening to his instructions, Meng Ming briefly said a few words of encouragement and asked them to disband. Meng Ming only asked Lu Yiqing to stay to understand the situation, Lu Yiqing, a native of Mizhou, or a fellow countryman, felt that he had gone one level further. Now Chinese New Year's Eve four years old, he has promoted rice to Bianliang and plans to promote wheat to the Huai River. Most of the wheat nowadays is spring wheat, and the yield is two quintals. There is an on-site understanding of the current tillage tools, and the rake is relatively primitive, and Meng Ming wants to improve it.

Time flies quickly, the day passes, Shen Shi goes home on duty, straightens out today's things in the study, writes a diary to summarize, and also writes down the things he wants to do tomorrow. Tomorrow I will hand over a note to Li Di. I want to design a new type of wheat seeder, about the introduction of cotton trial from Fujian and Zhejiang, and then develop cotton elastic machine and loom; The disposal of farms outside the city should also be planned. wrote a booklet on potato and sweet potato planting training, and then Meng Ming wrote a few chapters of "Journey to the West", which were handed over to Han Ziyi and printed overnight. Then I went to see the jade cicada. The two of them discussed how to live in the future, the embarrassment of their previous lives, when they married their wives, they didn't even buy a gold ring or gold necklace, and they bought it for many years after marriage. However, in this life, he is rich and prosperous, and he is not the same as the day. The two of us decided to use the advantages of nearly a thousand years in our previous lives to establish a new big family.

Meng Ming went to the political hall early the next morning to present the article to Li Di, and Li Di read it and passed it to the three governors: Wang Ruoqin, Ding Wei, Xiang Minzhong, and the three envoys Lin Te. The crowd unanimously agreed to his statement, and the seal was passed. He saw a few pamphlets in Meng Ming's hand again, and he was about to read them, which were about potato and sweet potato planting training. Meng Ming saw that he was fine, and just wanted to turn around and leave, Li Di stopped him and said: "Meng Sicheng, you have a royal village, and the household department of the third division said that it had been delivered in the lunar month of the previous year, and a New Year's gift was also given, so you have to go to hand it over." Then he told Meng Ming to step back. At this time, in the political hall, all the ministers looked at my distant back and pondered. Li Di said: "The great talents that can be created, over time, the achievements that are far above my others are really the blessings of the Great Song Dynasty."

Now the true sect is already old, and his mind has begun to forget things, and some things have changed day by day. There are three ghosts in the government hall, the three divisions, and the Privy Council. Now Wang Ruoqin is in autocratic power, and he has made Lin Te, the envoy of the three divisions, an ally, to encircle the party henchmen, so that the court is in a miasma. Now Li Di's position as prime minister is not very stable, of course, Ding Wei, Xiang Minzhong and Wang Ruoqin do not deal with each other, and there are faint signs of alliance. Cao of the Privy Council took advantage of neutrality. So the court reached a delicate balance. Just like this auspicious issue is surprisingly unified, although Li Di is more disgusted with this kind of thing, but he sees the real thing, and there is also a convincing production basis, benefiting the people, he also wants to promote the whole country as soon as possible, he is public. And other ministers, especially Wang Ruoqin, started by forging heavenly books and auspicious books, of course, they are also enthusiastic and selfish.

Meng Ming went to the R&D Department, called Lu Yiqing, and asked him to send the booklet to the clerks and farmers to study, and then they had to be assessed. Meng Ming asked Lu Yiqing again: "Master Lu is thin and knows cotton well", he replied: "I know, in Fujian and Zhejiang, cotton seeds are generally used to squeeze oil, but the oil is slightly toxic and it tastes numb." Cotton wool is discarded. Meng Ming said to him: "Cotton can be introduced to the north, cotton wool can be of great use, it can be spun into garments, and cottonseed oil can be detoxified." Lu Zhubo continued: "Lord Sicheng, but it is difficult to separate cottonseed and cotton wool." Meng Ming said: "I have a method of separating cottonseed and cotton wool, and there is also a method of weaving cloth, and the yield of cotton per mu can reach five quintals. Master Lu Bo said: "This is okay, there are still ten quintals of cottonseeds and ten bags of cotton peaches in the warehouse." Meng Ming hurriedly said, "Can I buy it?" "Master Lu said no, now he is ready to make room to deal with it. Meng Ming heard it: "I bought two hundred taels of silver, and asked Lu Zhubo to open the relevant procedures and issue a receipt for delivery for the record." Finally, when it came to Shen Shi, he went home on duty.