In the next few days, although Fang Jifan came to Zhan Shifu, he didn't bother to look for Zhu Houzhao, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be fine, anyway, he continued to take sick leave and refused to go to Minglun Hall to study.

Regarding the prince's nonsense, Fang Jifan has been a human being for two generations after all, and he seems to be much more mature.

This kind of thing must not be connived at, with the first time, there will be a second time, he ignores himself, it's a big deal, his own Nanhe uncle, the days of mixing his own are anyway, anyway, it is a hardcore crop, since Emperor Wen, there are really few lords in the Ming Dynasty, because of the bad relationship with the emperor and the prince, he was arrested and killed.

What's more, I still have five protégés, and this young master has no future, but the protégés will be officials in the future.

Thinking about it like this, Fang Jifan continued to eat and sleep with peace of mind.

On this night, because the backyard was under construction, and Fang Jinglong went to the Tianjin Guard Patrol Camp on behalf of the Son of Heaven these days, the bored Fang Jifan went to bed early.

As usual, it is still a good dream, many people dreamed in the dream, it seems that the emperor wants to give the princess to himself, and Fang Jifan in the dream is naturally righteous and awe-inspiring and stern refusal, Emperor Laozi, you are very good, you marry my daughter to Fang Jifan, I will raise you a daughter for a lifetime, so what about the dowry?

What's more, if you marry a Lingnu, wouldn't you want to be Zhu Houzhao's sister-in-law? It's not proper, it's not proper, Zhu Houzhao's guy is too bad, I've cut off his robe with him, or else, change to a brother-in-law, huh...... For whom?

"Old Fang...... Old Fang ......"

The eerie voice, which seemed to come from far and near, made Fang Jifan's dream become terrifying, as if he saw Zhu Houzhao chasing after him with his green fangs, and then let out a penetrating maniacal laugh.

"Old Fang...... Lao Fang...... Wake up......"

Fang Jifan's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and he was woken up by being pushed alive, so frightened that the sweat wet the heavy silk quilt, and he suddenly opened his eyes in the dark.

"Old side, old side......"

Fang Jifan was terrified for a moment, your uncle, this is not a dream.

Someone is really pushing themselves with their hands.

Fang Jifan subconsciously wanted to shout: "Someone, there are ghosts." ”

It was delicious, and it was tightly covered by a hand.

Whining......

Fang Jifan burst into tears, could this be the legendary flower thief? But I'm a man, don't I...... Is it because of a special hobby?

"Lao Fang, it's the main palace...... It's this palace, don't shout, don't shout, I'll tell you, watermelon...... The watermelon is ripe...... Cooked...... Afraid that my father would know that I left the palace without permission, the palace slipped out of the East Palace overnight. So Liu didn't dare to bring a few of them. I originally wanted to come in from the main gate, but who would have thought that your dog would look down on people and not let you in, so I was really angry with the palace. As a last resort, I had to come in over the wall, this palace is looking for you, it's really hard to find, okay, now let's go to see the melon, the melon is ripe. ”

Fang Jifan was in the dark, and he couldn't see what Zhu Houzhao's expression was, but ...... His mood is R dog's.

"What? Still angry? Lao Fang, you are a big man, why are you so stingy? Besides, how can brothers have an overnight feud, hurry up and get dressed, let's go see the melon. With that, Zhu Houzhao dragged Fang Jifan off the bed.

It's still cold these days, and just coming into contact with the cold air made Fang Jifan shiver.

Fang Jifan was also helpless against Zhu Houzhao, so he had to say: "Wait, I'll dress first, I'll dress first......"

In the dark, Fang Jifan groped for the old clothes he took off last night, and it was not easy to hold the lamp, but suddenly there was no little fragrance to dress himself, and he was a little unaccustomed to it, so he finally put on the clothes, and then took the lamp, and saw Zhu Houzhao wearing a python robe, looking at himself energetically, it seemed that because of the previous contradiction, he suddenly came to the door now, so he looked a little embarrassed.

It's no wonder that Menzi didn't open the door to inform him, not to mention the middle of the night, Menzi didn't dare to wake himself up in the middle of the night, so he said that Zhu Houzhao was in this outfit, where did people dare to think that he was the prince, nine times out of ten, he thought it was a play.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "What are you still doing in a daze, let's go." ”

"In the middle of the night?" Fang Jifan was still thinking about whether he should forgive this guy.

"Our melons." Zhu Houzhao glanced at Fang Jifan angrily, and stomped his feet anxiously: "The melons we planted together are ripe now, so you won't be surprised at all?" ”

"......" Fang Jifan was speechless, sighed and said, "Your Highness is really too stubborn. ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly bared his teeth again, and said angrily: "It's obvious that you are stubborn, you don't understand anything, do you know the art of war?" Do you know the geography of Guizhou's mountains and rivers? Do you know how the guest army and the wolf soldiers who were transferred to Guizhou are? You don't understand anything, and you're still raising the bar with this palace. ”

Fang Jifan pursed his lips and only said, "In short, Wang Shi lost." ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned in annoyance, and then he smiled: "Don't argue about this, let's go and see the melon." When the good news comes, it will naturally prove you wrong. ”

Fang Jifan thought about it, it made sense, so he put on another thick shirt and walked out with Zhu Houzhao.

In the middle of the night, in this cold street rushed to Zhan Shifu, the two of them each rode horses, although they were wearing heavy clothes, but it still made Fang Jifan feel that the weather was very cold, with one or two lights faintly revealed from the streets and alleys along the way, Fang Jifan was a little worried, if he met the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division who were patrolling the night, he was afraid that it would be bad, if the matter spread to the palace, he would inevitably be scolded again.

Fortunately, he was lucky today, there was no one on the way, and he arrived at Zhan Shifu smoothly, and with Zhu Houzhao all the way into the greenhouse, he saw that a rising candle had been lit inside.

More than a dozen melon seedlings planted before, probably more than 30 watermelons, in fact, there were nearly 70 fruits at that time, but Fang Jifan was afraid that the fertility of the land was insufficient, so he asked Zhu Houzhao to pick more than 30 of them, Zhu Houzhao was still shouting for a long time, Fang Jifan explained several times, telling him that the more fruits the better, a seedling, if there are extra melon vines, or too many fruits, the fertility of the land is insufficient, but because of insufficient nutrition, the final melons are more, but most of them do not grow very big, The taste is also very poor, a seedling with two fruits, and finally two melons are the limit.

And now, looking at the melons in this place, Fang Jifan took a deep breath, and couldn't help but sigh, it's really not easy, at least it proves that the greenhouse is planted in winter, which is correct, with this experimental field, then ...... After that, it's time to promote.

In fact, in this era, there is no planting similar to the greenhouse in winter, for example, as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties, there are records of growing vegetables near hot springs, and even growing cucumbers in greenhouses have long been there.

But...... Growing vegetables next to this hot spring is actually of little significance, because the soil near the hot spring is often not fertile, and the vegetables grown are not large. Moreover, in ancient times, because of the insufficient temperature, the flue was not set up like Fang Jifan, so what could be grown was only cold-resistant vegetables such as cucumbers.

As for melons and fruits that only bear fruit in summer, such as watermelons, they are very rare when they are planted in winter.

"You can still grow melons in this kind of weather...... Zhu Houzhao looked silly, he was really happy, these melons were all planted by him with hard work, and the bitterness in them can be imagined, and now it is finally time to harvest.

"These two melons, one is for the queen mother, give it to the queen mother to taste." Zhu Houzhao pointed to the two melons produced by the 'Champion Hou', and then said: "There is another one, which is sent to Renshou Palace, my great-grandmother is old and has a bad mouth, but I have to give her a taste." ”

Fang Jifan also picked up one: "This is for Your Majesty ......"

"Don't give it!" Zhu Houzhao's eyes narrowed, stubborn and stubborn: "Sell it to him then." ”

“……”

"Let's save one to eat, what about the rest?" Zhu Hou looked at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan said categorically: "If you expect to sell these dozens of melons, you will definitely not be able to make money, but the most important thing is to open up sales channels first, so that our melons will be well-known in Beijing, so sell them!" And it has to be sold at a high price, it has to be sold to the richest people in Beijing, and after they taste this rare melon, we can recruit people in Xishan, build a greenhouse, expand the scale of planting, and now free up thousands of acres of land, not only to plant melons, but also to try to plant some other, all in all, we are expanding production step by step, making a name, just right, the weather is about to be hot, take advantage of this summer, first build thousands of acres of greenhouses, well...... The light transmittance of this glass is good, but it seems that you have to get glass. ”

"What is glass?" Hearing a new term, Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan curiously.

The most important thing at the moment is to compress the cost, reduce the cost to the minimum, and get the test field, how can you be extravagant, after all, this is just a verification, but the real business is another matter.

As for what glass is, it is difficult for Fang Jifan to explain to Zhu Houzhao.

It is really a good thing to make glass in Xishan, because the smelting of glass, the most needed is fuel, and the ore veins in Xishan Mountain are fuel, which can be used to obtain materials nearby, and the land near Xishan was originally bought to prevent someone from stealing ore, but now it comes in handy and can be used to build large-scale greenhouses.

Coal mine is the foundation, which can be used as fuel and can be sold at the same time, while anthracite is used to smelt glass, which can not only be sold to the outside world, but also can be used to build a greenhouse for vegetables, which is equivalent to establishing a simple industrial chain.

However, things have to come step by step, there is no need to rush to expand planting, there is still a full summer, and the most important thing is to build a brand first.

Watermelons in winter are a rarity, and if they are prevalent in the top wealthy circles in Beijing first, it will be easy to do next.

Of course, it would be even more wonderful if you gave this watermelon a little more special meaning.

The two took out a watermelon, just like two thieves, in the dark, ordered the eunuch on duty to take a watermelon knife, wash the watermelon, everything is two, the bright red juice suddenly overflowed, and the unique melon fragrance had a unique flavor in this cold night.

"Hongu will cut it himself." Zhu Houzhao wants to cut the watermelon into one petal.

Fang Jifan said: "You can't eat like this, this is the way the poor eat." ”

"Ah......" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be stunned.

Fang Jifan said to the eunuch on duty: "Bring two spoons." ”

The eunuch licked his mouth, and looked at this rare thing pitifully, he was also hungry, but unfortunately, he knew that he had no share, so he had to obey the order to get the silver spoon.

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