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Zhu Xu walked a few steps, Zhu Xu looked at the other side of the canal, vaguely saw a few leaves, and his heart moved, and said, "Are sweet potatoes planted in these open fields?" ”

Liu Shimin didn't know, but Cao Bianjiao went to Shaanxi before. On a trip to the west, I saw a lot, and said: "Back to the emperor, due to the forced requirements of the household department, many people refused, and the compromise method was to plant half." Half sweet potato, half wheat or rice. ”

Zhu Xu nodded, although this is unexpected, it is also reasonable.

Just as he was about to leave, Zhu Xu's stomach suddenly growled, his expression stiffened slightly, and then he remembered that he had drunk some porridge in the morning and had not eaten at all.

Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is a little bit of heart in the car......"

Zhu Xu waved his hand without waiting for him to finish speaking, and said, "Go ahead and have a look." ”

Zhu Xu had already seen that there was a group of people not far in front of him, as if they were eating.

Liu Shimin, Cao Bianjiao and others hurriedly followed.

Zhu Xu came to the front, and sure enough, it was a group of people, who seemed to be a family, and five or six people gathered around to eat.

From a distance, the group of people looked at Zhu Xu and the others, and as soon as they approached, the older one was about fifty years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, his face was full of wrinkles, and he raised his hand to Zhu Xu and smiled: "This son, but he is also lost?" ”

Zhu Xu glanced at it, and ate some porridge and rice, a few steamed buns, and the dishes were all home-cooked, raised his hand and smiled: "My husband is smiling, I originally wanted to go out of the city to have a fun and see the scenery, and I didn't want to go bad." ”

The old man's family also stood up, and the young man who looked to be in his early twenties smiled and said, "Where is Childe going, I am still familiar with this area." ”

Zhu Xu was just a casual excuse, he was not familiar with this area, and he couldn't think of a name for a while, so he said with a whim: "I heard that there is a barracks near here, we want to go and see it." ”

The old man's family suddenly changed their faces slightly, and looked at Zhu Xu's group seriously, as if they suspected that they were 'bad people', and then seemed to think that they were not, so the old man said with a slightly solemn expression: "Childe, if you are just curious, I advise you not to go, it is an important place in the imperial court. Cumbersome. ”

This was an excuse, Zhu Xu laughed and said, "Don't worry, boss, we just say it casually, we don't have to really go." As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach rumbled twice.

The old man saw that Zhu Xu was quite polite, and he didn't look like a 'fine work', and then listened to his stomach scream, and said with a smile: "That's good, if the son doesn't dislike it, let's use a little together." ”

Zhu Xu was polite and said, "Then thank you father-in-law." ”

The young man could see Zhu Xu's carriage from a distance, and then looked at the clothes of a group of them, and knew that they were either rich or expensive, so after sitting down, he asked directly, "Childe...... It's also a big family in the capital, right? Can you know how the imperial court will buy sweet potatoes and wheat this year? How much does it cost? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man snorted coldly and said, "Eat!" ”

The other women all glanced at Zhu Xu and the others quite carefully, eating quickly without saying anything.

Zhu Xu sat cross-legged, sat on a stone, looked around, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, old man, although Xiao Ke is young, he also knows the severity." However, I do know a little bit about the purchase price. ”

The young man's eyes lit up and he said, "Do you really know? ”

Even the old man who had scolded the young man before looked at Zhu Xu with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Zhu Xu reached out and grabbed a steamed bun, tore it open, put a few dishes in it, and said with a smile: "The family has something to do with Huitong Commercial Bank, when they convened merchants to discuss before, I was also there, and I heard that this year's price is half a percent higher than last year's price, and one percent higher than the market price." However, it is tentative, and it is still early for next year's summer harvest. ”

As he spoke, he took a big bite of the steamed bun, and he didn't know if he was tired of eating the exquisite dishes in the palace, or if he was really hungry.

Listening to Zhu Xu's words, the young man was extremely excited, looked at the old man and said, "Dad, if this is the case, the eldest brother's bride price will have a ......."

The old man took a sip of soup, nodded slightly when he heard the words, looked at Zhu Xu and said, "What the son said is reasonable, and I really won't know until next year." Now the disaster situation is serious across the country, and food prices are rising everywhere. ”

Zhu Xu felt that this old man was a little insightful, and asked indifferently while eating: "Uncle, are you all like this here?" Half sweet potatoes, half wheat or rice? ”

It may be that Zhu Xu's words just now gave the old man trust, and just as he was about to speak, his son, the young man smiled and said: "No, this sweet potato is a good thing, half an acre is comparable to nearly two acres of rice, eat raw and cooked, stir-fry vegetables and make steamed buns, the price collected by the imperial court is the same as others, I plan to plant sweet potatoes next year, but my father just won't let ......"

The old man frowned and did not speak.

Zhu Xu knew the old man's thoughts, nothing more than to seek a safe place, Zhu Xu also felt that sweet potatoes could not be used as a staple food, and said with a smile: "I agree with the old man, be safe, if the court suddenly stops accepting sweet potatoes one day, it will be a big loss." ”

The young man was stunned and speechless.

The old man looked at Zhu Xu and smiled: "It's still a well-informed son, that's exactly the truth." ”

The steamed buns are relatively big now, but after all, there are few dishes, Zhu Xu is a little dry after a few bites, and he is not used to drinking soup with others in a bowl, so he has to look at the old man with the steamed buns, and ask casually, "Uncle, how much harvest can you have this year, can you still eat?" ”

The old man leaned against the tree, first surprised, and then said, "The son is from a rich family, and it is normal that he doesn't know about us. ”

He paused, looked at the land not far away, and said with some pride: "Our family has twenty-two acres of land, one of which is enough to pay taxes, and the rest is our own, we don't have to worry about eating and drinking for a year, and we can have a lot of surplus." However, if this was placed five years ago, that is, the Apocalypse, or during the Wanli period, it would not be good, not to mention all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but also the powerful bullies, at least more than half of them went to others, and there were all kinds of contacts, and after a year, it would be good to barely be able to eat enough. ”

Liu Shimin, who was not far behind Zhu Xu, nodded slightly when he listened, this is the direct result of political clarity. However, this is near the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, under the noses of various yamen, if it is far away, I am afraid it will be difficult to say.

Zhu Xu knew in his heart, the next thing he wanted to rectify was the relatively low-level officials, and when he heard this, he clapped his hands, and took out a silver ticket of Huitong Commercial Bank from his arms, five coins of silver, and just as he was about to speak, there was a burst of smug laughter from behind the tree.

"Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, have you eaten?"

The voice fell, and a big fat man dressed in brocade and satin, wrapped tightly, trotted over with a smile on his face.

The old man, who was Uncle Wang in the fat man's mouth, frowned when he heard the voice, and his face was full of displeasure.

The young man and several women were the same, but they could not speak.

Zhu Xu was quite curious and looked up.

The fat man didn't expect that there were outsiders, he glanced at Zhu Xu and a few people, didn't care, looked directly at the old man surnamed Wang, and said respectfully and complainingly: "Uncle Wang, you said, you don't suffer a loss in this matter, as long as you sell me sweet potatoes and wheat, I will give me more than the court, why are you not satisfied?" ”

The old man reached out and picked up a steamed bun, dipped it in the vegetable soup, and said in a cold tone: "We are all law-abiding ordinary people, not as good as you are the big shopkeeper, I just want to live in peace, Wang San, you better find someone else." ”

This Wang San's eyes rolled, and he smiled more and more: "Uncle Wang, you can just slap me in the face, you say, you are my third uncle and I don't sell me, how dare others sell me?" ”

The old man surnamed Wang glanced at Zhu Xu, perhaps thinking of the identity he had just reported, and said with a more and more cold expression: "I know, if you buy our grain and then transport it to other places, the price of grain collected by the imperial court will be much higher, you are cheating the imperial court's silver, I won't follow you!" ”

Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, glanced at the old man, and turned to the third king.

Wang San didn't expect that his third uncle would break it in front of outsiders, his expression was fearless, he straightened his chest, and said with a fearless look: "Uncle Wang, since you said so, I won't hide it from you, I don't know how many people like me do, anyway, they are making money." You sell it to me and don't suffer a loss, I do everything else, and the government can't find you if you want to investigate, what are you afraid of, or do you have a grudge against silver, I'm your own nephew! ”