Winter turned to spring, and after two failed plantings of potatoes and sweet potatoes, it was finally done.

Under the operation of the Department of Agriculture, farmers who are familiar with potato and sweet potato cultivation have also been trained.

On this day, it was almost the day of potato harvesting, and Han Zhao, the director of the Department of Agriculture, took the robes to Huangzhuang early in the morning, and the housekeeper of Huangzhuang took a group of coolies to order the work.

Seeing that Han Zhao and these officials came over, the butler crossed his waist and said, "My lord, I have already arranged everything, do you have any new requirements, I will do it for you?" ”

Han Zhao sneered in his heart, if I didn't want to use you today, how could I allow you to be arrogant, and wait until I finish the explanation of the prince and the adults in the ministry, and then I will concoct you well.

"Li Zhuangtou, you do it well, and you still have to rely on you to wait for planting."

Li Zhuangtou smiled: "That's natural, I am planting old land, and these people under my command are also planting old land, although these are new objects, but since they are related to farming, they are all we can put it even." ”

"Your lords are all nobles, just stand aside and watch, if something else is broken, there is no harvest, and we can't rely on your lords."

After Li Zhuangtou finished speaking, he went to arrange it.

Han Zhao's subordinate Tang Ping whispered:

"My lord, the prince is going to come to see the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the next few days, if I let the prince know that I haven't mastered the planting method until now, I am afraid that the agricultural division will be uprooted."

Han Zhao clenched his teeth: "Such an abominable Li Zhuangtou is going to cut off our entry steps." ”

A small official hurriedly came in and said to Han Zhao: "My lord, the prince has arrived outside the village, and the commander of Changning has ordered us to greet him." ”

Han Zhao's face changed, and he commanded: "The prince is here, come with me to meet the prince first, and see if you can fool the eyes first." ”

A group of officials from the Department of Agriculture came out of Zhuangzi and faced Sulu.

Su Lu sat in a wheelchair and asked, "Han Zhao, how is your errand?" This potato is about to be harvested, and if you have all mastered the method of planting, you will all have to use it in the future. ”

Hearing Su Lu's words, Han Zhao's face turned pale, and he had to bite the bullet and say: "The ministers dare not do their best, most of them have already mastered the method of planting, and the rest will soon be able to master it." ”

Su Lu glanced at Han Zhao in surprise, how could there be most of it and the remainder, planting land is not a too difficult task, it only needs to be handled according to the planting order, sowing, fertilizing, watering, weeding, and intercropping, even if it is mastered.

"Let's go, go into Zhuangzi and see how the potatoes are growing. Han Zhao, is this Zhuangzi planting potatoes or sweet potatoes? ”

Su Lu instructed Changning to push the wheelchair and asked Han Zhao.

"There are some sweet potatoes and potatoes."

Tang Ping next to Han Zhao said that Han Zhao was used to being an official who shook his hands, and he really didn't know about it.

Su Lu nodded, entered the Zhuangzi, and ran to the fields in the Zhuangnei.

Li Zhuangtou and a group of farmers are tending to potatoes, removing weeds from the ridges and loosening the soil.

"Li Zhuangtou, the prince has arrived, you come over to meet the prince."

Han Zhao beckoned Li Zhuangtou and a few farmers.

Li Zhuangtou dropped the hoe in his hand and beckoned a few old fellows out of the field and stood on the ground.

"The grass people have seen the prince"

Li Zhuang took the lead and took the lead in kowtowing to Su Lu.

Su Lu waved his hand and asked, "Li Zhuangtou, look at the growth of this potato, how is this year's harvest?" ”

Li Zhuang crossed his head and hands, and his wrinkled and furrow-like face was full of smiles:

"Lord Wang, the villain has never planted these, and the adults can't provide any guidance, although they are planted, the small ones really don't know what the harvest can be."

Su Lu nodded: "Li Zhuangtou, you are right, you don't dare to talk nonsense about things that have not been planted." ”

"You plant well, if you can really succeed and the yield is high, you will be persuaded to have a position in the agricultural department, or a clerk or an expert, and your treatment will be indispensable."

Li Zhuangtou was stunned when he heard this, and glanced at a few old guys, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Can the clerk still understand, what is an expert?

The old farmer Zhao Deshui's face was full of excitement, he crossed his hands, and asked with a trembling voice: "Wang, Wangye, I still understand this official, but what kind of ministry is this expert, compared to the Lizheng in our village, is it small or big?" ”

Su Lu was sitting in a wheelchair, watching a potato plant grow, and said after hearing the words:

"Naturally, it is bigger than your village, if you can master the method of planting potatoes well, and you can plant them better, and you can also instruct others to plant potatoes better, then you are an expert, and you are persuading the agricultural department to have a ministry, and there is no lower ministry silver than Han Zhao and them."

Han Zhao's face turned bitter: "Lord Wang, if I persuade Master Nongsi to also master these?" ”

Su Lu had already begun to pull the soil on the side of the root of the potato, wanting to see how many potato seeds this potato had produced, and said without raising his head:

"That is naturally also a salary, and the position of an expert, not only can they be evaluated by the farmers who have grown old land, but also by the practical officials of the agricultural department who persuade them."

The soil at the root of the potatoes is peeled off, and you are slimy, which means that the potatoes do not lack water and that the people who manage the plots are not lazy.

When I pulled it open, I saw a thumb-sized potato seed, round, yellow-orange-orange, quite gratifying.

Su Lu put the mound on the soil again, and said with a smile: "Very good, you have done a good job, when this batch of potatoes has a good harvest, Li Zhuangtou, you can all evaluate a junior expert, which will be counted as your reward, and in the future, you will be an expert who persuades the agricultural department to be named, and you can go to all parts of the country to teach planting." ”

A small official came out and asked: "Lord Wang, the villain is a member of the Department of Agriculture, if he can also master this planting technique, can he also evaluate the experts?" ”

Su Lu took the handkerchief handed over by Changning, wiped the mud on his hands, and said with a smile: "Naturally, it is possible, the first batch of assessment will be done by me, I hope you can all plant well and successfully get the salary and silver of this expert." ”

"Huh?"

Su Lu's eyes changed, he looked at the west of Huangzhuang, and asked Zhao Zheng, who was following him: "What troops are in the west, why is there a war?" ”

Zhao Zheng frowned: "There's no war, it's just that the people who speak martial arts are training in the wild." ”

Su Lu's face was solemn, and he commanded: "Pass my military order, send a signal, and mobilize all the people who speak Wutang, the smell of blood in the air is very strong, and many people who speak Wutang have died." ”

"It should have been for me, but when I met the martial arts hall, I thought it was my own soldiers, so I started killing first, but I dragged them down."

Zhao Zheng's face changed, he had been in the martial arts hall for some days, and he had feelings for those students, and when he heard that there was a dead person, his face changed, and he hurriedly took out two paper tubes from his arms and pulled them.

Su Lu commanded and said, "It's the elite who comes, form a formation." ”

It was very open, and the team of martial arts students who received the fireworks signal rushed over, led by Su Yun, and the team behind him was chaotic, but they ran in an orderly manner, and there were not many casualties.

When Su Yun saw his brother, he shouted loudly: "Brother, General Xie led the troops to be surrounded, go and save her!" ”

Su Lu glanced westward, the fields were criss-crossed, the forests were forested, and the four fields were silent.

Xie Wan was surrounded, Xie Wan's personal guards across the north were all surrounded, and it seemed that the people who came were not simple.