Chen Ji made a wry smile and said, "Boss, why don't you give me a cup of tea."

Xu Wu didn't mean to stop, and said: "Children's families, what kind of tea to eat early in the morning, just drink saliva, the old man has prepared it in the carriage."

……

When he went out, the old man let go of Chen Ji and straightened up, but he cared about his image very much, Chen Ji followed behind, and he was a little unsure of the old man's thoughts. It stands to reason that from such a high position, why shouldn't he be so "unstable", could it be that the ability of "seeing people and talking about people, and talking about ghosts" since ancient times was used on him? felt that he was a non-mainstream reader, so he didn't want to shake that little bit of a scholar in front of him?

Chen Ji was a little sad.

The old man may have a lot of ability to guess people's thoughts, but he didn't see Chen Ji's thoughts at this time, of course, it is also possible that the old man doesn't care at all.

Agriculture has always been the foundation of a country, and in all dynasties, agricultural participants were at least in the division of labor approved by the imperial court, only after the "scholars", and most of the rebellions were also because of "not being able to eat", and most of the people in this era were still simple. As long as there is still a slight possibility of survival, it is really impossible to go to the opposite side of the court as soon as the mind is hot.

In the eyes of the authorities, the innovation of agricultural affairs is a top priority, and the so-called reform of agricultural affairs is also an important part of it.

In the past few years since Xu Wu entered the cabinet, in addition to filling the bottomless pit in Liaodong, he has also made a great determination in this regard, and even he has never formed a party in order to achieve the goal of innovation, and he has also set up a party in the government and the opposition.

At this time, the old man had enough time to do some things, and the Taixi missionaries he knew in the morning, including "Tang Wang", had some cooperation between the two sides, and they could be regarded as taking what they needed. Through this exchange, the old man knew that Taixi agriculture did have many merits compared to the Zhao in front of him, so he translated a lot of Taixi agricultural books and promoted them to some extent in his tenure.

As for after arriving in Qingzhou, I coincidentally recognized Chen Ji, an unreliable guy, and he actually knew a little about farming.

In the carriage, the old man picked out a few things and asked, Chen Ji answered briefly, but the old man listened very seriously. In fact, Chen Ji had many classmates involved in agriculture in later generations, but he only listened to it piecemeal, but he only had a general idea, and the specific operation was still very lacking.

“…… To put it simply, this potato is still only a single variety, and it may not be suitable for the growing environment of Jokhang. ”

The old man took out a small notebook at some point, and he raised his eyes and asked, "Environment?"

Chen Ji was helpless, took the small notebook, wrote down the two words environment, and explained: "Simply put, the planting environment can be divided into natural environment and artificial environment. The natural environment includes soil, climate, etc., and the artificial environment is a transformation of the natural environment in the process of farming. ”

The old man listened carefully, and Chen Ji was inexplicably stressed.

"Potatoes are still an alien variety, if you want to adapt to a new environment, it must take a process, and Jokhang has a vast territory, different local environments are not the same, a single variety is definitely difficult to promote in the whole region, but to make a new variety, this is not only a matter of time, it is too complicated, I will talk to the old man in detail when I have time."

The old man glared, and Chen Ji changed the topic and said: "What we have to do at present is just to make this seed source, and then do a demonstration planting in Qingxiu Mountain, and then ask the old man to write a potato fu, or submit it to Beijing as an auspicious rui, and get an official promotion, which is definitely much better than us doing it alone."

"Now the first batch has been planted, but due to environmental factors, if you want to bear fruit, you have to be a year later, that is, only one season a year. Actually, what I mean is that you can choose the south as a provenance cultivation place, I heard that in those places in Danzhou, rice can have three crops a year. If you can cultivate the seed source there, it is equivalent to planting three times a year and harvesting three times, which is definitely much more feasible than once a year in the north. Of course, it is still limited by the environment just now, and the north also needs to do it simultaneously, or plant it in the north in the first year, and then bring it to the south to promote production in the second year. ”

The old man listened for a while, a little confused, but he roughly understood, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Since you kid is so interested in farming, why don't you do it with me?"

"The old man knows that the younger generation still has to be admitted to the Jinshi."

Xu Wu couldn't wait to slap it over, he really didn't have the strength to see it, cleared his throat, and said, "The old man is the champion of Jingning for three years."

Chen Ji sighed and said sincerely: "The old man is mighty." In the end, he also added a rude word in his heart.

"Boy, you're a little funny. Since you want to enter the official career, is it difficult to follow the old man and still be wronged? ”

"Boss, you are so powerful, if you become your student, I will be under a lot of pressure, I know how much water I have, and I dare not embarrass you."

Xu Wu scolded with a smile: "Crooked."

Chen Ji said sincerely: "It's too difficult for me."

The topic deviated for a while, but I talked about the previous thing.

The old man said: "In the future, I will probably stay in Qingzhou, there are some rumors about the relationship between you and me outside, you kid should still have some considerations in his heart, the old man doesn't care about reputation, but it won't let you tarnish your reputation."

Chen Ji smiled bitterly: "What the boss said, dare to love me and have a leg like you."

Xu Wu raised his hand and patted it, "It's itchy skin?" ”

Chen Ji ducked back and said, "Write it down, write it down."

……

Qingxiu Mountain, Taixi Tang Wang has just come back from the field, the potatoes have been planted for more than ten days, and now there is no sign of germination, which makes him a little worried, after all, he can't plant, Chen Ji who originally promised him to preach in Qingxiu Mountain will definitely retract his idea, you must know that Chen Ji promised him that as long as he planted it, he could not only preach, but also build a church. This latter one made Tang Dabeard so happy that the corners of his mouth grinned to the root of his ears. Therefore, most of the time every day is soaked in the ground, eager to pick up the soil to see what is the situation below.

The rest of the time is spent preparing for the mission, and even planning how the church should be built, a plan has been drawn up, and several stages have been demarcated. The translation of the doctrine is also in full swing.

Early this morning, Tang Wang just arrived in the field, and saw the carriage on the official road in the distance, and when he got closer, he saw Xu Wu's figure, Tang Wang was overjoyed, and almost came to a kiss. Fortunately, Chen Ji had discussed with him earlier the replacement of the kiss ceremony, and the two just shook hands now, which seemed much more normal.