A few days later, the first emperor Liu Che was buried in Maoling. All rights and wrongs are in the past, and merits and demerits have their own posterity.

Chang'an City is once again covered with Beijing, princes and princes gathered, and hundreds of officials congratulated. Sorrow and joy, sorrow and joy, death and rebirth, glory and decay...... All interweaving is a fateful arrangement, which cannot be avoided, but there is no need to wait.

The first snow in Chang'an seems to have come earlier this year. Overnight, it was sprinkled all over the world, turning into a silvery world everywhere.

The small building embroidery pavilion is warm and pleasant, and the sweet smell of powder is the favorite of the owner here. When Princess Suxi woke up from her deep sleep, there were still crystal tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. Although Yuan Zhao said that his mother's emotions would affect the growth of the little baby in her belly and prevent her from crying, she did not hold back after all in her sleep.

It was quiet all around, and everything was familiar in front of her, but the joy that suddenly came back to her heart made her feel that even the air she breathed was a little different from before. It's just that when she opened her eyes, she didn't find anyone around, so she couldn't help but be slightly stunned and called in a low voice.

"...... Yuanlang?"

"Ahh Sister, are you awake? Hee-hee......! ”

The door was pushed open, and the little princess Yunxi, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, hurriedly walked in after hearing the movement. first glanced at the complexion on my sister's face, covered her mouth and chuckled. Behind her, several personal maids had already begun to clean up briskly, and someone hung up the curtain and put it into a window of snow.

Princess Suxi saw her sister's secret smile, and her face suddenly flushed. She naturally knew what this little girl was thinking, and when she flexed her fingers and was about to punish her hippie smiling forehead, Yunxi hurriedly hugged her arm, and said half-coquettishly and half-begging.

"Sister, don't use this method to beat people casually in the future! Xi'er is no longer a child, she wants to be a dignified and elegant princess. ”

Su Xi couldn't help but sneer when she saw her lazy appearance: "Huh...... But you've always been a child in front of me, and you don't know anything! ”

"How can there be! The queen mother said that I had grown up! Don't you understand anything...... For example, last night, I knew about you and Yuan...... Double Stay, Double Fly...... Yes! Help me! Sister...... Xi'er doesn't dare! ”

The sister who didn't finish the sentence was finally dragged over by the annoyed and angry sister, and pressed on the couch for a tyrannical meal. Although the little princess shouted for mercy, she didn't dare to struggle hard, for fear of hurting her sister, who was physically inconvenient. In this way, it will be a great hardship, and it will inevitably be messy and untidy.

Yuan Zhao, who didn't expect such a scene, pushed the door in with a full tray, looked up and saw the scene in front of him, and was stunned. The maids, who had long been accustomed to the frolicking of the two princesses, hid to the side and bowed their heads and snickered.

"Oh, that...... Yunxi, you have to pay attention, be careful...... Ahem, ahem! ”

In the warm air, Princess Yunxi revealed snow-white forearms and jade-like belly skin, beautiful and flawless. Yuan Zhao hurriedly withdrew his gaze, feeling a little embarrassed on his face.

Yunxi was almost ashamed to burrow into the quilt, and she didn't dare to look back at the person standing at the door. While reaching out to cover the skin of his lower abdomen, he buried his head in his sister's arms and said shyly and anxiously.

"You ...... You're all bullying me...... Sister, look at his ......! ”

Su Xi is angry and funny. She naturally knew that Yuan Zhao was unintentional, so she slapped the unruly little princess on the forehead and said.

"You're messing around here

Entanglement, or blame others?"

On the other hand, she suddenly smelled a faint fragrance wafting over, but it was the taste of her favorite glutinous rice and green porridge in her daily life. Knowing that this must have been made by Yuan Zhao on purpose, he got up early to boil it himself, and he couldn't help but feel tenderness in his heart. Looking up again, he saw a few dots of white dyed between Yuan Zhao's eyebrows and on the placket, and Su Xi let out a low cry of surprise.

"Ah...... Is it snowing outside? ”

"Sister, you slept so soundly that you didn't even know anything about the snow in the middle of the night. The snow outside is so beautiful! ”

Yunxi got up and answered first while helping the maids clean up. When he turned around, he secretly glanced at Yuan Zhao, and his expression was a little embarrassed, but he deliberately exaggerated and took a few breaths and shouted.

"Wow! My sister always blames me for not eating well these days, so I should drink more today, so as not to let down someone who stayed up in the small kitchen all morning. ”

Yuan Zhao stretched out his hand and handed her the tray with the delicate porridge dishes, and said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It's been a hard time for you these days. But today's porridge is a little different, I boiled some more, you might as well drink it while it's hot. ”

Yesterday, Yuan Zhao finally returned to the mansion, and everyone in the entire Hou Mansion was jubilant and completely relieved. And Princess Yunxi is naturally no exception. The first snow was pleasantly surprised, she got up very early, went to the snow to make a fuss, and was hungry. Naturally, you don't have to be polite in front of your sister, you have already taken a small bowl and eaten a few bites, and I feel unusually sweet, and my lips and teeth are full of flavor, but I can't tell what is different.

Princess Suxi took the small bowl of jade porcelain that Yuan Zhao personally brought to her, and when she looked down, she saw that this porridge was indeed a little different from what she was used to drinking. I took a small bite with a small spoon and chewed it slowly, only to realize that the rice grains were unusually chewy.

"Genro, isn't this the rice in our house?"

Yuan Zhao nodded with a smile and said, "This is this year's new rice, which comes from Jiaozhi outside the South China Sea. Our fleet that went out to sea brought some with us. I have free time today, so I came here to see how it tasted. Hehe! ”

"Needless to say! Of course, it tastes superb. Brother-in-law, it turns out that you are willing to get up so early without accompanying your sister, just to boil this pot of porridge? …… Hee-hee! ”

For Yuan Zhao's current identity, she is willing to cook for her sister and do these trivial things, the girl's heart is actually very envious, but when it comes out of her mouth, it is with a sharp edge.

Yuan Zhao secretly rolled his eyes, this little girl's family has been spoiled since she was a child, and she has no way to stop her from talking, who will marry her in the future, it seems that she will have to suffer. But it's not as gentle and virtuous as her own Suxi.

As if he could guess what he was thinking, Su Xi, who lowered his head to eat porridge, smiled and said softly: "This rice is extremely chewy, I guess I have to work hard to boil it, right?"

"Yes, it will take a while. However, there is one advantage, after all this rice is boiled, the same amount of rice is cooked with more than three or four times that of ordinary rice. Hehe! ”

Hearing Yuan Zhao say this, both sisters raised their heads in surprise, their faces full of disbelief. Doesn't this mean that if you grow this kind of rice, you can harvest three or four times more rice by the time it is ripe on the same land! Is this true?

"Don't doubt it. In fact, since a few years ago, I have sent people to Jiaozhi and other places to follow up and check. If you are serious, in those places you can achieve two seasons and three crops a year, that is to say, such a good rice, with the same acre of land, can collect ten times more rations than us! ”

Princess Yunxi envoy

Jin's eyes widened, and he forgot to continue eating porridge. And my sister Suxi also has the same expression. Although they were born in the palace, they have not heard of political affairs since they were young, and they have not had much contact with the lives of the people. But I also know what Yuan Zhao means by this!

"Is there such a place in the world? And...... If we also grow this kind of rice in the Han Dynasty, wouldn't the people of the world no longer have to worry about not being able to eat? ”

Yuan Zhao sighed, with a faint regret on his face.

"If that's the case, of course it's good. However, the climate between the north and the south is very different, and the terrain is different in different parts of the world, so it is difficult to achieve such a level. Even the Guanhan Plain, with its abundant water system and fertile terrain, can harvest two or three times more than ordinary corn, which is already thankful. ”

Speaking of these, in fact, Yuan Zhao was also very helpless. When he first came to this era, that is, more than ten years after the "prosperous era of Wenjing" praised in the history books, the food in the whole country was not enough to eat. If there are occasional special circumstances such as a disaster year, many people will starve to death.

It is precisely because of this most important reason that under the long-term aggression of the Xiongnu iron cavalry, the Han Dynasty could only passively defend and did not have the strength to take the initiative to attack.

All the turning points began when Yuan Zhao used his ability to contribute to this dynasty. Improving agricultural tools and promoting farming methods, a large number of crop varieties were introduced from the southwestern provinces, eastern Vietnam, southern Vietnam, and overseas islands...... These measures enabled the country to quickly accumulate sufficient grain reserves in the shortest possible time, thus creating the first favorable conditions for launching a large-scale initiative to attack the Xiongnu.

Today, the people in most of the counties and counties in the territory of the Han Dynasty can barely guarantee food and clothing. But this is not enough, and there is still a long way to go before everyone can get to a point where everyone is free from hunger and cold.

After the beginning of spring next year, the trial planting of this new type of rice will start in the Guanzhong Plain. If all goes well and the predetermined production target is reached, it will be rolled out to all counties around the world on a large scale. This is the most important thing that Yuan Zhao has made up his mind to carry out to the end no matter what difficulties he encounters. And there are many more government affairs like this.

"Drink all the porridge, it's not good if it's cold."

Don't think about these heavy topics. Yuan Zhao's tone became brisk again. The day after tomorrow will be the day when the first grand court meeting will be held after the new monarch ascends the throne. And before that, he had two days to spare, and he could finally put everything off and enjoy this rare time in the mansion with peace of mind.

Princess Suxi felt his affection, and her heart was peaceful and joyful. But he suddenly raised his head and smiled and said, "Sister Lingzhi, have you ever sent it?"

Yuan Zhao nodded and sighed slightly. It's rare that the two of them are so harmonious. returned home by himself, but Su Lingzhi insisted that he come to accompany Su Xi first, for fear that she would be sad during the national funeral.

But the next moment, the little princess Yunxi, whose eyes were rolling, suddenly asked another question, which made Yuan Zhao scratch his head, and it was a little difficult to answer.

"Brother-in-law, then in your heart, do you love Sister a little more...... Or Sister Ganoderma lucidum? ”

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