"Don't panic, my lord, our emperor is the most kind person in the world." Yuan Sheng handed over a bowl of tea.

After Guo Laohan reached out to take the tea bowl, the bowl lid and the bowl mouth began to collide rhythmically, which showed that his hands were shaking violently.

That's right, this old man who followed Ma Du to Beijing to complain is also surnamed Guo, otherwise how could the eunuch pass on the wrong person.

"My loess is buried up to my neck, what is there to be afraid of!" I vaguely remember the old man's heroic spirit when he set off.

It can be said that it is not the same thing as doing it, seeing the magnificent palace, the strict guards, and facing the scolding of Yuansheng, this old farmer did not pee his pants on the spot, which is already considered to be his courage.

"Huh...... Don't worry, finish the tea first, and then talk slowly when the gas is straightened out. Lao Zhu smiled and reassured, he is a typical arrogant and flattering person, if Guo Shoujing's descendants were so rude, they would have been pulled out to play the board a long time ago, but if it was replaced by an ignorant old farmer, it was a completely different attitude, as if this old man was really a villager from his hometown of Haozhou Zhongli.

A bowl of hot tea is really useful in the stomach, Guo Laohan's hands are no longer shaking, his forehead is no longer sweating, and his teeth are no longer fighting, it seems that Lao Zhu is still quite experienced.

"How is my husband feeling?" Lao Zhu was asking him if he was more comfortable, Guo Laohan thought he was asking him how the tea was, so he smashed his mouth and said: "The tea given by the emperor is sweet and delicious." ”

Is it sweet? Eighty percent of the tea leaves are moldy.

"Haha...... He likes to drink it, so he makes him a new bowl of tea. ”

"And mine!" Ma Du put the tea bowl on the tea tray, and Lao Zhu immediately added when he saw this: "Just add some white water to him, so as not to spoil my good tea." How was my father-in-law's harvest last year? ”

Speaking of farming, Guo Laohan immediately opened the conversation, "Last year's harvest was very good, there is still a lot of imperial grain left, and there is a daughter-in-law spinning and weaving, naturally there is food and clothing, and you can eat a meal of meat to satisfy your hunger during the New Year's holidays. ”

"Huh...... When the imperial grain was handed over, was there ever a tax collector who forcibly levied the grain, or the Yin levied the grain and collected the grain with a big bucket? ”

Guo Laohan scratched his head and said: "Didn't the emperor remember wrongly, isn't it the grain chief who collects the emperor's grain?" I heard that the government said that this is still a rule set by you. ”

"Oh, it's my mistake, it's the imperial grain that the grain chief harvested." Lao Zhu's eyes flashed, he was naturally a false temptation just now.

"The grain chiefs are all from their hometowns, so naturally they won't harm us like the tax collectors."

"That's good, it seems that my grain chief system is still quite effective." Lao Zhu couldn't hide his pride in his expression.

Lao Zhu was born in poverty, so he naturally knew the tricks played by the tax collectors and officials when collecting taxes, so he came up with the grain chief system, which was a good policy and reduced the burden of the people to a certain extent.

Lao Zhu also attaches great importance to the grain chief, often personally meet the grain chief, from the grain chief to the senior official in the Hongwu Dynasty is not a few, at this time everyone is rushing to be the grain chief, especially large families, even if their own subsidies are lost.

But no matter how good the policy is, it can't keep pace with the times, and can only go into a dead end, and in the future, if anyone is a grain chief, eighty percent of them will end up bankrupt.

"By the way, the old man has a good thing in the countryside, and he is about to present it to the emperor." Guo Laohan took out a small cloth bag from his arms, and kept muttering, "The gatekeeper didn't let me in just now, and I gave him a lot of words, saying that it was food, and cut it into pieces with a knife before I brought it in." ”

I thought it was a rare thing, but the red-skinned and white-fleshed thing wasn't what a sweet potato was. During the winter vacation, the students of the academy would take the roasted sweet potatoes from the Ma family's workshop and put them in insulated boxes to sell them along the street. Ma Du didn't believe that they didn't know what this thing was, and they were afraid that the old man would use this thing to open Lao Zhu's head.

"When the old man rushed to the market, he met someone selling seedlings, and heard that one acre of land could produce two thousand catties of crops, the old man originally didn't believe it, but he couldn't stand the good words of the vendors, and the old man gritted his teeth and spent 20 yuan to buy five seedlings and plant them in the ground."

"Twenty talented seedlings and five seedlings, it's really black-hearted." Lao Zhu glanced at Ma Du with his eyes, and Ma Du helplessly spread his hands, indicating that he did not do this black-hearted business.

"Isn't it black-hearted? The old man's baby seems to be planted in the yard, the weeds seem to grow wildly, only to see the flowers and no fruits, and nothing falls after the autumn, the old man is not less complained by his son, the old man is disheartened and wants to hoe, who knows that everything is underneath, hehe...... A red one, just like a fat doll with a belly pocket. Eaten raw, crispy and sweet, boiled in a pot, soft and glutinous, and the old man's teeth. The key is that the yield is high, only five trees will harvest nearly 100 catties, if you plant an acre of land, not to mention 2,000 catties, 35,000 catties will also have. Such good food, the grass people specially brought it to the emperor, and everyone planted some at home, and no one would starve to death in the future. ”

Yuan Sheng came over with a tea bowl, "The old man is late, ten years earlier, maybe the emperor will reward you as an official, I'm afraid you don't know that in winter, Manyingtian Street sells sweet potatoes, and roasting it in the fire is called a fragrant." ”

"Is it all over the streets? Then why doesn't the government teach the people to plant ......miles for such good grain" Seeing that Lao Zhu's originally smiling face suddenly became gloomy, Guo Laohan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly stopped talking.

"An old farmer who wants to give me imperial grain knows that he thinks about my country, but those officials who lead me don't care about his rule, and all the sage books have been read in the dog's stomach!"

Ma Du smiled and asked: "Your Majesty, should the officials who promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes in their positions be promoted?" ”

After the students of the academy graduated, most of them watched the government in the yamen of Beijing, who called them too young, some of them went to the local office, but none of them next to Ma Du, and one person gave them a cart of sweet potatoes before taking office, no matter what, it was a political achievement.

Lao Zhu glanced at Ma Du, "You really know how to find a way for your protégé to be promoted, and you have found me here." ”

"That's your protégé, not the grass people." Ma Du suddenly felt that the self-proclaimed grass people were quite smooth, and he had become accustomed to it after a while. "Uncle, didn't you come here to complain to the emperor? Hurry up, it's almost time for dinner, and I don't have time to take care of you when I turn around. ”

"It's okay, then let's talk while eating, Yuansheng will let the imperial dining room get some soft and restrained meals." Lao Zhu looked at Ma Du again, "If you don't leave, what are you doing here, and you still have to worry about your food." ”

Ma Du got up and arched his hand, "Then the grass people will retire and go to the harem to meet their mother!" ”

"Don't go!"

"The grass people promise not to eat in the palace, seeing Niangniang is a serious matter, the marriage date of Ping An and Xiao Yu'er is also approaching, Ping An is your righteous son, Weichen wants to discuss it with Niangniang."

Lao Zhu waved his hand again and again, "Then I can't give you a chance to make up for it, so you don't have to open your mouth to the queen lion, and come to see the queen after the marriage." ”

"The grass people don't see Niangniang, so what about the descendants of Guo Taishi?"

"Since he refuses to disobey the ancestral teachings, and I don't see him anymore, you stay in the academy, and his son will go to the Taishi Academy to serve, and in two days he will have his own official writings."

Ma Du bowed and retreated from the palace, and the eunuch led Ma Du to the outside of Fengtian Gate, where Old Man Guo and Zhang Wuliu were still waiting stupidly.

"I said Mr. Guo, just now the emperor announced that he was looking for you, how could he let that old man snatch it away."

Old man Guo said with a smile: "You also know that the old man has some diarrhea along the way, so let your long-term follower lead him to find the thatched house, and it hasn't been long since he came back." ”

"It's really time for you to soak, now that the emperor doesn't see you, there will be a ministry to let your son go to the Taishi Academy to serve, although the official position may be the same, but where is the dignity of the emperor's personal seal. Don't be stunned, come back to the academy with me. Ma Du took two steps and suddenly turned his head, lowered his voice and asked, "Old man, you shouldn't have done it on purpose?" ”

"No, who doesn't want to see Tianyan and end up in love, it was really uncomfortable just now. The old man was tired after standing here for a long time, so he hurried to the place where he settled to rest. ”

Seeing that his expression was tired and not fake, Ma Du didn't delve into it, and said, "Since Mr. is tired, let's abandon the horse and take the boat." ”

The three of them walked slowly to the wharf of the Qinhuai River, and when they left the imperial city, the old man Guo looked left and right like a dirt bun who had never seen the market, and Ma Du quipped: "Haven't you lived in Beiping for most of your life?" Don't say you haven't seen a bustling city. ”

"Mengyuan's national fortune is only a hundred years, and the old man is in the big ...... Beiping has lived for more than 50 years, and it can be regarded as having seen the rise and fall of Beiping, but when Beiping was at its most prosperous, it was only like this, and it was not so vigorous, I really can't believe that the Ming Dynasty was only ten years old. Those houses in front are really beautiful, are they the other courtyards of the Xungui family? ”

Ma Du said with a smile: "Where did the imperial court get so many nobles, it is true that there are nobles living in it, but eighty percent of the wealthy businessmen who moved to Beijing from all over the world. ”

Old man Guo's eyes widened, "Who is so bold to arrange a merchant covered in copper on the edge of the imperial city?" Is it the emperor? It seems that his mind is more generous than the old man thinks, and he can live next to the common people in the style of Song Jun. ”

Zhang Wuliu smiled and said, "Old man, you are mistaken, it is my marquis...... The lord let them live on the edge of the imperial city, but he made them a lot of money. ”

"Is that you?" Old man Guo opened his mouth wide, and then laughed loudly: "It seems that the old man didn't follow the wrong person this time." ”

The three of them rented a canopy boat on the edge of the Qinhuai River, and went out of the city from the water gate and slowly sailed upriver to Fangshan.

Old man Guo looked at the ships and said: "It seems that this mountain is a prosperous place, the old man heard that he can teach in the academy, and he can get a beautiful small building, and there are fifty taels to take every month, and there are gifts for the New Year's holidays, but is it true?" ”

His mother is another insatiable old ghost, Ma Du hurriedly dispelled his illusions, "Mr. Guo listens to nonsense, but it's not all fake, you have to teach in the academy for ten years to have such treatment." ”

"That's not what your long-term followers say, besides, how can you live for ten years when you are old, you always have to leave something for your children and grandchildren when you go out of the mountain, and the old man will prove that he is worth the price."

Look at Zhang Wuliu who was sitting on the bow of the boat and looking at the sky, Ma Du's heart was dripping blood, an old fox set a second fool's words, that was not a set of accurate.

Because there is a trading market near Fangshan, the wharf near Fangshan is getting busier and busier, and it takes a while to get ashore, "Now that the weather is warm, when Xiaobai returns to the river, the wharf will be sealed and no boats will be allowed to come and go, so that they will be diligent when patrolling, and whoever dares to throw garbage in the river, especially those who throw glass, will be driven out." Five or six, you take Mr. Guo to the academy and let the housekeeper of the academy settle down the family. ”

"Mr. Guo, I am anxious to go home, so I will not accompany me, if there is any inconvenience in life, just come to me. By the way, I don't know Mr. Gao's surname, and that's why he made trouble in the palace just now. ”

"The old man is a single word, although the uncle is homesick, he will go by himself, and the old man will look for you if he is in trouble."

Ma Du raised his eyebrows, "Guo Da? Good name! ”

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