Lose your marbles!

The little official was stunned by Ye Hua's words...... Sure enough, I read it right, this is the young master lamb from a big family, there is a mine at home, and he doesn't know the hardships of the people and the hardships of the people!

Is it easy to grow vegetables?

A month ago, the wind was biting, and the ice on the river had not melted away, so the old farmer had to go down to the icy river bare-legged to fish for mud and fertile fields.

Ploughing the ground, ploughing, weeding and insect control, it is easy to grow, and it has to be harvested hard, loaded, and sent to the capital...... When the vegetables are sold, we must quickly plant new vegetables and start a busy round again, without even half a day's rest.

Growing vegetables is far more tiring than growing grain, and the people are busy working for a year, in order to get two or three percent more harvest, if they can be fifty percent higher than growing grain, they can laugh secretly.

After such hard work, the vegetables grown were actually destroyed, isn't that a joke about the blood and sweat of the common people?

Although it is a rotten dish, but carefully selected, there is still half of it that can be eaten, so why destroy it?

Is Kaifeng really heaven on earth?

That's right, I can't look down on beggars all these years, but how many poor people are there in the capital? Not to mention anything else, just the old man and lady who sweep the streets every day will almost always run to the vegetable market, pick up some rotten vegetables and cook them back!

Turning a blind eye to all this, it is ridiculous to destroy all the dishes with a light word!

The little official grabbed the wine glass, drank the wine in the glass violently, and then looked at Ye Hua with disdain, "I should have paid half of the money, I'm sorry, I didn't come out!" I don't think you're a bad person, but I want to remind you for your parents that if you hear what you said just now, you have to screw your head off! ”

The little official turned around and left, leaving behind a dashing back!

Guo Zongxun bit his fingers and asked stupidly: "Uncle, what he said about Master Hou, is ...... Champion Hou? ”

"Hahaha!"

Brother Guo Xing couldn't help it, hugged his stomach and laughed, the small restaurant was not big, the shopkeeper and the guys were looking this way, Ye Hua quickly took out a few money, put it on the table, and then left in a hurry with the two little guys.

When he was on the street, Brother Guo Xing was still laughing, and his stomach hurt!

"Brother, you are so fierce, why don't you try, can you strangle yourself?"

"Phew! I'll strangle you first! ”

Ye Hua grabbed two small things and went directly to Qi Tongwen's school.

Lao Qi really has a personality...... The queen and concubine in the palace made a riot, the privy envoy rebelled, and the court wanted to reform the official system...... There are so many big things, this stunned is indifferent and too lazy to take care of it.

In addition to teaching, he also grows vegetables, and in his spare time, he cuts down more bamboo and builds student dormitories, and the academy already has a hundred students.

Many nobles wanted to stuff people inside, but Qi Tongwen just didn't nod.

In addition to the two little things of the Ye family, there are less than ten noble children who have passed the assessment and entered the school, and the other ninety people are all poor children from neighboring villages, and there are also some children of laborers.

In this capital city where the fire is boiling oil and the flowers are blooming, Qi Tongwen and his academy are like a group of maverick ascetics, more stubborn than the reef on the shore.

The prince was late today, Qi Tongwen was not polite, "Go, pick ten loads of water and water the ground!" ”

Guo Zongxun nodded obediently, he had been taught many times, and he didn't dare to hesitate.

As for Guo Xingge, he is not an official student of the school.

Because Brother Guo Xing has completed the course of the Great Zhou Academy, he has a lot of free time, except for going to the Champion Fang to develop firearms and learning calculus with Ye Hua at night, there is not much to do.

By the way, he still has to learn medicine!

To Guo Xingge's surprise, Qi Tongwen's medical attainments turned out to be very high!

When he was in Suiyang Academy in the past, he often treated poor students...... He even planted some herbs, Guo Xingge simply learned from Qi Tong's medical skills, and in addition, his arithmetic skills were indeed clever.

At the beginning, Ye Da put a pool administrator in Qi Tongwen, and the old gentleman was also open-minded, he often asked Guo Xingge for arithmetic, and also invited Guo Xingge to be a teaching assistant.

Guo Xingge is almost half teacher and half student in the school.

"As a teacher, you connived at the students to be late, and you have to be punished! This month's salary is gone. Qi Tongwen said a word, exempting Guo Xingge's salary.

Brother Guo Xing's face is longer than a donkey, you are shameless, you dare to mention the salary, give me the same money in a month, believe it or not, the master went to the Bianhe Wharf and counted the accounts for the morning, which is worth two months' wages?

Anyway, I can't reason with this old poor sour, and I'm too lazy to see him in general!

"Mr. Qi is well-disciplined and strictly enforces the law, and I am a five-body caster." Ye Hua smiled and said, "It's just that I want to ask Mr. Qi to give them a holiday." ”

"Master Hou? Do you think that the old man is not close to people, it is too bitter here, and you can't relax him? ＂

"No, no, no!" Ye Hua waved his hand again and again, "Mr. Qi, that's all, the day before yesterday, you asked His Highness to buy vegetables, and a cart of vegetables was only sold for ten yuan, and His Highness took the money yesterday and ran to me, and he was in a hurry." This morning, I took them to the wholesale market, looked around, and seemed to have an understanding. ”

Ye Hua said with a smile: "Read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles." Mr. Qi is afraid that the students will not know the people's suffering, and the price of vegetables is related to people's livelihood, which is also what Mr. Qi should care about. Why don't they go to the countryside and figure out why the food is cheaper. Mr. Gu knows that if they can find a way, it will be a beautiful thing! ”

"Ten dollars?"

Qi Tongwen didn't bother to listen to Ye Hua's other words, the old man pulled Ye Hua's arm and went to the front of his vegetable patch.

You can question the old man's knowledge, but you can't look down on the old man's level of vegetable growing!

The little greens are tender and green, and a car is hundreds of catties, so you will give ten copper coins!

The old man sweated more than ten dollars!

It just doesn't make sense!

"Corrupt officials and corrupt officials, oppressing the people, I can't imagine the feet of the Son of Heaven, the same is true!" Qi Tongwen gritted his teeth and said angrily: "A cart of charcoal, more than a thousand catties, the palace envoy will not regret it." Half a horse of red silk and a zhang of silk, tied to the cow's head to fill the charcoal straight ...... This is Bai Juyi's "Charcoal Seller", which is alive in front of him today, and the old man has finally seen it! ”

Qi Tongwen said to Ye Hua: "Master Hou, can you also stand by and watch this kind of thing?" ”

Before Ye Hua could speak, Brother Guo Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Qi, how do you know that it was done by corrupt officials?" Before the matter is settled, you will be condemned first, is this the way of forgiveness taught by the gentleman? ”

Qi Tongwen's face turned red when he was asked, and he coughed twice.

It's indeed a gaffe, but Qi Tongwen doesn't believe it no matter what, a cart of vegetables can only be sold for ten copper coins!

The old man thought for a while, "It's the old man's mistake, and I will also punish myself for a month's wages...... It's just that if no one makes a fuss, such a big cart of vegetables is worth one or two hundred dollars, to say the least! In this way, Master Hou and the old man also went with them, and our master and apprentice joined forces to figure things out! ”

Ye Hua laughed, "Practice brings true knowledge, Mr. Qi's rigorous study makes me admire, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't dare to entrust my child to you!" ”

Qi Tongwen blushed with an old face, "I can't even figure out the price of a dish, and I really don't have the face to be a master in the future." But what Hou Ye said, practice brings true knowledge, these five words are very good, and the old man is engraved at the door of the school! ”

After saying that, the old man hurriedly prepared to go.

In the next three months, Qi Tongwen, Guo Xingge, and Guo Zongxun often went out of the city at dusk, waited until the next day to return to the capital, rested for a while, and got together again to summarize the results of the investigation.

In this way, I went out every few days, ran all over the villages around Kaifeng, and looked at the markets in the city many times...... In three months, I was stunned to write a historical record!

At first, it was Qi Tongwen who took two students, and later other teenage students also followed to investigate.

In the end, Qi Tongwen was finally full of confidence, he completely figured out the production and marketing of vegetables and fruits in the capital, and said unceremoniously, even if the Kaifeng Mansion, the Sansi Yamen, and the local officials would not be as clear as Qi Tongwen.

In the past three months, Guo Zongxun has celebrated his ninth birthday, and the little guy has darkened a lot, but his size has jumped up, and he has matured too much compared to before, as if he has changed people.

Guo Xingge summarized the data of all parties, carried out statistical calculations, and also went to the wholesale market to experiment with their methods, constantly feedback, and constantly adjusted, and finally Guo Xingge calculated a roughly reasonable demand and price formula.

When everything was gathered and handed over to Ye Hua, the three masters and apprentices were all relieved!

Qi Tongwen hugged his shoulders, crossed his legs, and said very conceitedly: "Master Hou, the old man dares to say that throughout the ages, few people have studied the buyers and sellers of the market so carefully...... Let the old man say that they are afraid that they will not even be able to sell vegetables! ”

Qi Tongwen sighed again: "For most of his life, the old man has witnessed the change of ownership and the people are devastated. I don't want to do anything, I just don't want to do evil! I am determined to run a school, teach and educate people, that is, I hope that the next generation can have outstanding talents, end the troubled times, and restore peace to the world...... After these three months, the old man finally realized a little, and he was better than reading books for decades. If the imperial court can do things as meticulously in the future, and arrange all the food, clothing, housing and transportation properly, the Great Zhou Dynasty will be as stable as a rock and indestructible! ”

The old man was so proud that he had said everything, and he had forgotten the humility and reserve of the scholar. He sent his book of ten thousand words to Ye Hua.

"Master Hou, please hand it to Your Majesty, although the old man is a grass people, but thanks to the Holy Grace, I can't repay it with all my heart! There is Lao Houye! ”

Ye Hua took it and focused on the solution, although he used his ideas, but it was too detailed, Ye Hua was very satisfied.

"That Mr. Qi, you have indeed worked hard, but there are still people who don't understand!" Ye Hua said helplessly: "Someone impeached the prince just now!" ”

"Impeachment of what?"

"Destroying heavenly things, squandering and wasting, acting recklessly, and showing no concern for the people!" Ye Hua said helplessly: "I'm afraid I'm going to go to court in front of His Majesty!" ”