Li Xiao nodded again and again, but he didn't know as much as him in his heart, anyway, this person was a grasshopper after the autumn, and he couldn't jump for many days.

Li Ji said on the side, "After all, Li Xiao is not from the scholar family, and his family is only a small family, he has not received a good etiquette education, and he does not know the etiquette rules of the court, which is understandable." After I go back, it's good to study more, it's good not to take an example, and I'm in a high position, so don't be embarrassed by him. ”

These words clearly showed that they were helping Li Xiao, and even hinted that the eldest grandson Wuji and Han Ying were taking advantage of the situation to bully others.

The eldest grandson Wuji chuckled twice.

"What Yinggong said is that we are also half-cut people who have entered the earth, so why bother with a junior. But Li Xiao, today His Majesty and Ying Gong and others have a lot of trust in your corn, and they also specially awarded you the official of the six grades, and set up a new corn prison for you, so I will believe in it, but I will keep an eye on you, if you can't hand over the corn after a hundred days, don't blame your ruthlessness at that time. ”

"The eldest grandson, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and you will know what to do when you see it."

In response to Li Xiao's arrogant response, the eldest grandson Wuji snorted coldly and ignored him.

Li Xiao didn't care, the eldest grandson Wuji is such a high-ranking big man, no matter how he climbs, but if people don't like him, it's useless, not to mention, why should he, Li Xiao, want to climb a person who is about to fall. Even if he wants to climb, he should follow Li Ji.

Originally, he still wanted to resign from this post of corn eunuch in front of several prime ministers, but now it seems that if he dares to resign, the eldest grandson Wuji is afraid that he will immediately treat him for the crime of bullying the king.

It also happened to be a knife to stab Li Ji and the emperor, which was not only to be done by the eldest grandson Wuji, but also to be angry with the emperor and Li Ji.

After thinking about it, he simply didn't bother to mention resigning.

Anyway, he was a corn supervisor, and he didn't go to Liaodong to join the army, so he still stayed in the pass, and he didn't have to worry about any other affairs, just planting corn.

This corn is like a fake, and he is not afraid that he will not be questioned if he can't plant it then.

Sitting back in front of his case, Li Xiao picked up the chopsticks and ate unceremoniously.

Li Ji looked at Li Xiao's appearance and smiled. This kid, who offended the eldest grandson Wuji, can still eat, he is really born heartless, but looking at him like this, he believes more and more that this corn thing is no problem.

In any case, if the corn is fake, then he will also be greatly affected.

The restaurant was very rich, but Li Xiao didn't eat it very happily.

It's not that it's not delicious, but this kind of gallery meal has no atmosphere, eleven prime ministers plus a Yongzhou governor Shi, everyone has a few cases per person, and they are far apart, and they eat separate meals.

Everyone eats their own food, and no one talks to each other, this kind of stuffy eating atmosphere, no matter how good the food is, it is not interesting to eat, not to mention, there are good dishes but no good wine.

He originally thought that the prime ministers' restaurant would be very lively. While eating, everyone continued to talk about work, or talk about heaven and earth, but it turned out to be so embarrassing.

Eating with a stuffy head is extremely fast, and in a while, Li Xiao has finished pulling two bowls of rice, and he hasn't eaten much.

An attendant saw that his bowl was empty, and hurriedly came over to add rice, but Li Xiao had already waved his hand, he was not a rice bucket, why did he eat so much rice.

However, the prime ministers haven't finished eating, and he can't go first, so he can only sit there boredly and quietly watch the prime ministers eat.

At this time, it would be nice to have a cup of hot tea, or some fruit after a meal, or a cigarette.

After waiting for a long time, Li Ji finally put down the bowl.

He looked at Li Xiao's impatient appearance and said with a smile, "Li Xiao, Your Majesty has appointed you as the newly established corn supervisor, but you are afraid that you don't even know what you should do. You come over with Benxiang, and Benxiang will explain to you. ”

Li Xiao couldn't wait to leave immediately, so he quickly nodded yes and followed along.

"Li Xiao, Your Majesty has great expectations for you for corn, you must not let Your Majesty down, otherwise, you should know what the consequences will be if Your Majesty is angry."

On the way, Li Ji looked at Li Xiao's impetuous appearance and couldn't help but warn.

"Ying Gong, please rest assured, please rest assured that Li Xiao and Maize, I will never let you down."

"You're so confident in your corn?" Li Ji asked, he didn't know much about this corn, originally he was the same as the eldest grandson Wuji, but when he first heard about this corn, he also thought it was a charlatan deceiving people. But when he knew that it was Li Xiao who made the corn, he didn't make a decision so early.

Li Xiao, after all, he has seen it, although it is a little peculiar, but he is not a frivolous Meng Lang person, let alone a charlatan. Li Xiao has a family, a house, a land and a property in Lanxi, and he is not the kind of person who is stupid and bold.

"Tell me the truth, how sure are you about this corn?"

Li Xiao smiled, "Let's tell the British duke, I have carefully cultivated this corn for several generations, and now the corn seeds in my palm can be planted almost an acre, and if you are a little finer, you can even plant more than an acre." Now Your Majesty has set up a corn supervisor for me, and there is a special team of people, if I can't even handle this acre of land, then I don't have to mess around. ”

"Mixed? If you don't plant well, you won't be able to protect your head. Li Ji glared at him. Tell me how reliable this corn is. ”

"Use high-quality fields to grow corn, intensive cultivation, and the yield per mu can reach 1,000 catties. Of course, for ordinary farming, it is no problem to reach six or seven hundred catties in the field. Even if it is an ordinary field, under rough ploughing, there can be four or five hundred catties. Even if it is a dry land, a land with poor fertility, there must be two or three hundred catties per acre. ”

Li Ji touched his beard, although he is now a military boss, his family was also a famous and powerful man in Henan back then. What is Haoqiang?

It is the kind of landlord and businessman, the rich landlord who has both money and many fields, and has great power in the local area.

At that time, when Li Ji was still surnamed Xu, his family was the richest man in Huazhou, Henan, with thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of servants.

Although he began to kill people and go to Wagang as a thief when he was young, he did not understand the things in the fields.

Casual yield of two or three hundred catties per mu? Even the best fertile land can reach 1,000 catties under intensive cultivation? It's heavenly.

"Are you talking about two or three hundred catties per mu of corn cobs you brought, or are you talking about corn kernels?"

"Of course, the corn kernels after drying and threshing can be stored and milled directly."

"Are there really so many?" Li Ji was still a little skeptical, if it weren't for the person who was talking to him was Li Ji, if others dared to tell him like this, he would definitely kick it over.

"What are you lying to?"

Li Ji was a little excited, "Okay, the old man will believe you this time, you let it go, ask someone to give you people, ask for money to give you money, you don't have to care about the rest, the old man will naturally take care of everything for you, you just need to plant your corn, when it comes to the summer harvest, the old man will see that the yield per mu is at least 200 catties." As long as the yield per mu is 200 catties, even if you pass the test. ”

"Two hundred? Yinggong, you look down on me too much, I will put my words here in front of you today, the yield per mu is at least 400 catties, if you can't reach it, you unscrew my head and kick it as a ball. ”

Li Ji smiled, "A gentleman is hard to chase after a horse, remember your words today, get out." ”