The evening breeze caresses the wheat fields with golden waves. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe fragrance of flowers blows in the green fields, and night falls on the small mountain village.

The stars blink in the sky, frogs chirp in the distance, and people sit around under the old elm trees after a busy day, talking about the short-term things in their daily lives, hoping for a good harvest this year.

"It's better for us in Zhongshan County! I heard that the next door Julu County was flooded again at the end of February this year, and all the crops in the field were gone...... Alas! I don't know how many people will starve to death this year! ”

"Who's to say it isn't! Our Wuji County only has Guanghe suffered from a major drought for seven years, and it has been smooth in the past few years, but that year it was thanks to Miss Zhen Si who opened a warehouse to help us! ”

"Who's to say it isn't! Thanks to Miss Zhen Si's relief, we were able to survive...... But let me tell you, our Jizhou is pretty good. I heard from the people who fled from the south that Qingzhou suffered a big locust plague this year, and once those insects passed, let alone the crops, everyone gnawed only the white miserable bones were left! ”

A young man in a coarse cloth shirt was indignant:

"Humph! God is a sinmaker! How can people live in this world, those dog officials are full of fat brains one by one, watching us mud legs starve to death one by one! I don't think this court will be able to grow long......"

The gray-haired father hurriedly covered his son's mouth and angrily reprimanded:

"Erzhuzi, you bastard, if you dare to talk nonsense, someone will arrest you when the time comes......"

Dad was scared in his heart, but fortunately, the few people present today are all fellow villagers who have lived together for decades, and they are all honest people, no one should report his son, otherwise this matter will be in big trouble!

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere became solemn for a while, and everyone was embarrassed not to speak. After a long silence, the conversation finally reopened:

"Hey, have you heard? Miss Zhen Si is getting married......"

"Really? However, the fourth lady has indeed reached the age where she should talk about her mother-in-law's family, she has a good heart and a beautiful person, so she will definitely have a good husband! ”

"I heard that the Runan Yuan clan sent someone to propose marriage, and I hope that Yuan Xi, the grandson of Yuan Sikong and the second son of Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy, will marry Miss Zhen Si as his wife......"

"Tsk, the Yuan family of the fourth world and the third prince is really amazing, and it is worthy of Miss Zhen Si......"

The son who had been reprimanded just now suddenly interjected:

"Dad, have you ever heard of wheat that yields fifteen stones per mu?"

The gray-haired father and a few old friends around him glanced at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

"Fifteen stones? Why don't you say a hundred stones? ”

"Hahaha...... The wheat with a yield of fifteen stones per mu has lived to be fifty years old, and it is really insightful. ”

"Humph! Joke! I have been growing this wheat for 30 years, and the best annual yield per mu is less than four stones, and I dare say that no one in these four miles and eight townships can grow wheat with a yield of five stones per mu......"

The father couldn't help laughing, thinking that his son's stupidity had made him lose face, so he glared at his son dissatisfiedly and said:

"Did you listen to Liu Datong's ruffian bragging to you again? Didn't Dad tell you not to hang out with the kind of people who don't do their jobs and are idle? Let me see you fooling around with him again, and see that I don't break your legs......"

When the son saw that everyone didn't believe him, he suddenly became anxious, and he didn't care about promising others to keep it secret, so he blushed and said:

"Dad, what are you talking about? This is not what Liu Datong said, this is what I heard when I went to help move flowers yesterday, I heard what Xiaocui, the maid of Zhao's house, said, Xiaocui said that she heard it when she listened to the conversation between the second master of Zhao and the housekeeper, it is true, it really can't be true! ”

Everyone's faces were stunned, they knew that Second Master Zhao had done the right support of the middle two thousand stones before, and he had a wide connection, and his words were very weighty.

The young man saw that the second master Zhao had really suppressed the gang, and continued excitedly:

"Actually, I didn't believe it at first, until Xiaocui said someone, I had to believe it......"

Everyone looked at him with bated breath, and Daddy knocked him on the back of the head, and said angrily:

"Bastard! Why don't you say it quickly, what kind of treasure are you playing in front of your father? ”

The son was immediately deflated and muttered:

"If you can grow wheat with this kind of yield, you must not be an ordinary person, so who is he?"

The son was about to take a break to stir up the atmosphere, when he saw that his father's hand was as big as a fan, and he quickly confessed and said:

"Yes, he is Zhang Fan and Zhang Renfu, the general of Pingyue Zhonglang."

"Huh? Who is Zhang Renfu? I think I've heard of this name somewhere......"

"It's a little familiar, what kind of official will Heikoshi Zhonglang be?"

"Oh...... I remember, isn't that the storyteller often say...... That young general who can fight? ”

"That's right! I remembered it too! Is he a general? How did you go to grow wheat...... Returned to the field? ”

……

The son was speechless for a moment, it turns out that these older generations don't know their idols at all!

"Ahem...... "Ahem," the son cleared his throat, "Okay." The moonlight is nice today! Then I will tell you about the heroic deeds of the victorious general Zhang Renfu, and after listening to it, you will be able to understand why he was able to grow wheat with a yield of fifteen stones per mu......

……

In just a few days, "Zhang Fan" and "15 stones per mu" suddenly became the hottest topics of public opinion in the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, and no one needed to promote them at all, because no one from the high-ranking officials to the common people did not care about the issue of grain production.

Commoners hope that food production will increase so that they will not go hungry, and clans hope that the yield of their fields will increase, because the current price of grain is comparable to gold!

As for the statement that 15 stones per mu will be produced, some of the old-fashioned older generation insist on not believing it, believing that it is just an absurd joke based on false rumors.

And the open young generation, who have long been bombarded by Zhang Fan's various great achievements, are easy to accept and firmly believe.

The two gangs quarreled over this, and neither could convince anyone. In order to prove to his parents that he was right, in addition to exaggerating Zhang Fan's proud achievements as much as possible, the young man did not forget to dig deep into the beginning and end of the matter, so more and more details were revealed, and the balance gradually tilted towards the truth......

If Zhang Fan's fame was mainly concentrated in the six counties of Jiangdong before, and he could barely be regarded as a famous new star, then this time he suddenly became a topic of concern for the whole people, and his fame moved everywhere.

Some people scolded him for spreading rumors and making trouble, and had ill intentions; Some people praised him for his brilliant military exploits and as a young hero...... Now he is really red, red and purple, purple and black......

It is said that even the emperor Liu Hong, who was seriously ill and bedridden for many days and had not seen the previous dynasty, was alarmed, and sent someone to urgently verify that it was correct for 800 miles, and directly issued an order to summon Zhang Fan to offer Shenmai seeds......

As soon as the decree was issued, the whole nation was shaken, and all the people rejoiced.

The voices of unbelief have died down, after all, even His Majesty the Emperor has issued an order, do you want to rebel if you continue to sing the opposite tune? The decree is by no means child's play, if it is not determined, how can His Majesty the Emperor make an edict?

People all over the world prayed day and night, desperately hoping that Zhang Fan would enter Luoyang as soon as possible to offer seeds. This move is in the present and in the future.

Ordinary people began to imagine that after the imperial court received the seeds of Shenmai offered by Zhang Fan, they would cultivate it, and then promote it to the world, so that ordinary people like them could also get their hands on it.

Not to mention fifteen stones per mu, even if it is only seven and a half stones, it can reduce many starvation deaths every year! (To be continued.) )