Chapter 97: Guide to Rice
When he returned to the palace again, Zhu Youzhen was still worried, and he didn't know what the two heifers at home looked like. No, I will leave Yansui tomorrow for a while, and I must let them get along amicably, respect and love each other like sisters.
After dinner, Wan'er came to Zhu Youzhen with a twist, "Your Highness, let her accompany you tonight!" β
"Why? Don't you dislike Cher? Zhu Youzhen wondered, did the two reach any agreement at home?
"Yes! I don't like her, but Your Highness, you like her! Wan'er knew that Zhu Youzhen was particularly disgusted with the infighting at home, and last time she was worried that Zhou Yufeng would not treat herself well after passing through the door, Zhu Youzhen repeatedly assured her that the family must be harmonious.
"Wan'er, you can just think so, I'm working so hard outside, isn't it just for everyone in the palace to be happy?" Zhu Youzhen began to be a political teacher again, "Xue'er is already your actual sister, so you should tolerate her a little more." β
Wan'er didn't speak, she just nodded desperately, she still didn't quite accept the maid who couldn't do anything.
"Wan'er, let's do it, you sisters will accompany me tonight - I will go to Xi'an tomorrow, and it will take half a month to come back."
"Your Highness...... You ......" Wan'er bounced up from her seat as if she had been electrocuted.
"Wan'er?"
"No, either I'll accompany you or she." Wan'er flatly refused.
"I'm going to be away for so long, or else, Wan'er will accompany you in the first half of the night, and Xue'er will accompany you in the second half of the night?" Zhu Youzhen began to compromise.
"Then ......," Wan'er hesitated.
"I just don't know if Cher will agree."
"She still doesn't agree, and she doesn't know who she is." Wan'er was upset for Zhu You.
"Yes, you can't just settle for her." Zhu Youzhen was happy, "It's just that on this cold day, I want you to run from this room to another room in the middle of the night...... In case a soldier gets up and finds out...... "Wan'er's identity has not yet been decided, and Zhu Youzhen knows that she is most afraid that others will know about her own affairs.
"Your Highness, you ......" Wan'er was hit in the soft underbelly by Zhu Youzhen.
"Wan'er, you don't have to run around in the middle of the night, right?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Wan'er's eyes and made a look of concern.
"I don't like to sleep with her."
"Actually, it's nothing, one of you is on the left, and the other is on the right."
"You just want to eat our sister to death, beware of me going back to tell Sister SΓΉ Princess."
Zhu Youzhen is happy, there is a play. "Don't." Zhu Youzhen made a surrender form, "I don't know if Xue'er is willing." β
"That's your business, do you want me to talk about it? I would never beg her. β
Zhu Youzhen sighed leisurely: "That's okay, let's go with me!" β
Wan'er couldn't see Zhu Youzhen's painful appearance the most, "Otherwise, I'll go, but ...... I'll only say it once, I don't care if I come or not. β
"Not coming? And she can't do it - if she doesn't come, we'll carry her over? β
Poof, Wan'er covered her mouth and smiled, "It turns out that His Highness is not a good person. β
"Actually, I hope that you sisters can remove the thorns in your hearts, get along with Meimei, and work together for the prosperity of the Xinwang Mansion."
Wan'er covered her mouth and got up and left Zhu Youzhen's bedroom.
I don't know how Wan'er persuaded her, anyway, they entered Zhu Youzhen's bedroom one after the other. In the morning, they left Zhu Youzhen's bedroom side by side.
Zhu Youzhen's special combat team had three squads, a total of 300 soldiers, and he felt that there were no bandits in Shaanxi now, so he only brought 100 soldiers from the first squad of the captain Wang Mujiu and Li Jun, and the remaining 200 soldiers were controlled by Wang Peng and Zhang Lu, who stayed behind to protect Wan'er and Hu Xinxue.
followed Zhu Youzhen to Xi'an, and there was another person who believed in the Wangfu, his name was Liu Kun, who could read a few words and had a more flexible brain. Liu Lin, as Zhu Youzhen's eyes and ears, also went to Xi'an with Zhu Youzhen.
When Yansui arrived in Xi'an, it only took three or four days to ride a horse, but Zhu Youzhen left Yansui eight days early and went to Xi'an. He didn't travel all the way to the mountains and rivers, it was winter, not to mention the cold, there were bare mountains everywhere, and there was nothing to appreciate.
Zhu Youzhen wanted to take a look all the way and inspect the lives of the people.
He had walked this road once, and at that time his main focus was to suppress bandits, and only to collect military information. Now he wants to investigate the people's livelihood and see what kind of environment the people in northern Shaanxi live in.
Zhu Youzhen walked along the cement avenue all the way to the south. Both sides of the avenue were dotted with green, in stark contrast to the desolation that Zhu You saw when he was inspecting the bandits.
"Mu Jiu, these are all wheat, right?" Zhu Youzhen is in a good mood, and in the spring of next year, as long as there is no major drought, the people of Shaanxi will survive.
"Yes, Your Highness, these are winter wheat. Don't look at the way they are wilting now, once spring opens and the climate rises, they will grow taller sharply, and it would be better if there was another spring rain. After following Zhu Youzhen for a long time, Wang Mujiu also began to care about the people's harvest.
"Huh? What is that? Zhu Youzhen was in a farmland not far from the cement avenue, and saw a piece of green, the leaves were fat, comparable to mulberry leaves, but the serrations on the leaves were deeper than mulberry leaves.
"Your Highness, this subordinate knows. It's called a potato, and it's been transported from afar, and it's also grown in farmland near Yansui. One soldier replied calmly, looking proud.
"Potatoes? Are potatoes grown in the fall? Zhu Youjian looked far away, and saw this kind of mulberry leaf-like leaves in many farmlands.
"Yes, Your Highness. According to the local people, when the government advertised it, it said that it would be harvested in February next year...... It is not a harvest, it is said that it grows in the soil, and when you turn over the soil, you can see large potatoes. β
Zhu Youzhen really forgot the growth period of potatoes, because of the promotion of greenhouse technology in later generations, vegetables have been seasonal, and fresh vegetables can be eaten all year round...... Hey, can we promote greenhouse technology now?
Zhu Youzhen deeply rooted this fresh idea in his mind. It's still inconvenient, and if he had a pen with him, he would have taken note of the brief inspiration. No way, there is no way to carry the brush.
Everyone saw that Zhu Youzhen was stunned, they didn't know what he was thinking, and they didn't dare to speak.
"It's okay, who was that just now? You continue. Zhu Youzhen snorted.
"No, Your Highness." The soldier looked a little embarrassed, "My subordinates know so much. β
"Oh, you're already very good. Who else knows anything about potatoes? "Zhu Youzhen wants to see how well the government is publicizing the new crops.
The crowd looked left and right, looking for the person who had raised their hand. But no one raised their hands.
It seems that the soldiers don't know much, but after all, they are not farmers, and it doesn't matter if they don't know.
At noon, Zhu Youzhen and his entourage rested in a place called Guide, and settled lunch by the way.
Guide is not a small town, but a military household, that is, all the residents here are military registration, and they are registered soldiers or reserve soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.
There were more than 100 people in their group, and it was inconvenient to eat in one restaurant, and there were not necessarily so many seats, so Zhu Youzhen, Wang Mujiu, and Li Jun were grouped, and the others were divided into three or four groups, and each went to find a restaurant to eat.
Wang Mujiu saw a sign that read "Guide Rice Village". The store is a bit old, it should be some years old, but the four big signs are spotless. "Your Highness, right here?"
"Well, this is a military household, and there shouldn't be any high-end rice villages, so let's just use some food!"
More than a dozen people poured into the rice village, but they didn't see Xiao Er come out to greet them.
"Little Er, take a seat." Wang Mujiu couldn't help it.
"Guest officer, please inside, this is the upper seat. What do guest officers use? It was a long time before a young man wearing a gray hat and a sweat towel on his shoulders came out to greet him.
"Xiao'er, why haven't you come until now?" Wang Mujiu was furious.
"The guest officer is angry, the back is too busy, and the little one will make amends to a few masters." Xiao Er glanced at several soldiers with knives and guns, and his tone softened.
"Can't get busy? How many juniors do you have? "Wang Mujiu is strange, there are a lot of customers in this rice village, and business is booming, why didn't he see other Xiao Er.
"So that the guest officer will know that there is only one little one here, who is also the shopkeeper."
"Huh? What's going on? Isn't your business quite hot? Wang Mujiu looked at the guests who kept coming and going, and frowned.
"Fire, this small rice village is the most prosperous rice village in the whole Guide country."
"Then why don't you recruit a few more juniors?"
"Business is good, but we don't have the goodsβto put it irreverently, a few people have entered my rice village, and if you want to eat with your belly open, you can't eat at most."
"What do you say? Is it bullying us that we don't have money? Wang Mujiu was furious.
"It's useless to have money. Again, we don't have the goods. Each person who enters the rice village can only get two white flour steamed buns, or a bowl of white rice. β
"Limited supply?" Zhu Youzhen heard that the door was coming, and the people did not have enough food.
"This guest officer, you are right, there is not enough food in this rice village, in order to ensure that everyone who enters the rice village has food, this is the only way to make this decision."
"What if you can't eat enough?" Wang Mujiu has never seen a half-full rice village.
"The guest officer can order food, and the dishes are unlimited."
Niang Xipi, it turned out to be a tie-in behavior. Zhu Youzhen couldn't cry or laugh, limited supply, tie-in behavior, I don't know if there is still a house for sale, it turns out that the sales tricks of later generations have been there as early as Daming. "Little Er, isn't it? We were passing by a grain store just now, but there was grain for sale. Why don't you buy more? β
"Don't you know the guest officer, the grain store is also a limited supply. You go buy five catties of grain to try? As long as someone buys more than five catties of grain, the store immediately puts out a sign that says 'the grain has been sold out' - guest officer, do you eat or not? β
"Okay, first serve a pot of tea, then two white flour steamed buns per person, and a few dishes that you are good at." Zhu Youzhen is interested, what happened to this guide?
"Okay! Wait a minute, the guest officer will be fine immediately. Xiao Er put the sweat towel he had just held in his hand to wipe his sweat on his shoulders and bowed away.