Chapter 44: The Insider
In the evening, a group of women who went to Gu Mingzhi's house to guide the work were picked up, because the matter of the Hu family was quickly solved by Zhu Di, they still didn't know, and returned home with some samples given by Gu Mingzhi with a smile. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Hearing that Shen Yue said that he would go into the mountains tomorrow to harvest crops, Pinglan was reborn, and pulled Shen Yue's arm and said coquettishly,
"Brother Shen, take me with you, I made a lot of effort when I farmed, I can't let the government take it in vain, I'll help you get some back from them, and we will plant it ourselves in the future."
"Well, it's really good for Lan'er to come forward and say it's really good, our Xiaolan is so smart and lovely, how dare they not give face." Shen Xiangyun said with a smile.
Liu Ruoshui also stood up to cheer, "That's it, they dare to bully you, and my sister will help you clean them up." ā
Shen Yue was so united by these sisters that he had no choice but to agree, except for Pinglan, Shen Xiangyun had to follow, after all, this time it was in the name of the Shen family to offer treasures, but Liu Ruoshui was inconvenient to go because of the identity of the old Ming Sect, and she complained for a while.
Early the next morning, the group drove the carriage to the county government to meet the people of the government, and the mighty procession headed for Daqingshan.
As soon as I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I saw the flags under the mountain from a distance, and the camps surrounded this place to the point of impassibility, and the soldiers patrolled everywhere, and the defense was very tight. The officers and soldiers guarding the road were Mu Ying's subordinates, who had already seen Shen Yue and led them into the camp.
"You kid is comfortable, and you can't come to the autumn tour with your family. Our brothers have been guarding this mountain for you for so many days, and they are almost out of the birds. Chang Mao got the notice from his subordinates and rushed over with a smile, he and Shen Yue were also comrades who had carried guns on the battlefield together, and they spoke very casually.
"Brother Chang smiled, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read. After the harvest, you must treat the brothers well. ā
"Don't be idle, go and see General Mu, he has been talking about you since you left, I haven't been polite to him for more than ten years, why do you say that the gap between people is so big?"
Speaking of Mu Ying, Shen Yue was a little moved in his heart, thanks to the fact that he secretly sent Zhao Meng and others to help, otherwise it would be difficult for him to deal with the calculations of Zhou Bin's father and son. Although he doesn't get along with Mu Ying much, he is very respectful of this cold-hearted elder.
When he came to the door of the handsome tent, the guards were coming over with corn porridge, Shen Yue stopped and asked softly,
"Why does General Mu eat this every day?"
"The general often runs around, his spleen and stomach are not good, and most of the food in the army is poor, and the general often says that the saint is coarse tea and light rice in the capital, and he can't open a small stove himself, so he has to eat with the soldiers, and the guys can't bear to be too tired, so they prepare some corn porridge in private."
Shen Yue was moved in his heart, a dignified national general, even eating a bowl of corn porridge is an exception, which makes the officials of later generations embarrassed.
Hurriedly took the bowl from the hand of the guard and walked in. Now is not wartime, there is no need to report in front of the door, Mu Ying did not notice that it was Shen Yue who came in, and still concentrated in front of the desk to check the map, and reached out to take the bowl and put it on the side of the case.
"General, take a break, don't get too tired." Shen Yue said unbearably.
Mu Ying reacted at this time, looked up, and saw that it was Shen Yue beside her, and her expression immediately became serious.
"You kid really don't know the severity, why don't you report in advance with such high-yield crops, it's not good to take care of them, and what kind of battle are you going to fight, fortunately, those Yuan soldiers are not here, otherwise let them take it, how to explain it to the people of the world?"
"The general's lesson is that these crops are found by several members of my family, who have gone through a lot of hardships to find them from overseas, and when I returned, the ship suddenly encountered a storm and waves, and I was the only one left to go ashore, and I had no shame to face the people in my family, so I wanted to create a career here and then go home."
Mu Ying listened to Shen Yue's miserable expression, her expression softened slightly, and she said eloquently,
"You are also a hard-working child, think I was young, it was the war and chaos, natural disasters were frequent, my father died early, I could only rely on my mother for my life, I was only eight years old that year, the crops were not harvested, the county was starving, my mother took me around to flee the famine, and gave me all the food that I begged to eat, but she herself finally starved to death on the way, if you had these high-yield food, why starved so many people to death that year. Later, I begged for food and went to Haozhou City, and was fortunate to be taken in by the Holy Lord and the Queen, just so that everyone in the world could have enough to eat, so I followed the Holy Lord to fight in the south and the north, and created a Ming foundation. ā
Speaking of the tragic experience of childhood, tears flowed down Mu Ying's resolute face, and the soldiers around him also burst into tears when they heard it, they all survived from those difficult years, which one did not have relatives who were starved to death, who didn't want to live a peaceful life, if it wasn't really impossible to live, how could he rebel with Jiegan.
Shen Yue was infected by the sad atmosphere in the tent, choked up and comforted,
"General, please rest assured, now that we have these high-yield crops, our people will definitely have enough food and clothing, and they will never suffer from hunger and cold again."
Mu Ying felt a little out of shape, wiped away her tears, pulled everyone back, carefully checked that there was no one outside the door, pulled Shen Yue aside, and asked in a low voice,
"Although I complained just now that you didn't report it earlier, you can not rush to seek credit and plant them first, which is really safe. But are the crops really as productive as you say? At that time, Yang Xian, a criminal minister who governed Yangzhou City, used a few rice trees bought overseas to pretend to be auspicious rui grown under his rule, and was later denounced, which caused Long Yan to be angry and died, you don't want to exonerate the Shen family and make a big mistake, now I can still take the risk to protect you, if there is a hidden secret, you leave quickly. ā
Hearing Mu Ying's serious concern, Shen Yue said gratefully,
"Thank you Uncle Mu for your concern, I know how powerful it is, I won't fake it, these crops can indeed get a yield of more than 300 catties per mu, I didn't dare to hand it in directly before, and I was worried that the court would not trust it, and now it will be harvested soon, and I will know it when I check it."
"That's good, in addition, I heard that you have handed over the firearms workshop and technology to His Royal Highness King Yan, although I need your firearms for the march to fight, but in my heart I still hope that you can live a peaceful life, and it is good to participate in the war less, don't resist King Yan's actions, he is also for your good, it is said that when the court knew about these crops, there were officials who said that these things came from the barren mountains and mountains, if they were given by God, it would be more conducive to the rule of the Ming Dynasty than the Shen family, and in the end, it was the King of Yan who fought hard to keep this name for your family."
Shen Yue didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns, he did have some criticism of Zhu Di's clever and reckless actions before, but when he heard this, he had some good feelings for him in his heart, although he was not sure if these insider stories were Zhu Di's hint to Mu Ying to tell him, but from his mouth, it was indeed more touching than Zhu Di himself, no wonder he was able to become the emperor in the end, this mind and scheming are far beyond ordinary people.