Chapter 576: Si Nong Temple Palace Supervisor
Princess Bao'an came to Sinong Temple in a hurry, Sinong Siqing was also startled when she heard that the princess was coming, and hurriedly came out to greet her, but then Princess Bao'an's request made him cry and laugh, because he didn't expect that just because the flowers and plants raised by the princess were sick, he let Princess Bao'an come to a special trip, and he thought something big had happened.
However, Sinong Temple is a department with very miscellaneous responsibilities, in addition to being in charge of grain storage, rice supply and other affairs, but also managing the royal gardens and fields, Princess Bao'an as a member of the royal family, the flowers and plants she planted also belong to the management of Sinong Temple strictly speaking, so Sinong Temple Qing did not dare to slack off, hurriedly recruited officials in charge of this area, and then went back with Princess Bao'an to see if those flowers and plants could be cured.
The responsibilities of Sinong Temple are very complicated, so there are many subordinate departments, respectively, there are offices, supervisors, warehouses and other names, among which there is a subordinate organization called the director of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, in charge of the palace hall, garden pond, poultry fish, fruit trees, etc., referred to as the palace supervisor. This time, the matter of Princess Bao'an fell on the head of the palace supervisor, in order to show his attention, Wu Chong, who was the palace supervisor, personally accompanied Princess Bao'an back together, and there were two experienced gardeners.
Although the palace supervisor sounds the same level as the ordnance supervisor, it is actually a clear water yamen, and the palace supervisor is only responsible for the management of the garden trees inside the palace, and he does not have much power, so the status of the palace supervisor is actually not high, and even the position of the palace supervisor is actually for some officials to provide for the elderly, and generally sitting in this position, there is almost no possibility of further promotion.
However, the current Wu Gongyuan supervisor is actually only in his forties, and he is in the prime of life, which should have been the golden age of officialdom, in fact, he was originally one of the six temples of Sinong Temple, in charge of the affairs of the temple. There was only one Siqing and two Shaoqing on the top of his head, and even with Wu Chong's qualifications and ability at that time, it would not be long before he could be promoted to Shaoqing.
It is a pity that two years ago, a disease broke out in thousands of hectares of borrowed fields around the capital, and the crops in the farmland were yellow and died. Such a heavy thing naturally caused Zhao Shulongyan to be furious, and it happened that Wu Chong was in charge of this matter at that time, and as a result, this responsibility could only be borne by him, so he changed from a six-grade and promising Sinong Temple Cheng to the current palace supervisor who could only eat and wait for death from the sixth grade.
Thinking of the above encounters, Wu Chong, who was riding on the horse, couldn't help but sigh. But he can't blame anyone for this kind of thing, and he can only blame his bad luck, after all, this is a natural disaster, although he has tried his best, but he is still powerless against natural disasters.
Wu Chong followed Princess Bao'an's carriage to Zhao Yan's Bianhe Courtyard, and when Princess Bao'an got out of the carriage, she was a little embarrassed to Wu Chong and said: "Sentenced Wu, this time because of such a trivial matter, he was sentenced to prison for hard work." Princess Ben also felt a little embarrassed, but those flowers and plants were carefully taken care of by me. Watching them wither and wither makes me feel so sick too! ”
Wu Chong originally thought that Princess Bao'an would make a fuss about going to Sinong Temple because of some flowers and plants, but now that he saw that the other party was so polite, he hurriedly replied: "The princess is polite, our palace supervisor is already in charge of the gardens and flowers in various parts of the royal family, not to mention anything else." Every year, we send someone to maintain the garden in the county king's mansion, so if something goes wrong, the princess should come to us. ”
"Thank you Judge Wu for your understanding, then you can go with me to see what kind of disease my flowers and plants have!" Princess Bao'an also knew that Wu Chong was saying kind words, so she thanked him again at the moment, and then led them to the small courtyard where she lived in the inner house. Wu Chong also knew that this was Zhao Yan's inner house, and all the ladies of the palace lived here, so he didn't dare to look around, so he only took the two old gardeners to follow Princess Bao'an with their heads bowed and quickly.
"Huh? This...... Is this a house made of glass? Wu Chong entered the courtyard where Princess Bao'an lived, and saw the glass greenhouse at a glance, and he couldn't help but be shocked at the moment.
Originally, Wu Chong thought that the flowers and plants that Princess Bao'an said were raised by the hot springs, after all, it is winter, and only the flowers and plants by the hot springs can survive, and even the Wen Tang supervisor in their Sinong Temple is specially responsible for planting vegetables by the hot springs, so as to supply fresh vegetables to the palace in winter, just now he came here and was still strange, because he had never heard that there were hot springs by the Bianhe River, but he didn't expect that the flowers and plants of Princess Bao'an were actually raised in this glass house, and the green flowers and plants inside could be seen through the bright glass.
"Hehe, Judge Wu doesn't need to be surprised, this is because the third brother knows that I like to raise flowers and plants, and I can't bear to watch them wither in autumn and winter, so he built this glass greenhouse, and the flowers and plants can safely spend the winter in it." Princess Bao'an saw Wu Chong's surprised look, and couldn't help but smile and explain that this greenhouse was also built last winter, because it could only be used in winter, so it did not spread, and it is estimated that she is the only one in the entire capital.
"Flowers and plants can be fed in it, so are melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables also fed in it?" Wu Chong asked impatiently at this time, and even at this time he didn't realize that he was actually very rude to talk to Princess Bao'an like this.
Fortunately, Princess Bao'an didn't mind this, and after thinking about it, she replied: "The third brother built this greenhouse mainly for me to raise flowers and plants, and didn't say whether I could raise melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables, but I think it should be possible." ”
"The king of the county is a scholar and a celestial, and he really makes the five bodies admired by the lower officials fall to the ground!" Wu Chong spoke again very excitedly at this time, because he knew that he had made a big discovery, if Sinong Temple could master the construction of this kind of glass greenhouse, then he could grow more vegetables, melons and fruits in winter, you must know that Wen Tangjian is very restricted in planting vegetables and vegetables with the help of hot springs, and sometimes a heavy snow can freeze the vegetables and vegetables planted to death, but this kind of glass greenhouse in front of him has no worries.
Hearing Wu Chong praise Zhao Yan, Princess Bao'an was also very happy, and invited him to go in to have a look, taking advantage of this time, Wu Chong spoke again: "Princess, Xiaguan wants to ask, whether the construction of this greenhouse is complicated, and the cost is geometric, if possible, Xiaguan wants to build a few in Sinong Temple, and plant more fruits, vegetables and vegetables for His Majesty." ”
Princess Bao'an didn't think about using a greenhouse to raise melons and fruits, and when she heard Wu Chong ask, she couldn't help laughing at the moment: "The cost of building this greenhouse shouldn't be very much, after all, these glasses are not expensive now, as for whether the construction is complicated, I don't know, but it didn't take much time for the third brother to let people build this greenhouse at that time, and it didn't seem complicated to think about it!" ”
Wu Chong couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Princess Bao'an's answer, and immediately followed Princess Bao'an into the greenhouse, but as soon as he entered, he saw another "Princess Bao'an", which made him stunned, and then he thought that Princess Bao'an and Princess Shoukang are twin daughters, and it seems that this should be Princess Shoukang in front of him.
"Second sister, are they the ones you found to treat the flowers and plants?" Princess Shoukang saw Princess Bao'an come in with Wu Chong and others, and immediately ran over to hug Princess Bao'an's arm and said.
"The third sister must not be rude, this is the Wu judge of Sinong Temple, and the other two are the gardeners in the temple!" Princess Bao'an saw Princess Shoukang's hippie smiling face, and introduced it helplessly at the moment.
"Xiaguan Wu Chong pays a visit to Princess Shoukang!" Wu Chong was very knowledgeable, he knew that Princess Shoukang was not easy to mess with, especially with Empress Dowager Cao behind her back, so he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.
"Hehe, don't be polite, as long as you can cure the flowers and plants raised by the second sister, this princess will definitely be grateful!" Princess Shoukang is a hearty person, and immediately went straight to the point.
"Don't worry, princess, the lower officials will do their best!" Wu Chong also hurriedly saluted again, and then took the two gardeners to begin to observe the sick flowers and plants, but when Wu Chong just saw these flowers and plants, he immediately frowned, because he was very familiar with this disease, and the crop blight that made him lose his future was also the disease in front of him.
Although Wu Chong is a scholar, but he is a very conscientious person, after serving in the Sinong Temple, he learned a lot of knowledge about agriculture, especially after the last time he was hit by the crop disease, he made up his mind to study the types of crop diseases, for this crop leaves appear yellow spots, and then the leaves dry up and become a piece, and finally even the whole plant dies of the disease, he called it Verticillium wilt, as for the treatment method, he has some experience, but he looked at the dense flowers and plants in the greenhouse, But he couldn't help but smile wryly, because he realized that his treatment didn't seem to work here.
Thinking of this, Wu Chong and the two gardeners discussed a few words in a low voice, and the views of the two gardeners were similar to Wu Chong's, so Wu Cheng came down to Princess Bao'an and said: "Princess, these flowers and plants of yours have Verticillium wilt, if they are not treated in time, I am afraid that the whole plant will die, as for the treatment, there are treatments, but it is very troublesome, and you have too many flowers and plants here." ”
"Oh, I don't know what Sentence Wu can do, and what does it matter if there are too many flowers and plants?" Princess Bao'an couldn't help but ask eagerly when she heard this.
Hearing Princess Bao'an's question, Wu Chong didn't dare to delay, and immediately told his treatment plan, which is actually very simple, it is nothing more than to change the flowers and plants for soil, and then remove the yellow leaves, and clean them up to burn outside, and the most critical point is that the flowers and plants should be planted more thinly, and they should be watered with a little water.
It's just that this method is only suitable for some small numbers of diseased plants, and whether it can be cured can only be lucky, and it is impossible to control it at all, if the crops in the field are large-scale, then this method is not applicable at all, because the amount of labor is too large, which is also the main reason why Wu Chongming knew this method, but he only watched thousands of acres of crops die. (To be continued......)