Chapter 118: A Different Father-in-law Cao
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"Okay, if you lose face, you will lose face." Yue Yang smiled self-deprecatingly, and then asked Cao Huachun: "Gonggong Cao, since you are not conveying the emperor's will, then you ......?"
Although Yue Yang didn't say the next words, the meaning was obvious, that is, to ask: "Since there is no emperor's holy decree, why are you here?" ”
What kind of person is Cao Huachun, although he is loyal, can a person who has been in the palace for decades be simple? As soon as Yue Yang's words came out, he naturally understood what the other party meant.
I saw him whisper slightly: "Lord Yue, in fact, our family has just come, and it is only incidental to convey the official document of the Ministry of War for you, mainly because I want to ask you something for the emperor." ”
"Father-in-law, please speak." Although he had roughly guessed Cao Huachun's intention, Yue Yang still pretended to be at a loss and asked.
Cao Huachun smiled and asked, "Lord Yue, the emperor sent our family here just to ask you whether what Governor Xu said about your fertile land yielding 1,000 catties per mu is true or false." ”
Yue Yang smiled proudly and said: "Of course it's true, if your father-in-law doesn't believe it, you can send someone to Wuli Village to inquire about it." ”
Cao Huachun smiled slightly, and said with satisfaction: "Well, our family believes that Lord Yue will not lie." ”
Regarding the matter of a thousand catties per mu, Cao Huachun naturally would not only listen to Yueyang's words, in the past few days, he had already sent his subordinates to find out the matter clearly, otherwise his face today would not be such a kind face.
"So...... There is one more problem. Cao Huachun paused slightly and asked: "The emperor asked our family to ask you, since ancient times, the yield of grain per mu is generally about three stones, at most only four stones, how can you achieve a thousand catties per mu, can you present this method to the imperial court." ”
"It's finally here." For this matter, Yue Yang has long been prepared. After all, it is not a trivial matter to be able to triple the yield per mu, and no matter what era it is, the importance of grain to a country cannot be overstated, especially in this era when the productive forces are relatively backward. Food is related to the survival of a country.
It's just that although he knows, the rice seeds in Yue Yang's hand have indeed run out. He could only helplessly say to Cao Huachun: "Father-in-law Cao, I'm really sorry. In fact, the reason why Wulizhai's grain can get such a big harvest is that Xiaguan got a kind of rice seed from the Buddha Lang Jiren, but the problem is that this rice seed has been used up by Xiaguan. Moreover, this kind of rice seed can only be cultivated through a special method after maturity, but this method is not even known to the Franco. Therefore, Xia Guan planned not to plant rice for a while, but to plant other things. ”
"That's it!" The disappointment in Cao Huachun's heart after hearing this can be imagined, but he also understands that Yue Yang will not deceive him on this kind of issue, so he can only shake his head helplessly to express regret.
Seeing Cao Huachun's disappointed appearance, Yue Yang was a little unbearable, and comforted: "Father-in-law." Although the seeds of rice are gone, there are still some seeds of other crops from overseas in Xiaguan, these seeds are rare things that are not available in the Ming Dynasty today, and it is said that the yield is also quite objective. ”
The so-called Huangzhuang is subordinate to the royal Zhuangtian, in the late Ming Dynasty, the area of the Huangzhuang has reached more than 37,500 hectares. The operation of the imperial village was also carried out by eunuchs. The income of the imperial estate is naturally owned by the royal family......
"No need!" Cao Huachun waved his hand with little interest, "Our family understands the virtues of those people in Huangzhuang, even if you give them a gold mountain, they can turn this gold mountain into nothing." ”
"Don't you really want to?" Yue Yang asked tentatively again, and then said, "Maybe it will help my Da Ming." ”
"Don't." Cao Huachun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You said that those things are rare things that I have never had in the Ming Dynasty, do you dare to take such things to the emperor?" If one is not good, our family will not be able to eat, and we will walk around. ”
"Oh, that's right!" Yue Yang then understood that it is not possible to offer anything to the emperor emotionally, and everyone will be happy if they give it well, but if they don't offer it well, the people below will be unlucky. So there's something special about it here.
"Then there is no way for the lower officials."
Yue Yang was very sorry about this. Originally, he also wanted to bring a batch of potatoes, corn and excellent seeds from later generations to Cao Huachun back for planting, so that the imperial court could realize the benefits of these seeds. Then the power of the entire imperial court was extended to the entire Ming Dynasty, and then the social relations that were about to collapse in the Ming Dynasty were eased.
Yue Yang has always believed that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by one peasant uprising after another was because the land annexation of the whole society had reached its limit. Plus natural disasters that lasted for a decade. Countless peasants who had no land and no food would naturally rise up when they could not survive, and then overthrow the entire Ming Dynasty. And if the imperial court has sufficient food, it will naturally have spare strength for disaster relief, which can greatly alleviate social contradictions and continue to provide respite for the Ming Dynasty.
But now it seems that I am obviously overestimating things, and it takes a process for a new thing to be accepted by society. Did you encounter a lot of resistance when you were promoting hybrid rice last year?
Cao Huachun didn't plan to bring these new crops back to the imperial court, and the joy in Yue Yang's heart that had been promoted to garrison also faded a little. After accompanying Cao Huachun to have a reception banquet, Cao Huachun also made a farewell, and Yue Yang did not keep it, and ordered the housekeeper Cao Youqian to prepare a generous gift and send Cao Huachun out of the house.
After doing this, the sky began to darken, and Yue Yang at this time also felt a pain and fatigue all over his body. Just as he wanted to go back to his room to rest, a maid came to him and said, "Uncle, our young lady invites you to come over." ”
Yue Yang didn't need to look at it to know that this must be Hai Lanzhu's personal maid Xiaoman, and only she would insist on calling herself uncle, and sometimes Yue Yang really didn't know what this little girl thought.
However, his wife was invited, and Yue Yang naturally had to give her face, he stood up and smiled: "Okay, I'll go now." ”
When Yue Yang followed Xiaoman into Hai Lanzhu's room, he was surprised to see that not only Hai Lanzhu was in the room, but even the Linglong sisters were here, and the three of them were sitting on the big bed while doing embroidery and talking, looking like a warm scene.
Seeing this situation, Yue Yang's heart was warm, he walked to Hai Lanzhu and sat down, hugged her slender waist and quipped: "Oh, what day is it, why are you sisters here?" ”
Hai Lanzhu glanced at him and said, "As soon as you go out, you won't come back for a few days, I'm bored and no one can talk to me, so I have to call Yuling and Yulong to chat with me, why can't you?" ”
"Of course you can, whoever says no, whoever wants to say no, I'm in a hurry with him!" Yue Yang hurriedly clapped his chest and showed his attitude.
"Flutter." Looking at Yue Yang's appearance, Hai Lanzhu smiled, and the slender jade finger tapped on the door of Yue Yang's head and said angrily: "Death!" ”
The three girls in the room were not dressed much, Hai Lanzhu was wearing a loose pale green silk coat, as soon as she raised her hand, the sleeves slipped down, and an arm like warm fat and jade was exposed. In addition, her neckline was opened very low, and from Yue Yang's point of view, she could almost see a piece of white flowers, and Yue Yang couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and couldn't help but ask with bad intentions: "What's that...... Do you sleep together at night when I'm not around? ”
It's just that at this time, Hai Lanzhu was still focused on the needlework in her hands, and didn't realize that she had recruited a wolf, and replied while embroidering: "Yes, sometimes our three sisters sleep here together when it's late, is there anything wrong with this?" ”
"Of course not, that's good." At this time, someone had begun to have the urge to turn into a wolf, and the two clutches had begun to move around, and at the same time said in a strange tone: "Then you can still sleep together tonight, anyway, this bed is very big, and it is okay to sleep four people." ”
"What sleeps four, where did the fourth come from...... Hey...... What are you doing? ”
At this time, Hai Lanzhu realized that she had summoned a dangerous thing to her side, but at this time, she didn't have time to make any reaction before she was thrown on the bed by this bad guy.
"Ah...... You scoundrel...... The delicate girl is still next to you......"
"What are you afraid of, the two of them won't be able to run later......"
At this moment, a guy who turned into a wolf began to be bad again, and when Hai Lanzhu looked at the Linglong sisters for help, it was only then that these two sisters were not much stronger than themselves, and soon the candles in the room went dark at some point, and then a rapid murmur sounded......
The short, long night passed.
"Yueyang...... Wake up...... Wake up......"
A gentle and caring voice sounded in Yue Yang's ears, Yue Yang slowly opened his eyes, and now the sky was already bright, and Hai Lanzhu, who was already neatly dressed, was telling him to get up in his ear.
"Huh...... It's so comfortable! ”
Meimei stretched her waist, hugged Hai Lanzhu's slender waist with a slight force, pulled her down, and kissed her her cherry lips, and then asked lazily: "What's the matter, baby, will you sleep with me more?" What about the Linglong sisters? ”
"Linglong girl has already gone back, and you are still sleeping after the sun is drying your buttocks!" Hai Lanzhu, who was ashamed and angry, twisted his man's waist and said angrily: "What time is it, hurry up, I still have something to tell you." ”
"What's the matter? Isn't that okay to say? "Yue Yang still looks half-dead, these days in Lu Zikou has exhausted Yue Yang, just came back yesterday and fought with Hai Lanzhu and the three girls for a night, and now he still feels a faint pain in his waist.