Pu Cao wrinkled his nose lightly, and said angrily, "It turns out that the good people in this village still count you as one, and it is a yard." ”

Fang Jie kissed her on the sideburns, and said helplessly, "You, you are obviously as soft as a puddle of water, but you always don't let people on your lips." Don't say that the chicken soup that Peach Blossom sent to the ancestral hall every once in a while was not boiled by you, and the day before yesterday, Dr. Liu came to Zhang Gui to treat his injured leg and you asked Second Brother Chen to invite it, right? ”

Pu Cao was exposed, and she was angry and took the meat on Fang Jie's waist to vent her anger, so painful that Fang Jie lowered his head and blocked her lips to take revenge. At last both of them felt out of breath before they stopped, and they laughed like children again, and whispered about when the rice would be harvested.

Originally, the two planned to harvest on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but before the day reached the fifth day of the eighth month, Liu Housheng came back with the aquatic couple. The Liu family inevitably cried and tossed for another day, and in the evening, Liu Housheng went to Lizheng's house to report the good news.

It turned out that on the way back, he met a few fallen talents in Cuiluan City, and after careful inquiry, he learned that Shengzi had already won the lift, so he waited for half a month later to enter again to impact the Jinshi champion.

The snow country is the reason for the small number of scholars, and the imperial court has a clear rule that as long as the scholar is promoted, the state will give two taels of silver every month in the future as a reward and funding for continuing to study.

Li Zheng and his wife were overjoyed when they heard that their son was so promising. After all, even if his son fails to pass the Jinshi exam and does not become an official, he will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life in the future. When the villagers heard this, they were even more clamoring to celebrate. This one helped find a fortune teller to set an auspicious day, and the other helped go to other villages to buy fat pigs, all of them were happy and smiling.

Pu Cao and Fang Jie frowned when they heard this, the two acres of rice outside the village were already half mature at this time, golden and brilliant, which was extremely eye-catching. Although the people of Snow Country have never grown rice, they may not be recognized. But there is still one in 10,000 miles, and no one dares to take the risk of leaking the news. So, the two of them discussed with Chu Fei and Wu Bo, and set the harvest date three days later.

Fang Jie was busy sending people to Beijing to deliver letters, Chu Fei was busy sorting out his many records, and Wu Bo and Pu Cao squatted in the field every day to catch birds and birds, and every once in a while they had to open the rice husks to try the degree of rice grain pulp.

In this way, when it was finally harvest day, Fang Jie found ten flatbed carriages and twenty strong-suited men from nowhere to come back. Each person was given a sickle in his hand, but after a cup of tea, two acres of rice seedlings were all put to the ground. When the villagers heard the news, they rushed to help, but were stopped by Pu Cao with a smile. The excuse has also been thought of a long time ago, since this millet is not a common good variety, of course, it must be transported into Beijing to sell in order to get a good price, so Fang Jie does it single-handedly, so he doesn't have to bother the villagers.

The peasant family is honest and simple, but they are not stupid. Everyone heard that Pu Cao's words were a little perfunctory, but when they looked at the twenty big men with solemn faces and no smiles, they swallowed this little doubt into their stomachs again.

The rice seedlings were dried in the field for a full day, and by the evening they were already half dry, and the big men started to break the rice seedlings into bundles, and then they were neatly stacked on the carriage, and even in the field they searched several times, for fear of falling an ear of rice.

Fang Jie saw that the carriage was tightly covered by linoleum, and Chu Fei and Wu Bo also cleaned up and saluted, so he stepped forward and whispered goodbye to Pu Cao.

Pucao's hands have been shaking all day, and she can't help it. At the beginning, because Chunni knelt down and begged Fang Jie, she breathed a sigh of relief, and she must get a higher status than Fang Jie before she was willing to marry. So, this year she planted these two acres of rice fields. Hoping to get a reward from the court, she fulfilled her wish.

However, when the matter came, she was scared again. The most powerful thing in the world is power, and the dirtiest and most complex thing is the center of power. It was only because of her selfishness that the man in the world who knew her best and loved her the most had to throw himself into that place to fight, to seek the ethereal glory she wanted for her.

She was wrong, she would rather have nothing. She only wants this man to stay by her side safely, accompany her day and night, and grow old together.

But there is no regret medicine in the world, things have come to the point where they are today, and there is no turning back...

Fang Jie whispered for a long time, but he didn't get a half-sentence response from Pu Cao, he looked up and saw that Pu Cao was already in tears. In an instant, the huge pain in his heart made him care that there were still everyone by his side, so he hugged her and comforted her in his arms, "Don't be afraid, I'll be back in January at most." There is a ninth uncle in Kyoto, everything is arranged, and I will come back safely no matter what. I haven't married you yet, and I haven't seen you give birth to me, how can I be willing to do something. ”

Pu Cao hugged him tightly, only remembering to cry, as if only tears could wash away the reluctance and remorse in her heart, "Fang Jie, I don't want anything, as long as you come back safely." It's really not possible, let's give any credit to others, let's continue to do business and live..."

"Then how can I do it, you are tired of the baby you have grown for a year, why do I have to ask you to come back, and then marry you in the scenery." Fang Jie turned sideways to block everyone, and quickly kissed Pu Cao's lips, "I'm leaving, wait for me to come back." ”

After he had finished speaking, he jumped into the first carriage and told everyone to sit down and whip away.

The villagers seemed to notice that Fang Jie's trip was different this time, and stood quietly for a long time without making a sound. In the end, Pu Cao reluctantly pretended to smile and gossip with them, and then they dispersed and went home.

Not to mention how Nangou Village was busy celebrating Shengzi Zhongju, it was only said that Fang Jie and the others were staying overnight all the way, and everyone was careful with 120,000 points. In order to avoid the eyeliner placed by the prime minister's faction in various cities, Fang Jie never took out the waist card of the secret guard, but whenever he passed by the soldiers at the city gate to check, he threw out two ingots of silver with white flowers, and ten carts of rice were released as wheat.

After a while, the convoy finally arrived outside Kyoto half a month later. Prince Kang sent Zhao Fatzi to wait at the guest kiosk early, and the two brothers naturally laughed when they met. In the end, he didn't dare to delay, and drove the carriage directly to a village that Zhao Fatzi had set up earlier.

Because the day after tomorrow happened to be the emperor's birthday, Prince Kang was ready to take advantage of the emperor's joy to offer rice, and directly set the grace of several parties, saving the long night and dreaming of being sent by the prime minister to get the news and cause changes.

So, the twenty big men only rested for one night and began to remove the rice grains under the guidance of Uncle Wu, and even scooped half a cloth bag of white rice. It was finally delivered to Prince Kang the day before the emperor's birthday, and of course, it was also accompanied by a heavy treasure that Fang Jie had entrusted to a friend to find overseas a few months ago.

Early the next morning, Prince Kang entered the palace, and when he passed by the emperor's favorite concubine Mei's bedroom, a little eunuch accidentally bumped into him and broke the porcelain in his hand. The sound naturally alarmed the happy Concubine Mei, so Prince Kang went in to salute and make amends...

The Snow Emperor is not a person who likes luxury, and he is benevolent by nature, so he rarely makes a big deal about celebrating his birthday. Often at luncheon, the harem concubines and the royal relatives gather together to talk and laugh, and then go to the Qiankun Hall to accept the congratulations of the ministers at the dinner.

This year is the same as usual, before noon, a banquet was set up in the imperial garden, and the royal concubines rushed to take their seats. It was not until ten o'clock at noon that the emperor arrived with the queen and Concubine Mei.

Everyone got up and shouted long live, and the emperor smiled and called everyone to sit down. Several princes and princesses rushed forward to present birthday gifts to their fathers, which naturally made the emperor smile even more happily.

When the princes and princesses retreated, it was the turn of the royal families, this one sent coral, that one sent a piece of jade, in short, they are all priceless and extremely rare objects. The emperor could not help but praise a few words one by one, and the brothers were in harmony.

There is a prince named Luo, who has some festivals with Prince Kang on weekdays, and he sees that everyone is offering gifts and laughing, only Prince Kang is sitting like a mountain, so he spoke out and made it difficult, "Ninth brother, all of us are presenting gifts for the birthday of the imperial brother, why did you come empty-handed, wouldn't you forget the imperial brother's birthday today?" ”

When everyone heard this, they also looked at the future, and their expressions were worried and gloating. The emperor has always treated Prince Kang with the most affection and trust, and when he heard this, he relieved the siege and said, "It's okay for the ninth brother to forget, he has to make trouble like this every year." Not to mention the ninth brother, even I can't forget it. ”

Prince Luo laughed dryly and said something, but he didn't want Prince Kang to get up to attend, respectfully saluted the emperor, and finally said loudly, "Your Majesty, the younger brother has not forgotten Your Majesty's holy life." It was really the birthday gift prepared by the younger brother that was too heavy, and his heart was excited for a while, so he sat down for a while to stabilize his mind. ”

When the emperor heard this, he was also interested, "Oh, what birthday gift have you prepared, Ninth Brother, send it up to me to see." ”

Prince Kang answered, turned around and beckoned behind him, and the little servant who came with him immediately carefully opened the two small cloth bags in his hand, poured some broken grains into the jade bowl, and then respectfully bowed his head and accepted them to the eunuch beside the emperor.

A trace of doubt flashed in the eunuch's eyes, but he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent it to the emperor's table again. The queen was curious, turned her head and took a closer look, then sneered, "It's really hard to bother the ninth brother, so I found rice grains and white rice that can be seen everywhere in the world and offered them." It's just that I don't know what novel words the ninth brother has..."

But before she could finish speaking, the emperor's face was already flushed with excitement. He stood up abruptly and asked loudly, "Ninth brother, this is... It's the one..."

Prince Kang knelt on the ground and replied loudly, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty." Thanks to the emperor's blessing, the rice planted in Cuiluan City in the spring has been successful. Next year, the people will be able to grow their own rice, and from now on, we will no longer have to buy white rice from the south. ”

"Good, good!" The emperor laughed loudly, and the ecstasy on his face was simply unprecedented, so shocked that the imperial princes who were still in shock did not react for a long time.

Later, it was the eunuchs who whispered a reminder, and everyone hurriedly knelt down the mountain and shouted long live. The emperor called everyone up, drank the wine in front of him in one gulp, and said with a smile, "This birthday gift for the ninth brother is the best thing I have received in my life." I want to reward the world! The ninth brother quickly told me about the meritorious minister. ”