Chapter 127: Rainfall
When Li Chengqian returned to Taiji Palace, he was led to Empress Changsun, while Fan Jingjing ran to report to the eunuchs and waited for the emperor to summon him.
Although Li Shimin summoned her, it does not mean that she will be able to see the emperor immediately.
Although the emperor thinks of her one second, the next second may be occupied by other state affairs.
Of course, if the emperor's reason for summoning Fan Jingjing is very important, Fan Jingjing should be summoned by the emperor as soon as she arrives.
Fan Jingjing thought that the last time the emperor summoned him, he had actually mentioned the problem of drought.
However, the situation of the last drought was not yet obvious, and only slightly indicated. For the emperor, he was also able to prepare in advance. It's not too serious, compared to other countries. There were many more important things to be solved, and the drought at that time could be solved with just a few rains.
But since that day, apart from the Fan family manor, Fan Jingjing has never heard of a drop of rain in Cheng'an.
It's the Fan family manor, and there will be some light rain at regular intervals. It didn't rain much. Just being able to make the land soaked. And the scope is not big or small, it is on the cultivated land of the Fan family manor.
If you pay special attention to the Fan Family Manor, you may notice this phenomenon.
But Fan Jingjing feels that she is not too special and should not attract the attention of the public.
After Fan Jingjing reported, she wanted to go out for a stroll, she felt that the emperor would not summon her too early.
However, this process must be consulted with experienced eunuchs, who can estimate the time when the emperor will summon you, but why would the eunuchs do such a thing for you? Then it is necessary to give some benefits to the eunuchs.
Fan Jingjing's copper coins and food are all in short supply.
She had no shortage of matches, soaps, cakes, and scarves, so he sent them in the hope of getting the eunuch's exact message.
The eunuch had obviously heard of all of these items.
"This is a popular item in Chang'an City recently, it's not cheap, Fan Niangzi broke the bank!"
"It's just a little thought, when will the emperor have time to summon the little one?"
"You can ask us about this, we don't know what the emperor thinks of you, he summoned you this time, it seems that he thought of it suddenly. There are no signs to follow. ”
Fan Jingjing felt very sorry for the things she sent, it seemed that he gave them away for nothing. Even the eunuchs had no way of predicting when she was summoned.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the news of her coming to report came in, a eunuch came out immediately inside and guided her to see the emperor.
Fan Jingjing was puzzled at this moment, in her impression, the emperor was very busy, and she was able to meet the emperor when she came, which made her feel that the emperor's busyness was not fake.
If you want to say that the emperor attaches great importance to Fan Jingjing, Fan Jingjing will feel that this is fake.
When she came to Datang, she didn't make any contributions, could it be that the potatoes were ripe?
The potatoes in the Fan family manor, about fifteen days later than the emperor's batch of potatoes, were planted about fifteen days later, and the current state of the leaves is not yet when the potatoes are fully ripe, but fifteen days later, it is difficult to say, because during this time, the fields of the Fan family manor are irrigated by the condensate water of the water ball, and Fan Jingjing feels that all the crops seem to have matured early. From the already ripe green cabbage, she found that the ripening speed was five days faster.
Now it is not known to mature early, whether in proportion or in days. Or according to the watering time.
Qingjiang cabbage is not a common vegetable in Datang. Therefore, the planters have no idea about the ripening time of green cabbage.
If you have a concept, you will find that the ripening time of Qingjiang cabbage has been shortened by one-third.
As for the potatoes, are they really not ripe yet? Since potatoes grow in the soil, Fan Jingjing really doesn't know what the situation is now.
She has already explained to the Forestry Department what the approximate state of the potatoes is when they are ripe, and the Forestry Department should not miss the time when the potatoes are ripe.
Having said that, there are people looking for you, but the purpose of looking for you is not clear, and more importantly, the person looking for you has the right to decide your life and death, which is the most depressing thing.
Although Fan Jingjing looks calm on the outside, looks cute and doesn't know anything, she is actually very anxious inside.
Recently, she has too many things to worry about, in addition to worrying about other things, she is also worried about her pregnancy and giving birth to a child.
She felt that it was best to have a child and raise it herself. But I am worried that my child will be bullied if he does not have a father. In the process of growing up, the lack of a father is a very serious matter in Datang. It will definitely hurt.
She found that when there was another life in her belly, a new round of troubles began in her life.
"Do you want to accept Niu Shijin's husband?"
Fan Jingjing feels that it is like the emperor's affairs, it is better to think about her husband's affairs, no matter how the matter with Niu Shijin develops, it will not be life-threatening, but when she is summoned by the emperor, Fan Jingjing will feel sore in her neck every time.
Influenced by film and television dramas, Fan Jingjing always has the feeling that the emperor wants you to die and you have to die. And this death is completely unjustifiable. Your life will be like a chess piece.
In fact, after coming into contact with the prince and princess, Fan Jingjing gradually understood that there is a reason why a person will die at this time. The reason for this is either in oneself or in one's own relatives and friends.
has just crossed over, and the luckiest and most unfortunate thing about Fan Jingjing is that she has no relatives, that is, if she doesn't make friends. There shouldn't be a problem with her life.
For those who understand the development of history, although Fan Jingjing cannot know everyone and remember everyone. But she still knows that there is no name for the dead.
So she knew that the Niu family was very safe, and the development of the Wei Chi family was also good.
So she is willing to maintain a friendly relationship with these two families.
"Wechen greets Your Majesty."
Fan Jingjing found that Li Shimin was not the only person sitting in the hall this time, and Li Shimin was still talking about things with other important ministers at this time.
Why do you know that they are important ministers, mainly because they are all relatively old, at least they are all Li Shimin's age.
Although Fan Jingjing has seen many photos of ministers of this era in later generations.
But the ancient painting style is more beautiful, and the similarity with me is almost equal to zero. At most, point out the special parts of the person's facial organs.
But when Fan Jingjing read history textbooks, she was not particularly serious, at most she memorized the key points of the exam, and as for the drawings of the textbooks, she paid attention to the words under the pictures.
So these ministers are in front of her, maybe she knows their real names, but she is not worthy of herself.
To be able to become a famous person, in this era, there are very few people who have no lives under them.
In this era, people and things are more rude.
Fan Jingjing is actually not very familiar with the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. Even if you want to learn, you can't find someone to learn. It seems that such a thing as etiquette is also a family heirloom. And the etiquette of each era, it seems that with the changes of the times, as well as the relationship between the powerful and the powerful, will always change.
Fan Jingjing can only grasp one principle, courtesy.
As long as she doesn't be too arrogant and doesn't wait for someone else's path, most people won't trouble her.
However, if you are a good person, how can you not get in the way of others?
Fan Jingjing didn't know, in fact, she had gradually blocked the way of some people. It's just that the people who were blocked by her during this period did not have too high status. It's not to the point where you live or die.
Li Shimin signaled to Fan Jingjing that he knew that she had arrived, but continued to talk to the minister next to him, letting Fan Jingjing listen to him.
Fan Jingjing could hear what they were saying, and they were generally discussing the problem of drought and how to deal with the drought in general.
In fact, this drought is both serious and severe, but it is not serious and not serious.
There was a great drought in the Guanzhong area, and the grain production was greatly reduced, but there were many troops fighting in all directions at this time, and the foreign war at this time was not only Turkic, but also in the direction of the west, there were still Qiang people to the east, and the Koreans were not very stable.
According to the past practice, the entire Han nation will settle down, and the nearby ethnic groups will slowly calm down and surrender for a period of time. When the Han nation is weakened, they will get up and jump again.
Now they are discussing the issue of the Qiang people.
"The problem of insufficient food supply has hit the soldiers on the front line very hard. And at this stage, the supply of winning production is not enough, I heard that they found rock salt in one place, but when they ate it, they found that the salt was poisonous, and the people who ate it would die of poison.
The salt was insufficient, and the soldiers' bodies were also suffering from problems one after another. ”
Fan Jingjing also felt that their discussion really made him feel unique, and it seemed that all aspects of the Han were implicated in each other.
However, Fan Jingjing feels that the overall problem seems to be the problem of insufficient basic material production. After solving the problem of matter, the direction of their troubles should be relatively different.
They talked for a long time before finally getting to the problem of the great drought in front of them.
Fan Jingjing thought about whether to make some suggestions on the current way of taking salt.
But it was clear that she didn't have a chance to interject. It wasn't until the issue of drought was mentioned that Emperor Li Shimin turned his head to look at Fan Jingjing and asked:
"What do you think about the drought on this matter?"
Fan Jingjing felt that this question was too wide, and it was difficult for her to answer.
According to the historical materials she studied, the historical materials she read were actually historical materials related to agriculture. Otherwise, after graduating from high school, she would not have had much opportunity to contact things related to history, and he would not have a preference for history to check some historical materials.
The so-called relief in the feudal dynasty was basically just to sustain people's lives, and it was not to help all people.
If this official is good, then there are many people who can be relieved. If there are no good local officials, it is normal to be a one-man officer.
As for the storage of grain, it is a good place to make black money for officials. They often become fat sheep. When food relief is needed, these warehouses often catch fire and become ineffective.
If there is no time for the fire, then there will probably be a very large number of heads on the ground.
"Open a warehouse to release grain, use a canal to transport grain to this place, and lend farmers enough grain for the autumn harvest free of charge, and this year's autumn harvest is estimated to be unable to achieve the same harvest as in the past, so it should be until next year. However, we only need to give relief to those who can't get through it, and those who can get through it don't need to be given to them.
As for the food, it was lent to them free of charge and needed to be repaid, and it was not possible to cultivate their luck mentality.
Of course, the officials should not be allowed to stretch out their black hands, otherwise the officials would be greedy and ask the peasants to compensate, and the peasants would be too wronged.
Forget it, when I didn't mention it! It would be too difficult for officials in this era not to be greedy. ”
Fan Jingjing's statement made the ministers above look at each other. This is because of how distrustful of the imperial court is to say such an opinion.
"I heard you mention the matter of salt just now, and Weichen has a relevant proposal to put forward, which may be able to solve the salt problem a little.
However, it will take some time to write the recitals before I can come up with a complete approach. In fact, there is the production of rock salt in the Longxi area, and there is a way for rock salt to become non-toxic. ”
Fan Jingjing decided to provide the method of making salt, because the people of this era are basically official salt. If private individuals are able to make salt. That's also private salt, which can make a lot of money, but it will also lose its head.
Li Shimin will remember at this time that Fan Jingjing is not a professional official, and he actually doesn't know much about their statements.
In fact, Li Shimin doesn't understand Fan Jingjing's thinking mode very well.
As for why he called Fan Jingjing over, it was indeed because when he was concerned about his children, he also cared about the Fan family manor by the way, and knew about the situation of the Fan family manor.
Originally, if there had only been one rain, it would not have received attention. But when it rains regularly and at a fixed point every day, it has to make people think of Shuiyun Palace, and there may be a way to make it rain.
Maybe Fan Jingjing is not a very special person, and she doesn't have much influence on Datang, at most she provoked Li Chengqian and made his heart float.
However, since the news that Fan Jingjing had a child in her belly, Li Shimin's worries about Li Chengqian have disappeared a lot.
He felt that Li Chengqian should still choose a girl who did not leave the boudoir to be the future crown princess. will not be tough on her parents for Fan Jingjing.
However, the special rainfall in Fan's Manor made Li Shimin a little more interested in Shuiyun Palace, and a little more interested in the content of Fan Jingjing's teachings.
When the children were assessed, they found that the children had specific descriptions of the rainfall.
Coupled with the rainfall on the cultivated land of Fan's Manor, Li Shimin did have some associations.
Several of the children mentioned the cause of the rain. And said that when you were in class, you were able to turn clouds into rain. ”
"That's a scientific experiment...... only Fan Jingjing knows, she is not only doing scientific experiments, but also using the characteristics of her water balloon, which can change the ability of saturated water vapor and absolute humidity in the air, to evolve the cycle of clouds and rain.
"Can it make it rain in Guanzhong?" Li Shimin made a request.