Li Cong did not comment on Yan Yan's proposal, but quickly changed the topic and asked about the effectiveness of Yan Yan's wasteland development.

To be honest, in just four or five months, it is impossible for Mingzhuang to have any income, except for the 20 acres of peach orchards that came over before, 30 yuan, other planting and breeding industries have not seen any income, and so far, Yan Yan has invested a total of 3,000 yuan, which does not include the money of 3,000 yuan to buy land.

However, these are all expected by Yan Yan, the breeding industry basically takes seven or eight months to have profits, and the planting industry takes longer, because it is a barren mountain and wasteland, and it is impossible to grow food, Yan Yan planted fruit trees, and it is impossible to make an income without four or five years.

Fortunately, this is just a side business, Mingzhuang's main business is aquaculture, horses, cattle and sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and fish, and next year will begin to increase the planting of yams, Yan Yan estimates that it should be able to recover the investment in five or six years.

Speaking of planting, Li Cong remembered the crops he had just seen in the back garden, so he ordered Yan Yan to lead him to see rice, yams, cotton and other crops.

The cotton has entered the flowering stage, and Yan Yan is also relieved, at least these seeds are not wasted, as for the harvest, it is estimated that it will take two or three months.

There are also those yams, Yan Yan dug one on the spot and showed it to Li Cong, there were already tuber rhizomes the size of a baby's fist formed, and Yan Yan also knew that these yams were not the long yams he saw in later generations, a bit similar to sweet potatoes, but they were not the same, more like lumps of soil.

However, Li Cong is not concerned about the appearance of the yamyana, he cares about whether this thing can satisfy hunger and whether the yield is high.

For this reason, Yan Yan ordered someone to clean the dug up yamava, broke a small piece and peeled the skin, seeing that the meat inside was white, and a layer of mucus appeared, Yan Yan was relieved, and personally slice a small piece and tasted it, and the remaining two whole pieces were ordered to be roasted and distributed to everyone to taste.

The happiest is Li Cong, who believes that cooked tastes better and makes people feel full, which can be used to satisfy hunger.

There is another thing that also surprised Li Cong, the yield of wheat per mu planted by Yan Yan has reached 300 catties, while the average yield per mu outside is even lower than this number at 200 catties.

But this result did not meet Yan Yan's expectations, because she only planted a small piece of land, which was only two points, it was intensively cultivated, and the seeds were also selected by her, so it was naturally higher than the yield of farmers outside, but what Yan Yan didn't expect was that this result would be so much worse than that of later generations.

However, Yan Yan is not without harvest, she found a few wheat plants on the ridge that are not tall but have relatively long wheat ears, these wheat plants were left by her alone, in addition, she also ordered people to cut off the wheat plants with long ears and keep the seeds, and try to see if they can increase the yield next year.

When twilight fell, Li Cong said goodbye, and when he was about to get into the carriage, Li Cong suddenly asked Yan Yan's opinion on the rule of officials.

"Rulers?" Yan Yan was stunned for a moment, and quickly remembered Zhou Wan's father's case.

Could it be that this is the reason why the emperor left the palace?

However, Yan Yan quickly denied this idea, it makes no sense that the emperor would come to ask her opinion because Zhou Wan's father was so excited, right?

She's not that important.

"Back to the emperor, I paid less attention to this aspect, but I remember that there is a sentence in the "Preface to the Biography of the Cool Officials" in the "Historical Records: The Biography of the Cool Officials" is a sentence, 'Han Xing, breaking the goose and becoming a circle, carving and being simple, the net leaks in the fish that swallows the boat, and the officials govern the Hao, not to be treacherous, and Li Min Ai'an.' Yan Yan didn't say any extra words.

"The officials govern the Hao, not to be traitorous, Li Min Ai'an." Li Cong repeated these words, and then asked, "Nothing else?" ”

Yan Yan shook her head, ignoring the look that Li Sui handed her.

At this time, it is impossible for her to intercede for Zhou Wan.

"I'll give you another chance, think about it, and don't regret it then." Li Cong noticed his youngest son's movements.

"Back to the emperor, everyone should be responsible for what they have done wrong, I have nothing to regret, the country has national laws, the family has family rules, if one of them is pardoned because of his own selfish thoughts, it is very unfair to others, and it will also affect the prestige of the emperor, please think twice." Yan Yan bowed and replied.

"Yes, I didn't mistake you." After Li Cong finished speaking, he turned around and got into the carriage.

Seeing their carriage leave, Yan Yan thought about the intention of Li Cong's questioning, okay, what did he want to convey when he talked about this topic in front of so many people?

Whether she wanted to pardon Zhou Wan and sell face to Yan Yan, or did she want to severely punish Zhou Wan's father and put the blame on her, she proposed to treat her.

"Husband, what do you mean by the emperor asking the officials at the end? Does he want to pardon Zhou Wan's father or doesn't want to pardon him? Yan Yan didn't have an answer and asked Lu You.

"It is unlikely that Miss Zhou's father will be pardoned, so be content if you can pardon Miss Zhou. It's just that you and Miss Zhou can still be friends? After Lu You finished speaking, he took Yan Yan's hand.

He felt sorry for Yan Yan, because Yan Yu's relationship with Yan Tong was also estranged, and it was easy to have a Zhou Wan who was dedicated to protecting her, but now because her father had a dislike, he was worried that Yan Yan didn't have a friend around him, and he had been in the academy for many years, so it was difficult to accompany her more.

"Husband, do you think I should intercede for Zhou Wan?" Yan Yan was also confused and leaned on her husband.

For a moment, she did flash this thought, not to intercede for Zhou Wan's father, to intercede for Zhou Wan, but also for the minor children of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and to beg the emperor to give them a chance to support themselves, and the family property can be confiscated and confiscated, but people should not auction it.

But the problem is that these laws were set by Emperor Taizu himself, and even the emperor didn't dare to change them easily, so why did she put her beak?

"The lady thinks too much, you don't even know what Miss Zhou's father did and rashly plead, you don't trust the emperor, and you are also giving the emperor a problem." After speaking, Lu You touched Yan Yan's stomach, "Lady, go back, I haven't played the piano for the child today." ”

As soon as she said this, Yan Yan's heart suddenly brightened up a lot, so she quickly put down Zhou Wan and pulled Lu You back to the room to play the piano.

In the next two days, Yan Yan and Lu You didn't go out, either Yan Yan accompanied Lu You to make a strategy or Lu You accompanied Yan Yan to play the piano.

In addition, Yan Yan also ordered someone to make a target in the open space next to the hall, and also ordered someone to buy three bows to come back, Lu You would occasionally practice archery in the courtyard, and the big lake and the sea would guide him.

In addition to archery, there is also swordsmanship, but there are not many ideas, just to prepare for future exams.