Chapter 33: Second Brother, Hello Ten
Zhang Yan survived safely to give birth and gave birth to her long-awaited son, but in the end, she couldn't survive and was too weak, and died of postpartum hemorrhage.
Hearing this, Hakka laughed proudly in his room. Everyone outside the room could hear the triumph and happiness in her laughter. The crowd bowed their heads in silence, pretending not to hear the laughter.
Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly, and there was a "bang" sound in the room, as if it was the sound of Hakka falling.
The two palace maids glanced at each other, and hurriedly came to the door and knocked on the door to call someone: "Madam, what's wrong with you, madam?" ”
No one in the room answered.
The two palace maids had no choice but to push the door and enter the room, and the scene in the room made them scream: Hakka fell to the ground, his smile still condensed on his face, his eyes wide open, and he couldn't bat himself......
Hakka died, and the Imperial Physician concluded that she had died of a sudden illness. But Wei An, who had been monitoring her, knew the inside story, and Wei Zhongxian made a move. The crops in Zhuangzi are growing very well, Wei Zhongxian saw the prospect of being praised by thousands of people, the Hakka was useless to him, he didn't want to put up with the Hakka anymore, so the Hakka over. The Hakka family didn't know that the person who killed her would be Wei Zhongxian. She regarded Wei Zhongxian as the most important chess piece, but she didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to also treat her as a chess piece that she would throw away after use.
Zhu Youxiao was very sad, his wife died, and his dearest nurse also died, even if he had a son, it didn't make him much happier. Zhu Youxiao wasn't even in the mood to do his carpentry work. The ministers were so worried that they had to withdraw from Wei An to comfort Zhu Youxiao, and take Zhu Youxiao to play carpentry, hoping that he would come out of his grief quickly.
Sure enough, carpentry is Zhu Youxiao's true love, although he is still sad, but he was "seduced" by Wei An, and immediately devoted himself to new product research. By the way, the previous pulley block has been promoted and applied to many fields, saving a lot of manpower.
But after Zhu Youxiao finally returned to normal, Wei Zhongxian's crops were also ripe. Wei Zhongxian had not yet reported to the emperor, so he first took his eldest brother, younger brother, two nephews and a group of henchmen to Zhuangzi to accept the results.
The first to come was Zhuangzi, who grows potatoes. Wei Zhongxian gave an order, and the villagers began to dig the soil, and it didn't take long for all the potatoes in the acre of land to be dug up. The villagers put the potatoes in baskets, weighed them with large scales, and finally came up with the yield of one mu of potatoes: 1,200 catties.
This number stunned everyone except Wei An!
A farmer couldn't help but cry: "God, why didn't you let the master discover this high-yield crop first?" Otherwise my sister wouldn't have starved to death. ”
His cry caused many people to cry, all of whom had relatives who had starved to death, and knew how important high-yield food was to the people.
Brother Wei and Wei Zhongxian also felt deeply, they had also been bitter and hungry. Therefore, the two did not reprimand these villagers, and let them cry enough, so that they began to dig the second acre of potatoes.
The yield of potatoes in this acre is not as high as that of the first acre, mainly because it is an acre of thin field, but the output value per mu is also 800 catties, which is two or three times the yield of rice planted on an acre of fertile land. At this moment, everyone was even more excited.
Wei Zhongxian laughed: "Hurry up and put these potatoes in three baskets and put them in our carriage, and our family will have a big banquet after we return to the city." ”
Wei An knew Wei Zhongxian's plan, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Second brother, does you want everyone in the court to come and eat potatoes and corn?" ”
Wei Zhongxian smiled: "It's still the third brother who understands the elder brother." ”
Brother Wei said: "So many people, please? Will it be troublesome? ”
Wei Zhongxian said: "Don't bother, when the time comes, make two or three dishes with potatoes and corn and sweet potatoes as ingredients, and the rest will be steamed directly for those people to eat." Anyway, let them know that these three crops can be used as staple food to solve the food and clothing of the people, and not let them eat delicious. ”
"By the way, third brother, I want you to write the excerpt for the emperor and the cabinet."
Wei An smiled slightly: "Second brother, don't worry, my younger brother has already written the excerpt." ”
"It's worthy of being my younger brother, just smart." Wei Zhongxian gave a thumbs up.
The group went to two other Zhuangzi and harvested two acres of sweet potatoes and corn respectively. The yield per mu of sweet potatoes and corn is not as high as that of potatoes, but it is also very good, and the yield per mu is not less than 600 catties. Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed, and when he returned to his mansion in the capital, he began to write invitations to invite all the ministers, Wenchen and military generals, and also invited Emperor Zhu Youxiao, so that everyone would go to his house three days later to eat new food.
Wei Zhongxian also inherited the excerpt written by Wei An, and after the ministers of the cabinet saw his excerpt, their first feeling was that they didn't believe it, this person was bragging, and they didn't know what to do.
"Didn't Wei Zhongxian post a post inviting us to go to the banquet tomorrow and eat the so-called new food? Are these three foods? Minister A said.
"If so, could it be true that what he wrote on the excerpt?" Minister B asked.
Minister C: "Just take a look." If it is fake, it is just the right time to cure Wei Zhongxian's crime of bullying the king. ”
Minister Ding: "I wasn't going to go to the banquet, but it seems that I have to." ”
The ministers of the cabinet all decided to go to Wei Zhongxian's banquet, and the emperor was even more important, so the other ministers naturally had to go. On the day of the banquet, all the ministers in the capital came. There were too many people, and Wei Zhongxian could only entertain them separately. One person with three or more dishes and one cooked potato, sweet potato and corn, one person with three or more dishes and one cooked potato, sweet potato and corn with one person below the third grade, and one cooked potato, sweet potato and corn for one person below the fifth grade.
Very simple food, but no one protested, one Wei Zhongxian is in a high position, it is best not to offend, and the second is that the new food is something that no one has ever seen, they are all curious, and their minds are focused on food, so naturally they will not want Wei Zhongxian to protest.
Although the boiled potatoes have no taste, the sweet potatoes and corn are sweet and taste very good, especially the corn sells well, and the roasted sweet potatoes smell fragrant, so that everyone nods and praises while eating. The minister on Wei Zhongxian's side loudly praised Wei Zhongxian's ass: "Father-in-law Wei, these three foods are so delicious, father-in-law must have spent a lot of time and manpower and material resources to find them, right?" In order to let the people of Daming eat delicious food, the father-in-law bothered. ”
Wei Zhongxian laughed and said, "Indeed, our family sent many people to find these three crops for nearly two years. These three crops are not only delicious, they also have one of the biggest benefits, you know what it is? ”
Everyone shook their heads, and only a few adults in the cabinet knew what that benefit was.
"Da Wei Qing, what kind of benefit is it?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly gave Zhu Youxiao his hand and answered Zhu Youxiao's question: "The advantage is that their yield is high!" ”