The friend was not angry, because when he heard the news, he also had the same reaction as Guo Bai.

"This is what my cousin said, he listened to the courtiers when he was in the court." His old god was in the tunnel, "Listen, it's the courtiers who said it in the court." ”

Guo Bai was stunned and said in disbelief: "Is that true?" ”

"It's true, yes!" The friend said, "In the court, the ministers don't dare to talk about it. ”

Guo Bai finally believed his friend's words for a while.

"I heard that Master Du put aside the position of Hanlin Academy, and invited himself to Runzhou, which is to practice these things written in the book. He planted almost 300 acres of early rice in Runzhou, with a yield of up to four stones. The friend said again.

"Four stones?" Guo Bai exclaimed.

His early rice is less than two stones. Lord Du's output was twice as much as his, which was really surprising to him.

"How did he manage to produce four stones per mu?" He asked.

"I heard that fish are raised in rice fields."

"Fish farming in rice fields?" Guo Bai's eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again.

In "Farming", there is a mention of rice and fish farming, but it is not elaborated. But Guo Bai knows that fish farming in the rice field needs to dig fish ditches in the field in advance, and now that his late rice has been planted, it is impossible to raise fish in the rice field this year.

Coming back to his senses, Guo Bai couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "Master Du is really dedicated to the people." ”

This friend of his was Guo Bai's friend when he was a gentleman, and he was not keen on farming. However, at this time, he also agreed with Guo Bai's words: "It is indeed dedicated to the people." If you think about it, even if those officials know how to increase food production, they will cover it and not say it; Even if they do, they are vague and vague, lest everyone learn and produce more grain, which will lead to a drop in grain prices and damage their own interests. Only this Lord Du did not hide his selfishness, told everyone all the methods, and practiced it and spoke with facts. Such an official is really a good official. ”

"What can we do for a good official like this?" Guo Baidao.

For "Farming", he doesn't like it. At that time, I thought about how talented the author of this book was, and how proficient he was in agricultural affairs. He admired and loved the author, and if he knew who he was, he would have given him a generous gift, and could even do a lot of things for him.

Now that I know that this author is the new champion, and I have heard of such deeds as Lord Du, his admiration for Du Jinning has been like a surging river, endlessly.

He even had the urge to visit Du Jinning in Runzhou.

My friend touched his chin and came up with an idea: "Why don't you write an article and publish it directly on the "Shengshi Minbao"?" I heard that the newspaper has a special place where you can spend money to publish articles or advertise. ”

"Good idea." Guo Bai slapped the table and applauded loudly.

My friend suddenly remembered: "Since "Farming" and "Shengshi Minbao" were bought from that bookstore, the bookstore won't be Mr. Du's, right?" If it's his, I'm afraid it's not good to publish your article. ”

Guo Bai thought for a while: "No matter what, it's always okay for me to ask." As long as Kenden, I'm willing to spend as much as I want. ”

He was an anxious man, and he couldn't sit still when he said this, so he called the guy to settle the account and said to his friend: "You eat slowly, I'll go first." With that, he led the little servant downstairs and went directly to the bookstore where he often bought books.

In this case, the shopkeeper naturally didn't dare to be self-conscious, and asked Guo Bai to go home and wait for news, so he went to Zhuang Yue and told him about it.

Zhuang Yue had already received a letter from Du Jinning, in addition to asking him to hand over the tea garden to Qi Muyuan, he also asked him to try his best to make his reputation.

Du Jinning also knew that Zhuang Yue had spent too much effort in the tea garden, and now was the time to make a lot of money, and no one was happy to sell a hen that laid golden eggs for no reason.

She carefully told Zhuang Yue about the current political situation in the letter, and told him that when the situation is stable in the future, the tea garden can be bought back - anyway, with her relationship with Qi Muyuan and Qi Muyuan's temperament, it will be a matter of minutes for her to buy the tea garden back.

The title deed of the tea garden was in Du Jinning's hands, and she signed a transaction contract with Qi Muyuan in Runzhou. Explaining so patiently to Zhuang Yue is also respectful of him. Zhuang Yue also knew this, although he was depressed, he couldn't do it, so he had to hand over the tea garden with the housekeeper of the Qi family.

At this time, when he heard the shopkeeper's request, he said, "Okay, let him board." But be sure to write his home address and his real name below the article, so as not to make people think that we are boasting and pouring dirty water on the young master. ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "You can give him a cheaper." "After all, are they saying good things about their young master?

The shopkeeper got instructions and asked people to reply to Guo Bai. Guo Bai was overjoyed, went home and carefully wrote an article, and took it to his uncle to polish it, which was published in the next issue of "Shengshimin Daily". This is not over, he mobilized his group of friends who had made because of "Farming" to write articles praising Du Jinning's achievements.

Zhuang Yue didn't dare to do too much, so he chose another one to publish, and there were two issues of the newspaper in between, so as not to fail in praise and attract others to slander Du Jinning.

Although the newspaper did not publish Guo Bai's article, this did not prevent the people under the Qin Liu faction from guiding public opinion in the teahouse.

Suddenly, Du Jinning's reputation in agriculture became famous.

The courtiers thought it was the rumor caused by Wu Shangshu talking about this in the court last time, but they didn't care much. Anyway, regardless of intentional guidance or coincidence, as long as there is no follow-up to this kind of thing, the people's discussion will subside after a while.

……

Qin Liu's deputy was called Lu Jun, and after listening to the report of his subordinates at this time, he followed Qin Lao Liu's instructions and assigned tasks to his subordinates: "The next thing is to incite Monk Riben." ”

The Japanese monks often come to the Great Song Dynasty to learn Buddhism and learn scriptures, and the tea ceremony of Du Jinning and Zhao Chang is closely related to the theme of Buddha and Zen, so the monks are more interested in this.

And the source of the tea ceremony in the capital is naturally in Zhao Chang.

During this time, the Japanese monk received by Honglu Temple went to Zhao Chang all day long.

Lu Jun's task was to lead the Japanese monk from Zhao Chang to Runzhou.

When it came to this, the two subordinates were a little worried: "Those monks, either in King Jing's place, or in the temple, are often accompanied by people from Honglu Temple, and it is a little difficult to do it without showing traces." ”

"They're going to go out, right?" Lu Jun said angrily, "I can't do this thing, what do I want you to do?" ”