When Du Jinning returned home, she found that Zhao Yu was staying in her princess's mansion and was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea with Qi Muyuan.

But she's not surprised. During this time, Zhao Yu often ran her here.

It's not that her charm is so great that she can attract Zhao Yu to run to her. What attracted Zhao was the several plants that Cao Hongsheng brought back from overseas.

She came back from Gui Province, and Cao Hongsheng and they had already arrived in the capital.

Bringing all kinds of grain and plant seeds from overseas is what Du Jinning said when he sketched the blueprint for Zhao Yu. When Cao Hongsheng and they went to sea, Du Jinning was in a state of disappearance, but Zhao Yu still firmly remembered Du Jinning's words and told Cao Hongsheng to collect grain seeds and plant seeds that were not available in the Great Song Dynasty and came back.

Qi Muyuan also knew that Du Jinning was thinking about overseas seeds, and he also asked Qi Bokun to tell Cao Hongsheng.

So after Cao Hongsheng brought the seeds in and offered them, Zhao Yu strictly ordered that the seeds should not be touched. When Du Jinning returned to the capital, he asked people to send the seeds to Du Jinning's princess's mansion.

So Du Jinning was pleasantly surprised to find that among the seeds sent, there were sweet potatoes, a high-yield grain, as well as peppers that she had in mind, as well as some seasoning seeds and plant seeds that the Great Song Dynasty did not have.

Although there are no potatoes, it is an unexpected surprise to get sweet potatoes back, not to mention that there are chili peppers that can make a variety of dishes.

Du Jinning doesn't know whether she is pregnant with a boy or a girl, people say that sour men and women are sour and spicy, but her favorite is the sour and spicy taste. Now that the chili pepper is delivered to her, she is simply sleepy and meets the pillow, which really makes her happier than when she was admitted to the top spot.

What made her even happier was that Cao Hongsheng said that these things were not worth much in the local area, so he bought ten sacks of each. Ten sacks of sweet potatoes are nothing, but ten sacks of chili peppers are very impressive.

When she eats chili peppers, she can keep the seeds inside to make seeds, and the chili peppers outside can be eaten completely without guilt. Unlike sweet potatoes, she eats a roasted sweet potato, thinking that the vines from this sweet potato can be planted in a few fields, so that the people of the Great Song Dynasty can eat sweet potatoes earlier, so she can't eat them at all.

So these days, she has secretly made hot and sour noodles in her yard and eaten them several times.

She knew all these things, their growth habits and cultivation techniques, but she couldn't show them.

So knowing that the autumn season was not suitable for growing sweet potatoes and peppers, she still opened a few acres of land in the princess's mansion and planted them. Of course, with only two sweet potatoes and a little bit of seeds, it was an experiment.

When sweet potatoes and pepper seeds grew in her house, Zhao Yu ran to her from time to time.

Seeing Du Jinning come in, Qi Muyuan went up to support her, and poured her a glass of boiled water, without a word of blame, Zhao Yu sighed twice: "She ran to Zhuangzi again, don't you say a word to her?" ”

He likes to come to the Princess's Mansion, and he cares about the growth of sweet potatoes and peppers, but in fact, only he knows that he likes the atmosphere of the Princess's Mansion. Sitting here, chatting with Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning, it seemed that the whole person was relaxed.

Everyone else was sincerely frightened when they saw him, but only Du Jinning seemed to treat him as a royal brother completely, and they got along very naturally. Qi Muyuan was a little restrained at the beginning, but now, like Du Jinning, he can treat him as a friend and get along easily.

Qi Muyuan smiled, looking at Du Jinning's affectionate and doting gaze: "She is not unwell, going out for a walk can make her feel better, and there is nothing to go." ”

"If I don't go, there is a problem with the rice on Zhuangzi, and others want to criticize me, Brother Huang, you are also embarrassed, right?" Du Jinning said with a smile.

Knowing that her words were suspected of coaxing, Zhao Yu's mood still became very good.

"Your Majesty, princess, concubine, Guan Shangshu is here." The servants came in and said.

"Please."

After a while, Guan Lehe came in. He obviously didn't expect Zhao Yu to be here, so he was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Excuse me, sit down." Zhao Yu waved his hand, "I just took the time to come and sit, and I don't have to respect the courtesy of the monarch and the minister." ”

Some time ago, Zhao Yu established the Ministry of Commerce and appointed Guan Lehe as the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce.

Guan Lehe came over, firstly, to visit Du Jinning, and secondly, to discuss something with Du Jinning.

At this time, Zhao Yu was here, and he simply said it directly to Zhao Yu: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Commerce is short of people, when will you allocate some more people to Weichen?" ”

Because the Ministry of Commerce is newly established, it is still an empty shell, and there is a great shortage of manpower.

Speaking of manpower, Du Jinning also hurriedly said: "Brother Huang, I am also short of people here." You can see the seedlings on the ground, too. If the planting is successful, I will have to plant a large area next year. These jobs cannot be done by tenant farmers, but by officials of the Ministry of Works. ”

Zhao Yu sighed heavily and spread his hands: "Where can I go to change you into people?" ”

The spring festival is held once every three years, and the exam was only completed once last year, and the officials who were selected just happened to fill the vacancies vacated by the family. Now Guan Lehe and Du Jinning stretched out their hands to ask him for someone, where can he give it.

"Your Majesty, do you think you can directly appoint a few people to the Ministry of Commerce as officials?" Guan Lehe asked.

Zhao Yu frowned and shook his head: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules." Even if there is a shortage of people at this time, you can't just open such an opening. Once this kind of opening is opened, it is difficult to close it. ”

Du Jin didn't want Zhao Yu to misunderstand Guan Lehe, and asked, "Why does the teacher want the imperial brother to directly appoint officials?" Is it just because of a lack of people? ”

Guan Lehe glanced at Du Jinning gratefully and explained: "To be honest, many new jinshi have been studying hard for many years, and they don't know how to do general affairs or hard work. Unless you go to the local government for a few years and do local government affairs for a few years, you can be usable. However, in the past few years, I have seen some available talents in the south, but they do not have the time and energy to study, and they cannot obtain fame. ”

Du Jinning looked at Zhao Yu: "Brother Huang, do you have any idea of changing the content of the imperial examination?" ”

Since she made suggestions in the policy theory when she took the Du Jinning palace test, the entire Great Song Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes under her step-by-step guidance and Zhao Yu's implementation. Guan Lehe's Ministry of Commerce was established because of Du Jinning's suggestion.

Zhao Yu and Guan Lehe both knew that Du Jinning had a calm temperament, and she never spoke openly. Since she mentioned changing the content of the imperial examination, she must have had a very mature idea.

Both of them became excited.

Especially Zhao Yu, he felt that Du Jinning had said this, and the pattern of the Great Song Dynasty imperial examination was likely to change in the future.

He couldn't wait to ask, "Tell me first, what do you think?" How do you want to change? ”