Chapter 488: Benefiting the Commons

Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, gradually began to have some changes.

This change is sometimes imperceptible to even himself.

In this bitter cold place, people respect him.

Wang Chengen also tried his best! Wanted to take care of his life.

But many things, after all, still need Zhu Youzhen to take care of himself.

After all, Wang Chengen does not have three heads and six arms.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen learned to dress himself.

I even learned to give myself a hot meal once in a while.

After all, in this cold and freezing place, if you eat a little later, you may have to freeze into a hard lump.

This year's Liaodong seems to be exceptionally cold.

Sometimes, Zhu Youzhen can't help but suspect that what he is doing here is useless.

In such cold weather, it is extremely difficult to grow a snow at any time, and heavy snow will cover the crops, or at night, it will freeze everywhere.

He even found some local farmers in Liaodong to ask for advice.

When the other party heard this, they all shook their heads, saying that it was the weather in Yizhouwei this year, and it was impossible to grow grain, even if the crops were barely fed, the harvest must be limited, so let them not waste their efforts, the crops planted by dozens of people may not be able to support a few people.

As a result, Zhu Youzhen began to waver and doubt several times.

So much so that every night before going to bed, he couldn't help but ask himself what he was doing here and what was the point of doing this.

Perhaps, it's just because he wants to escape from the capital, or because he feels guilty about his imperial brother.

But every time he woke up, he started to feel refreshed again.

As soon as Zhang Jing says it, it will definitely come true.

Zhu Youzhen is still the same Zhu Youzhen.

He can be suspicious and biased.

It's just that in the past, it was the scholars who were biased.

Now, he has become a partial believer in Zhang Jingyi.

It's just that...... Everything that happened here still gave Zhu Youzhen confidence.

for the seedlings of this rye...... actually survived.

Although it was freezing cold, even the frozen ground had not thawed, and the rye still stretched out its waist.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen cheered up.

In this small village, people began to really pay attention to the acres of crops in front of them.

This is a test field that has been carved out.

In order to test, a total of more than 500 acres of land were reclaimed.

And Yizhou Wei here, both in terms of soil quality and climate, is worse than other places in Liaodong.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Jiacai believes that the test here is the most ideal result.

In this place, even when planting seeds in spring, the temperature at night will be as low as minus ten degrees, and the land is much more barren than other places in eastern Liaodong.

As a result, a variety of wheat and rice varieties were introduced into the Zhuangzi, and almost all of the crops except rye could not survive.

Many times, after a night, the crops die piece by piece.

But this rye, every night passes, even if the surface of the crop has already condensed layers of frost, and even sometimes it snows at night, and the snow covers the crops, when everyone thinks that the rye will not survive, but as long as the sun shines and the snow melts, this rye can be seen...... It's still growing.

By the time three or four months had passed, almost all the crops had died.

This acre of cropland is still green.

By the time the summer came, the snow melted and the weather warmed up, and the rye grew even more gratifying.

Zhu Youzhen only realized something at this time, at this time, he was suddenly in high spirits, and the entire Zhuangzi also fell into some kind of inexplicable excitement.

At this time, they probably already have a premonition, and this premonition ...... It will mean that the pattern of the whole world is about to change.

"Your Highness......"

Every day, when Zhu Youzhen returned to his residence in mud, Wang Chengen had prepared hot water and food, but at this time he couldn't help complaining: "Your Royal Highness...... But you have to take care of your own body and bones......"

Zhu Youzhen's face was always flushed, he was so excited that he couldn't restrain himself, and said: "What others can do, the Lone King can also do, only the Lone King has a body and bones?" In the eyes of the lonely king, what is some hard work here, no matter how hard it is, is it hard when he returned to Germany? ”

This is the truth, when he returned to Germany, he also took care of all opportunities, and was busy from morning to night every day.

However, compared with the busyness at this time, Zhu Youzhen felt that although he was tired and tired at this time, there was an indescribable lightness.

There were no more gray hairs on his head.

The spirit is also much more abundant than before.

At this time, he took off his boots, unwrapped the wrapped footcloth over and over again, and said excitedly: "Today's growth seems to have exceeded expectations, but I don't know when the harvest will come." Wang Banban, this thing...... It is not only resistant to cold, it is also resistant to drought, and the growth of a few acres of land far away from the irrigation ditch is also gratifying, and it is no worse than the dozens of acres of land near the irrigation canal. Do you know what that means? ”

Wang Chengen now probably knows some agricultural knowledge, of course, Wang Chengen doesn't pay attention to these, he just hopes that His Royal Highness King Xin can always be so energetic, and then listen to Zhu Youzhen's various complaints or share his joy very quietly.

"If there is a real harvest and even this place can be planted, then ...... Where in this world can you not plant? Grain...... It's the people, it's the cornerstone of the country. Zhu Youzhen danced and continued: "Brother Zhang is really amazing, the big guys are fighting for life and death for so little land, those short-sighted people are guarding their own one-third of an acre of land, and the homeless people would rather risk killing their heads because of the loss of land." Only Brother Zhang...... He took a different path. If this is the case...... The lone king has no regrets even if he dies. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen subconsciously burst into tears.

He also has the trait of being easily emotional.

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "The slave maid has heard His Highness say the word "brother", I don't know how many times, the Duke of Liao Guo thought about it by mistake, in fact, planting crops, His Royal Highness is now a good hand." ”

Zhu Youzhen lowered his face, and then said coldly and sternly: "The lonely king doesn't allow you to talk about him like this!" ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, he suddenly chuckled in his heart.

He grew up watching Zhu Youzhen, who is not only a father, but also the most trusted slave, so to speak...... Between the two, there is nothing to say, nothing to talk about, and they share weal and woe with each other.

And although Zhu Youzhen is sometimes anxious and has a bad temper, he has never blushed with Wang Chengen.

He actually didn't say anything about Zhang Jingyi, but just used Zhang Jingyi to praise His Royal Highness.

It's not scolding, it's not sarcasm, it's just borrowing Zhang Jingyi to elevate Zhu Youzhen.

But Zhu Youzhen was actually anxious, and said: "Brother Zhang, it is a great sage given to us by God, such a person, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a saint!" Without him, the lonely king really can't see that there is any way out in this world. Over the years, Lone King has mistrusted many people, but only Brother Zhang is the most trustworthy. I only hate my surname Zhu, not Zhang, if not, I would rather not be this dragon son and grandson, and only be close to Brother Zhang, and then I will get my life's wish. ”

Wang Chengen: "......"

If the ancestors and ancestors knew this, I was afraid that Emperor Taizu Gao's coffin board would not be able to hold it down.

Zhu Youzhen soaked his feet and felt comfortable, so Wang Chengen said, "The slave maid went to get food." ”

"Let's wait." Zhu Youjian said: "The lonely king still has some things, need to be recorded, the growth of several rye fields, we have to write it down first, we are not real farmers, pointing to the harvest, Brother Zhang instructed at the beginning, to make more records, compare the data of different crops, only in this way, can we prepare for the future promotion." ”

Wang Chengen frowned and said, "Your Highness, you don't eat on time again." ”

Zhu Youzhen said happily: "Haha...... It is better to be happy alone than to be happy, the lone king is full alone, how can it be exciting for tens of thousands of people to be full! ”

Zhu Youzhen immediately asked Wang Chengen to take the pen and ink, and then picked up the pen and began to record according to today's observations.

His record book is already a foot thick, and he will record everything in detail, on the one hand, he does it according to Zhang Jingyi's method, and then he slowly understands the deep meaning of doing this, and he is interested in it.

Wang Chengen stood aside, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he knew Zhu Youzhen best.

Compared with ordinary clans, Zhu Youzhen is really a strange person, other clans only pay attention to personal enjoyment, but Zhu Youzhen has always seemed to have the world in mind since he was a child, even if he has no chance to be in the position at all, but he seems to have a strong interest in benefiting the common people.

Therefore, he has read poetry and books since he was a child, discussed state affairs with others, and never shied away from it because he was a clan.

It's just that in the past, Zhu Youzhen seemed to have gone astray, so much so that he planted a big heel, and Zhu Youzhen was depressed for a long time.

Can ...... now Zhu Youzhen seems to have begun to find a way out again, and now Zhu Youzhen seems to be a whole person with light, which is a kind of anger, although he always sees him waking up in the middle of the night, carrying a lamp, and going to see the crops at night, although he also sees that he often forgets to sleep and eat, and his three meals are disordered. I even saw him personally braving the wind and snow, anxious in the ridges.

Wang Chengen actually doesn't understand any big truths, and he doesn't seem to have much interest in Jiangshan Sheji and Ze being born.

After all, he was just a eunuch, and he was also a eunuch of the king of the sect, and he didn't think that it would be a blessing or a curse for His Royal Highness King Shin to be interested in these in the future.

But...... Wang Chengen knew that at least at this time, he could find a very pure joy from Zhu Youzhen's body, and this joy also made Wang Chengen feel warm in his heart although he occasionally complained.

"That's right." Zhu Youzhen was halfway through the record, and suddenly remembered something, so he said: "Why hasn't Brother Zhang written recently?" Did he not like it the last time I repaired a book to him? Is there any taboo in the letter of the lonely king? ”