"The third child didn't do good things all day, a few days ago he even took Princess Jinyang to beat the cow's ass with a slingshot, and this matter reached His Majesty's ears. The child who was harmed was also scolded! I pointed to the third child who was dodging and accused angrily.

The mother was angry and funny when she heard it, and pointed to the third child who couldn't say a word for a long time, and finally shook her head and said angrily: "Bastard boy, what are you doing!" No wonder your second brother wants to whip you, you deserve it! ”

"Mother, you can't blame me for this, who let Princess Jinyang say that I am not as good at slingshot as her father, her father can shoot animals that are running, and the child is a man of the Fang family, so naturally he can't let women look down on him." The third child has a pair of reddened whistle ears, and he is very eloquent.

These words made me happy, and the men of the house family can't let the women look down on them, look, the third child of our family is too capable, right? The mother couldn't bear it anymore, and fell directly on the couch with a smile, and the third child saw that everyone was laughing, so he naturally thought that there was nothing to do, and his heart was relieved, and he was happy, and said proudly: "Princess Jinyang finally said that the slingshot played by the child is unparalleled in the world, oops!" Second brother, what are you doing?! ”

The third child rubbed his head and looked at me who was still grinning on the side. "What are you doing? Hmph, the third, the third, you should be ten years old now, right? Why is it uneasy all day long, is it a man from the Fang family, but he can't just play a slingshot, according to what you say, then all men in the world are slingshot masters? ”

To deal with the third child, you can't blindly use violent means, my mother is also full of laughter, and I look at me gently and pull the third child to sit aside and teach with a pleasant face, anyway, my mother is also happy to be leisurely, the most important thing is that my mother thinks that I, the master who can be the prince, can naturally clean up the stubborn donkey of the third child.

Three times five divided by two, the third finally lowered his head, although he was still hard-mouthed, but watching him grow up, I naturally knew what this little guy was thinking. rubbed the third child's head: "Then you go, take care of your sister and your nephews and nieces, remember, you are my man, you should be responsible for doing things." ”

"Well, I remember! Mother, then I'm going to play. The third child nodded vigorously, turned his head and called to his mother. The mother nodded slightly: "Go ahead, don't make trouble!" Erlang, sit down, my mother has something to say to you. ”

"My mother has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." I watched the third child jump out of the door, and Fang Zi walked to his mother's side and sat down, and his mother took out a letter from her sleeve. "No, this is what your eldest brother sent you, open it up and take a look, it's really true."

--------------------------------------------------- "When did Big Brother get the letter?" Does he know I'm back? I took the letter with a little hesitation, looked at my mother, and said with a smile: "There is also a letter to your father and me to greet you, this one is specially for you, so my mother didn't have time to open it, so I brought it to you directly." ”

"Oh!" I tore open the envelope, and when I saw it, I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows, slapped my thigh and said excitedly: "Mother, happy event, my eldest brother has done a great job." ”

"What's the big deal?" The mother's eyes widened in curiosity and came over. I hurriedly handed the letter in my hand to my mother. "Mother, the eldest brother has carried out a trial planting of Zhancheng rice in the twelve prefectures and counties of Jiangnan East Road this year, and the Zhancheng rice in these twelve prefectures and counties has been planted for two seasons and harvested for two seasons, and the average rice per mu is five and a half stones, and Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Taizhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, these rice harvest lands, the average yield per mu of rice has reached six stones!"

My excited mouth trembled, obedient, the eldest brother is really enough to pay the capital, although these are only the government's experimental fields, each state is only a thousand acres, only Suzhou is higher, after all, the eldest brother is in charge, the experimental fields here are as high as 3,000 acres. However, this achievement is enough to shock and pride the people of the world, and the 12 prefectures alone have nearly 14,000 mu of paddy fields, and the total output is as high as 77,000 koku, which is slightly more than the usual rice yield.

"So much?" The mother was also taken aback, although the mother is everyone's lady, but with the father for many years, many of the father's government affairs are the mother to help look at the side, under the influence of the ears and eyes, or know some people's livelihood and state affairs, the general annual yield of Datang rice is about three stones, and the eldest brother has been out for two years, and has doubled the yield per mu, this kind of achievement, anyone has to be frightened.

The eldest brother is also quite scheming, and the states and counties he chose are all hot climates, or they are as close to the south as possible, and the frost-free period and climate here are more suitable for the cultivation of two-crop rice. For example, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Hengzhou, Shaozhou and other places.

The eldest brother waited until after the last rice harvest and weighed the rice, and then he counted the figures sent from various places, and then entrusted the office of the local Jinjuin to send the good news home, and he also recounted the development of the island in Liuqiu, and also suggested that I ask Uncle Li to send prisoners of war to Liuqiu for the construction of a permanent cement wharf. Then use wooden planks and stakes to inlay them, cast large cement blocks, and then sink into the sea, the entire causeway is protected by the surname, just like that, let them use this method to make a test surname of the wharf, firm surname and fire surname naturally have nothing to say, and far more durable than the previous wooden wharf is far more than I don't know how many times.

Looking at the smooth and beautiful calligraphy of the eldest brother, I can see my eyebrows fluttering, a look of surprise, I have never dared to underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, but after this day, I found that the ancients in terms of invention and creation of surnames, is far from being comparable to me, a third-rate teacher, it is too powerful.

"Mother, since the family has received the letter, the child wants to go back to the yamen." I stood up excitedly, I couldn't suppress my excitement, the sooner I let Uncle Li know about this news, the better it would be to arrange the spring plowing of Jiangnan Province next year, and this big happy event would definitely earn more political prestige for my eldest brother.

My mother nodded understandingly, stood up, and straightened my hair that had fallen down. "Go early and come back early, and at night, make your father happy."

"Well, the boy will take his leave." Bidding farewell to his mother, he hurriedly went out of the house, and went directly to the concert hall, sure enough, I entered the door, and Li Xiaode, Qiu Danmo and others, who heard the news of my return to the Yamen, hurried over: "Lord Fang, a great event, it is definitely a great event, Jiangnan Province tried to plant Zhancheng rice successfully, and they planted two seasons in one go......

Everyone interjected, I took the information with a smile, I knew that since the letter of the eldest brother came, the news of the concert must have been received, well, fortunately, thanks to the carrier pigeon transmission, if the news is transmitted according to the usual old method, the news will be at least half a month late, although it is not the information age now, but the transmission of the news is fast or not, it is also related to the speed of the Tang Empire's handling of events in various places, which is very important.

--------------------------------------------------- when Uncle Li was curious about me going and returning, I handed over the information in my hand to Uncle Li, Uncle Li only looked at it for the first time, and then stood up from the low couch, his expression was quite excited, and his mouth was excitedly pursed into a line, after looking at it carefully, Uncle Li raised his head, Looking back at Zhao Kun, who would always stand behind him and not far away, he shouted in a deep voice: "Spread my edict, let the officials of the three provinces and six ministries immediately come to Qifeng Pavilion, and I have important matters to discuss." ”

Zhao Kun said yes, walked out of the gate quickly, and then waited for the guards outside the door, when he heard many noisy and hurried footsteps running towards the distance. Uncle Li sat down at this time, and I, too, took the tea handed over by the palace maid on the side, and took a sip, the hot tea made the belly float with a warm feeling after running around in the ice and snow for a long time.

Not much, the high-ranking officials of the three provinces and six departments who received Uncle Li's nervous call came one after another, and the Qifeng Pavilion, which was originally not small, was also slightly crowded, and the old man also came, picked me up and sat here, slightly stunned, turned to me and bowed slightly, and sat down peacefully. After everyone was seated, Uncle Li picked up the love sweep placed on the desk and handed it to my old man who was sitting under him.

Uncle Li didn't wait for my old man to finish reading, he couldn't wait to speak: "I urgently ordered you Aiqing to come over, it is to announce a great happy event, the Jiangnan Provincial Observation Envoy sent news through the Jinju Academy, at the beginning of this year, the twelve prefectures and counties of Jiangnan Province have opened up experimental fields to try to plant Zhancheng rice, and they have successfully harvested two seasons, with an average harvest of five and a half stones of rice per mu, and among them, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Tanzhou, Chenzhou, Suzhou, these places with abundant rice yields and hot climates, have achieved six stones of rice per mu! ”

As soon as Uncle Li said this, most of the people present couldn't help but gasp, although they all knew that the yield of rice was higher than that of dry fields, but it was not so outrageous. Among them, several pairs of eyes fell on my father, some were jealous, and some were envious, because the Jiangnan Provincial Observer was my eldest brother.

(To be continued)