This Natsuhara Jile blossomed.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang were sad.

Yang Rong said: "That Zhang Anshi, how much grain did you say?" ”

"It was said that the commercial bank was willing to give 20,000 stone to the household." Xia Yuanji sighed and said, "In previous years, 20,000 stones were nothing, but now...... But it was life-saving food, and the old man had no choice but to give up an old face. ”

Hu Guangdao: "Why does Wenyuan Pavilion say that it is 40,000 stones?" ”

Xia Yuanji was surprised: "Yes, why can't you match?" ”

The three whispered.

At this time, someone came up, it was Zhang Anshi with a few brothers.

Actually, Zhang Anshi is okay, at least this person belongs to someone who can deal with him, you can talk to him.

But a few nostrils behind him were facing the sky, or he looked like a fool's brother, which made Yang Rong and the others worry when they saw it.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Yang Gong, Hu Gong, Xia Gong, you are here, I have been waiting for a long time." ”

The three of them returned the salute, and Yang Rong said: "Marquis Annan asked me to wait, what is the matter?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Please have a good meal." ”

The faces of Yang Rong and the others were a little strange, Hu Guang was the most anxious among the three, and he couldn't hold back: "I still have official business." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Eating is also official business, where is there an official who doesn't eat?" Take a walk. ”

Zhang Anshi was almost stiff.

The three of Yang Rong were frightened.

They also want to save face, so they are busy with their sleeves at the moment, and they are right: "We will go by ourselves." ”

Not long after, the three of them helplessly followed Zhang Anshi to a restaurant.

Sitting here is like sitting on pins and needles.

Mainly Zhu Yong and Zhang Xun sat opposite them, and Qiu Song sat at the bottom, looking at his eyes were scattered, as if he was in a fugue, but from time to time he showed a fierce light.

I have long heard that this son of Qi Guogong is very violent, and sure enough, it is true.

Zhang Anshi sat at the bottom of the three of them, and said with a smile: "I didn't prepare water and wine today, but it's a pity, the third prince won't be surprised, right?" ”

Hu Guangdao: "Feel free to do so." ”

Zhang Anshi nodded and said: "I know that the third prince is different from the second duke, and the person who exposes the duke is ......."

The three of them immediately began to look to the side, and they would not take the stubble when they died.

No matter what Xie Jin is, even if there is any contradiction between the two people of Wenyuan Pavilion and Xie Jin.

But on any occasion, there will never be a judgment between right and wrong.

In the temple, the civil officials and the martial arts system like Zhang Anshi are completely two ecology, and the military attaches scold their mothers when they see people, and they flip the table when they are unhappy.

In the temple, even if the civil officials have a grudge against killing their father, it is good for you and me.

Seeing that the three of them didn't pick up, Zhang Anshi also felt that it was not interesting, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, saying that the civil and military affairs were really out of place!

"Eat quickly, the old man has to rush back to the office after eating." Natsuhara Yoshimichi.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Why is Xia Gong in such a hurry. ”

Xia Yuanji and Yang Rong glanced at each other.

If Hu Guang and Xie Jin are classmates and fellow villagers, they can be regarded as hardcore.

Then this Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji can be regarded as sworn friends.

In his early years, Xia Yuanji once inspected Fujian in the name of Shilang, and at that time, Yang Rong was just a small talent, but he won Xia Yuanji's favor and taught him a lot of principles of how to behave in the world.

Who would have thought that more than ten years later, Yang Rong soared into the sky, and now he has entered Wenyuan Pavilion and is ranked as Zaifu!

Of course, Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, also has a prominent position.

After the two of them were in the same dynasty, although they didn't move around often, they still had a bit of a reputation as teachers and students.

Xia Yuanji is very relieved of Yang Rong, and now he basically doesn't teach Yang Rong any way of being an official and a way of behaving in the world, because he knows that Yang Rong plays better than him.

This is called blue out of blue and better than blue.

The two seemed to have a tacit understanding, at this time their eyes were staggered, Xia Yuanji said with a smile: "The disaster in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I am the secretary of the household department, and the people's livelihood is the top priority at the moment, from the allocation of money and grain, to the officials who sent out inspections, strictly ordered the state capitals to provide relief, and to find ways to raise food and monitor the fluctuation of prices, these are particularly important things for the household department. The old man is not boasting, but he has priorities, and he really can't pull away. ”

Zhang Anshi grinned: "This meal is also very important, after Xia Gong eats it, he must jump up and applaud." ”

Xia Yuanji's mouth was flattened.

Jumping up?

Who is Natsuharaji?

He held back his anger, but still said patiently: "Hurry up and start eating." ”

"Yes, yes, I'll urge it."

Finally, the meal served.

It's just that...... This meal is a bit special.

First, a plate came up, on which were dozens of cakes.

In this era, in Nanjing, many people also regard steamed cakes as a staple food.

It's just that this cake looks very strange, although it is hot, but the color is a little different from the ordinary steamed cake.

Immediately, there were several main dishes, one of which was quite famous in later generations, called hot and sour shredded potatoes.

If it is sour, use Shanxi old vinegar directly, and if it is spicy, use pepper instead.

After that, it's a bowl of mashed potatoes per person.

There are also a few dishes, which are actually related to potatoes.

Xia Yuanji has reached this age and status, and he is used to traveling from the south to the north, from the border town to Fujian, he has been to the ends of the earth.

Now seeing these dishes, I can't help but hesitate: "What kind of dish is this?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "This is called steaming Ji Gang, and that is called sour and spicy Jiejin...... It's called ......."

Xia Yuanji was speechless, pulled down his face and said, "Don't joke." ”

After that, he looked like he was going to get up and walk away.

Zhang Anshi hurriedly grabbed Xia Yuanji and said truthfully: "This is a potato, I call it a potato banquet, as for this thing, it is more troublesome to explain, so you will taste it first." ”

Xia Yuanji was also refreshed, so he ate quickly, and he hurried back to work.

Anyway, I couldn't put this meal down, so I took a potato cake first and ate it.

After tasting it, the taste is not bad, it can be said that it has its own merits and tastes different from the current steamed cakes.

Seeing that he ate first, Hu Guang and Yang Rongcai each took chopsticks to pick up the cake.

Xia Yuanji chewed it in his mouth and said, "This thing tastes a little special, but it's ...... It's a taste. ”

Anyway, subconsciously taste the sour and spicy shredded potatoes.

After taking a bite, my eyes lit up: "There is a taste, there is a taste......

His face began to redden.

Although people in this era occasionally use pepper or Sichuan pepper to season, because of the high price, most of the time, such dishes are rare.

Therefore, in Zhang Anshi's opinion, this sour and hot potato shredded is not spicy at all.

But when Xia Yuanji ate it, he felt that the pain of chili peppers stimulated his taste buds.

And it just so happens that he is from Hunan, and his ancestral home is Jiangxi.

It can be described as spicy on top of spicy.

He was red-faced and red-eared when he ate, but he couldn't help but keep sandwiching the sour and hot shredded potatoes, while exclaiming: "Not bad, not bad, some interesting." ”

Anyway, I started to eat, and since I came across a delicious food, I just had a good time!

Hu Guang, a Jiangxi person, was also full of praise after eating it.

Only Yang Rong, after tasting it at their instigation, honestly went to eat his cake.

There are only four or five variations of this dish, and the last dish is fried potatoes and eggplant stewed with potatoes.

The three of them tasted it fresh, but they thought it tasted good.

It's just that after all, the dishes are monotonous, and I quickly put down my chopsticks.

"Eat, why don't you eat it?" Zhang Anshi greeted.

Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly: "I'm full." ”

Three cakes, plus a few dishes, and a small bowl of mashed potatoes, not to mention being full, it is simply overpowered.

Zhang Anshi looked at them and knew that a few people were really full, so he said, "I don't know what it tastes like?" ”

"Not bad." Xia Yuanji said honestly: "There is no flavor. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Xia Gong...... Meaning...... Is it delicious? ”

"It's not delicious, it's just that it fills your stomach and has some flavor."

This is true, Xia Yuanji's description is very accurate.

"Okay, it's not too early, I've been bothering for so long, it's time to leave."

This is called lifting pants and not admitting it.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Don't worry, since this thing can be eaten and has a unique flavor, don't you want to know where this thing comes from?" ”

Xia Yuanji had no choice but to say patiently: "Then dare to ask where did it come from?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "This has to start a few years ago, when I went to the West ......"

Xia Yuanji's old face changed color, why don't you start with the Three Emperors and Five Emperors?

Xia Yuanji interrupted: "Let's talk about it briefly. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Everything has a cause before there is an effect, isn't it easy for you to understand?" Anyway, I'll put it succinctly, this potato ...... It was planted by Gonggong Deng, Gonggong Deng, you know, it is the one in the East Palace, he watched me grow up. ”

Everyone was not interested in knowing who Gonggong Deng was.

But I've heard that it's grown, so it's not unusual.

If this thing doesn't grow out of the ground, the devil will believe it.

Zhang Anshi said: "Under the efforts of Gonggong Deng, such as reclamation, fertilization, rice planting, etc., he finally ...... Aren't you curious when you harvest it...... Is this potato harvest? ”

Xia Yuanji was a little bothered, and said directly: "It's okay for you to say it." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The harvest has not started yet, but it is conservatively estimated that there are 800 catties." ”

As soon as this statement came out......

Xia Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and then ...... It's going to suffocate.

He exclaimed violently: "Eight hundred catties? How much land is produced? ”

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "One acre of land." ”

Xia Yuanji's body shook, and then, he felt that his brain began to be chaotic and blank.

Subconsciously, he looked at Yang Rong.

Yang Rong has always been steady, but he couldn't sit still at this time, and hurriedly said: "Eight hundred catties per acre of land, Marquis Annan, is your family's one acre of land the one acre we talk about on weekdays?" ”

Zhang Anshi said angrily: "What are these words, is my Zhang Anshi's family different from others?" ”

Xia Yuanji came back to his senses and was a little anxious: "This is impossible, eight hundred catties...... Do you know what the yield of wheat and rice is in the world? ”

Zhang Anshi was happy, and said with a smile: "I know, even if the best paddy field produces rice, it is only around five hundred catties." If it is wheat or inferior land, it may only produce 300 catties per mu. ”

Xia Yuanji said: "Five hundred catties, not only to have good fields, but also to have the right time and place, to cultivate intensively, these five hundred catties are the limit, this thing you are talking about...... You can also have a full stomach, but you can grow 800 pounds? ”

Zhang Anshi said with a firm face: "Eight hundred catties is my lowest estimate." I'm afraid of bragging...... To be recognized, in fact, is only a little more. ”

Just kidding, the yield of potatoes in later generations can reach 8,000 catties per mu.

Zhang Anshi is just letting people pick a few catties now, let Xia Yuanji eat a few things, and make guinea pigs.

Why else did Zhang Anshi never touch chopsticks?

Zhu Yong was also clever, and when he saw that Zhang Anshi didn't move his chopsticks, he kept sitting like a log.

If this potato banquet poisoned all the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion and the book of the household department in the current dynasty, it should be regarded as an earth-shattering event.

Of course, Zhang Anshi is still sure, at least nine out of ten are non-toxic.

But now this conservative output is incomparably incredible in the eyes of Xia Yuanji and others.

Xia Yuanji stared at Zhang Anshi, as if he was about to eat Zhang Anshi in one bite, and said, "This thing is called a potato, what kind of land does it need to be cultivated?" Is it a paddy field, or a dry field? What are the requirements? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Dry land. ”

Xia Yuanji's body shook.

Paddy fields can grow rice, while dryland can grow wheat.

In general, wheat yields are low.

But paddy fields are different, paddy fields have very high requirements for irrigation, it seems that paddy fields can grow rice, and the yield can reach 500 catties, but in fact, ...... But it needs to be intensively cultivated.

But dry land is easier to tend to.

In terms of speaking, it is equivalent to these 800 catties of potatoes, which is equivalent to the yield of 300 catties of wheat per mu.

Xia Yuanji hurriedly asked again: "What about the requirements for geology?" ”

"Whatever can grow crops, all can grow potatoes. Crops cannot be planted...... You can also give it a try. ”

"You mean......" Xia Yuanji was anxious: "It's not picky?" ”

"It doesn't pick the ground." Zhang Anshi corrected him.

Xia Yuanji's breathing began to be heavy, and his face began to turn red, like a girl who was about to get married.

Taking a deep breath to stabilize his mind a little, Xia Yuan Jicai said again: "Where is your land?" ”

Zhang Anshi said with a little wickedness: "Didn't Gong Xia say that he had official business? ”

"Male bird." Xia Yuanji said: "Zhang Anshi, the ugly words are ahead, don't deceive the old man, if you make the old man happy, the old man is not easy to mess with, go, take the old man to see this potato now." ”

Yang Rong and Hu Guang didn't have the heart to return to Wenyuan Pavilion.

What is that little in Wenyuan Pavilion and this matter right now?

To put it mildly, even if the concert does not plan for a year, it is not worth mentioning compared to the unbelievable things that Zhang Anshi said now.

Zhang Anshi didn't plan to continue to tease the minister, so he smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll take you there." ”

Zhang Anshi led the three of them and immediately went to the farm.

Farm side...... It's very deserted.

It's true that there are not many people coming to this place on weekdays.

Deng Jian has long been accustomed to this kind of loneliness.

He seems to have been forgotten by the world.

Now this potato is about to be harvested, but Zhang Anshi didn't speak, so everyone can only wait.

Only the outer part of this farm...... But a large number of centaurs began to appear.

There was a captain of the Uchichito Institute with a knife on his shoulder, patrolling back and forth a hundred paces away.

A mile away, the model battalion was stationed directly on the spot and set up a camp.

At this moment, even the people passing by did not dare to come, so they all walked around the road.

At this time, Zhang Anshi finally came.

But he also brought Yang Rong, Hu Guang, and Xia Yuanji with him.

The three got out of the carriage.

He didn't care about anything, and asked, "Where is the ground?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Listen to me, Xia Gong, don't worry, I'll introduce you......"

"Introduce a bird, you say, where is the earth?" Natsuharaji's eyes are like cannibalism.

Zhang Anshi was glad that he had a set of armor in his head.

Zhang Anshi had no choice but to say to Deng Jian: "Let's go, Father-in-law Deng, take them to see the land." ”

Deng Jian bowed, he was also used to it, and he took people to the ground at the moment.

Xia Yuanji looked at this acre of land, and before the official harvest began, he waved his hand and said, "Let's measure the land first." ”

Deng Jian said: "Why do you need to measure. ”

Xia Yuanji ignored Deng Jian.

Zhang Anshi had no choice but to say: "Someone ...... come."

"No, no need, you ask people to take the tools to measure, and the old man and Yang Gong and Hu Gong will measure it personally."

Zhang Anshi: "......"

As the head of the household, he has seen a lot of things that are deceived and concealed, those who are pompous and bragging, he can see through it at a glance, but sometimes it is rare to be confused, such boasting, he often does not pursue it.

But this matter is too big, if you don't measure it personally, you don't feel at ease.

At that moment, he asked people to take the rope, and then led Hu Guang and Yang Rong to the ground with a swoop, and began to measure around the land.

No more, no less, just one acre.

Xia Yuanji straightened his waist and circled around the field again, making sure that he was not fooled, and also made sure that these things really grew in the ground and were by no means reburied by someone, before he said, "Is the harvest starting now?" ”

Zhang Anshi looked at Xia Yuanji sympathetically, how many times has this Xia Gong been fooled to have such vigilance.

It's like being on guard like a thief.

Zhang Anshi nodded: "It's okay." ”

"Just ask Annanhou, now organize manpower to harvest...... But there is one point, all the harvest, must be under the nose of the old man, the old man and Yang Gong, Hu Gong, personally come to the scales, your people, only harvest, other things, can not be handled. ”

Zhang Anshi smiled bitterly: "Okay, okay, everything is up to you." ”

Xia Yuanji, Hu Guang and Yang Rong each exchanged a look.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang did not have any complaints.

They understood what Natsuhara Ji meant.

At that moment, Zhang Anshi ordered the farmers to go to the field.

Deng Jian organized people and took a large number of dustpans and baskets.

Farmers toss potatoes from the field, plucks leaves, removes vines, puts them in dustpans, and pours them into baskets.

Xia Yuanji took the big scale, and in front of everyone, Yang Rong and Hu Guang, he first took a waist card on his body and tried it with the scale first.

After determining his waist card, the weight and the number of scales are very similar, and after the scales are not missing two pounds, Xia Yuanji skillfully began to be busy.

He took all the potatoes that were sent and slipped them very carefully.

I can't wait to make every potato that is about to be weighed clearly without a little mud star.

This is when the scales begin one by one.

And Hu Guang is responsible for keeping the scales.

Yang Rong took the book and began to keep accounts.

Soon, the potatoes were harvested from the ground. More and more, but three people went on the scales, very careful, but slow.

After a while, the potatoes that were harvested were piled up.

Xia Yuanji sweated like rain.

Zhang Anshi felt sorry for him, and stepped forward and said, "Otherwise, call someone to help you out, Xia Gong, I feel sorry for you." ”

Xia Yuanji didn't look at Zhang Anshi, and said, "Go away, it's none of your business." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Why are you still scolding......"

The first three brothers, instead of stepping forward and pulling Zhang Anshi to say that the eldest brother is forgotten, they all looked at King Kong angrily, as if they had already seen Xia Yuanji unpleasant, and wanted to follow the eldest brother to beat this Xia Yuanji.

This made Zhang Anshi even more embarrassed, so he simply found a step for himself, and muttered: "If you want to change my old temper, I have to ......."

The voice behind him is getting softer and softer.

But in fact, Xia Yuanji didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Anshi at all.

300 pounds......

400 pounds......

500 pounds......

Six hundred pounds......

By the time he reached six hundred catties, Xia Yuanji had already begun to realize ...... Zhang Anshi's 800 catties are true.

He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and his eyes began to shine, not only did he feel tired, but he became more and more energetic.

Hu Guang and Yang Rong's faces also began to change.

The two of them became more and more nimble.

At this moment, they have never had the same spirit as they do today, and they are full of energy.

Yang Rong, who kept the accounts, was even afraid that he would make a mistake, so he compared it again and again, and didn't dare to make any sloppiness.

Eight hundred pounds......

Zhang Anshi did not brag.

Xia Yuanji's whole body was about to jump.

But he held back.

Because...... And also......

He patiently continued to clean the potatoes one by one, and refused to let go of even a little mud, for fear of increasing the amount of the mu yield.

Nine hundred pounds......

1,000 catties......

When it was a thousand catties, Xia Yuanji only felt that his brain was starting to be chaotic.

It's as if his body doesn't belong to him anymore.

The whole person seems to be floating on the clouds.

His face was very strange, like an idiot, always grinning, but frowning, as if at this moment, his brain was running at high speed, refusing to stop thinking.

One thousand pounds.

Zhang Anshi was on the side, a little worried about Xia Yuanji's body, this guy's face looked very distorted, Zhang Anshi was afraid that he would die in his own crops, and then the people of the Xia family would come to blackmail his money.

Zhang Anshi said: "Xia Gong, why don't you rest for a while." ”

"Don't be silent." Xia Yuanji glanced at Zhang Anshi, and then continued...... Take your own fingernails and pick at the puree on the potatoes.

He can't rinse with water, as water may also add weight to the potatoes.

So much so that now his fingernails are full of mud.

1,200 pounds......

Finally, the potatoes harvested became less and less.

The farmers had to be very patient to dig out the lone potatoes from the field.

One thousand two hundred and seventy pounds.

When it comes to this number, it actually ...... The remaining potatoes have become very scarce, and most of them are small and misshapen.

"Nearly 1,300 pounds." Xia Yuanji took a deep breath at this time, as if he was dreaming.

He even suspected that the dream was not real.

So, he began to walk over and compare the numbers with Yang Rong.

"Do the math again, don't make a mistake." Natsuhara Yoshimichi.

Yang Rong said: "It's been counted seven times...... I'll do the math again. ”

Hu Guang, who was on the scale, also came up, looking at the dense number, his eyes seemed to have nails, and he didn't move.

"It's really from the ground, isn't it? It's not what we saw with our own eyes. ”

"It grows in the ground."

"I have seen in the past that some local parents and officials have cheated and planted rice grown from elsewhere in the field, pretending that it is grown in that acre of land, you say......"

"What I just saw with my own eyes, it shouldn't look like ......"

"1,300 pounds...... I see the land, it's not fertile......"

"It's the pole, it's the pole. That's why it's incredible. ”

"Do you think it's possible? Xia Gong, you are well-informed after all......"

Xia Yuanji cried with a sad face: "I didn't know what potatoes were before, how did I get to be well-informed, and it was clearly lonely and unheard." ”

"Is this potato really what we just ate?"

"It should be, you can't be wrong......"

The three of them chattered and conspired in a low voice.

"I think...... Annanhou didn't dare to use this to deceive his superiors and subordinates, he didn't have the courage to do this, this is a big deal...... If you dare to deceive, you will cut off his head anyway. ”

"Makes sense, so ......"

Silent......

The three fell into a deathly silence.

Finally...... Accept the reality.

"Hou ...... Annan" Hu Guang looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile and beckoned to Zhang Anshi affectionately. This expression is like a father and son recognizing each other after the child is lost, and there is a sense of intimacy that they are happy to meet.

Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji also smiled kindly at Zhang Anshi at the same time.

Zhang Anshi stepped forward: "Settle it out, right?" Hey, I didn't expect that there were 1,300 catties, and I thought it was only 800 catties. ”

In fact, Zhang Anshi does not have the excitement of Hu Guang and the others, 1,300 catties, where is this? In later generations, if the yield per mu is 1,300 catties, it is definitely a disaster level, 3,000 catties is about 3,000 catties, and the upper limit is 8,000 catties to be considered a normal output.

Yang Rong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Where did this potato come from?" ”

"It has to start when I went to the West......

At this time, the three of them were very patient and listened carefully, but Zhang Anshi said concisely: "It's Gonggong Deng......"

"That Father-in-law Deng......" Xia Yuanji pointed to Deng Jian not far away.

"Yes. He brought back the seed from the West, and he planted the land, and you know, he watched me grow ......up."

The three of them ignored Zhang Anshi, and then walked quickly in front of Deng Jian.

This Xia Yuanji was the most anxious, and he gave Deng Jian a salute first: "I've seen Grandpa Deng......"

Deng Jian looked at Xia Yuanji in front of him, this Hubu Shangshu, groveling to himself, making him feel like a world away.

Under normal circumstances, when ministers see eunuchs, they often have to avoid suspicion and may greet each other, but it is impossible to salute solemnly, even if they are faced with each other, they are just bowing to each other.

After all, the minister has a backbone, no matter how powerful the eunuch is, he is only a eunuch, if it is the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, which eunuch dares to be arrogant enough to let the dignified household secretary solemnly salute, I am afraid that this eunuch will have to be chopped, and the household secretary, don't do it, the whole family, all thrown to the beach in Qiongzhou to run naked.

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The cold is a little uncomfortable, and now it's all about ibuprofen to code words, and now I don't have a fever, but I have a sore throat, and swallowing a mouthful of spit is like dying, and today the first chapter is a little late, and the second chapter tiger strives to be faster, of course, I can only try my best.

Tigers love you.

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