The next morning, the two of them slept for the first time, if it weren't for Xu Guangjun's anxiety later, and found a few maids to shout, Yuan Rui really didn't want to get up, and he didn't know when he fell asleep in a daze last night.

After the county lord got up, he was very angry, and Xu Guangjun was so rolled by her eyes that he almost wanted to turn around and run.

"Second brother, what are you doing in a hurry this morning!"

"Brother, you are my brother, my brother, I will never do it again next time!" Xu Guangjun's face was full of helplessness.

"Didn't I tell you two days earlier, don't bother me, you too, knowing that the county lord is in a bad mood during this time, you still came to provoke her!"

"Where did I dare to provoke her aunt, how did I know that you were so late today!"

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, tell me what you're going to do, so anxious!"

"The goods shipped by the King of Qingyuan from Nanyang have arrived!" Xu Guangjun's face was excited.

"yes, that's a good thing, what kind of goods are coming this time?"

"Most of the goods that came over this time were grain, and the Junwang Mansion was made according to your instructions, but there was a shipload that was shipped to the Guogong Mansion alone, and most of it was medicinal herbs and spices, and someone said that Zhao Qingyang specially prepared it for you."

"yes, great, where is the goods now!"

Yuan Rui is really happy, the current things are delicious, but compared with later generations, many flavors are lacking a lot, if there can be more seasonings, it will be more perfect.

"I'm just here to call you, hurry up to Beicheng Wharf, there's a shipload there, I'm afraid I don't know, so I won't come to you quickly." You go and see which ones are good, and I'll find someone to transport them back to the house for you." ”

"Okay, let's go, hurry, hurry, see what's good."

At this time, Yuan Rui was active, immediately cleaned up, and followed Xu Guangjun to the dock.

The Duke of Wei has a transit warehouse at the Beicheng Wharf by the river, with a large area, almost more than 30 acres of land, and the front is facing the main road, which can be directly entered into the city.

The back door is facing the river, and a large dock has been built, which can stay five thousand sea ships, which is a relatively large dock nearby.

The cargo ship from the South Seas this time is a medium-sized sea ship of 2,000 materials, although it is not large, but this time there is indeed a lot of cargo.

He didn't understand the medicinal materials, but they were available in the Guogong Mansion and were already sorting them on the spot.

Yuan Rui took a few glances closer, intuitively it should be good, and those Lang Zhong did praise the medicinal materials when they were sorting.

Green onions, ginger, garlic, pepper, fennel, star anise, and cinnamon are all common, and Daxia also has them, and they are nothing.

But when Yuan Rui carefully checked, he found that there were really surprises, the chili pepper was what Yuan Rui had always expected, and the onion, although it didn't make any sense, but it was a dish.

I pulled it again, and I found peanuts, this is good, authentic appetizer!

"Second brother, you tell them, see if there is a kind of thing over there in Nanyang, it grows in the soil, it is very big, reddish-purple, it grows in nests, and the leaves are heart-shaped!"

Yuan Rui suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly compared it with Xu Guangjun.

Sweet potatoes are a good thing, recorded in many books, and there are them in Nanyang, if there are sweet potatoes in Daxia at this time, it can also solve the food shortage.

"I'll go back later, I'll give you a simple drawing, and remember to look for it, it's a good thing!"

Yuan Rui directly told Xu Guangjun what he wanted to take home, and he took a little if he could buy it, but he directly connected the pepper to the pot, this thing is not easy to find, and he still wants to keep the seeds!

On the way back, he suddenly thought that there was another crop, corn, which was also a good thing, not to mention that it could be eaten as food, and it was also very good to make oil and feed pigs!

Go back and draw the picture well, let people go back to find it quickly, hurry up and take it over and plant, don't dare to say more, three or five years, as long as three or five years, it will definitely make the people of the Central Plains not hungry!

On November 28 of the first year of Taining, the Holy Emperor returned to the capital.

During the more than three months in Youzhou, the saint pulled those generals to discuss the battle situation in Youzhou almost every day.

For Great Xia, the thorn already exists in name only, and it can't be used as a real opponent.

Now the Zar people have become powerful in Modong, replacing the original position of Mengren and Thorn, and becoming the biggest threat in the north of Youzhou in Great Xia.

During this time, the saint was most concerned about the maintenance and reinforcement of several cities in the border pass, as well as the leveling of several official roads in the pass.

Whether it is a small city like Weizhou, Wuzhou, and Jimingyi that has experienced the destruction of the war, or the three towns of the border pass that have just been recovered, the city needs to be repaired and reinforced.

It's winter, and it's the best time for the people to do it. The Youzhou patrol envoy seized the time to mobilize the people and prepared a large number of building materials, and in three months, these cities were not only renewed, but also more than doubled.

Now that General Gao Zhen is in charge of Youzhou, Yunzhou is guarded by General Yang, plus several generals in the first three towns, for the time being, the defense on the side of Youzhou is relatively stable, and the next step is to start thinking about how to enter the grassland.

After Wei Guogong returned home, the first good news he got turned out to be that his daughter was pregnant!

Yes, at the beginning of the month, after several diagnoses from Langzhong, the county lord who has been in a bad state is indeed pregnant!

Yuan Rui has always felt that something seems wrong with the county lord, after entering October, her usual shrewd and capable appearance is gone, she is lazy and lazy all day long, dozing off is a frequent thing, and she is a picky eater when eating, and she often dislikes this and that.

At first, Yuan Rui didn't think about it so much, he really hadn't experienced it, Xiaohe stayed in Jijiazhuang after she became pregnant, and he didn't have much company, not to mention the manifestations of pregnancy.

He also thought that the county lord had lost his temper with him again, and took home so many spices, just to do experiments, and developed a lot of exquisite dishes, to see if these seasonings were different from his impression.

This toss, the Guogong Mansion was lively, and the delicacies such as barbecue and hot pot that were all over the street in later generations were brought to the table by Yuan Rui.

Yuan Rui is not a gourmet, he just knows the cooking skills, and for him, the seasonings that can be used are barbecue and hot pot, which are very simple, there are no requirements, suitable for everyone's taste, and the taste is good.

At the beginning of November, Mrs. Xu first noticed the signs, and then the county lord himself sensed that something was wrong, but neither of them made a noise.

Mrs. Xu first found a Lang Zhong, excused herself to see a doctor, and asked him to diagnose the pulse of the county lord on the side by the way, and now the truth was revealed, Lang Zhong told Mrs. that it must be right, she was pregnant.

At this moment, the old and young in the house were alarmed, and the imperial doctor Wu in the house checked the pulse again, and finally confirmed that it was correct.

So when Wei Guogong returned home, he had just sat down to rest for a while, and his wife told him the news.

In the Dacheng Palace, the saint was discussing state affairs with several important ministers, and during this time, the saint was not there, and some official affairs were delayed.

"This is the case with the Youzhou war, although I didn't leave those wolf cubs behind, but later I heard that they encountered a blizzard on the grassland, not only thousands of wounded people died, but even some good soldiers were frozen to death, and the direct losses were at least more than 10,000 people, not counting those people and livestock who were frostbitten." The Holy Lord first reassured these people.

"Now the most scarce thing at the border is food, and the people have no food to eat at all, so it's hard!"

"Lord Hubu Wang, you have to hurry up and allocate another batch of grain to Youzhou, it's too difficult over there."

"Holy Lord, the old minister has already allocated three million catties to Tongzhou ten days ago in accordance with his will, and now it should be almost there."

"Lord Wang, you tell me the truth, can the household department maintain the food supply in Youzhou and Longzhou now?"

"Shengshang, there is no problem with the household department, and another two million catties will be transported to Youzhou before the end of the month."

"Yunliang, you mean, transport another two million catties? Is it going to Youzhou? Is there so much stock in the Tobe warehouse now! ”

The saint is very strange, when did the household department become so generous, just transported to Youzhou alone, there are six million catties, according to a soldier of one hundred catties a month, enough for sixty thousand troops to eat for a month.

"Your Majesty, the military rations over there in Youzhou are prepared in advance, and so is Longzhou, and the other border armies don't need much, but the household department has made sufficient preparations at present, and there is no shortage of food in the household department."

"Well, isn't it right, isn't it true that the household department shouts every day that there is a shortage of food, why is it so generous this time!"

"Your Majesty, the autumn grain has been harvested, and this year's Yangzhou, Hangzhou and Gusu will have a bumper harvest of rice!"

When the saint heard this, he suddenly became interested, "Tell me quickly, how much did you collect?" ”

"Your Majesty, Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Gusu alone have planted nearly 10 million mu of late-season rice this season, with an average yield of 450 catties per mu, and the household department has collected more than 100,000 catties of grain, and the military rations at the border gates are enough for a year."

"What! There is so much grain! The saint was shocked after hearing this, and he was originally skeptical of Yuan Rui's statement, he believed that it could be done, but he didn't have much hope for the harvest.

"Then we can fight a few more battles," the Holy Lord couldn't help but say to himself.

Several important ministers standing below also heard it, and their hearts sank, what are these words, there are still a few more battles!

Until the evening, the excited Shengshang couldn't sit still, and quietly went directly to the Wei State Mansion.

Because of the county lord's pregnancy, Yuan Rui hasn't returned to his small home for a long time, there is no way, now the county lord's mouth is getting more and more bite, so Yuan Rui can only change her taste on the side.

Today, Yuan Rui really couldn't think of any tricks, he simply made potatoes into potato flour, imitated the practice of sour and hot vermicelli in later generations, made a large pot of sour and hot vermicelli, and added a pot of spicy hot pot to set a big table.