Chapter 225: The Great Earthquake in Pingyang Mansion, Shanxi

The red glow fills the sky, and the apricot blossoms tremble slightly.

"It was when the master stood up and said that he would test the poison with me."

"Who knew that in the carriage, the master actually told me that he wanted to marry Ji Fujin."

"It's like pouring cold water on the head......"

"I was wrong." This time, the fourth elder brother admitted his mistake very quickly.

He repented!

I don't know what I missed that day.

The most outrageous thing is that he has been sleeping in the study and missed so many days.

"Fujin, promise me. Since Fujin is bold, why don't you be bolder next time? ”

Lu Pheasant smiled: "Lord is so contradictory." Do you want me to be cautious or not? ”

"Externally, it is natural to be cautious. Internally, it doesn't hurt to be bolder. ”

Of course, this is the main thing that refers to him.

Outside the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the water waves are still around.

When the atmosphere was just right, Sen'er came over and asked, "Master, Fujin, do you want to pass on the food?" ”

The fourth elder brother's hand clenched into a fist.

Lu Pheasant almost wanted to laugh: "She's still young." ”

Fujin means that Sen'er is not big, and forgive her for interrupting at this time.

The fourth elder brother woke up suddenly, yes, Xiao Fujin is still young.

If he doesn't brake again, he will hurt his beloved wife.

"Pass it on."

At this time, Su Peisheng also hurried over.

The fourth elder brother glanced at Fu Jin.

Lu Pheasant understood and cooperated: "This is not small. ”

"Su Peisheng, what are you doing in a panic?"

Su Peisheng was out of breath: "Master, Fujin, Shanxi just sent a report from the palace that there was an earthquake in Pingyang Mansion, and it was very affected and affected. ”

The fourth elder brother immediately stood up straight: "Fujin, I'll go to the household department." You can eat with peace of mind. ”

Xiao Lizi followed far behind and took the navy blue woven gold embroidered eagle cloak.

Lu Pheasant put on a belt for him, tied a belt, and advised: "Slow down on the road." ”

"The pavilion in the middle of the lake is cool. You should go back to Baotang Courtyard to rest. ”

"I made a note of it. Come back early. ”

In such a hurry, I was afraid that I would have to ride over.

On the side, Pin'er began to pack up the food box.

Lu Pheasant looked at the back of the fourth elder brother who quickly left: "Don't eat the box, wrap the steamed buns and cakes in oiled paper and let Su Peisheng take them." Fast. ”

The sound of clattering horses' hooves was gone.

Lu Pheasant didn't feel it in his heart.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.

Under the natural disaster, I don't know how many people's wives were separated and their families were shattered.

This night, Lu Pheasant couldn't sleep peacefully.

What else can she do for the people other than what she has taken out so far?

*

Walk through the Daqing Gate and come to the Thousand Steps Corridor Household Department.

The official on duty saw the fourth elder brother coming in the breeze and saluted in surprise.

"Who's on the peak today?"

"If you go back to the fourth elder brother, it's the right waiter. But Lord Shangshu also came. ”

Fucha Mazi, who was in the house, heard the movement and came out to greet him.

The fourth elder brother greeted the staff on duty and entered the inner room.

The two saluted.

"Fourth elder brother, what's wrong?"

The fourth elder brother glanced at the map of Shanxi Pingyang Mansion on Ma Qi's desk: "I want to come here for the same thing as Lord Ma Qi." ”

Ma Qi stared at the young man in front of him for a moment, and handed out the map: "It's just right, the old minister's eyes are not very good, the fourth elder brother will help take a look." ”

The fourth elder brother took over, and the two talked for a while about the topography, water conservancy and terroir of Binh Duong Province, discussing the possible situation and countermeasures in the disaster area.

Time passed, and a clear "grunt" sounded.

Immediately after that, another person rang out.

The two looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't tell whose voice was louder.

It seems that Fucha Maqi may not have left the palace today, so he heard the news and came over directly, so naturally he did not eat.

The fourth elder brother spoke up: "Su Peisheng." ”

Su Peisheng held the still warm oiled paper bag in his arms and put it on the table.

"It's the steamed buns and cakes that Fujin asked me to bring, and the adults will take a look."

Originally, Fucha Mazi wanted to refuse.

He didn't want to have much to do with any prince, including the crown prince.

Both the emperor and the crown prince have been in their respective positions for too long, so long that some things have long since deteriorated.

Ma Qi's heart began to be uneasy early on.

Now that the fourth son of the emperor is rising from afar, he is still under the household department he is in charge of, and Ma Qi has an alarm bell ringing in his head.

It's just that when I heard that this was the ration of Sifujin, I remembered the smell of incense that had been wafting in front of the royal gate for a long time that day.

Corn and sweet potatoes can still be found with his household book.

But potatoes are really scarce.

"Do you have hash browns?"

Su Peisheng hurriedly replied: "If you go back to your words, there is." ”

"In that case, it is disrespectful."

The fourth elder brother said: "I have bread, and I am just waiting for Lord Ma Qi's tea." ”

"I heard that there was often a Pu'er in the house before, and the old minister happened to have it, so it's good that the fourth elder brother doesn't dislike it."

Su Peisheng makes tea, one grows and one young, and uses noodles and cakes for tea.

Fucha Maqi tasted the long-missed taste of potatoes, looked at the handsome and elegant posture of the fourth elder brother, and couldn't help but say for a while: "From the disaster situation, it is normal to send officials to the local area to inspect first, and then to the next step of relief." ”

"At the moment, the fourth elder brother should focus on the regulations of high-yield crop selection and seedling breeding, and there is no need to rush over."

Even if Fucha Maqi voted for the fourth elder brother's rice in front of the royal gate before, he had never said such "heart-to-heart" words to him.

That's already a reminder.

"Did you also elect me in front of Khan Amma?"

Fucha Mazi was silent.

The answer is self-explanatory.

The emperor questioned all the officials in front of him.

Compared with the vain comparison between the prince and the eldest brother, making a show with food, the fourth elder brother's low-key and down-to-earth is the person who is really worthy of entrusting to promote high-yield food.

As long as people are not blind, they know who to choose.

In a few years, Fucha Maqi was listed by Kangxi as a candidate for university scholars.

Naturally, he is not blind.

The fourth elder brother put down the steamed bun in his hand: "The qi of heaven and earth does not lose its order; If it goes through the order, the people will also be in turmoil. Under the earth's movement, the high embankment is a valley, and the deep valley is a mausoleum, and the people suffer. ”

"Food is essential, and it should be done in the long run. And when a natural disaster occurs, it should be dealt with urgently to save the people from fire and water, and there is no room for error. ”

This was said in an atmospheric manner, Fucha Maqi straightened up a little, looked at the fourth elder brother for a while, and still used the cake quietly.

At the end, the old man smiled at the corner of his mouth: "The cake of the Four Blessings is really a delicacy." ”

The fourth elder brother said very well: "Fujin mentioned that potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn can be made into flour, which is easy to preserve, and then soaked and roasted into dry food, which also tastes good." ”

The fourth son of the emperor is really smart.

Disaster relief is the responsibility of the Household Department.

The temporary official of the pacification department who went to the disaster area this time, Hubu Shangshu Fucha Maqi was the best candidate, but sooner or later the emperor would make a decision.

The fourth elder brother has the intention of following.

He saw that Ma Qi didn't want to take a prince out at all.

It was tempted by "potato cakes".

Fucha Mazi saw through the other party's plan, got up and continued to look at the map.

sighed in my heart, the cakes made by Sifujin are really delicious!

Intellectually I know that I can't obey, and I really can't refuse it for a while.

*

The next day, the court was really as Ma Qi expected.

After Kangxi received the report from the governor of Shanxi, Gartu, he immediately sent the official Xingchi to investigate the situation.

He also instructed the Household Department to prepare funds for disaster relief.

After Ma Qi responded, he couldn't help but glance at the expressions of the prince and the eldest brother.

Both looked calm.

Until, the emperor said, he had already prepared candidates to promote improved rice varieties and high-yielding crops.

The two princes immediately became excited.

Fucha Mazi, sighed inwardly.

It's all right now!

I'm afraid that on the way to Shanxi, he will really be able to eat potato cakes this time.