my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 248 Become famous in one fell swoop
This Natsuhara Jile is blooming.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang were frowning.

Yang Rong said: "That Zhang Anshi, did you say how much food you donated?"

"It is said that the trading company is willing to give [-] shi to the household department." Xia Yuanji sighed and said, "In the past, [-] shi was nothing, but now... it is life-saving food, and the old man has no choice but to give up one old face."

Hu Guangdao: "Why does Wenyuan Pavilion say it is [-] stone?"

Xia Yuanji said in surprise, "Yes, why can't you match?"

The three whispered.

At this time, someone came up to meet him. It was Zhang Anshi with a few brothers.

In fact, Zhang Anshi is fine, at least this person is someone you can deal with, and you can talk to him well.

But the brothers behind him with upturned nostrils, or those who acted like fools, made Yang Rong shudder when they saw them.

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, Yang Rong said: "Marquis Annan asked me to wait, why?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Please have a good meal, everyone."

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

Zhang Anshi said: "Eating is also an official business. How can there be an official who doesn't eat? Walk around."

Zhang Anshi was almost forced.

The three of Yang Rong were terrified.

They also want to save face, so they immediately flicked their sleeves and said seriously: "We will go by ourselves."

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

Sitting here is like sitting on pins and needles.

Mainly Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu were sitting opposite them, and Qiu Song was sitting at the bottom. Seeing his slack eyes, he seemed to be wandering, but from time to time he showed a fierce look.

It has long been heard that the son of Duke Qi is very violent, as expected.

Zhang Anshi sat under the three of them, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I didn't prepare water and wine today, Sangong won't be offended?"

Hu Guangdao: "You can do whatever you want."

Zhang Anshi nodded and said, "I knew that Sangong is different from Xiegong, Xiegong..."

The three of them immediately turned their eyes away, refusing to answer the quarrel.

No matter what happened to Xie Jin, even if the two of Wenyuange and Xie Jin really had any conflicts.

But on any occasion, you will never explain right and wrong.

In the temple, civil servants and martial arts systems such as Zhang Anshi are completely different types of ecosystems. Military officials scold people when they see people, and turn over the table when they are unhappy.

In the temple, even if the civil servants have the revenge of killing their fathers, it is you and me.

Seeing that the three of them didn't talk to each other, Zhang Anshi also felt that it was meaningless, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, saying that civil and martial arts have different ways, so they really don't fit in!
"Eat quickly, I have to go back to work after eating." Xia Yuanji said.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Why is Mr. Xia in such a hurry?"

Xia Yuanji and Yang Rong looked at each other.

If it is said that Hu Guang and Xie Jin are in the same class and fellow countrymen, they are considered hardcore.

Then Yang Rong and Xia Yuanji are best buddies.

In the early years, Xia Yuanji used the name of his servant to inspect and study Fujian. At that time, Yang Rong was just a small scholar, but he won Xia Yuanji's favor and taught him a lot of principles of life.

Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, Yang Rong soared into the sky, and now he has entered Wenyuan Pavilion, ranking as the Prime Minister!
Of course, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Household Department, also has a prominent position.

After the two were in the same court, although they didn't move around often, they still had a bit of a teacher-student status.

Xia Yuanji is very relieved of Yang Rong, and now basically does not teach Yang Rong any way of being an official or of being a person, because he knows that Yang Rong is more slippery than him.

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

The two seemed to be in 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 Ministry of Households, and people's livelihood is the top priority at the moment. Relief, as well as finding ways to raise food and monitor price fluctuations, these are the most important things for the Ministry of Households. I am the Minister, and I am in charge of the affairs of the whole church. Who can do without the old man? The old man is not boasting, It's just that there are priorities, and I really can't get away from it."

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

Xia Yuanji mouth flattened.

jump up?
Who do you think I am, Natsuhara Yoshi?

He held back his anger, but still said patiently: "Hurry up and have dinner."

"Yes, yes, I will urge you."

Finally, the food came.

It's just... there's something special about this meal.

First came a plate with dozens of cakes on it.

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

It's just that this pancake looks strange, although it is hot, the color is a bit different from ordinary steamed pancakes.

Immediately, there are several main dishes, one of which is quite famous in later generations, called hot and sour potato shreds.

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

After that, it was a bowl of mashed potatoes for each person.

There are also several dishes, which are actually related to potatoes.

At this age and position, Xia Yuanji is quite used to traveling all over the world, from border towns to Fujian, to the ends of the earth.

Seeing these dishes now, I can't help but hesitate: "What kind of dish is this?"

Zhang Anshi said: "This is called Qingzheng Jigang, that is called Hot and Sour Jiejin... that one is called..."

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

After all, he looked like he was about to get up and walk away.

Zhang Anshi hurriedly grabbed Xia Yuanji, and said truthfully: "This is potatoes, I call it a potato feast. As for this thing, it is more troublesome to explain. You should taste it first."

Xia Yuanji was also refreshed, he ate quickly, and he was still in a hurry to go back to work.

Anyway, I couldn't push this meal away, so I took a potato pancake first and ate it.

After tasting it, the taste is not bad. It can be said that it is different from the current steamed cakes, and the taste is different.

Seeing that he ate first, Hu Guang and Yang Rong took their chopsticks to sandwich the cake.

Xia Yuanji chewed it in his mouth, and said, "The taste of this product is a bit special, but... it can be regarded as a fresh taste."

After all, subconsciously try the hot and sour potato shreds.

After taking a bite, his eyes lit up: "It's delicious, it's delicious..."

His face began to flush.

Although people in this era occasionally use pepper or Chinese prickly ash to season, but because of the high price, most of the time, there are very few such dishes.

Therefore, in Zhang Anshi's opinion, the hot and sour potato shreds have no spicy taste at all.

But when Xia Yuanji ate it, he felt the pain of the pepper 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 and spicy.

He was blushing from eating, but he still couldn't help but keep holding the hot and sour potato shreds, and yelled, "Not bad, not bad, it's interesting."

Anyway, I started to eat it, since I came across a delicious food, I just had a good time!
Hu Guang, a native of Jiangxi, ate it and was full of praise.

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

These dishes are just four or five dishes. The last dish is fried potatoes and stewed eggplant with potatoes.

The three of them had a taste, but they all felt that the taste was good.

It's just that the menu is monotonous after all, so I quickly put down my chopsticks.

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

Xia Yuanji smiled wryly, "I'm full."

Three pancakes, a few vegetables, and a small bowl of mashed potatoes are more than enough to fill you up.

Looking at their appearance, Zhang Anshi also knew that they were really full, so he said at this moment: "I don't know how it tastes?"

"Not bad." Xia Yuanji said honestly, "It's unique."

Zhang Anshi said: "Grandpa Xia...means...it's delicious?"

"It's not really delicious, it's just that it can fill your stomach and have some taste."

This is the truth, Xia Yuanji's description is very accurate.

"Okay, it's getting late, I've been bothering you for so long, it's time to say goodbye."

This is called lifting your pants and denying your account.

But Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Don't worry, since this thing can be full and has a special flavor, don't you want to know where it comes from?"

Xia Yuanji had no choice but to be patient and said: "Then where do you dare to ask?"

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

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

Xia Yuanji interrupted: "Let's talk briefly."

Zhang Anshi said: "Everything has a cause and an effect. Isn't this easy for you to understand? Come on, let me say briefly, this potato... was planted by Mr. Deng. Mr. Deng, you know, it is The one in the East Palace, he watched me grow up."

Everyone is not interested in knowing who Eunuch Deng is.

However, it is not surprising to hear that it is planted.

If this thing didn't grow out of the ground, the devil would believe it.

Zhang Anshi continued: "Under Mr. Deng's hard work in cultivating, fertilizing, and planting rice seedlings, etc., finally... harvested. Aren't you curious... the harvest of potatoes?"

Xia Yuanji was not bothered a bit, and said directly: "You just say it's okay."

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

As soon as this statement comes out...

Xia Yuanji was taken aback for a moment, and then...was about to suffocate.

He suddenly exclaimed: "Eight hundred catties? What is the yield of the land?"

Zhang Anshi said calmly and authentically: "One mu of land."

Xia Yuanji's body trembled, and then he felt that his mind became chaotic and went blank.

Subconsciously, he looked at Yang Rong.

Yang Rong has always been steady, so he couldn't sit still at this time, and hurriedly said: "One mu of land is eight hundred catties, Marquis Annan, is your family's one mu of land the one mu we usually talk about?"

Zhang Anshi said angrily: "What are you talking about? 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 how much wheat and rice are produced in this world?"

Zhang An Shi was delighted, and said with a smile, "You know, even the best paddy fields can only produce about [-] jin of rice. If it's wheat, or bad fields, maybe one mu can only produce [-] jin of rice."

Xia Yuanji said: "Five hundred catties is not only for a good field, but also for the right time and place, and intensive cultivation. The five hundred catties is the limit. The thing you mentioned... can be full, but it can grow eight hundred. catty?"

Zhang Anshi said confidently: "Eight hundred catties is my lowest estimate. I'm afraid of bragging... being seen through, in fact, it's only a lot more."

Just kidding, the yield of potatoes in later generations can reach [-] catties per mu.

Now Zhang Anshi just let someone pick a few catties, let Xia Yuanji eat and watch, and make a guinea pig.

How else could Zhang Anshi have never touched his chopsticks?

Zhu Yong was also clever, seeing that Zhang Anshi hadn't moved his chopsticks, and had been sitting there like a log.

If this potato feast poisoned all the Wenyuange University Scholars and Hubu Shangshu in the dynasty, it should be regarded as an earth-shattering event.

Of course, Zhang Anshi is still sure, at least [-]% of it is non-toxic.

But in the eyes of Xia Yuanji and others, this conservative output seems incomparably inconceivable.

Xia Yuanji stared at Zhang Anshi, as if he wanted to eat Zhang Anshi in one bite, and said, "What kind of field do you need to cultivate these potatoes? Is it a paddy field or a dry field? What are your requirements?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Dry land."

Xia Yuanji's body shook.

Paddy fields can grow rice, while dry land can grow wheat.

In general, the yield of wheat is low.

But paddy fields are different. Paddy fields have high requirements for irrigation. It seems that paddy fields can grow rice with a yield of up to [-] catties, but in fact...it requires intensive cultivation.

But dry land is easier to care for.

In theory, these [-] catties of potatoes are equivalent to [-] catties of wheat per mu.

Xia Yuanji quickly asked again: "What about the geological requirements?"

"Where you can grow crops, you can grow potatoes. If you can't grow crops...you can try it."

"You mean..." Xia Yuanji looked anxiously: "It's not picky?"

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

Xia Yuanji began to breathe heavily, and his face began to turn red, like a girl who was about to get married.

Taking a deep breath, he was able to stabilize his mind, and Xia Yuan said again: "Where is your place?"

Zhang Anshi said with a bit of a bad taste: "Didn't Mr. Xia say that he has official duties?"

"Male bird." Xia Yuanji said: "Zhang Anshi, ugly words come first, don't lie to me, if you make me happy, I'm not easy to mess with, go, take me to see this potato now."

Yang Rong and Hu Guang were not in the mood to go back to Wenyuan Pavilion.

What is the matter of Wenyuan Pavilion and this matter now?
To put it bluntly, even if the memorandum does not draw up votes for a year, it is not worth mentioning compared with the incredible things Zhang Anshi said now.

Zhang Anshi didn't intend to continue teasing the Duke, so he smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll take you there now."

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

The farm...is very deserted.

There really isn't a lot of people here on weekdays.

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

He seems to have been forgotten by the world.

Now the potatoes are about to be harvested, but Zhang Anshi didn't say anything, so everyone can only wait.

Only on the outskirts of the farm... a large number of people began to appear.

There was Captain Uchisento, who was holding a knife, patrolling back and forth a hundred paces away.

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

All of a sudden, even the passers-by didn't dare to come, and they all walked around the road.

At this time, Zhang Anshi finally came.

But they still brought Yang Rong, Hu Guang, and Xia Yuanji with them.

The three got out of the carriage.

He didn't care about anything, and asked straight away, "Where's the land?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Listen to me, Mr. Xia, don't worry, let me introduce..."

"Introduce a bird, just tell me, where is the land?" Xia Yuanji's eyes seemed to eat people.

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

Zhang Anshi had no choice but to say to Deng Jian: "Go, Mr. Deng, take them to see the land."

Deng Jian nodded, he was used to it, and immediately led the people to the ground.

Xia Yuanji looked at the acre of land, and he waved his hand, saying, "Measure the land first."

Deng Jian said: "Why do you need to measure it?"

Xia Yuanji ignored Deng Jian.

Zhang Anshi could only say: "Come here..."

"No, there's no need, you have someone fetch the measuring tool, and the old man, Yang Gong and Hu Gong will measure it in person."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

As the Minister of the Household Department, he has seen a lot of deception. He can see through those who are exaggerated and bragging.

But this matter is too big, if you don't measure it yourself, don't worry.

At that moment, he asked someone to fetch the string, and then led Hu Guang and Yang Rong to the ground, and began to measure around the ground.

No more, no less, exactly one mu.

Xia Yuanji straightened his waist, and walked around the field again, to ensure that he was not fooled, and that these things really grew in the field, and they were definitely not re-buried, before he said: "Start now." Has it been harvested?"

Zhang Anshi looked at Xia Yuanji sympathetically, how many times this Duke Xia has been fooled by others before he is so vigilant.

It's like taking everyone's precautions like thieves.

Zhang Anshi nodded: "It's ok."

"Just ask Marquis Annan to organize manpower harvesting now... but one thing, all the collected things must be under the eyes of the old man. The old man, Yang Gong, and Hu Gong will come to the scales in person. Your people are only allowed to harvest. , and other things, you can't let it go."

Zhang Anshi said with a wry smile: "Okay, okay, everything is up to you."

Xia Yuanji, Hu Guang and Yang Rong exchanged glances.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang didn't have any complaints.

They understood Xia Yuanji's meaning very well.

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

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

Farmers throw potatoes from the field, pick leaves, remove vines, put them in dustpans, and then pour them into baskets.

Xia Yuanji took a large scale, and in front of everyone, together with Yang Rong and Hu Guang, first took a waist badge from himself, and tried it with the scale first.

After confirming his waist card, the weight and the number of weights are not bad, and the weights are not short or two, Xia Yuanji began to work skillfully.

He mashed all the potatoes that came with great care.

I can't wait to see that every potato that is about to be weighed is clear without a little bit of mud.

Only then did they start weighing one by one.

And Hu Guang is responsible for recording the scale.

Yang Rong took the book and started to keep accounts.

Soon, potatoes harvested from the field.There are more and more, but the three of them are on the scale, very careful, but slow.

After a while, the harvested potatoes piled up like a mountain.

Xia Yuanji was sweating profusely.

Zhang Anshi felt sorry for him, stepped forward and said: "Why don't you ask someone to help you a little bit, Mr. Xia, I love you dearly."

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

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

The next three brothers, instead of stepping forward to pull Zhang Anshi and say that the eldest brother forget it, they all glared at King Kong, as if Xia Yuanji was not pleasing to the eye, and wanted to follow the eldest brother to beat Xia Yuanji.

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

The voice behind is getting softer.

But in fact, Xia Yuanji didn't care about Zhang Anshi at all.

Three hundred catties...

Four hundred catties...

Five hundred catties...

Six hundred catties...

When it reached six hundred catties, Xia Yuanji had already begun to realize... Zhang Anshi's eight hundred catties were not false.

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

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

The hands and feet of the two became more agile.

At this moment, they have never been as energetic as they are 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 them again and again, not daring to make any mistakes.

Eight hundred catties...

Zhang Anshi didn't brag.

Xia Yuanji wanted to jump up.

But he held back.

because...and...

He was patient and continued to clean the potatoes one by one, not letting go of even a little bit of mud, for fear of increasing the yield of this mu.

Nine hundred catties...

a thousand catties...

When he reached a thousand catties, Xia Yuanji only felt that his mind was starting to become chaotic.

It was as if my body no longer belonged to me.

The whole person seems to be floating on the clouds.

His face is very strange, like an idiot, always grinning, but frowning again, it seems that at this moment, the brain is running at high speed, and he refuses to stop thinking.

One thousand one hundred catties.

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

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

"Shut up." Xia Yuanji gave Zhang Anshi a white look, and then continued... Picking the mud on the potatoes with his nails.

He cannot rinse with water, as water may also add weight to the potatoes.

Even now his nails are full of mud.

One thousand two hundred pounds...

Finally, the harvested potatoes became less and less.

The farmers have to be very patient to dig out the single potatoes from the field.

One thousand and 270 catties.

When this number is reached, in fact... the remaining potatoes have become very rare, and most of them are small and deformed potatoes.

"Nearly [-] catties." Xia Yuanji took a deep breath at this moment, as if he was dreaming.

He even suspected that this dream was not real.

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

"Calculate again, don't make a mistake." Xia Yuanji said.

Yang Rong said: "I've counted it seven times... I'll do it again."

Hu Guang, who was on the scale, also leaned forward, looking at the dense numbers, his eyes seemed to be nailed, and he remained motionless.

"Is this really harvested from the field? Did we see it with our own eyes?"

"It just grows in the ground."

"I've seen before that some local parents and officials cheated and planted rice grown from other places into the field, pretending that it grew in that acre of land, you say..."

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

"One thousand three hundred catties... I see that this land is not fertile..."

"It's extremely, it's extremely. That's why it's incredible."

"Do you think it's possible? Duke Xia, after all, you've seen a lot..."

Xia Yuanji wept bitterly: "I didn't know what a potato was before, so how can I be so well-informed? It's obvious that I'm ignorant."

"Is this potato really the one we ate just now?"

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

The three chattered and conspired in low voices.

"I think... Marquis Annan dare not use this to deceive others. He Mei doesn't have the guts. This is a big deal... If he dares to lie, he will still have his head chopped off."

"It makes sense, so..."

silence……

After the three fell into a deathly silence.

Finally... accepted the reality.

"Marquis Annan..." Hu Guang looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile, and waved to Zhang Anshi affectionately.This expression is like the father and son getting to know each other again after the child is lost.

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

Zhang Anshi stepped forward: "Have you figured it out? Hey, I didn't expect it to be [-] catties. I thought it was only [-] catties."

In fact, Zhang Anshi was not as excited as Hu Guang and the others. How could he get thirteen hundred catties?For future generations of potatoes, if the yield per mu is [-] catties, it is definitely a disaster level. Three thousand catties is about [-] catties, and the upper limit is [-] catties to be considered a normal yield.

Yang Rong stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Where did these potatoes come from?"

"It all started when I sailed to the West..."

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

"That Eunuch Deng..." Xia Yuanji pointed to Deng Jian not far away.

"Yes. He brought the seeds back from his voyage to the West, and he planted the land. You all know that he watched me grow up..."

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

Xia Yuanji was the quickest to leave, and he saluted Deng Jian first: "I have seen Mrs. Deng..."

Deng Jian looked at Xia Yuanji in front of him, the Minister of the Household Department, bowing his knees to him, making him seem like a lifetime away.

This is a ministry. Under normal circumstances, when ministers meet eunuchs, they tend to avoid suspicion. They may say hello, but it is absolutely impossible to salute solemnly. Even if they face each other, they just nod their heads.

After all, the minister has a strong character, no matter how powerful the eunuch is, he is still just an eunuch. If it was the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, which eunuch would dare to be arrogant enough to make the dignified Minister of the Household Department solemnly salute, I am afraid that the eunuch will have to be cut, and The Minister of the Household Department, don't do it, the whole family, let's throw it to the beach in Qiongzhou and run naked.

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The cold is a bit uncomfortable, and now I rely on ibuprofen to press the code. I don’t have a fever, but I have a sore throat. I swallow a mouthful of spittle, and I feel like I’m going to die. Today, Chapter 1 is a little late, and Chapter 2 tigers strive to be faster. Of course, only as much as possible.

Tigers love you.

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