Straight man of steel

Chapter 105
"Patriarch, you are amazing. That old man Wang just drank three bowls of salt water, and he was able to get out of bed this morning."

Just thinking about whether to tie some scarecrows to scare the birds that often peck at the watermelon vines, Zhang Yuan also smiled when he heard Lao Zhao's excited voice.

It seemed that Old Man Wang had a simple cold or a fever caused by inflammation.

"Let him rest at home for two more days and work with Xiong Da and the others.

By the way, people in the mansion are somewhat resistant to drinking unboiled water? "

Forcibly changing a person's usual living habits must be difficult at first.

"Yesterday they were all awkward. The villain told them that Old Man Wang got sick because of drinking unboiled water. They still didn't believe it. After Old Man Wang got up early this morning, each of them honestly boiled water at home. They I feel that since you have the ability to cure diseases, you will definitely be able to know how Old Man Wang got sick."

Zhang Yuan chuckled, it's good to be able to establish such a sense of trust.

"Can you tie a scarecrow?"

I don't know why Lao Zhao shook his head in horror when he heard the scarecrow.

"what happened?"

Lao Zhao immediately turned around and closed the door of the main building, then walked to Zhang Yuan and whispered.

"Patriarch, we are from Shu, we must not touch these things, outsiders may think we are practicing witchcraft when they see it."

The story of not asking the common people and asking ghosts and gods suddenly entered Zhang Yuan's mind from Lao Zhao's words, and he quickly extinguished his thoughts of wanting to tie a few scarecrows.

During Liu Che's reign, the biggest external issue was naturally the war to the west and territorial expansion. The two internal witchcraft disasters directly led to changes in the direction of the Han Dynasty.

Respecting Confucianism is only to consolidate his dominance. The Liu family, except for the great ancestor Liu Bang, has great awe of ghosts and gods. After thinking about it, Zhang Yuan feels that it is better to stay away from these ghosts and ghosts.

"Understood, don't mention this matter outside."

Old Zhao also kept secret about this, nodded and then backed out.

Liu Che thought of Zhang Yuan again. It was when summer came, the temperature in Guanzhong was higher, and the climate was a little drier than Shu County. The watermelons were placed in front of him, but the quantity was not very large, so he immediately sent someone to report it to Liu Che.

It just so happened that Liu Che was hunting in Dinghu Yanshou Palace not far to the east of Zhang's mansion, and brought a group of people to Zhang's mansion on a whim.

No one in the Zhang family would know that Liu Che was coming, even Zhang Yuan.

The moment Liu Che stepped onto the gate, everyone didn't know what to do, so they knelt on the ground and trembled.

Zhang Yuan glanced at Chu Da resentfully, then walked up to Liu Che.

"Your Majesty, the people in the house really didn't know that you were coming, and they didn't make any preparations. Please forgive me."

Half of the houses in Zhang's mansion have been built, but the thatched cottages are still there, and the ground is also loess. Liu Che glanced at it and really couldn't arouse any interest in this kind of place, and stepped back before stepping in.

"I just heard from Shaofu Cheng that the watermelon is ripe. I'm quite curious. Zhang Yuan, you lead the way. I want to see how the watermelon grows."

Seeing that Liu Che was in a good mood, Zhang Yuan's tense body relaxed.

There were only about a dozen Qimen troops accompanying Liu Che. The others seemed to be officials from the Shaofu who managed Shanglin Garden. This land was under the jurisdiction of their Shaofu. If Liu Che wanted to come and see it, they would definitely have to send someone to accompany them. , there were people from both sides, but no one informed Zhang Yuan. Even Chu Da, the person who brought the disaster to the door, never thought of asking Zhang Yuan to make preparations.

Liu Che had eaten several watermelons. The watermelons transported from Sunjia Village in Shu County were transported by the people below, and most of them were destroyed on the way, and they were almost ripe and rotten after arriving in Chang'an.

The fields are covered with green vines, and there are green watermelons on the vines. People who have never seen it are surprised, but only those who have seen it and tasted it understand the taste.

"How do you judge whether the watermelon is ripe or not? Liu Che squatted down and picked up a watermelon and asked Zhang Yuan."

Zhang Yuan patted dozens of watermelons on the side before he found a ripe one, picked it off and handed it to Liu Che.

"Your Majesty, listen, if there is a thumping sound when you shoot it, it means the melon is ripe."

Looking at Zhang Yuan's appearance, Liu Che took two pictures of the watermelon he was holding. I don't know if it's because of luck or fate. Right now, there are not many ripe watermelons in this melon field. It just so happened that Liu Che's It made a thumping sound.

Fresh things always arouse people's excitement, Liu Che stood up holding the watermelon, and shouted to the people around him.

"The weather is hot, today I will let you taste what is called a fruit specially born for relieving heat."

As soon as Liu Che's words fell, the servant of the Huangmen who was with him ordered Qimen Jun to go to Zhang Yuan and brought a table and a kitchen knife. The servant of the Huangmen who came was not Wang Sui, but he should have seen a watermelon in the palace , very skillfully cut the watermelon in Zhang Yuan's hand and Liu Che's hand into pieces, and each person present took one piece, no more, no less.

With a big wave of his hand, Liu Che signaled that everyone can eat directly, even he himself picked up a piece of watermelon and started to eat.

Looking at such a group of people from the emperor to the Langguan, eating watermelon without even vomiting melon seeds, Zhang Yuan felt a little heartbroken. If they vomited in this field now, maybe in late autumn, Zhang Yuan would still be able to harvest. A batch of watermelons.

But at this time, Liu Che looked like he was leading everyone to see the world, Zhang Yuan definitely couldn't demonstrate the habit of spitting up watermelon seeds, and followed everyone to swallow all the watermelon seeds into his stomach.

"Your Majesty is so rare that the ministers are not blessed to accept it. Your Majesty should pick all the watermelons here and send them to the Empress Dowager of Ganquan Palace and the Empress Dowager of Weiyang Palace."

From top to bottom, the officials in the Shaofu claimed to be Empress Dowager Dou's lackeys. Now that Empress Dowager Dou's body was getting weaker and weaker, they began to look for the Queen Mother. When they encountered something like watermelon, they would definitely be the first to do so. Time is thinking about letting his master eat it.

But what they didn't know was that Liu Che just hated this face. It was clear that the man had an emperor, but he wanted to curry favor with his grandmother and mother one by one.

"The watermelons on the field here are not all ripe at all. The watermelons that Chu Da gave to me before, I have already sent people to Ganquan Palace and Weiyang Palace, so there is no need for the Shaofu Supervisor to remind.

Let’s wait until they are ripe for these in the field. Even if the two empress dowagers eat this kind of fruit every day, they still can’t finish eating so much. What do you think, Shaofu Supervisor? "

This is the second time Zhang Yuan has seen such a courtier who dared to speak against the emperor's will without winking.

The first one is naturally Tian Fu. He is the emperor's uncle and is resented by Liu Che because of these things. Not to mention that the Shaofu Jian is just a dog of Empress Dowager Dou. Although he is the ninth minister, he wants to restrain the emperor from the empress dowager. This guy still has Not qualified.

Zhang Yuan had already expected that after Queen Mother Dou passed away, this guy would definitely be the first to die.

"Since His Majesty knows, then I will stop talking."

The Son of Heaven is worried about farming and mulberry. It is a happy thing to produce a new fruit for the people of the world, but it is meaningless to be messed up by this young supervisor. Today's melon field gathering can only break up unhappy.

(End of this chapter)