There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

When the Tian family father and son were talking in the main hall, Shi Zhongzhu was also sorting out his thoughts in the side hall.In fact, he has two plans for rice. Yes, he not only improved the local grains of the time, but also planted the so-called "hybrid rice", which is a big killer. Only Mr. Zhao and Shi Zhongzhu know about hybrid rice.Mr. Zhao's apprentices are not allowed to get close to the hybrid rice. The reason to the outside world is that this is the core of the technology. Manager Yao in the village doesn't know about it, and Shi Zhongzhu is sure that Mr. Zhao will not tell it.

Why not report it?Hybrid rice has one of the biggest problems - it cannot be kept!Not being able to keep the seed means that the royal society thinks that Shi Zhongzhu saved a hand and wants to claim credit. Even if it is a fluke, the old and new saints are renamed the Virgin, and Shi Zhongzhu can't trust the current court.The imperial court did not rely on Shi Zhongzhu to play around alone. Now that there is a lack of supervision, getting some rice that can't be saved is definitely the rhythm of killing farmers.

In addition to this hybrid rice, there are many problems, such as heavy pests, such as continuous planting for many years, serious decline in land fertility, such as domineering nature, difficulty in interplanting, etc. Hybrid rice has proved many problems in Shi Zhongzhu's previous life. Protect the farmers, he's not going to get this kind of thing out.Maybe for posterity?

When Shi Zhongzhu was thinking wildly, the crown prince had already arrived at the side hall. His highness was as gentle as a gentleman at this time, dignified and majestic, and Shi Zhongzhu couldn't see the slightest emotion from his face.

"I send my greetings to His Royal Highness, Your Highness." Shi Zhongzhu immediately saluted, this was the first time he saw the Prince alone, even though their family already belonged to the Prince, even though he had met the Prince many times in the palace.

"Yaoyun is free of courtesy." The crown prince gently helped Shi Zhongzhu up, "Yaoyun presented such auspicious auspiciousness, both father and Gu are very happy, I don't know when Gu can go to the Zhuangzi where the grain is produced."

"It's a great honor for His Royal Highness to be here, and I'm waiting for you at any time."

"Well, choosing a day is worse than bumping into it, let's just choose today."

"Yes."

Today's day is actually a bit tight, and it's almost noon now, they have lunch before going out of the city, and the palace gate will be locked when they come back, isn't this the rhythm for the whole thing to spread?

"Let's go like this." The prince greeted, and was about to leave the palace in the lead, Shi Zhongzhu was dumbfounded, what about lunch?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so concerned about people's livelihood that he can't wait for a second, and must go out of the city immediately to check.Shi Zhongzhu was touched on the face, but at the same time he thought in his heart, this means he doesn't trust me, and he wants to catch me by surprise?

The prince also wanted to avoid people's eyes, so he hurried out of the city with only a dozen or so guards. Shi Zhongzhu asked Nanshan, who was waiting at the gate of the palace, to report back first, saying that he would return home later.

His Royal Highness invited Shi Zhongzhu to sit in the carriage. Seeing that it was not a standard carriage, Shi Zhongzhu got into the carriage without any hesitation, and the rest of the guards rode on horseback.Even if the carriage that the prince can ride in is not visible from the outside, the interior of the carriage is very luxurious. Shi Zhongzhu sees a low table in the middle of the carriage, and pours tea for the prince automatically.

"Give yourself a cup to taste." The prince said.

"Yes." Shi Zhongzhu got himself a cup, holding it with both hands, watching his nose, nose and heart.

"Alas," the prince put down his teacup, "Yao Yun and Yi and Gu are so strange?"

"His Majesty the Crown Prince is becoming more and more majestic, and I dare not be presumptuous."

"Father Longwei, don't you also get close to father."

Shi Zhongzhu choked for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I have known the saint for almost ten years, half my age." The implication is that we are not familiar with each other!

The prince did not expect Shi Zhongzhu to have such an attitude. Shi Ding was very respectful in front of him on weekdays. The prince thought, after all, it was a young man who became famous, and he was a little arrogant.Seeing Shi Ding's face, the prince decided to tolerate this shortcoming for the sake of the sage's advice.

"That's right, father really dotes on you. When you got married, except that you didn't get married in the palace, you followed the etiquette of getting married by the emperor's grandson." It is also the same standard as Shi Zhongzhu.

"The sage's nephew treats him, and Yaoyun's nephew repays him." Shi Zhongzhu was also not modest.

"Gu has known your father for many years, so he can be regarded as your uncle."

Shi Zhongzhu didn't speak, but saluted again, a salute that can be used by both the elders and the prince, it just depends on how the prince understands it.

"Yaoyun tell Gu about this fine breed." The prince changed the subject.

"Yes." Shi Zhongzhu began to explain to His Royal Highness in detail, from how he came up with the idea of ​​improving grain, to how he met Mr. Zhao, to the wild rice he met during his study tour, and even met Mr. Zhao from his family member Shi Ancai. Shi Yunpeng and Shi Yunpeng did not miss out. When explaining the process of rice improvement, they did not shy away from it. They talked about it from the city to Baihuayuan.

His Royal Highness got out of the carriage, and what he saw was a typical northern-style farm. The only thing that stood out was the mountain full of bamboos on the hill close to the farm.The prince pointed to those bamboos and said, "It suits your name."

"Prince Huiyan, it was planted just for the name of the minister. Only this side of the mountain is a bamboo forest, and the back slope is full of native trees."

"En." The crown prince answered casually, and led the way into the Hundred Gardens. When the concierge saw the master coming, he saluted naturally, and hurriedly ran to inform the steward. By the time he entered the second time, steward Yao was already out of breath. ran over.

Seeing that his master was obviously walking behind another nobleman, no one who can hang out in the capital is not a fool, so he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Greetings, nobleman."

Shi Zhongzhu said from the side, "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Guanshi Yao crawled even lower, his voice trembling: "Slave Yao Jie greets His Royal Highness, Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

"Get up."

Yao Guanshi trembled and got up, he never thought that he would see the crown prince and talk to His Highness in his lifetime, the ancestral grave is really full of smoke!

The crown prince would not look at a slave, so Shi Zhongzhu ordered Guanshi Yao to invite Mr. Zhao, and he himself led the crown prince to the main hall to serve tea.

The wild tea produced in the mountains and the fruits of the season were presented, and His Royal Highness did not wait long before Elder Zhao arrived.Zhao Lao had been informed a long time ago that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting in the hall, and when he entered the door, he kowtowed and called the Crown Prince Qiansui.Shi Zhongzhu pleaded guilty from the side: "Mr. Zhao doesn't understand etiquette, His Royal Highness, forgive me." Manager Yao is still within the norms, and Mr. Zhao's etiquette is not on the spectrum at all.

"Mr. Zhao, please stand up." It was the time when Corporal Li Xian showed his demeanor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was naturally unambiguous.He helped Mr. Zhao up with his own hands and said: "Mr. Zhao has added a season of food for my Da Yue, and he has made great contributions to the people of the court. I should pay my respects to Mr. Zhao alone."

"I don't dare, I don't dare." Elder Zhao didn't realize that the prince was being polite, and was so frightened that he wanted to lie down on the ground again.

"The crown prince puts Nongsang first, don't judge people by status, Mr. Zhao, please get up." Mr. Zhao's trembling like this is not an option, Shi Zhongzhu opened his mouth to make a relief.Then he said to the prince: "Your Highness, Mr. Zhao is a simple and straightforward person, and he is obsessed with farming. Seeing a nobleman like you, he is naturally excited. Why don't you invite His Royal Highness to inspect the fields."

"It's up to you."

Shi Zhongzhu asked Mr. Zhao to lead the way, and took the time to order Yao Guanshi to prepare lunch. Yao Guanshi complained: "Good master, where can there be good things in Baihuayuan? It's too late to go to the city to buy it now!"

"Who asked you to prepare delicacies from mountains and seas? The rice is freshly harvested this year. The vegetables are wild vegetables on the mountain and existing in the garden. His Royal Highness has never eaten dragon, liver, phoenix and gallbladder. What he wants is wild taste. Be delicate, and the dishes for the guards are also the same. "The ones who can accompany and protect the crown prince are either noble children, or martial arts scholars from humble families, not servants. The food is too different from the main table, so be careful not to offend others.

Guanshi Yao went down to prepare with a sad face, Shi Zhongzhu caught up with the team, and when he reached the ground, Mr. Zhao hesitated to explain: "I'm vulgar, I don't dare to spoil the ears of the nobles. speak."

Shi Zhongzhu said: "Old Zhao's first contribution, you can only say that it is very suitable. If you have any omissions, I will make up for it. How about it?"

Only then did Mr. Zhao let go of his courage, stammered and began to talk, and then he talked about the professional field smoothly, his obsession was evident, and long paragraphs of technical terms came out, Shi Zhongzhu was afraid that the prince would not understand, and he was also afraid Hurry up to explain, making the prince feel that you think he is stupid, so he explained the most difficult thing to understand.

The entire Hundred Gardens occupies a large area, and the farmland experiment area is very wide. It took about half an hour for the prince and his party to walk down. Shi Zhongzhu saw that steward Yao had not come to inform that lunch was ready, so he took the initiative to invite the prince to visit the flower garden.

"Yaoyun's Hundred Gardens is well-known in Beijing, Guzheng wants to see it." The prince laughed.

"Arty and refined, I'm lucky to be in the eyes of sages and princes. Although the hundred gardens have the word garden, they are flower gardens and fields. I'm afraid I'll disappoint His Highness." Shi Zhongzhu arrived first.

At this time, the most famous peonies in Baihua Garden were in flowering season. The prince and his party went to see the peonies first. Because the peonies were more expensive, they were planted in the courtyard and equipped with a garden. It looked pleasing to the eye. Tall trees such as peach blossoms and pear blossoms There are no flowers in the Hundred Flowers Garden. Shi Zhongzhu led the prince to walk through the flower wall made of roses. This is a new variety of thorn roses. The branches are very soft. With a shelf, you can form a flower wall like vines. The pink flowers complement each other. It was enthusiastic.

On the side of the road that bypasses the flower wall, carnations are planted. Such small flowers are not uncommon nowadays, but Shi Zhongzhu likes them quite a lot, so he also planted some.Further to the south, there is another flower gallery made of wisterias. The flower gallery is very high, and the long bouquets hanging down sometimes bump into people. Shi Zhongzhu only intends to let the prince and his party watch it, but the prince is very interested Passing through the middle of the flower gallery, I was covered in pollen.

Shi Zhongzhu snickered, it looked like a big sachet, thanks to the absence of bees.When the prince turned around, he saw Shi Zhongzhu sniggering, and feigned anger: "I ran into an orphan who was covered in pollen, why don't you come and make amends!"

"I personally picked the flowers in the afternoon and made them into wisteria flower cakes for Your Highness to vent my anger on. His Highness bites it himself to relieve his hatred, okay?"

"Remember." The prince naturally smiled when he was getting on good terms with the historian.

Seeing that the crown prince was about to turn left, Shi Zhongzhu hurriedly stopped him, and the crown prince raised his eyebrows. Shi Zhongzhu explained: "The flowers planted behind are unlucky, and I may run into His Highness the crown prince."

"It's unlucky that you are still planted in the garden, what is it?"

"Your Highness, I don't shy away from these things, it's Poppy."

"You are not taboo, but solitary is taboo." Said that he had to turn left to see after crossing Shi Zhongzhu.

Coincidentally at this time, Guanshi Yao signaled that it was time to eat, Shi Zhongzhu hurriedly invited the prince to eat as if he had been pardoned.

There were more than a dozen dishes on the table, less meaty, more vegetables, Shi Zhongzhu pleaded guilty, and His Royal Highness didn't care about it. It may be that today's meal time is later than usual, and His Royal Highness ate quite a lot.

After lunch, Shi Zhongzhu sent His Royal Highness and his party into the city and into the palace, and sent them to the gate of the palace before Shi Zhongzhu went back.When we returned to Bowling House, people from Baihuayuan had already brought over the wisteria dill flowers, and Shi Zhongzhu personally watched the cook cook them, and also taught many how to eat them that the cook thought were fresh.

At dinner, the prince received a table of noodles made of flowers, mainly including wisteria flowers: wisteria cake, purple radish cake, wisteria cake, wisteria porridge, fried wisteria fish, kudzu flower in cold salad, fried kudzu cauliflower, and winter jasmine , jasmine soup, etc., and set up a bottle of planted wisteria.The prince was naturally very happy when he saw it, and he held a family banquet with a table of flowers, so that the female family members in the prince's womb also had a good impression of Shi Zhongzhu.

Shi Zhongzhu didn't dare to forget the saint, but the saint also received a portion, and an extra soft pasta, which was bright in color and looked like winter jasmine, to coax old children.

In this way, Shi Zhongzhu's celebrity demeanor of loving, cherishing and eating flowers has been spread.