[Ming] Wuzong's Chronicle of Rebirth

In the early morning, the sun shines through the mist on the golden rice waves.Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo changed into dirty clothes and followed Wu Zhuangtou to meet this legendary and magical gentleman.The weeds on the road were covered with dew, and Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo's trousers were soaked. Anyway, it was hot, so they simply rolled up the trousers, exposing Bai Shengsheng's calf.On the road, I met a jujube tree. The jujube had just turned red. Zhu Houzhao tasted one, and his sore teeth were about to fall.

All the way to the ridge where the rice has been harvested, I saw a few people standing on the field from a distance, and farmers were scattered in the surrounding bare rice fields.When I walked in, I found that they were digging things with iron rakes, and the straw that had been piled there had been scattered everywhere.Zhu Houzhao had never seen anyone else be such a guy, so he opened his eyes wide and looked there curiously.Du Ruo's hometown is in the countryside, and there are cousins ​​and uncles who farm the land at home, but they have never seen such a scene, so they stand there curiously.

The few people saw Wu Zhuangtou coming, hurriedly greeted him, bowed and said: "How is Wu Zhuangtou recently?" Wu Zhuangtou also made a bow and replied: "It's okay, it's just that I've been busy these two days This year, I hope that the sun will be good in these two days, and I can take back all the rice, or it will be bad if there is a little rain." He first introduced the two leaders among the few people to Zhu Houzhao and the other two, "This is Wang Jiyun Sir, he is the best at learning about crops. This is Li Jianwei, Young Master Li, a close friend of Mr. Wang." After speaking, he introduced Zhu Houzhao to several people, "This is Young Master Huang, and this is Mr. Young Master Du came from Beijing Middle School to learn farming.

Wang Jiyun and Li Jianwei saw that Wu Zhuangtou first introduced himself to the two young children, and saw that although they were dressed plainly, the materials were very unusual.

Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to a few people at first, but when he was introduced by Wu Zhuangtou as Wang Jiyun, he was startled. He looked up and saw that she was Miss Wang Jiyun who wrote agricultural books on the day of the Wenhui Conference.That Li Jianwei is also very familiar, if you think about it carefully, it is the young master Pianpian who wrote travel notes.Du Ruo recognized it from the very beginning, and she wasn't surprised.

Zhu Houzhao saw Li and looked at the two people carefully, and saw that they were both wearing coarse clothes.Wang Jiyun probably painted his skin dark on purpose, without his fair skin and paired with loose coarse clothes, he looks a bit like a boy.It's just that the body is so petite that it only reaches Li Jianwei's shoulders.Although Li Jianwei wore such clothes, the shabby clothes could not conceal his temperament, and he was still imposing. He was not an ordinary person at first glance.The two behaved intimately, looking very intimate.

Du Ruo didn't have much interest in the two of them. When he saw the farmers pulling out the mud from the fields to form small ditches, he asked Wu Zhuangtou what he was doing.Wu Zhuangtou replied: "Take out this ditch and bury the straw in it, and next year the land will be more fertile." Du Ruo wondered again: "It's not that many things are born."

But Wang Jiyun replied with a smile: "Although all these things have happened, it will be easier to prepare the ground for transplanting rice seedlings next year. The land will be frozen in November. If this is not the case, the straw will be rotten and it will be difficult to prepare the ground next year." Many, the land is not as fertile as this, and there are more diseases." The voice was deliberately lowered, and it sounded a bit strange.

Zhu Houzhao and the others looked at it for a while, and saw Wang Jiyun directing people to bury straw and round up the field ridges, clearly and logically, and secretly agreed in his heart.The two stayed for a long time, and when the sun came out, Wu Zhuangtou was afraid that they would be exposed to the sun, so he hurriedly sent them back.On the way, Zhu Houzhao asked him again, isn't this Huangzhuang, and why Wang Jiyun is here.

Wu Zhuangtou replied: "It turns out that this place is managed by the father-in-law in the palace. The father-in-laws don't know about farming, and the output in the fields is not high. After the villain came here, the Ministry of Households recommended Mr. Wang to come. Not bad, he knows better than the best crops here, and now one mu can produce three tons of millet a year, which is one more than before." Zhu Houzhao is not clear about the conversion between ancient and modern units of measurement, but Sounds good, nodding yes.

Wu Zhuangtou continued: "Your Highness has never seen the dry land on the other side of the mountain. The weather has been getting colder and colder in the past few years, and the yield of spring wheat has been getting lower and lower. Fortunately, Mr. Wang taught us how to raise and protect seedlings, so the yield has not been reduced. , it’s just that this year’s corn is planted late, I’m afraid it’s not as good as in previous years.”

What Wu Zhuangtou said also meant to sue and exonerate himself.The weather is getting colder every year, the crops in the spring harvest are decreasing, and the autumn harvest is gradually failing. The higher-ups will not understand this reason, and will only blame him. Now that there is a chance to appeal to the little master, why not Take the opportunity to defend yourself.And those father-in-laws from the palace don't understand anything, and people who are not men are oppressed on the heads of serious people like themselves, how can Wu Zhuangtou bear it.Now that they are not here, of course Wu Zhuangtou needs some eye drops so that they will never come back.

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand Zhuangshang's affairs, so it was inconvenient to express his opinion. What Wu Zhuangtou said, he just mumbled it.Wu Zhuangtou saw that this little master was also shrewd, knew that he couldn't be fooled, felt bored, and was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would know his thoughts and bore him, so he left.

After drinking a few sips of tea and talking to Du Ruo for a while, I saw Lu Liang coming with Zhu Houwei in his arms.Zhu Houwei was holding a basket made of fresh rattan in one hand, which contained a few oranges, apples, pears, grapes and other fresh fruits, and in the other hand was holding a pomelo, a piece of juicy All face.

Nanny Li hurried to take him down, and the maid who followed hurriedly fetched water and wiped him clean.Seeing his elder brother who had disappeared early in the morning, Zhu Houwei was overjoyed, and pushed the small basket in Zhu Houzhao's arms desperately.Seeing that Zhu Houzhao took it, he smiled.

Zhu Houzhao thought it was for himself to eat, so he took an apple and gnawed it vigorously, but he didn't expect Zhu Houwei to ask him to clean it up and feed it to himself.Seeing his red apple go into his brother's mouth, Zhu Houwei jumped up anxiously, broke away from his brother's hand and snatched the basket, and hugged it tightly with a wrinkled face.Xiaoshoubalabala seemed to be missing a big-horned fruit, and cried sadly.

Zhu Houzhao still didn't understand why he made his younger brother cry without doing anything, and stood there in a daze, not knowing how to coax this little ancestor.It was Lu Liang who got out of the situation and asked Zhu Houzhao to coax Zhu Houwei with the apples on the plate, only then did he understand.

In Zhu Houzhao's Zhuangzi for the past few days, seeing Lu Liang's careful and thoughtful service, he wondered why he was taken over by Nanny Shi.Lu Liang explained embarrassingly: "The emperor doesn't like people like villains who often come to the Second Highness's side. This time, it's the turn of villains because Madam Shi has left and there is no reliable person." Zhu Houzhao instantly I understand, it was my usual theory of eunuchs raising disabled princes that affected Zhu Youtang and Zhang Shi, and I don't know what to say right now.

The master hadn't spoken yet, so Lu Liang didn't dare to speak up without permission, and he only served Zhu Houwei with a handkerchief, so as not to stain his face with the apple juice, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird.It was Du Ruo who broke the dullness, and asked Zhu Houzhao, "Wu Zhuangtou said, Wang Jiyun and the others won't leave at noon today, why don't you let them have a meal, I think she is very good, why don't you get to know her better."

Lu Liang saw that the two of them started talking about business, and it was inappropriate for him and Zhu Houwei to stand aside, so he coaxed Zhu Houwei to play in the room.Zhu Houzhao thought about it and found it unreliable. "No matter how you say she is a woman, even if she is talented, the risk of being discovered is too great. This era still treats women too harshly." After thinking about it, she sighed and said, "I don't know if she really did it." Officials, or just know someone who was recommended by them."

Du Ruo admired this kind of woman very much, and also felt that although her overall management idea was not yet formed, it would be good in time and worthy of further exploration.Knowing that Zhu Houzhao was worried about those pedantic courtiers, he persuaded: "If you want to move forward, women's liberation is an inevitable choice. You might as well make more plans now."

Zhu Houzhao also thinks about it carefully. It is not enough to run factories and develop industries by relying on male labor. But now that he is still a small bean, it is not too early to do these things.Seeing that he was hesitating, Du Ruo said, "It's just a meal, others want so much." Zhu Houzhao nodded and agreed, and Du Ruo asked someone to tell Wu Zhuangtou that the two of them wanted to invite Wang Jiyun and Wang Jiyun to dinner. The reason is that I admire Mr. Wang's accomplishments in farming and want to get acquainted.

Here Zhu Houzhao and Du Ruo invited people to dinner, but there someone made a mistake and knelt in the ancestral hall.Ma Cong knelt in the dark ancestral hall, growling hungry, wondering why his little servant Ma Gui didn't bring food.I was so hungry that I could stare at the plaque on the ancestral hall for a while when I emptied my mind.

The Ma family's hometown is not in the capital, and it only houses Ma Wensheng's own grandparents and parents.The altar is very large, but there are few things, and there is another table next to it to enshrine the imperial gifts obtained by Ma Wensheng.Two days ago, there was another one-foot-long box here. Ma Cong never asked about these things, and he didn't know what was in it. Now that he had nothing to do, he just stood there and guessed what was in the box. Satin or long knife.

When he wandered to nowhere, Ma Gui finally climbed over the wall from the backyard with a small bundle.Ma Cong was so hungry that he rushed over like a hungry tiger.Ma Gui immediately opened the bundle, but there was a roast chicken, a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and a small packet of pastry.Ma Cong's eyes were straightened, and he picked up the roast chicken and started to eat it regardless of Sanqi 21.

Afraid that he would choke, Ma Gui hurriedly poured him a glass of water. "Young master, the master and wife are still angry. You have to bear with it first. When the master's anger subsides, he will let you go out naturally."

Ma Cong rolled his eyes at him, and said inarticulately with a chicken in his mouth: "Then let your young master lock me in again, or I will go to Gansu and join Senior Brother Xu?"

Ma Gui was in a hurry: "Hey, my young master, just calm down, if something happens to you, we won't be able to finish eating." Ma Cong also knew that this idea was unreliable, and sighed In one breath, he gnawed on the chicken even harder.

While eating, I heard the sound of someone coming and opening the door. It should be the delivery person.Ma Cong looked left and right, but there was nothing to cover him, and it was too late to climb over the wall and go out at this moment.Seeing that the altar table was covered with silk and hung down to the ground, it was just right for hiding people. He hurriedly pushed Ma Gui and the bundle into it, and still knelt there quietly.

The meal was delivered by Mrs. Ma's daughter-in-law Jin Shang, who brought a bowl of plain noodles and placed it in front of Ma Cong. "Young master, why bother? The Ma family has only three generations. If you join the army, the wife and master will not be in a hurry. No matter how big your heart is, is it more important than your parents? You really want your wife to give her white hair to someone with black hair." people?"

Ma Cong is not afraid of her now that she is half full, and said with a cheeky face: "I still say that, if you don't let me go, I will starve to death without eating."

Jin Shang's wife saw that he was still in good spirits after two meals of hunger, so she ignored him and went out with the bowl of noodles. "My wife said, if the young master doesn't want to eat, he won't eat. Come out when you figure it out." After saying that, he still closed the door, and Ma Cong spat at the door, telling Ma Gui to come out quickly.

Hearing this, Ma Gui couldn't stand the dirty air under the desk, so he hurriedly crawled out, but accidentally pushed the edge of the desk, and dropped the box off the desk. The box broke, and a black gun-like thing fell out. .