"The slaves kowtow to the emperor! The emperor Jin'an!"

Seeing Kangxi leaving the room, the two little maids who were talking to Liang Jiugong stopped talking, Yingying kowtowed to Kangxi.

"Get up." Kangxi said with a smile. While putting the secret letter in Liang Jiugong's hands, he asked the round-faced maid on the left: "Wenniao, how is your master doing recently?"

"If you go back to the emperor, Ge Ge will be in a good mood. You can eat two bowls of new rice for a meal!" Wen Niao didn't care about the black lines on the face of the maid next to her, and subconsciously stopped her, so she twittered away Dong Hanshuang's secrets.

Kangxi smiled and nodded, then asked the extraordinarily well-behaved maid standing on the right: "Is Guizhi still used to being here?"

"Gege has changed the name of Sister Guizhi," Wenniao said with a smile, "It's called Haiyan."

"Your servant is doing well here, thank you for your concern!" The original Guizhi, now Haiyan has a faint smile on her face, but this smile has not been imprinted in the depths of the eyes full of sadness, looking really sad.

"Haiyan..." Kangxi looked at her thoughtfully, "I hope you live up to the name I gave you!"

Haiyan is likened to a bird of freedom in later generations, probably Dong Hanshuang also hopes that this maid can come out of the shadows like himself and create her own value!

Kangxi smiled, didn't say anything under Haiyan's suspicious gaze, called Liang Jiugong and left in a hurry.

The moment he left the courtyard and came to the field, his gentleness when he was resting in the house was put away again, and he stared straight ahead with sharp eyes.

All the way to the place where they left just now, there was no trace of the guards and brothers. Kangxi ordered the guards to search around, only to be surprised to find that the three little brothers had taken off their socks and boots one by one, and rolled up their trouser legs. Standing barefoot in the cold field.

The three of them, along with a few guards, were busy transplanting rice seedlings with a man in regular clothes, who at first glance would have thought he was a farmer if Kangxi hadn't known that he was a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry.

The three of Yinfeng were in high spirits, sweating profusely from work.Just now I followed Nalan Xingde to the field, they didn't know what to do, they saw dozens of craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry appearing in the field, each with four or five farmers explaining carefully.

A group of people leaned over to listen curiously, only to realize that now is the time for the first batch of rice planting, and the rice fields here are all experimental fields.Only after the test is safe, the output will be extended to other areas. On the other side, there are peppers, corn, etc., which are also planted here.

After listening to the explanation, the three elder brothers couldn't hold back their curiosity, they looked at Nalan Xingde eagerly, eager to try it themselves.

It's a pity that no matter it is Nalan Xingde, Cao Yin or other guards, they are all from famous families, how can they know how to farm?

Nalan Xingde couldn't stand the Starlight Eye offensive of the three younger elder brothers, and his father Mingzhu's exhortations were still ringing in his ears.He was very helpless, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward to find a familiar director of the Ministry of Industry.

How can the director of the Ministry of Industry not recognize this Nalan Xingde, the eldest son of the bright pearl, who is known as wise and wise, and was promoted by the emperor to be a bodyguard in the palace, and then see that there are three young masters of suitable age who came together, immediately Take a deep breath!

He hurriedly told the matter to Mr. Gongbu Langzhong, who came together today, and Gongbu Langzhong asked the master to go to work while he personally led these people out of the field.

It's just that no matter how good his calculations were, he didn't expect that before he had a cup of tea, he would be baffled by the barrage of questions from three little elder brothers.Facing everyone's questioning eyes, he asked a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry to explain to them with a mournful face, and fled in despair.

That's why when Kangxi arrived, he saw the three young elder brothers in the field.

Standing on the ridge of the field, Kangxi looked relieved. He thought that the three young elder brothers must have been waiting impatiently, but how did he know that they were all engrossed in farming and did not notice his arrival at all.

On the contrary, Cao Yin, who accompanied him to work in the field, was the first to notice Kangxi's arrival. He stopped his movements and was about to salute, but only remembered his place when he got wet.All of a sudden, he was so anxious that beads of sweat came out of his forehead, and he subconsciously wiped it off with his hands. The next second, Kangxi laughed happily when he saw Cao Yin's dazed look!

Hastily waving his hand to excuse him, Cao Yin's ears were blushing at this moment, he stammered and called several people up to the field ridge, and followed behind with a sullen face.

Just in time for lunch, Kangxi saw this group of mud-spotted sons and subordinates, the corners of his mouth twitched, so he beckoned and ordered the servants in the farm to lead them to a nearby bamboo house to wash and change clothes.

"It's getting late, let's have dinner here." Kangxi smiled and said to Liang Jiugong when he saw the brothers leaving.

"Yes."

Most of the people who lived beside the fields were craftsmen and farmers from the Ministry of Industry. They lived in bamboo huts and ate coarse grains. Although the food was better than that of the real farmers outside, it was far from the palace.Liang Jiugong originally wanted to make people slaughter a chicken and duck to add vegetables, but Kangxi stopped him.

"Since you've come out to the farm, let's eat with the people here. It's also good for the three elder brothers to taste the taste. It's also psychologically prepared to be sympathetic to the people when I go out of the palace with me in the future."

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When the brothers came out after changing their clothes, the servants had already spread a bamboo mat, a small table and a futon on the road beside the field ridge, and Kangxi had already sat down and was looking at them with a smile.

There is a large bowl of coarse-grain rice and side dishes on the table. As soon as the lid is opened, the coarse-grain rice has distinct grains, and the aroma hits the face.The side dishes are a plate of stir-fried kale, a plate of pickled pickles, and two stacks of bamboo shoots and cucumbers mixed with sesame oil.The eyes of the three elder brothers were bright, probably because they were really tired and hungry or because they were interested in the fresh dishes, and each of them ate very deliciously with their bowls in their hands.

Kangxi smiled, suppressed the doubts in his heart, picked up the bowl and ate two chopsticks himself - this pickle was really unique, and he also concentrated on eating a small bowl.

After finishing the meal, Kangxi smiled and said, "How was the lunch just now?"

"Huang Ama, it's really delicious! I didn't expect the taste of whole grains to be so good!" Yinti was the first to speak with a smile on his face as he spent more time with the emperor.

"That's right!"

The three elder brothers all nodded in agreement, with joy on their faces, as if they wished they could eat two more bowls.Kangxi got up with a smile, and walked to the bamboo house with three radish heads.

After walking in the direction of the bamboo house for a while, they saw a bustling crowd, all of them were dark-faced farmers in all-colored burlap clothes. They were either standing or squatting and two men dressed as cooks Nearby, with a porcelain bowl in his hand, he was devouring food.

Kangxi looked at Liang Jiugong meaningfully. Liang Jiugong only felt the cold sweat dripping down his back, his lips moved up and down, and he kept staring at the ground, not daring to meet Kangxi's eyes.

Seeing the farmers devouring only a bowl of coarse-grain porridge that is black in color and smells like burnt food, they ate it happily with a few pieces of potatoes, and thought of the multi-grain rice and side dishes that everyone ate just now.The complexions of the three young elder brothers gradually became ugly, and Yinti's face was even flushed red, who didn't know that those were just prepared by the servants of the palace.

Kangxi said slowly: "Look! Even if I give the order, the people below will still lie, so..."

He glanced at Liang Jiugong meaningfully, and then said to the three elder brothers standing beside him: "Whether it is studying or doing things in the future, you must put your heart into it, and you can't do it because of one person's words or words. Just entrust the matter to the trusted person and it will be over."

"My son understands!"

Although the name is to let Xiaoluotou remember the bitterness of education, but after all, the eldest Chenghu is only 9 years old.In the previous life, he was only a child in the second grade of elementary school. When he thought of asking these children who were raised carefully to taste these foods, Kangxi was afraid that there would be a problem if he ate them, so he would put them in his mind after saying a few words. Finally decided to take the three little elder brothers back to the capital.

"Huang Ama, I want to try it." Yinfeng said suddenly.

His face was solemn, he didn't look like a child, and Yinhu and Yinti looked at each other seriously, but with Yinreng in front, Yinhu and Yinti were not to be outdone, and said one after the other: "My son I want to try it too!"

Kangxi was stunned, and for the first time laughed loudly in front of the three elder brothers: "Okay, okay, okay! I'm sure!"

"Liang Jiugong, why don't you bring four bowls over here!"

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Terrified, Liang Jiugong walked to the side, and asked the servants to prepare four clean small bowls, each filled half a bowl, put a few small potatoes on them, and brought them to Kangxi on a tray.

Kangxi took a sip, and the burnt smell almost covered the original fragrance of all the coarse grains. He frowned slightly, and then gulped down the coarse grain porridge that was grinding his throat with coarse grains, and took two more bites of potatoes with his chopsticks.The potatoes do not add any salt, and the taste is light and soft, which is much more delicious than coarse grain rice.

After he finished eating, he looked at the three elder brothers.

Yinfeng's heart was heavy, he almost vomited after taking a sip - thinking of the fourth younger brother in the previous life who once went to the south to control the water, and ate and drank with farmers and artisans for several months...while he was in the capital all the time, even later Kangxi took him outside and never tasted it.

For a moment, the sourness and bitterness in my heart couldn't be finished.

"...It's so unpalatable." Yinti murmured after taking a sip, then gritted his teeth, and swallowed the whole bowl of porridge with a sad face.After eating, he looked at the farmers and craftsmen with a little admiration in their eyes.

"Huang Ama!" Yinti coughed twice and said loudly to Kangxi, "Huang Ama! It's so unpalatable...it's really super unpalatable! When I grow up, I will let the common people eat white rice ! Don’t eat such unpalatable food again!”

"Haha, good ambition!"

Yinfeng stared at Yinti, and slowly clenched his fists—could it be that he was not as good as these little devils in his new life?With high morale, he poured the whole bowl of porridge into his mouth without any hesitation, and swallowed it hard.

"I want to grow up quickly, assist Huang Ama, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and live a good life, just like what the third brother said, so that the world can have enough food and drink, and don't have to travel around to survive." Yinfeng Also said seriously.

Only Yinhu chewed slowly, as if the unpalatable porridge was the supreme delicacy, and remained silent.

"Where's Yinhu?"

"Huang Ama, the fields here are used to test whether the crops are grown well. These things are all done by craftsmen, but why are the craftsmen at the end of the day, and the craftsman's service is minimal...why are they treated so badly?"

Many of the people who come and go are officials, but the people who eat here are the lowest craftsmen and laborers.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said with a smile: "It's amazing for Yinhu to think of this place! About these craftsmen, I can only tell Yinhu now that once they were registered as craftsmen in the previous dynasty, they could not be removed from generation to generation. In the second year of Shunzhi in this dynasty, the craftsman registration was cancelled.

Of course, there are also many craftsmen who choose to make these equipment and sell them for profit at the beginning, but many of them will be drawn into the business status.If you don't want to be a merchant, you can't sell it yourself, you can only hand it over to a merchant to sell it, and you can imagine the meager profits.

The living environment of ordinary craftsmen is so difficult that some of them would even sell themselves to the government as slaves or work in weaving workshops in the end.

Ordinary people will only think that it is the farmers who work hard to farm the fields. How can they remember that the seedlings and props they use are researched by these craftsmen? "

"Isn't that getting worse?"

"That's right, it will take a long time for all scholars, farmers, businessmen, and commerce to be equal. Only by developing more things, improving the status of craftsmen themselves, and letting everyone in the world know the usefulness of craftsmen, can they completely get rid of this kind of The environment is freed."

Kangxi and his elder brothers were talking, and walked to the door and got on the carriage again: "There is still some time left today, I will take you to the city for a stroll before returning to the palace!"

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