Bad Boy Farming

Er Niu put his hands on his head, stared at Qi Sheng and said word by word, "After the summer harvest. If you don't agree, you can go your own way in the future, and I will live my life."

"Agreed, how can you disagree." Qi Sheng said and bit him on the face, Er Niu gave him a disgusted look, stretched out his hand and pushed him aside.

When Maverick saw him coming out of the room, he ran up and asked, "Second Brother, are you feeling better?"

Er Niu didn't answer and asked instead, "Should you go to the academy?"

Daodou said, "Second Uncle, are you okay? Shall I help you rest for a while?"

Although Mengmeng didn't speak, she stared at Erniu with her big eyes, and opened her hands unconsciously, afraid that Erniu would fall down suddenly.Seeing this, Er Niu patted the heads of the three children amusedly, "Don't listen to Qi Sheng's nonsense, I'm not sick."

The three children looked at each other, and they all said silently, if you are not sick, you are not sick.

"That's right. Second brother, sister-in-law is here to cook a lot of delicious food, and I'll bring it to you." Maverick finished speaking and went to the kitchen.

When Er Niu was lying on the bed, he heard Qi Dong's voice, "I thought she was here to wash your clothes."

"We can wash clothes." Qi Sheng saw him curl his lips, "Don't look down on me, I am now carrying water, chopping firewood, washing clothes, feeding chickens, and everything. Only cooking can be regarded as edible."

He couldn't help but look sideways when he said Er Niu, thinking back, what Qi Sheng said seemed to be true.

Thinking that Second Master Qi couldn't light a fire when he recovered from his injury last year, Er Niu smiled at him, "Do you want to tell me how much you have done for me?"

Qi Sheng knew that he was deliberately raising the bar, and the corner of his mouth curled up, "Yes. How about it, now you know what's wrong with me, remember to treat me better in the future."

"Second Brother Qi, look at your joy." Xiao Niu vaguely knew that Qi Sheng was related to Er Niu lying in bed for two days, but since they were about to become a family, Xiao Niu felt that he shouldn't care about Qi Sheng, However, capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped, "Hurry up and send us to the academy!"

"Second Uncle Qi hasn't eaten yet." Jian Dou reminded him.

"It's the same when you go to the county to eat." Qi Sheng glanced at Er Niu and said silently, "Look at how good your brother is!"

Er Niu rolled his eyes at him, "It deserves it!"

"Are your eyes cramping?" Maverick was very upset when he saw that both of them could chat with their eyes now.

Er Niu saw that his mouth was so pouted that he could hang an oil pot, "Okay, okay. I'll see you in two days."

"Really? Erniu, you must go to the academy to pick me up after school." Mengmeng lay down on his arms, almost pushing Erniu down, Mengmeng was startled, "Erniu, Erniu, what's wrong with you? You Don't die...you..."

Xiao Niu covered his mouth with his hand, "Don't talk nonsense, Second Brother will be fine!" But seeing his face turned pale, Xiao Niu was very angry, "Second Brother Qi, what happened to my brother?"

"Your brother drank too much that night, I didn't support him and he knocked down." Qi Sheng told a lie without blushing or panting, "You can't stay at home anymore, you have to learn early If you do what you can, the magistrate will not dare to look for Erniu again."

When Xiao Niu heard this, he hurriedly took the two children to pack their things, got into the donkey cart and yelled at Er Niu, "Second brother, you must have a good rest, first let the county magistrate grope for two years, and then I will take care of him. "

Many years later, Xiao Niu still couldn't help laughing at himself when he thought of this story, and he no longer blamed Er Niu for laughing at him, only cleverness remained.

As soon as Qi Sheng left, Er Niu also went out.Not going to the workshop for two days made Er Niu very uncomfortable, but seeing the narrow eyes of the neighbors, Er Niu raised his forehead, "Speak directly, be careful that you won't be able to eat at night."

There are still many little girls in the workshop, and those who make fun of Erniu still know how to avoid it, so they changed the subject, "We count the time when the magistrate will go to the capital, and we don't know if our preserved eggs can enter the palace."

Qi Sheng learned from his friend that the gifts brought by officials from all over the country have to go through multiple inspections before they can enter the palace, especially for imported items, once problems are found, the officials who presented the gifts will not be able to get in.

And the prefect of Lin'an really encountered some troubles because of preserved eggs and fermented bean curd. Fortunately, these things are not available in Kyoto, especially preserved eggs, which are almost unheard of.

When the emperor heard that the eggs could be eaten without cooking, and the taste was very special, he asked the eunuch to peel one and try it on the spot.

Preserved eggs are not as tasteless and choking as boiled eggs. The emperor was delighted when he ate half of a preserved egg.However, officials from all over the country have not yet met the emperor, and the magistrate of Lin'an has taken the lead and is still praised today. In addition, Lin'an has been known as a "land of fish and rice" since ancient times, and this little egg caused trouble again.

It turned out that the magistrate of Lin'an saw that the layer of plant ash on the eggs and duck eggs was very indecent, and after obtaining He Ping's consent, he cleaned the preserved eggs.

The emperor curiously asked the magistrate how the preserved egg was made, but the magistrate could only tell a few ingredients and did not know the production process.The emperor just asked casually, and he also knew that recipes and crafts are the lifeblood of ordinary people.

But when the word spread from the imperial study to the posthouse, the prefect of Lin'an spent a lot of manpower and materials to search for preserved eggs. Those officials who envied the prefect of Lin'an immediately misinterpreted this statement as saying that the preserved eggs were searched by the prefect.

When the magistrate heard that he was being read by others, he was almost scared to pee.He thought that the emperor would have any adverse reactions after eating preserved eggs. He remembered that there was a statement on the box containing preserved eggs that preserved eggs should not be eaten with certain things.

After entering the imperial study and seeing the dragon robe in front of the imperial case, the prefect stabilized his mind and went to salute the emperor.

Today is a wise monarch, so naturally he doesn't want his subjects to use the excuse of celebrating the queen mother's birthday to search for people's fat and people's anointing, so naturally he wants to ask Xuan Lin'an magistrate to find out.

The magistrate also knows that he has been a bit of a limelight these days, but he still said, "Back to the emperor, the preserved egg was invented by a farmer in a small village under the jurisdiction of Weichen. Now it is sold in various places in Lin'an. I dare not hide it from my emperor Weichen also brought someone who can make stinky tofu to Beijing this time, and the same person produced stinky tofu and preserved eggs."

"Stinky tofu? Stinky tofu?" the emperor asked.

The magistrate said, "Go back to the emperor, yes. This person can also make fermented bean curd, but because the preserved egg workshop needs this person, this person taught others how to make stinky tofu, and that person is in the posthouse."

"Oh...there are such talented people among the people." The emperor didn't believe how valuable a duck egg was, and it only cost twenty yuan.He also heard him speak clearly and logically, "Maybe I will try this stinky tofu with Lie as my servants."

The magistrate couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, so he was a little uneasy, "Back to the emperor, although the stinky tofu is delicious, but it smells extremely bad, I am afraid..."

"Don't be afraid! Ordinary people can eat it, and I should try it even more."

As soon as the emperor said this, the crowd knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise, the world is blessed" and so on.

When He Ping's servants were shaking their arms to make stinky tofu, some ministers who couldn't smell the smell had already turned pale.Instead, the emperor who ate half a mouthful of stinky tofu asked with great interest, "What else does the farmer who taught you know how to do?"

He Ping never dreamed that the emperor would summon his servant, fearing to cause trouble to the magistrate, and even worse, he asked to go with him.

The emperor didn't care about such trivial matters, and agreed to the magistrate's request without even thinking about it.

When He Ping heard this, he knelt down on his knees and answered for his servant, "Going back to the emperor, Erniu can also make twisted doughnuts, sprinkles, and rice cracker candies, but the villain's servant can't do it."

"Look at you, I'm not a man-eating tiger." The emperor laughed, "Get up and answer, it seems that you have a good relationship with this dude?"

"Back to the emperor, Zhang Erniu is my brother."

"Oh..." The emperor paused, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more real, "Is this Er Niu very young?"

He Ping was overjoyed, and told Er Niu's life experience like a bean, and finally said, "Er Niu adopted an orphan from the same village this year, because his aunt's family is poor, and his cousin also lives with him. The big and small things in the family village."

"? How can you manage a village? What about the village head?" the emperor asked strangely.

"Returning to the emperor, Zhangjia Village was originally a poor place with poor mountains and rivers. The local magistrate asked the villagers to move out of the mountain nest several times, but they were unwilling. So Er Niu tried to make the villagers rich, and he only spent half a year last year. Let every family in Zhangjiacun have surplus food, and the villain admires Er Niu.

Also, Er Niu asked the villain to bring something. The magistrate originally planned to present it to the emperor on the day of the queen mother's old man's birthday banquet. The villain was afraid that the villain and the magistrate would not be able to see the emperor again, so he brought it privately.Please the emperor make amends! "As he spoke, he prostrated himself on the ground again.

The emperor glanced at the magistrate, "All businessmen in the world are like this businessman you brought, and I am not afraid of collusion between officials and businessmen."

The emperor remembered the history of the prefect of Lin'an very clearly. After all, one-third of the world's food comes from Lin'an.During the meeting with the prefect, the emperor asked someone to find out about the situation in Lin'an, and he said that because he knew that He Ping had no close relationship with the prefect.

A companion is like a tiger, Lin'an's heart that was hanging in the air instantly returned to his stomach when he heard that the emperor was joking with him.

He Ping brought out two bowls, one was unpeeled raw taro, and the other was the taro he had just secretly cooked.

"Back to the emperor, this is it."

The emperor looked at it, "It's food again? Why do I think that Zhang Erniu is doing it to make delicious food and help the villagers get rich."

He Ping choked, and wanted to say, my emperor is wise!

"Back to the emperor, this thing is easy to grow and survive, and the yield per mu can reach three thousand catties..."

"Wait a minute, what did you say? Three thousand catties!" The emperor raised his voice, "Say it again!"

"The villain dare not hide anything. At this time, the mudflats in Zhangjia Village are full of taro, and it will be harvested in half a year. Please send someone to check it out!"

As soon as this remark came out, the emperor didn't have the heart to eat stinky tofu, so he asked He Ping to explain everything about taro, and raised his hand to wave He Ping and the others out, and then held a meeting with a group of important officials.

It was a May day, and it was still a bit chilly in Kyoto. He Ping found that his clothes were soaked when he left the palace.He said with uneasiness, "My lord, what should we do now? Brother Erniu originally wanted you to offer the taro to the emperor, but I heard that the emperor doubted you, so I just took out the taro in a moment of dizziness. What if he gets involved. Er Niu..."

The magistrate raised his hand to stop him from continuing, "Go back to the post house first."