I engaged in modernization in ancient times

Above the Golden Palace, the picture is a bit subtle.

Fifteen students including Mo Shaoheng and Zhao Jingcheng stood in the middle of the golden hall.

This scene is somewhat familiar. There was such a scene before. It was also that time. Fifteen young people were conferred official positions and began to receive the salary of the imperial court. Two of them became ministers of the Golden Palace directly. towards.

Every time they saw the two little officials at the door, they were a little dazed.

This matter was directly recorded in the history of Beiliang, and it was unprecedented to reward so many small officials at once.

Now, Mo Shaoheng brought his students to the Golden Hall again.

Could it be... there are some new and amazing discoveries?

This kind of thinking is obviously incredible, but they just can't help thinking about it.

Zhao Jingcheng and other elementary school students also laughed so hard that their white teeth were cracked, and they stretched their faces forward, looking somewhat funny.

But now even the people in the Ministry of Rites didn't pay attention to this, but looked at Mo Shaoheng instead.

Mo Shaoheng said directly, "Congratulations to the sage, congratulations to Beiliang, my Beiliang has a long luck and is blessed by nature."

Everyone: "..."

Someone asked, "I don't know how many teachers and supervisors there are, so what is there to celebrate?"

Mo Shaoheng said, "It is well known in the world that the grain production in Beiliang is not abundant. This is due to geographical reasons and climate. Manpower is irresistible."

"But... there is actually another reason, that is, the economic efficiency of the crops we plant is low and the yield is low."

Speaking of this, Baiguan was a little unconvinced.

If they said so in the past, there is some truth, but now, their corn planting in Beiliang has started to follow Mo Shaoheng's method, and started to carry out high-quality and high-quality seeds, and the field has also used the method of fattening with plant ash.

This year's harvest, they have been beaming and happy for a long time just now. Judging from the information reported by various places, compared with previous years, the total output has increased by [-]% to [-]%.

This is an increase of [-] to [-]% in total output, which is already unimaginable. Logically, saints have to open ancestral halls to worship heaven.

Why do you still say that the output is low and the economic benefits are low?

They have also heard Mo Shaoheng mention the term low economic benefit several times, and they probably have a general impression.

The staple food of the countries is almost all corn. Judging from the yield per mu in Beiliang this year, it may not necessarily lose to the yield per mu in other countries. This is because Beiliang is not as advantageous as other countries.

He couldn't help but looked at Mo Shaoheng with some doubts, "What do you mean by the young master and the young supervisor?"

Mo Shaoheng replied, "I mainly grow millet in Beiliang, and this is the staple food."

"But the grains of millet are small and the shell is thick. After one ear of millet is shelled, there are not many edible parts."

"I heard that in some areas, in order to reduce food consumption, even the shells are not removed, and the shells are mixed together to eat."

Some officials interjected, "This kind of situation does happen from time to time, but what does it have to do with the low yield of millet? Could it be that the young teachers and supervisors have discovered some method that can greatly increase the yield of millet?"

This is a bit of a sensation.

But Mo Shaoheng directly denied it, "No, Su's genes are like this. If you want to make a big improvement, it really can't be done in a year or two, but..."

Mo Shaoheng cupped his hands, "The reason why I said that the yield of millet is low and the economic benefits are not high is because I found a crop that can completely replace millet as a staple food."

The entire Golden Palace fell silent.

A crop that could replace millet?

Does Mo Shaoheng know what he is talking about?

Since ancient times, millet has been the staple food in various countries, which can be traced back to the period of the Three Emperors.

Millet has been planted for such a long period of time and has been accepted by various countries, which shows its value and irreplaceability.

Mo Shaoheng didn't hesitate, and said directly, "Please allow me to let someone carry the newly discovered crops to the Golden Palace."

The saint said directly, "Quite."

Not only the officials, but the sage is also extremely curious. You can't talk about this kind of thing casually, otherwise it will be easy to be labeled as a great success.

The palace man on duty brought in the rice that Mo Shaoheng had prepared long ago.

There are two baskets in total, one of which is rice ears, and the other is husked rice.

As soon as it was lifted up, all the officials could not help but surround it.

All of this has really been carried to the Golden Palace, that is to say, Mo Shaoheng is at least a little bit sure.

It is precisely because of this that they are even more incredible.

When he saw the ears of rice, he froze immediately.

Because the ears of rice and ears of millet actually have some similarities, but... they are too big.

Just seeing it with the naked eye is like a millet magnified three or four times.

Mo Shaoheng also asked people to send things to the saint.

An old official with a face as old as dead bark leaned tremblingly against the two baskets, and couldn't wait for the saint to speak.

Because judging from what they saw on the surface, if what Mo Shaoheng said was true, Beiliang would change.

He picked up the ears of rice with trembling hands, his face was full of surprise, and he could feel its weight just by the touch.

If the shell is thick, it is impossible to be so heavy.

Sure enough, with a pinch in his hand, the full grains inside were rubbed out directly.

Muttering to himself, "The particles are so big?"

Millet is round and small, which is too obvious in comparison.

Some people couldn't wait to stuff the millet into their mouths.

Mo Shaoheng said, "The rice has not been exposed to the sun, so it is not easy to shell. You may wish to look at the basket next to it. It is the edible part of the rice after shelling, which is called rice."

rice?

Millet has always been known as millet, with small grains and yellow color.

Looking at the other basket, they immediately understood why this new crop was called rice.

The grains are full and big, like jade seeds at every moment, so white that it is unreal.

Surprised, I grabbed a handful and looked around.

It's so beautiful, like auspicious.

It has to be said that the appearance of food is very important, if it looks ugly, it will also affect the appetite.

But this rice obviously belongs to the team with outstanding looks.

There was already a commotion in the Golden Palace.

"In other words, if Mo Shaoheng can prove that these rices can be eaten as a staple food like millet, wouldn't it be... wouldn't it be..."

The following words are not spoken, but everyone understands them.

Even the saint couldn't help but stood up and walked out from behind the bead curtain.

The ears of rice and rice handed to the sage were only a small part, and it was not as real as looking directly at the piles in the baskets.

The saint said directly, "Order the royal chef to make them and try."

Mo Shaoheng: "..."

In fact, even if the sage didn't say it, Mo Shaoheng would suggest so.

As for food, the most important thing is to eat it before you know its true value.

Mo Shaoheng said, "The cooking method of rice is almost the same as that of corn. It can also be used to cook porridge and dry rice."

"That is to say, there is absolutely no resistance to promotion."

Mo Shaoheng explained the benefits of rice clearly.

But it was new food after all, so Mo Shaoheng had to follow him to the imperial kitchen.

When they came back, the palace servants on duty also came back with two large buckets of steamed white rice.

For this moment, Mo Shaoheng specially brought all the chili sauce.

The palace servants on duty first filled a bowl for the saint, and then began to serve Baiguan.

Mo Shaoheng also introduced the chili sauce, "There is no way to provide vegetables now, everyone will make up for it first, and try wrapping rice in chili sauce."

"If you can't eat spicy food, there's also fermented soybeans here."

A bowl of white rice is covered with a little red chili sauce. Inside the sauce are small pieces of pork and beef. The portion is not much, but it looks quite appetizing.

how is the taste?Anyway, Zhao Jingcheng can eat a big bowl of rice with chili sauce.

Served with rice, with steam on top.

When the steam enters the nose, it is directly the most original fragrance of food.

The smell of rice.

It looks so pretty and smells really good too.

When the rice is fed into the mouth, the first impression is that it is so solid and delicious.

This feeling is the feeling of being able to eat.

It is famous for being full of rice.

Each grain of rice is more substantial because of steaming.

Chewing again, mouth full of food satisfaction.

It is a perfect match with the taste of chili sauce.

"It feels more like a staple food than millet."

There was a lot of surprise in the golden hall, "It tastes so good." Mo Shaoheng thought to himself, there is a reason why rice can replace millet, both in terms of yield and taste, it is better.

Especially in the ancient times when food was scarce, the emergence of a crop that could completely replace millet and greatly increase its yield is self-evident.

Mo Shaoheng said, "These rice crops were cultivated by my students and I when the spring began, and we transplanted rice seedlings and planted them together."

There are also Zhao Jingcheng and his elders in the Golden Hall, and Zhao Jingcheng and others also explained to their elders in a low voice, "Buffaloes and plows are needed to cultivate farmland, otherwise plowing is too troublesome. I think the price of cattle on our ranch will increase. .”

"It's tiring when transplanting rice seedlings, and the rest is similar to planting millet."

Mo Shaoheng also said, "However, there are some pity."

Everyone was stunned, they were excited, what did Mo Shaoheng mean by this?pity?It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a crop called auspicious.

Mo Shaoheng said, "The planting of rice must be accompanied by paddy fields, that is, there must be water at least one palm deep in the farmland for a long time, because it is an aquatic thing."

"That is to say, even if we try our best to transform the paddy fields, we can only follow the canal lines and some small streams and lakes at most, otherwise there will still be no water source for irrigation."

The reclamation of farmland is still limited by the water source, which is a difficulty that Beiliang cannot get around

Everyone: "..."

I was stunned for a long time without reacting, "Tell me what is going on with this paddy field, and how this rice is grown?"

Rice, rice, they probably understand why this new crop is called rice.

Mo Shaoheng explained again carefully.

For a moment, the entire Golden Palace was silent.

After a while, someone gritted his teeth and slapped his knee, Mo Shaoheng was startled.

But everyone knows why this man is like this.

If... if Beiliang had land as rich in water and soil as Nanli, with just one rice planted, the national power of Beiliang would surpass other countries.

So can you not sigh?

Time is fate, and for a while, I was so angry that my hands were shaking.

In fact, every country has scriptures that are difficult to recite. For example, Mo Shaoheng lived in Nanli for a long time, and he knew that although Nanli has abundant water sources, its biggest problem is water, and floods occur all year round.

Otherwise, Nanli would not have been ranked among the poorest countries with Beiliang before, a model of poverty and poverty.

Mo Shaoheng comforted, "However, our canal in Beiliang is continuing to be extended, and with the help of waterwheels, a lot of farmland can also be reclaimed."

"After the autumn harvest, the continuous golden rice fields along the canal will definitely be another beautiful scenery in Beiliang."

Only then did everyone feel a little happier, especially when they thought of the new beautiful landscape that Mo Shaoheng had mentioned.

The rice in everyone's bowls was almost eaten, and the aroma of food was still lingering in their mouths.

Although the role of rice is somewhat discounted due to the geographical environment of Beiliang, its impact on Beiliang is still very important. As Mo Shaoheng said, it can be planted along the canal, and the water resources in various places are slightly richer. You can grow some.

Mo Shaoheng's contributions to new crops that affect people's livelihood will naturally be rewarded.

Zhao Jingcheng and other students helped plant rice so that the rice could reach the Golden Palace and be presented to the saint, so they would naturally be rewarded.

Everyone couldn't help but look at the saint.

After the sage returned to the dragon chair, he said after a while, "Promote Mo Shaoheng, a young teacher and a young supervisor, to be my Beiliang young teacher."

hiss!

As soon as the voice fell, the entire Golden Palace gasped.

Beiliang...Young Master.

The young master of the three divisions of Beiliang.

It can already be called a high position and weight.

In the past, Mo Shaoheng became Nanli's young teacher because Nan Yizhang was young, reckless and determined to go his own way, and no one could stop him.

Therefore, being in such a high position is shocking and inexplicable.

Now, in Beiliang, Mo Shaoheng has climbed to this position step by step by virtue of his contribution, which is real.

That is, it is too young.

In Beiliang, except for those princes with special identities, the kings of the four directions, according to the arrangement of the court, the three masters, the three princes, the three ministers and the three Sima are the top official positions.

Although the young teacher is at the end of the 12, he is already an official position on an equal footing with the six ministers.

Of course, Mo Shaoheng's being awarded the title of Beiliang's young master this time is not only due to his contribution to rice, but also his contribution to Beiliang's blazing a new business path.

In a word, although all the officials were shocked, none of them gave any excuse to stop them.

Mo Shaoheng was also taken aback, he was at odds with the position of this young teacher.

I heard that the previous Beiliang Young Master was really old, and he resigned several times without resigning, because the sage hadn't found a suitable candidate, and Mo Shaoheng just happened to fill in for him.

Mo Shaoheng hurried out to thank you.

Even so, Baiguan was still a little dazed.

One must know that the name of Mo Shaoheng, the eldest son of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, is nothing more than that. How should I put it, it is a symbol of wealth, a symbol of prosperity, wealth and status, but it does not actually have any real power.

But now, Mo Shaoheng has Liang Jingwei in his hands, and now he has been promoted to a young teacher.

It can be said that the scenery is second to none.

Then it was Zhao Jingcheng's turn to wait for a group of students.

This is a bit of a problem.

That's all for Zhao Jingcheng and Fan Shen, they are ministers of the Golden Palace, and they can be promoted according to their merits.

But other students...

According to their accumulated credit, there will be two ways of promotion.

One is to seal officials and go to various places to become a local official.

But these students are young sons of meritorious families, and they definitely don't want to be assigned to the local government. Coupled with their young age, it feels a bit shameful to be a parent official in the local government.

They are all still a group of children, and they don't have the heart to be a parent official.

The second method of promotion is to be named a minister of the Golden Palace.

This is even more inappropriate.

Can you imagine what it would be like to have a dozen teenagers standing on the Golden Temple in Beiliang?

Now Zhao Jingcheng and Fan Shen are two young boys, every time they go up, they hide behind and grin their teeth, and when they go up, they run faster than a dog, and their calf is thrown so fast that they almost fly, really they didn't see it before?

It's just out of sight and out of mind, not as knowledgeable as the two of them.

If there were more than a dozen of them, thinking of this, the body could not help but tremble.

After a while, the sage said, "Men Xialang Zhao Jingcheng, Menxia Lang Fan Shen, promoted to Jindian Fengxiang Lang."

Jindian Fengxianglang is similar to Fengxiangguan. He can learn the atmosphere of the market and participate in corrupt officials. He can be regarded as a kind of official connecting the Golden Palace and the market.

The sage continued, "The rest of the students will all be promoted to the Liangjing team."

Team Wu, the small captain, can lead a team of soldiers and horses.

Since these students can't be allowed to become local officials, and they can't be allowed to go to the Golden Palace, the sage simply took the middle and let them mess around in Liangjing.

Became a small captain of Liangjing Guard, guarding Liangjing.

Anyway, Liang Jingwei is currently under the management of Mo Shaoheng, and he is about to let him restrain his group of students.

Mo Shaoheng was taken aback for a moment, the sage was really good at being the hands-off shopkeeper.

The job of nursing the child was thrown to him again.

A group of students hurriedly thanked them. They can now lead troops to patrol Liangjing City. They feel that they are more prestigious than Zhao Jingcheng and Fan Shen.

down toward.

Mo Shaoheng walked with a group of students.

Baiguan looked at this group of people, feeling a little dazed for a while.

This turned out to be a force that should not be underestimated, and this did not include the power of the mansion represented by Mo Shaoheng's students.

Mo Shaoheng was promoted to a junior teacher, naturally there was an endless stream of officials to congratulate him.

If you want to say who is the most popular person in Liangjing recently, it must be Mo Shaoheng.

Mo Shaoheng responded for a while, and a group of students were already giving him winks.

"Shall we go to Bird Clothes Lane to celebrate? I happened to have an appointment with Nan Yi today to eat little stupid chicken."

When I was eating Beiliang roast duck yesterday, I heard that besides Beiliang roast duck, there is a new dish called Little Stupid Chicken.

When a large number of ducks are on the market, it is naturally also a time when the chickens from the pasture are on the market in large numbers.

It's a pity that I was too full yesterday, so I didn't order the little stupid chicken.

So a group of foodies couldn't bear it, so they made an appointment with Nanyi to make up today.

Now the reason is even more sufficient, they have to take a good look at how stupid the little stupid chicken is.

Mo Shaoheng was a little funny, logically he was promoted to an official position, so he should apply for entry.

But you can go tomorrow.By the way, call Zhao Di and Zhao Yanqiu to celebrate together. After they finish celebrating, it is estimated that Zhenbei Palace and Yan Palace will also have to be arranged.

At this time, many people were wondering.

"Mo Shaoheng's student Nan Yi, why didn't he go to the hall today? I heard that this kind of rice is also for him?"

In the past, Nan Yi had been closer to Mo Shaoheng's students, and they had more quarrels, but he didn't show himself in front of outsiders. He knew that he should not be too ostentatious so as not to cause trouble.

But last time, Nan Yi's inner strength came out of his body, and his Chunqiu fingering shocked Liang Jing, which somewhat attracted the attention of many people.

Some people also said, "I guess it's not easy to bring the Golden Palace because I'm from Nanli."

Everyone thought about it, and they were right. Although they were Mo Shaoheng's students, their status was a bit special after all, so there was a reasonable reason for not bringing them along.

Mo Shaoheng went to pick up Nan Yi, and then headed towards Bird Clothes Lane.

On the way, Mo Shaoheng said, "Be careful recently, someone is paying attention to you now."

Nan nodded, "I've been doing alchemy at home recently when I have nothing to do, and at most I'll go to Bird Clothes Lane for a meal."

Mo Shaoheng said kindly, "Since we have more patrols in Liangjing, it's not easy for spies from other countries to sneak in."

To enter the city, you need a household registration or an official title. It is not easy to enter if you want to. In addition, the guards are strict, and it is not so easy for someone to approach Nanyi rashly.

Wait until Bird Clothes Lane.

The bowls containing the little stupid chickens are as big as washbasins, which can make a group of snacks drool.

"Haha, this is the little stupid chicken, what a funny name."

Mo Shaoheng said, "This is a famous dish, famous for its generous portion and authentic taste."

A group of people: "..."

There is indeed such a big pot.

"Let me taste if this little stupid chicken is delicious, haha."

There was a lot of joy at the table, a celebration, always a festive one.

Mo Shaoheng said to Zhao Di, "Is the cotton planted by the imperial court also harvested?"

Zhao Di nodded, "Arranging people, the sage is handling this matter himself, and other people can't intervene."

Mo Shaoheng said kindly, the importance of the soft armor can be imagined, and said, "But it is used to improve people's livelihood in name, so we still have to put on a show to cover our ears and steal the bell."

It happened that he wanted some cotton to make some quilts.

Although there is a heated kang, grandma is getting old, so she tried to see if she could be more comfortable with a quilt.

Aristocrats have no shortage of winter warming products, but cotton is a good thing. Even in modern times, it is a good thing to label a 100% cotton logo. Some unscrupulous merchants will mess up the ingredients and use other materials as cotton fabrics. Sell.

Mo Shaoheng said again, "The merchant ship has almost completed its sea trial, and at the same time it sent people to inquire about the situation of the more distant voyage."

"I'm going to let the merchant ship try to transport some goods to Dongtang for sale."

Beiliang and Dongtang were the first to trade with each other, so they could naturally sell their products to Dongtang.

It is worth mentioning that the canal was blocked because of fish farming.

However, the double net block method used.

That is to say, two nets are blocked in adjacent positions.

Every time a merchant ship passes by, it is necessary to manually drive away the nearby fish schools, so that the fish schools will not run out when the net is withdrawn to allow the merchant ships to pass.

Double net method, first withdraw the front one to drive the fish once, then withdraw the back one to drive the fish once.

Although it is troublesome, the journey of merchant ships is far away, and once a month is not bad, let alone sailing to other countries.

In addition, when feeding fish, they will also stay away from the fishing net. After forming a habit, there will be fewer fish near the fishing net.

After happily eating the little stupid chicken, Mo Shaoheng looked at the sky, it was still early, and he planned to take a group of students to the fields to touch snails.

As a result, it rained.

They had to give up and go back home.

When Zhao Jingcheng returned to the mansion, Princess Yi was leaning against the window, "It's so strange, when did it rain in Liangjing for so long?"

Zhao Jingcheng, who was just passing by, turned around and ran towards Princess Yi.

"Mom, do you want to know the reason? I just happened to be learning this from my teacher recently."

"The rain that falls in the sky is actually the water on the ground evaporated into water vapor, which hangs on the clouds in the sky."

"When the rainwater hangs too heavily on the clouds, it will naturally turn into rain and fall."

"Isn't there a new canal built outside Liangjing, which evaporates more water vapor than before, so naturally it rains longer now than before."

Concubine Yi was dumbfounded, and raised her hand to fight, "What have you learned all day?"

Zhao Jingcheng ran away with his head in his arms, "Mom, if you hit me, your hands will hurt too, the force is mutual."

Princess Yi yelled from a distance, "By the way, your brother is back, you take the textbooks to your brother and ask him to review your homework for you."