First Prince of Qing Dynasty

In a blink of an eye, it is March, and the eighteenth is the Longevity Festival.Because good news came out frequently last year, it was glass, a clock, and cowpox.The weather is good among the people, and the imperial treasury is abundant.The previous court was full of joy, and the courtiers proposed a big deal, and Kangxi readily accepted it.

The Ministry of Rituals started preparations in early February, and the ladies in the harem also began to choose birthday gifts early, racking their brains one by one, trying to be ingenious and make Kangxi like it, and stand out from the concubines.

Concubine Hui prepared a red coral.Although this thing is expensive, it is not new in the royal family.The difficulty is that this red coral is shaped like a dragon and has a flying image, and it grows naturally without artificial carving.Where is this red coral!This is auspicious!

This Concubine Shanhu Hui had already obtained it at the beginning of the year, but there was no support, and she suppressed the news to death, just waiting for a blockbuster in the gift ceremony on the Longevity Day.

As for Yinti, Concubine Hui said: "You are still young, so you don't have to choose expensive things. Practice calligraphy more, just write a pair of longevity characters. Or ask your husband to choose a pleasing subject and write an article. "

Yinti frowned: "Emiang, is this too light?"

Concubine Hui laughed: "If you want to be valuable, the emperor has never seen anything valuable. What's more, you are only nine years old, have not married and have not left the palace to build a mansion. At your age, the emperor's most important thing is your studies. You just If you work hard on this, you will definitely be able to please the emperor."

Yinti thought for a while, "I still don't know what to send from Yuqing Palace."

Concubine Hui was taken aback.That's a problem.There's nothing wrong with her proposal.But the prince might also be able to think of it.It would be bad if the two were sent to one place.In terms of martial arts, although the prince is not bad, Yinti is even better.Papers, even if the prince is two years younger, he is better than Yinti.

Concubine Hui's face darkened: "You prepare first, I'll ask someone to inquire."

As soon as the words were finished, Fangrui came in to report: "Your Majesty, elder brother! His Royal Highness is going down to give a birthday present!"

Concubine Hui was very surprised: "Now? Today is only the first day of junior high school!"

"Yes! The crown prince didn't mean to hide it from others, he told the palace servants of Yuqing Palace, and went directly with a box in his hand."

Concubine Hui clenched her hands, "Go and find out what he gave you!"

……

Yinreng Pidianpidian came to the Palace of Compassionate Ning with the wooden box in his hands, his movements were cautious and his face was full of joy.

The Empress Dowager smiled and asked, "What kind of treasure is this, so happy?"

"Good baby!" After Yinfeng answered, he looked at Kangxi who was paying his respects at the Compassionate Ning Palace, "Khan Ama, my son has brought you a birthday present!"

"Birthday?" Kangxi smiled, "It's still half a month away, why is it so early!"

"Because I want to be the first person to give Khan Ama a birthday gift! Of course, I have to send it in advance, and I can't let others take it first! What's more, my baby can only be early, not late!"

Kangxi became curious: "What, it's too late?"

The empress dowager joined in the fun with a smile: "Yo, it seems that this birthday gift is not simple, let me see it too!"

Kangxi opened the wooden box and was momentarily stunned.There are no jade treasures inside, but rice ears one by one, filling the whole box.

The empress dowager snorted, then turned to Yinfeng and asked, "But the batch you planted yourself? Is this harvested?"

"Yes!"

Dai Jia who was serving on the side smiled and said: "The prince still has the heart. The emperor just told the empress dowager that now that the treasury is full, his biggest wish is to have a good harvest. Your majesty, this is planted by the prince himself. It has a different meaning. The concubine looked at it, and there is no other gift that can compare."

These words directly elevate Yinreng's behavior of planting rice infinitely, and Kangxi narrowed his eyes happily, "I didn't expect that you could actually grow rice in a glass house."

He thinks more.If rice can be grown in winter, can folks follow suit?But this thought was only for a moment, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Not to mention the cost of the glass house.The method of building that house in Yinfeng can be used in a small area, but not in a large area.Moreover, Yuqing Palace is so small, Yinfeng sent eight servants to guard it day and night and take good care of it.Can folks afford such labor and time?

Kangxi sighed and had to give up.

The Empress Dowager jokingly said: "Concubine Cheng is right. The one that Baocheng planted himself is different. Your Majesty, I think it's better to take it down and let the servants shell it, and cook it today. I'll try it too."

Yinfeng quickly covered the box: "No way! Mother Wuku, this is not edible!"

The empress dowager was taken aback.Kangxi laughed loudly: "Not allowed to eat? Okay! Then let someone keep it, watch it from time to time, and read your mind, can it be done?"

Yinfeng shook his head: "This is not a decoration, how can I store it up for viewing? Khan Ama, this is for seed."

Kangxi was confused: "Keep the seeds? Are you sending rice seeds to me? Do you want me to farm with you?"

Yinfeng didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "Khan Ama, what's the difference between these rice?"

Kangxi:? ? ?

Yinfeng slapped his head, and suddenly realized that Kangxi, an emperor, only ate rice, and he had never seen rice seeds, let alone distinguish the difference.

He waved someone to bring all the unused rice seeds that Suo'etu had collected at the beginning, and put them on the ground one by one according to the varieties.

"Khan Ama, generally the best grains of the season are selected to be used as rice seeds, but take a look. Are the ones in my box fuller than those on the ground?"

"It really needs to be fuller." Kangxi looked over suspiciously, "So?"

"Ama Khan, please follow me to Yuqing Palace!"

The two came to the glass room.

Yinfeng pointed to the rice fields and said, "Look carefully at Khan Ama, what's the difference between No. [-] and No. [-], [-] and [-]?"

"The ears of rice are bigger, the grains are more, and the harvest is better. So what?"

Yinfeng called Meng Jixiang over: "Come and tell Han Ama, how can the rice grown by ordinary people be so good?"

"Back to the emperor, the prince. No. I have planted the land with my father for five years before entering the palace, and I have never seen it look as good as the No. [-] land."

Yinfeng squinted his eyes: "Then how much do you usually grow rice per mu?"

"It depends on the crops. When the crops are not good, there will be no harvest. When the crops are good, it depends on how to plant them, how well they are served, and whether they are diligent. Under normal circumstances, most of the yield per mu More than 300 catties, preferably no more than four hundred."

Yinfeng pointed to No. [-] land: "Then what do you think of these?"

"There is only one piece of land here, and now half of it has been harvested. According to current calculations, there are more than 40 catties. The servant looked around, and the remaining half grows similarly to the harvested ones, and the harvest is equivalent.

"Based on this calculation, it should weigh at least eighty catties. One cent is eighty, and one mu should not be less than eight hundred." Meng Jixiang couldn't help feeling, "I have grown so big, and I have never seen such a high harvest. rice."

Kangxi was shocked, "You are telling the truth?"

Meng Jixiang lowered his head: "My slave is telling the truth, I dare not lie a single word."

Yinfeng smiled and said: "Ama Khan, Jixiang will not lie about this kind of thing. But he was only 12 years old when he entered the palace, and it has been many years since he was talking about the situation back then, and what is going on now, I am afraid he will not lie." Clear. I have asked my uncle to go to the private sector to inquire, and I think there should be a result soon."

Yinfeng invited Kangxi out first, and sat down in Yuqing Palace. After a short wait, he heard the eunuch's report: Suo Ertu asked to see him.

Suo'etu recorded the results of the inquiry one by one and presented them to Kangxi.

"The servant asked the tenants in the village under his name, and then went to Huangzhuang. Although the Huangzhuang in Beijing is not as big as Xingzhou, the fields are of the highest quality. Those under the name of the servant are all good fields. So the harvest is naturally good. It should be better than ordinary people. The yield per mu in these two places is generally maintained at around 370 jin under the premise of ensuring good weather.

"This is not just the Zhuangtou's words. The servants were afraid that the Zhuangtou would only take care of his business and not go to the land. He didn't know enough about the actual situation, or there might be mistakes. A total of 57 tenants were questioned. The results were consistent.

"Afterwards, the servant went to the Ministry of Households again and asked for information on grain production in various places in the past. From it, I found that it is the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and the best harvest is only in the early four hundred."

Kangxi took a deep breath and tried hard to contain the surging blood, "Have you checked it out?"

"Yes! There is Mr. Min in the Farmland Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was born in a poor family. His family was poor in his early years. Before he became an official, he often had to go to the fields after finishing his studies. Later, he became an official in the court and still maintained this habit. Go down to the ground and wait for it.

"Although he doesn't have much talent, he is down-to-earth and willing to work. After joining the Farmland Division, he often went down to walk around, inspected the field, and occasionally worked with farmers.

"If you talk about all the officials in the court, who knows the farming affairs best. The servant thinks it must be him. The servant specially brought him here and waited outside the door. If the emperor has any doubts, why don't you send him to ask? Then there is the crown prince. That piece of land should always be seen by those who know how to do it.”

"Okay!" Kangxi nodded, "Let him in! No, take him directly to the glass room, and we will go too!"

glass room.

Mr. Min is only from the sixth grade, and he is not even qualified to participate in the Great Court Meeting. In the past, he could not see the holy face.Suddenly being brought into the palace, he was trembling and trembling. When he saw Kangxi, his legs trembled.The cold sweat on the head has been breaking out.

But when he arrived in the field, he fell into the water like a fish, and his previous cowardice was wiped away.Wandering around in No. [-] Field, Master Min almost climbed up on hands and feet, he even forgot to be afraid, and started to stutter when he was so excited.

"Emperor... Your Majesty! These... What kind of rice is this! The root system is well developed, with large ears and many grains. I have been farming for more than 20 years, and I have inspected countless farmlands. I have never seen this kind of rice! That is to say, the area of ​​the land planted here is too large. Small, if it can produce per mu, it should be about [-] catties. Even compared with the best harvest in the past among the people today, it is almost doubled!"

Kangxi's eyes were bright: "Really?"

"really!"

Kangxi looked at Yinfeng: "How did you get this rice hybrid, and it may be mass-produced?"

Yinfeng: ...Han Ama is really happy and confused.He actually asked him such a question as a seven-year-old child.

"Khan Ama, you know it. At the beginning, I had a whim, thinking that horses and donkeys can be crossed, grapefruits and oranges can be crossed, and rice should also be crossed. Then I gave it a try.

"I originally wanted to see if the hybrid rice was better than the usual rice, but I didn't expect the harvest of No. [-] field to be so good. It was a surprise to say the least. Now you ask Erchen if you can mass-produce it , I don't even know!"

Kangxi came back to his senses, yes!How could Yinfeng know!

Yinfeng said again: "These in the field, I plan to let Jixiang and the others harvest them all today. Together with the harvested ones before, I will keep them properly and prepare to send them to Khan Ama. Khan Ama might as well go to the emperor first. Zhuang gave it a try. Coincidentally, it is the time for sowing seeds. If it is too late, I am afraid I will miss it."

Kangxi was taken aback for a moment, and finally understood what Yinreng meant when he said that this birthday gift could only come sooner rather than later.It's really too late.If it's too late, we'll have to wait until next year.It's not okay to waste a year in vain!

"Then harvest quickly!"

Yinreng smiled and beckoned Meng Jixiang and others to work, followed Kangxi out and brought him a cup of tea to ease his emotions.

"Han Ama, the fields in Huangzhuang are good, and the grain growers in it are all good hands. There is no problem in this regard. But the head of the village used to only take care of the affairs of one village. Although they are all farming, this time it is different. The servant feels that another person needs to be assigned to be in charge. He also needs to have a high position and authority, so that the head of the village will be afraid, and he will not dare to fight for power and cause trouble."

Kangxi glanced at him, how could he not know what he was thinking, "Are you going to order your uncle to go again?"

Yinfeng did not shy away, nodded and said: "Uncle helped me find the original rice seed for hybridization. In the past few months, although Meng Jixiang and others planted the land in the palace, if there is any need, or I If I want to know the precautions and farming skills, my uncle will do it. This time, the information on the mu yield is also collected by my uncle. He knows it best.

"They say that one thing should not bother the two masters. My son-in-law thinks that my uncle already has experience, so it's easier to get started than others. Moreover, my son-in-law has something else I want my uncle to do."

Kangxi turned his head: "What's the matter?"

"I asked my uncle to ask the people in the workshop. I know that horses and donkeys can give birth to mules, but mules and mules cannot. There are also some grafted plants. Although such seeds can be regenerated, they are not as good as one generation after another, let alone the same as the original. Compared with the grafting and inoculation of rice, Erchen thought, maybe the same is true for rice.

"We currently have few rice seeds, so we can only try planting them in Huangzhuang. But if Huangzhuang is successful, it will naturally spread to the whole country. But if the successful rice seeds are used for production again, there will be no such advantages. ?”

Kangxi was taken aback for a moment, he only learned about the hybrid rice today, and he was still immersed in joy and shock at the moment, before he had time to think so much in the future, he did not expect Yinfeng to have considered it all.

"What you said makes sense." Kangxi looked at Yinfeng with more satisfaction, more love and pride.This is his son!He is the son he taught by hand!

"Then what do you think?"

Since Kangxi has already noticed this, how could he not know what to do?This question was obviously asked Yinfeng deliberately.

"When Erchen was doing hybridization, someone made a record of the whole process. In it, it was written which two varieties of rice were used to hybridize the No. [-] land. Erchen thought that there are a lot of land in Huangzhuang. We can divide a small Some of them will be hybridized again. Let the uncle collect rice seeds. As for how to hybridize, Meng Jixiang and the others are clear. Let them teach.

"This can also be a guarantee. If the trial planting of Huangzhuang is successful, we can select a part of the good ones and keep them as rice seeds. Compared with the current batch of hatchbacks, we can see whether the harvest can be maintained. If the planting results are not satisfactory, we will still return the rice. There are new hybrid rice seeds underpinning it."

Hybrid rice is not like other rice.Due to the special treatment during the hybridization, except for the first generation of rice, the rice that grows out will not have the effect of saving seeds thereafter.Because hybrid rice combines the advantages of both the male parent and the female parent, the offspring will have gene segregation, inconsistent phenotypes, and cannot be inherited stably.

As a result, some of them will be sterile, and some of them will not have the hybrid attribute. At most, only half of them can retain the hybrid advantage, and it will be lost with continuous reproduction.

Of course, Yinfeng can't say that now, and no one understands it.But he can guide it. It only needs to be planted for one season, so that everyone can see the effect, and everyone will naturally understand.

Kangxi laughed loudly, and gave him approving glances: "That's right, it's quite thoughtful. Suo'etu!"

"Chen is here!"

"You will have full authority over this matter, and you will do it according to the crown prince's instructions. You will come up with a regulation for the detailed rules. I will let the people in Huangzhuang cooperate with you." After thinking about it, Kangxi brought Master Min out again, " Since you know how to farm, go and assist Master Suo."

Suo'etu has a macro control and makes adjustments in multiple ways, and Mr. Min is in charge of the detailed rules of the field.Perfect!

Witnessing the situation of the Yinreng experimental field with my own eyes, the probability of successful trial planting in Huangzhuang can be said to be very high.Food is the foundation of the people.If it is really fiddled with, it will definitely be famous all over the world.This kind of errand that benefits the country and the people, this kind of achievement that benefits the world, as long as you participate in it, it will definitely be famous in history and will last forever.Only fools push the benefits out!

Kangxi was appointed.With a plop, Master Min knelt down to thank you.I don't know how loudly I knocked my head.On the surface, Suo'ertu looked stable, but that was because he had been told by the prince that he had already been shocked.But even so, she still couldn't hide her joy, and the voice of the reply was trembling.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Suo'etu looked at Yinfeng with tears in his eyes.That's so exciting!

Not long ago, the crown prince gave him a share of credit for cowpox, and this time it was hybrid rice again!

Last month, the prince made a statement. At that time, he wondered if the prince was thinking of something new. He was trembling, worried about this and that.I sent someone to inquire but didn't find out.Unexpectedly, it turned out to be rice!Rice!

Cowpox is an eternal problem, especially food!The prince solved both at once!What's this?Could it be that the prince of his family really has a fairy master in his dream to help him!This is the Chosen One!

The chosen one has the blood of their Hesheli family!Ahhhhh!The Hesheli family is about to ascend!

It's a pity that Yinfeng was looking at Kangxi with starry eyes, and didn't look at him at all.Know nothing of the emotion in his eyes and the passion surging inside.Of course, if he knew it, he wouldn't respond. He would only think that he was thinking too much.

Suo'etu and Master Min left, Yinfeng hugged Kangxi's arm: "Khan Ama, how about this birthday gift for my son?"

"Of course! You are the only one in the whole world! Tell me, what do you want?"

Yinfeng puffed his face: "I just want to make Khan Ama happy. Khan Ama don't talk like I'm giving you something, but always want to get something from you. I don't have any!"

"Okay! No!" Kangxi looked at him with a smile, "Really?"

Yinfeng lowered his head, faltering: "No...no."

The tone is obviously a little false.Kangxi's eyes were even more playful.

Yinfeng finally couldn't take it anymore and said: "My son really just offered a birthday gift to Khan Ama, and he has no other intentions. It's just...just..."

Yinfeng's voice lowered, "My son hasn't done his homework today, can Khan Ama talk to Mr. Zhang about being accommodating?"

Kangxi:? ? ?

He frowned slightly: "One yard is one yard. I can't agree to this matter. You are curious about many things and always want to tinker with them. I can do whatever you want. But the premise is that you can't waste your studies. Why didn't you write today?"

Probably because he was afraid that he would get angry, Yinreng hurriedly explained: "It's not that I'm lazy and doesn't write, but I... I really don't know how to write."

Kangxi was stunned for a moment, probably because all he heard from Zhang Ying and others were praises for the prince on weekdays, and when he took the school examination in person, Yinfeng also answered them fluently, and it was the first time Kangxi heard him say that he could not understand this word.

"What homework is assigned? Let me see."

Yinrong sent Xiao Zhuzi to the study to get it.When Kangxi saw it, he was a little surprised: "You have already started studying history?"

"Master Zhang saw that my study of the Four Books was going well, and he said that there is no need to wait for the completion of the Four Books and Five Classics before reading history. He started to study "Historical Records" for me yesterday. He said that I am a prince, and that I should read history books thoroughly rather than mastering the Four Books and Five Classics. .”

Kangxi nodded: "Zhang Ying is right. You should read more history. It's just that the few questions he asked are a bit deep for your age. It's no wonder you don't know it."

Kangxi felt that it might be that Yinreng's performance in the Four Books was too good, which made Zhang Ying raise his requirements again and again. Now that the history books have been changed, the same is still the case.Now that they are just learning, it should be that the two are still in the running-in period, and they haven't got Yinfeng's pulse yet.Zhang Yingfei is a rigid person, and there will be adjustments in a few days.

Kangxi waved: "Come here, what don't you understand, I will teach you."

Yinfeng was a little hesitant: "Will it delay Khan Ama's time?"

Kangxi was stunned.

"My son spends half an hour in the imperial study every day, seeing that Khan Ama is very busy. Either this minister is asking for an audience, or that minister has something to report. Even when the minister is not called to discuss matters, there are still a lot of memorials to be approved. .Often you are only halfway through when Erchen has finished his homework and practiced calligraphy.

"You work so hard every day, you finally come out of the imperial study, and you have to go to pay respects to Wuku's mother, pay attention to the situation in the palace, and check the homework of my elder brother and me every now and then. Today, I decided to plant the trial planting of Huangzhuang, and I thought it was rewarding I'm busy. It's the same for Ama Khan to rest, I can turn the book by myself, or I can ask my husband tomorrow."

Facing Shang Yinreng's concerned eyes, Kangxi's heart froze, and he suddenly thought of something.Could it be that he made a mistake.It wasn't because Yinfeng had no problems in his studies before, but because he felt sorry for his fatigue and couldn't bear to trouble him anymore, that's why he never spoke to him.I just quietly spend double or multiple time studying in private.No wonder……

No wonder he was always wondering why Yinti often came to him with his homework, but Yinfeng never did.How is it possible to say that there is no problem at all.Even though Yinreng was smart, the demands of Zhang Yingxiong Cilu and others followed suit.

Kangxi sighed, and his tone became softer, "It's only your time. Your questions are very simple for me, and you don't need to worry about it. How can I delay my rest! While teaching you, I am also teaching you. Rest. Come and sit beside me."

Yinfeng hesitated for a moment, but ran over anyway.

Kangxi touched his head and said: "In the future, if you don't understand anything, you can ask me. Baocheng, you remember. I am your Ama. You also recited a sentence when you were studying the Three Character Classic: If the son does not teach, the father It’s a fault. It can be seen that it is the father’s responsibility to teach children. Don’t think too much, just come to me directly.”

Yinfeng raised his small face and replied with a smile: "Okay! My son knows it!"

The elder and the younger snuggled together, talking and listening to each other. The dim light cast the figures of the father and son on the window. Lagu Su Ma, who came to deliver snacks for the Empress Dowager, saw it, left her things and turned away, no longer Entering, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a gratified smile.