First Prince of Qing Dynasty

Yinfeng is a man of action. After making a decision, he will do it.In the matter of pulling wool, he never talked about face, martial arts, or justice.Counting Yin Zuo's temper, the effect was good, and he really got some snacks.Unfortunately, the quantity is not much.

After one or two times, Yinzhen discovered the clue and took the initiative to hand over his share.

"Second brother, this was given to me by De Erniang privately."

After the Chinese New Year, I don’t know what’s wrong with Yinzhi, I think that I have already entered the Shangshufang to study, I am an adult, and then I call the prince’s brother to look childish, very awkward, he refuses to live and die, and insists on changing to the second brother .

When Yinzhen saw him, he said that he had grown up too, and he would also call him Second Brother.He obviously forgot about that appearance long ago. At first Yinfeng asked him to call him the second elder brother, but he retorted that Yinreng was the prince, and finally he took the title of elder brother of the prince.

Yinfeng didn't argue, there was nothing wrong with it, and he followed them.

Looking at the snacks in Yinzhen's purse, Yinfeng's expression was complicated. Yinzhen is a good boy, and the relationship between the two brothers has grown deeper and deeper these years.Since he took the initiative to hand over the dim sum, it must be all.It can be seen that this amount is obviously only half of Yin Zuo's.

Tsk, Concubine De!

If she had 100 taels in hand, she might not mind giving Yinzhen and Yinzuo 30 taels each.But if she only has 50 taels in her hand.The difference came out.Maybe Yinzuo can get 20 taels, but Yinzhen can only get [-] taels.

You ask why she didn't give it all out?Who stipulates that mothers have to give everything for their children?Concubine De always has to take care of herself, not to mention that this person is the most cautious, never firing all the bullets, and will always keep an extra hole card.

Yinreng pursed his lips, savoring the taste of the dim sum he had just eaten, and came to a conclusion based on all kinds of phenomena: the spirit spring mixed with this private stove has also been reduced a lot.

He patted Yinzhen's head, and pushed the dim sum back: "Take it away, you can eat it yourself. I don't want it alone."

Yinzhen shook his head: "I don't like to eat these, but my second brother likes them, so let's eat them."

Yinfeng laughed: "Even if Gu likes it, he can't eat so much. The sixth brother can give me enough."

Yin Zhen pursed his lips, and finally took the dim sum back.What he didn't know was that for the dim sum "cheat" from Yinzuo, Yinreng tasted at most one piece at a time, and the rest was saved up and sent to the Palace of Compassion.

Dim sum, soup and other foods are not tolerated. I used to get too much, and the empress dowager couldn't finish it. If I eat too much, it is not good to accumulate food.Yinfeng can share it equally with him.Now that's all there is to it, he naturally wants to be close to the Empress Dowager.

The two brothers walked out of the yard one after the other, and Yinreng asked about Yinzhen's current situation: "Gu has been a little busy recently, so I didn't go to Chengqian Palace to look for you, how are you doing there?"

Yinzhen nodded, glanced at Yinreng, hesitated to speak.

"what happened?"

"Second brother, I know why you asked Mother Wuku to come forward and replace the people around me."

Yinfeng paused and turned to look at him.

The corner of Yinzhen's mouth was full of bitterness, "I just thought it was weird before, but now I understand everything. When Cuiyan Cuiyun took care of me, I would get sick from time to time. Although they were minor illnesses and not serious, they were still uncomfortable.

"After Cuiyan and Cuiyun left, I replaced it with the precious pearls given by Wuku's mother. I haven't been sick for a long time. The attitude of the people who serve me has also changed."

Yinfeng paused.Bao Zhen Bao Zhu belonged to the Empress Dowager.The Empress Dowager helped Yinzhen all because of him.That being the case, he will not be allowed to do useless work.

Bao Zhen Bao Zhu will not instill a certain idea in Yinzhen, but can guide him to discover the people and things around him, so that he can perceive the clues and understand the truth.

Yinreng frowned, feeling a little complicated, thinking for a while that Yinzhen was still young, and for a while thinking about his situation, it seemed better to know more.He opened his mouth, wanting to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say.

Yinzhen said again: "I can roughly see that Tong Erniang doesn't really love me. In the past, she was always hot and cold towards me. I just thought it was because she was in a bad mood occasionally. I always told myself to be good, Be sensible and don't make Tong Erniang unhappy. But now that she sees her intentions for Sister Yuan'er, she understands everything. Even if Sister Yuan'er is gone, she still..."

Yinzhen paused and smiled wryly, "There is also the death of sister Yuan'er. At the beginning, Tong Eniang identified it as De'er Niang. It turned out to be a misunderstanding. I am very relieved. But these days I found...found ... Sister Yuan'er may, probably, may really...really..."

What really happened, Yinzhen couldn't say it, once he said it, it would be tantamount to convicting Concubine De.Therefore, even if he was shuttled between Chengqian Palace and Yonghe Palace, and faintly sensed that something was wrong, he couldn't be sure, let alone dared to mention it.

Yinrong's eyes flickered for a moment, and he immediately understood the key.Looking at Yinzhen again, with his head lowered, his hands trembling, he tried his best to contain the emotions in his heart.Yinfeng couldn't bear it.

Ever since Concubine Tong and Concubine De broke up last year, Yinzhen seemed to be forced to grow up overnight.Little by little, he lost the childishness of the past, became less lively and more silent, and gradually had a shadow of Yongzheng in history.

At the beginning of his relationship with Yinzhen, Yinreng just calculated, thinking that "Yongzheng" could be the best assistant and a good knife.Now that Yinzhen has such a trend, he should be happy.But he wasn't happy at all.

Yinfeng held his hand: "Don't think too much about things without evidence, just pretend you don't know anything."

Yinzhen opened his mouth and responded in a low voice.

"In winter, you will be six years old. You can move to East and West Five Houses instead of living in Chengqian Palace. It will be more convenient to travel to Yuqing Palace at that time. For Chengqian Palace, you just need to remember to go to the Chengqian Palace sooner or later to say hello. It’s good to be honest.”

Speaking of this, Yinzhen finally smiled a bit.If you say that the former imperial concubine would always put on a show to him.Ever since sister Yuan'er died, if not in front of others, in private, she would not bother to act.

Because there was someone from the empress dowager beside him, the imperial concubine couldn't do anything, so she simply ignored him and ignored him.When I met An, I couldn't bear to look at him more.

The days in Chengqian Palace were too depressing.Yinzhen felt that he was out of breath every minute of the stay.Fortunately, the crown prince will take him to the Yonghe Palace, to the Compassion Palace, and to play everywhere.He will even try to find various excuses to ask Khan Ama to let him stay in Yuqing Palace from time to time.But these measures are palliative but not the root cause.

What Xu Zhen is looking forward to most now is to move out and live in the East and West Five.

Yinzhen took a deep breath: "Second brother, I understand. After all, Tong Erniang is my adoptive mother, and I will respect her."

Yinfeng sighed: "There are some new toys over there, you can take them back."

Yinzhen shook his head: "Second Brother, I don't like these anymore, so give it to Sixth Brother."

I'm only five and a half years old, why don't I love these things.Yinreng glanced at him, but didn't force it, and then said: "Forget it. It's Khan Ama's birthday soon, and I will give Khan Ama a birthday gift in advance. I will take you out of the palace together."

Yinzhen didn't refuse this time, and opened his mouth to answer.

In March, the Longevity Festival is approaching.Sure enough, Yinfeng invited Kangxi out several days in advance.

Kangxi smiled and said, "Hey, your surprise is finally out? Since it's a birthday gift for me, why did you come here empty-handed?"

Yinfeng blinked his eyes: "This birthday gift is a bit special, it's not convenient to put it in a box, so I can only wrong Khan Ama Rongzun to go out of the palace."

Kangxi was stunned, what kind of birthday gift, but also out of the palace.

Yinreng sold the key: "Khan Ama will know it when he sees it."

Kangxi laughed and got up to change clothes.Yinfeng kept his promise and took Yinzhen along with him.

On the carriage, the father and son chatted.

Yinfeng said: "Do you still remember, last February, I caught a spy in a restaurant and suspected that he was from Moxi or Mobei. After the first trial by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was confirmed that he was from Junggar."

Kangxi nodded: "Remember! It's a pity that he is not an important person, and Junggar just asked him to come to take the lead and explore the situation. He doesn't know much, it's nothing important, and it's useless to us."

Yinfeng rolled his eyes and pointed at Yinzhen: "The reason why I thought of giving this birthday gift is thanks to the reminder from my fourth brother."

Yinzhen's expression was bewildered, with question marks all over his forehead.

Yinfeng smiled lightly: "Last year when Mulan hunted, I gave my fourth brother a pony. The fourth brother liked it very much and fed it himself every day. At that time, he asked me if there would be no grass in winter, and what would the horse eat?" .

"I suddenly woke up and found that this matter is a big problem. Since we entered the customs, we Manchus have become accustomed to the Han family's diet. We are sitting on the vast land of the Central Plains, with natural treasures. Of course we are not afraid. But what about Mongolia?

"There are grasslands all over there, and the soil and climate are not suitable for growing high-yield crops. They can only rely on nomads for a living. Nomads can survive only by forage.

"Whether cattle, sheep or horses eat grass. However, every twelve months, the cycle of green grass growth is just a few months. The further north, the shorter the time. There is even only four months of green grass in Mobei.

"Cows, sheep and horses are the life of nomads. Without grass, they can only eat hay. I checked the information and asked many people. It is not enough for cattle, sheep and horses to eat only hay. Hay has no juice and tastes bad. It is difficult to digest and has little nutrition. Without enough energy, livestock cannot keep out the cold, let alone gain weight, and will gradually lose weight.

"In this way, the meat raised in spring and summer will be wasted. This is not the worst situation. If the nutrition is seriously lacking, it may also cause livestock to get sick easily. Once a large number of deaths occur, the loss will be even greater. Therefore, In addition to hay, cattle, sheep and horses in winter also need other grains, such as corn dregs and so on.

"The key is that the crops on the grasslands are scarce, and the corn and bean dregs are all human rations. If they are given to livestock, there will be less for people to eat. So they are in a dilemma. If they are not given food to livestock, it is difficult for livestock to survive the winter. How many times a year? One month of green grass is not enough time for cattle and sheep to grow. Killing cattle and sheep for meat at this moment is equivalent to cutting off the wrists of a strong man.

"The cattle and sheep can be kept, but the living space of people has to be squeezed. Horses are the solid backing of the grassland cavalry, more important than cattle and sheep. This is why there are many problems in the grassland in winter. Some tribes are even more petty. reason."

Kangxi scoffed, isn't this nonsense?Otherwise, why did they enter the customs?Isn't it because of the beauty of the land and water in the Central Plains?

Yinfeng laughed lightly: "So whoever masters the forage is equivalent to mastering the lifeline of the entire grassland!"

Kangxi squinted at the past: "Do you have the ability to make grass grow in winter?"

Yinfeng choked, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "I can't! Khan Ama, you read too many dramas. That's only found in dramas. As an emperor, you just read these idle books all day long, and you still believe it." .You really think I am a fairy. If I am a fairy, you are still the father of a fairy. Why don't you show me one?"

Kangxi: ...

Poor son, will you talk?Why do I believe it, don't you know?You have the ability to grow vegetables and rice in winter, so what if you grow grass again!

Yinfeng blinked: "Although I can't make grass grow on the grassland in winter, I have a way to store the green grass in spring and summer until winter, retaining the original juice and deliciousness."

Kangxi paused, before he had time to react, a few books were stuffed into his arms.

looked down.The name is strange.

"Research on high-quality forage silage", "High-efficiency production technology of alfalfa silage", "Hundreds of questions and answers about silage technology"...

Yinfeng clicked on the word silage on the cover of the book: "This is it."

Kangxi: ...

Really bad son!Knowing that he could read every single word in the book brought back from Wutai Mountain, but together, it would be good if he could understand five out of ten sentences, so he gave the book to him.

Kangxi was so angry that he stared blankly and threw the book over: "Speak human words!"

"Khan Ama will know when he arrives."

Yinfeng took him to a racecourse. Although it was the same racecourse, the scale of Jingzhong was much smaller than the one in Shandong, but the security was tighter.Several people came to a cellar entrance.Yinfeng was the first to jump down.Kangxi Yinzhen followed closely behind.Looking at the cellar in front of him, Kangxi wiped the cellar wall: "This is...cement?"

"It's cement. Khan Ama probably also noticed that this cellar is different from other cellars. This is called a silage cellar. There are many specialties in the construction of the silo cellar. For example, the cellar wall needs to have a certain inclination, and the bottom must have a drain. The interior must be smooth and flat, etc. Especially its location is also very important. It is not possible to build a silo everywhere.

"Last year, time was tight. I checked various travel journals, combined with maps, and asked several adults in the court. I couldn't find a suitable ranch for trading, but I found a horse farm that was for sale."

Kangxi reacted: "Shandong Racecourse?"

"Yes. This is just a demonstration, so that Han Ama can understand the silo and silage more intuitively. But it is actually not suitable for building a large number of silos to continue the storage of silage, so the base camp is in Shandong."

Kangxi grasped the key in an instant: "Silage?"

"Han Ama, look at these." Yinreng pointed to the big sealed round bags and said, "This is silage."

He beckoned to the guards beside him to draw a bag, which was full of wheat straw.

"Khan Ama, this is the batch I bought last year."

Kangxi didn't think much at first, but when he heard the word last year, he was shocked.If this is last year's wheat straw, and it still has such a freshness, it is indeed not much different from the new season.

Kangxi asked the key in one sentence: "How many such fodders are there?"

Yinfeng shook his head: "Not much."

An explanation was then given.

"Khan Ama, you also know that the books brought back by Brother Guang contain a lot of miscellaneous things, and we need to extract from them the things that we are most in short supply and most likely to be successfully produced.

"This job is not so easy. Brother Guang and I didn't think about silage at first. It was the fourth brother who woke me up with a word, and I remembered it in a daze. It seemed to be mentioned in Brother Guang's books.

"The most critical part of silage is storage and fermentation, but before that, it needs to be crushed and packed. It was already June when I came back from Mulan, and it would take time for me to start preparing immediately. Manpower alone is not enough. The book said The said machine is too difficult to get out for a while, but it is always possible to make a low-end version after rectification.

"So Brother Guang and I designed the shredder and baler as quickly as possible, and let people make it quickly. But because it was the first time to make this thing, we debugged it many times, and a lot of forage was wasted during the process. But after After several adjustments, the desired effect was finally achieved.

"It's just that it was almost autumn at that time, and the fresh fodder was almost gone everywhere. Fortunately, I had collected a lot before, and I still had some left over. After I made it all, after excluding the consumption of the winter racecourse, I still had about [-] to [-] catties."

Yinfeng invited Kangxi out of the cellar, pointed to the horses at the racecourse and said, "Last winter, the horses here and at the Shandong racecourse ate our own silage. Check it out, Amah Khan, and see if it looks good?"

The body is fat and the coat color is shiny.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows: "Did you eat anything else?"

The corner of Yinfeng's mouth twitched: "Khan Ama, what are you thinking! Even when the grass is just right in spring and summer, livestock also need to add extra concentrate. But with silage, at least the proportion of concentrate is reduced, so there is no need to consume a lot people's rations."

Kangxi nodded, although he asked again and again, seeming to be criticizing all the time, but in fact he was already happy in his heart.Being able to do this has far exceeded his expectations.only……

He frowned slightly: "Ten to twenty thousand catties, that's too little."

Don't think that this number sounds like a lot, but the grassland is full of livestock, and they have to eat it every day, which consumes a lot. This amount is far from enough, and it can even be said to be a drop in the bucket, and it is useless.

Yinfeng pouted: "Ama Khan forgot, it's spring now!"

Kangxi was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses, and slapped his thigh: "Yes! It's spring now!"

The grass is still growing!

Yinfeng said again: "Last year was considered an experimental stage, and Khan Ama also knows that everything is difficult at the beginning. For example, hybrid rice and cement. It is time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive to research and test.

"It's much easier to do it after the results come out. The same is true for silage. And last winter there was no forage to process, and we were not idle. I asked the people below to hurry up and make a lot of shredders and balers.

"Now Khan Ama only needs to determine the location and start to collect the forage. The forage is not limited to any kind. Alfalfa pasture, corn stalks, wheat stalks, bitter stems, pig amaranth, pumpkin vines, sweet potato vines. Even leaves and shrubs Twigs are fine. The only difference is that some are easy to store, some are not easy to store, and some cannot be stored alone. But there are ways to solve these.

"During the Chinese New Year, Brother Guang and I have already classified these crops and written a document, which clearly marked the storage methods and precautions for each function. Khan Ama determined the person in charge of this matter and sent someone to Just make a few more copies and distribute them.”

Kangxi understood, and immediately asked his entourage to notify the imperial guards.

While waiting for others, Kangxi wandered around and said, "Is it these things that used up all the money in your hand?"

Yinfeng shook his head: "Not all of them. There are also brick kilns."

Kangxi was confused: "Brick kiln?"

"Khan Amma has seen the silo, but you only find the cement on the surface, not the bricks inside. The bricks used in the silo I built are all homemade."

Yinfeng took two quick steps, unlocked a room, and took out a brick.

Kangxi was surprised: "Is this a brick? Red?"

"Yes! Red bricks!" Yinfeng explained, "If the silage cellar wants to achieve the ideal storage effect, there are many things to pay attention to. At present, whether it is building houses or bridges, wood or earth bricks are mostly used, and large rocks are also used. But It is difficult to move large rocks. The bricks are all made of loess and have low water resistance. Wood is more prone to corrosion.

"If you use these, it's not completely impossible, but I have to find other ways to assist, I think it's too troublesome. So I thought of red bricks. Red bricks are made of clay, shale and coal gangue. They are light and large, easy to construct , and stronger than adobe bricks.

"The most important thing is that it can be well combined with cement. It not only has a certain strength and durability, but also has various thermal insulation effects. It is most suitable as a wall material.②"

These are the advantages of red bricks, but there are also many disadvantages.However, under the current conditions, the cost of other building materials such as cement bricks is too high, and the advantages of red bricks still outweigh the disadvantages.So Yinfeng considered it for a long time and decided to make it.

Kangxi weighed the red brick, "Is it really so easy to use?"

"Khan Ama, would you like to visit the brick factory?"

Without any hesitation, Kangxi immediately made a decision: "Go!"

The red brick factory is adjacent to the cement factory.Red bricks also have conditional requirements for facilities and equipment.But after the precedent of the cement factory, the construction of the red brick factory is much easier.

Yinfeng asked the workers to briefly demonstrate how to build walls with red bricks and cement.After reading it, Kangxi's expression flickered, and he sighed with a smile: "The person in charge of the cement factory came to report to me last year, saying that you built another factory not far away, and asked them to borrow a lot of things. I didn't take it seriously. .Thought you wanted to build another small cement factory for fun. Who knew you made this one.”

Yinfeng patted the dirt on his hands: "Khan Ama, since the red bricks are made, they can't just be used for silos. We can expand production, and they can also be used for building buildings in the future."

Kangxi nodded.With the silo in front, the influence of red brick is not so great.But Kangxi still followed the usual practice and ordered his attendants to invite people.

With the previous experience, the people who followed have also become proficient. Those who took over the racecourse took over the racecourse, those who took over the brick kiln took over the brick kiln, and those who were in charge of security were responsible for security. In short, from the inside to the outside, the racecourse and brick kiln are all completely new, and the security level has been raised again. Several steps.

Immediately afterwards, Kangxi called important ministers to discuss matters and discuss the detailed rules and regulations.In this part, Yinreng and Yinzhen will not participate.Seeing that Kangxi was going back to the palace, Yinreng refused: "Ama Khan, I won't go back for now. It's hard to go out of the palace once, and I'll take my fourth brother around."

Kangxi: ...the outside of the palace is so good!It's only March, and she has already left the palace seven times. Is it so easy to leave the palace once?

Kangxi had no doubt that if Yinreng hadn't been named the crown prince long ago, Yinreng would not have left the palace to build a mansion when he was old.Maybe he will also buy a garden, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and enjoy himself every day.

Seeing that Kangxi did not speak, Yinreng automatically understood that he agreed, and waved goodbye: "Khan Ama, go slowly!"

He turned his head and pulled Yinzhen away.

Kangxi: ...

Yinreng brought Yinzhen along, and indeed they just wandered around, eating and drinking, guessing that Kangxi and the courtiers should have almost negotiated, and all the things that should be done have been done.Yinfeng got up and went back to the palace.

Along the way, Yinzhen hesitated to speak several times.Seeing it, Yinfeng felt uncomfortable for him, so he spoke first: "Just say what you want to say."

"Second brother, I just asked a casual question in the Mulan paddock, but I didn't actually do anything. You don't need to emphasize this to Khan Ama over and over again."

Yinfeng laughed: "I didn't ask for credit for you, I have my plan."

Hearing what he said, the worries in Yinzhen's heart disappeared, and he asked instead: "Does Second Brother need me to do anything?"

"No. You just wait."

Yinrong's eyes were smiling, and the light was shining.

Yinzhen always stayed in Chengqian Palace like this, even if Tong Jiashi didn't make a move, the atmosphere would not be conducive to his growth.But his adoptive mother and biological mother are all there, so it's not anyone else's turn to intervene.Especially with so many concubines in the harem, even if he had to choose another person to raise, it had nothing to do with the fact that he was the prince.

But it's man-made, and it's not that there are no tricks.It is temporarily impossible to completely separate from Chengqian Palace.Fortunately, Yinzhen is already five and a half years old, and he will be able to move to the East and West Five Houses in just half a year.He just needs to find a way to fool the past six months.Are you fooling me, who said that it must be in the name of support?