The son crosses every night

Tang Hua was stunned for a while when he received the letter.

His father has been in the frontiers since he was a child, and basically never stayed in the imperial capital for more than half a year.

For a moment, countless speculations and worries emerged in Tang Hua's heart. He sat on the master chair in the study for a long time before he regained his energy and continued to deal with the affairs of the Agricultural Research Institute.

It's not too cold now. All 210 and six field servants of the Agricultural Research Institute are men in their prime of life.

There were 60 guards, and three small officials who were specially transferred at the request of Tang Hua.

Houses were built next to the Agricultural Research Institute. These houses were built before. Except for two large kitchen rooms, they are all mud brick houses covered with black tiles.

The field servants sleep in the bunk, ten people to a room, work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and basically have no rest time.

After Tanghua had a general understanding of the situation, the first thing he did was to improve the quality of life of the field servants, eating meat once every five days.

This move was warmly welcomed by the field servants, and the hearts of the field servants immediately settled down, and the next work was easy to do.

While arranging the work, Tanghua also ordered people to come and build a house. His own yard had to be built separately, the residences of the servants and guards had to be built separately, and the houses of the field servants had to be rested, so as not to be as snowy as last year. The house collapsed and finally crushed people to death.

Tanghua is rich and powerful, and soon found craftsmen. There are more than 200 healthy servants at the Agricultural Research Institute, who move bricks and sand very quickly. Next to the farmland and at the foot of the mountain, rows of houses grow like spring seedlings. stand up.

Tanghua didn't let all of them build houses, but took turns. The six field servants in 210 were divided into 22 teams. He is a good cook among the field servants, and is responsible for the meals in the farm.

Every day, five teams were drawn out to build a house together, and the remaining fifteen teams prepared the land to grow three vegetables: radish, cabbage, and cabbage.

The weather in the imperial capital is cold in winter, and there are almost no other plants to grow. It was the first year that Tanghua took over, and he didn't want to grow too special things. He only planted some common vegetables.

These vegetables are not difficult to grow. If they are planted well, they can basically make money in the first crop.

It took five days to complete the construction of the cowshed and pigpen. Tang Hua ordered his subordinates to buy fifty pigs and twenty cows. Pigs can be bought for pigs, and bigger cows can be bought for cows.

All the small officials under Tanghua came from the Ministry of Household Affairs, among them Li Changli had dealt with him from the first day he entered the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he was very shrewd.

After hearing Tanghua's order, Li Changli came over secretly and reported: "Master Gu, it's almost winter now, and the grass and grain are scarce. Otherwise, we can buy it in the spring of next year, so as not to make a living."

Tang Hua nodded and said: "You don't have to worry, there are so many people here, and we have vegetables, leaves, grass and chaff, so it's no problem to raise a little livestock."

Seeing that he had made up his mind, Li Changli didn't want to say much, so he went to buy pigs and sheep with his colleagues Sun Xinyan and Fu Zhengbo.

Tanghua has always been shrewd, he is not very old, but he is a very successful official, no one dares to fool him, especially the three of them who came from the Ministry of household affairs, it is the first time they work independently, they are very cautious, because they are afraid of going out. There are mistakes.

According to Tanghua's instructions, they bought pigs and cattle from the livestock market.

Tang Hua led people to personally inspect them. The cows are all calves from half a year old to one year old, and the pigs are round piglets. If you raise them well, you will surely have a big harvest next year.

This day, Tanghua checked the situation in the field, made a record, turned back to the livestock, and asked them: "Have the pigs been castrated?"

Li Changli stretched out his sleeve and wiped his forehead, "My lord, the pig has only been bought for a few days, and before it can be castrated, I will ask a craftsman to castrate the pig tomorrow."

Tang Hua nodded, and then ordered, "This batch of calves can wear nose rings. Be careful not to hurt the calves' bones. The calves are still young, so pay more attention to the forage. According to the standards for raising horses, use some black beans and eggs." Wait for the good news."

Li Changli was very surprised, he didn't know how his elders had so much experience at such a young age, so he hurriedly responded respectfully, "I will give orders when I get back."

When pigs and cattle are raised, there will be urine and feces available immediately.

Tang Hua asked some of the field servants to start composting.

There were originally ten cows in Huangzhuang, and with the addition of twenty newly bought cows, there were a total of thirty cows.Even if the calf's body is still tender, it is enough to plow the ground if it is used in rotation.

After the land was plowed and harrowed, Tang Hua began to let them plant vegetables.

Different from the previous ones, Zhang Huat designated 21 groups of field servants with their own experimental fields, each with [-] mu of land, planted the same amount of vegetables, and gave the same amount of fertilizer. When harvesting, it depends on which harvests the most. There are rewards.If the planting is too bad, there will be penalties.

These changes have fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the field servants, and almost every field servant is working hard to farm.

Huangzhuang suddenly became full of vitality.

Tanghua and the others had spare energy, so they bought five hundred chickens and ducks each and brought them back to Huangzhuang. The chicken and duck manure also came in handy.

In less than a month, Huangzhuang changed greatly.

Rows of big houses with white walls and black tiles rose from the ground, including two special courtyards, one for Zonghua's office and the other for his temporary residence.

The yard where he temporarily lived was a little far away from other houses, and the outside was surrounded by high walls to keep out all prying eyes.

The office yard is in the middle of the building, surrounded by people coming and going, very lively.

The crowing of chickens and dogs, the braying of pigs and cows, the yelling of field servants at work, all kinds of sounds are filled inside, and it is very lively every day.

Tanghua didn't give up, and ordered people to plant bamboo on the mountain and mulberry trees along the river, and sent people to dredge the ditches, so that almost every mu of land could be directly or indirectly diverted from the ditches.

Before finishing these tasks, he arranged for people to build roads, and the fields were divided into large and neat areas, with flat dirt roads all over them, and ox carts could pass on the roads.

At the beginning of October, on a whim, the emperor suddenly sent him to his small farm.

When Li Changli and others received the news, they were almost terrified, and they couldn't recover for a long time.

When he came back to his senses, he hurriedly sent someone to clean up the farm, and he even went to take a bath, almost washing off a layer of skin, put on new clothes, new hat, new shoes, tidy up and come to meet the holy car.

The others were equally terrified. Except for Zhang Hua, the people here had never seen Sheng Jia in most of their lives. When they suddenly received this news, their faces turned pale with fright. They were scared and excited at the same time.

Tang Hua was very calm, everyone saw it in their eyes and admired him tightly in their hearts. The majesty of Tang Hua in this small farm suddenly rose to a height that ordinary people could not match.

On the day when they officially took over, Tang Hua took the Holy Master to visit their farm.

Radish, cabbage, cabbage and other small seedlings have grown up, and they are pleasing to the wind in the cold wind. The bright green color makes people very happy.

The canals by the roadside are very clean. Mulberry trees are planted beside the canals, and aquatic plants are planted under the canals. Even if the aquatic plants are not very luxuriant in winter, you can still see the green color.

Looking at the distance, the houses with white walls and black tiles stand neatly on one side, which makes people feel comfortable.

The emperor couldn't help laughing and said: "You have done a good job in this place."

Tang Hua said: "Uncle Huang will come again next year, this place will be even better."

"Hahaha, you have ambition." The emperor laughed, looked at the saplings beside the canal, and asked, "Is this the mulberry tree you have?"

"Uncle Huang has good eyesight, it is the mulberry tree."

Every spring, the emperor has to plow by himself, and the queen has to weave by himself, setting an example for the world. He can recognize some common crops.

Seeing the mulberry tree, he couldn't help being curious: "Why are you planting mulberry trees? I see that you don't have any girls here. Could it be possible to let those men raise silkworms and weave cloth?"

"I don't have such thoughts." Tang Hua said with a smile: "Uncle Huang, look, there are 210 young and strong farm servants here, and another 60 guards. Most of them are single, and a few are married, but they are divided into two groups. Land. I thought about it, husband and wife getting together is a human relationship, and when Zhuangzi's situation improves, I will find a way to get them married, and those who were married before can also take over the women and children in the family."

"That's a good idea, but I remember that what you want to do is to run an agricultural research institute instead of running a farm?"

Tang Hua said solemnly: "I have not forgotten that I have adopted such a model in my own farm. I dig a fish pond, plant mulberry trees beside the pond, and the women in the village raise silkworms. The mulberry leaves feed the silkworms, the silkworm sand feeds the fish, and the fish dung The pond mud is used to compost the mulberry trees, and this cycle does not require much energy, but the farm’s income has increased significantly.”

Tang Hua continued: "I want to set up this agricultural research institute for two purposes. One is to increase the yield of crops, and the other is to increase the income of farmers so that they will not live in such hardship. Since the purpose can be achieved, why bother?" Care whether it complies with the old system?"

The emperor patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, young man, you should have this vigor."

Tang Hua thanked him, "Uncle Huang made a point, and Tang Hua will remember it in his heart."

The emperor walked around and left. All the wise people in the court understood the importance that the emperor attached to the Agricultural Research Institute of Zhanhua, and the originally small voice disappeared.

The left and right are just some fields and funds, plus a general fourth-rank official with idle jobs, it is not worth bothering.

The court calmed down again. Under the calm appearance, the disputes between the princes became more and more intense, which could be called an undercurrent.

At present, there are three main powers competing for the position in the court. The eldest prince is the eldest and naturally has the upper hand, so he belongs to the same line; Under the queen's knees, he is considered to be half a direct prince. Even though he is younger, he still receives a lot of support.

Tanghua is far away from the political center, but Gu Wang's mansion is more and more prominent in this turmoil.

King Jingning is the king of a county, and he himself is the supervisor of the frontier army. The eldest son is leading the army, and the second son is Sheng Chong. No one can ignore their power.

Even if Tanghua hid in Zhuangzi, many people came to visit, the eldest prince and the fourth prince each visited once.

That night, when Ruan Shijie asked him about the situation on his side, Tang Hua let out a long breath, "My side is fine. I have no soldiers and no rights. Even if I end up in the game, it won't be of any use. It's my father." I'm coming back soon, it looks like Uncle Huang's intentions, I don't know what Uncle Huang wants."

"As long as your family doesn't make mistakes, the emperor should not tear his face apart."

Tang Hua shook his head helplessly, "Who knows, it is also possible that Uncle Huang feels that our family is already powerful and intends to weaken our family."

Ruan Shijie: "Being less powerful is better than being liquidated in the future."

"I think so too, but I don't know if my father will go out after he comes back."

"Do you want him to come out or not?"

Tang Hua thought for a while, and said: "Don't go out? My father is getting old, and it would be best to retire in the imperial capital safely. Even my eldest brother, I hope he can come back. Borderlands have no eyes. It would be too dangerous."

Ruan Shijie said: "Looking at the situation, your imperial uncle probably wants to call him back."