Farming and teaching across different worlds

News came from the frontier that the Northwest Great Victory had retaken the occupied border town.

The good news came, which made the emperor on the throne feel a little more relaxed, and the atmosphere in the whole hall was not so dignified, but it was still a protracted battle to drive the Xidibei Qiang back to the grassland outside the pass, and what he was facing now was Grain support.

After this battle, half a year later, the grain and grass reserves at the border gate had bottomed out, and the court was discussing the matter of sending grain to the border gate.

The emperor sat in the upper position, scanned the crowd, and then looked at the Hubu Shangshu among the civil servants on the left, and said, "Wu Aiqing, what do you think about the border support?"

When Wu Shangshu heard the emperor's roll call, he immediately went out to salute, and then replied: "At this time, the treasury is not profitable, so we can only take out 30 taels of silver and 100 million catties of grain. After three months, there will be more money and grain after the autumn harvest." .”

The emperor frowned when he heard this. Although 100 million catties of food sounds like a lot, but it is shared among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Zhenxi and Dingbei Army, and each of them can't share a few catties. Even if you save food, it won't last long. , I felt a little anxious and got angry in my heart, and I couldn't catch my breath for a while, so I coughed violently. This time, he came here with an illness. Since he suffered from a serious illness last year, he has not recovered.

But the matter was of great importance, the emperor had to be anxious, but there was no solution, so he coughed violently for a while.

Li Shunde hurried forward, stroked his back, and when he calmed down a little, he handed him a cup of hot tea, and then retreated.

The third prince saw that the emperor was better, so he came out unhurriedly this time, and said, "I still have surplus food in Huangzhuang, and I am willing to donate 20 yuan to support the border."

At this time, the hearts of all the people in the line were shocked, they all had their own farms, and naturally they had surplus food, now that the Third Prince took the initiative, they knew they couldn't stay out of it.

Especially those princes and lords, at this time, since they couldn't let the third prince be prettier, they came out one after another, asking to use their surplus food to support the border.

The corners of the third prince’s mouth rose slightly. Although he knew that this would be the result, he did not expect that these people were all wealthy. Listening to everyone, one hundred thousand and two hundred thousand were going out to get food, and the corners of his mouth were hooked in a happy mood. This is the next year There is no need to worry about the food and grass.

Sitting on the throne, the emperor was delighted to see this scene, and shouted a few times, "Anyone who contributes food will have merit, and I will reward everyone."

At this time, the third prince took the lead and knelt down to thank him, and made a conclusion on the matter. In this way, the shortage of food at the border can be regarded as a perfect solution.

When everyone came back to their senses, how to regret the momentary brain fever at that time was not something he should care about.

Speaking of which, the third prince can easily take out so much surplus food, thanks to Ji Xiuran. Since Huangzhuang planted improved corn, the production has increased a lot. In the past two years, Qingshan Village has successively experimented with new ways of planting sweet potatoes. The high yield of rice Pattern, a new variety of wheat.

Since they were given the first-hand information by the people of the Three Princes, who are always paying attention to the movements of Qingshan Village, they have carried out trial planting in Huangzhuang one after another, and the results are quite good. In the past two years, he has saved so much in Huangzhuang. A lot of surplus food.

There are many people around him. In the past, the production of Huangzhuang was not enough to supply his own people. How could there be any surplus? After trying to plant improved seeds, he gradually became self-sufficient. Later, he was not only self-sufficient, but also had a surplus.

Speaking of this great border victory, Ji Xiuran also contributed a lot. The new iron he provided with new forging techniques made the weapons harder and sharper than before.

Northern Qiang and Xidi had no chance of winning against these new weapons.

It's just that these things have no effect on Ji Xiuran, he is still wandering on the vast sea at this time, enjoying the happy little days with his family.

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In the Ciyuan Hall of the Changchun Palace, Empress Cheng sat at the head in formal attire, waiting for all the concubines to salute her.

After everyone finished the ceremony, Empress Cheng nodded lightly: "Everyone, get up and sit down."

Concubine Ming took the lead to stand up, and sat down first on the left of the queen with a calm expression.

After everyone sat down, the queen signaled the mothers beside her to serve tea. She picked up a cup of clear tea, took a sip, and then calmly said, "This is the new tribute tea that I got this year. Sisters, please try it."

After hearing this, everyone respectfully picked up the teacups in their hands and tasted it carefully.

Concubine Ming also took a sip with a calm face, but she was sneering in her heart. Cheng Yue only has this ability, and she will take out these precious tributes for everyone to taste from time to time. Xiande is actually showing off in disguise.

Let everyone realize her honorable queen status, and tell everyone how much she is favored.

Thinking of this, Concubine Ming couldn't help curling her lips sarcastically, who doesn't know what kind of thing this Chengyue is, the most famous barbaric and rude general girl in the capital of Daxia back then, but she has nothing to do with Xiande.

Involuntarily raised her head and secretly glanced at the seated Cheng Shi, seeing her dress and style, she all imitated Cheng Yuanxi, but unfortunately she was nothing more than an imitation, the ridiculous thing was that she didn't know herself and was complacent.

Concubine Ming withdrew her scrutinizing gaze, lowered her head, pretended to drink tea, and concealed the gloom in her eyes, if it hadn't been for the knife stabbed in the whole month, she would have belonged to the Ming family in the back seat.

I tried my best to get rid of the Cheng family, but I didn't expect this Cheng family to be fulfilled. Thinking of this, Concubine Ming's eyes were tainted with some hostility, and she swore in her heart that if she couldn't be a queen, she would be the empress dowager.

Just when Concubine Ming was distracted, the superior Empress Cheng suddenly scolded Concubine Li who was sitting third on the right.

It turns out that Concubine Li just said that the third prince was rewarded for offering food, but for this incident, the Queen would not have such a big reaction, but Concubine Li did not open any pot and carried which pot. The public was reprimanded.

This annoyed Empress Cheng, she yelled at her, and finally ordered her to be confined to Lihua Palace for ten days.

Concubine Ming looked at the two and smiled sarcastically. This Concubine Li is the second prince's mother and concubine, and her personality is exactly the same as that of the second prince, King Shuo, reckless and stupid.

Knowing that these are the three most taboo things for Empress Cheng, but still making trouble, I really don't know whether to call her stupid or praise her for not being afraid of death.

Everyone in the harem knows that there are three things that empresses are most taboo about. The first point: saying that she is not as virtuous as the Empress Yuan; Both moral and moral.

Today, Concubine Li stepped on two points in a row, and was punished by Empress Cheng who became angry from embarrassment.

Although Concubine Ming didn't like Concubine Li, but with her gentle and easy-going temperament, she naturally wanted to intercede. After the Queen made an order, Concubine Ming got up from her seat, blessed her body, and spoke Said: "Sister Lipin is just a quick talk, it was an unintentional mistake, why should the Empress bother with her."

Empress Cheng sneered, glanced at Concubine Ming lightly, and said indifferently: "Concubine Ming wants to be such a good person, if not Concubine Ming has suffered on behalf of Concubine Li."

When Concubine Ming heard this, even if she didn't speak anymore, Empress Cheng immediately smiled sarcastically: "Why doesn't Concubine Ming want to be such a good person? If that's the case, then sit down and ask for something hypocritically. Disgusting."

Concubine Ming was not angry when she heard her swearing, she just gave a faint wry smile, and replied in a helpless tone: "It's the concubine who is talking too much." Then she sat back.

All the concubines instantly felt that the empress was in a difficult situation, and at the same time, they also sympathized with the concubine Ming who suffered inexplicably.

Empress Cheng glanced at the pretentious Concubine Ming, sneered, and glanced at these concubines who were aggrieved and dared not speak out, and she suddenly felt lighter, even if you don't like me, so what, why don't you just be obedient? It is the benefit of power.

When Empress Cheng thought of this, she glanced at Concubine Ming with a calm face, squinted her eyes, and snorted in her heart, did she really think that everyone didn't know your true face?Those ambitions and conspiracies in my heart are clearly seen, but I still think that you are the only smart person in the world. Hmph, let's see who is the final winner. Since I can snatch this position from you, I will Can grab the position of queen mother.

Chapter 133

When Empress Cheng came back from the main hall, she asked someone to bring a plate of green radishes. After changing into regular clothes, Empress Cheng leaned on the soft couch, eating radishes and drinking green tea at the same time.

After eating a plate of radishes, the anger I received in the morning also subsided.

Only then did he lazily lean on the soft pillow and fell asleep.

Empress Cheng was born in the family of a military general, and she has never received the education of a lady since she was a child. She only started to learn the etiquette and rules after entering the palace.

Even though she is now a queen, she can maintain the demeanor of a queen in front of others, but in private, she is still a rude and unruly person.

However, in order to show the dignity of her queen, she also requires a lot of clothing and decorations in the room, and her life is quite extravagant.

But this queen has a hobby that can't be changed, that is, eating radishes. The hotter the green skin, the more she likes to eat. In the past, she just picked it up and gnawed it, but now she is very particular about cutting it into small pieces and placing it on the plate. She ate it in small bites, and because the radish didn't fit her status as a queen, she gave the green-skinned radish a noble name, Emerald Robert, as if calling this radish wouldn't be a radish anymore.

Just when Empress Cheng finished eating the radish and was in a good mood, King Xuan of the Ninth King came in from the outside angrily, sat on the soft couch, didn't speak, and sat there angry with himself.

The maid beside the empress hurriedly brought his favorite snacks and tea, put them on the tea table, and immediately bowed and left. Facing the angry master, if he didn't leave quickly, he might be the one who would be unlucky in a while.