Chapter 3185 Inquiry
The emperor looked at the rice plant carefully and frowned, "This rice plant is not as good as the previous Ding. It is so short and the ears of rice are not very long, but it looks full."
Zhou Dalang nodded, "But Lizhong still wants us to plant, and we are not allowed to water too much. It is said that some places are very water-deficient. If the water shortage is too serious, the number D will lack production. It is not as good as the number C..."
The emperor was shocked, and he pointed to another piece of unharvested rice in the experimental field and asked, "Well, I don't think it looks very good. What region is it cultivated in?"
Zhou Dalang smiled and said: "That is a new seed, which was sent by Manbao the year before, and it was made into a gui number. This year is the second year of planting. We have to see what it looks like. Some rice, Some are not very attractive, some are soft and glutinous, and some are firm. Man Bao said that this kind of land is very knowledgeable, and the yield depends on other factors, such as drought resistance. , waterlogging-proof, bug-infested and non-bug-infested ones, tastes different, and some even have different colors.”
Seeing that the emperor was amiable, and the questions were all about farming, Zhou Dalang accidentally said too much, "I heard Man Bao say that there is a place where the grains are red, and Man Bao has always wanted someone to bring them with them. Some came back and tried all kinds of things, but never found anyone to bring them back..."
The emperor said: "Red rice, I remember the area around Lingnan, I have eaten it once before, the taste..."
The emperor pondered for a while and then said: "I think that rice can be planted without needing to grow."
Wei Zhi glanced at the emperor and asked Zhou Dalang, "I don't know if there is rice milled from new rice seeds in the house? Let's taste it too."
"Yes, yes, we planted a lot last year, and now that's what we eat at home." Zhou Dalang immediately said, "I'll go back to cook now, you wait."
Zhou Dalang turned around and ran back.
emperor:……
Crowd: ...
Mr. Zhuang couldn't stop it, and he could only watch him run away in a hurry. There was no way, he could only act as the host and continue to introduce the emperor.
Fortunately, he also knew some of the conditions of the experimental field, so he would not be blinded, but it was impossible to ask him to be more detailed, so he said: "Your Majesty, whoever knows the most about the experimental field is Zhou Lizhong, who has always been in charge. , Others, even Zhou Man, don't know much."
That kid just gave the seeds, and occasionally gave directions, but Zhou Lizhong always did it.
The emperor nodded slightly and walked from the experimental field to the fields cultivated by the tenant farmers.
The rice in the paddy field has been more than half harvested, but at first glance, it is still golden.
The emperor stood on the ridge with his hands behind his back, exhaled a deep breath, and suddenly felt pride in his chest, "If all the paddy fields in the world can have such a good harvest..."
Wei Zhi only thought about it for a while and felt his blood boil. He clenched his fists and said, "There will be no hunger in the world or from now on."
This is the goal of so many generations.
The emperor said: "I have issued an edict to summon Zhou Li to the capital."
He paused and said: "Zhou Man, let her come back to Beijing, I am very interested, how did she think of cultivating grain seeds, and where did she get so many rice seeds?"
Mr. Zhuang lowered his eyes and clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves. Wei Zhi had already bowed to answer, "Yes, the minister will make a decree when he returns."
The emperor nodded slightly, then turned around and walked back. When he went back, the emperor had the time to look elsewhere. Looking, looking, the emperor stopped, "Zhou Man, this job field..."
The emperor looked left, looked again, his eyes narrowed slightly, "The water system is developed, this ravine seems to connect a lot of fields, and there is also dry land, but why are there trees?"
Mr. Zhuang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this gully has been dug and repaired over the past few years. The Zhou family contributed some money and food, and the tenant farmers in the village contributed to the repair."
Glancing at the direction the emperor was pointing, he lowered his head a little, "That piece of land over there is dry land, the land is barren, and even if you grow beans, you can't get any harvest, so Zhou Man asked people to dig a pond there to raise some fish and lotus roots, on which are planted It's fruit trees."
The emperor: "...I vaguely remember that the official field should not be drastically changed, digging ponds, okay?"
He looked at Wei Zhi.
Wei Zhi was silent for a while and then answered impartially, "No!"
Mr. Zhuang: ...
The emperor nodded slightly, and walked back to the other courtyard with his hands behind his back.
As soon as he entered the door, the guard who was left with several paddies immediately stepped forward to report, "Your Majesty, I have counted the one plant, and there are a total of 3,602 grains."
The other guard next to him was sweating profusely and kept talking. As soon as he finished reporting, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have finished counting, three thousand four hundred and eighty-two."
It was so dangerous, I almost forgot, I knew I was going out with some pen and paper, and I wrote it down when I finished counting...
Yin Li glanced at him and shook his head slightly.
The other guards also stepped forward to report the numbers they counted, all ranging from three thousand to five thousand.
The emperor held a grain of millet and said: "It is indeed beyond my expectations that a seed can be harvested like this. This is my luck, and it is also the luck of the people."
Wei Zhi nodded in agreement.
The emperor suddenly looked at Mr. Zhuang and asked: "Zhuang Shi said, now that the salt administration has begun, the Jiangnan issue has been settled, and now there is high-yield grain, what do you think Dajin should do next?"
Zhuang Shi said that he did not expect the emperor to suddenly ask him a question. He paused for a while before slowly saying: "Your Majesty, spring planting and autumn harvest are both seasons and reincarnations. When the autumn harvest ends every year, the head of the family will start thinking about how to farm next year. After farming, adapting to the climate, watering, weeding, weeding, every year, year after year, it never seems to change.”
"However, the harvest is different every year. Even if the things that happen at home are roughly the same, there are always differences, whether there is a wedding or a wedding or a disaster or a bad thing, but I just follow it and move forward, and look for it when something goes wrong. The solution is to think about accumulation when it is stable, not only to deal with possible disasters in the future, but also to make the life of the family better."
Mr. Zhuang spoke very slowly, but the emperor listened very seriously, "Running a country is like running a family, and this minister believes that the country should be like this."
So there is no need to think about what to do next, because current events will tell them what to do. "
The emperor looked at Mr. Zhuang quietly, and nodded slightly after a long while, "It is a blessing for the prince to be taught by Mr. Zhuang, it is also a blessing for me, and a blessing for Dajin."
This comment is very powerful, even as calm as Mr. Zhuang, he didn't hold back and got up and knelt down, "I don't dare to be a minister."
The emperor hurriedly took two steps forward to help him up, grabbed his hand and said, "Speaking of which, I have known Mr. and I for a long time, but we rarely have the opportunity to have a deep conversation. This is my negligence and my fault."
The emperor remembered the encounter with Zhou Man and the others on the road and in the temple, and sighed in his heart. He was negligent. How could a teacher who can teach disciples like Zhou Man and Bai Shan be incompetent?
