Chapter 1096 An unexpected surprise
When I was young and ignorant, I only noticed Tu's handsome appearance and good martial arts. I thought he was a rare Han gentleman.
Who knew that the other party was actually a woman pretending to be a woman.
This is actually nothing.
At worst, it’s just a beautiful misunderstanding.
I just made this misunderstanding in front of King Feng Gui, but I didn't expect that the other party would take advantage of it.
And judging from the current situation, I'm afraid I will be manipulated for the rest of my life.
Hua Wan suddenly felt depressed again when she thought of this.
He casually touched the heads of the three children, then took out three pieces of exquisite jade from his arms and handed them to them:
"Here, here are the greeting gifts. The red ones are for both of you, and the purple ones are for both of you."
Rao is a pair of Ah Chong and Ah Shun were born in a wealthy family and have seen good things that ordinary people may never see in their lives.
But the three pieces of jadeite in Huawan's hand are extremely rare pure-color jadeites, one red and two purple.
The color is just pure, and the workmanship is extremely exquisite.
Ah Shun has the sweetest mouth and thanks the flower wand:
“Thank you, Aunt Hua.”
Then I wanted to reach out and get it.
Before he could arrest him, he suddenly realized that his sister and brother had not moved at all.
Turning around to look, I saw my sister and brother blinking and looking at my mother.
Shuangshuang and Ah Chong are no longer young, and they know that this is not an ordinary good thing, so before reaching out, they looked at the adults and Ah Mu with questioning eyes.
Seeing my sister and brother acting like this, Ah Shun quickly took his hand back.
“Take it, it’s okay.”
Feng Junhou said in a grand manner.
Although things are rare, if Feng Mansion really wants them, some people will take the initiative to deliver them to their door.
“It seems that you have made a lot of money in the south in the past two years.”
Looking at the jade in the child's hand, Feng Junhou said something else.
"It's just a gadget." Hua Wan clapped her hands and said nonchalantly, "What's the use of making more money? In the end, it won't all benefit you."
As soon as these words came out, not to mention General Guan, even Amei, who was following behind with her child in her arms, couldn't help but widen her eyes and looked at her Alang in disbelief.
"What did you say? When did you give it to me?" Feeling the scrutinizing gaze of General Guan next to him, Feng Junhou almost flew into a rage.
"Is not it?"
Hua Wan crossed Feng Junhou and came to Amei. She stretched out her hand to tease her child and said without raising her head:
“Nanzhong has opened several schools in the past few years, and it costs a lot of money just to buy books and give them to teachers every year.”
“Not to mention building a school, we also need to provide subsidized food rations to the children of each village. It’s just as much as we earn.”
Huawan said, feeling a little angry again:
“After all, I have helped you a lot. How could you be so cruel as to charge me so much money?”
“You are satisfied!” Feng Junhou canceled the alarm and began to attack people again, “I can give you a chance to spend this money. Are you still not satisfied?”
“How many people can’t find the temple gate even if they carry pig heads! Look at Jincheng, how many years later did the school open than at Nanzhong?”
The cost of printing books is actually not expensive. Most of the gentlemen sent to Nanzhong are also students who are preparing to graduate and go on to practice.
This money, to put it bluntly, is the qualification for a comprador school.
The development of the new economy in the Han Dynasty in recent years, coupled with the troubles caused by the catfish Xinghanhui, forced more aristocratic families to change their minds.
Otherwise, you can only wait to be eliminated.
The best fate is to fall from the top of society and become a middle-class person.
"In recent years, your horse farm and horse team have been recruiting students from the school. Just for this, you have already made back your money."
There are schools in various places, but it does not mean that every student can be recommended to the Royal Academy.
More importantly, it is to learn common words and basic arithmetic well, and then join various caravan workshops and plantations as a social animal.
The schools in Nanzhong were basically established by Huawan himself.
In the past two years, all the students in the school who could not go to the Royal Academy were basically taken away by her.
There is no way, many people in Nanzhong now rely on her for food.
Coupled with the rare good thing of being able to read and read, as long as she shouted, there were many people willing to send their children over.
The development of Nanzhong accelerated the integration of Han and Yi.
At least the children of the leader of Qushuai Village cannot understand Chinese without learning Chinese characters.
The simplest example:
It means that Zhaizi is going to the market to exchange things. He is faced with a Yi who can guess what the other person wants to express even by speaking and gesticulating, and a Yi who can't express himself even by gesticulating.
Han people will definitely give priority to the one who can express themselves.
What?
You don’t want to exchange things with Han people?
Then someone wants to change the clan leader.
“What is the return of capital? It’s as if I don’t have to invest any more money now.”
Amei’s child’s nickname is very characteristic of southern China, and it is called A’Nan.
Huawan pinched Ah Nan's face again and again, and couldn't bear to let go. It was tender and smooth, and felt great in the hand.
Until the little baby puckered his lips and was about to cry, he was content to let him go, and then gave him a piece of mutton-fat jade.
A'nan got the new thing and immediately forgot to cry. He picked it up and wanted to taste the saltiness in his mouth.
Amei was so frightened that he quickly helped him put it away.
Huawan then gave the last two jade pendants to A Mo and Abu. Li Mu's child's nickname was even more interesting, and he was simply named Abu.
With A Nan's example, Zhang Xingyi and Li Mu followed suit and put things away as quickly as possible.
“Now that the reputation of the school has spread, how many people want to invest money in it, how dare you say that you have not recovered the cost?”
Feng Junhou revealed Young Master Hua’s little thoughts in one breath.
Hua Wan curled her lips and stopped talking.
She always forgets that the man in front of her is a ghost king, and nothing can be hidden from him.
Besides, when she came here this time, she had something to come to see him for, so she wouldn't want to quarrel with him too much.
But she didn’t speak, but Feng Junhou didn’t let her go.
Looking at her showering the children with gifts, the man started to talk meanly again:
“You brought gifts for the children, didn’t you bring gifts for us?”
Unexpectedly, when Hua Wan heard this, he took out a purse from his arms and handed it to Feng Junhou:
“Here, here it is!”
This time it was Feng Junhou's turn to be surprised. He originally wanted to tease her, but he didn't expect that the other party actually took out a gift for himself.
He did not reach out to pick it up immediately, but asked first:
"What's this?"
Hua Xiaoniang passed her hand forward:
"Your gift, I brought it here specially for you. Don't worry, it's not poisonous."
Feng Junhou laughed and thought to himself, even if you put a poison on this, would I still be afraid of you?
My Amei, after being a witch doctor in Nanzhong, I am afraid her methods are much better than yours.
With this thought in his mind, he reached out and took it.
"open to take a look?"
Hua Wan said something mysteriously to him.
Feng Junhou glanced at her suspiciously, and then opened his purse as instructed.
There is no jade, no gold, and no money in it.
What I received in my hand was a handful of rice.
"What's the meaning?"
Feng Junhou weighed the rice in his hands and asked.
Is it possible that this is a custom in Nanzhong, giving rice to someone as a way to wish the other person a full grain storehouse?
Huawan raised her chin and reminded:
“Did you know that this rice is very different from ordinary rice?”
Hearing this, Feng Junhou couldn't help but lower his head and look at it carefully:
“Isn’t it just rice? How can it be different? Could it be that it is ripe?”
As he spoke, he picked up one and put it in his mouth.
There was a slight "click" in his mouth. After chewing, Feng Junhou frowned: "raw?"
Marquis Guan Xiaojun next to her glanced at Ah Nan, rubbed her forehead and sighed. She finally knew who the child was after when he put the jade in his mouth to taste the saltiness.
Hua Wan made a "tsk" sound and looked at Feng Junhou with an idiot look:
“This is the rice I planted in Jincheng last year and this year!”
When Feng Junhou saw her like this, he immediately refused to be outdone and looked at the rice in his hand with disgust:
“What’s wrong? The rice you grow is more valuable than other people’s gold? How dare you give it away? You only give this handful.”
“If you really want to give it away, you can give me a thousand or several hundred tons, which is more or less the same. I happened to eat too much pasta in Chang’an, so I can eat a few more bowls of rice this winter.”
Hua Wan was furious:
“Of course it’s more valuable than others! I went through a lot of hard work to get this grain from Yicheng. You know how much effort I put into it! Just give it back to me if you don’t want it!”
As she spoke, she reached out her hand angrily and grabbed Feng Junhou's hand, trying to **** the rice back.
“Linyi again…”
Feng Junhou just said three words, and then subconsciously paused: "Lin Yi?"
"certainly!"
Hua Wan’s small hands had already grasped the rice. Unexpectedly, Feng Junhou’s big hand suddenly shook hers and held hers as well:
"Oh my! You little lady, just talk properly. What are you doing with your hands and feet?"
“Besides, there’s no point in taking back the gift you gave me.”
Feng Junhou was afraid that she would forcefully pull away, so he held her wrist with his other hand to prevent her from moving.
"Tell me first, what is going on? How did you get the seeds from Lin Yi?"
“Also, you said this is the millet you grew in Jincheng, but do you really mean it?”
Huawan’s little face turned red and she glared angrily: “Let go!”
“I won’t let it go!” Feng Junhou started to act like a hooligan, “This is my thing, please explain it clearly to me first!”
Hua Wan pumped hard a few times, but Feng Junhou unexpectedly tightened his grip.
She was about to cry: "Let go of my hand first! I won't take your things!"
“Huh? This…”
Only then did Feng Junhou notice the awkwardness between the two of them and hurriedly let go of his hands.
“This…haha, this, I didn’t pay attention, haha…”
In front of all the wives and concubines, Feng Junhou laughed and bent down to pick up a few grains of grain on the ground:
“Hearing Lady Hua mention Lin Yidao, I felt anxious for a while, hehe...”
Amei is a well-behaved person. When she saw that Feng Junhou was very concerned about these millets, she said out of curiosity to break the embarrassment:
"Mr. Gentleman, is the millet in Linyi any different from ordinary millet?"
Feng Junhou poured the millet back into his purse and said:
"Well, you have to ask the flower lady, after all, she grew this."
At this time, Huawan finally calmed down a little.
She did not dare to look at anyone else, only her friend Amei:
"Linyi rice is drought-tolerant and does not need water like ordinary rice. It cannot be separated from the ground and grows wherever it is."
"The most important thing is that it only takes a little more than two months from sowing to harvest..."
Hearing this, even Secretary Zhang, who had been looking askance at people, couldn't help but exclaimed:
“Two months?”
"It's not two months, it's more than two months." Huawan corrected, "I heard that it only takes less than two months in Linyi, but I tried it in Jincheng and it took more than two months."
“More than two months is enough!” Zhang Xingyi said, “Nanzhong is more mountainous and less landy. If the Linyi rice is so good, it will solve a big problem.”
Of course Huawan knows that Linyi rice, which is both land-resistant and drought-tolerant, is suitable for planting in Nanzhong.
Especially, Xinghanhui took the lead in opening terraced fields in Nanzhong, which were tailor-made for Linyi rice.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Feng Junhou.
Everyone believed that this man was the reincarnation of the Ghost King, which seemed reasonable.
Otherwise, how could he have kept trying to find Linyi rice, and why would he have vigorously developed terraced fields in Nanzhong?
It can be said that this move is really a great merit for the people of Nanzhong.
If Grandpa Zhuge brought order to Nanzhong, then this guy brought prosperity to Nanzhong.
Of course, in the earliest days, he was cannibalistic, and this does not count.
Feng Junhou didn't notice Hua Wan's gaze. He turned his head and smiled at Zhang Xingyi:
"There is also Jiangzhou. Zhang Boqi is very lucky. He has achieved such a great achievement out of thin air even before he took office."
With Linyi Rice, not only Jiangzhou, but also Nanzhong and the entire Shu plain, the cultivable area is expected to be expanded again.
with canal irrigation in areas where there is sufficient rainfall, as well as areas that are not fertile enough, you can try to grow this kind of rice.
Not only will the aristocratic families in the plains of Shu be killed, but also the wealthy families in Jingzhou will be killed.
Thinking of this, Feng Junhou looked at Lady Hua and became particularly happy.
Lady Hua did not dare to meet Feng Junhou’s gaze and avoided it.
Feng Junhou was too happy to explore. He just said to Guan Xiaojunhou:
“Today a distinguished guest is coming, and I want to entertain him well. Mr. Xi, could you please tell your servants to prepare more good food and wine.”
Guan Xiaojunhou nodded with a smile, took a deep look at Huawan, and then called on several people to lead the child down.
Huawan also wanted to leave with him, but she was a guest, and the most important thing was that she still had something to tell Feng Junhou.
“Sit down and have a sip of tea first.”
Feng Junhou took the initiative and said, "Thank you for your hard work on Lin Yidao."
Feng Junhou himself had no hope of doing what she had been told a few years ago.
I didn’t expect that she would be able to remember it all the time, which gave me an unexpected surprise.
Feng Junhou is so happy, apart from what I just said, there is actually another more important reason:
Agriculture is the primary industry, and all development of human society is based on sufficient food supply.
From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, for a thousand years, the official population of the Central Plains peaked at around 60 million.
Until the Song Dynasty, with the emergence of new tools, Jiangnan was vigorously developed.
The most important thing is to comprehensively promote Linyi rice, so that the population can touch the scale of 100 million.
Until the Ming Dynasty, new food crops continued to be introduced, and the population once again exceeded 200 million.
Don’t underestimate the introduction and improvement of one or two kinds of crops. It is likely that the upper limit of the population that the Central Plains can bear will be continuously exceeded.
Without sufficient food supply and insufficient population size, everything is in vain.
Hua Wan sat down obediently, picked up the tea cup, brought it to her mouth, and then quickly put it down, not knowing whether she drank or not:
“It’s not that hard. In fact, when I come here this time, besides telling you this, I also have something to ask of you.”
"Oh, what's the matter? Anyway, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."
Feng Junhou was very happy today and accepted the offer generously.
(End of this chapter)