Chapter 47: Ancient Yanfu (4)

After a lot of bidding, these peppers were pre-sold.
Everyone was very satisfied with today's results. Back in the study room, Qi Sheng looked at the signed order contract and Yinqin laughed, and the road of Yuping County was finally coming!
Qi Xiuwen stood aside, watching the silver tickets placed on the table and admiring his father's thoughts!
Today is a period of farming and leisure. It is appropriate to hire local people to build roads. Thirty bucks a day and two meals a day. People who hear the news are competing to sign up, fearing that the final quota will be lost.
By the time of the Chinese New Year, Yuping County already had eight spacious and flat roads from townships to the county seat. The people were overjoyed and felt that Qi Sheng was a good official of Tianda.
During road construction, the government encouraged villagers to expand farming, and even sent professional farmers to give instructions to the villages. After the New Year, the people who made a lot of money by building roads were willing to kill one or two chickens for a good year.
Qi Sheng now has a good impression with the emperor.
The Emperor Dasheng had a greasy taste in the palace dishes all day long. Not only did his appetite increase after he first tasted the dishes with chili, he also became addicted, and he became more and more keen on hot pot.
The emperor ’s liking was like a weather vane. The high-ranking officials and ladies who had tasted the taste of chili at the palace feast also talked about it. The chili has a small limelight in the capital. Presumably, the next season will be mature. Will cause everyone to fight!
At the end of February, Qi Sheng ushered in good news again. A caravan coming from the border brought the sweet potatoes he wanted!
Xu Yun, a family member of the caravan, was savvy and knew that sweet potatoes were a good thing. He had planned to take sweet potatoes to Jiangsu and Zhejiang and sell them to senior officials there, but after hearing about the peppers on the road, he had an idea.
Xu Yunyan said, "Master, since the villain listened to the edible food last time, I have carefully paid attention to it. These are all paid by the villain for a large price. They are called sweet potatoes. It is suitable as a staple food. After careful investigation, this material is not only easy to plant for drought and barren tolerance, but also has high yield and stability. It is the precious food you are looking for! "
Qi Sheng looked at the basket of sweet potatoes in the main hall, and it was indeed what he wanted. Qi Sheng was delighted and praised with satisfaction: "There are laborers outside, I don't know what price you intend to sell these sweet potatoes at?"
Qi Sheng sighed in his heart and felt that this time the sweet potato could not be afforded. This time it was not like a pepper. The two people did n’t know the goods and they did n’t care about how many silver two, but the Xu businessman was obviously prepared. He pre-sold the money for the pepper. It takes seven, eight, eight to repair the road, and it really can't be bought at a high price.
However, Qi Sheng didn't have much regret. The sweet potato can be promoted in Dasheng and the people can eat enough. It is not so important for him to come forward, and he can't do anything unless he does it.
Besides, there are many other crops in his space. They are secretly taken out for one or two. It will not be doubtful in the name of buying from the caravan. After all, there are no hot peppers and sweet potatoes in the front.
Unfortunately, this time Qi Sheng thought badly, these businessmen are smarter than one.
Xu Yunyan complimented: "Adult looking for this thing is also to understand the difficulty of people's livelihood. Xu admired the high spirits of the adult. He heard that there is a food called chili here. The taste is unique but very popular. Xu does not intend to go around the corner, dare to ask Can adults exchange it with chili? "
In addition to selling a lot of money to high-ranking officials or selling it in front of those nobles, sweet potatoes, as food, can only get a limited profit. After all, there are no officials in his family, and most of the officials who deal with them also have interests, like Qi It is really rare for Sheng to be a good official who fundamentally wants to solve problems for the people. In addition, Qi Sheng also has precious peppers in his hands, and it is a good deal to deal with.
Qi Sheng was surprised and did not expect the news from this person to be quite informed, but he nodded and agreed: "Naturally, but now the production of peppers is limited, and I can't provide you much at the beginning, but I can assure you that it will take precedence in the next three years. Offer you. "
In three years, the cultivation range of chili peppers will not spread too much. Compared with the wealthy class of the entire Dasheng Dynasty, it is definitely a golden weapon.
The two had a great conversation, and finally Qi Sheng entertained him with hot pot. Xu Yunyan's eyes brightened after tasting the taste of chili. It was more suitable for ordinary people than the sweet potato, and the rare chili could sell for a good price.
Xu Yunyan is delighted that today's choice is indeed correct!
After receiving the sweet potatoes, Qi Sheng quickly arranged for people to raise seedlings. Although it is a few days late, he can still catch up with the spring planting.

Now in June, the first crop of peppers has been picked. Qi Sheng has arranged a special person to dry the seeds to ensure that the peppers will not be exposed.
Because of the "private goods" that Qi Sheng mixed, it was only the first batch of picking, and finally harvested about one hundred pounds of dried chili peppers. However, most of these chili peppers were given to Gong Sheng.
No way, since Chili appeared in the palace, in addition to the high officials who came to him in secret, even the emperor urged him.
When he first paid tribute, Qi Sheng turned in a small amount of chili seeds, and noted the cultivation method and service skills of chili peppers. Unfortunately, the emperor's family was great, and there were countless concubines and princes in the palace. The relatives of the royal family came to ask for their cheeks. The chili peppers just harvested this year could not meet the needs of the emperor. Qi Sheng couldn't. He could only give them some tribute first.
Until October, several pepper crops had already been harvested, and the
debt
owed by Qi Sheng had been completed.
Looking at the pile of chili seeds, Qi Sheng was finally satisfied, and the seeds could be distributed to the people for planting in the coming year.
The sweet potatoes are also in the harvest season. Qi Sheng looked at several baskets of harvested sweet potatoes and nodded with satisfaction again, one step closer to the promotion of sweet potatoes!
A group of sweet potatoes with the best appearance were selected and given to the court, and the cultivation method of sweet potatoes was noted. The characteristics of high and stable yield directly caused uproar in the Chaotang.

"Your Majesty, if Master Qi said, with the grain of sweet potato, when it is extended to the entire Dasheng, I will finally have to worry about not eating enough!" Said the emotional agitator.
There is also a more sensible: "The minister actually did not see what kind of ministers, I am afraid that Qi Sheng exaggerated his credit, thinking that he should send someone to verify as soon as possible!" Some people said: "Yuping County is remote The land is not fertile enough. If there is such a kind of sweet potato, it should be transferred to the county where the land is fertile for trial planting! "
Qi Sheng dared to go to court, Shiyou this sweet potato is indeed a good variety, even if there is an exaggerated suspicion, everyone thinks this is a rare good, and someone has begun to fight this sweet potato idea!
The high emperor, the high emperor, is in a good mood now, and the ministers are noisy. He has also been implementing the policy of opening up frontier trade by the Emperor Xiandi. The people ’s life is still pretty good. Even in times of natural disasters, the imperial court can withstand it. ? It's not that the court is still rich.
But the people are reluctant to saturate, and everyone is no longer hungry and hungry. This is still very different. Just like the small county of Yuping County, there are many more in Dasheng. If sweet potatoes are as easy as Qi Sheng said, they are easy to grow and have high yields. Then, these poor people can also get enough food, and the food they bring is the well-being of the people and the increase in population. This is definitely a glorious achievement for the emperor of a dynasty.
The emperor stopped the quarrels among the ministers and signaled the eunuch's declaration. The contents of the decree were: Zuo Shilang, Cai Mingce, and Li Wenzhong, who went to Yuping County to investigate after the spring. They must understand the cultivation and yield of sweet potatoes and peppers.
Zuo Shilang did not understand the drill camp but was practical in his work. The emperor knew what was going on. This matter was very important. He naturally sent him trustworthy.
Qi Sheng had expected that the court would send people to come, but he was not worried. After inquiring about the character of the sent-in adults who came to the inspection, he also felt relieved that he could not deal with the old foxes in the officialdom.
In the spring of next year, Zuo Shilang, along with Li Langzhong and a professional agricultural expert, came to Yuping County as early as possible.
After Qi Sheng Haosheng entertained, he set about arranging the distribution of pepper seeds in the villages. He also divided a piece of land to arrange the cultivation of sweet potatoes for seedling cultivation.
Master Cai is really serious in his work. He has worked tirelessly to personally check the cultivation of peppers and sweet potatoes. He has also been observed by professional agricultural personnel in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He spent the entire spring planting period.
In May, after the first batch of peppers were set and the sweet potatoes had been planted, Cai Mingce and his entourage returned to Beijing and returned to life, leaving a man to wait for the autumn harvest before returning to Beijing.
In this year, the people in Yuping County made a lot of money. Looking at the money they got, many people are preparing to get up and marry a bride when the farm is free. It may be that they were hungry in their early years. Many people still have enough storage. Eat food for a year.
The people of Yuping County came to the door of the county government from time to time to bow and thank them. Qi Sheng did not dare to go out.
Li Langzhong occasionally saw this scene joking at Qi Sheng: "Master Qi is so good for the people, it really admires our officials."
"Adult is wrong, but the cadres are just like all the adults, they have done something they can do, but Master Li has worked tirelessly to go to the field to investigate, and makes the cadres admire."
Qi Sheng and his modest politeness, the non-marking business again boasted each other.
Now Yuping County is no longer a small county town that no one cares about. The caravans are constantly flowing, and they all want to divide this hot pepper soup first.
Because of this relationship, Xu Yunyan is now earning a lot of money. This year's profit is even more than the border trade!
In October, Li Langzhong was completely relieved after watching the gratifying sweet potatoes. If such a high-yield and easy-to-satisfactory grain is produced, it will surely save a lot of poor people who can't eat enough.
"Master Qi doesn't have to send it anymore. Now that I have successfully completed my mission, I hurried back as soon as I could to return to life!"
Qi Sheng said goodbye to Master Li and others, and returned to Qi House. He then said to Qi Xiuwen, who followed him: ": After a while, you will set off for Beijing to take the exam. In the past few days, calm down and study your homework."
In recent years, Qi Xiuwen followed his father's strategy to do practical things. Looking at Yuping County's wealth from a poor county to today's wealth level, he said that being proud is false, and he also increasingly admired his father's long-term concerns.
After more than two years, his essay finally came to fruition. Now he has finished the topic set by Mr. Zhang, and has been recognized and praised by him several times. Even his father nodded and praised him frequently.
Qi Xiuwen is now full of confidence, and he will definitely try to be on the list at this time!
Qi Sheng looked at his son in very good condition and couldn't help encouraging: "You are even amazed by Mr. Zhang's article now. As long as you treat the interview with your ordinary heart, the title of the gold list is just around the corner. I was too anxious for my father before and almost delayed you ... "
Before Qi Sheng finished, he was interrupted by Qi Xiuwen: "How can the father say so, if the father is not strictly disciplined, the son can not have the current achievements, the father said so, but the son is punished."
Qi Sheng patted his shoulder to appease: "Okay, you don't have to complain about being a father. Your daughter-in-law is pregnant now and can't accompany you to Beijing. There are many inconveniences on the way to Beijing. When you go, bring some little servants. And silver money. "
Qi Sheng rarely said these intimate words. Qi Xiuwen was a bit jealous for a while, as was the case with his father. In the future, he will be diligent and prudent to live up to his father's expectations.
In mid-November, while it was not too cold, Qi Xiuwen set off for Beijing. This time Qi Sheng rarely sent him out of the city, making Qi Xiuwen's eyes sore when he left.
In the past, his father was strict with him, and because of his majesty as a father, he rarely sent him away as he did today. Qi Xiuwen stared at a place outside the window for a long time in a daze. When did his father start to change?
Thinking of the family law more than two years ago, Qi Xiuwen couldn't help raising his mouth. That was the first time his father had spared him before the punishment was over. Presumably his father began to slowly change from then on. Right.
The Qi family had a lively year. In addition to the extremely nervous Mrs. Wang, even the Lin family was smiling.
The New Year's exam was ushered in soon after the New Year. Qi Sheng was still calm. However, during this time, the Wangs either ate Zhai Ning Buddha or went to the nearby temple to pray for incense. If Qi Sheng stopped, she wanted to go to the famous city. Incense on the Holy Buddha Temple.
Wang's failed to get annoyed as he wished, and he scolded Qi Sheng for face-saving at the critical moment. Qi Sheng's spleen had been quite temperate in the past two years. Wang and Liu also dared to make temper in front of him. Wang's heart is that his son hasn't hit this time, so dare to move my son to try it! After speaking again, yuck, yell, her son will definitely be able to win this time!
It didn't take long for the test to finish, and the Qi family had not waited for the good news of Qi Xiuwen, so Qi Sheng ushered in his good news.
Today, the emperor made a note of Qi Sheng's contribution after Zuo Shilang returned to Beijing. After Li Langzhong returned to Beijing, the emperor's heart was solid, and he was promoted to Qi Sheng's official position within a few days of the opening year.
From Zhixian in Zhipin to Zhizhou in Fifth Grade, Qi Sheng was promoted to three ranks in a row, envious of officials who had worked hard. Some complained that God had let Qi Sheng take away the good luck, and coincidentally found chili and sweet potatoes. .
Regardless of how the outside world views his history of promotion, Qi Sheng himself is quite satisfied, and finally can move his position.
This promotion is a direct move, or in Jeju territory, but the jurisdiction of Zhizhou has expanded, from the boss of one county to the boss of five counties, including Yuping County.
Qi Sheng thought about the situation in the other four counties and could n’t help but twitch his mouth. Okay, it ’s because he made Yuping County rich and he wanted to bring the surrounding county seats.
However, the living standards of the five counties in Pingzhou were almost the same. Compared with the other three counties in Jeju Prefecture, it was like a child that no one hurts. Now Yuping County has a better life, which directly makes their brothers and brothers in their hearts. Unbalanced.
When the emperor thought about it, he directly promoted Qi Sheng to Zhizhou in Pingzhou. First, he was rewarded for his contribution to the court. The second was to test him. Not only the following officials felt that Qi Sheng was lucky, even the emperor felt that Qi Sheng was The merits accounted for some of the reasons for Universiade. Considering Qi Sheng ’s previous achievements, his promotion today is already immense.
Qi Sheng's family came to the Zhizhou mansion. The mansion is located in Jiaping County, which is also the county with the best economic conditions in Pingzhou. It is also slightly closer to Jeju.
After taking office, Qi Sheng started a new year of busyness. Yuping County is now orderly preparing pepper seedlings this year because of the convenience of peppers. Heping County and Taoping County are the same as Yuping County two years ago, except for Wheat weeding is a good day for envy of households in Yuping County. Caiping County does not border Yuping County. Although envious, it also lives as usual. As for Jiaping County, it is bordered by Yuping County and Jeju City because of things. Caravans often travel here and there, and the economy has also developed.
Qi Sheng checked the county records and development of each county and began to plan how to improve the lives of the people in Pingzhou.
Take Jiaping County as an example. Most of those who have surplus money are those businessmen. Most people still rely on heaven and earth to eat.
Qi Sheng was making preliminary plans based on the existing information in the study, and still thinking about how to perfect it, he heard an excited cry.
"Master, I'm in the middle, I'm the sixth in the list," said the young man who came to the newspaper and gasped for a few breaths.
Although Qi Sheng had a hunch that his son would make the list this time, he couldn't help laughing when he heard the good news today, "All the people in the house will be rewarded with a month and a month of money!"
The people waiting in the courtyard were even happier when they heard the words, and they all rushed to tell each other that Qi House was busy for a while.
Qi Xiuwen is now in high school, and naturally he can't win, but unfortunately, the new list of Jinshi can't return to his hometown to sacrifice his ancestors in his first year. Now he is a Shuji, and he will soon enter the Hanlin Academy.
Although it is regrettable not to be able to celebrate with my father and mother, fortunately, my father's expectations have not been disappointed, and it adds luster to the Qi family's court.
Thinking of his father's promotion now, he wrote a letter expressing filial piety and longing.
Wang's laugh lines have increased a lot during this time. Husband has been promoted to office and his son is in high school. There is nothing more comfortable than this.
Lin, the daughter-in-law who is getting bigger and bigger, is also very gentle and charitable: "Wen'er is now in high school in Beijing. You are at home to stay at home. When the child is older, the three of your mother and son will go to Beijing together with Wen. Reunion. "
"Really? Mother, do you really agree to let me go to the capital?"
Lin's listening to her mother-in-law was a little unbelievable, and she was almost awkward at the moment. I was very happy when I first heard of Hujun High School, but I could n’t help worrying when I knew that Hujun would stay in Beijing. I thought she would wait a few more years to get together with Hujun. I was happy at the moment when I heard her mother-in-law ’s answer. Could not help crying.
Wang smiled at her: "Your child, who still has a body, can't cry."
Lin wiped his tears, and was worried again: "Father ..."
Wang knows what she is worried about, but she is afraid that the old man thinks that if the child is too young, it will cause trouble to the son. He disagrees that she will bring the child into Beijing, but thinking of the old man ’s words this morning, she ca n’t help but smile:
The old man said If you want to bring both children, you can rest assured! "
Lin was a little surprised when he heard this. The father looked really gentle in the past two years, but with her many years of experience, the father should care more about the husband ’s future, so she did n’t pay any attention to these words, just thinking that she was a mother-in-law. Pleading for her, she was more grateful for her mother-in-law's love and consideration.
The author has something to say: Qi Da accidentally promoted the relationship between Wang and Lin's mother-in-law.
For the first time, I will change the map after Zhizhou!