Fu Song

Chapter 629 The little emperor who strayed
When Zhao An was two years old, Wang Zhu carried him all the way to escape from Tokyo City. When he met Xiao Cheng, he was already three years old.

I don't know if it was because he had an unforgettable experience of hunger during the process of fleeing. After this child grew up, he was particularly interested in Nongsang.

After discovering this point, Xiao Cheng began to guide and indoctrinate him intentionally. Now, what this child is most interested in is how to greatly increase the yield of a certain crop.

When he was still on Guizhou Road, Zhao An owned a large experimental field, and Xiao Cheng found him the most experienced farmers and those agricultural officials who had made some achievements in this field.

Apart from studying and practicing martial arts, Zhao An spent most of his time in these places.

When he arrived in Jiangning, he became the emperor, but this habit has not changed. In the small palace, an experimental field converted from the original garden has also become his paradise.

Cultivating better seeds has become his greatest pleasure.

Especially after the seeds he cultivated were harvested after they were taken out, it made him go further and further on this road.

Nowadays, Zhao An, who has delved headlong into agricultural research, has far surpassed Xiao Cheng in terms of knowledge in this area.

"Master, try this!" The little maid brought a plate of green cucumbers, which were cultivated in the greenhouse. "During the past few months outside, I'm afraid you haven't eaten a few mouthfuls of fresh vegetables, have you?"

Xiao Cheng laughed, picked up a cucumber, chewed it until it cracked in his mouth, and said with a smile while chewing: "You are wrong, there are not many fresh fruits and vegetables outside."

"They all have greenhouses too?"

"There are quite a few big families." Xiao Cheng said: "There are also some people who occupy some hot spring places, and they can also be planted in these places. But they all have one thing in common, that is, they are expensive. Ordinary People, I can't afford it."

"How expensive?" Zhao An was quite interested.

Pointing to the plate of cucumbers in front of him, Xiao Cheng said, "Even this plate of melons is worth a few hundred dollars."

"If I sell these, wouldn't I be able to make a lot of money?" Zhao An became happy. "Master, the cucumbers in the greenhouse are growing very well. Compared with last year, they are bigger. Qian Shinong said that this season, the cucumbers alone can harvest hundreds of catties."

"How many people do the officials think can afford cucumbers that cost hundreds of pennies a catty?" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "A large plate of pickled Chinese cabbage costs less than two pennies? But if the officials want to sell it, they can do it." If you sell it to rich families, the ones planted by the officials themselves, it must be worth several times.”

Zhao An pursed his lips and shook his head: "I don't buy these things for them to eat. Even if I sell them for a catty, how much can I get? I still can't share your worries, master. Those that can be planted on a large scale can't be eaten. The cheap ones are the good ones!"

"It's a blessing for the people in the world to have such thoughts!" Xiao Cheng touched Zhao An's head and said with emotion: "The yield per mu of the new rice seeds planted by the officials and Qian Sinong last year has exceeded Four hundred catties."

"One mu is only an increase of less than fifty catties!" Zhao An was not happy at all.

Xiao Cheng laughed loudly, "My official family, do you know how many acres of paddy fields there are in the land of the two lakes alone? What a great achievement it is to raise fifty catties per mu! How much more can you feed?" people!"

"There are too few seeds, and I'm afraid I can't plant many at once!"

"In less than two years, this Anmin No. [-] will be spread all over the country!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "At that time, your benevolence and benevolence will be spread all over the country. The common people will all remember what they have. A good official who cares about their rice vat."

Zhao An laughed happily.

"There will be Anmin No. [-] and No. [-]! Master, didn't you say that even if the yield of rice per mu exceeds a thousand catties, there is no hope?"

"Take your time, take your time, don't worry!" Xiao Cheng chuckled.

"When master was going out, people from the Zheng family came again, but they didn't bring any good news!" Zhao An was a little dissatisfied.

The Zheng family, that is, Zheng Zeshi, now the Zheng family's ocean-going fleet has become the most powerful ocean-going trade fleet in the Song Dynasty. The Zheng family holds [-]% of the shares, and the imperial court holds [-]%.

The annual income of the Guangzhou Shipping Department and the Quanzhou Shipping Department is precisely the source of support for the Song Dynasty's finances to not fall.

However, Xiao Cheng took power and established a naval base on the Leizhou Peninsula, and established an ocean-going fleet with Zheng Zhihu as the governor of the ocean-going navy.

Accompanying the growth of this fleet is the court's clarification of sea routes.

The maritime trade of the Song Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and correspondingly, pirates also appeared endlessly.

Of course, there are many big merchants here, all of whom are big pirates.

This was the case with the Zheng family in the past.

It's just that after they fell in love with Xiao Cheng, they have successfully cleaned themselves up, and now, they are serious court navy masters.

With Xiao Cheng's strong support, special ocean-going warships suitable for combat were built. As they formed their combat power, the pirates suffered a lot.

The pirates with a little reputation were basically wiped out.

There are still some who are barely alive, and some who can always get information because of their collusion with certain people, but they can only avoid them far away.

The disappearance of these pirates has made the trade on the sea more and more prosperous.

This year, the revenues of the two shipping companies have doubled compared to last year.

But for Zhao An, he is more interested in the crops that Xiao Cheng once described to him on another continent, without picking fields, that can grow wildly when planted.

One is sweet potato and the other is potato.

So the Zheng family sent a special expedition fleet to this unknown continent to explore and search for these crops.

It's not that Xiao Cheng doesn't want it, he knows how difficult it is to open up a sea route to find the American continent with the current navigation technology, and most likely there will be no good results. Instead of doing these things, it's better to go down to earth Focus on the country.

But Zhao Anbi is actually an official, he specially sent someone to find the Zheng family, how can the Zheng family refuse to follow?Of course, it was done as an extremely important matter.

Naturally, Xiao Cheng wouldn't stop it, maybe, after doing this, the person who discovered the New World became a certain person surnamed Zheng, which is a good thing!
If we really want to find that continent and find these crops, it will definitely be a good thing for the people of Song Dynasty.

"Master, are there really such good things in that continent?" Zhao An asked, "With such good things, wouldn't the people there not go hungry?"

Xiao Cheng said: "When we were still on the road in Guizhou, most of us couldn't get enough to eat at first, but later on, basically everyone was able to eat enough, and now we are developing in the direction of eating well. Why is that?"

"Because I have you, Master!" Zhao An said with wide eyes.

"It's because of good policies. As long as the people have good guidance, they can create infinite wealth!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "I still remember the terraced fields facing down from where we live Is it? It’s so beautiful when it’s the harvest season!”

"Master, I heard from my wife that you are in a difficult situation now because Cifu and others are not willing to cooperate with you, but instead try to make things difficult for you?" Zhao An stretched out his hand and took a stick of yellow rice, and chewed it awkwardly. stand up. "Liu Banban also said that Cifu has a lot of selfishness, and the Si family has committed many crimes. Why don't you take him down? I remember that when you were on Guizhou Road, you were very resolute and dared to disobey your orders. , were all cleaned up by you."

"These are two completely different things!" Xiao Cheng shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to touch the Si family, but the Si family has been operating on Jiangnan Road for hundreds of years and is deeply rooted. Great, and these places are the most affluent places in our Song Dynasty. If they are moved, these places will be in chaos. Once these places are in chaos, let alone the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that even our own survival will become a problem. "

"We have strong soldiers in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong!" Zhao An said unconvinced.

"That's our bottom line!" Xiao Cheng said: "But if we want to make the Northern Expedition and defeat the Liao Kingdom, we must unite all the people, even if these people have problems of one kind or another, as long as we focus on this big goal With us, I can put up with some of his bad behavior."

"Can't scrape the bone to cure the poison?"

"Scraping the bone to cure poison is of course possible, but the premise is that you can't commit suicide!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Take your time, this time the master went out for a trip, and the harvest is quite big. After returning, he can force them to make some concessions. "

"But it's so annoying!"

"Xiao'an, politics always advances amidst compromise." Xiao Cheng patted his head: "Everyone's interests are actually different, even if it's you and me, when we plan and aim for the future Above all, they must be different, so how can we form a joint force? Naturally, we should try to find the common ground in our goals, and then work together to achieve it."

"That's why you have to compromise and exchange with Tsujisuke and the others?"

"Yes." Xiao Cheng said, "Take your time."

Zhao An was a little annoyed: "Every time I see that honest guy, he still swears how loyal he is to the emperor and how he loves the people, hehe, if Liu Banban didn't show me those things, I would have believed him. "

"This person can still be won!" Xiao Cheng laughed.

"It's too troublesome. Thinking about these things gives me a headache." Zhao An shook his head vigorously: "I'd better let you worry about it, master. I have this time, so I might as well think about how to cultivate higher-yielding plants. Seeds are better."

"The officials are the best people in the world. They never need to worry about how to solve the problem. The officials only need to make the final decision! Choose the good ones and follow them, and abandon the bad ones!" Xiao Xiao Sincerely.

"With the master here, I don't have to work so hard! I still think it's more interesting to make better seeds, and I can see and feel the sense of accomplishment!" Zhao An said enthusiastically.

"It's not me, it's the system!" Xiao Cheng corrected him with a smile: "The current court discussion gathers the opinions of all the court ministers. Only after everyone has reached a consensus will it be implemented in the world. One person counts the short, and everyone Mr. Ji, the master is just one person and can make mistakes, so, no matter now or in the future, never use one person's opinion to decide a certain matter. In fact, when we were on Guizhou Road, it was also decided by the joint council decides the big deal."

"Understood, Master!" Zhao An laughed and said, "That's what Liu Banban told me."

Had a meal with Zhao An, and after talking for a while, Xiao Cheng walked out of Miyagi, and the rows of government offices were basically dark at the moment, until he saw a The public hall was still brightly lit, he couldn't help laughing, and strode towards it.

That was Cen Zhong's office.

Several officials in the room were busy, taking out stacks of files from time to time, sorting them out, and then sending them to Neil Fu Cenzhong.

Seeing Xiao Cheng appearing at the door, several officials were startled for a moment, and then bowed down in unison to salute.

"Meet Shoufu!"

"Thank you for your hard work!" Xiao Cheng nodded to them, smiling.

Hearing Xiao Cheng's voice, Cen Zhong came out from inside.

"Still busy so late? Why is it so urgent that you can't handle it tomorrow?" Xiao Cheng asked with a smile.

Cen Zhong laughed, waved his hands to the officials, and said, "Okay, since the Chief Assistant has spoken, let's stop here for today, you go back first."

Several officials happily packed up their things and left, but Xiao Cheng casually picked up a file from the ground, which was an official's resume and performance appraisal all the time.

"When you come back this time, you probably want to make a living in this lifeless officialdom, so I'll take a look here first, so that I know what people are barely able to use, who can use it, and who can use it a lot." Cen said heavily.

"I'm determined!" Throwing the file in his hand back into the pile, Xiao Cheng said, "I'm going to have a good talk with Si Junchao next."

"He is a sensible person. Things have come to this point, and he also understands what to do. If he still doesn't wake up, he can only be unceremonious and take the knife against his family. Is it a dead fellow Taoist or a dead poor?" I think he can make the right choice." Cen Zhong sneered. "Cut his wings first, make him helpless, and then drive him out of the court."

"It's easy to say, but it's not so easy to do." Xiao Cheng said: "This matter must be carefully planned, and there is no need to rush, so that it can be done without hurting our vitality. "

"Of course." Cen Zhong said, "Have you already eaten in there?"

"ate!"

"Would you like to have a few more drinks with me?"

"Ok?"

Cen Zhong dragged Xiao Cheng into the inner room, but saw four or five side dishes and two jugs of wine had already been set up on the table inside.

(End of this chapter)