Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 88
The greatest pain in the world is that a white-haired person gives a black-haired person.

And I have given it away twice, once to the eldest son Zhu Houxi, who died just after he was born.

One was Chang Ning, who was only 3 years old.

Now they have to send away their 9-year-old second daughter, Shanhua.

God is really unfair to Zhu Youzhu!unfair!

If he wanted to punish, he hoped to punish himself.

He was originally an atheist, he didn't believe in heaven, and he didn't believe in Taoism. Now there is only one son left, Zhu Houcong. This son is obsessed with Taoism. He is not satisfied at first, but he has always been healthy. Whether he is useful for Taoism has never been determined. decision.

He wanted his son to study more and study more, not to indulge in hopeless things, but he dared not take risks. He could only watch him go further and further, just like those royal nobles who just eat, drink and have fun.

"My lord's condolences!"

In recent days, Yuan Zonggao often went to Shanhua Princess to check the situation. The little princess exhaled more air and inhaled less, so the time would not be too long.

……

Qin Shao returned home, and the family was somewhat peaceful.

Those people knew that they were not at home and gradually dispersed. As for those academies, they thought they wanted to climb higher branches and didn't insist.

Although he is the first case in the two trials, he is still a child after all.

The imperial examinations are actually very variable.

It's not unusual to hurt Zhongyong.

He is an outsider, and he does not have a strong background, so he is not sure what will happen in the future. Which academy does not have many scholars and scholars?
If he is not enthusiastic, people will naturally not insist.

Han Jinrong said that there was no news from Mrs. Xu.

Wang Yin and Xiaosanzi have been living in the field for the past few days, where rice is being harvested.

A girl like Han Jinrong would not dare to take care of the house alone. Now that Jingshan is stable, and the old man Zhu and Guanlu are next door, she takes care of the house alone.

Staying at home is to worry about Qin Shao's return, and there is no one at home.

Hearing that the rice had been harvested for a few days, Qin Shao took Han Jinrong to hire a bullock cart and went to the farmland outside the city.

When he arrived at the farmland, Qin Shao found that the rice had been harvested.

Wang Yin and the others are helping to grind the rice in the mill.

Qin Shao found that there were many people helping, and he asked Wang Yin to find out that it was from the Xingwang Mansion.

It turned out that Zhang Zuo came to the farmland from time to time, and when he learned that they were harvesting rice, he directly asked their people to help.

Not to mention, this father-in-law is very righteous.

It seems that the food I gave him was not in vain.

The corn harvested earlier has been threshed, and a total of 4 stones of corn have been harvested in 19 mu of land, which is about 3000 catties.

"My lord, congratulations on the great harvest. We have planted this corn for so many years and have never had such a high harvest!"

Zhang Dazhuang reported in surprise.

According to their usual output, the output per acre of land is only 2 stones, which is already very good.

In fact, they can't be blamed for this. In fact, the land here in Jingshan is quite fertile, and the output can be so high without chemical fertilizers. In fact, it is already very good.

Qin Shao stayed in the north in his previous life. Except for some black soil in the northeast, the grain production in many northern regions was very poor before there was no chemical fertilizer.

Zhang Dazhuang's corn yields were low. After all, they didn't know how to pick seedlings, and the corn plants were planted too close together.

People in this era think that the more seedlings there are, the higher the yield will be.

Even Zhang Dazhuang now understands the planting skills, but he still thinks that the high yield is related to the seeds.

As far as he knew, the rice seeds planted by Mr. Qin were brought from hundreds of miles away.

19 taels of grain, according to the current price of corn in Anlu Prefecture, should cost nearly 12 taels of silver.

This is just after the chaos, and the price of food is not low now.

Remove 3 taels of land tax, remove labor costs, seeds and all kinds of hard work, and you will lose 9 taels of silver. Of course, there was a harvest of soybeans before.

Calculated in this way, the annual income of 15 mu of dry land is eleven or two taels of silver, which is not bad.

The annual expenditure of ordinary farm households is more than ten taels, and many of them don't have so much land, so they can only get such a harvest after planting for two seasons.

No wonder farming has been a source of food and clothing since ancient times.

The premise is that no one in the family is sick, and there are no other big expenses.

Qin Shao now understands the reason why Zhang Dazhuang's family is still poor despite being busy in the fields all year round.

However, in his plan, he didn't say that he would rely on the land to make a fortune, but only wanted to have food.

In case of another natural disaster or war, you won't be hungry.

Because the harvest was not bad, Qin Shao directly rewarded Zhang Dazhuang and the others with a large bag of corn.

Far more than the original promise of two buckets of food per person in the first quarter.

Zhang Dazhuang was overjoyed and kowtowed to thank him again and again.

He was not willing to eat those corns, and he wanted to sell them for money or use them as seeds in the field.

There are also those grown in their own land, as well as those corncobs and sticks scattered on the ground that the owner doesn't want, and they can make do with it after tidying up.

After a period of busy work, the rice was crushed and returned to the warehouse.

The output of 15 mu of rice is 53 shi, and Qin Shao is still very satisfied with this output.

No wonder Huguang is familiar, and the world is full!

After all, the land is fertile.

Of course, these fields are still in the first season of planting today, and the natural yield is better.

If planted for three consecutive seasons, the yield of each season will not be so high.

Qin Shao originally considered planting three seasons to try, but now he decided to continue two seasons tomorrow.

Qin Shao gave a bag of new rice to Zhang Dazhuang's family, and asked Wang Yin to send another bag to Zhang Zuo.

They brought back three bags, one bag followed the old man Zhu, and the remaining two bags were eaten by themselves.

……

"My lord, Mr. Qin's rice field has a good yield. This is the new rice they milled. The old slave has been steamed. You can eat some!"

Li Ji was holding a plate, on which was a small bowl of hot steamed rice, served with bacon, giving off a fragrant aroma.

Zhu Youzhao's eyes were bloodshot as he looked out the window.

Li Ji's voice fell for a while before he came back to his senses.

"The kid's rice field has been harvested?"

he murmured.

"Yes, my lord, the harvest was just finished a few days ago, and the young master Qin went to help himself. I heard that everyone was tanned."

"The boy Zhang Zuo saw it with his own eyes. He said that he had just received the new rice and sent it over, saying that he wanted the palace to taste it."

Li Ji explained softly.

Since Princess Shanhua passed away a few days ago, my prince hasn't had a good meal for several days, how can this go on like this!
Zhu Youzhu picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the rice. The grains were crystal clear and fragrant.

The qi that had been stagnant in my heart for many days seemed to dissipate a lot.

I took a bite, and then I ate several more.

Eat bacon again, the taste is even more salty and fragrant.

"This rice seems to be different from the local area."

"My lord Mingjian, this rice is indeed not local in Anlu. I heard that it is the seeds that Mr. Qin brought back from the land of Taihu Lake. If the lord likes it, the old slave will ask Zhang Zuo to ask Mr. Qin for some. Next year, we can also use it in our field Plant some."

"The side concubine also sent some new rice over there."

Zhu Youzhao ordered.

Shanhua was born to the side concubine Wang Shi, Shanhua is gone, as the biological mother, Wang Shi is extremely sad.

Even though they tried so hard, they still couldn't keep the unfortunate daughter.

If you can choose, it's better to go first like these old guys.

"Yes!"

"What are the princess and the prince doing?"

"Forehead……"

"Say!"

"The park opened at Jingshan Hot Spring, the princess and the prince are going there..."

"Bullshit!"

Zhu Youzhao's face flushed red, and the veins on his neck stood out.

(End of this chapter)