Northern Song Dynasty: Counterattack and became emperor after the Jingkang Revolution

Chapter 19
If it is really Yue Fei, I'm afraid there will be some changes in Kaifeng City in the near future, so let's ask him first.

In later generations, she only knew about Yue Fei's deeds from history textbooks. Now that the real person was in front of her, Zhao Yingluo suddenly became curious.

She raised her eyes and looked at that army, and saw the general in the center wearing chain mail and a battle robe. He was holding the reins with both hands and sitting on the horse. His tanned face had a heroic spirit.

At this time, Yue Fei was only 26 years old. If placed in future generations, he would still be considered an old man, except for the wisp of beard on his chin that was a bit eye-catching.

After Zhao Yingluo saw the real person, she sighed in her heart. The historical Yue Fei would be killed in Fengbo Pavilion 13 years later on "unfounded" charges. She hoped that her arrival would not let that tragedy happen again.

Seeing that the carriage in front was blocking the road, a lieutenant riding in the front turned over and dismounted, "General Yue is heading to Kaifeng, why are you blocking the road?"

Soldiers faced soldiers, generals faced each other, and the other deputy general took action, so Zhao Yingluo naturally did not need to take care of him.

Chuntao, who was neither humble nor arrogant, took a step forward and said, "The adopted daughter of the old general of the Tokyo Remaining Sect, would you like to see General Yue."

"Stay behind in Tokyo..."

After knowing the identity of the person coming from the other side, the deputy general immediately reported it to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei then dismounted and quickly came to Zhao Yingluo's chariot. He bowed and saluted, "I don't know if this is a young lady chariot. Don't be guilty of it."

At this time, Yue Fei's position was only at the level of company commander in later generations. It was not an exaggeration to salute the commander's daughter when he met him.

After Zhao Yingluo returned the courtesy, she asked, "General Yue is not stationed in Ronghe, why did he come to Kaifeng?"

Yue Fei had a look of dissatisfaction on his face, "The last general had a disagreement with General Wang Yan, so he came to Kaifeng to seek refuge with the man who stayed behind."

Although Wang Yan was also a fierce general, he was narrow-minded. When Yue Fei defected to Wang Yan after breaking through the Jin Dynasty in Hebei, he was rejected, and the two had a disagreement.

After learning that there was no crisis in Kaifeng City, Zhao Yingluo ordered people to get out of the way and let Yue Fei enter the city.

Watching the army go away, another idea came to Zhao Yingluo's mind.

……

The tens of thousands of acres of fields in the north city are not growing as well as those in the west of the city. In order to ensure a bumper summer harvest, Jiang Laosi mobilized almost all the farmers he could mobilize to water the fields on a large scale.

People pick up carts and pull them, and dozens of barrel carts erected by the river are continuously delivering water from the river to the fields.

Jiang Laosi was walking around the fields with his team, directing thousands of people to water and fight drought.

When he saw his master coming to inspect, he trotted over in a hurry, the sweat on his face flowing down like a river.

Zhao Yingluo is very satisfied with Jiang Laosi's work attitude. With him here, the harvest of tens of thousands of acres of fields in Beicheng should be guaranteed.

"How much are these fields watered now?"

"Already more than [-]%!"

"Very good! Leave the work here to others. You pick a few stronger people and follow me back home."

Wheat is about to enter the grain-filling period. The most feared thing of wheat during the grain-filling period is aphids. Once aphids reproduce on a large scale, the yield will inevitably be reduced during harvest.

Although there are no pesticides in this era, Zhao Yingluo has her own way!

The favorite color of aphids is yellow. Just paint some wooden boards yellow and then apply a thicker flour paste, and those flying aphids will fall into the trap.

In addition, plant ash is also a natural enemy of aphids. It can not only be sprinkled on the field, but also mixed with water and sprayed. However, these hundreds of thousands of acres of fields require a lot of plant ash.

In order to have enough plant ash for spraying, Zhao Yingluo ordered the "Drunk Furong" hot pot restaurant to store all the remaining plant ash in jars. In order to prevent the plant ash from getting damp, the mouth of the jar was sealed with oil paper.

But the plant ash produced by Drunk Hibiscus alone is still a drop in the bucket.

But nothing can trouble her. If she doesn’t have enough plant ash, then buy it! …

"Buy plant ash?"

"Girl, are you not sick?"

“Isn’t this just throwing money away in vain?”

"For a pound of plant ash and a copper coin, my God..."

As soon as they heard that their girl wanted to spend money to buy plant ash, Chuntao and Luluo were immediately confused.

"Plant ash is used to control aphids. Go and do it quickly. Announce it on the DaSong Bank notice board, and then buy dozens of tanks. The sooner the better."

Chuntao and his wife had no choice but to go out and do as they were told.

One day later, the whole city of Kaifeng was stunned by Da Song Bank's magical operation. People gathered at the entrance of Da Song Bank looked at the content marked on the bulletin board and talked about it.

"Buying plant ash?"

"One kilogram can be sold for one copper plate?"

"The boss has money and nowhere to spend it?"

"What are you still doing? Go home and collect plant ashes!"

"Burn now! Burn now!"

……

Zhao Yingluo's move not only alarmed the people, but also alarmed the old man who was in charge of Kaifeng City. After receiving the news, the two of them were trying to persuade the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji not to go to Lin'an.

When Zhao Ji first returned to Kaifeng City, his original plan was to stay briefly and then go to Lin'an to enjoy happiness, but after the persuasion of two old men, he reluctantly stayed.

The reason of the two old men is: if Tokyo is lost, Lin'an will be a matter of time, no matter where they go.

But this time, Zhao Ji had the idea of ​​​​crossing south again because there were military reports that Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan, had defected to the Jin people and intended to rebel and seize Kaifeng City.

So Zhao Ji panicked.

"Your Majesty, please relax. The Jin people are still unable to cross the river. How can a mere prefect try to seize Tokyo? When I reorganize my troops, I will definitely take down Liu Yu's head."

Under Zongze's earnest persuasion once again, Zhao Ji Nandu's little flame was extinguished again.

After persuading Zhao Ji, Zong and Ze got on the carriage and went straight to the Song Dynasty Bank.

At this time, a long queue had begun to form in front of the Dasong Bank. Some were carrying baskets, some were carrying burdens, some were being pulled by bullock carts, and some were actually holding them with their own clothes. Waiting to sell the plant ash that was finally collected.

Seeing the words written on the bulletin board, Zongze read softly, "Da Song Bank purchases plant ash in batches, one copper plate per pound, requirements: in powder form, no particles..."

Lu Haowen began to murmur in his heart, what happened to the princess today?Although spreading plant ashes on the ground can increase the fertility of the field, there is no need to buy it with money, just a copper plate per pound!
Zhao Yingluo, who was sitting in the house supervising the collection of plant ashes, saw these two coming and hurriedly went out to greet them in.

As if she guessed their purpose, Zhao Yingluo told them the reasons for purchasing plant ash one by one without waiting for them to ask.

"Is this plant ash really so magical?" Zongze walked to a large vat, twisted a handful of plant ash with his hands, and asked with some confusion.

"When did I tell a lie?"

He thought about it, so he asked no more questions, sat back on the chair and sighed, "You kid, when will the promise you made earlier be fulfilled?"

(End of this chapter)