Chapter 1,489 Farming

These crops first fall into the hands of flower growers, and with the bonus of innate special skill points, I believe that more high-yielding varieties will soon be cultivated.

Back at Zhuangzi, Su You took Zhao Xu to see the alpacas, the chickens with silk ribbons, and the ducks with knobby heads.

The alpacas are well taken care of, and the farmer's wife combs them every day, making them look very cute.

Alpaca wool is very high-grade, and Su You estimated that farm women used the method of carding livestock to collect wool every day, but he had no evidence.

Zhao Xu fell in love with it at first sight, and then he stretched out his hand: "Haha, this one is more beautiful than the knobby duck and the spit-roasted chicken!"

Su You pulled him back and said, "This thing will spit. Be careful, it's disrespectful. Let's cook chicken and duck."

The knobby duck tastes very good, and a big pot of sour radish duck soup is the most nourishing delicacy in autumn.

The Tushou Chicken is a little less interesting. It's big and it's big, but if you cook the whole chicken without marinating it, it will ruin the reputation of Su Da Mingzui.

The final method of making Suyou is to marinate it. After marinating, cut the chicken into pieces and soak it in the marinade to add flavor.

The remaining chicken and duck giblets are the good stuff. Now that we have pickled peppers, we use pickled peppers, pickled ginger, sour cowpeas, dried cowpeas, celery, and new potato slices to make a dry pot of chicken and duck giblets.

In addition, I fried pumpkin slices and covered them with overnight rice to create a pumpkin rice.

By the way, I baked some sweet potatoes for Zhao Xu.

This meal was a feast for Zhao Xu: "The cooks in the palace are so bad! They can't make such delicious food!"

Bian Guan also nodded: "I just said that the cooking of the natives of Dongsheng Prefecture is not lawful. As expected, you still have to be in the hands of your father to make delicious food!"

Su You said: "I'm in a hurry this time. Next time I come back, I'll make a big roast chicken for my servant."

"Brother, please be patient and wait until the new house is built with its own kitchen. Then you will be able to make midnight snacks..."

There are two tables inside the main room, which belong to the stewards of the village, and there are ten tables outside. In the past few days, everyone has been gathering food together to eat.

Hearing this, Lao Li said: "So the young man is going to separate from the family? It's a big deal to start a family, but he's still a little young!"

After saying that, you waved your chopsticks carelessly: "But it's not a big deal. Being early has its advantages. After saving for several years, you have a foundation. When you find a matchmaker, your wife will be more dignified!"

Everyone laughed and said that Lao Li was very considerate. He was trying to make trouble for the young man, but he was actually going to the master's house to give the young man a message.

Zhao Xu felt that it was so funny. It was impossible to say that these people didn't know Su You's identity. But there were several aristocratic families in the Song Dynasty. How dare the manager of the dealer dare to joke like this with the master?

It was not like he had never seen what the eldest princesses were like in their village. They were really hierarchical.

Su You gave Zhao Xu a piece of sour and bitter bamboo shoots in the old duck soup: "Brother servant, try this. Huang Luzhi's is the best. It's a little bitter at first, but then it feels better in your mouth. It's the best way to relieve the tiredness."

Then he said to Lao Li: "I remember Lao Li, isn't your son in the army? He has only been serving for a few years?"

Lao Li said: "Now that the world is peaceful and there are no wars, instead of messing around in the army and wasting the government's money and food, it is better to change his job. I asked him to go to the Zhechong Division to serve the government."

Su You smiled and said: "That's good, the money and food are stable. Which Zhechong department are you in?"

Lao Li said: "On Jingxi East Road, Dongping Prefecture Zhechong Division!"

Su You nodded: "Yunzhou, it's a pretty good place. The imperial court will definitely pay more and more attention to Hebei in the future. Yunzhou is an important channel for water transportation into Hebei. Your husband may be very busy."

Lao Li said: "That's what was said in the letter, so I wrote back and said that you behave like a big man. You think I am a country man. I have never seen what Situ Guogong is like. Do a good job.

I've disgraced Zhuangzi and come back to skin you!"

Everyone burst out laughing, and Zhao Xu even laughed so much that he slipped under the chair and had to reach out to catch him.

Su You also laughed, and after laughing he said: "We are all grown-ups, Lao Li, your tone must be inappropriate. By the way, ask your husband to write more about local problems, news, cases, and things you encounter in daily life."

Unreasonable things in government affairs.”

"The folk customs in Yunzhou are fierce. Just say that I want to know the situation and let him tell the truth."

Lao Li said: "Well, I'll write him a letter soon, that's what... tell the truth and be lenient if you confess!"

Zhao Xu really couldn't hold it back now. He quickly turned his head and sprayed a mouthful of soup on his clothes.

After eating, it was time to prepare to go back. Zhao Xu went to the firewood shed to dig out a basket and loaded it with the potatoes and sweet potatoes he dug himself, large and small. The remaining space was filled with corn, peanuts,

I also put a big pumpkin on top and prepared to take it back.

Then he found that he couldn't carry it at all, so he had to ask Lao Li to send him to the carriage, and then left it to Bian Guan to bear it.

The naughty boy had been working hard all day, and he felt sleepy when the train shook. He soon fell asleep leaning on Su You's shoulder.

I ate too much and drooled.

Bing Guan whispered: "Father, why don't you let your Majesty lie down?"

Su You nodded.

Bian Guo came over to adjust Zhao Xu's posture, and took out a thin blanket to cover him: "It's rare to see His Majesty so happy."

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Su You said: "The Song Dynasty was lucky to have an emperor who was interested in farming."

Bian Guan said: "I just don't know if there will be any ministers in court tomorrow who will give advice after hearing about it."

Su You lowered his head and looked at Zhao Xu who was sleeping on his lap: "Your Majesty's sincerity is rare. Don't think too badly of the minister."

"The country is based on agriculture. In the memorial to the Empress Dowager, Bachelor Sima also requested that Your Majesty should be aware of the sufferings of the people."

"But Your Majesty is still young. You should first understand the people and then understand the sufferings."

Bian Gu nodded.

Su You asked: "How is your own mission? There are still chairs."

Bian Guan said: "My son is working as a supervisor, and there will be a major renovation project of the inner palace next. The chairman came up with a topic. Didn't the infantry gun we designed previously have the function of using the explosive airflow to reset the firing pin?

?”

"He wanted to move it to a magic machine gun, so that the magic machine gun could use the explosive airflow to complete a series of manual actions such as bolt withdrawal, shell ejection, and loading."

Damn it! Su You was shocked. Isn’t this an automatic rifle?

But since the chair can think of the firing pin being reset, the next idea is logical.

Even if he doesn't think of it, sooner or later someone else will.

After thinking for a while, he said to Bian Gu: "I have a blueprint there, but it's not a magic gun. It's about the same size as a wheel gun. It's the idea of ​​your uncle and I."

"But brass is still precious. Even with such weapons, the Song Dynasty cannot afford it for the time being. In the past two years, the country will turn to internal affairs, and the military will only be adjusted at most. In the final analysis, the family wealth is still not strong enough."

Bian Guan said: "Father, don't think too much. Just close your eyes and rest."

Su You nodded and listened to his son's words.

At dusk, when Zhao Xu returned to the palace, Su You bought him a trolley in Wanheji and tied the backpack to it.

The little boy dragged the trailer and walked through the harem like he didn't recognize his relatives.

Queen Xiang was reporting to Gao Taotao on the operation of the charity fund. When Gao Taotao saw Zhao Xu coming in like this, he smiled and said, "It seems that I have plundered a lot from the Sujiazhuangzi. This is a confident person."

Empress Xiang also smiled: "I've only been out for a day, and I've become a lot wilder. From tomorrow on, I should behave myself again."

"No, no, no, no..." Zhao Xu quickly stood up: "The grandson asks about the daily life of the emperor's grandmother, and the son asks about the daily life of the empress."

He asked the Queen: "Brother, what are you dragging behind you? The yellow color is so beautiful."

Zhao Xu said: "Queen Qi, this is called a golden melon. I originally wanted to bring the biggest one, but it turned out to be too heavy, so I could only choose a medium-sized one."

Queen Xiang was a little surprised: "Such a big melon, isn't it the biggest? How many pounds does it weigh?"

Zhao Xu said: "This one weighs seven kilograms! The biggest one is over ten kilograms! Flat... Su Duwei said that the growth of this melon is different from that of Dongshengzhou. It can grow up to three or four kilograms there. When it comes to Zhongtu, it can be turned over.

Twice as much.”

Queen Xiang looked at Gao Taotao: "Mother, this is the Great Song Dynasty. The fruits and vegetables of foreign lands are different in my Great Song Dynasty!"

Gao Taotao took off his glasses and closed the ledger: "Brother, what do you think?"

Zhao Xu said: "Situ said that it was because the Chinese people had advanced cultivation skills. This melon was cultivated through slash-and-burn cultivation in Dongsheng Prefecture. The seeds were buried in the soil and no one took care of them. But in the middle soil, there are farmers who cook carefully, water and fertilize, and thin out the flowers and pick the fruits.

, that’s why the knot is so big.”

Gao Taotao smiled: "What Situ said is the truth. The Song Dynasty is indeed blessed by destiny, but that is what people want. To say that even melons and fruits understand this is too arrogant."

"Fertilizing the grass and manpower are the reasons why I am better at pumpkin than in other countries."

"In Weishi Zhuangzi, I once heard Hachigong say that a person is lazy for a day and a lazy person for a year."
Chapter completed!