Chapter 1440 Not Showing Off

With the passage of time, the situation of the battle on the northeast border continued to be reported back to the capital, and many people who fled in panic came to the capital one after another.

The rent in the capital has risen a lot, and many people are rushing to the capital.

The Supreme Emperor looked out of the street from inside the carriage. Some small vendors on the streets of the capital are gone, and the most are the carriages entering Beijing. "Heh."

Zhou Shuren, "Recently there have been many spies in the Northeast inciting the common people, which has caused a chain reaction."

The Supreme Emperor turned his head, "This is the incompetence of the parents and officials."

Zhou Shuren said in his heart how powerful the parental officer must be to be able to control the panic? Modern information development is impossible, not to mention the inconvenient information in ancient times. "The parents and officials in the northeastern states have also tried their best."

There are still members of the Zhou family who are officials in the northeast, and He Shu and Wu Yan are also in the northeast, so don't let the emperor beat them all to death.

The Supreme Emperor was silent for a moment, "You are right, the tribes have been planning this war for a long time."

Zhou Shuren didn't continue this topic. Some words are enough to say once, but it's not beautiful to say too much, and he feels emotional in his heart. No wonder everyone likes to be the emperor's close minister. Suggestions can indeed affect some of the emperor's thoughts.

The Supreme Emperor suddenly asked, "Can someone from the Zhou family come to Beijing?"

Zhou Shuren said, "The minister's granddaughter hasn't returned to Beijing, so the Zhou clan can still survive."

The Supreme Emperor was surprised, "Your family is worried about your granddaughter, but you didn't ask her to return to Beijing?"

Zhou Shuren replied, "The eldest daughter of the minister is afraid to write a letter and go back. This child wrote an urgent letter and returned. This girl is afraid that she will cause chain panic if she leaves. You also know that the Zhou family has a high status in Pingzhou because of the minister."

The Supreme Emperor knew that Zhou Shuren would not reveal the emperor's plan, so he was curious, and now he heard this, "Your granddaughter is not bad."

The Zhou family didn't move in Pingzhou, so Pingzhou was relatively stable.

Zhou Shuren smiled, "If this girl is a boy, she will be better than her father."

In fact, he wanted to say that he was better than his grandson Jiang Du, but unfortunately he couldn't. His grandson still had to pursue an official career. If he was compared to his younger sister, the emperor would have a bad impression of his grandson.

The Supreme Emperor had no impression of Zhou Shuren's eldest son-in-law at first. He was just a contented and happy person. Later, Jiang Sheng gradually became a master. He didn't pay much attention to it, but he also expressed a few words of emotion. Only a rare heart can draw spiritual paintings. And then it's gone.

The emperor smiled,

"Your eldest son-in-law is also good. Only a good-natured father can raise a kind-hearted child."

Zhou Shuren smiled, the emperor asked, he would naturally not miss the opportunity to speak for his granddaughter, this is what the granddaughter deserves, and the granddaughter is good to Mu Fan, although the Jiang family can take the imperial examination, but the emperor will look at the past, Jiang Ming's Things will still affect Mu Fan.

In Zhangzhou, Yushuang looked at the field, "These few rains are life-saving rain."

Liu Feng hugged his restless son tightly, "That's right, if there weren't these heavy rains, this year's grain would have been halved at least."

The food is halved, and the people pay taxes. This year's rations are basically gone, and many people will starve to death. This is a poor county, and it will only become more impoverished.

Yushuang frowned, "I don't know what happened to the war in the Northeast."

Liu Feng looked at the people working in the fields. The war needs food and grass, and this year's tax may not be reduced or deducted. "If there is no news, it is good news."

Yushuang nodded, "In front are the medicine fields in the villages."

There was a smile on Liu Feng's face, "Yes."

Planting medicinal materials, this is the medicinal material seeds he bought out of his own pocket after checking a lot of books and hiring drug farmers to confirm that the land can grow medicinal materials.

The medicine fields in each village are only two acres, and the county government came forward to find someone to reclaim the wasteland, so that the people's fields would not be occupied.

This is the method he thought of. He didn't expect that the medicinal materials are growing really well. This year, there is a shortage of medicinal materials. Although there are not many planted, it is possible to estimate how much they will earn.

Yushuang was standing by the side of the medicine field, and the medicinal materials in the field were growing well.

Liu Feng said: "If it succeeds this year, each household will be able to open up two acres of wasteland to grow medicinal materials every year, so that it will not take up the land for growing grain."

Yushuang smiled, "Your hard work will be rewarded."

Liu Feng, "I just hope that the people under my jurisdiction can have enough food."

"Will do."

In the capital, Zhou Shuren followed the Supreme Emperor to the shed, looked at the stretch of sheds, and stood still.

The Supreme Emperor turned his head, "Let's go, what are you looking at?"

Zhou Shuren pointed to the shed, "The minister is looking at the money."

These days all kinds of silver expenses, his mind is full of money, he regrets it very much, if he knew it, he would not have granted so much money to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor pulled his beard, he didn't expect the floods to be so serious this year, "Do you still want to see it?"

Zhou Shuren gritted his teeth, "Look, why don't you read it."

This is all made of money, he must have a look.

The Supreme Emperor came to a large shed, where many old farmers were carefully serving the wheat, "This is wheat from selected varieties."

At the beginning, it took a lot of manpower to select the good seeds, and put the seeds of the same size together to plant them, and then found an experienced farmer to look after them. The recent growth is good, and he wants to show off.

Zhou Shuren stood between the ridges of the field, and there was something he wanted to say. He didn’t know much about farming. In his eyes, the wheat seedlings grew really well, and then they disappeared. I really can’t see the specifics of the fields different.

The Supreme Emperor said braggingly: "Well, I'll just say the value of the silver flower."

Zhou Shuren, "This is only the first-selected good seed, and we don't know what the next generation's seed will be like!"

The Supreme Emperor, "I know, so I'm not in a hurry, and the food matter will take your time."

"This year's weather is abnormal, food production has been reduced on a large scale, and people's lives are difficult."

So don't take your time, he always feels that there are already signs of the Little Ice Age.

The Supreme Emperor regretted bringing Zhou Shuren here, not to mention that he didn't show off, but the pressure on him was even greater.

The Zhou family, Changli said: "Mother, the grain dealer who buys our Zhuangzi every year asks his son if he can sell them some grain this autumn."

"Have you told them that there will be no food sales this year?"

Chang Li nodded, "Well, now everyone knows that the grain production in various places has decreased, and there is a war again, and the grain merchants are also afraid that they will not be able to receive grain."

The Zhou family sells a lot of grain every year. The Zhuangzi in each house produces the Zhuangzi in the hands of the parents. In addition, the Zhou family will not bully the merchants to shoddy the grain, and will not add sand and gravel to the grain. The grain merchants do not want to lose this door business.

Zhulan has always been adhering to being a human being who wants to see her in the future. After thinking about it, she said, "Then sell 20% of the grain and save the rest. Thank you for your hard work. You have been in charge of it all these years."

Chang Li smiled, "My son is not working hard."

He likes to be busy, which makes him feel good about himself. Although he can't be an official like his younger brothers, he can manage the house well. Over the years, the food in each house has been handed over to him. This is also the trust in him. Trust feels good.

Zhulan said again: "Don't sell the fish from the fishing ground this year, and put them in the ice cellar to freeze."