After farming, I opened a family tree

The Taifu came from a poor family, and his family tradition was farming and studying.

The rice ears are about the same length as a palm, and the grains are plump.

The Grand Tutor took one look and felt as if he was frozen in place, his whole body starting to tremble.

"God bless your majesty, God bless Great Qi!"

"Someone, move a seat for the Master."

Emperor Jing looked at the Grand Tutor who was unable to stand steadily and spoke.

Immediately, a young eunuch brought a chair.

Everyone became even more curious at once. What did they see?

It is well known that the Grand Tutor is the most steady old minister of this dynasty. It can be said that he remains calm even when faced with a mountain collapse. What on earth is placed on the emperor's desk?

"Duke Zhenguo, come and take a look."

Emperor Jing sat at the top and spoke.

The Duke of Zhenguo is a veteran of three dynasties. If the Taifu is the head of civil officials, then the Duke of Zhenguo is the head of military generals.

Since ancient times, civil and military officials have not been in harmony, and the same was true of the Great Qi Dynasty.

When the Duke of Zhenguo saw the Grand Tutor's disgrace, he began to mock him in his heart.

Humph, that's how civil servants are. There's just an arm-length box on your Majesty's desk. What's so shocking about it?

As he spoke, the Duke of Zhenguo strode forward.

! ! ! ! ! !

The Duke of Zhenguo felt as if he was struck by lightning. How could there be such huge ears of rice in the world?

Looking at the appearance of the Duke of Zhenguo, Emperor Jing laughed secretly, completely forgetting his shock at that time.

"Oh, Duke, you've finished reading this, let me wait and see!"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, please ask the Duke to move aside and let us take a look."

After a cup of tea, the entire imperial study was silent, with only the sound of the minister's heavy breathing.

"Your Majesty, where did you get this rice?"

Finally, the Grand Tutor stood up and asked.

Emperor Jing glanced at the ministers standing in the study, and finally pointed to Minister Zhao who was standing nearby.

"Let Minister Zhao come and explain to you."

When Minister Zhao heard Emperor Jing call on him to explain, he straightened his back instantly.

"Gentlemen, this rice was grown by a farmer in Shenjia Village, Qingshan Town, Lin'an Prefecture! The Qingshan County Magistrate sent a message saying that the family had planted a full two acres of land with this rice!"

"I heard from the farmer that these two acres of rice can be saved for seed!"

This is why the emperor and the minister were shocked. It was shocking to grow such rice, but being able to save the seeds was the most important thing.

Being able to save seeds means that rice of this size can be grown in the future.

"And the letter mentioned that this rice can yield a thousand kilograms per mu!"

This is like water pouring into a frying pan. If the rice they just saw shocked them visually, then the yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu made their scalps numb.

"One thousand catties per mu! If this yields one thousand catties per mu, my Great Qi!"

"If everyone in Daqi could grow this rice, wouldn't everyone have enough to eat?"

"As long as the people can successfully plant enough in one year, it will be equivalent to three years' harvest, and things like famine will not happen!"

......

The ministers were all talking about it and were very excited.

"If we can produce 1,000 kilograms per mu, then I won't have to worry about food and fodder for my soldiers on the front lines anymore."

"That's right! Let go and hit me!"

The generals also talked about it.

"Is this true?"

"Your Majesty, if we can really produce 1,000 kilograms per mu, then two mu of land will yield 2,000 kilograms of seeds. I wonder how we will distribute these seeds."

"Of course I'll hand it over!"

"Such good things should naturally be handed over to the court and distributed by the court."

Someone spoke directly.

"That's not right, that's not right. Can you guess why this rice can only be grown in Qingshan County?"

“Why can’t you and I grow it?

"Your Majesty, I believe that if this rice can truly yield 1,000 kilograms per mu, the best approach is to let that farmer plant it. After all, we have little experience in farming. If we rashly bring in seeds and they fail, it would be better to let the Shen family plant them.

Next year, if the rice is successfully planted, we will have more seeds."

The Grand Tutor spoke calmly.

"We can't afford to make any mistakes with something like this. It's too important for Da Qi!"

Emperor Jing nodded after hearing this.

"Master Taifu is right. We have no more experience than farmers in cultivating this kind of land. Moreover, climate, soil, and fertilization are crucial for this kind of land. Once the cultivation is successful, the court will purchase the crops from the farmers and then promote them."

The Minister of Revenue spoke.

"Then wait until the autumn harvest is over. If it's true, Qingshan County will plant the crops on its own for the next three years."

"I don't know, which of you would be willing to go to Qingshan Town and take a look on my behalf?"

As soon as Emperor Jing finished speaking, everyone's faces showed signs of anxiety.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. I am willing to go to Jiangnan to check on the rice for Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! I am young and strong. If I can ride as fast as I can, I can catch up with the autumn harvest!"

"Your Majesty, please let this old minister go!

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For a moment, the entire imperial study was extremely noisy.

Emperor Jing waved his hand and the crowd quieted down.

"I will send someone to investigate this matter. Firstly, to see if it is really as the Qingshan County Magistrate said. Secondly, if it is true, it will be convenient to reward them according to their merits."

"The Grand Tutor is old, so there is no need to go."

When the emperor spoke, the tutor's eyes were filled with disappointment, and he only regretted that he was too old.

"Let Minister Zhao go with us on this matter."

Minister Zhao never expected that this matter would fall upon him.

"Lord Zhao, please set off quickly today and head to Jiangnan."

"Also, if this is true, I will give you a reward."

Emperor Jing directly decided the candidate.

Minister Zhao received the imperial edict and hurried home.

Everyone in the Imperial Study looked at Minister Zhao's happy face and was extremely envious.

I only regret that my son didn’t know such a county magistrate.

Minister Zhao brought his men back home and immediately told his son to start packing.

Before it got dark, several fast horses hurried out of the capital.

At this time, people in Shenjia Village were receiving a notice.

Three days later, water was released into the rice fields in preparation for harvesting the fish!

Every household began to prepare fishing gear for catching fish, mostly bamboo baskets and wooden barrels.

The happiest ones were the children. The children in the village had been much quieter in the past few days, waiting for their parents to take them to the fields to catch fish.

Shenjia Village has a very advantageous geographical location, next to the Qingshui River. It has been a farming village for generations and has a relatively good irrigation system.

Moreover, Da Qi also had water wheels, so drainage was not a problem.

Shen Tang went to the town in person and invited County Magistrate Lin.

County Magistrate Lin was extremely shocked when he learned that Shen Tang raised fish in his rice fields.

It’s just that he was only paying attention to the rice at that time and didn’t notice the fish at all.

Moreover, since it was Shen Tang's first time to raise fish, there were not many fish in the rice field, so County Magistrate Lin did not see it.

The workshop also took two days off. After all, almost all the workers in the workshop followed Shen Tang's advice and raised fish in the rice fields.

Three days later, the weather was fine.

The people of Shenjia Village got up early in the morning, and men, women, young and old were waiting with wooden buckets and basins.

At the time of Chen, the rice fields began to drain.