Zhenguan: I, Dou Fengjie, will not be the first cuckold.

Chapter 81 You want to harm me?

Beside the field, Li Wei packed his magnificent beard into a cloth bag, reached out and patted Sharma, who was a little taller than him, revealing a hint of pride.

"These fine draft horses and pull horses should be reserved for our Imperial Garden Supervisor!"

"Fortunately, I discovered it early; otherwise, once we were in the Imperial Stud, those who were trying to avoid horse plague wouldn't have given up so easily."

A Shire horse pulling a curved plow is as easy and pleasant as an adult playing with a toddler's wooden sword.

It can easily pull large trucks, carrying hundreds of kilograms.

Li Wei intercepted a pair of Sharma horses, which angered Zhang Wansui, the Junior Minister of the Imperial Stud, but he didn't care at all.

Anyway, we still left a few horses for the Imperial Stud, didn't we?

What? Does that mean the horse raised by the Imperial Stud can be withheld from the Director of the Imperial Garden?

Li Wei was completely unconcerned about Dou Fengjie's offer of the position of Chief Clerk of the Capital Garden.

With benefits like Sharma, cabbage, and onions available, Director Jingyuan thinks this little thing is nothing.

The Tang Dynasty had seen plenty of blue-eyed, high-nosed foreigners; they wouldn't be so ignorant as to call Du Bois a monster upon seeing him.

There were also foreigners and Sogdians who served as officials in the Tang Dynasty; there's nothing to be surprised about.

The inclusive spirit of the Tang Dynasty led to a surge of foreign people coming to join them.

There are certainly drawbacks, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and that's enough.

Awkwardly donning his blue official robes, Du Bois clasped his hands in a salute: "Greetings, Director and Deputy Director!"

Li Wei waved his hand, and a Director of the Imperial Garden and two Directors of the Imperial Garden ran over, their crimson official robes covered in mud and other debris.

The crimson, diagonally collared official uniform is the attire of officials outside the official ranks, equivalent to the section chief and deputy section chief levels before the time travel.

"This is Du Bois, the Chief Clerk of the Imperial Gardens appointed by the Imperial Court. He has brought two kinds of vegetable seeds from the far west. Bring enough officials and households, follow his instructions, plant the vegetables, and save enough seeds for future harvests!"

With Li Wei backing them up, neither the prefect nor the clerk dared to play any tricks.

After exchanging greetings, Du Bois's gaze was drawn to the graceful curves of the curved shaft.

Du Bois was astonished by the plowshare that could easily break through the soil and grass roots, the adjustable height of the plowshare, and the fact that a cow could work with ease.

"Oh God, why wasn't such a marvel born in Frankish times?"

Du Bois exclaimed.

The Frankish Kingdom had converted from worshipping various gods to Christianity more than a hundred years ago.

Dou Fengjie and Li Wei smiled, not wanting to tell the unsuspecting Germans that this was a weapon that had only appeared this year.

Soon, Dubois realized with a wry smile that he had already established himself in the Tang Dynasty, and what happened to the Franks was no longer his concern.

With a curved shaft in hand, farming naturally becomes much more convenient.

"Speaking of God, the imperial court received a request from monks in the Persian and Syrian regions to come to the Tang Dynasty to spread Nestorianism."

Li Wei casually recounted an amusing anecdote.

This large-scale oil theft site was repeatedly contested by Persia and Fusen, and is now under Persian rule.

Dou Fengjie said calmly, "That's a place of three wars. Besides Persia and the Abbasid Caliphate, the newly emerging Arabs are also sharpening their knives."

The monk Alopen keenly sensed the danger and, in advance, planned his escape route, using the guise of missionary work to seek survival by heading east.

By looking at the timeline, we can see that Alopen arrived in Tang China one year, and the Syrian region was taken over by the Abbasid Caliphate the following year.

Li Wei was surprised: "Is the Abbasid Caliphate, which has only been established for a short time, really that brutal?"

Perhaps it was because they had been a disorganized mess for too long and had been suppressed for too long that the Abbasid Caliphate, after its establishment, burst forth with astonishing vitality, its blade pointing towards Asia, Europe and Africa.

While a frenzied expansion model may exhaust ordinary people, it is easy to unite their hearts and minds and incidentally divert internal conflicts.

"Furthermore, what the Arabs covet most in Syria is its famous Damascus steel knife."

The key was the iron produced in Hyderabad, Pakistan in later generations. Through the unique craftsmanship of Damascus artisans, Damascus knives became famous all over the world.

The reason for the special note about the country name is that there are two Hyderabads in the world.

Madeleine and Dubois, father and son, brought not only the agricultural and livestock seeds that Dou Fengjie wanted, but also the unsettling news from the Pamir Mountains to Fusuan.

Despite the high mountains and deep waters, given the expansionist momentum of the Tang Dynasty and the Abbasid Caliphate, they were bound to clash sooner or later.

In reality, both sides were at their limit at the time, and even the victor would be unable to expand further.

The original meaning of "There is a limit to killing, and each state has its own borders" is that expansion needs to be limited, otherwise supplies will not be available and the court's reach will be insufficient.

When a country grows to a certain size, it will naturally split up.

"The method of deep plowing and thorough weeding has been tested in the soybean field next door. Although the meticulous cultivation requires more work, the curved plow has been put back into use."

Li Wei proudly introduced.

Wheat has a relatively long growing cycle, so the benefits of deep plowing and weeding are not immediately apparent, while soybeans have a shorter growing cycle.

"Effort" refers to the working time using human labor, which is different from the planting cycle.

The Ministry of Works' Agricultural Reclamation Department has its own regulations, requiring 192 days of work to cultivate one hectare of soybeans.

The bean sprouts, having broken through the soil, are well-watered and fertilized, their dark green leaves swaying in the wind.

Beside the soybean field, water flowing from bamboo troughs was collected in wooden buckets, and the officials carried buckets and ladles, patiently watering the seedlings little by little.

Fermented manure mixed into the soil gives the yellow soil a slightly blackish hue, which is essential for the growth of bean seedlings.

"The plants are robust and their growth is three times stronger than that of ordinary bean sprouts."

"However, we cannot let our guard down yet. We have to wait and see it bloom, bear fruit, and harvest the fruit to know if it is correct."

Wu Shiling, the Junior Minister of Agriculture, squatted at the edge of the field, carefully observing the condition of the bean sprouts, and muttered to himself.

These are wise and prudent words; who can guarantee that they won't come back empty-handed?

Upon seeing Dou Fengjie, Wu Shiling's old face broke into a smile: "Deputy Supervisor, your method seems to be working well for now, but we'll have to wait until after the wheat harvest next year for a concrete comparison before I and ——— can recommend you for credit."

There was no way around it; Dou Fengjie's dislike for Dou Jing, the Minister of Agriculture, was common knowledge.

Dou Fengjie smiled and said, "Shangguan, there's no rush. Whether this method is good or not needs time to prove."

"As for me, I have already received what I deserved, so it doesn't matter."

They were already officials of the sixth rank, what could Dou Fengjie do?

That's already an exception.

Furthermore, officials of the fifth rank and above in the Imperial City were regular attendants, and they had to attend court at the Taiji Hall on the 1st, 5th, and 9th of each month.

Dou Fengjie had no interest in such a grand hall, where one would shiver from the cold in winter and get heat rash from the heat in summer, and where the imperial censors would constantly nitpick about one's appearance.

Go to the Sifang Pavilion to show off your power, go back to your room to bicker with Cheng Chumo, have some snacks and tea in your spare time, and write a few lines of Liu style calligraphy when you have nothing to do. Isn't that great?

Samurai Leng laughed: "Young man, you are not greedy and have a bright future. It's a pity that my second niece is too young, otherwise she would be a good match for you."

Dou Fengjie was instantly terrified.

I treated you with courtesy, yet you tried to harm me?

Wu Zhao's spirited horse is not one that just anyone can ride!