Su Yueling was very unhappy. She no longer felt comfortable being the princess. Whether she was the county princess or the princess, it would not affect her current status.
There was grievance written all over her face.
Yuan Suijun sighed and said, "I understand. I will go to the palace tomorrow to report to Your Majesty."
As a husband, it would be remiss if he could not even fulfill his wife's rare request.
Su Yueling thought for a while and said, "The half acre of corn that was delivered to the house some time ago can be left to them."
The servants in the house had already selected the best quality batch for her and ground it into cornmeal. Occasionally, when Su Yueling wanted to eat, she could ask the kitchen to spread out a cake to eat. The remaining ones were picked by Su Yueling.
If you don't plan to eat them, it doesn't matter if you make seeds for them.
Yuan Suijun discussed this matter with Emperor Rong Ji the next day.
"Yue Ling, it's rare for her to have this small wish. She likes to eat fresh corn, and she usually has no other requirements, except this small vision."
Rong Ji felt the veins in his temples twitching, "Those acres of corn seeds may not be enough to promote nationwide next year."
Yuan Suijun said: "Before we really see the yield, the people may not be willing to take the initiative to plant this."
"Usually it is promoted near the capital first."
Rong Ji was silent, and what Suijun said did make sense. It would take at least several years for each crop to be fully promoted across the country.
"The seeds are all harvested now, and the first ones to get the cheapest ones are the nobles."
Yuan Suijun sighed, "Actually, it's not like Yueling can't understand. When she was eating corn yesterday, the corn fell on the table and she couldn't bear to give it up."
Yuan Suijun just opened his eyes and told lies.
Rong Ji's conscience began to ache. In the past few years, Su Yueling had made so many contributions, but she never asked for it. Her only wish was to keep half an acre of cornfield for herself... If she took it all, she would be really sorry.
she.
Then I thought about it, after harvesting the corn from this half-acre of land, Su Yueling would definitely plant it on her farms. When the corn grows next year, if they ask her for more, she will definitely be willing to take it out. In exchange.
If you are someone else, that may not be the case.
Finally, Rong Ji nodded, "I will ask them to leave half an acre of corn field for Yueling."
Yuan Suijun said: "I also know that Your Majesty is kind-hearted, so I boldly made this request. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't dare."
The invisible compliment revealed by these words made the emperor stretch his eyebrows and reveal a slight smile.
At this moment, Su Yueling, who had gotten up early, also received the imperial decree conferring her the title of princess.
The person who issued the decree was still her old acquaintance Geng Hai. After meeting her, Geng Hai even said: "The princess does not need to salute."
Su Yueling had no intention of saluting. She had the right not to kneel before you.
Regarding the matter of receiving orders, it can be said that she is familiar with it once and twice.
Song Xiaoqiao took out the red envelope she had prepared yesterday and gave it to Geng Hai, while Shengnan brought out a glass of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice. The seeds left over from the pomegranate plant in Su Yueling's original yard last year were used to plant an acre of pomegranate trees.
Just like the pomegranate in the yard, it only bears fruit in one year.
It can be said that the Yuan family has no shortage of pomegranates now, so they can treat Geng Hai with pomegranate juice so luxuriously.
Of course, the right to distribute the pomegranate plant in the yard is still in Su Yueling's hands.
Geng Hai took a sip and couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Sometimes he wondered if Su Yueling was not the god of agriculture in her previous life, so why did the fruits she had people grow taste better than others.
The taste of this pomegranate is incomparable even to the pomegranates offered as tribute. After one bite, your mouth is filled with the sweet taste of pomegranate. The sweetness can be sweet to the bottom of your heart, but it is not greasy at all, but rather refreshing.
a feeling of.
After drinking pomegranate juice and being stuffed with several more pomegranates, Geng Hai returned to the palace satisfied.
Su Yueling collected the imperial decree in the ancestral hall, asked Shengnan to put away his court clothes, and then went to catch up on his sleep.
Today she woke up an hour earlier than usual, and now she started to feel sleepy again.
Of course, she didn't forget to instruct the accountant to give everyone two extra months of monthly payment to celebrate.
After all, this is also a title promotion.
The number of princesses in Daxia is much smaller than that of county lords, and they can be counted on one hand.
The entire county lord's mansion, no, the county lord is already the princess's mansion...everyone's face is full of excitement and excitement.
The news that Su Yueling was canonized as a princess spread quickly throughout the capital. The speed with which she rose to the title was enough to make everyone amazed. Last year she was still the village princess, but this year she is the princess. It was like an awesome mother opening the door for an awesome person.
Really awesome.
People who were still very dissatisfied at first were speechless when they learned about the corn yield.
Discovered crops with a yield of thousands per mu... This achievement is enough to be written into the history books of Daxia.
They had no doubt about the authenticity of this matter. Emperor Rong Jidu specially sent officials to the local area, and even the queen's father, Duke Chengen, went there. Only then did people understand the reason why Duke Chengen left the capital some time ago.
The petty officials in the capital even posted notices in the streets and alleys. The students at the Imperial College were given a few days off and were sent out to explain the official documents to the people. They had to explain it in as simple a language as possible.
It was undoubtedly Yuan Suijun who came up with this idea.
In Yuan Suijun's view, these students from the Imperial College have a high status and are too far away from the common people. It is difficult for them to notice the lower-class civilians. However, because of their family background, they have better resources and connections than those from poor families, and it is easier for them to climb up the ladder.
Go to the top. If they remain in a superior position, how can they care about the suffering of the people in the future?
Emperor Rong Ji felt that what his nephew said was very reasonable, so he let these students go.
So in the streets and alleys, you can see these students racking their brains to explain the announcement to the people.
"...In short, that's it. Each family can register with their own tooth tag, and each family can get a bag of corn kernels, first come, first served."
The tooth tag is the ID card of this era. Everyone has it, including servants. The tooth tag not only contains the name, place of origin, year of birth, but also the job and workplace. This is very close to the business card Su Yueling holds in modern times.
In view of the limited number of corn kernels, each bag of corn is estimated to only have one hundred kernels. These one hundred kernels will only use less than two centimeters of land.
The people were stunned and asked questions one after another.
"Is this corn really capable of yielding a thousand kilograms from one acre of land?"
"Is the corn delicious? When can we receive it? Our family has a large population, can't we receive more?"
If the officials above force the people to plant, the people will not be happy and think there is something fishy in it. However, when they adopt a first-come-first-served attitude, the enthusiasm of these people will be suddenly dampened.
I got up. I was afraid that if I got it late, I would suffer a loss.
That Imperial College student Ge Fang had a good temper and explained patiently.
"Families with a family of less than five can only get one bag, and families with a family of more than five can get two bags. This corn was bought by Su Yueling, the princess of Weiguo, from a merchant, and she also found someone to grow it."
"Because of her great contribution in discovering corn, she was canonized as princess by the emperor today."
Originally, the disciple of the Imperial College thought that he would have to spend more words to convince them. Unexpectedly, after he mentioned Su Yueling's name, the attitude of the people who were originally skeptical suddenly changed 180 degrees.
"It turns out to be Su Yueling! I believe her! This corn must be good."
"There are exactly five people in my family, so we can take two bags."
"When can I queue up to get it? Can I go directly to the government office to get it?"