Many times, some earth-shattering events that happen in the court have less to do with the people than everyone imagines.
Whether a loyal minister was unjustly killed or a female official was bloody liquidated, it was nothing more than a talking point to the people.
Because neither loyal ministers nor female ministers are of the same class as the common people, or even people of the same world.
Therefore, the next day Yunchu took the officials from Wannian County to the countryside to supervise such important events as farming.
Before leaving the city gate, Yun Chu saw the white-haired Master Li near the notice board beside the city gate.
I didn't see the whole picture of Master Li, because there was only one head on display in a wooden cage. The body was somewhere unknown. There were two young men crying sadly underneath. The soldiers guarding the city gate were considerate.
A ladder was given to the two young men.
Tell them in a low voice how to steal heads after dark, and they will pretend not to see it.
This has nothing to do with whether Mr. Li is loyal or a woman. It is just the dignity that a person must have after death.
The people of the Tang Dynasty were always tolerant towards the dead. Even if they committed the serious crime of killing the nine tribes, even if they were beheaded, the only remaining relatives and friends would steal the body that was supposed to be exposed for three days and bury it quietly without anyone asking questions.
This is the importance of filial piety. They naturally believe that "hiding relatives from each other" is human nature. Since it is nature, it cannot be eradicated.
Li Keshi's head did not reveal the power of the Duke of Danyang. He had a hapless look on his face after his death. He did not have the domineering look of his shaggy beard, nor did he have the heroic spirit of Zhang Fei's angry eyes after his death. He just had a drooped face.
Suffering.
Seeing Keshi Li's unlucky appearance, Yun Chu became even more determined that he would never get involved in the dispute between Li Zhi and Wu Mei, even if he was beaten to death. Maybe Li Keshi's death was caused by this guy, but
Well, when Shangguan Yi dies, it will chill the hearts of many people who want to be involved in the relationship between the emperor and the queen.
There shouldn't be trees in farmland!
If the trees grow too big, they will affect a large area of farmland. Even the shade of the trees will affect the growth of crops, not to mention that they will attract birds to eat the crops and bring pests that will affect the crops.
At this time, the farmland that stretches as far as the eye can see without any obstruction except houses is truly good farmland.
There is always not enough food in Wannian County. Every year, a lot of food is purchased from other counties in Guanzhong, and a lot of food is also purchased from the fertile land of Longyou.
It can be said that the largest quantity of goods purchased by Wannian County is grain. This is also the first time that Chang'an City, a city with a large population, does not allocate grain from places in the southeast and Hebei Provinces. A huge reform.
In recent years, if the emperor had not strongly supported Yunchu's food reform plan, little Yunchu would not have been able to withstand the oppression of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, let alone the right to purchase food nearby on his own initiative.
There are too many stakeholders in the process of transporting grain from Dong'an, Hebei, and Shandong to Chang'an.
The distance to transport food is long, and the price of food has been increased. As a result, the price of the food allocated by the Ministry of Revenue in Wannian County is far higher than the price of grain purchased nearby. Generally speaking, the price of food allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs
For the price of one pound of grain, you can buy four pounds of grain nearby. …
Although Yunchu did not deliberately control grain prices in Chang'an in recent years, causing grain prices in Chang'an to rise by 30%, the income earned by the people in Guanzhong from growing grains increased by a full 50%.
Nowadays, there is no cotton to grow. If you think about it, those who grow food are actually pretty good, but there is no government to protect them.
The good days of guaranteed harvests due to drought and floods finally became a thing of the past as cotton was cut down, but people did not seem to have much objection.
A true Guanzhong farmer will feel panicked if there are no crops growing in the fields.
Both Yun Chu and Wen Wen were busy in the farmland they managed respectively. Growing cotton over the years had other benefits. At least it gave the over-planted land in the two counties a chance to cultivate, and the saline-alkali land was reduced by more than 80% compared to before.
These are all changes brought about by cotton cultivation, because cotton cultivation is profitable
Langao, people will spend money and manpower to improve the saline-alkali land.
The farmland area in Wannian County now has approximately doubled compared to when Yunchu first took over Wannian County.
The increase in agricultural land is a good thing, but it also shows from another aspect that the land potential of Wannian County has been exhausted.
In recent years, the two counties of Chang'an and Chang'an have invested more than 3,000 guan in high-quality seeds. The investment in water conservancy facilities does not count the investment in corvee, and the investment in money alone has exceeded 5,000 guan.
If it is true as the agricultural doctor from Sinong Temple said, the increased grain yield in the fields will definitely offset these two investments by next autumn harvest at the latest.
The data and reasonable planting methods obtained by Dr. Sinongsi from the experimental fields were all used by Yunchu in autumn grain planting this time.
It's not that Yunchu doesn't trust the old farmers in Guanzhong, but it's because they always follow the ancient planting methods and are still unwilling to change to this day.
The method of growing crops they follow is still the same method that Shang Yang used to force him to adapt with sticks and knives.
Therefore, Yun Chu also prepared a stick this time. Fortunately, the people of the Tang Dynasty were not as stubborn as during the Western Qin Dynasty. They chose to believe in their county magistrate. Under the scolding of the head of the village, they clumsily summarized what the doctor of agriculture had to say.
One set is used for farming on my own farmland.
The doctors at Sinong Temple now like to show Yunchu some new farming tools. They know that the young magistrate likes new things, and will reward him accordingly for the role that the new things can play.
Then, Yun Chu saw Qu Yuanli!
"Your Majesty, this is a Jiangdong plow. Although this thing has twists and turns, it doesn't look good, but it saves animal power."
"You see, first of all, the straight and long shafts are changed to curved and short shafts. The direct benefit of this is that the curved shafts are placed on the front blades of the cattle, making it easier for the animals to exert force."
"We also installed a plow plate that can rotate freely on the shaft head. This not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also facilitates U-turns and turns. The operation is flexible. One person and one oxen can plow the land, which saves the county a lot of manpower and animal power."
Although Yun Chu was born a farmer, to be honest, he had never farmed since he was a child. Although the Quyuan plow played a very important role in history books, he did not expect that this thing had already appeared in the Tang Dynasty. …
And it came out so directly.
"Why didn't you take it out earlier?" Yunchu looked at Quyuanli in front of him and asked the doctor of agriculture feebly.
"Didn't the County Lord already use our Wannian County's new plow before? That thing is not bad. The County Lord also reported it to Sinong Temple. The humble official and others thought that the County Lord looked down on this kind of Jiangdong plow."
Yun Chu was speechless. The plow that Wannian County used before was the plow that Yun Chu had asked someone to improve. Although it was not bad, the plow he made out of thin air was, to be honest, under the optimization of various components.
It's not as good as the curved shaft plow in front of you.
The Jiangdong plow has been used in Jiangdong for hundreds of years. It can be said that this thing has been optimized to the extreme by farmers in the process of using it. You can tell the pros and cons just by looking at it.
A good plow must first be light in weight, easy to use, and save manpower and animal power. These advantages are all reflected in the curved shaft plow. The most important point is that the plowshare used by Yunchu uses too much.
Lots of iron.
No matter what, as long as it’s good stuff, it’s never too late.
The two counties of Chang'an had the largest number of livestock in the entire Tang Dynasty, so in the wilderness, Yunchu saw cattle, donkeys, mules, draft horses, and even camels pulling plows to plow the fields.
Yunchu stayed in the countryside for ten days, and all the autumn grain in Wannian County had been planted.
At this time, the harvest of wheat, the main summer grain in Guanzhong, has been completed. Although Wannian County has not planted a single wheat this year, their county's warehouse has the most new wheat.
Every year when Wannian County puts out old grain from the warehouse, it is a carnival day for the people of Chang'an City.
This was their only chance to buy affordable grain from the market every year. The price of grain during this period was only 80% of the price of grain in Changpingcang of the Tang Dynasty.
For Wannian County, it belongs to
Buying in at the original price and selling out at the original price greatly benefits the people. Wannian County itself has absorbed the costs of storage and transportation.
The large-scale storage of old grain in Wannian County has played a role in lowering grain prices to a certain extent. At this time of the year, the high-priced grain transported by the Ministry of Revenue from afar through canals is basically ignored.
Now Yunchu basically can't go to the household department to do business. Once he goes, he will always be greeted with cynicism.
Now he just hopes that these slick guys can go to Luoyang as soon as possible. If they can't see them, they won't have any bad feelings.
Di Renjie and Wen Wenwen have often tricked corrupt officials over the years. Unfortunately, no matter how diligent they are, there are more and more corrupt officials in their eyes.
Early in the morning, it was raining lightly. Yun Chu put on his raincoat and went to the Wannian County Granary. Today was the day when the main granary was opened.
There are 300,000 tons of grain that will be released at a one-time price at a low price. However, this time, the target of the grain release is not the common people, but the merchants.
The affordable grain purchased by the common people has been distributed according to the district and market as a whole. The common people go to the village and district chiefs with their household registration to buy.
The purpose of distributing cheap grain to merchants is to benefit the workers who work under the merchants.
All these grains are rations and are not for merchants to sell. The merchants are also very clear about this. Except for a few people who are greedy for profit, few people use cheap grains to do other things, because once
If you are found out, you will be fined by the government and your family will be ruined. …
After doing all these things, the time has come to July unknowingly.
Yunchu always thought that Chang'an in July was not suitable for human habitation. In the hot weather, people slept on the roofs.
She took off her clothes naked and ignored her, which was very unsightly.
Most of the houses that people live in in Chang'an are adobe houses, the kind with one side sloping, also known as half-side houses.
Yu Xiurong, whose belly was already very big, wiped his sweat with a wet towel and yelled at Yun Chu, "I should also sleep on the roof, the fucking kind."
Yunchu only had a pair of shorts on his body. He fanned Yu Xiurong vigorously, hoping that this woman who had become violent due to the heat could calm down.
There was an iceberg in the house where Naha and others lived, and Yu Xiurong could not get close to the iceberg because of her pregnancy, so Yunchu had no choice but to share his fate with his wife.
"You can also fuck in this room"
"No, I'm going to stand on the roof and fuck." Yu Xiurong, who was about to faint from the heat, had no idea what she was saying at this time.
"Tomorrow, as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow, I will send you to Bashang to escape the summer heat. The terrain there is high, the wind is strong, and it is cool."
"No, you should send me to your hometown, Chencang County. I heard it gets cold there at night and you need to wear a cotton-padded jacket."
This statement makes absolutely no sense. Yunchu himself doesn't even know where his hometown is. The hometown of Chencang County was completely filled in at random during the Western Regions to avoid future troubles.
"How about I ask someone to bring some well water back and wipe you down?"
"Get out of here, I'm pregnant, how dare I feel hot and cold for a while?"
Yun Chu knew that this method would not work. Yu Xiurong followed the health regimen of pregnant women and insisted on it even more rigorously than he did.
Anyone who has lived in Chang'an City knows that there is basically no wind in Chang'an City. The most disappointing thing is that the hotter the weather, the less wind there is.
Even in the middle of the night, the heat in Chang'an City is not much different from that during the day. Instead, it will become more humid and hot because the earth absorbs heat during the day and releases heat at night. In a short time, people's bodies will be sticky, which is very attractive to mosquitoes.
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As for fanning, it has no effect in dissipating heat, because once you stop fanning, your body will become a heat sink, so hot that you want to peel off your skin to cool down.
There was no other way, so Yunchu had no choice but to use warm water over and over to help Yu Xiurong cool down...
No matter who it was, no one could stand taking ten baths in one night, whether it was Yu Xiurong who was being bathed or Yun Chu who was in charge of bathing.
When it was almost dawn, the earth finally stopped radiating heat, and with the slightest breeze, Yu Xiurong, who was extremely sleepy, finally fell asleep.
Yunchu lost his sleepiness and sat at the door in his underwear, guarding the screen door to prevent mosquitoes from running in and disturbing Yu Xiurong's sleep.
Because it was the beginning of the month, the moon could not be seen, and the stars in the sky could not illuminate the earth. Yun Chu vigorously shook the cattail leaf fan, fanning the wind while driving away mosquitoes.
At this time, he actually saw someone climbing the wall of the inner house, and when he heard the noise, the person outside the high wall turned out to be Fei Jiu.
Yun Chu, who originally wanted to kick the guy who climbed the wall to death, immediately thought that at this time, there was only one person who was climbing the wall of the inner house with the help of Fei Jiu, and that was Cui Yao. …
This woman obviously no longer loves Fei Jiu. Cui Yao herself described this very clearly, and others can also see it clearly.
But Cui Yao desperately wanted to have one or several children.
This made Yun Chu think that he had hired the wrong etiquette teacher.
However, Cui Yao told Yun Chu that the etiquette teacher's first consideration is the survival of mankind, which means that having children is the bounden duty of the etiquette teacher. Only when you have children can you talk about etiquette.
A woman who has never given birth to a child is definitely not a good ethical nun. She had wanted to have a child before, but unfortunately she could not just find a man to give birth to her. This was not in line with the ethical concepts she upheld.
Otherwise, the child will be born with an unfair name. Such a child will not receive the blessings of heaven and earth. Even if he achieves success in the future, he will be deformed and incomplete.
She used to think that she would never have a child of her own in this life, but then she saw her former husband at Yun's.
Now she can give birth happily and openly.
Every child born will be the darling of heaven and earth.
Watching Cui Yao skillfully put away the light bamboo ladder from the other end of the wall, put it on this side, got off the ladder skillfully, then casually put the ladder down and hid it behind the flower bed.
He clapped his hands and entered the room where she lived.
Yun Chu covered his mouth and snickered. Yu Xiurong's hot body leaned on his shoulder and said, "Don't look, they are together every night."
Yun Chu looked at Yu Xiurong and said, "Aren't you asleep?"
Yu Xiurong shook his head and said, "I don't want you to worry, so I pretended to be asleep."
As he spoke, he pointed to a glimmer of light on the horizon and said, "Look, today is another bad day with no clouds. I'm afraid it will be even hotter at night. Let's pack up now and go to Ba Shang's villa to escape the summer heat. We're already there early."
, I can sleep a little longer.”
When it was just dawn, Yunchu carried the sleeping children into the carriage and prepared to leave the big furnace of Chang'an.
After leaving Fangshi, I discovered that Yun's family was not the only one who had the same idea. Before the city gate opened, Zhuque Street was crowded with cars.
The leader was actually the emperor's cavalry, followed by tens of thousands of troops and horses. After asking the deputy general of the Jinwu Guard who accompanied the cavalry, I found out that the emperor left Chang'an City this time, not to go to Qujiang, but directly to Jiucheng Palace.
"Didn't His Majesty say that Jiucheng Palace would be detrimental to his life and not go there anymore?"
Lieutenant General Liu Jinding, who was sweating from the heat early in the morning because he was wearing armor, said, "It is impossible to live in Chang'an. Your Majesty is not heat-resistant. If you continue to live there, you may suffer from heat problems."
"You have cut down all the trees in Qujiang. There is no cover there and there is plenty of water. It is a good place to raise mosquitoes. If Your Majesty doesn't go to Jiucheng Palace, how can you go to the Qinling Mountains?"
"Marquis Yun, what do you think is happening to Chang'an City this year? It can freeze people to death in winter, and heat them to death in summer. Isn't the weather right?"
Yun Chu smiled and said, "That's Si Tianjian's job."
"Forget about Si Tianjian, three of the veterans in Si Tianjian were killed by the queen, who dares to talk nonsense now?"
Liu Jinding lowered his voice and said.
Yun Chu looked behind him and did not see the carriages and horses of the civil and military officials, so he asked carefully, "Why don't you see the many ministers accompanying you?" ...
Liu Jinding looked at Yun Chu and said, "This time the officials didn't accompany him, so he took the secretary and supervisor with him.
Several of his close ministers, this is the first time for the prince to supervise the country."
When Yun Chu heard these words, he felt like he was struck by thunder. It took him a while to wake up. He said goodbye to Liu Jinding, took his family's motorcade, and left Zhuque Street. He instead took the Qixia Gate next to him, preferring to be beaten by someone.
It's a joke to go through the same door as cattle and sheep, but not willing to go through Mingde Gate with the emperor.
For such an important matter as the crown prince supervising the country, the court did not explicitly mention it. The emperor and empress left Chang'an so casually and went straight to Jiucheng Palace three hundred miles away. God knows what they wanted to do.
Li Hong did not inform Yun Chu of the news. It was obviously not Li Hong's original intention. It should be the arrangement between the emperor and the empress.
Not knowing what the emperor and empress wanted to do, Yun Chu still felt that it was best not to see Li Hong during this period.
Li Yifu returned to Chang'an four days ago...
Because it is a hot summer, fewer pigs, cattle and sheep are transported to the city through Qixia Gate, but it still smells bad here.
Qixia Gate also opened earlier than Mingde Gate, so when the Yunchu family's motorcade was already on the road, the emperor's car had not yet left Mingde Gate.
Behind Yu Xiurong's carriage is the children's carriage. At this time, they have not yet woken up. The old monkey who usually sleeps has woken up and is sitting cross-legged behind the carriage. For some reason, he always looks behind the carriage.
Yun Chu slowed down his horse and approached the old monkey and said, "It's Yin Erhu and the others, Zhang Jia and the others are exploring the way ahead."
The old monkey asked, "What did the Su Laiman you captured say?"
Yun Chu smiled and said, "They are here to destroy your Buddhist kingdom."
The old monkey looked at Yun Chu and said, "We are here to destroy Naha's Buddhist kingdom. Why are you not worried at all?"
Yun Chu sat up straight and said, "If the big cannibal wants to enter the territory of the nine surnames of Zhaowu to preach, he must first ask the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty whether they agree."
The old monkey coughed and said, "Have you heard of the Sassanid Kingdom?"
Yun Chu nodded and said, "It is a very large Persian country. It was annexed by the Dashi Kingdom during the Yonghui period. What happened?"
The old monkey said, "If you go to Qiyun Temple and see a Persian prince named Beluz, don't be surprised."
Yunchu sneered and said, "Persian Sassanid has been destroyed. If this prince does not resist the cannibals and restore the country to the Sasanian kingdom, why is he coming to Chang'an?"
The old monkey smiled and said, "He came to Chang'an because he hoped that the Tang Dynasty could lend him troops to drive away the cannibals and restore the Sassanid Kingdom to its former glory."
Yun Chu said, "It's not that the Tang border army can't lend it to him. The question is what kind of reward can he give to impress the emperor and allow the troops of the Anxi army to cross the plateau to help him fight against the cannibals?"
The old monkey chuckled and said, "Helping Sassanid means guarding the borders of the Tang Dynasty."
Yun Chu laughed and said, "You know this is not enough reason. Not to mention that the Sassanid Kingdom was too far away from the Tang Dynasty, and their country also perished. If the Tang army could defeat the cannibals, why not establish a Persian capital there?"
Where is the Protectorate?”…
The old monkey said, "Other Tang people can say this, but you can't, because that piece of land is very important to your sister."
Yun Chu shook his head and said, "That doesn't mean the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty traveled thousands of miles to fight in a strange place. If they died there, their bones would not be able to return home. Forget about it.
Helping you deal with things in Shiguo is the limit of what I can do. With Chang'an as my back, I am invincible. If I get to the Western Regions, what I can do is very limited. You shouldn't have too high expectations of me.
Require"
The old monkey sighed, closed his eyes, and got into the carriage, looking very disappointed.
Yun Chu had no sympathy for the old monkey at all. Ever since he discovered that he was old, the old guy had always acted helpless and forced Yun Chu to agree to many of his unreasonable demands.
More often than not, Naha is brought up to talk about things.
Yun Chu believed that the old monkey said that Naha would become the queen of a Buddhist country in the future, so she would definitely become the queen. But with Naha's current appearance, she is only suitable to be a puppet queen.
Especially under the encouragement of the old monkey, Naha will be happy even if she is a puppet queen.
Therefore, Yun Chu would not try his best to help the old monkey until he came up with something real. God knows if he would be making wedding clothes for others after helping him.
Judging from the territories that the old monkey has mentioned so far, Naha will almost have a country as big as the Central Plains. Yun Chu does not remember that such a Buddhist country has appeared in history.
The carriage drove for almost two hours and arrived at Bashang.
Because of the high terrain, the wind here is very cool, and there are many trees and gurgling mountain streams. Yu Xiurong and the children, who had been struggling in the carriage, immediately fell asleep and fell unconscious.
Even though the motorcade had arrived at the other courtyard, they still couldn't scream, especially the two younger ones.
The rooms in the courtyard had been prepared long ago, and the bamboo mats had been wiped with cool stream water. The group of people didn't even think about eating, so they went into their respective rooms and fell asleep.
Yun Chu was no exception. He did not enter the house, but got a deck chair and threw it under the persimmon tree, then fell asleep.
At this moment, no matter what the emperor and the empress meant by asking Li Hong to supervise the country, and no matter what ambitions the old monkey said Prince Beluz had, it was not as important as having a good sleep.
The old monkey stood alone in the quiet yard, looked at Yun Chu who was snoring and sleeping soundly, then left Yun's villa and went to Qiyun Temple with his hands behind his back.
Just as the old monkey walked out of the yard, Yun Chu snored and opened one eye, looking at the old monkey's back.
No matter how good the relationship is, even if they are like a family, the old monkey should not lure him step by step towards the restoration of the Sasanian prince.
At the beginning, it was just said that it was a dispute over the property of the Stone Kingdom. The old monkey's wealth was Naha's wealth, and it was natural for me, as an elder brother, to help the girl.
Now that there is another Prince Beluz, Yunchu can draw a conclusion from this.
Those people from the Stone Kingdom did not come to kill the old monkey at all. Their target should be this damn Prince Beluz.
This time, if the old monkey doesn't apologize, Yun Chu will decide to just deal with the matter as far as the people from Shi Guo come from.
Geographically speaking, he didn't plan to reach out to Suiye City because it was too far away.
Because Master Xuanzang is here in Qiyun Temple, everything here is full of Zen. Even the cicadas on the persimmon trees sing more rhythmically than the cicadas in other places.
The breeze gently swayed the persimmon trees, and the leaves were whirling, completely blocking the blazing sun above.
Occasionally, the sound of monks chanting sutras came from next door, which had a very hypnotic effect. Yun Chu turned over and let the cool breeze blow on his hot body. He murmured comfortably, and felt that there was nothing more beautiful in the world than here.