When I was young and ignorant, I only noticed Tu's handsome appearance and good martial arts, and I thought he was a rare husband of the Han family.
I never thought that the other party was actually a woman.
This is actually nothing.
At most it's just a beautiful misunderstanding.
I just made this misunderstanding in front of King Feng Gui, but I didn't expect that the other party would take advantage of it.
And judging from the current situation, I'm afraid I will be manipulated for the rest of my life.
When Huawan thought of this, she suddenly became depressed again.
He casually touched the heads of the three children, took out three pieces of exquisite jade from his arms, and handed them to them:
"Well, this is a meeting gift. The red one is for both of you, and the purple one is for you two."
Rao was born into a wealthy family and has seen many good things that ordinary people may never see in their lifetime.
But the three pieces of jadeite in Huawan's hand are extremely rare pure-color jadeites, one red and two purple.
The color is just pure, and the workmanship is extremely exquisite.
Ah Shun has the sweetest mouth and thanks the flower wand:
"Thank you, Aunt Hua."
Then I wanted to reach out and get it.
Before he could catch him, he suddenly realized that his sister and brother hadn't moved at all.
Turning around to look, I saw my sister and brother blinking and looking at my mother.
Shuangshuang and Ah Chong were no longer young, so they knew this was not an ordinary good thing, so before reaching out, they looked at the adults and Ah Mu with questioning eyes.
Seeing sister and brother like this, Ah Shun quickly took his hand back.
"Take it, it's okay."
Feng Junhou said with great enthusiasm.
Although things are rare, if the Feng family really wants them, people will take the initiative to deliver them to their doorstep.
"It seems that you have made a lot of money in the south in the past two years."
After taking a look at the jade in the child's hand, Feng Junhou said something else.
"It's just a gadget." Hua Wan clapped her hands and said nonchalantly, "What's the use of making more money? In the end, it won't be all advantageous to you."
As soon as these words came out, not to mention General Guan, even Amei, who was following behind with her child in her arms, couldn't help but widen her eyes and looked at her Alang in disbelief.
"What did you say? When did you give it to me?" Feeling the scrutinizing gaze of General Guan next to him, Feng Junhou almost became furious.
"Is not it?"
Hua Wan crossed Feng Junhou and came to Amei. She stretched out her hand to tease her child and said without raising her head:
"Nan Middle School has opened several schools in the past few years, and it costs a lot of money just to buy books and give them to teachers every year."
"Not to mention building a school and subsidizing food rations for the children of each village, it's just a matter of how much you earn."
Hua Wan said, and became a little angry:
"After all, I have helped you a lot. How could you be so cruel as to charge me so much money?"
"Just be content!" Feng Junhou canceled the alarm and began to attack people again, "I can give you a chance to spend this money, aren't you satisfied?"
"How many people can't find the temple gate even though they are carrying pig heads! Look at Jincheng, how many years later did the school open than at Nanzhong?"
The cost of printing books is actually not expensive. Most of the gentlemen sent to Nanzhong are also students who are preparing to graduate and go on to practice.
This money, to put it bluntly, is the qualification for a comprador school.
The development of the new economy in the Han Dynasty in recent years, coupled with the troubles caused by the catfish Xinghanhui, forced more aristocratic families to change their minds.
Otherwise, you can only wait to be eliminated.
The best fate is to fall from the top of society and become a middle-class person.
"In the past few years, your horse farm and horse team have been attracting students from the school. Just by doing this, you have already made back your money."
There are schools in various places, but not every student can be recommended to the Royal Academy.
More importantly, they need to learn common words and basic arithmetic, and then enter various caravan workshops, plantations, and so on.
The schools at Nanzhong were basically set up by Huawan himself by recruiting people.
In the past two years, all the students in the school who could not go to the Royal Academy were basically taken away by her.
There is no way, many people in Nanzhong now rely on her to make a living.
In addition, it is a rare good thing like being able to read and read. As long as she shouts, there are many people who are willing to send their children over.
The development of Nanzhong accelerated the integration of Han and Yi.
At least the children of Qushuai's village leader don't learn Chinese characters and don't understand Chinese. That won't work.
A simplest example:
Even if the villagers are going to the market to exchange things, faced with a Yi who can guess what the other person wants to express even with words and gestures, and a Yi who can't express himself even with gestures, the Han people will definitely give priority to those who can express themselves.
The one you mean.
What?
Don't you want to exchange things with Han people?
Then you have to ask the tribesmen if they are willing.
"Returning the original capital or not, it's as if I don't have to invest any more money now."
Amei's child's nickname is very characteristic of southern China, and it is called A'nan.
The flower wand pinched Anan's face again and again, and couldn't bear to let go. It was tender and smooth, and felt great in the hand.
It wasn't until the little baby puckered his lips and was about to cry that he let him go with satisfaction and gave him a piece of mutton-fat jade.
Ah Nan immediately forgot to cry when he got the new gadget. He picked it up and wanted to taste the saltiness in his mouth.
Amei was so frightened that he quickly helped him put it away.
Hua Wan gave the last two jade pendants to A Mo and A Bu - Li Mu's child's nickname was even more interesting, just A Bu.
With A Nan's example in mind, Zhang Xingyi and Li Mu put things away as quickly as possible.
"Now that the reputation of the school has spread, how many people want to invest money in it, and you still dare to say that you haven't recovered the cost?"
Feng Junhou revealed Young Master Hua's little thoughts at once.
Hua Wan curled her lips and stopped talking.
She kept forgetting that the man in front of her was a ghost king, and nothing could be hidden from him.
Besides, when she came here this time, she had something to talk to him about, so she didn't want to argue too much with him.
But she didn't speak, but Feng Junhou didn't let her go.
Seeing her showering the children with gifts, the man started to talk meanly again:
"You brought gifts for the children, didn't you bring gifts for us?"
Unexpectedly, when Hua Wan heard this, he took out a purse from his arms and handed it to Feng Junhou:
"Here, here it is!"
This time it was Feng Junhou's turn to be surprised. He originally wanted to tease her, but he didn't expect that the other party actually took out a gift for him.
He did not reach out to pick it up immediately, but asked first:
"What's this?"
Hua Xiaoniang passed her hand forward:
"It's your gift. I brought it here specially for you. Don't worry, it's not poisonous."
Feng Junhou laughed and thought to himself, even if you put a poison on this, would I still be afraid of you?
My Amei is a witch doctor from Nanzhong, and her methods are probably much better than yours.
With this thought in his mind, he reached out and took it.
"open to take a look?"
Hua Wan said something mysteriously to him.
Feng Junhou glanced at her suspiciously, then opened his purse as instructed.
There is no jade, no gold, and no money in it.
Feng Junhou took a closer look, and then couldn't help but pour out the contents.
What I received in my hand was a handful of rice.
"What's the meaning?"
Feng Junhou weighed the rice in his hand and asked.
Is it possible that this is a custom in Nanzhong, where giving rice to others expresses the hope that the other party will have a full warehouse?
Hua Wan raised her chin and reminded:
"Did you know that this rice is very different from ordinary rice?"
When Feng Junhou heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head and look at it carefully:
"Isn't it just rice? What else could be different? Could it be that this is ripe?"
As he spoke, he picked up one and put it in his mouth.
There was a slight "click" in his mouth, and after chewing, Feng Junhou frowned: "Raw?"
Next to her, Guan Xiaojunhou glanced at A Nan, rubbed her forehead and sighed. She finally knew who the child was following when he put the jade in his mouth to taste the saltiness.
Hua Wan let out a "tsk" sound and looked at Feng Junhou with an idiot look:
"This is the rice I planted last year and this year in Jincheng!"
When Feng Junhou saw her like this, he immediately refused to be outdone and looked at the rice in his hand with disgust:
"What's wrong? The rice you grow is more valuable than other people's gold. How dare you give it away? You only give this handful."
"If you really want to give it away, you can give me thousands or hundreds of tons, which is more or less the same. I happen to have eaten too much pasta, so I can eat a few more bowls of rice this winter."
Huawan was furious:
"Of course it's more valuable than others! I went through a lot of hard work to get this grain from Yicheng. You know how much thought I put into it!"
As she spoke, she reached out angrily and grabbed Feng Junhou's hand, trying to snatch the rice back.
"Lin Yi again..."
Feng Junhou just said three words, and then subconsciously paused: "Lin Yi?"
"certainly!"
Hua Wan's little hand had already grasped the rice. Unexpectedly, Feng Junhou's big hand suddenly grasped it and held her hand directly:
"Aiya! You little lady, just say what you say. What are you doing with your hands and feet?"
"Besides, there's no point in taking back the gift you sent out?"
Feng Junhou was afraid that she would forcefully pull away, so he held her wrist with his other hand to prevent her from moving.
"Tell me first, what is going on? How did you get the seeds from Lin Yi?"
"Also, you said this is the millet you grew in Jincheng, but do you really mean it?"
Hua Wan's little face turned red and she glared angrily: "Let go!"
"I won't let it go!" Feng Junhou started to act like a hooligan, "This is my thing, please explain it clearly to me first!"
Huawan pumped it hard a few times, but Feng Junhou unexpectedly tightened his grip.
She was about to cry: "Let go of my hand first! I won't take your things!"
"Ah? This..."
Only then did Feng Junhou notice the awkwardness between the two of them and hurriedly let go of his hands.
"This...haha, this, I didn't pay attention, haha..."
In front of all the wives and concubines, Feng Junhou laughed and bent down to pick up a few grains of grain on the ground:
"When I heard Lady Hua mention Lin Yidao, I felt anxious for a moment, and I felt anxious for a moment, hehe..."
Amei is a well-behaved person. She looked curiously at Feng Junhou who was very concerned about these millets, and broke the embarrassment by saying:
"Mr. Jun, is the millet in Linyi any different from ordinary millet?"
Feng Junhou poured the millet back into his purse and said:
"You have to ask Flower Lady about this. After all, she grew this."
At this time, Huawan finally calmed down her mood slightly.
She didn't dare to look at anyone else, she only dared to look at her friend Amei:
"Linyi rice is drought-resistant and does not need water in the ground like ordinary rice. Moreover, it does not choose the land and grows wherever it is."
"The most important thing is that it only takes a little more than two months from sowing to harvesting..."
Hearing this, even Secretary Zhang, who had been looking askance at people, couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Two months?"
"It's not two months, it's more than two months." Hua Wan corrected, "I heard that it only takes less than two months in Linyi, but I tried it in Jincheng and it took more than two months."
"More than two months is enough!" Zhang Xingyi said, "Nanzhong is more mountainous and less landy. If this Linyi rice is really so good, it will solve a big problem."
Of course Huawan knows that Linyi rice, which is both easy on the ground and very drought-tolerant, is suitable for planting in Nanzhong.
In particular, Xinghanhui took the lead in opening terraced fields in Nanzhong, which were tailor-made for Linyi Rice.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Feng Junhou.
Everyone said that this man was the reincarnation of the Ghost King, which seems reasonable.
Otherwise, why would he let himself keep trying to find Linyi rice, and why would he vigorously develop terraced fields in Nanzhong?
It can be said that this move is really a great merit for the people of Nanzhong.
If Grandpa Zhuge brought order to Nanzhong, then this guy brought prosperity to Nanzhong.
Of course, in the earliest days, he was cannibalistic, so this doesn't count.
Feng Junhou didn't notice Hua Wan's gaze. He turned his head and smiled at Zhang Xingyi:
"Also in Jiangzhou, Zhang Boqi is very lucky. He has achieved such a great achievement out of thin air even before he took office."
With Linyi Dao, not only Jiangzhou, but also Nanzhong and the entire Shu plain, the arable area is expected to expand again.
You can try to grow this kind of rice in places where canal water is not available for irrigation but where there is sufficient rainfall, as well as in places that are not fertile enough.
Based on this calculation, the food production in Shu may have to increase again.
Not only will the aristocratic families in the plains of Shu be killed, but also the wealthy families in Jingzhou will be killed.
Thinking of this, Feng Junhou looked at Lady Hua and became particularly happy.
The flower lady did not dare to meet Feng Junhou's gaze and avoided her eyes.
Feng Junhou was too happy to explore, and just said to Guan Xiaojunhou:
"Today a distinguished guest is coming, and I want to entertain him well. Mr. Xi, could you please tell your servants to prepare more good wine and food."
Guan Xiaojunhou nodded with a smile, took a deep look at the flower wand, and then called on several people to lead the child down.
Hua Wan also wanted to leave with him, but she was a guest, and the most important thing was that she still had something to say to Feng Junhou.
"Sit down and have a sip of tea first."
Feng Junhou took the initiative and said, "Thank you for your hard work on Lin Yidao."
Feng Junhou himself had no hope of doing what she had been told a few years ago.
I didn't expect that she would always remember it, which gave me an unexpected surprise.
Feng Junhou is so happy. In addition to what I just said, there is actually a more important reason:
Agriculture is the primary industry, and all development of human society is based on sufficient food supply.
From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, for a thousand years, the official population of the Central Plains peaked at around 60 million.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that new tools emerged and Jiangnan was vigorously developed.
The most important thing is to vigorously promote Linyi rice, which allows the population to touch the scale of 100 million.
Until the Ming Dynasty, new food crops continued to be introduced, and the population once again exceeded 200 million.
Don't underestimate the introduction and improvement of one or two types of crops. It is likely that the population limit that the Central Plains can bear will continue to exceed the upper limit.
Without enough food supply and insufficient population size, everything is in vain.
Hua Wan sat down obediently, picked up the tea cup, brought it to her mouth, and then quickly put it down, not knowing whether she drank or not:
"It's not that hard. In fact, when I come here this time, besides telling you this, I also have something to ask of you."
"Oh, what's the matter? Anyway, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you."
Feng Junhou was so happy today that he accepted the offer generously.