Winter turns to spring, and after two failed attempts at planting potatoes and sweet potatoes, they are finally ready.
Under the operation of the Agriculture Department, farmers familiar with potato and sweet potato cultivation were also trained.
On this day, the day of potato harvest was coming soon. Han Zhao, the director of the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture, arrived at Huangzhuang with his robes early in the morning. The housekeeper of Huangzhuang led a group of coolies to give instructions on the work.
Seeing officials like Han Zhao coming over, the housekeeper put his hands on his hips and said, "Sir, I have already arranged everything. Do you have any new requests? I will handle them all for you."
Han Zhao sneered in his heart, if I hadn't used you today, how could I have allowed you to be so arrogant? I will treat you well after I have completed the instructions given by the prince and the adults in the ministry.
"Li Zhuangtou, if you do well, I still have to rely on you to wait for the planting matters."
Li Zhuangtou smiled: "That's natural. I have been farming for a long time, and these people under me have also been farming for a long time. Although these are new items, since they are related to farming, they are all things we can deal with."
It’s even.”
"My lords are all nobles. Just stand aside and watch. Otherwise, if something is broken and the harvest is lost, we can't blame you."
After Li Zhuangtou finished speaking, he went to make arrangements.
Tang Ping, who worked under Han Zhao, whispered:
"Sir, the prince is going to see potatoes and sweet potatoes in the next few days. If the prince knows that I haven't mastered the method of planting until now, I am afraid that the agricultural department will be uprooted."
Han Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "This abominable Li Zhuangtou is going to cut off our path to advancement."
A clerk hurriedly came in and said to Han Zhao: "Sir, the prince has arrived outside the village. Commander Chang Ning ordered us to greet him."
Han Zhao's expression changed, and he ordered: "The prince is here, come with me to meet him first, and see if you can get past him first."
A group of officials from the Agriculture Department left Zhuangzi and met Su Lu.
Su Lu sat in a wheelchair and asked: "Han Zhao, how is your errand going? These potatoes will be harvested soon. Have you all mastered the method of planting? You will all have to grow big in the future."
Used."
Hearing Su Lu's words, Han Zhao's face turned pale, and he had to bite the bullet and said: "I dare not not try my best, most of them have already mastered the planting method, and the rest will be mastered soon."
Su Lu glanced at Han Zhao in surprise. How could there be more than half of it and the rest? Planting the land is not a difficult task. You only need to follow the planting sequence, sow, fertilize, water, weed, and intercrop. Even if it is
Got it.
"Let's go into Zhuangzi and see how the potatoes are growing? Han Zhao, are they growing potatoes or sweet potatoes in this Zhuangzi?"
Su Lu ordered Chang Ning to push the wheelchair and asked Han Zhao.
"There are some sweet potatoes and potatoes."
Tang Ping, who was next to Han Zhao, said that Han Zhao was used to being an official and didn't know much about this.
Su Lu nodded, entered the village, and ran towards the fields inside the village.
Li Zhuangtou and a group of farmers were tending potatoes, removing weeds in the fields and loosening the soil.
"Li Zhuangtou, the prince has arrived. Come and meet the prince."
Han Zhao greeted Li Zhuangtou and several farmers.
Li Zhuangtou dropped the hoe in his hand, called some old guys out of the field, and stood on the top of the field.
"The common people have seen the prince"
Li Zhuangtou took the lead and kowtowed to Su Lu.
Su Lu waved his hand and asked Li Zhuangtou: "Li Zhuangtou, look at the growth of these potatoes. How is this year's harvest?"
Li Zhuang crossed his hands, his wrinkled face full of smiles:
"Your Majesty, I have never planted these before, and you adults can't provide any advice. Even though I have planted them, I really don't know what the harvest will be like."
Su Lu nodded: "Li Zhuangtou, you are right. You don't dare to talk nonsense about things you haven't grown before."
"If you plant well, if it succeeds, and the yield will be high, I would like to advise the Agriculture Department to give you a position, as officials or experts, and ultimately, your treatment."
Li Zhuangtou was stunned when he heard this. He looked at each other with several old guys, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Can officials still understand what an expert is?
The old farmer Zhao Deshui's face was full of excitement. He crossed his hands and asked with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I understand these officials, but what kind of job is this expert? Compared with the Li Zheng in our village,
Small or big?”
Su Lu was sitting in a wheelchair, watching the growth of a potato plant, when he heard this and said:
"Of course it's bigger than your village. If you can master the method of growing potatoes well, and you can grow them better, and you can also guide others to grow potatoes better, then you are an expert. In the Agriculture Department,
There is a ministry, and the money for the ministry is not lower than that of Han Zhao and others."
Han Zhao had a bitter look on his face: "Your Majesty, what if we, the Minister of Agriculture and Agriculture, also mastered these?"
Su Lu had already begun to pull the soil around the roots of the potatoes, wanting to see how many seeds the potatoes had. Hearing this, he said without raising his head:
"Of course they also have salaries and money. The position of experts can be evaluated not only by farmers like them who have been cultivating the land for a long time, but also by the hard-working officials in the Agricultural Department like you."
The soil at the roots of the potatoes is peeled off and they are sticky. This shows that the potatoes do not lack water to grow and that the people who manage the plot are not lazy.
Pulling it open, you can see potato seeds the size of your thumb, which are round and yellow-orange, which is quite pleasing.
Su Lu mounded the soil again and said with a smile: "Very good, you have done a good job. When these potatoes are harvested, Li Zhuangtou, you can all be rated as junior experts, and this will be considered as your reward."
They are all experts named by the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture, and they can travel all over the country to teach planting."
A petty official came out and asked: "Your Majesty, I am an official of the Agriculture Department. If I can master this planting technology, can I also be an expert?"
Su Lu took the handkerchief handed over by Chang Ning, wiped the mud on his hands, and said with a smile: "Of course it is possible. I will be the first to criticize. I hope you can all plant well and get this expert's certificate smoothly."
Salary money."
"Huh?"
Su Lu's eyes suddenly changed. He looked to the west of Huangzhuang and asked Zhao Zheng who was following him: "What troops are there in the west? Why is there a war?"
Zhao Zheng frowned: "There is no war, it's just the people from the martial arts hall practicing in the wild."
Su Lu looked solemn and gave instructions: "Pass my military orders, send signals, and gather all the people from the martial arts hall. The smell of blood is very strong in the air, and many people from the martial arts hall have died."
"They probably came for me. When they met the Martial Arts Hall, they thought they were my personal soldiers and started killing them first. But I dragged them down."
Zhao Zheng's expression changed. He had been working in the Martial Arts Hall for some time and had feelings for those students. When he heard about the death, his expression changed. He hurriedly took out two paper tubes from his arms and rang the bell.
Su Lu gave instructions: "The ones coming are elites, let's form a formation."
Very soon, a team of students from the Jiangwu Hall came running after receiving the fireworks signal. The leader was Su Yun. The team behind them was chaotic, but they ran in an orderly manner, and there were not many casualties.
Su Yun saw his brother and shouted loudly: "Brother, General Xie is surrounded with his troops, go and save her!"
Su Lu took a look to the west. The fields were crisscrossed with ravines, densely wooded, and completely silent.
Xie Wan was surrounded. Xie Wan's personal guards across the northern border were all surrounded. It looked like the people who came were not simple.