Xue Tao came to the front hall. As soon as she sat down, Shun Ji and Chun Ji walked in under the guidance of the palace maids. They both gave a Wanfu gift and said, "Greetings to the princess!"
"You guys sit down!"
A few days ago, Xue Tao let them go with a promise, but today she wanted to have a little chat with them.
The palace maid brought two chairs to them, and the two women sat down next to each other. Xue Tao smiled and said, "Everyone in Silla sits on their knees, right? There are no chairs, right?"
Kim Soon-hee nodded, "There is indeed no chair!"
Xue Tao smiled and said: "In fact, it was the same in the Tang Dynasty. Although there were chairs, they were not popular. The real popularization of chairs started with the prince. Now everyone is used to it. Sitting on a chair is indeed more comfortable than kneeling. You should also slowly get used to it here.
Life."
"To report back to the princess, we are quite adapted to it. It is not much different from Silla. Most of the habits of the Silla nobles are learned from Chang'an, and we will also get used to the chairs."
"Also, don't come to greet me in the morning from now on!"
Xue Tao saw the expressions of the two people changed drastically, so he added with a smile: "I don't mean anything else. We don't have this rule in our family. Look at the other three, they have never come to greet me. We all just have breakfast."
Say hello to everyone, as you have seen, just pay me a greeting during breakfast, there is no need to come here specially."
Only then did the two sisters understand. They nodded, "We understand!"
"There is another thing I want to remind you."
Xue Tao looked at the two of them and said: "Since you married His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you are no longer from Silla, but from the Guo family. When you return to Silla, you have to speak Silla dialect. I won't ask, but
In Daming Palace, you cannot speak Silla dialect, you must speak Chinese. This is the rule of the palace, and all your maids, including your maids, must also speak Chinese, otherwise you will violate the palace rules and will be punished!"
This is what Xue Tao is a little unhappy about. The two sisters both speak Silla dialect when they are together, which breaks Xue Tao's rule of "no cliques".
When the two sisters saw the princess's stern face, they were so frightened that they quickly stood up and apologized, "We didn't know, let's remember it from now on!"
Xue Tao saw that the two of them were a little frightened, so he calmed down and said: "Actually, I am doing it for the good of you two. If you have a son in the future, if he also speaks Silla dialect to you, King Jin will definitely not like him. In the future,
Your children will not receive the attention of His Highness Prince Jin and will lose many opportunities, do you understand?"
Both sisters were extremely smart and immediately understood what the princess meant. The prince did not want to have a son from a foreign country. They bowed together and said, "Thank you for the princess' reminder, we will definitely not do it again."
"You must develop the habit of speaking Chinese even if you are the only two in the room. You must treat yourself as a Tang Dynasty person, and don't always think that you are still a Silla princess."
“We keep it in our hearts!”
"Okay, it's almost time, let's go have breakfast together!"
Xue Tao took the two sisters and walked towards Qinghui Pavilion surrounded by a large group of palace maids and female guards.
...........
Guo Song has arrived in Quanzhou. Cai Yong, the governor of Quanzhou, has been very busy in the past two days. He sent people to various states to invite officials to come to Quanzhou to meet His Highness the King of Jin, and reported the situation in Quanzhou to the King of Jin.
However, what Guo Song was most concerned about was the growth of double-cropping rice in Linyi State, and he wanted to go to the fields to inspect it in person.
Historically, Champa rice was introduced to Fujian and Lingnan at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty promoted it on a large scale to the Jianghuai region, which greatly increased the grain output in the Song Dynasty, led to population growth and greatly improved social productivity, and made the Song Dynasty enter the commercial market.
In the economic era, by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the country's population exceeded 100 million, reaching 120 million.
It can be said that the promotion of double-cropping rice was an epoch-making event, and Guo Song was extremely concerned about it.
Early the next morning, Guo Song, accompanied by the governor Cai Yong and Quanzhou officials, came to the fields with dozens of soldiers. Guo Song looked up and saw only endless seedlings. It was June and the early rice crop was over.
It is now the second rice season, and the seedlings have been planted and are growing lush and green.
At this time, Guo Song saw several farmers pushing a cart and scattering something in the rice field. He was a little curious, so he got off his horse and walked up to check. The cart was a wooden basin filled with dense fish fry.
It turns out that rice fields are used to raise fish. Guo Song couldn't help but give a thumbs up. This is the most advanced ecological breeding. The fry can eat pests and weeds, and the feces excreted are excellent phosphate fertilizers, which promotes rice production. Finally, farmers still sell it.
fish income.
"What kind of fish are these?" Guo Songxiao asked.
Several farmers saw a large group of officials and soldiers on the river bank, obviously accompanying the inquirer. They didn't know what kind of high-ranking official was in front of them, and they were a bit cautious. An old man timidly whispered: "There are all, carp, crucian carp,
Grass carp, silver carp, and herring.”
"Are there those big pistachio fish during the harvest?"
Pistachio carp is grass carp, and it is very big in the end. One fish weighs more than ten kilograms. The old farmer shook his head and said: "You can't raise it that big. If it is too big, it will eat the rice together. Just raise it to one or two kilograms. We now let it go free and harvest the rice."
When the time comes, the size is just right.”
So it turned out that Guo Song originally wanted to chat with them for a few more words, but he saw that they were afraid, so he stopped embarrassing them, walked back to the official road, mounted his horse and continued to patrol.
"Is this kind of rice suitable for Quanzhou?" Guo Song asked with a smile.
Cai Yong nodded, "To report back to Your Highness, this kind of rice is really not picky about the place. We got two good harvests the same year we planted it, and the growth is very good."
"What's the yield per mu?" Guo Song asked again. This was also what he was most concerned about.
"The yield per acre is very high. If cultivated carefully, it can be almost a thousand catties!"
Guo Song was overjoyed. The annual output of that one acre of land reached two thousand kilograms. Winter wheat and rice were grown in the Jianghuai and Central Plains areas. The combined annual grain output was only a little over one thousand kilograms. The grain output had doubled. If corn could be found
, then grain production will be greatly increased.
Food is population. If there is enough food, the population will grow. Population growth will drive more industries to prosper. At this moment, Guo Song made up his mind that he must send a fleet to America in the future, not only for the land, but also for the Americas.
crop.
After walking a few miles, I saw a big tree in front of me with thick shade. Someone was selling large bowls of tea under the big tree, and around a dozen old farmers were sitting around, chatting and resting.
Guo Song waved his hand to make everyone stop temporarily. He turned back and said with a smile: "You guys wait here for a while, I will chat with them for a while."
Cai Yong's heart suddenly became anxious. Your Highness is going to pay a private visit incognito!
He did not dare to stop him, so he could only watch His Royal Highness King Jin riding towards the big tree.
Guo Song came to the big tree, turned over and dismounted and said with a smile: "The weather is too hot, let's have a bowl of tea!"
"Sir, please take a seat. I'll tie up your horse first!"
The old tea seller took the reins of the horse, tied it to a pillar nearby, and poured a large bowl of herbal tea for Guo Song. "My guest, sit down and drink tea!"
Guo Song moved a small Hu stool and sat with the elderly people. He took a sip of herbal tea and asked an old man with a white beard with a smile: "My father, are you also farming nearby?"
The old man chuckled, "We all farm nearby, and my field is right there!"
He pointed to the distance and smiled: "The field with the scarecrow on it belongs to my family."
"My own land?"
"My own, thirty acres of farmland passed down from generation to generation."
"Now that we have planted two crops of rice, food should not be a problem!"
Several old men nearby laughed, and Guo Song asked strangely: "Am I wrong?"
Another old man with a horse face said: "We grow rice that we don't eat, but we keep it and sell it for money."
"Then what do you eat?"
"Go to the three coarse grain stores in the city to buy coarse grains! We sell rice to buy coarse grains, and we will have some extra money in hand to buy some daily necessities. It is easy to grow grain these days, but difficult to make money."
Guo Song did not expect that they would answer like this. He thought for a while and said: "If your family has labor, you can go to Ryukyu Island to build a city. You can earn at least a hundred cash a day. This is also a way!"
"My son is gone!"
The old man with a white beard sighed and said: "It's been a year and there is no news at all, which is worrying! I think the government should deliver family letters for them to reassure the family."
"What else do you expect from the government?"
Guo Song smiled and asked again: "I have a good relationship with Governor Cai. If you have any ideas, I can help you pass them on to the Governor."
"Can we open some schools that are free of charge? I heard that the government-run schools in Chang'an do not charge any fees. If they don't charge any fees, I will send all three of my grandchildren to study."
"When I moved to Ryukyu Island, I was told that I would be given three hectares of land, which would be tax-free for a hundred years. But I heard that there were not three hectares of land. I wonder if the court's words count?"
"My youngest son's family has moved to Ryukyu Island. I want to visit my grandson, but there is no way to go there. Can the imperial court build a route between Ryukyu Island and Quanzhou? There will be ships going back and forth, and it will be convenient for us to visit my family."
Everyone was talking and putting forward a bunch of ideas.
Guo Song nodded and said with a smile: "I understand everyone's thoughts, don't worry! The promise of the imperial court will definitely be realized, and the route will definitely be built. If you want to live a better life, you can choose to go to Ryukyu Island. There will be more opportunities there in the future."
It will be more prosperous, the sooner you go, the better!”