Even though most of the people don't want to buy this new crop to plant, the yamen have started to go door-to-door to supervise them. In the end, most of the people have no choice but to buy some seeds of the new crops and go back to planting them. They didn't plan to try them, only a few bought some and planted them in their own vegetable gardens.

The prefect arranged a lot of people to put up notices everywhere, telling the people how to grow these two crops and the other vegetables.

To grow potatoes, you need to put the potatoes in a bright and ventilated place to germinate. After germination, cut these sprouted potatoes into pieces. Each piece should have at least one or two sprouts on it. Use grass ash to roll and wipe, which can disinfect, prevent viruses, have more survival rate and higher yield.

After that is the choice of soil, which needs to be applied with farmyard manure, and then the soil is deeply plowed.

In this way, when the potatoes germinate, they can be sterilized after being cut into pieces, and then they can be planted directly. The distance between the potatoes and the soil layer are clearly written on the notice, as well as how to water later, when to apply farmyard manure again, and how much to apply. Farmyard manure is very detailed.

Sweet potato planting is a little more troublesome. First of all, it is also ridge fertilization, which is all farmyard manure applied, but sweet potato farmyard manure is better for chickens and ducks.

Then there is the sowing. After the seedlings grow, you have to cut the seedlings and cut them. Then how to fertilize the seedlings, how to align the seedlings, and remove the excess branches and leaves, etc. Even these excess branches and leaves can be eaten as a dish and can be fried. , it can be served cold, and it can also be cooked and eaten with miscellaneous grains. When the leaves are old and not very tasty, the stems can be torn off and the skins broken and fried with some vinegar and chili peppers. It is very good for rice, or fried with shredded pork. The taste is also very good.

How to plant these two crops so that the yield of these two crops can be higher is what Pei Weixuan figured out when he let the residents on the island plant them in the past two years.

After Xu Qinyu knew that the prefect had begun to let the people in the southwest plant sweet potatoes, she asked the tenants to buy half of the seeds to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes.

She gave the tenants a lot of rent, and the tenants were still more grateful and trusted her. They didn't say much. The tenants bought all the seeds and planted them according to the method on the notice.

Even so, most people are still a little clueless.

But after two months, looking at the lush fields, the people's hearts are suddenly relieved. The leaves of these grains are so luxuriant, the fruits and grains below are definitely not bad, even if there is no yield per mu to the prefect It’s a few thousand kilograms, but the yield of the grains planted before should not be too different. It is a new crop, and the taste is not known. Is it the same as beans?

They did not dare to try to eat the seeds that were used for sowing before, and no one was willing to eat grain seeds.

The people of the southwest, from the initial panic to the back, finally calmed down.

Xu Qinyu's life has not changed much. She spends the whole day around the restaurant. She also bought a lot of fruit trees one after another in the mountain that she rented before and asked people to plant them.

The people of Zhongzhou have also survived the drought last year. This year, some people have also donated some crop seeds to them one after another. Although most of them are grains and beans, and there are no fine wheat and millet, the people of Zhongzhou still Very satisfied, with these seeds, they will plant this year, and when the autumn harvest comes, they will have a way to live.

In addition to the seeds of various beans and grains, there are also some seeds of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Some people only get these seeds called potatoes and sweet potatoes. After they get them, they are a little confused. They don’t know what kind of food they are. Fortunately, the people who sent potatoes and sweet potatoes also planted these new crops. They said, and comforted them: "I heard that these two new crops have a yield of several thousand catties per mu. If the yield is so high, then you will be able to eat enough for a year."

How many kilograms per mu?

Everyone was even more confused, and some people couldn't help but ask, "Then, has anyone planted a few thousand catties per mu?"

The man hesitated: "I haven't heard of this, so it was planted in large quantities in the southwest, but the prefect over there, and the caravan who discovered this crop all said that the yield per mu can be several thousand catties, and I think it will not deceive people. Yes."

That is to say, no common people have ever planted this new crop, and they don't even know its yield per mu.

Therefore, the people who have been assigned potatoes and sweet potatoes are still uneasy. They don't know whether these grains can be planted successfully. Some grains are suitable for planting in the south, and some are suitable for planting in the north. This potato and sweet potato can be planted on the southwest side. Duolidi, can it really be planted?

But they have no choice. All the money is used to buy food. They have long been penniless, and they still owe a lot of debt. They can't get the money to buy other beans, so they can only use these potatoes. When the sweet potato is planted, after the seeds are sprouted according to the teaching method, they are planted, watered and fertilized, and the rest can only be left to fate.

But two months later, in summer, some people in Zhongzhou were relieved when they saw the lush growth in the fields. Since they were able to feed themselves, they would definitely have a harvest.

...

The capital of the capital has also entered the beginning of summer.

There are four distinct seasons in Duxun, and summer is hotter.

Empress Fu and the new emperor also went to the summer resort. Even if they went to the summer resort, countless ministers would accompany them. The government could not be abandoned, and they had to review the memorials every day.

Empress Dowager Fu originally wanted to take her younger brother King Handong to the Summer Resort, but King Handong was reluctant to go. He knew that many ministers in the court had different opinions on him, not to mention that so many people were there, and there were still sisters in charge. Nothing was convenient, so he didn't want to go and stayed in the capital.

On this day, the King of Handong was sitting in a sedan chair and went to Jixianglou for evening meals. There are also many chefs in the Handong Palace. However, some of the signature dishes of Jixianglou are always unsatisfactory. The cook called to the palace to make it for him, but occasionally he was willing to go there and eat at Jixiang Lou in person.

Sitting on a gorgeous sedan chair with a lot of pearls and gems inlaid inside, and an ice basin inside, two maids knelt beside him and gently lowered their legs for him, and there were many followers outside.

The surrounding merchants, small vendors who set up stalls, and people on the road hurriedly avoided the sedan chair when they saw it.

King Handong is in his 40s and is tall. He was originally a little sturdy. Since he beat his own sister and became the queen mother, he named him King Handong. He eats, drinks, and has fun. With a big belly, he sat in the sedan chair and fell asleep. After a while, he woke up and motioned for the maid to lift the curtain and look outside, but in front of a small clay figurine booth, he saw a man with white skin and a beautiful moon. woman.

The little woman should be in her twenties, but she is very charming. The woman has a gentle smile on her face, her eyebrows are curved, she applies a little powder, and her eyebrows are like smoke. With a long skirt and two maids beside her, she was talking to the woman.

The woman also showed the clay figurines in her hands to the two maids, and said a few words to the maids, with a soft smile on her face from beginning to end.

King Han Dong's eyes suddenly lit up. He waved at the guard outside the sedan chair, and gestured at the woman in front of the little clay figurine booth. The guard nodded and left quietly.

And the woman who bought the clay figurines in front of the little clay figurine booth was none other than Qi Zhiqing, the youngest daughter of the Taifu family who was married.

She has only returned from her husband's house in the past few days. Her husband's family is not in the capital. She is married to the eldest son of the prefect of Tongzhou. Her husband is also polite and polite. He was appointed as the champion in the imperial examinations this year. To stay in the Hanlin Academy in the capital, her parents-in-law was sensible and asked her to come back to the capital with a pair of children and stay with her husband.

Her husband's family bought a house in the capital, but she and her husband just moved to the capital. Currently, she still lives in her parents' house. It happens that her mother is not feeling well during this time. She plans to stay at her mother's house for a longer time, and her husband is willing to live there. In the home of the father-in-law and mother-in-law, let the wife stay with the father-in-law and mother-in-law for a longer period of time.

Qi Zhiqing came out with two maids to hang out today, and happened to meet someone who was pinching clay figurines. She planned to buy two for her daughter to play with, so she chose two. Get on the carriage and prepare to go back to Taifu's mansion.

Although the Taifu's mansion was at the foot of the imperial city, there were not many people coming and going at noon, and the big houses in the alley were tightly closed. Only Qi Zhiqing brought two maids and a coachman driving the carriage.

As they approached the Grand Master's residence, suddenly two carriages crossed across, and the two carriages were followed by a number of guards.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and Qi Zhiqing was also taken aback. The two maids opened the curtain to find out what happened.

Qi Zhiqing knew that there was an accident, and was about to call for help when the guard covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. She only noticed a strange fragrance escaping into her nose, and then she fell unconscious.

When Qi Zhi woke up, she found herself in a very gorgeous room, full of beautiful glaze ornaments.

She knew that these colored glaze ornaments were only available in the homes of some very wealthy people, and even some officials could not afford these colored glazes because they were too expensive.

Qi Zhiqing's face changed slightly, and she looked around in a hurry. She was lying on a bed, with the gauze on the bed and the quilt under her, all of which were the most expensive in the capital, and only a hundred batches would pay tribute to the palace in a year. precious yarns and fabrics.

Qi Zhiqing sat up, got off the bed and wanted to go out. Her clothes were still neat, and she couldn't help but sigh of relief, but she didn't dare to take it lightly for a while. There was luxury everywhere, and didn't know whose mansion it was.

She didn't know where this place was, but both the maid and the driver had an accident. She must have been swept over by someone.

At this moment, just wanted to go out first, but when arrived at the door, heard footsteps outside, and Qi Zhiqing hurriedly hid behind a very tall vase in the corner.

The door was pushed open with a creak, and she saw the shadow of a tall, fat man on the ground...

Qi Zhiqing's face suddenly turned pale, because she thought of something her mother told her.

The mother told her that in the days after she got married, the Queen Mother Fu named her own younger brother King of Handong. The King of Handong was a tall and fat man who covets beauty and pleasure. The granddaughter of the granddaughter took him back to the palace, and was eventually ordered to marry the King of Handong as a side concubine. The mother also told her to remember to take a maid with you when you go out on weekdays.

Qi Zhiqing's face was pale, her little face was pale and pale, she knew what would happen to her.

King Han Dong pushed open the door and walked around the screen, but he didn't see the beautiful woman on the bed. There were guards outside, so the people inside must not have gone out and were still in the room.

King Handong laughed, "Is the beauty going to play hide-and-seek with this king? It's a new game, this king has never played it before, so the beauty should be hidden. If I find the beauty, the beauty should be married. gave me..."

Qi Zhiqing shivered and shrank behind the vase, watching the fat figure approaching step by step.

She knew that if King Handong discovered her, she would have only one way to die. Even if she hit a pillar and died, she would not want to be defiled by such a person...

...

Handong Wangfu, a relatively remote courtyard, even in a relatively remote garden, there are still many precious flowers and plants in it. There are two glazed lamps hanging, and the window panes in the whole yard are made of glazed glass, which shows the favoritism of the master to the people living in the yard.

The porch outside the yard is still guarded by many maids and old ladies.

Inside the house, on a couch of a noble concubine, was covered with a soft quilt made of precious silk, and on the quilt lay a gorgeous and peerless little woman.

The little woman's face and lips were slightly pale, and she was closing her eyes tightly, and her two long eyelashes were constantly shaking.

She is the youngest granddaughter of Duke Chongming, Miss Zhang Si.

Her face was extremely beautiful, even though her face was pale and she was still lingering on the sickbed, she showed an amazing beauty.

She had been ill a few days ago, and she has not been very energetic these days. She just took the medicine and fell asleep an hour ago, and she slept very unsteadily. Then Zhang Mingzhu suddenly opened her eyes, she looked at the arrangement around her, slightly stunned, her eyes widened in disbelief.

what happened? Isn't she dead?

Died under the ancient Buddha.

Why did you open your eyes again? And the scenery in front of her is still a little familiar. It is obvious that the vertical king has not yet inherited the great line, and she is still in the courtyard where she lived when she was a concubine in the Handong palace.

It was clear that King Shu had already killed the new emperor and the queen mother Fu, and even the whole line of King Han Dong had been killed, but King Shu did not kill her, and even let the poor princess go back to her mother's house, but she followed her. The princess was reluctant to go back to her mother's house. Later, she and the princess went to the nuns to accompany them under the ancient Buddha.

The princess treated her very well, almost when she was her mother's age. When she was plundered to the palace, the princess also persuaded King Handong, but she was locked up by King Handong, and the princess was not allowed to make trouble. Later, she stayed in the palace, The princess has also been very good to her.

It's just that the princess died of illness ten years after the erection of the king. She didn't persist for a few years, and her body became worse and worse, and she followed after a few years.

Zhang Mingzhu didn't know what was going on. It was clear that King Shu had already ascended the throne, and she had already gone to the nun and died of illness. Why did she return to the Handong Palace now?

She was snatched into the palace by King Handong at the beginning. At that time, she was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Daddy was so angry that he took up his sword and went to the palace to let the Queen Mother take care of King Handong's crime, but she was let go by an edict from the Queen Mother. She was the concubine for King Handong.

It's not that Daddy didn't come to the palace to rob people, but he never even entered the gate of the palace every time, and because the trouble was too violent, even the reputation of the other sisters and women in the family was affected. She was worried about harming her family, so she let him Daddy, don't come to the palace again...

Thinking of the past events that had passed all her life, Zhang Mingzhu was still vivid in her mind, and she could not wait to eat its flesh and drink its blood.

Later, when King Handong was killed, she snatched the swords of the guards and stabbed dozens of swords at the fat corpse, only to stop after stabbing King Handong with holes all over his body.

Zhang Mingzhu thought it was a dream before her death, and the dream returned to the place she was most afraid of. She pinched her thigh so hard that she was in tears.

Zhang Mingzhu was stunned, it wasn't a dream?

So she really went back ten years ago, when she was still in the palace?

It's just that she is obviously dead, why is this happening? Could it be that God looked at her pitifully and let her live again? But it seems that she is pitiful and wants to give her a chance to live again, why not let her go back to the time before she was taken away by King Handong, but now.

By the way, when is it now?

Zhang Mingzhu called the maid to come in and asked what year and month it was today.

The maid said: "Niangniang, today is the eighth day of the fifth month in the fifth year of Yuanqi... Niangniang, are you alright? Are you still feeling uncomfortable? Would you like the servant to invite the boss over here?"

Has it been five years since Yuanqi? It seems that the vertical king waited until the tenth year to come to the capital and cut off the heads of the dog emperor and the demon queen mother.

She remembered what happened in the fifth year of Yuan Qi? It seems that in the great disaster in Zhongzhou, the queen mother and the new emperor only wanted to have fun, regardless of the victims, and then the world began to become chaotic, no, what else happened, she remembered that the first uprising team did not know it was because of the countless people in Zhongzhou who died in the drought. , there is another reason...

Zhang Mingzhu abruptly got off the couch of the imperial concubine, and before she could even put on her embroidered shoes, she dragged her and ran out of the yard.

She remembered that in the fifth year of Yuanqi, in addition to the chaos of the world, there was another cause that led to the people's uprising. The first uprising team was organized by Qi Taifu.

The reason why Taifu Qi revolted was because the youngest daughter of the Taifu family, Qi Zhiqing, who had been married off, was smuggled back to the mansion by the King of Handong to be defiled. The whole family, young and old, left the capital and returned to their hometown. After that, Mrs. Qi called for the first uprising team.

Even though she knew that this was the most important part of the uprising team, she knew that it was because of Qi Zhiqing's death that Mrs. Qi resigned from office, and then she helped the uprising later. Even though she wanted to keep things going according to her previous life, finally the vertical king ascended the throne. , but she still can't help her. There are too many girls who have been harmed by the King of Handong, and Qi Zhiqing is one of them. She doesn't want such a poor girl to die in vain.

She knew that not long after Qi Zhiqing's death, Mrs. Tai Fu couldn't bear the blow and died of illness. Also, Qi Zhiqing's husband, who was originally the champion of the new division, also left the capital with a pair of daughters and followed his father-in-law to avenge his wife. Later, Qi Zhiqing's husband also died in the war, and a pair of children followed Mrs. Qi, and they were also ups and downs. After the king was finally enthroned, she didn't know the whereabouts of Mrs. Qi and Qi Zhiqing.

She remembered that the day when Qi Zhiqing was taken back to the palace was today.

Zhang Mingzhu ran out of breath to the courtyard of King Handong.

The princess thought her husband was disgusting, and had long lived in the same courtyard instead of him, so King Handong lived in the main courtyard by himself.

There are still many guards guarding the main courtyard. They recognize Zhang Mingzhu and know that the prince is doing errands in the house. If the side concubine bumps into it, the prince will definitely blame it.

"Niangniang, no one can enter without the permission of the prince."

Zhang Mingzhu scolded: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way, be careful I will let the prince kill you!"

These people are nothing but the lackeys of King Handong. Without them, there would not be so many innocent women plundered.

Some women, after being smeared by the King of Handong, felt bored and would make these guards throw them out of the palace. Although they didn't want their lives, these girls were defiled, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense when they returned, and could only endure it silently. Down.

In addition to her, there are two other girls who stayed in the palace. They are all good looking, but she is the most beautiful, and the King of Handong loves her the most. Maybe it's because she has been honest with King Handong in the past few years. , I have never been soft-spoken. King Handong seems to like this kind of thing, so she is still obedient to her, but she hates King Handong so much that she has never spoken to him in a good voice, even in front of him. Like wood, it basically doesn't speak much.

The guards also knew the status of the side concubine in front of the prince in his heart, he hesitated, and did not dare to stop it.

Zhang Mingyue ran into the yard with the corner of her skirt, and then saw that the door was closed, she rushed over, trying to open the door, and found that it was bolted from the inside, and there was a sound of porcelain falling to the ground, followed by a girl exclamation sound.

Zhang Mingzhu was in a hurry, slammed on the door and shouted, "My lord, my lord, are you inside, my lord, I have something to do with you."

The movement inside seemed to stop.

Zhang Mingzhu waited for a while, thinking that King Handong would not come out, she planned to kick the door, but the door was opened from the inside, the tall and fat figure of King Handong appeared in front of her, Zhang Mingzhu endured the nausea in her heart , looked into the room and said: "My lord, did you bring another woman back to the manor? All the maids in my courtyard have seen it, lord, didn't you say that the person you love the most in your life is me? Not in the future. Let other women enter the mansion, why did the lord lie to me?"

King Handong didn't expect her to come here because he was jealous that he brought other women back to the palace.

Among all the concubines and concubines in his back house, Zhang Mingzhu is his favorite, because Zhang Mingzhu has the most beautiful appearance and is a famous beauty in the capital.

King Han Dong smiled and said: "Mingzhu, what you say, this king naturally counts, but you have always been indifferent to me, and this king felt uncomfortable, so he brought other women back to the house. If Mingzhu, you are willing to be kind to this king, Why does this king bring other women back, right?"

Zhang Mingzhu ignored him and squeezed in directly beside him, seeing Qi Zhiqing hiding in the corner and trembling.

Zhang Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the person was still alive and did not hit the pillar. Although the clothes on his body were a bit messy, they should have been messed up when he was running and chasing just now.