43. Free time to make a living for the common people

Pei Niancheng grabbed strawberries and ate them, which made Pei Nianyu very angry.

He specially gave this strawberry to Ye Feng, he obviously left another half box for Pei Niancheng, it's not like he didn't leave it for him.

The two fought back and forth for a long time without any image, and after a turmoil, Pei Nianyu took the remaining half box of strawberries and pushed forward angrily:

"This one is for you."

Pei Niancheng took a look, and it seemed that these strawberries were generally a little smaller than the bowl left for Lou Yefeng - but the wild strawberries were not big in the first place.

...and it's still a little green, not so red.

……Fine.

Pei Niancheng wept silently in his heart, since his brother got Lou Yefeng, he probably has second place in Pei Nianyu's heart.

Sigh... the second is not bad, at least his brother left half of it for him, right?

He can only comfort himself like this.

Afterwards, Pei Niancheng's expression turned serious, and he asked about the business:

"What's the situation, this strawberry is...?"

Pei Nianyu signaled Lou Yefeng to leave with the other shadow guards nearby, then closed the door and said:

"My system has a new function. It is a store interface that can be exchanged for things. And when you exchange things, you can also get seeds, or you can directly exchange seeds."

After all, he took out the bag of strawberry seeds:

"Well, here, Xiaosheng, you can take it back and study it to see where it fits."

"Your system... is very good. It is equivalent to having a farm function. Speaking of which, in the past few years since I took office, I have always wanted to enrich the types of food I usually eat. Unfortunately, I don't know which ones are in this world.There are some, and which ones are not, if you send someone to look for them rashly, if you can’t find them for three to five years, it will be too much trouble.”

"...That's why I haven't been able to implement this plan. Brother, after you have this system, it saves me a big project. In the future, brother, if you change any fresh seeds, just leave it to me. Give me the new seed."The established Ministry of Agriculture has something to do."

Dividing the functions of the Ministry of Revenue into two, into the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance, is what Pei Niancheng did in his first year in office.The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of Da Jing's agricultural affairs. In addition to managing the land, it also includes research on how to improve planting methods, breed seeds, and invent better farm tools, etc.

Pei Niancheng was not surprised that his brother's system had evolved. After all, his own "Eternal Mingjun System" had many functions after so many years of operation, and the store function can only be regarded as the most basic one.

Pei Nianyu told him about the functions of the store. Pei Niancheng pondered for a moment, tapped his fingers on the table, and suddenly asked:

"You mean, the system is named according to your consciousness, with the name of the world before you crossed?"

Pei Nianyu was taken aback for a moment, he really hadn't paid attention to this question:

"Yes what's the matter?"

Pei Niancheng's face became more and more serious, and he said immediately:

"Since the system can recall your previous life memory according to your consciousness, it means that the system knows the existence of another world in your memory. This also confirms my previous thought-the system is not an existence beyond the heavens. Since itIt evolved according to your consciousness and desire, so what it can do is likely to be determined only according to your consciousness."

"Think about it, is it true that the things you can exchange already exist in this world, or are within your cognitive range, and there are no things you haven't heard of before? In the memory of your other lifeWhat has appeared is this 'cognitive range'."

Pei Nianyu was taken aback for a moment: "That's true, these things that can be exchanged are shown to me according to the name of our world."

Having said that, Pei Niancheng suddenly became a little excited:

"Going a step further, I'm thinking... since the system can retrieve all the food-related information in your conscious world, then... maybe the system can use some method to exchange for things that only existed in the original world?"

"Huh? Can it still be like this? I haven't tried..."

"I think it's very possible, maybe this system has already defaulted that you are a person in two worlds."

Pei Nianyu was skeptical, and deliberately searched for durians, dragon fruits, etc. in the store, and he was sure that they had never seen the species in this world.

After searching, was a little speechless:

"Uh... I can't verify your idea at the moment. The durian fruits I searched just now are available in the store. Because I have commented on them, they are also available in this world, but they are all in foreign countries.No one has found it yet.”

Pei Niancheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he looked up to the sky and sighed:

"My good brother, why are you so stupid? You use these to try, you have to try until the year of the monkey? Think about something else, if it is unique to the original world, see if you can change it out.”

Pei Nianyu was puzzled:

"... How do I know what is unique to the original world... But, is this important?"

Pei Niancheng nodded, his fingers seemed to tremble slightly with excitement:

"Of course it's important!"

Pei Nianyu was also anxious: "Then just tell me what you want to change!"

Pei Niancheng took a deep breath: "...hybrid rice."

"……Oh my God……"

Pei Nianyu's face immediately changed.

If there is one...then what this thing means in this era is self-evident.

And... hybrid rice really only existed in the world before time travel.After all, it was cultivated with certain technological means.

"...You can think of this... I didn't even think of it..."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Nianyu's expression changed again.

"Xiao Sheng, there really is..."

When he searched for hybrid rice in the search bar, a large variety of rice suddenly appeared under the rice category that was not lined up on the store shelves.

It seems that Pei Niancheng guessed right again, it was all based on consciousness.At the beginning, he didn't think of hybrid rice in his consciousness, so he didn't show it on the shelf.

After hearing this, Pei Niancheng suddenly grabbed him and shook him vigorously:

"Look at how much delicious food you can exchange!"

Pei Nianyu was about to be shaken to pieces by him:

"You, you, you, slow down... Let me see... It's not expensive, hey, wait a minute!"

Pei Niancheng stopped moving: "What's wrong?"

Pei Nianyu suddenly closed his eyes, put his hands on his forehead, and his mind spun rapidly:

"Wait until I think of a few more varieties."

Pei Niancheng was puzzled: "What do you mean more varieties?"

"Nonsense, there are many types of hybrid rice. As long as I can know it, exist in my consciousness, and I can clearly tell what it is, I can change it. Don't forget where I graduated from."

Only now did Pei Niancheng remember that his brother graduated from the top agricultural university in China in his previous life!

Although Pei Nianyu studied nutrition, the students and teachers in other colleges were almost familiar with some of the cutting-edge information on crop improvement.

Pei Niancheng became even more excited.

Pei Nianyu rummaged through his memory for a while, and finally thought of all the food crops he knew, and they appeared on the store shelves one by one.

"Tell me, what do you want? Two seasons, or three seasons? The one that mainly resists insects, or something..."

Pei Niancheng immediately said:

"Of course the three seasons are the main ones!"

Although the quality of the one-season rice is good and delicious, it is not as productive as the three-season rice.Although the weather in Dajing has been favorable and the country has been stable in recent years, and a lot of food has been stockpiled, that is compared to the previous turbulent years.

Compared with the large-scale production of later generations, it is completely insufficient, and it is not on the same order of magnitude.

Still have to look at production first.The rice in the north can only be planted less for one season, and it is almost the same in places like Huangzhuang, which are only used in the palace.

After all, the increase in grain output per unit means that more people can be fed, it means that more productivity can be released on the same acre of land to do other work, and it means that they can make great strides into...

Well, those are a long way off.

However, increasing food production is indeed beneficial and harmless.

He has the Mingjun system to help control the direction of the entire country, so there is no need to worry about whether the pace of development is too large.

While thinking, Pei Niancheng looked at his brother expectantly.

"Well, early, middle and late rice are separated. Apart from Xiangliangyou 900, I will choose these types for you each season: Changyou 5 japonica three-line hybrid rice..."

Pei Niancheng didn't understand at all: "What is Xiangliangyou 900?"

"The newest super hybrid rice... oh, you may be passing through that news without knowing it."

"What news?"

"The latest data in the test field, the yield per mu is 1200 kilograms..."

Pei Niancheng spit out a mouthful of water: "What did you say???"

"1200 kilograms, but this is in the experimental field, and ordinary farmland is not so high. Moreover, there is no complete insect control technology and professional compound fertilizers in this era, so it must not reach such a high level. Half of it is not bad."

Pei Niancheng's expression was indescribable:

"Half of it is 600 kilograms. Let me go...you...do you know what the average yield per mu was in the Dajing Dynasty last year?"

"How many?"

"Converted into kilograms, it's just 100 kilograms."

Pei Nianyu: .........

Is it so bad?

Well, he hasn't asked about the government for a long time, and he hasn't studied the issue of grain production in the feudal society in his previous life, so he really doesn't know.

He was silent for a long time.

"So, I seem to have brought a super cheat?"

Pei Niancheng looked at him hopelessly:

"Yes, brother, your system is the super cheat. My system is weak compared to yours..."

"But isn't your system some ancient Mingjun system..."

When Pei Niancheng heard this, he felt even more uncomfortable:

"Yeah, with the help of the system, it took me three years to gain a foothold in the court. Then I inspected the place, improved the farm tools, and used up the boss's energy to improve the management regulations of the grassroots farms bit by bit. It took me a long time just to talk about it..."

"and then?"

"—Then three years later, the yield per mu increased from 80 kilograms to 100 kilograms."

Pei Nianyu: "..."

"That's it, the officials still flatter me every day, saying that my Mingjun came to the world, and God bless Da Jing."

Pei Nianyu: "..."

Pei Niancheng's eyes turned gray:

"Food, as long as the grain output can increase, many problems can be solved."

"I have worked so hard for the past few years, and it's not because I don't have such a simple and crude way to improve my strength..."

"For the development of the Dajing Dynasty, I spend (che) circle (pi) with different forces every day, and I am so busy reviewing memorials that I don't have time to go to your place for a meal, just to make the national strength gradually improve..."

Pei Niancheng scratched his hair sadly. Pei Nianyu, who was at the side with sharp eyes, immediately saw that as Pei Niancheng scratched and scratched with his fingertips, a handful of black strands fell out of the jade crown that bound his hair, and fell silently.

Pei Nianyu turned pale with shock:

"Xiao Sheng! Stop working so hard!! You're going bald!!"

Pei Niancheng: "..."

"Xiao Sheng, you are only twenty years old, take care of your health"

Pei Niancheng: "..."

Pei Nianyu's heart aches, if he hadn't given him the emperor's position with a wave of his hand, why would his younger brother's hairline be an inch taller at a young age, alas.

Pei Niancheng continues to pretend to be unlovable:

"I learned computers in my previous life, and I wrote codes every day until my head became bald. I never thought that I would become a 95th Supreme in this life, and I would still inevitably be bald..."

Pei Nianyu couldn't stand it any longer, so he quickly spent 1990 food value, and put a bag of Xiangliangyou 900 rice seeds in front of him.

Maybe it's because this seed is already rotten in another world, and the price itself is not expensive.

Next to the price, a line of words is annotated:

"The original price is 99/copy, and an additional 100/copy is required for cross-dimension."

Pei Nianyu was stunned for a moment, he thought to himself that the system needed 280,000 food value to fetch salmon from the deep sea in this world, but it only cost 100 points to break through the dimensional wall to get the seeds?

This is not scientific!It stands to reason that the more difficult it should be, the more it should be spent?

The system slowly showed words: "The wider the mass communication of the dimension where the item is located, the higher the food belief, the less energy it needs to spend."

Pei Nianyu thought for a while: "The system, can't you exchange me for salmon from another world?"

Well, he was still thinking about his salmon, after all, salmon in this world is too expensive.

System words: When there are real objects in this world, cross-dimensional operations cannot be performed.Please try to spread the deliciousness of salmon, then the price will naturally drop.

"..."

In other words, the things he can bring from another world are actually only various crop seeds that have undergone scientific research and transformation...

Pei Nianyu suddenly thought of something. It's not easy to produce high-tech varieties of salmon, so can only eat salmon from this world, but...

He meditated in his heart:

"North China Academy of Agricultural Sciences Research Institute bred, strawberry No. 10 strawberry."

A new grid instantly appeared on the shelf:

"Stone Berry No. 10 Strawberry: The original price is 33/part, and the extra cost is 33/part."

Pei Nianyu spit out a mouthful of old blood.

This cheating system!

So why didn't he change to the red, big and sweet scientifically improved strawberries before, instead of spending 5888 to replace the native wild strawberries?

Pei Nianyu immediately exchanged two copies, and Pei Niancheng was shocked when he saw these plump and ruddy strawberries.

...Then the two had a good time.

After eating, Pei Niancheng didn't care about the strawberries any more. Strawberries were not the thing that attracted him the most. Instead, he stared at the bags of rice seeds carrying countless national plans and sighed heavily:

"I feel that I have worked so hard for so many years, and my contribution to Da Jing is not as good as your bag of rice seeds..."

Pei Nianyu shook his head and comforted him:

"That's not what I said. Without your system to help you control the government, so what if I have this, I can't carry it out. Xiaosheng, you have done a very good job..."

"Oh, by the way, besides rice, there are many new types of wheat, as well as corn. Economic crops include improved cotton..."

"Corn!! Cotton!!!—"

Pei Niancheng was provoked by him again and again, and almost lost his mind. He slapped the table and stood up:

"Then you should change quickly!!"

Pei Nianyu took it for granted:

"...My food is worthless."

Pei Niancheng was about to cry: "Then what strawberries are you trading for! Strawberries are not as important as the rations of hundreds of millions of people in the Dajing Dynasty!"

Pei Nianyu quickly comforted him: "Okay, okay, what's the hurry, I'll just go earn some money, and I'll exchange seeds for you when I earn it, that's all right."

Pei Niancheng sighed:

"It's far from enough. How much land can you plant with a bag of seeds? There is so much land in the country. Wait for a wave of maturity before harvesting seeds, planting and harvesting again. How many years will it take to spread the seeds?"

Then he looked up at Pei Nianyu with serious eyes:

"Brother, I usually don't ask you easily, but this time it's really... If you have a surplus of food value recently, if you can exchange rice seeds, you can exchange all the seeds, and exchange tens of thousands of copies. I'll see if I can make it before springPlant a batch first!"

"……Ok."

Pei Nianyu mourned in silence, my dear 288888 Salmon, you are one step away from me.

But...he is one of Da Jing's owners after all.

He is an idle prince, he let his younger brother work hard, manage the government, his hair is almost bald, but he has never made any financial contribution to Da Jing.

Perhaps his masterpieces of calligraphy and painting can be passed down to future generations and become cultural national treasures, but at least for now, his works cannot benefit the tens of millions of people under his rule.

Instead, he sits on more than ten thousand acres of King Manor, eats the people's fat, and lives a life beneath one person, above ten-thousand others.Even though the people under him have never been overly oppressed, thanks to the good weather, they are still living a good life, but this does not change the fact that he is exploiting.

If he had never crossed, he would just be used to it, but his soul was different after all.

Now that he has this golden finger, he can contribute something with a little effort, so what can you have against it.

Even in order to make Xiao Sheng stop working so hard, he still has to work hard... change more seeds.

As for the salmon, let's talk about the appetite later, there are plenty of opportunities, not to mention that when he opens a store, the value of the food will increase, and it will be easy to talk about by then.

"Okay, Xiao Sheng, just don't worry, I will try my best to get it for you."

"Brother, thank you."

Pei Niancheng saluted Pei Nianyu solemnly.

"Don't, don't, I can't afford it, and I don't need to do anything, it's just a matter of raising my hands."

Pei Niancheng was busy with government affairs, so he took the seeds and the box of strawberries and went back quickly. He also dispatched a team of shadow guards to escort the seeds back.

Although Pei Nianyu wanted to tell him that this kind of seed is really worthless...

However, Pei Nianyu thought of the arduous task on his body in a blink of an eye, so he couldn't laugh anymore.

Even if Pei Niancheng plans to plant 10,000 bags of seeds in the first batch, and one bag costs 199, then it is nearly 2 million food value.

He only earned 40,000 in the past month, which is really a long way to go.

——I can't live in the mansion any longer, there are only 200 people in the mansion, the value of food that can be provided to him is too little.

Still have to go the mass route.

Pei Nianyu's eyes flashed in front of his younger brother's eager and expectant eyes when he looked at him, so he thought.

……………………

On the other side, Lou Yefeng took advantage of their conversation and had nothing to do, calculated the time, and quietly went to He Qi's room.

At this time, He Qi just woke up, tidied up, and was about to change shifts.

"Old building? Why are you here?"

He Qi asked while putting on his sword.

"Hush...Old He, I came here to find you, um, borrow some money."

He Qi stopped what he was doing, confused: "Huh? What are you borrowing money for?"

"Oh, I've been deducted half of my monthly salary this month..."

He Qi thought to himself, don't you know that the half of your detainment is with me, but what he is more puzzled is:

"What about your previous monthly salary?"

"Hmm... this..."

He Qi looked at him with a calm expression on the surface, but he was silently surprised in his heart. Everyone has the habit of saving money, and the old building has not been preserved?

Lou Yefeng has been the commander for ten years, the salary and the rewards from the master are definitely quite a lot, the sum is probably more than ten thousand taels.Where did he spend such a large sum of money?

Although He Qi was puzzled, seeing that Lou Yefeng didn't want to say anything, he didn't ask any further questions.But he still felt that it was necessary to mention something to the master in the future.

It's not that he wanted to inform on purpose, but he was afraid that Lou Yefeng would have some enemies outside that he couldn't afford to offend, and he would always need to spend money to make peace, or something else that couldn't be made public..

If Lou Yefeng's martial arts were still there, he wouldn't bother to talk about them. Anyway, with all his abilities, there was nothing that could threaten him.

However, old building's martial arts has not yet recovered. Unlike in the past, he has been a shadow guard for these years and it is impossible not to offend others, so everything is more dangerous.If he does something else without telling the master, and if something happens, then it really...

He Qi asked, "How much do you want to borrow?"

"...Let's borrow two hundred taels first."

"Yes. But you have to tell me, what are you planning to borrow the money for?"

"I……"

Lou Yefeng suddenly turned reddish, and his tone was hesitant.

He Qi narrowed his eyes.

Seeing Lou Yefeng's faltering look, he suddenly suffered from occupational disease again, and suddenly took a step forward, staring straight at Lou Yefeng.

Lou Yefeng avoided his gaze and didn't answer.

He Qi had been the head of the punishment hall for so many years before, and he had naturally interrogated countless captured enemies. The skill of guessing people's psychology by looking at their faces was easy to catch.

Seeing Lou Yefeng's reaction, he suddenly realized:

"Is it related to the master?"

"yes."

Lou Yefeng thought about it, anyway, he will know sooner or later, it's not a secret:

"It's almost the end of the new year. When the new year starts, it's the master's birthday. I want... to give the master something. I'm afraid that the merchants will go home for the New Year in two days. I'm afraid it will be too late to do it in the next year.".”

When He Qi heard that he just wanted to give the master a gift, he felt relieved.With a slight smile, he joked:

"Why is the master celebrating his birthday this year, and suddenly remembered to give the master a gift? I haven't seen you give it before."

"...I just want to give it away."

He really just wanted to send it away.

After all, in the past so many years, every year when he celebrates his birthday, he has always been with the shadow guards, as a subordinate, and collectively "presented" some very vulgar auspicious objects such as birthday peaches and birthday noodles to the master. It's just a routine..

It is neither a gift from him, nor is it of any practical significance. It is very boring, and it is just a formality.

And he actually... never wanted to give the master a gift, a gift with his own heart in it.

But his identity is not enough.

The person who can "give" the master's birthday gift must be at the princely level, or an important official in the court.He is just a close servant of the master, how dare he give a gift rashly, the birthday gift he gave can only be called "filial piety".

If the grade and implication of "filial piety" are wrong, it is also a breach of etiquette for a courtier, and it is not as safe as sending birthday peaches and noodles every year.

But that was before, Lou Yefeng never allowed his actions to exceed his status as a courtier, and he never thought that he could go this far with his master.

But this year, maybe the owner will think...is it a surprise?

After all, Lou Yefeng always keeps his master's promise in mind - making him happy is one step closer to serving him in bed.

He wants to serve the bed is secondary, first of all, he really wants to make the master happier.

Thinking of this, Lou Yefeng's heart was soaked in honey, and he couldn't wait to make the things he planned to give away.

He Qi didn't ask him what gift he wanted to give, and he also knew that the gift of old building was to surprise the owner, and that was the business of the couple.It's better that he, the leader of the shadow guards, doesn't know.

So he directly took out a bag of silver from the hidden compartment on the bed and handed it to him: "Take it."

"Thank you, Old He."

Lou Yefeng put the purse in his bosom and returned to the dormitory, only to find that the wide courtyard of Hanqiu Pavilion was full of shadow guards, and Yun Shao was standing on the porch, taking notes with a pen and paper.

And those shadow guards who are quiet on weekdays, at this time, you are talking about me and you are so lively, and you can faintly hear a few sporadic words:

"...What, and a pre-dinner drink? How about hawthorn juice..."

"My favourite? Fish-flavored eggplant..."

"I hope there is garlic and white meat in the recipe... Last time I was lucky enough to eat the master's cooking. Although there was only one piece, it was too memorable..."

When Lou Yefeng walked into the courtyard, the nearby shadow guards immediately saluted him when they saw him coming, and fell silent instantly.

"You guys are..."

"Deacon Lou, the master ordered us to bring some meals we want to eat, and let Sister Yun Shao list them in the menu."

Lou Yefeng nodded, seeing that Yun Shao's writing was memorizing quickly and he was too busy to go around, so he didn't stay here, turned around and went back to his room.

………………

At the same time, in Yuqing Room's study.

Li Han stood next to Pei Nianyu, holding a stack of papers filled with Xiuyi's handwriting in his hand, with a blank expression on his face.

As Pei Niancheng's shadow leader, he was supposed to follow Pei Niancheng back to the palace just now, but Pei Nianyu left him behind, saying that he had something important to ask.

Naturally, Pei Niancheng didn't care, he waved his hand to let Li Han stay, and he brought the other shadow guards back to the palace.

...Pei Nianyu is still writing.

After writing the last one, Pei Nianyu stuffed the paper into his arms and began to explain one by one:

"Li Han, come on, write down the order of these things that need to be eaten by your master."

"First, fry the black sesame seeds and glutinous rice and grind them separately to make a black sesame paste. Every morning, let the imperial dining room make a bowl without fail."

"At lunchtime, you can make black sesame and goji berry porridge. I've written down the specific steps and let the imperial dining room follow suit. Goji berries are the best."

"After this black sesame paste is made, it can be spread on top of your master's staple food. As for the black sesame honey - let the imperial dining room add it to your master's snacks."

"And this black sesame kudzu root dew, drink it as a drink after a meal, let's have a glass by the way."

"In addition, fry the black sesame seeds and sugar until cooked, add oil and mix until thick, cut into black sesame candies after it cools down, remember to ask your master to eat a piece when he is approving the memorial."

"..."

Li Han's face was already darker than black sesame.

"My lord, forgive me for speaking bluntly, the master doesn't like to eat sesame seeds, if there is a sesame seed in the daily meal, the master will get angry, and he doesn't like to eat black ones."

Pei Nianyu slapped the table very seriously, and said:

"This is for the sake of your master's image! As the lord of a country, he needs to maintain the majesty's majesty at all times. Does it mean that he looks like an emperor if he has a large forehead?"

"Li Han, this is a political mission!"

Li Han: "..."

Well, he was persuaded.

Pei Nianyu spoke earnestly:

"Your master doesn't like to eat sesame seeds, so this difficult task is up to you. You are the only confidant he fully trusts. Isn't it your job to persuade the master?"

Li Han was silent for a long time, he was very inarticulate, and at this moment he didn't know how to persuade the host to eat black sesame.

But he still nodded: "Okay, I will definitely do it."

Li Han returns with a thick stack of black sesame recipes.

………………

At the same time, Pei Niancheng, who had already returned to the palace to approve the memorial, suddenly sneezed.

"Who is cursing me again?"

Pei Niancheng frowned, a little annoyed, and smoothed his hair.

Behind him, a few strands of black hair rustled down and stained the dragon robe.

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Title: I am free to make a living for the common people. The first way to save the common people is to save the hair of His Majesty the Emperor~