One stone startled a thousand waves.
Emperor Yuanchang knocked over the cup in a loss of composure, and got up from the dragon chair in a "scratch" manner, "Is this true?"
"It's absolutely true." Shen Tong'an was so excited when he first learned about it. It is unheard of to produce a thousand catties of food per mu. If it can be promoted, it will definitely solve the food problem of tens of thousands of people! This is a great virtue that will last for thousands of years!
"Good! Good! Good!" Emperor Yuanchang said three good times in a row, showing the excitement in his heart. During his reign, he produced thousands of catties of food per mu, which is enough to prove his benevolent government and culture! After death, you will have the face to meet your ancestors!
For a long time, Emperor Yuanchang was worried that he would not be able to keep the foundation left by his ancestors. , can't even give birth to a son! So he always felt that he would have no face to face the ancestors of the Zhao family after death.
And now, there is a food that can produce a thousand catties per mu! Yiqianjin per mu! What is this concept? The average yield per mu of the best fertile land in Dazhao is only three or four hundred catties! If potatoes can really yield a thousand catties per mu, it is unbelievable! Food is the paramount necessity of the people, and solving the food problem of the people is something that every generation of monarchs has been working hard on. Unexpectedly, this problem can be solved here!
Emperor Yuanchang was ecstatic, and looked at Wen Qing excitedly——Qingqing was indeed the Nine Heavens Xuannv who came down to protect me, Dazhao! Since she was born, his health has gradually improved. These years, the weather in Dazhao has been smooth, with no floods, droughts, plagues and famines. It can be said that the country is prosperous and the people are safe. Now there is a food with great merit, Qingqing is really his lucky star!
Emperor Yuanchang thought so.
After finally suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Emperor Yuanchang cleared his voice and said, "Okay! The appearance of potatoes will definitely solve the problem of food and clothing for tens of thousands of people in Dazhao. Two! And promoted to Minister of the Household Department, fully responsible for the promotion and planting of potatoes! Let the people have enough food as soon as possible!"
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness, but I dare not be greedy for credit. This potato was donated by a woman surnamed Jiang in Jiangning County."
"I will be rewarded for my meritorious deeds. If there is no Shen Shangshu's discerning eye, this potato will not be able to reach my desk. You have the merit of being recommended, and you should be rewarded. Tell me about the woman surnamed Jiang. If she has meritorious service, I will definitely miss her! "
Thousands of miles away in Jiangning County, Jiang Shu was anxiously waiting for the news. This time she took the risk of offering potatoes, which was really helpless.
Jiangjia Restaurant has now opened three chain stores, because Jiangshu introduced cooking methods such as frying, frying, frying, and roasting, which changed the single steaming mode of this era, so Jiangjia Restaurant's business is booming, making money every day, and naturally attracted the coveting of others. She is a powerless peasant girl, guarding such a large piece of fat, doesn't everyone want to take a bite
It's fine to take a bite, but now I meet someone who wants to eat it all by himself and doesn't give her a way to survive! The other party is a wealthy and prominent family in Jiangzhou, the local emperor of the entire Jiangzhou, no one dares to provoke them. Those big shots that Jiang Shu took pains to hook up with in the past avoided each and every one of them, and they couldn't provide her with any shelter. There was nothing she could do, so she took the risk.
As long as she can register with the emperor, the Cui family will have to consider whether they can bear the emperor's anger when they find out if they want to touch her.
She believes that in this era of food scarcity, no monarch can resist the charm of potatoes! She made this decision boldly because she knew that Imakami was a kind-hearted gentleman. He also found out that Shen Tong'an, the prefect of Jiangzhou, was a good and honest official, so he asked him to contribute on his behalf. Otherwise, when you meet those black-hearted corrupt officials, let alone donate, maybe they will kill her to silence her and take credit for her achievements!
Now Shen Tong'an has brought Tudou to Beijing for a while, and the result is still unknown. While waiting anxiously, Jiang Shu is writing how to explain to others how she discovered Tudou.
During these days, as soon as the Jiangjia restaurant opened, the Cui family would send people to smash the place, several times, and the customers were scared away. Jiang Shu simply closed the door, waiting for Shen Tongan's results to come out.
She and her family can only stay at home, trying to protect themselves.
Mother Jiang looked at her daughter with a sad face. The daughter has become more and more capable in the past few years. She sells buns and opens restaurants. thing. But…
"Shu'er, just give them the restaurant if they want it, as long as we have enough money, we have saved some property over the past few years, even if we go back to farm, we can live a good life. Nothing is more important than a family's health. "
She said that because her two sons were beaten when they came back from the academy a few days ago, and their noses and faces were swollen, which made her feel bad. She doesn't have any big ambitions, she just hopes that the whole family will be safe and sound, and live her little life behind closed doors.
Jiang Shu smiled bitterly, who is she working so hard for? Has she forgotten the experience that the whole family was starving to death without food? She didn't let her work hard, so she felt that all this came too easily, so she could easily give up. But that was her painstaking effort, she couldn't do it by giving it away! Besides, most of the money she earned was put into Taobao, otherwise how could she have so much money to buy so many things? When she came here, she had just chopped her hands, and the balance was only more than three hundred yuan. Fortunately, the silver could be converted into it according to the ratio, otherwise the treasure mountain would be empty and useless. But these things can't be told to her mother...
"They don't just want restaurants. The Cui family's Second Young Master Cui who married a thirty-five concubine fell in love with me and asked me to be his thirty-six concubine. Mother, do you want me to be someone's concubine?"
"Ah?" Jiang's mother turned pale. Jiang Shu had never told her about this before, because she was afraid that she would be worried, but now Jiang Shu wanted to see what this mother thought.
Mother Jiang said without hesitation, "That won't work! Even if Mother dies, she won't let you marry into their family as a concubine, and be tortured by them!"
Jiang Shu's heart warmed up. Although her mother had a bit of stuffed bun, she really cared for their siblings. She stepped forward and put her arms around Jiang's mother's shoulders, "Don't worry, mother, I have found a way. The Cui family is powerful, but there are also some Those who can hold them down..."
Just as she was talking, the courtyard door was kicked open with a bang, and a group of tall and thick men rushed in. The rare flowers and plants that Jiang Shu bought on Taobao were trampled down in an instant. , "What do you want to do? Break into houses in broad daylight, do you still have the law?!"
"Wang Fa?" The group of big men looked at each other and laughed arrogantly, "In Jiangzhou, my Cui family is Wang Fa! Tell me about Wang Fa, haha, the little lady is so funny!"
Jiang Shu was so angry that she wanted to die, but there was nothing she could do. If she could buy guns on Taobao, she would definitely shoot these people to death!
The big man in the head laughed enough, then looked at Jiang Shu proudly and said, "This silver is a dowry gift. Our second son said that it is your honor that he likes you as a peasant girl! Clean up obediently, and we will come to Cui's house in three days. Pick up the bride!" He said, dropped two taels of silver, and sneered again, "I heard that you went to the capital to recruit soldiers? Don't mess around, no one will care! Our aunt is the princess of Huainan, a decent royal family Relatives of the state, it is useless even if you ask the emperor Lao Tzu!"
Jiang Shu's heart turned cold, it turned out that this is the case, no wonder the Cui family has no fear when Shen Tong'an enters Beijing, there is such a relationship! Is it true that he wants to kill her? !
The Cui family's goal was achieved, and they walked out of the door in a mighty manner, and dropped a sentence while walking, "By the way, the second son also ordered that you don't need to take more dowry, just bring the shop deeds of the three restaurants!"
Jiang Shu was trembling with anger, these people are too deceitful, two taels of money just want to exchange her three restaurants, and even take her own!
"The imperial decree has arrived! Jiang Family Youshu accepts the decree!"
Just when Jiang Shu's heart ached with anger, an iron cavalry descended from the sky, and the leader held high the imperial decree.
Jiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and knelt down to accept the order with the panicked family members. The servants of Cui's family hadn't left yet. Seeing that Jiang Shu had indeed invited the imperial order, he couldn't help being a little stunned. The official who announced the order snorted coldly, " Did you not kneel down after seeing the imperial decree?"
Before he finished speaking, the guards behind him pulled out their swords with a "swish", and the big men were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground. When Jiang Shu saw it, she felt happy. The Xuanzhi official hurriedly walked up to Jiang Shu's family, and said kindly, "Is this the Jiang Ning Qi woman Miss Jiang in Shen University's population, right?" It was completely opposite to the attitude towards Cui's family members just now.
Jiang Shu was grateful to him for protecting his face, calmed down and said, "It's the girl of the people."
The Xuanzhi official could sense her respect, and said with a smile, "Jiang's family accepts the order!"
"Following the fate of the heavens, the emperor issued an edict saying: The Jiang family has Shu, who obtained a rare potato and offered it to the imperial court. The merit of this act will last forever...Jiang Shu is specially appointed as the head of Jiangning County, and there are five hundred households in the city...a reward of ten thousand taels." The magistrate of Jiangning County ordered the construction of a memorial archway of merit... hereby."
Jiang Shu didn't understand a bunch of twisted old sayings, but they all praised her anyway, made her the county lord of Jiangning, and rewarded her with ten thousand taels, but she understood clearly, and there was a memorial arch, anyway, it was a good thing. correct. Jiang Shu couldn't help but kowtow to thank her. As a modern person, she has always been very repulsed by the act of kowtow, but this time she kowtowed very willingly. The emperor is really a good person!
After receiving the imperial decree, the official who announced the decree said again, "Your Majesty ordered that no one should suppress the property of the Jiangning county lord! Otherwise... hum!" These words were addressed to Cui's family members, and their meaning could not be more obvious. Cui's family Ding repeatedly promised, and then fled in a panic.
In this era, the common people were in awe of the imperial power. No one would dare to disobey what the emperor Jinkouyu said, at least publicly.
In this way, Jiang Shu's hanging heart finally fell back into his stomach, and he gratefully held a banquet and invited the Xuanzhi officials to eat, and a group of people went to Jiang's Restaurant lively.
Those who were suppressed in the past had to close their doors to avoid misfortune. Today, the peasant girl becomes a phoenix and reopens with the order of the Holy Majesty. All of a sudden, the reputation of Jiangjia Restaurant has been improved, and the popularity is overwhelming!
In the imperial palace thousands of miles away, Emperor Yuanchang rewarded Wen Qing with a lot of good things without hesitation, "Qingqing, do you like these things? If you don't like them, uncle will open a private treasury and take whatever you like!"
Wen Qing glanced at them, they were all rare treasures in the world, but she was never interested in them, and didn't want to take advantage of her uncle's kindness, so she nodded and said, "I like it."
Hearing that she liked it, Emperor Yuanchang was even happier. He lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Qingqing is really my uncle's lucky star! Don't worry, other people don't know, and my uncle will remember all these credits for you!"
Emperor Yuanchang was even happier with Wen Qing's appearance of not knowing why, and he didn't explain. His niece is now descended from the world, and he doesn't know that she is the Nine Heavens Xuannv! He can't say he missed it!
Just as he was thinking about it, Wen Qing suddenly said, "Uncle's birthday party is over, and An Guo wants to go to the border. Father's place may be a bit tricky."