After returning to the animal garden, someone came the next morning, and His Majesty invited him into the palace.
This time it was not the guard Shi Hu from last time, he was an unknown person, so when he came, he asked where Ren Baqian was, and His Majesty recruited him.
Ren Baqian was playing with Gun Gun, but Gun Gun always wanted to break free from his grasp.
After seeing the person coming, Ren Baqian immediately went up to meet him and said: "I am Ren Baqian, I don't know why Your Majesty is recruiting me?"
"If you are told to go, go, what a lot of nonsense." The guard said in a low voice.
After entering the palace, it was the same palace as last time. Ren Baqian didn't know what the purpose of those palaces in the entire palace was, but the current empress seemed to like it very much.
"I've seen Your Majesty." When Ren Baqian was brought in, he saw the empress dressed in red, with her hair scattered behind her, leaning on the couch.
The palace is very cool, after all, there are two basins of ice in there.
"Go forward and speak. As for you, step back." The Empress came with a slightly lazy voice.
Ren Baqian took a few steps forward, lowered his head slightly, and waited for the other party to speak.
"Last time, you said that there are tens of thousands of catties of grain per mu? Is this true or false?" the Empress asked.
Ren Baqian's heart skipped a beat. I said this last time, but the one above didn't respond at all. And when I asked Steward Shi later, Dayao was actually short of food. I have also been guessing what is going on.
Now the empress finally asked, and immediately said: "This thing is called sweet potato, also called sweet potato. The yield per mu is about ten thousand catties, and it will fluctuate according to the conditions of the field. But at least five or six thousand catties must be some. of.
And this thing has an advantage, that is, it requires very little land, and it can be planted on plains and mountains, and there are few Dayao Plains. Planting this thing should solve most of the food shortage. "
The empress sat up straight when she heard this.
"Is what you said true?" the empress asked in a deep voice.
"It's absolutely true, there is no falsehood." Ren Baqian replied with his head bowed.
"Where is this sweet potato?"
"Your Majesty, give me an acre of land near the animal garden. I can plant seedlings and see the results in four months." Ren Baqian dare not say that he doesn't have sweet potatoes at hand now, and it will take two days to get them. It's too easy to make a mistake and say it directly in ambiguous words.
"I have agreed to this matter, and I will wait a few months to see if I can really produce five to six thousand to ten thousand catties per mu. If it is done, I will give you a great contribution. You can ask me what you want. If not , you should know the consequences of lying to me." The empress said slowly.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I definitely don't dare to risk my own head." Ren Baqian said.
The empress nodded: "It's the best."
After speaking, he lay down on the couch again and said, "You said you could tell stories? Step forward and tell me something."
"Yes!" Ren Baqian took a few steps forward, seeing the empress more clearly, her phoenix eyes were slightly squinted, and the expression on her face was very calm, the originally heroic face seemed to be a little softer now.
The red clothes outline the body, showing the curves perfectly.
Ren Baqian lowered his head as soon as his eyes swept away, and began to think hard about what story to tell.
Journey to the West? This is his favorite, but it seems that he can't talk about it. This empress wouldn't like a monkey making a big fuss in the heaven, would she
Water Margin? Let alone a group of rebellious bandits.
Dream of the Red Chamber, haven't seen it.
It seems that there are only three countries to talk about? Only this one left the deepest impression on me, and I watched the TV series several times. Although I don’t remember the original text, it’s okay to tell it in vernacular.
Except for the four great classics, namely "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", I can talk about them, but I can't remember the others.
After deciding to talk about "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ren Baqian cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, then I will tell a story that happened in the ancient Han Dynasty of China."
"The rolling waters of the Yangtze River flow eastward, and the waves wipe out the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure turn heads empty.
Aoyama is still there, How Many Suns.
White-haired fishermen and woodcutters on the river, used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet.
How many things in ancient and modern times are all jokes. "
Just after reading "Linjiang Immortal", the Empress said, "Although it sounds good, it's just a bit dull."
Ren Baqian gave a dry laugh, and then continued with the first lecture: Feasting Taoyuan heroes for three sworn brothers, beheading the head of a Yellow Turban hero for meritorious service.
From time to time, the empress asked Ren Baqian about the names of people, such as Shi Changshi, Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi, Gongsun Zan and others.
When Ren Baqian explained, the empress heard about the "eunuch", and first commented: "I heard that there is one in the Daxia Palace. But the people of this country have ruined it so much, it is useless to be the king of a country."
When talking about the two empress dowagers, Dong He, the Empress asked in confusion, "Why can't women participate in politics?"
"Uh, in ancient China, women were not allowed to participate in politics."
"Anyone who has an opinion will be cut down, and it will be fine when no one speaks." The empress said disdainfully.
Ren Baqian thought about it, and his words made sense. And there was actually a person who did it later, and it was done. It seems that this person and Wu Zetian must have a common language.
At noon, after the Empress finished her meal, Ren Baqian drank his saliva and continued talking next to her.
In the beginning, the empress interrupted a few words from time to time, but she gradually stopped talking and let Baqian tell her stories.
In one day, Ren Baqian spoke eleven times, until Liu Bei rescued Kong Rong and Lu Bu defeated Cao Cao.
At the end of the day, his mouth was parched, but his spirit was very uplifting. I have always liked Three Kingdoms before, but I rarely discussed it with others. Now I meet someone who has never heard of this story, and he finally has room to play. The more he tells it, the more excited he is, the more energetic he is, and the more involved he is.
When he got to the back, he even started pacing back and forth there, making gestures from time to time.
The empress didn't mind, it was quite interesting to watch his dancing performance, the corner of his mouth was slightly hooked, but Ren Baqian was so immersed in the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he didn't notice it.
The two maids next to her didn't have all kinds of comments and ideas from the empress, and they were extremely fascinated by the story. As the story progressed, they would grit their teeth for a while, and smile for a while.
When it got dark, Ren Baqian stopped talking when he noticed the sky outside.
The Empress dropped the "quite interesting" words, and asked Ren Baqian to go back, and come back tomorrow to continue talking about the rest.
Once Ren Baqian heard this, he went back to reality tonight, where would he explain it to the Empress? He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, your subordinates have to prepare for planting and planting tomorrow, and they have to clear out a piece of land. After all, food is the foundation of the country, and food is sufficient. No longer relying on those businessmen. This is the most urgent matter."
The Empress looked at him with great interest, and then said: "This makes sense, people's livelihood is a major issue. That's it, you go back and prepare that 'sweet potato' first, and then tell me the rest of the story after it's done. Don't forget I still have an appointment with you and my imperial chef."
The two maids looked at Ren Baqian with some regret, and they were talking about something that made people anxious.
I only hope that Ren Baqian will continue to speak as soon as possible.