Fang Yun said calmly: "It's nothing. From today on, the Agricultural Palace will be responsible for the food and drink of most people in Ning'an County. It's just that what to eat and how much to eat will be decided by the Agricultural Palace. In this way, we can observe all the details of what the whole group eats to become stronger, smarter, and grow faster."
The faces of many officials changed. This was a strategy to cut off the firewood from the bottom of the pot. This meant that most people in Ning'an County did not need to buy any food! The so-called grain price was no longer a problem in Ning'an County, leaving the group of Zuo Xiang's party with nothing to fight against.
Fang Yun actually completely bypassed the issue of "food prices" and directly fed the people. Moreover, this was not free food, but an agricultural research project. Not only would he not be downgraded, but he also easily solved the problem of food prices and people's livelihood. The two subjects of people's livelihood and farming increased instead of decreasing!
Shen Ming suppressed his anger and asked, "May I ask, sir, how long will this research last?"
Without waiting for Fang Yun to answer, the great scholar Xu Shi said, "It has not been determined yet, at least ten years, at most thirty years."
When Xu Shi said the first half of the sentence, Shen Ming and some officials breathed a sigh of relief, but when he mentioned "ten years", they were all dumbfounded.
"Ten years?" Shen Ming screamed in surprise.
"Can it be like this?" Ao Huang was also dumbfounded. He had thought of many countermeasures, but he never expected that Fang Yun would actually use this trick to wipe out the entire family!
This kind of research must be large-scale and will inevitably involve 70% or even more than 90% of the people in Ning'an County. It will take at least ten years to study it. This means that in the future, most of the people in Ning'an County will have no one to buy grain, and 90% of the grain shops will go bankrupt!
Fang Yun's plan of cutting off the source of the problem not only successfully solved the grain price problem, but also struck a counterattack, causing the Qingyuan Grain Store controlled by the Qing family to lose all its money!
In order to set up a killing plan against Fang Yun, the Qingyuan Grain Bank mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources. More than half of the grain shops were purchased at a premium of several times. All the various investments added up to tens of millions of silver taels.
Zuo Xiang's party and the Zong family worked hard for two or three months, but Fang Yun spent a few hours writing a book and took the blame.
Some officials even showed a slight look of fear on their faces. They totally didn't understand why Fang Yun could come up with such a weird method, but it sounded very reasonable.
It was not until this moment that they understood why Fang Yun didn't care about anything these days and even didn't answer when questioned by Geng Ge.
Fang Yun smiled and explained: "This research is not something that can be done overnight. It starts with pregnant women, infants, children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged people and even the elderly. No matter whether they are men or women, or whether they have a degree or not. No matter what their profession is, we need to carefully obtain data to determine which foods are more suitable for the human race, so it takes a long time."
Shen Ming argued, "This method is like looking for a needle in a haystack. If there is no result, and you waste so much energy, you will be sorry to the saints of heaven and earth, and to the hundreds of millions of people of the human race!"
Geng Ge, the director of the Transportation Department, could not help but say, "What Master Shen said is true! If we conduct such a large-scale study based only on a so-called preliminary study, it will be a waste of manpower and money! I will report this to the Holy Court, investigate this matter thoroughly, and hold those responsible accountable!"
Xu Shi suddenly snorted coldly, and the temperature in the entire conference room suddenly dropped by 20 degrees. The tea froze, the breath turned into mist, and almost everyone shivered.
Geng Ge, as a Hanlin, was in charge of the most important transportation in the entire northern part of Jing State. Even in front of the Grand Secretary, he remained calm, but was frightened by Xu Shi's cold snort and turned pale.
As a great scholar, Xu Shi is indeed very well-educated. He would not argue with ordinary Hanlin scholars. However, Xu Shi also has another identity: the descendant of a semi-saint family!
Semi-saint families attach great importance to etiquette, so their every word, action and gesture are extremely disciplined. However, once they become dissolute, the means they use are so ruthless that ordinary scholars can never imagine.
Geng Ge bent his back and whispered, "I am also worried that there are mistakes in County Magistrate Fang's article."
Xu Shi sneered and said: "If there are mistakes in his article, can't I see it because I am blind?" Wucuo Novel Network does not skip words.
"That's not what I meant..." Beads of sweat appeared on Geng Ge's forehead. The great scholar from the farming family did not love bloodshed, but once he started, all the power of heavenly phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning would be unleashed, and his efficiency in slaughtering monsters and barbarians was even better than that of many great military scholars.
A university scholar from the Agriculture Palace on the other side said, "Yesterday I read Fang Xusheng's book and found that although it is called 'Initial Exploration', it actually has a glimpse of a new branch of agriculture. In the words of his book, it is 'nutrition'. He used detailed and real examples to list the changes that occurred to the barbarians after they were naturalized as humans due to the change in their diet. He also emphasized that although the naturalized monsters showed... well, 'degeneration' in some aspects, their wisdom was significantly improved. He also compared the children of herders, farmers, and merchants, and found many examples related to diet."
Another Hanlin from the Agricultural Palace said, "Sage Fang Xu's move is of great significance to our Agricultural Palace."
Most of the officials present did not realize anything, but a few officials such as Geng Ge were even more panicked, and finally understood why the Nongdian took it so seriously!
This so-called "nutrition science" is obviously the Agriculture Department snatching food from the Medical Department!
Although there is no major conflict between the Farmers and the Medical School, there will always be some friction because food and medicine are very complicated. But now the Farmers have taken the lead and defined "Nutrition" as a branch of the Farmers, which will make the Farmers' Saint Way stronger, and the Farmers' status in the human race will also be enhanced. If that great scholar makes a breakthrough, he will be the new Half-Saint of the Farmers!
The Nong family was considered strong, but their life was also very hard. In addition, only one had to become a Grand Secretary to defeat enemies of the same rank, so growth was very difficult. Therefore, there were not many outstanding talents, and apart from Xu Xing, no one else in the Nong family was conferred the title of Semi-Saint.
Although Fang Yun's article was only a "preliminary exploration", it increased the possibility of the great farming scholar being canonized as a saint!
Geng Ge suddenly realized that the fundamental reason why Nongdian sent out the Yunlou Projection was here.
Geng Ge was silent for a moment, and then said, "Fang Xusheng is a leader among farmers. He has made contributions to the country and benefited the human race. I admire him."
The officials of the Zuo Xiang's party all quickly turned their heads to look at Geng Ge, puzzled. These words were Geng Ge's final words on behalf of the Zuo Xiang. The grain disaster was over, and Fang Yun would never be troubled by farming again!
Shen Ming couldn't figure it out, but the chief constable Lu Hong and the county magistrate, who were both Jinshi, had already understood it.
To make things difficult for Fang Yun is to hinder the sacred path of the Nong Family! To hinder the sacred path of the Nong Family is to force the entire Nong Family to become the enemy of the Zong Sheng!
Therefore, Geng Ge must decisively eliminate all dangerous factors to prevent the fire in the farmer's house from spreading to the Zongsheng family, otherwise Liu Shan will be the first to kill him to apologize.
Geng Ge felt cold all over, and glanced at Fang Yun from the corner of his eyes, thinking that it was fortunate that he had come along, otherwise if Shen Ming, that idiot, had been in charge, the farmers would have been deeply offended. Fang Yun was too cruel to kill someone with a borrowed knife. The first was to solve the grain price problem, the second was to strike back at Qingyuan Grain Store, and the third was to alienate the farmers from the Zongsheng family.
The left-wing prime minister and his party attempted to kill three birds with one stone by integrating agriculture, people's livelihood and medical care. However, Fang Yun counterattacked and killed three birds with one stone!
Fang Yun had a very faint smile on his face. He picked up the teacup, poured the ice cubes into his mouth and crushed them, making a crackling sound.
The officials of the Zuo Xiang faction felt pain all over their bodies, as if Fang Yun was chewing their bones.
(To be continued…)