544 Grand Prize is coming

There were still seven days left until the end of the month. Ping'an brought his mother and Awu to the farm. The farm was much more comfortable in summer.

The uncle was taking care of the two kids in the village, and only his father had to go to the clinic during the day, so it was convenient for them to go there in the morning and evening, as there were cars and people and the journey was not far.

Sun Sicheng naturally also moved into the village. His father and Siyuan were in the clinic, so he didn't have to sit in the clinic unless there was something special.

Even Sun Siyuan was now forced by his father to take people to check some nearby medical clinics and industries.

Penicillin No. 2 was produced very quickly. The reason why Xiaoshan and his team failed before was that there was something wrong in one link.

Only two small bottles of this penicillin were produced and carefully packed by Sun Sicheng into two small jade bottles and placed in the cellar on the farm. This way, the medicinal properties could be preserved for about one to two years.

They had no plans to use this, at least not yet, but just in case.

All the peaches in the village were ripe. Except for the good ones that were given away, most of the better ones were sold at a decent price. The money from the sales went directly into Master Qin's public account. As for the crooked and cracked peaches on the branches, Mei Niang and her people made a lot of dried peaches, and the rest were given to the villagers to eat. They didn't have to pick them, just picked some to eat, which was convenient and fresh.

The two old men lived with Sun Hongyu so well that they didn't want to go back to the city.

Seven days passed in a flash.

On the first day of August, Ping'an, Zhou Heng and others reported for duty. Shaoqi and Zhiyuan had been on duty since the beginning of July, so they didn't want to take a long vacation at all.

"Master Dean, I am Wan Ping'an, here to report in." Ping'an was dressed in formal attire and saluted properly with Master Wang.

"Okay, there's no one here right now, so you don't have to pretend."

Ping An grinned, "It's great to be with you, sir."

"Ping An, Wang Wei went to Jinzhou. What happened? I heard that you were involved."

"Sir, I'll tell you in detail when we get back."

"No need. Let me tell you right now. Today is your first day on duty. You can get acquainted with the people later. During this time, you can get familiar with the previous manuscripts with Shaoqi. You should mainly go to the library more often. You can't draft something in the future without knowing where to start. I won't take care of your afternoon time."

"Yes, sir." Ping'an told his sir the whole story again from beginning to end. After coming back, he told his sir and master the same thing. This was the third time.

Dean Wang was silent for a long while, and then he said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay. If this matter is handled well, you and your master may have a surprise. Don't forget that this year's potatoes are the second year of a bumper harvest in the whole Great Zhou. There are possibilities above, but I won't say more, just keep it in mind."

Ping An nodded.

The emperor did say before that he would give him and his master a surprise when the potato production really stabilized. So it is very likely that he would give them all the credit for seven years ago because of this incident, and in the name of agricultural products.

"However, you and your family should be as careful as possible during this period. Of course, you don't need to tell them too much about this matter. If you do, it will only make them more nervous."

"I know, no one in the family knows about this, sir, I'm going out."

Dean Wang stood up and said, "Well, this is your first time here, I'll take you out."

Ping'an followed behind with a smile on his face. The dean was his husband, and it was the emperor's personal order that he come here to work half a day. It could be said that his current situation was something that no one would envy.

Of course, even so, he must be sincere and not be arrogant.

At the end of August, the entire Great Zhou was shocked.

Among the thirty-two prefectures, there were foreigners in the brokerage shops in thirteen of them who maliciously bought and sold human beings, and then secretly bypassed the border and transported them to the Qiang people through tunnels.

Men and women have been smuggled out for more than three hundred years, and more than five hundred such people have been rescued at the Da Zhou station.

The emperor was furious and sent envoys to the Qiang people in early September, threatening them that if the people of the Great Zhou were not returned, the masterminds behind the scenes were not severely punished, and the losses of the Great Zhou were not compensated, the Great Zhou would not be afraid to start a war.

The Qiang royal family naturally panicked.

The Qiang people are different from the Mongolians. The people have barely avoided starvation in recent years, but they are far from rich. The area is not big and the resources are not abundant. Seven years ago, they had some evil ideas and wanted to join the Mongolians in fighting against the Zhou Dynasty so that they could make some money. However, who knew that a fire broke out in the military camp overnight, killing many people and injuring even more.

These wounded people spent a lot of money on treatment after returning. Even if they were cured, they were almost disabled. If they recuperated for 20 years, the country might be able to return to the state before the war. How could they dare to have the slightest desire to fight now?

He had no choice but to hand over the mastermind.

The old prime minister has been depressed and his health has been deteriorating since his eldest son died suddenly in an accident. Seeing his old father like this, the second son Lamai wants to go to Da Zhou to find the murderer who killed his eldest brother, but how can he find out?

Because of the heavy loss of strong men that year, Lamai was anxious, so he came up with the idea of ​​buying and selling young men and women in the Da Zhou Yahang, especially girls. A local man can own several girls bought from Da Zhou at the same time. These girls can give birth to children, raise children, and also work. It is a good thing to kill several birds with one stone.

The royal family knew about it but didn't say anything, but when something goes wrong someone has to take the lead.

The old prime minister committed suicide to protect his son. Except for the second son, the rest of the family was exiled to the frontier. Except for the dead, all the people smuggled out were escorted back to the Great Zhou...

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By the time things were settled, it was already the end of September.

Chang Chunfeng went to Dingzhou to serve as the prefect in early September. His daughter stayed at his eldest uncle's house, and he took his wife and youngest son directly to the post.

Jinzhou prefect Duan Chang and Lu governor Lu Zheng also received rewards. Their positions remained unchanged for the time being, but their official ranks were promoted to a higher level, so everyone was happy.

Ping An made the greatest contribution, and because of his contribution to the discovery of potatoes, the emperor conferred him the title of earl and directly gave him the title of earl: Earl of Ping An, or Earl of Ping An for short.

In view of the fact that Sun Sicheng also played a major role in the potato issue and made a considerable contribution to the medicine of the Great Zhou, he was also granted the title of Earl of Jing'an.

At the same time, the master and the disciple were each given an earl's palace, and the Ministry of Rites was responsible for providing food.

Sun Yat-sen reported potatoes' meritorious service and was promoted one level, but his official position remained unchanged for the time being, thus becoming the sixth rank.

Both the Sun family and the Wan family were stunned by this reward. This was an earldom. Although it was not hereditary, it had been passed down for three generations. The status of the two families was elevated in an instant.

Even though the family of the foreign leader had fallen into the abyss, and considering various factors, except for a very small number of senior officials who knew about it, the emperor still suppressed the incident of Ping An and Sun Sicheng's night attack on the military camp and never mentioned it from beginning to end.

But the yield of potatoes is really too high. As long as people are not lazy and the harvest is normal, the people will basically not go hungry. No one wants to object to giving this contribution to the earl. Besides, this matter was decided by the emperor himself, so no one can object even if they want to.

I can only say that His Majesty is too wise, and this master and disciple couple are too lucky.