Chapter 288 Who are the Su family in Huanggou Village?

"Aye, guess!" The fourth prince Li Tai raised his chubby little face.

"Oh? Could it be that Qingque knows?" Tian Khan asked following his son's words to make the child happy.

"I know! Cut the winter melon into strips and soak it in lime water first..." Li Tai said excitedly.

The letter described in detail the making of winter melon candy, and the clever Fourth Prince understood it at a glance.

"Why soak it in lime water?" Tian Khan was puzzled.

"After soaking in lime water, the winter melon becomes hard. Otherwise, it will be boiled and it will be impossible to make such tough winter melon strips." Li Tai talked freely.

"Qingque is so smart!" Tian Khan praised.

"Haha, it's written in the letter! My son just read it!" Li Tai said shyly.

Every time his parents praised him, he was very happy. He liked his parents' attention and didn't want to be ignored.

"What is Changle regretting?" Tian Khan asked his eldest daughter again.

"Aye, look! Is it beautiful?" Changle held up the colorful cocoon in his hand.

"Oh, dyed by the Shangyi Bureau?" Tian Khan took it casually. "It's so big. Why are the cocoons so good this year?"

"No, Aye, it's from Lingnan Road! Look here!" Changle pulled his father to look into the box.

Tian Khan looked over with a smile and said casually, "Yeah, it looks good!"

"This is..." He was shocked when he saw the gradient color. "Guanyinbi, where did Fuzhong get it?"

"Erlang, take a look at the secret report first!" Empress Changsun was not as surprised as expected, and seemed to have something on her mind.

Tian Khan took the secret report with doubt, sat down and read it slowly.

"Su Ying, the daughter of Su Bucheng from Huanggou Village, the initiator?" Tian Khan muttered, feeling that the name was very familiar, and looked at the queen blankly.

"Erlang, there's more behind!" Empress Changsun remained calm.

Tian Khan continued to look down and saw a mortar road built by Huanggou Village behind him. It was easier to walk on than the official road. The road surface was hard and clean without any potholes. He would not be covered in dust on sunny days or mud on rainy days.

The roadbed is made of bamboo strips soaked in tung oil as reinforcement, and is covered with mortar made by mixing clay, lime and sand in proportion.

"Haha, these Lingnan people are quite smart. This is how they use the mortar for plastering walls!" Tian Khan laughed.

Looking at the cement behind, "It is indestructible and can be used to build city walls and military fortresses!"

"Who is this? Such a prodigy?" Tian Khan felt something was amiss. "Could it be Wuxian again?"

Looking back again, it was Huanggou Village! Oh, those vermicelli noodles came from Huanggou Village, as well as the wheat seeds sent back by the Minister of Agriculture not long ago!

By using compost and fertilizer, the yield per mu reached more than 250 kilograms in the first year!

Each acre of production is packed in a box, with the acreage production and the plot of land written on it.

Wheat grown without humus is obviously not as big and full-bodied as wheat grown on fertile soil.

Along with the wheat came several thick volumes of planting records.

The diary starts with the screening of mulch, as well as soaking seeds, sowing, etc., and records the daily changes in crops in the field, working hours, weather, temperature, etc. in detail.

He also drew a special table so that the comparison content can be seen at a glance.

I never thought there would be someone so knowledgeable about farming in such a remote place! Tian Khan was so impressed by his talent that he wanted to recruit him into the Sinong Temple.

However, he didn't expect that the Minister of Agriculture had already taken action and brought the person with him to various places in Lingnan Province to teach new farming methods.

What was that man's name? Su, Su Buyun? Yes, Su Buyun!

Are they a family? It seems that this Su family is extraordinary and has many talented people.

After seeing the children of Huanggou Village organizing a so-called study tour, they followed Fu Zhong’s caravan out to see the world.

"Hahaha, what a talent! Who came up with this idea? This method is brilliant! Very brilliant!" Tian Khan laughed.

"Students of the Sixth Academy should do the same! Otherwise, they will only be empty talkers, and their theories will never be put into practice!"

"Father, I want to go on a study tour!" Li Tai tugged at his father's robe, twisting his chubby body and acting coquettishly, "I want to see the sea, ride a big ship, and see the canal!"

"Yeah, Yuzhang wants to go too!" Yuzhang wouldn't listen at all, as he had longed for the sea.

"Aye! And Changle!" Changle also spoke.

"Father, I want to go too!" Li Chengqian, who was always steady, also asked, with a longing light in his eyes.

"Go! Go!" The ninth prince laughed foolishly and joined in the fun.

"Haha, little Zhinu can't leave!" Tian Khan scratched his youngest son's nose affectionately.

"Work-study program! What can a child of his age do? Work-study program actually fooled Fuzhong! He's taking a bunch of kids on the road!"

"Work-study is a good idea. Regardless of their abilities, it's good to let the children do things within their capabilities so that they can apply what they have learned! These kids are good at using an abacus and can help Fu Zhong with the accounting, which is not too shabby." Empress Changsun said.

"Mother, I have a good plan, I will go too!" Changle became more confident after hearing this.

The farthest place they had ever been to since they were little was Jiucheng Palace, where they went with their mother to escape the summer heat every year.

Children from such a remote place like Lingnan can go out to study with the help of an abacus. I am no worse than them, so I can do it too!

"My son wants to go! Father, mother, my son wants to go!" Li Tai became even more noisy, twisting his fat body and begging constantly.

"Bi Guanyin, please take care of Qingque!" Tian Khan felt dizzy because of his son's shaking.

"Erlang, have you finished reading it?" asked Empress Changsun.

Tian Kehan ​​then remembered that he had not finished reading the secret report in his hand, "Qingque, stop making trouble!"

"Hiss! Cooperating with the government and Fuzhong to produce cement!" Tian Khan sat up straight. "A mere villager, yet you're so arrogant!"

Shouldn't these be presented to the imperial court? How dare they ask for such a huge sum, proposing cooperation with the government!

When he saw that naturally colored silkworms were going to be raised in Wuxian and Tongxian counties, Tian Khan slammed his hand on the table and said, "Who is this person? He has such a brain?"

Cement and natural colored silkworms are both magical artifacts. Owning one of them will bring you wealth! Now they are all in your hands!

"It seems that Fuzhong won't be back anytime soon!" Tian Khan looked up at the sky and thought, "Let him take care of all this!"

Fu Zhong is now the god of wealth in the imperial treasury. He not only stabilizes the grain prices in Hebei and Henan provinces, but also continues to supply grain.

He also made a lot of money, which flowed into the treasury continuously. He sent back rare treasures from time to time and was no longer stingy when rewarding himself.

"Erlang, ask the Chief of Works to build the silk reeling machine and loom as soon as possible. I want to try it! If they are really that good, you can promote them!" said Empress Changsun.

"Huh?" Tian Khan realized that there were still a few pages left to read.

This secret report was too long and full of surprises. "Haha, this Fu Zhong is so mischievous!"

Seeing Fu Zhong intercepting three pieces of brocade woven with natural colored silk and laughing, one can imagine how those local officials would beat their chests and stamp their feet in pain when they learned that half of it had been taken away!

Tian Khan really wanted to know when Lingnan Dao would deliver the three horses! And what would they mention?

"Erlang, do you know who the Su family in Huanggou Village is?" asked Empress Changsun.

Fu Zhong's previous secret report only mentioned the Su family in Huanggou Village, but this time he mentioned them repeatedly with their full names, and the queen keenly noticed something was wrong.

I think there is something unspeakable here, and they can only remind me in this obscure way.

What is it? Why is Huanggou Village constantly popping up with novelties while it was previously unknown?