Chapter 314: Work is tiring
After lunch, Shen Huazheng did not take a nap, but continued to read the unfinished materials on the desk.
The information provided by Mr. Yu seems to be quite thick, but it is actually just some trivial records.
As Shen Huazheng read it, she sorted it out carefully in her mind.
After reading the previous part, you will have a general understanding of these jobs.
When I read the following information, I was much faster.
After reading the information, Shen Huazheng stretched her arms, then stood up and walked around the room.
You can't sit for a long time, you have to get up and move around from time to time.
Xuan Xing was guarding outside, and only Chen Huazheng, Qingzhi and Qingtang were in the room.
Qingzhi Qingtang has long been accustomed to Shen Huazheng's various strange behaviors, and sometimes even finds them cute.
Shen Huazheng walked around the room twice and returned to her seat.
Going to work was indeed very tiring. She would soon follow Lord Yu to a garden in the capital to check out the vegetables that had just been planted some time ago.
Mr. Yu and his team have already observed the condition of the soil, and this time they are mainly going to see how the seedlings are growing.
Then discuss the next planting plan with Lord Yu and others.
Thinking of today's packed schedule, Shen Huazheng suddenly felt a little tired.
She picked up the bamboo tube beside her and opened the lid.
As soon as the lid is opened, the long-lasting and mellow aroma of milk and tea hits your nose immediately, making you feel much more energetic.
Shen Huazheng put a straw into the bamboo tube, brought the bamboo tube to her lips, and took a sip.
The milk tea has a smooth taste, flowing across the tip of your tongue like a warm current.
The dense and rich milk aroma and the subtle and elegant tea aroma are perfectly combined and spread between the lips and teeth, complementing each other.
The sweetness goes straight into the heart, giving people a warm, happy and satisfying feeling.
Shen Huazheng drank several sips of milk tea at once, and she felt much more comfortable and in a much better mood.
It turns out that I still need to drink something sweet to be happier.
Chen Huazheng took another sip of milk tea, feeling sweet in her heart.
It tastes so good, no wonder people always say milk tea is the life-saving drink for working people.
It does feel like a continuation of life.
While drinking milk tea, Shen Huazheng redefined milk tea as a life-sustaining drink.
Suddenly, she thought of another life-saving drink - coffee.
I don’t know when my uncle’s people will be able to find coffee beans, so that we can have life-saving coffee.
Oh, and cocoa beans.
If you have cocoa beans, you can make chocolate.
By then, you can drink milk tea if you want, drink coffee if you want, and you can also drink hot chocolate.
Hehehe~~~
Shen Huazheng drank milk tea while happily imagining the future.
Suddenly, Xuan Xing, who was guarding outside, walked in.
"Sir, Master Yu is here."
Now, as long as Chen Huazheng's external identity is the Shanglin Office Order, Qingzhi Qingtang will call Chen Huazheng "Sir", and when she returns home, she will call her "County Princess".
Switching is easy and smooth.
Xuan Xing was naturally the same as them.
Chen Huazheng nodded and put the bamboo tube aside: “Let him in.”
Soon, Lord Yu walked in.
The two discussed for a while about the next work, which was all about the vegetable batches that had been arranged to be planted in various orchards, especially the part about deworming.
Although there were no chemical pesticides in ancient times, it does not mean that they had no pesticides to use when facing pests.
They have long learned to use natural materials such as sulfur and mugwort to repel insects.
It is recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu: "If you are worried about erosion, mix the seeds with arsenic."
In addition to natural materials, "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration", "Essential Techniques for the People" and "Nongsang Jing" also mentioned methods of pest control: deep plowing, trapping, burning, weeding, fumigation, high-temperature insecticide, etc.
The methods used by the people of Daliang to eliminate insects are very primitive, but also very effective.
In addition to using sulfur fumigation to kill insects, they also use an insecticide made from herbs.
I heard from Shen Huazheng that you can also sprinkle a small amount of quicklime near the roots of crops, or mix mugwort in the vegetable fields to achieve the purpose of pest control.
Lord Yu was amazed in his heart, his eyes full of admiration.
Everyone knew that it was Shen Huazheng's first day on duty at the Shanglin Office and she needed some time to familiarize herself with the duties.
So when giving the information to Shen Huazheng, Lord Yu didn’t think that she would finish reading it in such a short time.
Who would have thought that Shen Huazheng's efficiency was so high. Not only did she finish reading all the information, but she was also able to express her own opinions on the content.
However, it was Shen Huazheng who first proposed and put greenhouse vegetables into practice.
He also felt that this seemed to be reasonable.
After the two finished chatting, they went to the designated garden together.
In addition to Qingzhi Qingtang, Xuanxing and others, Xiangyang and Yin Rong also traveled with them.
Their main purpose this time was to understand, observe and record the growth of the seedlings.
Xiang Yang, who was traveling with us, was mainly responsible for recording the work, while Yin Rong was responsible for organizing it.
Then it was handed over to Mr. Yu for further sorting and proofreading, and finally compiled into a book and handed over to Chen Huazheng.
Once Shen Huazheng confirms that there is no problem, she will stamp it and have someone recopy the information.
One copy was kept at the Shanglin Office, and the other was submitted higher up.
*
"Master Shen, these are the lettuce seedlings we planted a few days ago."
"Well, it's growing well."
Shen Huazheng looked at the lettuce seedlings in the field: "It's just that they are planted too densely, which is not conducive to ventilation between the plants."
Plants also need to breathe. If there is not enough space between plants, the roots and stems are prone to rot.
Lord Yu also looked at the lettuce seedlings and frowned: "It is indeed a bit dense, so should we move some of them away?"
Shen Huazheng thought for a moment and said, “It needs to be moved away.”
But where to move to depends on the meaning above.
Although the Shanglin Bureau is responsible for growing vegetables and fruits, the vegetables in this batch of greenhouses are rather special and no mistakes can be made.
They are only responsible for observing, recording, and then passing the information on.
Whether these lettuces should be transplanted and where they should be transplanted to still have to wait for the decision of Sinong Temple.
The lettuce seedlings grown in the greenhouse are already two or three inches tall, and now is the best time to transplant them.
There are many available areas near the Yuanchang Hot Spring Pool, so if you want to move these lettuce seedlings, there is room for it.
But regarding transplantation, Shen Huazheng had another idea.
They looked at the vegetables and fruits elsewhere, and left after making sure there was nothing unusual.
After returning, Shen Huazheng picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and began to write on the paper.
Lord Huang knew that they were going to the garden today, so he specifically told them that if they had any ideas, they could send someone to tell him immediately.
Shen Huazheng had finished her part of the work and wrote down her ideas, asking someone to hand them over to Mr. Huang.
As for whether those ideas will be adopted, it depends on Mr. Huang.
*
Imperial Study
Emperor Jingning put down the memorial in his hand, picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip of tea.
He suddenly thought of something and looked at Andy Andrews standing beside him.
"Has there been any news from the Shanglin Office?"
Today is Shen Huazheng's first time at Shanglin Office, and logically no one should dare to embarrass her.
But who knows if there will be some blind people.
An Desheng naturally understood what Emperor Jingning wanted to ask. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, everyone in the Shanglin Office respects Lord Xiao Shen very much. Not only that, everyone in the Shanglin Office is vying to show off in front of Lord Xiao Shen."
Emperor Jingning paused while drinking tea and looked at An Desheng suspiciously: "What did she do?"
The officials of Shanglin Bureau were of low rank and had little power.
Even officials from other assignments in the court were too lazy to fight for people from the Forestry Bureau.
Because they are marginalized and have little contact with other departments, people in the Forestry Bureau are relatively less likely to seek personal gain and take shortcuts.
Emperor Jingning thought it was normal if no one in the Shanglin Office showed any rejection of Shen Huazheng.
But if all these people rushed to Shen Huazheng to perform, it would be a bit abnormal.
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. It must be Shen Huazheng who did something.
An Desheng still smiled: "Your Majesty is indeed very smart and can hide nothing from you."
He paused, and then continued, "Master Xiao Shen sent someone to send a gift box of snacks to each of the people in the Shanglin Office. It was the snack gift box that was recently launched in the food court."
Speaking of which, An Desheng was somewhat envious of Shen Huazheng's colleagues.
I received a new snack gift box when we first met, and I may receive more gifts than I can count in the future.
Emperor Jingning smiled: "No wonder, she is very generous."
A man who takes favors from others is grateful for what he has received.
Chen Huazheng is indeed smart and a very insightful person.
However, those people in the Shanglin Bureau were quite lucky, at least luckier than officials from other departments.
He had someone buy that gift box of dim sum not long ago. It tasted really good and it had dim sum of all kinds of flavors.
Emperor Jingning took another sip of tea and casually glanced at the food on the table: "An Desheng, go get some snacks."
I was just reviewing memorials and didn't feel anything.
Now that I have stopped, I suddenly feel a little hungry.
An Desheng responded quickly: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will get it right away."
There were so many snacks on the table sent by the imperial kitchen, but His Majesty asked him to get some more.
You must have heard him mention the dim sum gift boxes in the food court, so you must have wanted to eat the dim sum in the food court.
Alas, they say old people are like children.
But Your Majesty is still young, why does he act like a child?
Emperor Jingning glanced at An Desheng's departing back and put down the teacup in his hand.
I don’t know if Shen Huazheng will come up with some new ideas when she goes to Shanglin Office today.
If she really had any idea, he would know it soon.
*
When it was time to get off duty, Shen Huazheng got on her own carriage and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, everything went smoothly and I made it to the end of the get off work day.
Shen Huazheng sat in the carriage, thinking about today's work.
Anyway, the first day of work was finally completed successfully.
Lord Yu knew that Chen Huazheng would not go to the Forestry Bureau every day, but only once every once in a while, or when something particularly important came up.
At other times, Lord Yu still has to handle many matters on behalf of others as before.
Of course, if there is anything important, Lord Yu can always send someone to find Shen Huazheng.
"Zheng'er, you're back."
When Shen Huazheng opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, she saw Zhou waiting for her at the door.
"mother."
Shen Huazheng felt warm in her heart, and walked quickly towards Zhou and took her arm.
The two of them started chatting as they walked into the Shen Mansion.
"Mom, it's so cold, why are you waiting here?"
"What's wrong with me waiting for my daughter to come home? You must be tired today. I asked someone to make some delicious food to nourish you."
The corners of Shen Huazheng's lips curled up, and the pleasure of opening a blind box came again.
This feeling is so good!!!
"Mom, what delicious food did you ask someone to make?"
Zhou: "Of course it's your favorite food."
Shen Huazheng: …
She herself doesn't even know what her favorite food is.
Chen Huazheng likes to eat so many things that it’s hard to tell which one she likes the most.
Moreover, if she eats too much of something, she will take it slow and wait for a while before liking it again.
"Mom, just tell me directly. Don't keep me in suspense."
"Okay, I won't keep you in suspense. You'll know in a moment."
"...Aren't you still keeping us in suspense?"
*
It was already evening when Shen Zhaonian and Shen Keting returned home.
Both of them couldn't help but wrap their clothes tightly, as the day was getting colder day by day.
As the evening approached, the weather became colder.
Sometimes when I stretch out my hands, they become numb from the cold.
The father and son came to the side hall and found that the rest of the family had already gathered at the dinner table.
The copper pot in the middle was emitting bubbling white steam, and the soup inside was gurgling.
Seeing the copper pot, Shen Zhaonian and Shen Ke Ting, father and son, were delighted.
It must be very comfortable to eat hot pot when the weather is so cold.
Today's theme is venison hotpot, in addition to meat from various parts of the venison, there are also a lot of hot pot ingredients on the table, which are all the ones we usually eat.
There are other sliced fresh meats, as well as meatballs, vegetables, seafood, various soy products, mushrooms, etc.
Shen Keheng was looking like a curious baby, grabbing Shen Huazheng and constantly asking her what happened in the government office today.
Shen Kesi would ask a question or two from time to time, and Shen Huazheng patiently answered their questions.
Zhou sat aside and watched her children chatting with a gentle smile on her face.
Seeing this scene, Shen Zhaonian and Shen Ke Ting felt warm in their hearts, and their bodies didn't seem so cold anymore.
Everyone was waiting for Shen Zhaonian and Shen Keting to come home for dinner. When Zhou saw her husband and son, she immediately ordered the maid to bring hot water for them to wash their hands.
When everyone was present, the maid lifted the lid of the pot, and a white mist blew in, sweeping away the cold air that Shen Zhaonian and his son had just brought into the house.
"Come on, everyone, let's start eating."
As soon as Shen Zhaonian's voice fell, everyone picked up chopsticks and colanders and started to eat hot pot.
Zhou had people prepare a lot of venison, and each slice was sliced as thin as a cicada's wing.
It was bubbling in the pot and soon turned from its original red color to a light brown.
Pick up a piece, the aroma of meat fills the air. After eating it, you feel your whole body warm and comfortable.
The Shen family was enjoying the meat in their bowls when they suddenly heard Shen Keheng's voice.
"Look, it's snowing outside."
Everyone looked up and looked through the window. It was indeed snowing heavily outside.
Chen Huazheng couldn't help but sigh in her heart, eating hot pot while looking at the snow scene is quite a unique experience.
"The hind leg of a deer is really delicious. It has no fat, is firm and tastier than other parts of the deer."
"But I think the front leg meat is more tender."
"Okay, you guys have eaten all the venison legs, leave some for Zheng'er."
Shen Zhaonian and Zhou looked at their children who were eating happily and smiled at each other.
The cold wind was howling outside and snowflakes were flying.
The room is warm like spring and the hot pot is boiling.
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