Chapter 315: Such a comfortable life
There was no need to attend the morning court or go on duty today, so Chen Huazheng slept until she woke up naturally.
After waking up, I had a delicious breakfast and then sat in the yard basking in the sun while drinking tea.
Shen Huazheng picked up the teacup and took a sip.
It's still a comfortable day~~
After she drank tea for a while, a servant came to report that Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying had arrived.
"Zheng Zheng, when you went to the Shanglin Office yesterday, did anyone give you any trouble? Were you tired?"
Princess Lejia said as she looked Shen Huazheng up and down, as if she was worried that she had suffered some serious crime.
Zhou Ying also looked at Shen Huazheng. She had heard about yesterday's grand court meeting from Grand Tutor Zhou and others, and knew that the court officials were all polite to Shen Huazheng.
But she was still worried that Shen Huazheng would be embarrassed by her subordinates when she went to Shanglin Office.
Chen Huazheng smiled helplessly: "Of course not, the colleagues in the Shanglin Bureau are very active in their work. Everyone is easy to get along with, so you don't have to worry."
I don’t know why, but everyone thinks she will be bullied.
After returning yesterday, almost everyone in the Shen family asked Shen Huazheng exactly the same question.
Princess Lejia: "Zheng Zheng, if you have anything, you must tell us. Don't keep it in your heart."
While saying this, her eyes were fixed on Shen Huazheng, afraid to miss the slightest expression on her face.
Shen Huazheng: …
Could it be that she was really being bullied and was hiding it?
Looking at Princess Lejia's serious eyes, Chen Huazheng sighed in her heart. She had never created a character who would swallow the grievances she suffered before.
"No one really gave me any trouble. In fact, I did learn a lot yesterday. I just got up too early and was a little tired. I'm pretty happy."
In order to attend the grand court meeting yesterday, Shen Huazheng got up very early.
Later, in order to catch up with the progress at the Shanglin Bureau, she did not take a nap.
Fortunately, I went to bed early last night and made up for it.
If it were like this every day, it would be really unbearable.
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Emperor Jingning had just finished discussing matters with several ministers when a palace servant came to report that Lord Huang wanted to see him for an urgent matter.
After Shen Huazheng returned from the garden yesterday, he wrote a report on the problems he found and submitted it to Mr. Huang.
The report pointed out that the lettuce seedlings in one of the greenhouses were planted too densely, which was not conducive to ventilation between the plants.
A similar situation occurred with the spinach seedlings in another field, which needed to be thinned out or transplanted.
When Mr. Huang saw the report, he immediately took it seriously.
The seeds of lettuce and spinach are very small. The size of lettuce seeds is not even half the size of sesame seeds. It is indeed possible that the seeds are sown too densely when sowing.
Moreover, they had previously conducted experiments on vegetable seeds in batches and had also grown a batch of lettuce in the greenhouse.
Not all seeds will germinate, so the person responsible for sowing the seeds will deliberately sow more in order to increase the survival rate.
Today's planting conditions and methods are more mature than at the beginning, and there are many more lettuce seeds sprouting than before, which is why the lettuce seedlings are planted too densely.
Shen Huazheng also gave his own solutions at the end of the report, one about vegetable transplanting and the other about sowing seeds.
The seedlings can be transplanted to other places in the garden. If there is no available space, they can also be transplanted into pots.
She used the example of transplanting lettuce seedlings to describe the transplanting process.
Transplanting lettuce is very simple. Just transplant the lettuce seedlings with soil into a flowerpot and place it in a warm place. It can be eaten within a month.
Transplanting lettuce into pots has the added benefit of allowing for multiple harvests.
Lettuce grown in the field is usually harvested as a whole plant, but loose-leaf lettuce grown in pots can be harvested 2-3 times.
When picking loose leaf lettuce, cut the leaves at the base about two inches above the soil, or gently break off the outer leaves.
No matter which picking method is used, be careful not to damage the internal growth point of the lettuce. This will ensure that the lettuce can continue to grow new leaves and achieve multiple harvests.
Shen Huazheng pointed out in the report that direct sowing can easily lead to uneven density.
To improve efficiency, one method can be adopted to mix the seeds with soil.
By mixing the seeds with dry soil in the field, the seeds are more evenly distributed in the soil.
This method is not only simple and easy, but also improves the sowing efficiency, making the later growth more beneficial.
After mixing the seeds and soil evenly together, you also need to use a large rake to rake them evenly and adjust the thickness of the soil to avoid the mud ball pressing on the seeds, which will make it difficult for the seedlings to grow smoothly.
This step may seem simple, but it ensures the smooth emergence of the seedlings and plays an important role in their later growth.
After reading the report, Mr. Huang was overjoyed. He immediately went to the palace to find Emperor Jingning and presented Shen Huazheng's report to him.
After listening to Lord Huang’s words, Emperor Jingning carefully read Shen Huazheng’s report, seeming to be thinking about something.
Emperor Jingning had previously considered whether to set aside a planting base in the imperial palace to grow off-season vegetables.
However, considering that there is no natural hot spring pool in the palace, building a greenhouse in the palace would require a lot of manpower and material resources.
The loss outweighs the gain, so I just gave up in the end.
However, Emperor Jingning was quite interested in the potted plant transplanting method proposed by Shen Huazheng.
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