Preparations for the army's departure are in full swing.
These days, the Shadow Guard is investigating officials who are corrupt and engage in cronyism, confiscating their property and exiling them to replenish the national treasury.
In addition, the crimes committed by powerful and wealthy families over the years, such as bullying men and women and colluding with officials, will also be severely punished.
Although the process was tortuous and difficult, the punishment of the princes was still unclear, and the aristocratic families, having gone through many dynasties, were no longer of one mind.
In addition, the late emperor had also punished powerful and wealthy families.
Therefore, in order to protect themselves, the aristocratic families dared not entrust their backs to others, which allowed the Shadow Guards to disintegrate them in a short period of time.
With the confiscation of officials' property and the replenishment of the national treasury with the silver from aristocratic families, all the civil and military officials predicted that the Tatars would not gain any advantage in their attack on the Great Jin.
Although Song Yanqing was not to lead the troops this time, the emperor still ordered him to muster his troops in advance to prepare for the journey to the border city.
Lu Qiqi wasn't idle either; she wrote down everything about how she made beef jerky and the method on a piece of paper and handed it to Chen Ziye.
Unlike the Tatars, the cattle of the Great Jin were used for plowing. The importance of a cow could involve the life of an ordinary person, so it could not be killed casually.
The only option was to have him use Chen's shop to quickly gather pork and produce it.
Chen Zirong, as the Minister of Personnel, was also appointed by the emperor to oversee the Ministry of Revenue. When he learned about the dried pork incident...
He immediately summoned the people of the Ministry of Revenue to discuss the matter and reported it to the emperor at the first opportunity.
The Tatars had been harassing the Great Jin for many years. At this time, the national treasury was able to support attacks on foreign lands, and the emperor also wanted to drive the Tatars back to the depths of the grasslands so that they would never dare to come out and act arrogantly again.
When the emperor saw Chen Zirong's memorial, he thought the plan was feasible and immediately ordered Chen Zirong to supervise its implementation.
That day, Li Changlong rushed back to the Marquis of Lin'an's residence early in the morning.
He was holding a wooden box mysteriously, his smile almost reaching his ears.
Lu Qiqi sat in the pavilion in the courtyard and told Shijiu to go find Chen Ziye and tell him how to keep the pork jerky from getting damp.
Nineteen was the first to see Li Changlong and shouted excitedly.
"Brother Long!"
Ever since Li Changlong went to the estate to plant a bountiful rice harvest, Shijiu had been visiting him whenever he had a spare moment. He never expected that Li Changlong would return to the manor at this time.
When Lu Qiqi saw him, she immediately stood up.
When Li Changlong walked up to her, he revealed a set of white teeth, which made his dark skin stand out even more.
"Second Brother," Lu Qiqi called out to him.
Li Changlong responded, his eyes almost disappearing from his smile.
Lu Qiqi examined the wooden box in his arms. Judging from the time, it was the rice harvest season.
Thinking of this, she looked up at his smiling face again and instantly understood something.
Her eyes were full of anticipation, and her tone couldn't help but carry a hint of expectation, "Second brother, could this be filled with grain seeds?"
Upon hearing her guess, Li Changlong could no longer hide his desire to make it public.
He placed the wooden box on the stone table and opened it as if presenting a treasure.
The group leaned closer to see what was inside, and found that it was exactly as Lu Qiqi had guessed.
Lu Qiqi took out rice ears from the wooden box. Each ear was plump, a stark contrast to the half-empty, flat rice ears before the improvement.
Holding the rice stalks, she exclaimed joyfully, "Second Brother, you really succeeded in planting them!"
"Fantastic! These are even fuller than the rice ears in Tianlong Village!"
Upon hearing the praise, Li Changlong's dark face flushed.
He scratched his head slightly embarrassedly, "This is all thanks to the rice seeds you gave me. I also discovered that these rice seeds grow better in the north than in the south."
I don't know why this happened.
Lu Qiqi wasn't quite sure either, but since the rice seeds were originally brought from the north to the south, she guessed that they might be more suitable for the northern climate.
There was also wheat in the box. The wheat had been soaked in spiritual spring water by Lu Qiqi and was considered the first batch of improved wheat varieties.
Although there were a few empty, flattened shells mixed in, it was still a bountiful harvest.
Lu Qiqi closed the wooden box and asked, "Second Brother, is everything on the estate like this?"
Despite her joy, she still wanted to confirm, lest Li Changlong give her the best grain seeds, which might differ from the actual situation.
Li Changlong naturally understood this principle: "I spent a long time choosing, and they all seemed about the same, so I finally picked these out."
With that said, Lu Qiqi could finally rest assured.
Picking flowers always means picking the most beautiful one. If you can't find the best one, then it means the quality is not that different.
Lu Qiqi handed the wooden box to Nineteen, saying, "Give him to Song Yanqing."
He had borrowed grain from the Great Yu Kingdom at the border town, and with the contents of the box, he could consider it repaying a favor to the Great Yu Kingdom's eldest prince.
Throughout history, conflicts between nations have invariably revolved around competition for food and land.
If the food problem is solved, given the vast territory and abundant resources of the Great Yu Kingdom, it will certainly not try to solve its own food and clothing problems by robbing others' resources, like the Tatars did.
After Shijiu left, Lu Qiqi told Li Changlong to return to the estate and wait for the emperor to send someone to check on the situation before harvesting the grain.
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The palace, the main hall.
"Very good!"
"Yan Qing, tell me which meritorious official planted these grain seeds. I will certainly reward him handsomely!"
When the emperor saw the grain seeds in the wooden box, he couldn't wait to announce it to the world. This was undoubtedly good news before the army set off.
Song Yanqing said, "This method of cultivating grain seeds was created by the Princess of Kang Le County, and the person who grew the grain seeds was the Princess of Kang Le County's cousin, Li Changlong."
The emperor didn't care who the offspring were, but when he heard about Princess Kangle, his face immediately stiffened, as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat.
Why is this Princess Kang Le everywhere!
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