Qiao Yunxin left the palace and went straight to the Qiao Mansion.
After meeting the children, he rushed to Laohu Town with his personal guards without stopping. Before he even left the city gate, he met officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Craftsmen, and the leader was Pei Xinshu.
They were sent to Lao Hu Town by His Majesty to monitor the rice harvest and the use of farm tools.
It's no wonder that Your Majesty is concerned about this. You should know that the areas north of the Qingshui River have always been planted with wheat, sorghum, and millet, and no one has ever thought of planting rice.
The Qiao family is the first to try something new. If this trip is successful, it will be of great significance and can be said to have set a precedent.
For an emperor like Emperor Wu who attached great importance to agriculture, he paid close attention to the rice from the moment it was planted.
Qiao Xin's letter was full of topics such as agriculture, climate and hydrology.
Although he had never visited Laohu Town in person, he knew the local customs, climate, and agriculture of Laohu Town better than the local officials from Qiao Xin's memorials.
The rice is about to be harvested, so we will send someone to check it out immediately. If this is successful, we can plant rice in the whole county where Laohu Town is located in the spring of next year.
Ordinary people harvest two crops a year. How much more grain do they have to harvest?
The more Emperor Wu pondered, the more excited he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still!
No, he had to go and see it for himself!
"Come here, Prince Xuanqi and Marquis Xiaoyao enter the palace!"
The King of Qi and Marquis Xiaoyao entered the palace in confusion. They really couldn't understand why His Majesty summoned them at this time.
"What, you're going to Old Lake Town?"
"I want to go and see for myself how the rice harvest is going."
The veins on the foreheads of the Prince of Qi and the Marquis of Xiaoyao were throbbing. They tried to persuade him, "Your Majesty, there is really no need. Haven't the people from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Craftsmen already gone there? Besides, Madam Qiao will definitely report the details. Why do you need to be there in person?"
"At this time, the people in Laohu Town should be busy with the autumn harvest. I'm afraid they won't have time to entertain you. If this neglects Your Majesty..."
This is almost like saying it explicitly, "Don't go and make trouble. They are all busy. If you go, they will have to make time to serve you!"
They were both fortunate enough to witness the rush to harvest in Laohu Town.
Regardless of gender, age or status, anyone who could still breathe had to go out to work. Even the masters of the Qiao Mansion had to roll up their sleeves and go to the fields.
Your Majesty, after such a trip, not to mention the pressure of security, even food and accommodation have become problems!
Emperor Wu was not someone who gave up easily, and he said, "I will not go there in a grand manner. I will take you two and a dozen secret guards with me and patrol incognito.
Besides, we have my generals and guards over there, so no matter how serious the problem is, I can just write a letter to Qiao Yunting and let him make the arrangements."
King Qi and Marquis Xiaoyao looked at each other and sighed at the same time!
Well, this willful Lord must be gone!
The leader opens his mouth and his subordinates run around for him!
When Qiao Yunting received the imperial edict, his hair stood on end.
What is your majesty up to? Don't you know that his family is very busy right now? You really want to watch the fun!
Qiao Yunting thought about it and called Wang Da Kui.
"You went back to visit your family yesterday. How was the situation in the town?"
Wang Dagui's tone was full of pride and resentment.
"It's so lively, there are so many people! Even my little inn is full of guests every day. My wife and mother are so busy that they don't even have time to talk to me.
In the past, they were eagerly looking forward to my return, but now they are disgusted that I can’t help them if I return.”
The other guards in the room who were not from Laohu Town were very confused.
"Deputy General Wang, is it that serious?"
"Why not? Qingyang Academy will open in the next few days. The students will be accompanied by parents and servants. Isn't it a huge crowd?
The old lady and the general are back. I heard that the court sent officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Crafts to come and see the autumn harvest in our village.
We haven't even counted the hired workers and refugees who came here to look for work. How many people are there?
At the beginning of spring, there were less than two hundred people in our Laohu Town, but now there are more than two or three thousand people living there.
If the old lady hadn’t had the foresight to build so many houses in advance, there would be no room for these people to live.”
The people in the room were shocked. This was developing too fast!
"Your Majesty is going to visit Laohu Town incognito, and in addition to the secret guards, he also wants us to accompany him."
"What? We are going to Old Lake Town. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Yuan Jinhong said: "There are all kinds of people in Laohu Town right now. This way, the pressure on us is extremely heavy."
"The order has been given. We have to do it no matter how difficult it is. Deputy General Yuan and Deputy General Wang go and arrange the personnel. I will go back and discuss with my brother how to proceed!"
"yes!"
When Qiao Yunting found Qiao Xin, she was bending over to dig a ditch in the rice field in the south of the city to check the drainage conditions.
This story begins a few days ago.
Xu originally planned to harvest the land. The manpower and farm tools were all ready, and even the spectators who wanted to join in the fun were all present.
Other people in Weizhou Prefecture also wanted to see how many loads of millet this acre of land could produce.
Just when she was getting ready to get down to business, her husband suddenly came back.
The dumb and naive man could only express his joy by taking the sickle from his wife.
The young couple, who had never grown rice before, were working in the water-filled rice field by stepping on the mud when Qiao Xin came over.
We should be thankful that she arrived at the right time, otherwise this job would have been a disaster.
Really, the water in the rice fields has not been drained out, and the mud is not dry yet, how can we harvest the rice?
"Rice, rice, it just needs a lot of water during its growth process, doesn't that mean it has to be harvested in water?"
After Qiao Xin finished talking to his daughter-in-law, he scolded the slaves brought by Xu: "Your master has never grown rice. Didn't anyone from the south remind her?"
As soon as these words were spoken, a large group of people knelt on the ridge of the field, all with their heads lowered.
Seeing that Qiao Xin had misunderstood, Xu quickly reached out and tugged at her sleeve, explaining in a low voice, "Mother, it's not their fault.
Someone told me that my wife was afraid that someone would come and steal the crops again, so she wanted to collect the grains as soon as possible. This was indeed my wife's own decision, it's not their fault!"
In fact, Qiao Xin was not that angry. Seeing that Xu took the initiative to admit his mistake, she did not pursue the matter any further.
"Everyone, please stand up. I was prejudiced and wrongly accused everyone. I apologize to you! The eldest daughter-in-law, please give a tael of silver to the person who persuaded you in the first place."
The weather is good now. Let's have someone dig a drain first to drain the water. When the mud is almost dry, we can harvest. I will send someone to watch over it overnight."
Seeing that Qiao Xin was no longer angry, Xu quickly agreed.
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