Chapter 191
"My lords, I would like to ask you about the Shaoliang tribe. May I have a moment with you?" Xia Yi said sincerely. He had dealt with the Shaoliang tribe before. The officials around him who had been pricked up to eavesdrop suddenly lost interest and left in twos and threes.
Lin Shuge smiled and said, "Lord Xia wants to ask about the Shaoliang tribe. It's a long story. Why don't we go to Tianxuan Teahouse on Changwu Street and talk in detail?"
"Then I'd better obey your command respectfully." Xia Yi understood and bowed.
The Tianxuan Teahouse on Changwu Street has good wine and tea. Recently, a new storyteller has come. He is eloquent and skilled in various ventriloquism skills. It is said that he can even imitate the sounds of various animals very vividly. As a result, the teahouse is always packed with people. Even the outside of the teahouse is crowded with people who come to listen to the story.
There was a tea room on the second floor. As soon as Lin Shuge and Xie Chen walked in, they saw Xia Yi and a man already inside.
"Young Master, Lord Lin." The two of them saluted in unison.
Lin Shuge guessed that this should be the loyal and brave attendant that Xie Chen mentioned.
"Since you returned to Yandu, I haven't had the chance to meet you. I hope you can forgive me." Xia Yi was respectful, looking at Xie Chen with eyes full of satisfaction and admiration, "You have achieved such success, I believe Xie Gong can rest in peace in his nine springs."
"I haven't thanked Lord Xia enough for speaking up for him today." Lin Shuge said.
"Doctor Lin, you should have done your duty. Why should you thank me? Today, it is all thanks to Doctor Lin's clever words that the situation was reversed and the Ding party suffered the consequences. However, as long as Mr. Xie is not redressed, your identity will be used as a weapon by the Ding party to attack you again and again." Xia Yi said after they sat down.
"So I invited you today because I want to ask you for a favor." Lin Shuge poured a cup of tea for Xia Yi.
"Doctor Lin, just give your orders." Xia Yi said hurriedly, "We are deeply indebted to Lord Xie. If we can help Lord Xie to rebel and clear the name of the Xie family, let alone help, even if you let me assassinate Ding Yan..."
Lin Shuge said with a smile, "Master Xia, you are joking. Today, Pan Bingcheng wrote a letter to Zhongxuan, telling him about his life experience, forcing Zhongxuan and I to deny it. Since the Ding party is so idle, we should find a way to keep them busy so that they don't have time to bother us."
Xia Yi witnessed Lin Shuge's ability to lie with his eyes open today. He didn't expect that this man, who looked kind and gentle, was actually a black heart. "I'd like to hear more about it."
"Lord Xia, have you heard about Ding Wenhong who abandoned the city and fled? Considering that he is a member of the Ding family and Envoy Wei is unable to handle everything in two places, we request an order to escort him to Yandu for interrogation. Zhongxuan and I are riding fast to offer the captive. According to the estimated time, he should be here soon." Lin Shuge had a smile on his face. Envoy Wei was guilty that day and he was still waiting for punishment from Yandu, so he naturally had no time to deal with Ding Wenhong. It was a good opportunity that he had arrived in Yandu, and Lin Shuge smiled even more.
Xia Yi said: "Doctor Lin means..."
Ding Mansion.
With a "pop" sound, several pieces of broken porcelain mixed with tea splashed onto Ding Wenbo's robe. Ding Wenbo knelt down and said, "I was incompetent in what happened today. Please punish me, father."
"You are indeed incompetent. You just exposed the background of that kid named Xie. I thought you would handle this small matter beautifully, but in the end, you just brought people to cause trouble. You couldn't produce any evidence in the court, and were speechless by a kid from the countryside. Then you were able to turn the tables, and we also lost Wei Bingcheng." Ding Yanhe was furious, his eyes were wide open, and if he hadn't been stopped by his left and right, he would have kicked Ding Wenbo, who was kneeling on the ground, to the ground.
"Grand Marshal, please calm down. Young master is just anxious to solve the problem for you. It's not a bad thing to be a little anxious." Yi Chi put down the teacup and said.
Ding Yanhe took a breath and sat down again, "Be more careful with Wei Bingcheng's actions."
"Yes, Grand Marshal." The personal guard standing nearby replied.
"But it's not difficult to find evidence. It's just that we lost the opportunity this time. It will be difficult to use your background to make an issue next time." What's more, there is the eloquent Lin Shuge next to Xie Chen. It's really difficult to deal with the two of them together. Yi Chi said slowly, stroking the teacup in his hand.
"What does Yuan Shuo think?" Ding Yanhe asked.
"It's just about knowing the person's identity. Either it's someone who is familiar with Xie Chen, or it's something that can prove his identity." Yi Chi said.
"Now, the person who is closest to Xie Chen in the world, apart from Lin Shuge, is the remaining daughters of Xie family. However, the daughters of Xie family are strong-willed. It may not be easy for them to identify him." Ding Yanhe thought of Xie Ningning's character of dying in glory rather than living in disgrace, and estimated that he would rather die than betray his own nephew.
"How could the Grand Marshal forget the group of people who changed their minds after the old man Xie Suwen was convicted? Xie Chen grew up in the army. Anyone who has seen him and is Xie Suwen's subordinate can be picked to testify." Yi Chi's smile revealed a hint of coldness, "Or there is the Wei family."
Ding Yanhe clapped his hands and laughed, "I actually forgot about the Wei family. Back then, the Wei family was so cautious that they didn't even want to help their own daughter."
The two smiled at each other, and Ding Yanhe said, "Wenbo has worked hard these days, so he should take a break. Let Wenqi take care of this matter. However, if Wenqi is busy, Yue Niang will be in a bad mood."
Ding Wenqi, the second son of the Ding family, married the daughter of Yi Tingwei's family, and the two families formed an alliance to form a close relationship.
Ding Wenbo lowered his head, his eyes were red, jealousy was surging in his eyes, his nails were deeply dug into the flesh but he didn't feel the pain. He leaned over and said, "Yes, father, I'm leaving." After saying that, he turned away.
Ding Yanhe looked at his departing back thoughtfully. Of his two sons, the eldest was ambitious but incompetent, and uneducated, while the second was extremely intelligent, with a clear mind, and the support of the Yi family. It was a pity that he would have to sit alone in this position from now on.
"Young Master, Young Master, what did the Grand Marshal say?" A scholar ran out chasing Ding Wenbo.
Ding Wenbo was furious, his handsome face was distorted at this moment, he said angrily: "The old man still favors the second son, I worked hard on this matter, but in the end all the benefits went to the second son, the old man now let the second son take full responsibility for this matter, I have been busy for so long, not only did I not get any benefits, but I got into trouble for nothing."
The scholar asked, "Is Lord Yi in your house today?"
Ding Wenbo punched the tree. "His mother always opposed my mother in the past. Now that she married the girl from the Yi family, she naturally doesn't take me seriously anymore."
"Don't be discouraged, young master. The Grand Marshal is also looking down on Master Yi. Everyone in and outside the palace knows that you hold the real power. No matter how powerful the Second Young Master is, he is just a civilian."
"Aming, what do you think I should do? If I let the second brother accomplish this and help father get rid of his heart disease, wouldn't he show off in front of me? In the future, maybe my father will put him first in everything, and he will bully me." Ding Wenbo thought about the many things that Ding Wenqi had done to disgust him by relying on her favor at home, and he was so angry that his facial features twisted.
Ah Ming glanced at him and whispered, "Does the young master want the second young master to do this or..."
Ding Wenbo thought about how he had knelt for a long time today but his father showed no mercy. Instead, he praised his second son. He gritted his teeth and said, "I want him to never dare to compete with me in front of my father again."
"That's it." Amin said in his ear.
After Lin Shuge gave instructions on a lot of matters, he was thinking of having a quiet day, but unexpectedly he was bothered by an uninvited guest.
He looked at the energetic and cheerful Minister of Agriculture sitting opposite him, and was speechless. "Sir Yin, His Majesty ordered me to take charge of the manufacture of gunpowder in the arsenal. I am not proficient in money and grain. You should find someone else."
Dayan set up the Minister of Agriculture to be in charge of the country's financial expenditure and income of money, grain and cereals, and under him were two Ministers of Agriculture. This Lord Yin was in charge of farming.
Yin Hongan said with a smile: "The more capable, the more work. I just want to ask Doctor Lin to check out the potato harvest this year. Doctor Lin introduced potatoes in the northwest. After the potatoes were introduced to Yandu, the yield was very good, but this year it was not satisfactory. This product is related to the people's food. Doctor Lin, why don't you go with me?" He paused and said: "I have heard from Zhang Lingcheng that your subordinate Qin Mo has arrived in Yandu, and the gunpowder manufacturing should not trouble Doctor Lin anymore."
When Lin Shuge heard him say this, he naturally couldn't refuse, so he could only agree to go with him.
"This is Yuelin Garden. Ever since potatoes and peppers from the northwest were introduced to Yandu, His Majesty has attached great importance to them and asked us to try growing them here. After the peppers were grown, they were first supplied to the royal family. After several princes had eaten them, they wrote to His Majesty every day to ask for seeds. During that period, His Majesty would reward meritorious officials with peppers."
He pointed and said, "Nowadays, every household in Yandu grows peppers, and most of the dishes in various restaurants are spicy. This is all thanks to Lord Lin who introduced this variety from the Western Regions."
Lin Shuge looked at the peppers planted in a row of houses and thought that it was worthy of being the emperor's private garden. Even though winter was almost approaching, there were still people working to light the greenhouse and grow fresh vegetables.
The two came to a house where many potatoes were piled up. Although Yin Hongan was old, he was in very good health. He walked over and squatted down, picked up a potato that was already a little wilted and said, "Doctor Lin, come and take a look."
Lin Shuge squatted down like him. Seeing that the potatoes were smaller and not as good as those grown in the northwest, he asked casually, "But you didn't change the land to grow them?"
"Do we need to change the land?" Yin Hongan asked in surprise. Potatoes have not been introduced to Yandu for long, and should have only been planted for one or two rounds. People have not yet summed up the experience from the planting process.
"It seems that the person who brought the potatoes forgot to tell you." When Lin Shuge asked the people to plant the potatoes that day, he also reminded them one by one that after the potatoes were planted, the land must be replaced with other crops, preferably legumes, otherwise the land would be damaged.
"Not only that, the planting depth and soil fertility will also affect the yield." Lin Shuge explained the land planting techniques to Yin Hongan one by one. Unexpectedly, Yin Hongan suddenly shouted outside, and soon a young official came trotting over, "Sir, what do you want from me?"
"This is Doctor Lin. Please write down what he says and learn from him in the next few days." After saying this, Yin Hongan ran away. He was so fast that you couldn't tell that he was already a white-haired old man.
Lin Shuge was helpless and speechless. Before he put down his hand that was about to stop the man, he saw the eager eyes of the young man next to him. He coughed and could only say, "What do you want to know?
The young man in front of him quickly took out a thick booklet from his pocket, "Here, may I ask why the leaves of potatoes turn yellow when they are planted? Also," he flipped the pages a few times, "we introduced cotton seeds this year, why are there rotten seeds?"
Lin Shuge was so overwhelmed that he really wanted to kick the young man in front of him to the northwest and let him learn from the northwestern people. He rubbed his solar plexus hard a few times, took his notebook, and helped him answer the questions one by one.
The young man listened eagerly. Seeing this, Lin Shuge had no choice but to teach him everything he knew and he was busy until late at night before going home.
"Brother, you are finally back. I have done what you asked me to do." Lin Xuan had been waiting for her brother for a long time today. When she saw Lin Shuge coming in, she came forward and said quickly.
So fast? When Lin Shuge heard this, his mental state, which had been devastated today, immediately recovered.
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