Compulsory education in ancient times

For this banquet, not only the ministers of civil and military affairs were invited, but also some main personnel of the research institute, as well as their family members.

After sorting out the banquet list, the imperial chefs found that fifty catties of sweet potatoes were not enough to eat, so Tao Jianran asked Huangzhuang to urgently transport a batch over.

Ever since, it was not easy to grow the first crop of sweet potatoes. Except for the ones that had been planted, the rest were all eaten in one meal.

After learning of this situation, Tao Jianran's excitement and enthusiasm quickly extinguished, and instead he felt a little pain in the flesh.If he had known earlier, he would not have invited so many people, and he wanted to save some for the babies to make snacks!

No matter what, you have no jokes, Tao Yanran has to endure no matter how painful it is.

On the night of the banquet, the four little ones who had never seen outsiders attended in their costumes.Bao'er wore a bright yellow four-claw golden dragon robe, and the other three children also wore yellow dresses.

Belle originally wanted to wear a little princess dress, but she refused to wear that little dress by herself, so she snatched another dress from Beibei and put it on.

Four little dolls dressed in the same clothes, pink and jade-carved, dressed in clothes similar to the adults' style, sat in a serious manner next to Qi Bohan and Tao Jianran. They looked like little fairy children, so cute!

The four little babies are not afraid of people at all, even if it is the first time they see so many dignified adults, they are not at all shy, but staring at the delicious food in front of them without blinking.

Afraid that they would be hungry, Tao Jian asked the imperial chef to serve each of them a bowl of mashed sweet potato.

The four little guys ate happily, but the ministers below were sitting upright, not daring to move at all.

Qi Bohan has been known for his iron blood since he took office. Although the aristocratic family has become more obedient now, and he may not have killed a lot for a long time, the awe of the ministers has not diminished in the slightest.

Although it is an honor to be able to participate in the emperor's banquet, in fact, meeting such a master as Qi Bohan, the ministers also suffered extraordinarily during the banquet.

Until the hot sweet potato feast was served, a pristine and sweet fragrance rushed to the face, and the ministers were shocked.

As usual, Qi Bohan said some polite words, and then let the ministers eat.After all, the sweet potatoes are more delicious when they are still hot.

Before the banquet, Tao Jianran had eaten roasted sweet potatoes several times, so he was calm at this moment.While breaking down large pieces of sweet potatoes for Bao'er and Beibei who were sitting beside him, he also skillfully wiped the corners of their mouths.

Belle and Baobao have much better eating habits. They don't need Qi Bohan to serve them at all, and they eat very happily by themselves.

The six members of the family enjoyed themselves happily on the main seat, and the ministers below became more and more shocked.

This new crop called sweet potato is so delicious!

And it was very full, they only ate a little, and they calmed down their hungry stomachs.After eating the few dishes of sweet potatoes that were not too many on the table, the ministers realized that they were already full!

How many ministers were weeping with joy in their hearts. After so many years, they finally had their fill at the palace banquet! !

Seeing the reaction of the ministers, Qi Bohan looked at Tao Jianran and smiled.

Of course, they held a banquet this time not only to help Tao Jianran bring the Mid-Autumn Festival to Ruichao, but more importantly, to promote the planting of sweet potatoes.

Just like the emperor has Huangzhuang, these ministers and aristocratic families also have many Zhuangzi. If they can take the initiative to plant sweet potatoes on their own Zhuangzi, it will not only save a lot of money in the promotion of sweet potatoes, but also earn some seed money!

Don't say that Tao Jianran is stingy, now Ruichao is "a lot of waste waiting to be done", no amount of money is enough to spend, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, it is still meat!

Weng Yuanji is also a good person, Qi Bohan was the first to ask about the sweet potato planting before he even opened his mouth.

Tao Jianran looked at Weng Yuanji who was singing along with Qi Bohan, raised his eyebrows, and felt a little puzzled.I haven't seen Qi Bohan talk about this with Weng Yuanji these days, why is the cooperation now more tacit than acting?

Could it be that Qi Bohan had already gotten angry with Weng Yuanji in private and planned to use him again?

Various thoughts flashed through Tao Jianran's mind, and in a blink of an eye Qi Bohan had finished talking with Weng Yuanji, and Weng Yuanji ordered ten catties of sweet potato seeds on the spot.

Seeing this, the rest of the ministers also began to order sweet potato seeds, for fear that they would lose the grace if they were one step behind.

It was originally a banquet to celebrate the sweet potato harvest, but in the end it was turned into a complicated transaction by this group of people with ulterior motives. Only four innocent little dolls really enjoyed the delicious food.

On the second day, all the newly planted sweet potatoes in Huangzhuang this year were divided up, leaving only the next year's sweet potatoes.

But in exchange, only 500 taels of silver.

No way, if the asking price is too high, the ministers are not fools, even the emperor can't grab money from their pockets!

Tao Jianran took half of the 500 taels and distributed them as rewards to the farmers in Huangzhuang who were responsible for looking after the sweet potatoes.

The other half was allocated to the Institute of Biology as a bonus, encouraging researchers to quickly domesticate corn!

Sweet potatoes quickly aroused heated discussions among the aristocratic circles in the capital.

The ministers who have eaten it are full of praise for the taste in their memory, while those who have not eaten it are very curious.

However, the first crop of sweet potatoes has been eaten up, and others will have to wait for the next year if they want to eat them. This is simply the harshest form of hunger marketing!

This has led to a lot of prodigal sons begging other people's families to save sweet potatoes for seeding, so that they can taste the taste, and it has caused a lot of jokes after dinner.

Minsheng Daily, as the official mouthpiece, also opened a special issue on sweet potatoes, explaining in detail the various benefits of sweet potatoes.It also clearly revealed that starting next year, the imperial court will vigorously promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes to benefit the people!

The common people are extremely sensitive to matters related to their rations. When they heard that this high-yielding and filling crop was prepared for their common people, the popularity of sweet potatoes remained high. The common people had nothing to do after the autumn harvest. They all eagerly discussed the magic of this sweet potato.

The people of Ruichao live and work in peace and contentment, but the frontier soldiers who have been guarding them have an extremely dangerous situation in front of them!

After Ding Qingyun and his party captured a wizard, they easily wiped out a group of Nanman soldiers.Now, after less than half a month, the people in the mountain seemed to have noticed something was wrong.

On this day, as usual, Ding Qingyun used binoculars to investigate the enemy's situation, and suddenly discovered that another group of people came out of the mountain.

This time, it was fifty men and women dressed as wizards!

Ding Qingyun choked for breath, and the hand holding the telescope couldn't help shaking slightly.

If these 50 people had that kind of strange blood, once they appeared on the stage, they would definitely sweep the entire Rui Dynasty!

Before he had time to explain and discuss countermeasures with anyone, Ding Qingyun gritted his teeth and said to the lieutenant: "Everyone retreat, prepare gunpowder, and blow them up directly!"

The lieutenant quickly took the order to leave, and Ding Qingyun also quickly summoned a small team of elites, and said decisively: "Although we have gunpowder, we need someone to lead the enemy into the range, and we must not miss an enemy."

When the team members heard this, their faces turned pale, but they quickly reacted and replied firmly: "Swear to the death to complete the task!"

Seeing the team members' determination to die, Ding Qingyun said with a heavy heart: "I will take you with me, you... go back and write a letter to the family first."

"General! Let's go, you..." The team members wanted to dissuade Ding Qingyun.

However, Ding Qingyun did not give the team members a chance to finish their speech: "Okay, I have made up my mind. This task is too difficult, and I must lead the team myself."

After Ding Qingyun finished speaking, after everyone left, Ding Qingyun also unfolded the letter paper.But he is not writing a letter home, but to report the situation to Tao Jianran.

Ding Qingyun is an orphan. If Tao Jianran hadn't established a military academy in Ning'an back then, maybe Ding Qingyun today is just a little beggar on the street.

Now he has become a young general, commanding [-] troops, and has become the object of everyone's admiration, all of which are bestowed by Tao Jianran.

Now Rui Chao is shrouded in a haze due to the existence of a group of wizards, and it is time for him to repay Tao Jianran...

Half an hour later, Ding Qingyun quickly approached the group of wizards with a group of elite soldiers!

No one knew what happened in the dense forest, and the gunpowder was quickly transported to the outskirts of the dense forest, and could not enter again.

One is because of the difficulty of transportation, and the other is because there are many trees in the dense forest that hinder the shooting range, not to mention that the gunpowder cannot exert its maximum effect, and it may even hurt our own people.

Therefore, the task of Ding Qingyun and his team is to lead the group of wizards to the vast flat land outside the dense forest.

About half an hour later, people in Nanman territory heard a loud noise, followed by earth shaking and mountain shaking!

The people were still in shock, and within 5 minutes, there was another loud noise!

The aborigines in Nanman panicked and knelt down to worship in the direction of the earthquake, chanting words that the people of Ruichao couldn't understand.

The officials and soldiers of Ruichao looked at the direction of the loud noise blankly, no one knew what happened there.

Ten days later, Ding Qingyun's battle report finally reached the capital.

Qi Bohan picked up the battle report and looked at it, with a frozen expression on his face.

Tao Jianran, who was sitting beside him, immediately sensed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"

"The Nanban has changed." Qi Bohan's expression quickly returned to indifference, and he handed the booklet to Tao Jianran.

Tao Jianran took a look, and his heart skipped a beat.

Ding Qingyun's battle report is different from the usual very objective battle report.

This is not so much a battle report as Ding Qingyun's suicide note.

In addition to explaining the current situation succinctly at the beginning of this letter, there is a thick stack of paper at the back, which is full of Ding Qingyun's gratitude to Tao Jianran.

This man who is usually not good at words, when he resolutely died, he still confided his heart.

After Tao Jianran finished reading, his eyes were slightly red, and his mood could not be calm for a long time.

He knew that what he did would change the fate of many people, but this was the first time that someone thanked him so sincerely, and was even willing to sacrifice his life!

After a long time, Tao Jianran finally said, "It's over there now, right?"

"Well, I will receive the news about tomorrow."

As soon as Qi Bohan finished speaking, the little eunuch outside hurried in: "Report! Your Majesty, a letter from Nanzhou!"

Tao Jianran heard the words, stood up abruptly, and hurriedly said: "Submit it quickly!"