You Can't Be Fierce Towards Me!

Fu Huang stayed in Zhuangzi for three days. Apart from eating and sleeping, his daily routine was to stay in the warm tent, staring at the sown rice seeds.

On the second day after the seeds were planted, a few green shoots had already emerged. Fu Tian checked the record booklet and found that these fast-growing ones had been soaked in water that contained more power of origin.

Fu Tian happily recorded all the changes. On the third day, all the small fields that had been sown had sprouted one after another, and the first batch of sprouts had grown to a height of one or two inches.

After another four or five days, rice seedlings can be planted after about a touch.

Fu Tian tried to communicate with these tender seedlings, but few of them could respond, and most of them just babbled and made some vague sounds to express their needs.

They all looked spiritually undeveloped, Fu Tian let go of his heart.

He guessed that although the power of the source is strong, the soaking time of these rice seeds is not long, and the growth time is also short. Compared with the naturally long plants outside, these rice seeds are not so easy to develop spiritual wisdom.

In this way, the only thing he needs to worry about is whether the rice seeds that have been blessed with the original power can withstand the severe cold or hot weather.

After another five days, all the seedlings had grown up. Fu Tian removed the warm tent, asked someone to reclaim the nearest field, and then planted the seedlings.

The steward felt that he was messing around, but when he thought about the seedlings that had grown in less than ten days, he felt that maybe they could really be planted.

After the seedlings went to the fields, Fu Tian returned to the Hou Mansion first. It was already mid-November, and it was close to the end of the year. Fu Youqin was discussing about preparing for the annual ceremony.

At the beginning of December, there was a heavy snowfall in Qingyang, and news came from the manager of Zhuangzi that many of the seedlings planted by Fu Tian froze to death after the snow.

Fu Huang rushed to the outside of the city to see that the unmelted snow was accumulated in the field, and a small part of the green seedlings fell down, but most of them were still standing upright, with strong roots and green leaves.In just half a month, the delicate seedlings have grown up, and most of them have survived the severe cold.

The steward was also amazed. He watched Fu Tian fiddle with these seedlings with his own eyes. From the beginning he felt that he was making a fuss, and now he has to carefully patrol around the field every day, for fear that something might happen to these seedlings. Who cares most about this field other than Fu Tian is the steward.

"Do you want me to put these fallen ones on a shelf?" The steward looked at the fallen seedlings distressedly, but Fu Tian didn't speak and he didn't dare to move casually.

"Never mind." Fu Tian shook his head, "Only in this way can we see how many people will survive in the end."

If more than half of the rice in this field can survive the cold winter, then these attempts will be considered a success, and then the soaked rice seeds can be sent to the south to start planting. The south must be able to grow better. If it goes well, it may be able to harvest once before the early rice.

"Okay." The steward now looks at him like a god, wishing to offer Fu Tian up to worship. Although he is very curious about how these rice seeds are grown, but looking at Fu Tian's expression, he still silently Doubt swallowed.

After telling the steward to look after the fields, Fu Tian got into the carriage and returned to the Hou's mansion. Before the carriage reached the door, he saw a man wrapped in a thick cotton coat running towards him.

The person who came was the chief eunuch next to the emperor. He looked quite anxious, and stopped in front of the carriage and asked loudly, "Is the Lord Hou back?"

Fu Huang lifted the curtain of the car, his right eyelid twitched suddenly, "It's me, what's going on in the palace?"

The chief eunuch looked anxious, "A letter from the border gate, the emperor summoned you to enter the palace."

Fu Tian's heart tightened, and he asked him to get in the car, "Talk while walking."

The steward got into the carriage, and the coachman turned around and headed towards the imperial city.

The manager probably was really anxious, so he waited at the door, his face was pale from the cold, and he kept rubbing his hands to breathe after getting in the car.

Fu Tian handed him a cup of hot tea and asked, "What happened?"

The manager took the hot tea and thanked him, and said in a thin voice: "The border gate is urgently reported. The foreign tribes suddenly attacked Beiyuguan. The guard of Beiyuguan was plotted to be seriously injured and endangered. The prince led the army to Beiyuguan for support. Zhou Shilang stayed behind at Shanyuguan But in the morning, I received an emergency report from Zhou Shilang. The foreign soldiers divided into two groups, attacked the east and west, and hid a surprise soldier to attack Shanyu Pass. Now both passes are in flames of war, but the spies reported that they went to Shanyu Pass for support. King Yu and his party are missing."

In addition to the previous fierce battle, the food and grass supply at the border was insufficient, and the foreigners were extraordinarily brave in their last stand, so they had to ask for help from the capital,

Hearing that Chu Xiangtian was missing, Fu Tian's heart seemed to fall into the cold winter snow in an instant. His blood was freezing all over his body. He forced himself to calm down and asked the coachman to speed up. When he entered the palace, he almost He ran all the way into the imperial study room, and the steward leading the way behind him couldn't keep up with his speed.

Fu Tian ran in panting, and other people in the imperial study turned their heads to look at him. Fu Tian took a breath, straightened his clothes, and walked in as calmly as possible, "I'm late."

Chu Fengyuan looked dignified, waved his hand at him, and said to the Minister of the Household Department: "Go ahead and talk about how much food and grass can be spared."

The face of Hubu Shangshu was pale. Before Fu Tian came, the emperor asked him to count it several times, but the treasury was empty. Even if he counted to death, there would still be no food. More than fifty thousand stone."

Insufficient food for disaster relief in various places has to be paid from the national treasury. In addition to tax reductions and exemptions for two consecutive years, the national treasury can only go out but not in, and there is already very little left.

Chu Fengyuan suppressed his anger, "There is not enough food and grass, and there is still money, go buy it! The border is in danger, and those grain merchants dare to sit on the ground and raise prices?!"

The Minister of the Household Department shook his hands and knelt down, "Money, money is not enough, disaster relief, military pay, etc. all need money, and the national treasury has long been heavily in debt!"

Chu Fengyuan got up angrily, took two quick steps, turned around and cursed: "The treasury is empty! The treasury is empty! Where did the taxes collected a few years ago go?! Where's the money?!"

Hubu Shangshu's face was ashen, lying on the ground, afraid to speak.

"Where's the Ministry of War?" Chu Xiangtian suddenly turned to the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, "You can't even supply the weapons?!"

Minister of the Ministry of War leaned over, "I have asked the craftsmen to hurry up to make weapons and armor, but the border is extremely cold. The weapons we make may not be able to withstand the extreme cold, and they may be easily broken by then. I have sent people to Fengshui to negotiate with the Zhu family. The Zhu family is rushing to make another batch of weapons."

He hesitated and said: "It's just that the imperial court has always agreed with the Zhu family that only one batch of weapons will be provided each year..."

As he spoke, Chu Fengyuan's face became more and more gloomy, and he hurriedly said: "But when the country is in crisis, I think Patriarch Zhu will not refuse."

Finally, there was a reliable answer, Chu Fengyuan calmed down a little, and looked directly at the Minister of the Household Department with sharp phoenix eyes, "I don't care what method you use, the food and salaries at the border must be delivered on time!"

Hubu Shangshu didn't even dare to lift his head, he should be trembling.

After arranging things one by one, the Minister of the Ministry of Household tremblingly went back to raise the military salary. Fu Huang stopped the Minister of the Ministry of War who was about to leave, "Master Shangshu, please stay."

The Minister of the Ministry of War turned around hesitantly, "Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

Fu Tian nodded, "The Zhu family mentioned by Master Shangshu is the Zhu family in Fengshui County? The owner's name is Zhu Hua?"

"Yes, the Zhu family in Fengshui County has smelted iron for generations, and the weapons produced are extremely hard and sharp. The court has recruited them many times, but they are unwilling to enter the court, and they are only willing to supply a batch of weapons to the Ministry of War every year." The Minister of the Ministry of War was surprised, "Hou Master knows the Zhu family?"

Fu Huang thought for a while, and said: "I had a relationship with Master Zhu once. He owed me a favor at that time. He gave me a name card and waited for a letter from me. You go there with the name card and the letter, maybe It would be better to persuade him."

The Minister of the Ministry of War was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, and then waited aside, waiting for Fu Tian to finish speaking before going with him to get a name card.

Chu Fengyuan was originally worried that Fu Tian would be anxious when he heard the news about the border, so he specially called him into the palace. Unexpectedly, there was such an unexpected joy, so he thanked him sincerely.

Fu Tian shook his head. The panic when he heard the news for the first time calmed down a lot. He clenched his fingers tightly and asked hesitantly, "Did the princes really lose their whereabouts..."

Chu Fengyuan put his hands behind his back, and heaved a long sigh, "Yes, Zhou Chuanqing stayed behind at Shanyuguan. He sent spies to investigate in many ways, but they couldn't find any trace of them. He just followed the unburied footprints and guessed that they should have entered deep in the mountains."

Fu Tian tightened his fingers, took a deep breath, and said, "I'll go to the border to find him, I have a solution."

Chu Fengyuan frowned, and reprimanded him in a rare tone, "Nonsense! Before leaving, Fengzhang told me to take good care of you, and I will never let you take risks!"

"I'm not messing around!" Fu Tian was anxious, his eyes were red but there were no tears, "If they go into the deep mountains, the mountains are extremely cold, and they lack clothing and food, they must find people as soon as possible to reduce casualties. I have a way to find them!"

Chu Fengyuan didn't believe that there was anything he could do, so he could only try his best to dissuade him, "Zhou Chuanqing has already sent people into the mountains to look for it, besides, Fengzhang has been on the battlefield for a long time and has experienced countless lives and deaths, so it will not happen easily."

"I have a way!" Fu Tian shook his head, clenched his fists tightly to calm himself down, and argued for himself: "I really have a way, I'm not messing around."

"The army's salary is not enough. Fu's rice shop still has 100 shi of food in stock, which is enough to make up for the current shortage of military salary. If it is not enough, I would like to donate [-] million taels for military salary!"

"I just ask the emperor to send an elite team to take me to the border as quickly as possible!"