I farmed in ancient times

Cen Daonian took Cen Chaoan outside and waited for Jueming to come out, and took him home in a carriage.

"Grapefruit leaves take a bath to get rid of bad luck." Cen Daonian patted Cassia Ming on the shoulder, "Go now."

Caesar took a shower, changed his clothes and went to the main hall. Shen Yan and Li Xiurong had already arrived. The two of them sat facing each other. Li Xiurong's cheeks were puffed up, like a frog that had inhaled enough air.

"Thanks to Shen You's admonishment this time." Cen Daonian got up and bowed to Shen Yan. Shen Yan couldn't deserve Cen Daonian's bow, so he quickly stopped him and said, "I watched Cassia grow up, so naturally I can't just watch." .”

Jue Mingchao bowed to Shen Yan, "Thank you, Shen You Sijian, for your help."

Li Xiurong's cheeks bulged even more, he turned his head away, if it wasn't for the presence of Jue Ming, he wouldn't want to come to Shangshu Mansion!I don't even want to meet Shen Yan!

The "hypocritical" Shen Yan stopped Jueming, "If I want to thank my distant cousin, he is also very interested in Shiwen Liangpu, so he can persuade the emperor to change his mind."

What kind of character can directly persuade the emperor?

Shen Yan and Jue Ming made an appointment to visit that distant cousin together tomorrow, and asked Jue Ming to thank him personally.

In the early morning of the next day, Jueming brought generous gifts and first went to the small courtyard where Shen Yan lived to meet Shen Yan. The two rode horses together to a quiet small courtyard on the first street.

Seeing that it was Shen Yan, the guards at the courtyard gate immediately opened the door to announce that they were welcome to enter the mansion, and sent people to lead the horses to the stables.

Although the gate of the courtyard is small, the space inside is very large. Facing the gate is a rocky rockery. After going around, there are pavilions, terraces and waterside pavilions.

Behind a shallow pool is a gorgeous house with glazed tiles and red pillars. The owner of the house is lying on a chaise longue at the door, with a book covering his face, as if he is dozing off.

Beside him was a young man and a young girl, after the servant informed, the young girl gently shook the young man on the reclining chair, the young man opened his eyes, at this time Shen Yan and Jue Ming also came to the door.

Jue Ming and the man looked at each other, the young man's eyes were like Wang Chunshui, with a slight smile in them.

The sun shone on him, and I don't know if it was a visual error or something, but I always felt that he was also faintly shining.Jueming was secretly amazed that such a talented young man would definitely be the protagonist in a TV series.

"Is this the child you were talking about?" The young man stood up and handed the book to the boy beside him. The boy put it aside, and the boy and girl stepped back, leaving them talking in the courtyard.

"This is Cen Jueming. He opened the Shiwen Grain Shop." After Shen Yan introduced Cassia, he introduced the young man, "This is Jiang Jinnian, a relative from my mother's side."

Jue Ming cupped his hands and bowed deeply: "Thank you benefactor for your help!"

Jiang Jinnian smiled and said, "It's fine to call me by my first name, it doesn't matter."

The three of them didn't say a few words. The boy and girl came over with tea and put it on a wooden table under the eaves. The boy held a bowl of Chinese medicine as black as ink and called, "Ah Lang, it's time to take the medicine."

Jiang Jinnian greeted Shen Yan and Cassia Ming to drink tea, took the concoction and drank most of it in one gulp, frowned slightly and drank the remaining half.

He rinsed his mouth and took two sips of tea before coming over.

Jueming knew that it was extremely impolite to stare at people all the time, but he couldn't help but look at Jiang Jinnian. There was a kind of magnetism in him that caught other people's eyes tightly.

Jiang Jinnian sat at the table and raised his hand to pour tea, Jue Ming noticed that Jiang Jinnian was making tea instead of ordering it.

I don't know if it was the habit brought to him by Shen Yan or the method of making tea and drinking has become popular now.

Cassia held the teacup and took a sip of tea. It was an unknown green tea with a scent of jasmine.

Jiang Jinnian was very interested in this ten-year-old boy in front of him. Since he met him for the first time, he was embarrassed to ask him how he opened the Shiwenliang shop. He only said that he could come to him directly if he encountered problems in the business. He is also a businessman.

In the past, the status of merchants was extremely low, and it was eased after the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty can be described as the golden age of merchants, and the policies and industries were very friendly to merchants.

As far as Caesar knew, the first banknote, Jiaozi, was jointly produced by several merchants in the Song Dynasty and circulated as currency.It's just that Jiaozi appeared later than now.

"I heard that Shiwenliangpu is collecting some rare seeds. I have quite a few here. I can give you a try." After Jiang Jinnian finished speaking, the girl handed over a small brocade bag.

Jueming declined: "How embarrassing." It seemed like he wanted it!

Jiang Jinnian said: "I collected this in other countries when I went to sea, and it would be a waste to keep it in my hands. I might as well give it to you and see if there is anything you can use."

"Only in your hands can the greatest value of this kind of seed be brought into play." Jiang Jinnian took the brocade bag from the girl's hand and stuffed it into Cassia Ming, "If you can grow it, you must let me taste it too."

"I will live up to the expectations of the officials!" Jueming held the brocade bag like a heavy weight.

Without staying here for long, Shen Yan took Cassia away and Jiang Jinnian saw him off at the door. Cassia got on his horse and turned his head subconsciously.

Jiang Jinnian, dressed in white robes, stood at the door, smiling and waving his hands, blown by the wind, he could melt into the spring sunshine at any time.

After returning home, Jue Ming asked Cen's father, Jiang Jinnian, if he was a very powerful businessman, otherwise how could he persuade the emperor to let him go.

After Cen Daonian heard who it was, he had a strange expression on his face. After pondering for a while, he said, "Jiang Jinnian is indeed very powerful. His business spread all over the Song Dynasty, and he also had sales in Jiaozhi, Dali, Xia, and Liao. .The commercial tax paid every year accounts for more than half of the national treasury.”

"Indeed, no one but him can directly persuade the officials to release people." Cen Daonian sighed.

Jueming only knew that Jiang Jinnian was a businessman, but he didn't expect him to be so powerful. His business was found all over the country, even abroad. Only a business giant could do this, and he was still so young.

Thinking that he still had Jiang Jinnian's brocade bag in his hand, Jue Ming went back to the room and opened it, pouring out a bunch of seeds of various colors from the brocade bag.

There are ten of each kind, and Cassia picked them with his hands. There are rye, black rice, and beans as big as a thumb knuckle.

Among them, there was one that Cassia wanted but had no chance to find, watermelon seeds.

Caesar immediately straightened his waist, staring fixedly at the watermelon seeds in his palm.

Watermelon was introduced to the Xia Kingdom in the Tang Dynasty, and it was delayed for a hundred years before it was introduced to the southeast.

A businessman travels north and south, and he must have seen more things than people who have been staying in ivory towers.

Caesar held the watermelon seeds tightly. He also wanted to travel in the ancient world like Jiang Jinnian.

With melon seeds, watermelons can be grown. Jueming closed the door, put the melon seeds into a small flower pot on the table, and took out blue beads to water them.

With a water source capable of giving birth, the melon seeds gradually split open, and two tender green and plump leaves broke through the shell and grew rapidly.

The vines spread to the entire table, and a small bud protruded from the vine. Soon, the bud grew into a flower bud, and then a small yellow flower bloomed.

Soon, several small yellow flowers bloomed on the vine. Cassia distinguished male and female flowers and pollinated them. The flowers withered quickly, and small watermelons slowly grew in the withered places.

The watermelon is getting bigger and bigger, the outer skin is emerald green with black mottled patterns, Cassia patted it with his hand, and when the watermelon is almost ripe, stop watering and harvest eight large watermelons.

Caesar went to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, and came back to cut open the watermelon. The flesh was just as he thought, not a red sandy watermelon, most of it was whitish as if it was not ripe. It is not as sweet as the watermelon of later generations, and the taste is not very good.

Even so, Jue Ming is still very happy, he is going to rewrite the history of watermelons appearing in Bianjing!

It is definitely not possible to bring the watermelon directly to Jiang Jinnian now, so Caesar can only carefully ripen the other melons, remove the seeds, and dry them in the shade.

I have the opportunity to study how to turn the watermelon into the juicy and sweet big watermelon that I will eat in the future.

When he went out of the house again, Jueming felt that the sky was bluer, and the warm wind was blowing with the petals, and Jueming suddenly found that the peach blossoms had already bloomed.

He originally planned to go down the river when the peach blossoms were in bloom, and go to the coastal places to have a look.

Father Cen knew that Jueming was still going on a long trip, so he silently stuffed him with a big purse, and told him to bring a few more people with him, and to be careful on the way.Cassia readily agreed and began to pack his luggage.

The mansion has been completely repaired, and the manpower is full, and there is nothing to do if I stay here by myself, if I don't leave now, when will I wait?

The news of Jueming's departure was known to Li Xiurong through Wu Yuan. He took off half of his clothes, and when he found out, he put it on angrily, went out the back door, ran outside the Shangshu Mansion, and climbed over the courtyard wall eagerly.

It happened to be caught by Peng Lang in the yard.

Seeing that it was Li Xiurong, Peng Lang quickly let go, Li Xiurong said: "I'll go find Cassia."

After speaking, he stretched out his head to identify the direction, and slipped quietly into the Cassia courtyard.

Four or five oil lamps were lit in the Cassia room, and the room was brightly illuminated. Zhong Xin noticed that someone had broken in, so he drew out his sword and waited at the door vigilantly.

Li Xiurong gestured for silence and slipped into the room.

Jueming was sitting at the desk writing something, writing so concentratingly that he didn't notice anyone approaching.

Stained with ink, Jue Ming continued to take notes, intending to record all the knowledge he had learned and leave it in the Cen Mansion, waiting for someone who is destined to find out.

In early spring, the weather was cold from morning to night, and the stove was still lit in the house, but the charcoal in the stove was almost burned out, and the temperature in the house was very low.

Li Xiurong squatted next to the stove and added a few pieces of charcoal, blowing on it, the charcoal fire turned red, and the temperature gradually rose.

Jueming waved to his back, "Zhong Xin, help me polish some ink."

"Zhong Xin" rubbed his hands, stood aside, took the inkstone and added water to grind the ink.

Jue Ming wrote another paragraph, and Li Xiurong looked down at it. He obviously knew the words, so why didn't he know what he was talking about when they were combined together?

After writing a paragraph, Jue Ming changed to a thinner brush, raised his hand to dip in the ink, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the red sleeve, and couldn't help but look up.

Seeing Li Xiurong staring at him unkindly, Jue Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he got up immediately, "It's so late, why are you here?"