The Queen of the Red Chamber is a little flustered

The crown prince and the eldest prince had another quarrel, Emperor Tiansheng watched from the sidelines, the officials had their own thoughts, and the fourth and fifth princes were fanning the flames, the court was boiling for a long time.

The old man of the Gu family and Gu Qingbai also frowned recently, and the door of the study room was tightly closed for several days.

The atmosphere at home is not as relaxed as usual, Gu Qinyuan is looking forward to hearing from the team going out to sea soon.

In October, when the autumn rain was drizzling, Gu Qingsong sent people from the south of the Yangtze River to deliver several large boxes, one of which was specially named for Gu Qinyuan.

Gu Qinyuan smiled when she opened the box, she knew several things inside.

Gu Yanxi took out a potato, "It's not round, it's not black, and it still has sprouts on it, can it be eaten?"

"I'll talk about it after I plant it. You can see if you can eat it."

Gu Qinyuan sorted out the things in the box. There were potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn kernels, all of which were packed separately in bags. Gu Qinyuan didn't know much about the others, they looked like flower seeds.

Potatoes can still be planted in autumn, but Gu Qinyuan doesn't know if they can plant sweet potatoes and corn, or should they wait until spring?

Gu Qinyuan asked the maid in the courtyard to move all the flowers in the Hengwu courtyard into flower pots, and planted potatoes in the empty places.She didn't dare to plant all the seeds, for fear that the seeds would be wasted.

Fortunately, potatoes are very easy to feed, and they can be harvested when the Chinese New Year is approaching.

When all the potatoes were harvested, the output surprised the people in the house.The family didn't care about Gu Qinyuan's potato planting. They only thought about her being a little girl and playing by herself. Never thought that the output would be so high.

Gu Qinyuan also took some to the kitchen and asked them to fry a few plates of shredded potatoes and make a potato goulash.

Today's dinner is for the whole family, one table for women and one table for men.

Everyone looked at the potatoes on the plate and didn't know what to do with them. Could it be that they were really edible?It smells pretty good.

Seeing that no one moved their chopsticks, Gu Qinyuan picked up a chopstick and ate it.

Mrs. Zheng was nervous, "You little devil, why did you eat it by yourself, spit it out quickly."

Gu Qinyuan swallowed, smiled, "Mother, don't worry, you can eat, look, I'm fine with this."

Seeing that she had swallowed it all, Mrs. Zheng wanted to call a doctor, but was stopped by Gu Qinyuan.

Gu Qinyuan couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, she just ate some shredded potatoes, so she wouldn't ask a doctor.

It was still the old man who said, "Since the second child has been sent over by someone, someone must have eaten it, so don't worry about the eldest daughter-in-law." He picked up the chopsticks, "At any rate, Sister Yuan asked someone to plant it herself. Try it too."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and they all ate some, and the taste was still good.

"Sister Yuan, send someone to pick up the seeds tomorrow, and take notes on the planting method." The old man put down his chopsticks and pondered for a moment, "Although Sister Yuan has planted some, there are not many, let Zhuangzi Look at the old farmers in the world, if the yield is really high, you have to report to the Holy Majesty, so that the common people can benefit earlier."

"Well, grandpa, don't worry, I'm ready." After the potatoes were harvested, Gu Qinyuan had someone pack them up, and even wrote a special booklet.

The old man stroked his beard and was very satisfied, "Sister Yuan has made a great contribution this time." If all kinds of good things are successful, it is really a blessing for the people.

"Little sister is kind-hearted. You did a great job. Brother, I would like to toast you." Gu Yanyuan held up the cup and stood up to toast Gu Qinyuan.

Gu Qinyuan blushed, waved her hands and said, "Big brother, what are you doing? I just planted it for fun. Big brother, you are in the Ministry of Criminal Justice and pleading for the people's lives. That is really serving the country and the people."

"Okay, boss, sit down quickly and see how embarrassing our sister Yuan is." Zheng blamed.

"Okay brother, we are all a family, so there is no need to be so polite." Gu Yanxi pulled Gu Yanyuan to sit down, then turned to ask Gu Qinyuan, "By the way, little sister, what's the name of this thing?"

"Potato."

"Although it really grew out of the soil, it can't be called this name." Gu Yanxi almost choked, and I don't know who took this name.

"It doesn't matter what it's called, as long as it can be grown and eaten." The old man said again, "Boss, boss's daughter-in-law, let the people in the village take it to you tomorrow."

Gu Qingbai and Zheng Shi got up and said "yes".

"Grandfather, my second uncle also sent others. I don't know how to grow them. Let them take them tomorrow." Gu Qinyuan thought that the sweet potatoes and corns in her place hadn't been planted yet, and the sweet potatoes were about to go bad. Let the professionals worry about it.

After the seeds were brought to the village, Gu Qingbai would go to look at them from time to time, he just wanted to see if the seeds his youngest daughter found playfully could really benefit the common people.

The old farmers were at a loss with the seeds they didn't know, and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, with Gu Qinyuan's booklet and their years of experience in farming, they planted them smoothly.

The potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes that have been planted have not yet been harvested, but there is good news from old doctor Li.

The old doctors went to the countryside with cows for a long time to inquire and visit. At first, they found nothing. An old doctor wanted to go back to the capital because of his temper, but happened to pass by a family whose cattle were infected with pox.

Dr. Li was overjoyed. After studying for a long time, he finally got the good news.

Cowpox can better prevent smallpox, and it is simpler and more effective than the previous human pox, and there is no need to worry about people's poor health and unbearable vaccination.

After Mr. Li returned to Beijing, he immediately visited Gu's mansion, and wanted to have a good talk with Gu Qinyuan.

Gu Qingbai happened to be at home that day, and when he heard the word from the porter that the old doctor of Dejitang had come, he met him.

The old doctor Li praised Gu Qinyuan a lot, and said that he wanted to promote it, but also added Gu Qinyuan's name.

Gu Qingbai quickly declined, saying that it was all due to them, but Gu Qinyuan just raised an idea.His daughter is just a little girl, besides, it is the old doctors who really do things.

Only then did Old Doctor Li react, and said a few words of apology.

Gu Qingbai asked him how to promote it, and if he needed help to introduce Tai Hospital.

The old doctor is benevolent, and he also hopes that cowpox will be used on the common people as soon as possible. In addition to the excellent medical skills of the imperial physician, he also wonders whether to discuss with the imperial physicians to improve the prescription.

After Gu Qingbai got the affirmation, he immediately sent someone to send the old doctor to the Imperial Hospital.

After sending off old doctor Li, Gu Qingbai walked to Gu Qinyuan's yard alone, saw that she was planting flowers in the yard, but didn't make a sound, watched for a long time, then went to Qinghui courtyard to greet the old lady.

Gu Ge listened to Gu Qingbai talk about cowpox, thought for a long time before saying: "You don't have to pursue it too much, Sister Yuan is a sensible person, not to mention that her daughter's family is capable, so it's not a bad thing."

"But..." Gu Qingbai was a little worried that this was a good breed and cowpox, and if other people found out, the youngest daughter would not know what would happen.

Gu Ge always waved his hands, "You and your wife fasten the fence in the house, how can people know that the Gu family has such an outstanding daughter."

Gu Qingbai looked at the old man's expression, thought of his little daughter again, and sighed, "Yes, I see."

"What are you doing?" Gu Ge smiled, "Could it be good to have a capable daughter?"

"I just thought that sister Ruoyuan is a man, and I'm afraid she can make a career, so she will be delayed in the boudoir." Gu Qingbai said with some regret.

"Hey," Gu Ge shook his head, "Miss Yuan has been raised so delicately. If she were a boy, she would probably have the same temper as your second child, and she would want to go out and play."

Gu Qingbai thought about it, it was true, then smiled and said: "Anyway, the children in our family don't need to grow up to look like the boss."

Gu Ge always pointed at him and smiled, how could he tease his son like this.

After a while, Mr. Gu Ge said: "After reporting the matter of the good breed to His Majesty, I plan to beg for bones."

"Master?" Gu Qingbai was surprised, and wanted to persuade the old man to give up this idea.

"You don't need to say more," Gu Ge interrupted him, "If the old man is still in court, it will be difficult for you and the second child to go further, not to mention that the old man is old and wants to live a few years of leisure. "

Seeing the old man's firm expression, Gu Qingbai didn't know what to say. He knew that the old man made this decision for the sake of his family and his descendants, so he felt really guilty.

"Besides, when the old man leaves the imperial court, you and the second child can concentrate on assisting the emperor without getting involved in the dispute between the crown prince." Gu Ge also thought about it for a long time.

The matter of good seed is too big, whether it is for the emperor or the common people, it is an excellent thing, but for other princes, good seed is a sharp weapon to seize the heir, and then the Gu family will really become a sweet potato.

The old man had made up his mind to retire, so he didn't say anything to Gu Qingbai.

In September, the planting of the Gu family's fine seeds also had preliminary results. Gu Ge went to the Zhuangzi to check it out, and after returning home, he discussed with Gu Qingbai to present it to the Holy Majesty as soon as possible, thinking of presenting it during the Longevity Festival.

Gu Qingbai compiled the materials submitted by the stewards into a book, and asked the village to send several baskets of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes.

To be an emperor, how can anyone not want to be an emperor through the ages, who will be famous forever, even Empress Li has the idea of ​​​​doing something great, but he just doesn't have the ability.

Emperor Tiansheng glanced at the birthday gift, and then glanced at the brochure that the Gu family handed over together. The yield and planting methods were clearly written in it.

He was overjoyed, and even said a few words "yes", and immediately asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take the good seeds down and let Huangzhuang plant them.

"Taishi really loves the people with fists and fists!" Emperor Tiansheng was very emotional. Some time ago, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and the grain planted by the people failed to harvest. The Ministry of Households allocated a lot of money and grain, and he cut off the heads of several corrupt officials. , which calmed down the disaster.

The fine seeds sent by the Gu family have high yields and are easy to grow. If there is another disaster in the future, it will not be so starving.What's more, land mergers are serious now, and this good breed can also ease the situation.

God bless Daqi!

Emperor Tiansheng smiled happily, "I must reward the grand master well." He paused, "then named the grand master Jingfenghou, which means "prosperity in the year". "

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the room looked at the Gu family and his son with envy.

Jia Daishan laughed happily, this marriage is a good one.