"Where is Yan'er? Why did the person disappear after getting off the carriage?"
After half a day, Li Zheng discovered that the third princess had gone somewhere.
Du Chenghao smiled lightly and pointed in the direction of the field: "Mr. Huang, look, the third lady is helping others. Do you want to call her back?"
Li Zheng looked at the third princess who was happily loading sweet potatoes into the basket on the field ridge and shook his head: "Forget it, let her experience the hardships of people's livelihood. It is not a good thing to stay at home for a long time without distinguishing the grains and the body."
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"Master Huang is a wise man!"
"Old sir, the sweet potatoes are here. They may be a little burnt. You should be careful. It's best to cool them down before eating them. If they get burned, Mr. Song, why are you here?"
Ying'er was followed by four servants who came over carrying plates. She was telling Li Zheng what he needed to be careful about when he suddenly spotted Song Yu behind Li Zheng, and was naturally a little surprised.
Song Yu was stunned for a moment and then reacted: "Xiao Ying'er, I came here with a few old friends for a leisurely trip. When I saw the harvest here, I came over to take a look. I didn't expect it to be your family's land!"
"Oh, that's it. This is the land that the young master rents from someone else. Ying'er has prepared sweet potatoes, come and try them!"
Song Yu awkwardly pointed at the emperor: "Let Mr. Huang taste it first. I'm not very hungry yet, so let Mr. Huang eat first!"
"Yes, yes, we are not very hungry, let Mr. Huang eat first!"
Li Zheng was here, even if the sweet potatoes were delivered to the few people in front of him, they would not dare to pick them up.
Li Zheng looked at the plates in the hands of the four servants with curiosity: "Little girl, why is this different?"
"Old sir, this is roasted sweet potato, this is steamed sweet potato, this is boiled sweet potato, and this is sweet potato porridge. The tastes are not much different. Which one do you want to try first?"
“Sweet potato porridge!”
"Okay!" Ying'er took a bowl of sweet potato porridge and handed it to the emperor, eagerly waiting for the emperor's comments.
“Delicious.”
After tasting several sweet potato recipes in turn, the emperor fell in love with the least clean and sweetest roasted sweet potato.
Watching Li Zheng eat four or five roasted sweet potatoes without stopping, Ying'er looked confused and hesitated to speak. She wanted to speak but was afraid of spoiling Li Zheng's interest.
Sweet potatoes are delicious, but they are too airy. It’s easy to be embarrassed if you eat too much!
"Dad, uncles, what are you eating?"
The third princess, who was covered in mud and whose delicate face was also muddy, ran over with childlike innocence and curiously looked at the sweet potatoes in the hands of Li Zheng and the others.
Li Zheng looked at the third princess who looked like a mud monkey and did not blame her. Instead, he said with a hint of approval: "You know it's not easy for ordinary people to farm. Do you still dare to waste food in the future?"
"Hee hee, I know, my child will never dare to waste food again!"
Rather than teaching by words and deeds, it is better to let your children experience the difficulty of farming in person. It is rare for an emperor to be so enlightened.
No matter where you look at it, Li Zheng is a qualified emperor and a qualified father. He may have some shortcomings, but the emperor is also a human being. It is human nature that everyone has selfish motives!
"Sister, you should try it too!"
The third princess looked at the well-behaved Ying'er and smiled: "Thank you, little sister."
“Yeah, it’s delicious, so delicious!”
After half a day, Li Zheng and others got on the carriage. Li Zheng waved and looked at Ying'er: "Little girl, thank you for your hospitality. Good people will be rewarded!"
Ying'er nodded gently and turned around to direct the people to harvest the sweet potatoes.
Li Zheng sat in the carriage and looked at the third princess who was holding a raw sweet potato and chewing it. He shook his head. He still won't grow up.
"Little girl, why are you so dedicated to entertaining us people who have come from afar?"
"The young master said that everyone who passes by should let them taste the taste of sweet potatoes. If word of mouth spreads, many people will know about sweet potatoes. After tasting the taste, they will go to plant sweet potatoes. Knowing that it is so high-yielding, every family will grow it.
With two or three acres of sweet potatoes, disaster years will no longer be scary. This is all the young master’s orders!”
"Ah, well-intentioned! But it is indeed the best way. What you have tasted with your own eyes and seen with your own eyes is indeed more convincing than a decree from the court. How should you reward it? Even without all the previous achievements, it is just a sweet potato.
It’s not an exaggeration to claim the title of Duke of the country, but isn’t he too young?”
"Father, what are you talking about? What is too small?"
The emperor came back and looked at the third princess, who was looking at him curiously, hesitantly. After pondering for a moment, the emperor looked at the third princess curiously: "Yan'er, what do you think of Liu Mingzhi and Liu Aiqing?"
"Ah?" The third princess opened her lips slightly and looked at her father in surprise. She didn't know what she thought of, but her pretty face turned slightly red: "It's okay. Although it's a bit rogue, it's quite old-fashioned and warm-hearted!"
"That means you don't hate Liu Aiqing?"
The third princess lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then looked at the emperor timidly: "No, don't you hate it?"
"Yan'er, you are already eighteen this year, and you should have passed the age of marriage long ago. Are you willing for your father to recruit Liu Aiqing as your consort?"
The third princess's complexion suddenly turned hot. Even the mud could not stop the red clouds from spreading all over the place. She looked at the emperor nervously: "Father, what are you talking about? He already has a wife, how can he recruit him as his consort?"
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"My father will handle this, tell me if you are willing? If you are willing, my father will discuss it with your mother and queen. If you are not willing, it is no problem. My father will recruit another lover for you as your consort!"
The three princesses entangled their fingers together and started to pull them apart. They lowered their heads and did not dare to look into the emperor's eyes. The carriage drove slowly for an unknown amount of time until the carriage stopped and the voice of Manager Zhou came: "Your Majesty, we have arrived at the palace!"
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"Children are completely dependent on their father!"
After saying this, the three princesses got out of the carriage and ran into the harem like frightened birds. Manager Zhou looked at her in a daze, wondering what was going on.
Manager Zhou looked at the cotton wool in the ears of the little eunuch driving the car and shrugged his shoulders: "Your Majesty, this old slave has gone to the Zongzheng Mansion!"
Li Zheng got out of the carriage and looked at the direction where the three princesses were leaving and sighed: "In order to avoid being unable to be sealed in the future and marrying the princess without any reward, it is the safest way. Fortunately, Yan'er still has feelings for Liu Aiqing.
It’s not bad, I’m not just messing around with the mandarin ducks.”
"What do you know? Although sweet potatoes have a high yield, it is simply not feasible to plant them all. The staple food must be wheat and rice, and sweet potatoes can be used as a supplementary food."
"Lao Jiang, just plant sweet potatoes for a year and then plant other foods after saving them!"
"You know nothing, Du Chenghao, just take care of the affairs of the staff department, and stop interfering in the affairs of the household department!"
"And you, Song Yu, you don't have to worry about the Ministry of War's affairs. A layman is an expert in commanding, but you know nothing!"
“My mother’s good intentions are just like the liver and lungs of a donkey!”
"Mother Xipi, I'm blind!"
"Noisy, noisy, you're an official from the first rank to the second rank, don't you know what face is?"
"Yes, I am aware of my guilt!"
"Jiang Aiqing!"
"I'm here!"
"Join the Ministry of Industry, measure the land in the seven prefectures of the neighbors of the capital, and pass down the order. Every household in the seven prefectures, states and counties must plant at least one acre of sweet potatoes!"
"I obey your decree, Your Majesty is wise! Unlike these two guys, they don't know how to give random orders."
"It's his mother's fault!"
"Niang Xipi!"
"Greetings to you two mothers!"
"Jiang Yuanming, you are a civil servant!"
"Greetings to your mother, you hit me, you hit me, you don't like me and you can't kill me, you deserve to be angry! Hey, mother-in-law!"
Song Yu patted his sleeves and looked at Du Chenghao who was in a daze: "You see, Lao Jiang asked me to hit him, so it would be inappropriate not to kick him!"
Li Zheng looked at the three ministers and sighed and left. How unbecoming!